Forget about the arguments about whether the College Football Playoff should go to eight teams or if this setup is better than the NFL playoffs or overtime.

The answer, is college football wins. The four-team playoff wins. The 54-48 double-overtime thriller between No. 2 Oklahoma and No. 3 Georgia at the Rose Bowl Game wins. It gave the four-team format the semifinal it had been looking for since the 2015 Sugar Bowl between Ohio State and Alabama.

Only, this one was better. Much better, and it didn't stop delivering until Sony Michel burned around the corner for a game-winning 27-yard touchdown that sent the Bulldogs back to Atlanta for a shot at the College Football Playoff championship on Jan. 8.

Perfect setting in Pasadena. Perfect contrast of styles in the Sooners' up-tempo attack and the Bulldogs' traditional two-back attack. Just perfect all the way around. Where do we begin on this one?

— Heisman Trophy winner Baker Mayfield led the Sooners to touchdowns on their first three drives after battling the flu all week.
— The Sooners took a 31-14 lead on double-reverse touchdown pass to Mayfield with six seconds left in the half, only to watch the Bulldogs rip off 24 unanswered points in response.

-— USC's Charles White set the Rose Bowl record with 247 rushing yards on 39 carries in 1980. Michel and Chubb combined for 14 carries and 280 yards before the start of the fourth quarter. Chubb and Michel finished with 25 carries, 326 rushing yards and five touchdowns.

-— Georgia quarterback Jake Fromm led a game-tying touchdown drive, which Chubb capped with a short touchdown run with 55 seconds left.
They combined for 1,010 total yards of offense before overtime, and the next two installments didn't disappoint.

Georgia settled for a field goal, but Oklahoma's Jordan Smallwood was stuffed on third-and-2 by All-American Roquan Smith. Austin Seibert was double-iced before sending the game into a second overtime.

Yep, a field goal was that dramatic.

Double overtime? Georgia had an interception wiped out by an offsides penalty. Oklahoma attempted a 27-yard field goal, but Seibert's field goal was blocked by Lorenzo Carter. We told you a field goal was that dramatic.

Then Michel ended the thriller with a 27-yard touchdown off tackle that gave Georgia a chance to claim its first national championship since 1980.

This Rose Bowl showed how the game has evolved. Remember the drama of the 1984 Orange Bowl when Tom Osborne had to go for the 2-point conversion in 31-30 in regulation for the national championship? We're way past that now. There's no overtime quite like college football overtime.
This wasn't quite the 2006 Rose Bowl between USC and Texas, but it was better than the 2017 shootout between USC and Penn State. Those games ended with scores of 41-38 and 52-49, respectively.

This was more than that. It was a playoff game. It was 102 points and 1,058 yards of beautiful.
This confirms what we're getting to know. We don't need more than four teams yet, but we're still open to that debate as this process evolves. Remember, this is only the fourth year of the College Football Playoff. The semifinals the previous three years were decided by an average of 25.3 points per game.

If more semifinals unfold like this, then we won't need expansion.
Is it better than the NFL? Few things top the Super Bowl, but this was on the level of the best NFC or AFC championship games of recent memories because of that stark contrast styles that unfolded like a red, white and black blur and kept you captivated for four-plus hours. It's hard to do that, but the Rose Bowl pulled it off perfectly.

That's the power of the four-team playoff, and Georgia and Oklahoma just took it to the next level. Forget about those arguments and concentrate on what you have. In this case, it was a 102-point, 1,058-yard thing of beauty.
And we can't wait to see another one