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Rested or rusty? Top four playoff seeds eager to show they are ready as CFP quarterfinals arrive
Top four seeds Indiana, Ohio State, Georgia, and Texas Tech aim to overcome last year’s quarterfinal losses after extended preparation and rest periods, AP reports.
- Top seeds Ohio State Buckeyes, Indiana Hoosiers, Georgia Bulldogs and Texas Tech Red Raiders face quarterfinals with Ohio State facing Miami in the Cotton Bowl on Wednesday.
- Last year the expanded 12-team playoff saw top-four seeds with first-round byes lose in the quarterfinals, so teams treated the extended off time like two bye weeks and spent almost two weeks preparing to avoid rust.
- Unbeaten Indiana Hoosiers secured late wins at Iowa, Oregon, Penn State, and upset the then top-ranked Buckeyes on Dec. 6, while Fernando Mendoza drew national attention with features on 60 Minutes and in Times Square.
- Coach Ryan Day will be calling plays as Ohio State Buckeyes spent weeks getting healthy, while Indiana Hoosiers prepared for 10 days and say they intend to be rested and ready.
- Beyond one game, the program emphasizes staff continuity and the playoff goal, with Indiana signing its offensive and defensive coordinators to extensions while Curt Cignetti and Kalen DeBoer bring coaching ties to the Rose Bowl.
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Rested or rusty? Top four playoff seeds eager to show they are ready as CFP quarterfinals arrive
Last year was the first for the expanded 12-team playoff, and the top four seeds with first-round byes — Oregon, Georgia, Bosie State and Arizona State — all lost...
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