{"id":421258,"date":"2017-12-22T10:29:33","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T16:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/?p=421258"},"modified":"2017-12-22T10:29:33","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T16:29:33","slug":"the-sugar-bowl-winner-will-own-the-playoff-era-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/the-sugar-bowl-winner-will-own-the-playoff-era-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sugar Bowl winner will own the playoff era so far"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/NutsBolts-12-22.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-421262\" src=\"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/NutsBolts-12-22-1024x384.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"384\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The college football national champion will be crowned January 8 in the Mercedes-Benz Dome in Atlanta. We know that either Clemson or Alabama will be in that game.<br \/>\nBut neither team will have to win in Atlanta to be considered the king of this era of college football. That larger title will be determined a week earlier in New Orleans.<br \/>\nThere\u2019s no question Nick Saban has elevated Alabama to the level of a true college football dynasty over the last decade. There\u2019s never been a college football playoff that didn\u2019t include Alabama.<br \/>\nBut that doesn\u2019t mean Alabama is the clear dominant program of the playoff era. In fact, a win by Clemson next Monday night would elevate the Tigers to that position.<br \/>\nLet\u2019s take a look at what\u2019s been accomplished by the Tide and Tigers during the playoff era.<br \/>\nOver the last 4 years, Clemson has a record of 50-6. They are currently working on a streak of seven straight seasons of at least 10 wins. If they win the national championship this season they will have an unprecedented third straight 14-win season.<br \/>\nAlabama has also won 14 games in each of the last two season, but even a national championship would result in a 13-1 record. The Tide has won at least 11 games in each of the last seven seasons.<br \/>\nSo, there is clearly no sign of slippage for Alabama. But that doesn\u2019t mean the Tide\u2019s perch atop college football isn\u2019t in danger.<br \/>\nThe king of college football in the playoff era will be determined in New Orleans, regardless of which team wins the actual national championship game the following week.<br \/>\nFor Threaded Fasteners, I\u2019m Randy Kennedy with Nuts and Bolts of the Game.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-421258-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/NutsBolts122217.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/NutsBolts122217.mp3\">http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/NutsBolts122217.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The college football national champion will be crowned January 8 in the Mercedes-Benz Dome in Atlanta. We know that either Clemson or Alabama will be <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/the-sugar-bowl-winner-will-own-the-playoff-era-so-far\/\" title=\"The Sugar Bowl winner will own the playoff era so far\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4489,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[161,106,176],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-421258","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-nuts-and-bolts","7":"category-on-the-air","8":"category-top"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4489"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421258"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":421263,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421258\/revisions\/421263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}