College football embarks on a historic New Year’s Day of playoff action today, kicking off the 2025 calendar year with a triple-header of quarterfinal games around the country. Penn State got an early start to the quarterfinal action,

With the crew of ESPN College GameDay in Pasadena, California at the Rose Bowl for the matchup between Ohio State and Oregon, that still doesn’t dull down the impact of the rest of the College Football Playoff quarterfinal matchups, which includes Notre Dame vs. Georgia and Texas vs. Arizona State.

ESPN may not have a television contract with the Big Ten any longer, but now that the postseason has begun, the sports media giant seems to be just fine with following Ohio State around. The crew of Desmond Howard (we can hear the scoffs from here),