the sideline. He even attempted to come back before the Week 5 game agains

The College Football Playoff semifinals this year are in which bowls? The committee releases its rankings when? Whos on the committee?Inhale. Exhale. Repeat.There are coaches everywhere who study the sport for a living and cant answer those questions. The CFP is entering its third season, yet theres still plenty of confusion over how it all works.Heres your CFP 101 for 2016:THE GAMESThe semifinals: Chick-fil-A?Peach Bowl and Fiesta Bowl, both Dec. 31. Kickoffs will be at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m ET on ESPN.College Football Playoff National Championship: Jan. 9 on ESPN in Tampa, Florida (its always on a Monday).THE PEOPLEThe selection committee consists of 12 people: Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt (chair); Wisconsin AD Barry Alvarez; former Southern Miss coach Jeff Bower; former Central Michigan coach Herb Deromedi; former NCAA executive Tom Jernstedt; former Vanderbilt coach Bobby Johnson; Arkansas AD Jeff Long; Oregon AD Rob Mullens; Clemson AD Dan Radakovich; Condoleezza Rice; retired sports reporter Steve Wieberg; and former coach Tyrone Willingham. Former Michigan coach Lloyd Carr had to step down due to health reasons.You can find more detailed bios of the committee here. Two committee members are assigned as monitors for each conference.?Their duties include: ? Six weekly top-25 rankings, beginning Nov. 1 and ending on Dec. 4. ? Selecting the top four teams for the playoff, ranking and assigning them to semifinal sites. ? Selecting the highest-ranked champion from the Group of 5 (MAC, Mountain West, American, Sun Belt, Conference USA) for a New Years Six bowl.Nine of the 12 committee members are affected by the CFPs recusal policy, which prohibits a committee member from voting for a team they or an immediate family member receive compensation from or have a professional relationship with. You can find the full recusal list here.THE PROCESSThe selection committee meets at the Gaylord Texan Resort in Grapevine, Texas, every Monday and Tuesday, starting Oct. 31 this year. They each have a computer to vote on, and they debate and rank the teams in groups of six or eight. They each come prepared with their own preliminary top 30 but only rank 25.They are guided by these criteria (not weighted) when choosing their top four teams: ?Championships won ?Strength of schedule ?Head-to-head competition ?Comparative outcomes of common opponents (without incenting margin of victory)THE WEEKLY RANKINGSEach week, starting on Nov. 1, the committee will unveil its top-25 rankings on ESPNs College Football Playoff: Top 25. There will be weekly updates, culminating with the final rankings on Dec. 4. And oh yeah, the second ranking just happens to fall on election night.? Tuesday, Nov. 1, 7 p.m. ET, ESPN ? Tuesday, Nov. 8, 7 p.m. ET, ESPN ? Tuesday, Nov. 15, 9 p.m. ET, ESPN ? Tuesday, Nov. 22, 7 p.m. ET, ESPN ? Tuesday, Nov. 29, 7 p.m. ET, ESPN ? Sunday, Dec. 4, 12 p.m. ET, ESPNTHE CFP MATCHUPSThe committee doesnt try to avoid regular-season rematches in the semifinals: Its No. 1 vs. No. 4, and No. 2 vs. No. 3. They will, however, try to avoid rematches in the other New Years Six bowls.The highest-ranked team from the Group of 5 conferences is guaranteed a spot in a New Years Six bowl.Both teams for the Capital One Orange Bowl, Rose Bowl Game Presented by Northwestern Mutual and Allstate Sugar Bowl are contracted outside the playoff arrangement (Big Ten and Pac-12 to the Rose Bowl; SEC and Big 12 to the Sugar Bowl; and ACC to the Orange Bowl against the highest-ranked team available from the SEC, Big Ten and Notre Dame). If a conference champion qualifies for the playoff, the bowl losing that team chooses a replacement from that conference. When those bowls host the semifinals and their contracted conference champs do not qualify, the displaced champion(s) will play in a different New Years bowl. The other New Years Six game is the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic.New Years Six schedule: ? Capital One Orange Bowl, Dec. 30, 8 p.m., ET, ESPN ? Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, Jan. 2, 1 p.m. ET, ESPN ? Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual, Jan. 2, 5 p.m., ESPN ? Allstate Sugar Bowl, Jan. 2, 8 p.m. ET, ESPNTHE HISTORY2014 Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual: Oregon 59, Florida State 20 Allstate Sugar Bowl: Ohio State 42, Alabama 35College Football Playoff National Championship: Ohio State 42, Oregon ?202015 Capital One Orange Bowl: Clemson 37, Oklahoma 17 Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic: Alabama 38, Michigan State 0College Football Playoff National Championship: Alabama 45, Clemson 40THE FUTURE2017-18 Playoff semifinals:?Allstate Sugar Bowl & Rose Bowl Game Presented by Northwestern Mutual College Football Playoff National Championship: Atlanta, Ga.2018-19 Playoff semifinals:?Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic & Capital One Orange Bowl College Football Playoff National Championship:?Santa Clara, Calif.2019-20 Playoff semifinals:? 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"We talked about wanting to be disciplined and stick with our game plan and good things will come," Draisaitl said, who had two goals for the victors.TAMPA, Fla. -- Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Doug Martin hasnt played since suffering a hamstring injury in Week 2, but the two-time Pro Bowler is hopeful he may see some playing time Sunday against the Chicago Bears.It felt real good, Martin said of returning to practice this week. It felt real good. I did some individual work. My legs were pretty good. My hamstrings were pretty good. I didnt really feel anything. Im pretty optimistic for this coming game. Hopefully I can get in, but its up to the medical doctors.I hope Im ready by that time, but well still [be] seeing if Im able to go at full speed, and thats why Im taking so many precautions and Im seeing where we go from there, but Im hoping I can.Coach Dirk Koetter is hopeful, too, but it wont be his decision.That wont be a coachs call, Koetter said. When a guys been out, thats a medical call and a player call.Martin was limited in practice Wednesday and did some agility work, including jumping over cones. He also worked on his cuts, changing direction and catching passes from running backs coach Tim Spencer. He did as much as he could away from the team to try to keep up his conditioning.On Thursday, he participated in receiving drills with the quarterbacks. He leapt and caught a pass in an outstretched position and caught two short passes across his body. He showed good lateral quickness with the ball in his hands and the ability to change direction, as well as start and stop. His cuts were sudden and decisive.Shape-wise, Ive been running with the traineers here on my own time, so I think Im in pretty good shape, said Martin, who rushed for 1,402 yards last season, second most in the NFL, along with six touchdowns.dddddddddddd He tacked on 271 receiving yards and a touchdown catch.Im getting there. Im getting to that point. Its been kind of frustrating, but Im just going to take all the proper steps to get back on the field, Martin said. I do feel good. I feel really good.The Bucs have had four running backs go down with injuries this season and are now 3-5, something that has been hard for Martin to watch from the sideline. He even attempted to come back before the Week 5 game against the Carolina Panthers but reinjured his hamstring before the game, resulting in even more time away.Its been real frustrating, Martin said. The season, its not how I wanted it really to start. The injury was unexpected, but thats what comes with the game. To see all the other guys go down was hard as well. But next guy up. We have a lot of confidence in the running backs who are playing this week.Center Joe Hawley is thrilled Martin is on his way back.You kind of forget how important he is to the team, Hawley said. I told him the other day, I was watching the Bears game from last year, and the way he runs and hits the holes -- its a different level than most running backs. Hes a game-changer. Getting him back is gonna be huge -- a huge boost to this team. ' ' '