The first round of the 12-team College Football Playoff is officially underway. Penn State, Texas and Ohio State each advance to the quarterfinals after overwhelming victories.

Caroline, Fitz and Adam share their overarching reactions to the first-ever first-round games, including the importance of home-field advantage and why blowouts always happen, no matter how big the playoffs are. The trio cancels each of the Saturday games and gives up their “Power House” and “Power Outage” from round 1. Penn State’s defense proved its worth as it wreaked havoc on Kevin Jennings and SMU. Texas has shown that they can beat almost anyone when their running game is in full swing. And Ryan Day got Ohio State back into the national title game despite losing to Michigan as they steamrolled Tennessee.

(0:30) First reactions of the CFP 1st round

(13:20) Recap from SMU @ Penn State

(26:08) Clemson @ Texas recap

(36:49) Tennessee @ Ohio State recap

(48:12) Power Hour Power House

(54:17) Power Hour Power outage

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