NFL, college football go head to head on Saturday

The NFL and college football rarely compete for eyeballs.

Theyll be doing just that on Saturday.

A pair of college football playoff games will be played, starting at noon ET (SMU-Penn State) and 4:00 p.m.

ET (Clemson-Texas).

A pair of NFL games also will be played, starting at 1:00 p.m.

ET (Texans-Chiefs) and 4:30 p.m.

ET (Steelers-Ravens).

Itll be interesting to see the numbers.

The NFL typically trounces other sports that dare to compete with it.

To go against college football in the opening round of the first 12-team college playoff is gutsy, to say the least.

The other rounds of the college playoff avoid conflicting with the NFL.

As originally scheduled, Saturdays games did, too.

The NFL moved two games from Sunday only because the four teams who are playing in those games will be playing on Wednesday.

The NFL originally said it wouldnt stage Christmas games in the years that saw December 25 land on Tuesday or Wednesday.

And then the NFL realized that there was too much money to be made by playing that day.

So thats how it happened.

The NFL didnt pick a fight.

The NFL also didnt run from it.

Either way, the fight is happening..

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