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College Football Playoffs teams announced

By Will Vitka
Patrick Roth

WASHINGTON — Clemson, Oklahoma, Georgia and Alabama have been selected as the four teams for this year’s College Football Playoff.

No. 1 seed Clemson will play 4 seed Alabama in the Sugar Bowl semifinal with No. 2 seed Oklahoma playing No. 3 seed Georgia in the Rose Bowl semifinal. Both games will be played on New Year’s Day.

Tailgating Terps: U.Md. (and Penn State) fans gather for showdown

By Jack Pointer
The Friday Night Lights shined over College Park, Maryland, as the Terps (2-1) and the No. 12-ranked Penn State Nittany Lions (3-0) kicked off on Capital One Field at Maryland Stadium, in what was the schools' first conference game of the season. As a Friday night college game is a delicious rarity, it was sold out. Classes were even canceled for the day. And because the opponent was from the neighboring state of (checks notes) Pennsylvania, much of that sold-out crowd were clad in (checks again) blue and white.
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