'Better than going to Disney World': Fans revel in CFP debuts at campus sites
The College Football Playoff gets started this week with four games on college campuses
Forget the cost, the frenzied planning and the timing around the holidays. SMU fan Will Howard is living the dream: His beloved Mustangs are in the 12-team hunt for a national championship, and he’s going to ride it to the end.
“It’s better than going to Disney World,” Howard said. “Because we always knew that we could go to Disney World, right? We never knew that we’d actually have this type of opportunity.”
SMU, Indiana, Penn State and Tennessee are all first-time participants in the playoff at campus sites starting Friday night, joining a club dominated over the first 10 years by the titans of the sport that this year includes Clemson, Georgia, Ohio State and Texas. Although many fans will head into frigid conditions and enemy territory, the sense of bliss outweighs the unknown.
“I’ve been an SMU fan close to 30 years now, and I’ve never seen this level of excitement,” Howard said.
