When USC, Oklahoma and Auburn all finished the 2004 regular-season undefeated, the No. 1 Trojans and No. 2 Sooners met in the BCS National Championship in Miami while the Tigers got relegated to a Sugar Bowl date with No. 9 Virginia Tech.



Thank goodness we have a four-team Playoff in 2019.



The idea that any of No. 1 LSU, No. 2 Ohio State or No. 3 Clemson would not get a shot at the national title this season seems utterly unfathomable. It’s not just that they’re all 13-0. It’s that they’re all 13-0, all historically dominant in various fashions and all perfectly capable of winning the whole thing.



No disrespect, No. 4 Oklahoma, but you’re joining them at the party because somebody had to.



Just how rare is it to have a trio of titans this universally respected? Consider that we went 14 years after that 2004 season before three current Power 5 schools all finished the regular season undefeated. That was last season, when...