How strange and topsy-turvy has this pandemic season in college football been? So strange, playoff berths are on the line Saturday and the best bets to get into the four-team field are Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State and Notre Dame. Wait, that isn’t strange at all. But everything else has been more three-sheets-to-the-wind than your Uncle Earl at after-hours karaoke, OK? Conferences opening play on totally different schedules. Countless game postponements and cancellations, including at least three of the latter (Purdue-Indiana, Michigan-Iowa, Michigan State-Maryland) in the Big Ten during this newfangled “Champions Week.” Star players opting out. Star coaches testing positive. On and on, yet here we are. Before the playoff selection committee unveils its choices late Sunday morning, chances are we’ll have figured out the likeliest scenarios, begun arguing their merits and all that. For example: If the heavy-hitter favorites win Saturday’s conference championship games — which would include Clemson…
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