Four In, Four Out: Playoff elimination rounds under way

Published on Nov. 10, 2015 | Updated on Nov. 11, 2015 All this is just background noise for Ryan Kelly. The heavy lifting began back in September. “We’ve been playing with our backs to the wall for more than a month now,” Alabama’s All-American center said. “This is nothing new.” MORE: Latest CFP rankings | Bender: Can Notre Dame hold No. 4 spot? Maybe that’s the way to look at this College Football Playoff. Forget about everyone else and everything else, and play like one loss ends your season.            Because it more than likely does. MORE: AP Top 25 | Coaches’ poll LSU was the first casualty of Week 1, a loss to Alabama dropping the Tigers all the way to No. 9. While it’s possible LSU can find its way back, the Tigers need an Alabama loss to go along with the win-or-go-home philosophy…

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