John Thompson led Georgetown to the championship in 1984, the first of four Black coaches to win it all. Carolyn Peck and her Purdue women did it in 1999 and Dawn Staley of South Carolina joined her in 2017 with the first of her three titles.

The four head coaches remaining in this year’s College Football Playoff have a lot to gain by winning it all. Not just a national championship, and not just the bonus that comes with it. The other prize coming the winning head coach’s way is power and prestige at a time of upheaval in the sport and evolution within his profession.

Ohio State and Texas have drawn each other as semifinal opponents in the College Football Playoff. This is the fourth matchup between the blue bloods.

Former Ohio State coach Urban Meyer expects the Buckeyes to win the national championship after their performances in their first two CFP games:

Ohio State football blew out the No. 1 Oregon Ducks in the Rose Bowl on Wednesday. Closing as about a field goal favorite, the Buckeyes ended the first quarter and a half up 31-0. The Buckeyes eventually won by a 20-point margin,

During Urban Meyer's run in the Southeastern Conference as the head coach of the Florida Gators, he reignited the program in Gainesville over a five-year stretch. Now, the Fox Sports analyst believes the conference's run of dominance has reached its end as the new era of college football takes over.