Put the College Football Playoff games on college campuses! That's how Nate opens the show before discussing why Miami and Alabama won their first round games. All that and and more on this Christmas episode of Sports Takes with Nate Skates!

Nate talks about each of the first four games of the College Football Playoff and gives his picks.

Nate breaks down the biggest moves in MLB free agency and says that baseball needs both a salary cap and a salary floor going forward. Then Nate talks about Kentucky basketball's slow start and Georgia's great season that has them ranked in the top 25. At the end of the show Nate asks who listeners would have given the Heisman to.

Nate discusses what the College Football Playoff Committee got wrong and what it got right. On this episode we discuss how leaving Alabama at number 9 is unprecedented and what Notre Dame's decision to opt out of their bowl game will do to their program.

In this episode Nate talks about the biggest stories from Conference Championship weekend including Georgia getting over the Alabama problem, Indiana's historic win, and whether Texas Tech is a legit national championship contender.

In the first episode of Sports Takes with Nate Skates, Nate discusses how the College Football Playoff Committee is getting it wrong on Miami, BYU, and Notre Dame's rankings. Nate discusses how the current format and brand bias towards certain programs hurts the playoff and college football.