College football playoffs! An internet reacts

Playoffs are here! You might have heard. Below, a collection of our favorite tweeters with some thoughts on the process, and where we as a sporting nation go from here.

Anyone want to buy a book in the next hour? RT @Andy_Staples: We were just told presidents could be done by 6:30.

— Death to the BCS (@DeathToTheBCS) June 26, 2012

The BCS banner behind the podium is touting a twitter account that hasn’t yet tweeted this news.

— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) June 26, 2012

First question from @Andy_staples of Sports Illustrated: “What took you guys so long?”

— SB Nation (@sbnation) June 26, 2012

Every Game Counts. Starting January 1st.
— Sean Keeley (@NunesMagician) June 26, 2012

watch, they’re gonna try and insist we call this The Plus-Three Games

— Jason Kirk (@JasonKirkSBN) June 26, 2012

and just you wait: the annual dilemma is gonna be balancing a team’s accomplishments and whether it REALLY can win. that’ll get ugly.

— Bomani Jones (@bomani_jones) June 27, 2012

Let’s all take a blood oath that no team outside of the top 4 gets any sympathy for missing out. *JAMS SAFETY PIN IN FINGER*

— Andrea Wall (@AndeWall) June 26, 2012

Close your eyes, and clear your mind. Now imagine Dabo’s face when an undefeated Clemson is number 5 behind one loss Southern Cal.

— sir broosk (@celebrityhottub) June 26, 2012

While not actually possible, I’m predicting Oklahoma to lose twice in a single bracket.

— Steven Godfrey (@38Godfrey) June 26, 2012

Yes, this is all good and fine, but when shall Jacksonville have the Championship Game? We have a lot of cleaning up to do.

— BurritoBrosShits (@BurritoBrosShit) June 26, 2012

@Andy_Staples @jeffcobb67 of course reg season now meaningless since it will be so EASY to make the top 4 in the country. *eye roll*

— Brent Lowe (@brent_lowe) June 27, 2012

@Andy_Staples Explain to me how two rounds of games where winners advanced to play one another is a playoff, Andy! You can’t do it!

— EJMaroun (@ejmaroun) June 27, 2012

Larry Scott: beamed out. Jim Delany: toodled off on silver dollar bike. Mike Slive: rode off on pimped-out donkey. Big 12: is a cow.

— edsbs (@edsbs) June 26, 2012

All cynicism aside, this is pretty cool. College football is getting a playoff. Can’t wait for the 8-team deal in 2026.

— Andy Staples (@Andy_Staples) June 26, 2012

You’ve seen a Beef o’ Brady’s Bowl, right? RT @John_Infante: And the Football NIT in 2018

— Andy Staples (@Andy_Staples) June 26, 2012

Can’t wait for Skip Bayless to debate whether or not Tebow picked the right four teams for the playoff in 2015.

— Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) June 26, 2012

@edsbs there is as much a right way to do college football as there is to do arson, in the end someone gets lit on fire

— Martin Rickman (@MartinRickman) June 27, 2012

Jerry Jones is gonna make enough money off the college football playoffs to buy Qatar.

— Rick Muscles (@RickMuscles) June 26, 2012

NOTE: This really will happen, and when it does, please remember that we totally called it in April 2012, although we were joking at the time:

If we all just relax for one damn second and realize nothing we say will affect change, we might just come to love the Qatar Playoff Plan™!

— Holly Anderson (@SIHolly) April 25, 2012