Collin Klein was a week away from calling offensive plays for Texas A&M in the school's first College Football Playoff game, facing Miami at Kyle Field. Crafting call sheets and game plans for the playoff are worth every waking hour of their energy and focus. College Football Playoff Bracket Challenge Fill out up to TWO College Football Playoff Brackets! Before coaching Oregon's first-round playoff game, Tosh Lupoi was in Hawaii trying to convince Cal's QB to stay. For coordinators such as Stein and Lupoi, the thought of starting their new jobs before they finished their current ones was, well, a nonstarter.