The Chris Rawle Show

Football is a complex equation that oftentimes is discussed in simple terms: the quarterback is solely responsible for the outcome. Does this match up with reality?

The college football playoff field is set: Alabama, Michigan, Georgia, Cincinnati, four teams looking to prove they have answers, the blend of identity and malleability needed to win a national championship.

The college football landscape is being altered by a series of seismic coaching changes. Two of these (Lincoln Riley to USC and Brian Kelly to LSU) illustrate the ongoing shift within the sport of where value lies.

A rivalry week for the ages is in the books. Oklahoma State and Michigan both exorcised demons and moved into the thick of the national title race. There is no better distillation of college football than what occurred on Saturday.

Every person, athlete, and team is momentarily capable of incredible peaks and valleys. Separation and understanding occurs in the stretch of time between the bright flashes, consistency that establishes how you are trying to be a better version of yourself every single day.

Change is inevitable. It is the process of growth, decay, and transformation that exists in every facet of life and every football season. From the beginning of the college and NFL seasons until now, who has undergone the most drastic transformation?

Sports exist as an outlet for passion in ways that are describable and ways that are not. In the continual search for understanding, how does one make sense of the huge complexities of the heart?

The weekend of college and professional football provided countless examples of flawed contenders. Who will rise above their flaws and who will be submarined by them?

The first College Football Playoff rankings were released yesterday. As always, determining the best teams boils down to two different trains of thought: what we think versus what we know.

A weekend of football games is decided on the margins. What were the chances Green Bay (missing key players up and down the roster) would prevail over Arizona? What were the odds of Clemson covering over Florida State on the final play? How many times can a referee make a roughing the passer call that nobody understands? How do the majority of NFL games boil down to what happens on the margins?