One of the announcers on the ESPN wrap-up show said it all, "There isn't a dominant team this year."
They hate that. It means that all the usual gushy story lines replete with sado-masochist hyperbole that are the stock of college/pro football analysts (largely because they need so little work and so little knowledge of the game to write) are out. It also means that the entire "road to the championship" story line becomes more cumbersome as well. Now, just think what will happen if Tech goes into the Clempson game undefeated. Coach Holtz might actually be called on to explain how our O works and why to poor unsuspecting tv audiences. He'd enjoy it, I bet, since he doesn't get called on to actually analyze anymore and he's forgotten more about football then any of the rest of those clowns ever knew. But you can hear the guys at ESPN now, "But, but … they aren't an SEC school! But, but … they don't seem to need "dominant" players at every position to win! But, but … explaining how football offenses actually work is like explaining the national debt!"
Poor babies. I feel for them.