In the College Football Playoff, One Coach Faces the Most Pressure

So much of the first season of the 12-team College Football Playoff has been spent adjusting the definition of success and reassessing what, exactly, qualifies as a “big game.”

For some schools and their coaches, just getting into the field made their year. For others, simply being there is not good enough. Not even close.

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Well, now the Playoff is here, and we’re still sorting it out. Maybe it will help to think of the range of expectations like March Madness, although obviously there is a big difference between a 68-team field and 12 teams.

Let’s apply the pressure meter to each Playoff-bound coach on a scale from 1 (Just happy to

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