A bracket reveal. A bursted bubble. Raging debates about selections and seeds, disparities between schedules. Hand-wringing and pearl-clutching over the age-old question of which matters more, good wins or bad losses?

March Madness? Nope, just a little December Desperation as college football has finally joined the fun. For far too long, purists claimed that any type of postseason would ruin college football’s regular season. Then the BCS came along and proved them wrong. Then they screamed that a four-team playoff would destroy everything. Wrong again. On Sunday, the College Football Playoff committee unveiled its first-ever 12-team bracket. For the most part, the consensus is the committee got it right, especially with regard to its decision to give the final spot to SMU, not Alabama.

I love college football — I love all sports, really — but Sunday’s reveal was another reminder that when it comes to deciding a champion, nobody does it quite as well as college hoops. For example, college football clearly made a mistake by giving automatic byes to the champions in the top four conferences, as opposed to the four best teams. I can pretty much guarantee that won’t be the case next year. The debate over who got in and where they were seeded will very quickly recede as fans get excited about the games. And when those games begin, everyone will wonder why we didn’t have a larger, fairer bracket sooner. Which will no doubt lead to conversations about whether the playoff should expand — and if so, when? And to what number?

Been there, done that. We’ve got more than three months until the basketball committees release their men’s and women’s brackets. In the meantime, we get to watch the first real, complete and compelling college football tournament. It’s the best of all worlds.

Let the madness begin. — Seth

HOOP THOUGHTS: WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH KANSAS? HOW GOOD IS THE SEC?

By Seth Davis

In the TV business, we call it the “hero shot.” That’s where the director cuts to a close-up of a player who just scored as he runs downcourt. The problem with cutting to a hero shot is that sometimes the viewer misses the next play. In other words, sometimes it’s better to keep the proper perspective and be wary of celebrating too soon. Life – and basketball – comes at you fast.

So it is with the Kansas Jayhawks, who will undoubtedly fall from their perch as the No. 1 team in America.

Minnesota @ Indiana: Indiana has won three straight games after two tough losses at the Battle 4 Atlantis. Playing in Bloomington on Monday night, the Hoosiers should make it four in a row, unless senior forward Dawson Garcia, who is averaging 19 points and 7.4 rebounds for the Golden Gophers, goes off. 6:30 p.m. ET on BTN.