Author: Dan Wolken, USA TODAY

It may be jarring to hear Deion Sanders tell CU players they might want to look at their options, but that’s how college sports has worked for years.

As Georgia enters the College Football Playoff semifinal against Ohio State in Atlanta, the Bulldogs have won 27 of their last 28 games.

Though the Horned Frogs did lose the Big 12 title game in overtime, any conversation about TCU vs. Alabama is nothing more than fake drama.

While it’s become acceptable in recent years for head football coaches on non-playoff teams to take jobs before bowl games, the tide may be shifting.

A piece of this needs to go to the players who are putting their bodies and NFL futures on the line. Thanks to NIL, there’s a feasible way to do it.

It’s not just the losses by Ryan Day’s Ohio State. It’s the nature of them. Michigan has been the more physical, and better coached team.

Two years ago, it looked like Jim Harbaugh was on borrowed time. The Michigan coach now is having the last laugh after two defeats of Ohio State.

Even if he wanted to downplay the importance of the Michigan game, Ryan Day doesn’t get that luxury — especially after what happened a year ago.

For the first time since the 1981-82 season, Mike Krzyzewski won’t be on the sideline for Duke. The challenge of replacing him falls to Jon Scheyer.

Tennessee visited Georgia hoping it could assert itself as playoff contenders, but the Bulldogs showed they’re still the class of college football.