Sure enough, the sport delivered with an absolutely electric day from the early slate all the way through the night action. Oregon won its first-ever game against a top-two opponent by defeating Ohio State in the final minutes,

Saturday’s back-and-forth result was an example of why the expansion of the playoff this year — to 12 teams — could endure as a good thing. For exactly 60 minutes, both teams looked to be among the very best the country has seen this season.

It has not always looked the way “it’s supposed to,” as Dillon Gabriel put it earlier this season, while Oregon was still finding its collective footing. There was two weeks of erratic and poor offensive line play,