The hope for the playoffs is that you’d have some March Madness-type drama. Instead, every weak team you’d expect to lose has lost (small sample size, I know), but as The Athletic points out, Texas-ASU was different and a heck of a lot of fun:

The thrilling Texas-Arizona State Peach Bowl was a testimonial for why the 12-team Playoff exists. In the old system, an 11-2 Big 12 champion like ASU would have played in a New Year’s Six bowl against a disinterested SEC opponent, and Sun Devils star Cam Skattebo may have opted out of the game. But with a trip to the semis on the line, ASU’s top-five Heisman finisher put on one of the greatest individual bowl performances I’ve seen.

With his team down 24-8 to Texas midway through the fourth quarter, the do-everything running back proceeded to throw a 42-yard touchdown, catch a 62-yard pass, score a 2-yard touchdown and convert a 2-point attempt to tie the game at 24-24. (All of this after vomiting on the sideline at one point because he “drank too much water too fast.”)

Though his team lost 39-31 in double overtime, Skattebo personally accounted for an astonishing 284 yards. A non-traditional program took one of the bluest of bluebloods to the brink in a delightfully entertaining game. The whole thing felt very March Madness-esque, with Skattebo playing the role of Steph Curry at Davidson nearly taking down Kansas in the Elite Eight.