Some of it may be overboard, dancing on the grave of a not-dead patient by SEC haters who finally see their chance. Some of it is a chance to vent back at the loud pro-SEC voices, at ESPN and elsewhere. And a lot of this may be premature. New arrival Texas could still bring the SEC its sixth national title in eight years.

The College Football Playoff has arrived at a state most fans have become accustomed to in recent years, with the once 12-strong field now whittled down to the Final Four. Two rounds are down and two more beckon before we reach an end date in Atlanta.

It will be a final four filled with blue-blood programs playing for a shot at the national championship on Jan. 20 in Atlanta.

Ohio State faces Texas in the Cotton Bowl, while Penn State takes on Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl in the College Football Playoff semifinals next week on ESPN.