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New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees (9) passes in the first half of an NFL football game against the Carolina Panthers in New Orleans, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

Not exactly a showcase weekend for the NFL

By Thom Loverro

The Atlanta Westin hotel is decorated an image of the College Football Playoff National Championship Trophy, Friday, Jan. 5, 2018, in Atlanta. Georgia is to take on Alabama on Monday. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Vegas bookies cheering national title game wagers

By TIM DAHLBERG - Associated Press

Alabama head coach Nick Saban speaks during media day, Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018, in Atlanta. Georgia and Alabama will be playing for the NCAA football national championship on Monday, Jan. 8. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Alabama, Georgia players say Trump visit not a distraction

By PETE IACOBELLI - Associated Press

Maten, Georgia overpower Alabama in easy 65-46 win

By GEORGE HENRY - Associated Press

Georgia punter Cameron Nizialek speaks to reporters during media day, Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018, in Atlanta. Georgia and Alabama will be playing for the NCAA football national championship on Monday, Jan. 8. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Georgia punter takes unlikely road from Ivy to title game

By PAUL NEWBERRY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2017, file photo, New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara (41) celebrates his touchdown in front of Carolina Panthers cornerback James Bradberry (24) during the first half of an NFL football game in New Orleans. Whether Saints running backs Mark Ingram and Kamara are standing side-by-side in the Superdome locker room for one of their joint postgame news conferences, or side-by-side on the sidelined of a college football game they attended together, it looks as though they not only feel invested in one another’s success, but actually like one another. (AP Photo/Butch Dill, File)

Saints’ Ingram, Kamara aim to embody friendly competition

By BRETT MARTEL - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2013, file photo, Alabama head coach Nick Saban, left, and then-defensive coordinator Kirby Smart call in a defense during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Tennessee, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Alabama’s Saban will be coaching against one of his former assistants for the 10th time since 2010 and second time this season when his Crimson Tide plays Georgia and coach Smart for the national championship in Atlanta on Monday night. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)

Column: Can Smart take down Saban? Check back in a few years

By PAUL NEWBERRY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017 file photo, Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton (1) tries to avoid the tackle by New Orleans Saints outside linebacker Hau'oli Kikaha (44) and cornerback Sterling Moore (24) in the second half of an NFL football game in New Orleans. Cam Newton knows the Panthers will be walking into a pressure-packed environment Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018 when they face the New Orleans Saints at the Superdome in an NFC wild card game. (AP Photo/Butch Dill, File)

Cam Newton key to Panthers playoffs hopes vs. Saints

By STEVE REED - Associated Press

Cleveland Browns head coach Hue Jackson walks off the field after an NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Browns coach Jackson apologizes after dismal 0-16 season

By TOM WITHERS - Associated Press

Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield (6) is sacked by Georgia linebacker D'Andre Walker (15), during the second half of the Rose Bowl NCAA college football game, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018, in Pasadena, Calif.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Mayfield can’t propel Oklahoma to win in wild Rose Bowl

By GREG BEACHAM - Associated Press

Oakland Raiders head coach Jack Del Rio looks on during the second half of an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Chargers, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017, in Carson, Calif. (AP Photo/Kelvin Kuo)

Gruden cloud hangs over Raiders after Del Rio firing

By JOSH DUBOW - Associated Press

Clemson defensive lineman Christian Wilkins (42) stretches during practice for the upcoming Sugar Bowl semi-final playoff game against Alabama for the NCAA football national championship in New Orleans, Saturday, Dec. 30, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Optics or reality? Southeast US reigns over college football

By BRETT MARTEL - Associated Press

Southern Miss’ Tarvarius Moore motivated by late sister

By JASON MUNZ - Associated Press

Iowa State players celebrate with their trophy after beating Memphis in the Liberty Bowl NCAA college football game, Saturday, Dec. 30, 2017, in Memphis, Tenn. Iowa State won 21-20. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Iowa State caps turnaround season with rare bowl win

By LUKE MEREDITH - Associated Press

In this Oct. 7, 2017, photo, Oklahoma fullback Dimitri Flowers (36) celebrates a touchdown with teammate Erick Wren (58) during an NCAA college football game against Iowa State in Norman, Okla. No. 2 Oklahoma and No. 3 Georgia meet for the first time Monday at the Rose Bowl in a College Football Playoff semifinal that features two very different ways of playing offense. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

2 fullbacks, 2 very different jobs heading into Rose Bowl

By RALPH D. RUSSO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 2, 2017, file photo, Clemson's Kelly Bryant (2) runs past Miami's Sheldrick Redwine (22) for a touchdown during the first half of the Atlantic Coast Conference championship NCAA college football game in Charlotte, N.C.Bryant answered the question of how the Tigers would fare in life without Deshaun Watson. Bryant is completing 67.4 percent of his passes and has also run for 11 touchdowns. (AP Photo/Bob Leverone, File)

Make It 3: Alabama, Clemson complete their classic trilogy

By PAUL NEWBERRY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017, file photo, Quavo performs with Travis Scott and DJ Khaled at the 2017 iHeartRadio Music Festival Day 2 held at T-Mobile Arena on in Las Vegas. Quavo of the Grammy-nominated rap group Migos had some fun on social media after it was pointed out that he once held a high school football record that Houston Texans backup quarterback Taylor Heinicke eventually outdid. (Photo by John Salangsang/Invision/AP, File)

Quavo jokes about tryout with Texans after Heinicke plays

By KRISTIE RIEKEN - Associated Press

Indianapolis Colts head coach Chuck Pagano responds to a question during a news conference before an NFL football practice, Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Luck returns to Colts’ complex with ‘better’ shoulder

By MICHAEL MAROT - Associated Press

49ers optimistic about rookie Thomas despite sack total

Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 31, 1967, file photo, Green Bay Packers quarterback Bart Starr calls signals in bitter cold as he led the Packers to a win over the Dallas Cowboys in Green Bay, Wisc. Fifty years later, players from the Packers and Cowboys still shiver from memories of the bitter cold of a game that would become known as the Ice Bowl. (AP Photo/File)

Tales from the cold: Ice Bowl still chills 50 years later

By TIM DAHLBERG - Associated Press