In the first two games of the first ever College Football Playoff quarterfinals, the favorites burst out to early leads, then gave themselves quite a bit of work to do. The Penn State Nittany Lions handled its business in the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl on Tuesday evening, but the Arizona State Sun Devils charged back against the Texas Longhorns in the Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl, giving us a verifiable classic.
Here are the key takeaways from the first two games:
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Texas-Arizona State
Penn State-Boise State