Hi, friends. We interrupt your Bowlapalooza viewing (and we do hope you’re enjoying the early bowl games!) for, well, something that we’ve never done before on The Carla & Crappy Show. And that’s because these games have never been played before … in some cases, literally in multiple ways.

Welcome to our first-ever #CnCShow CFP First Round preview.

Because we have just four games to evaluate, Carla, Crappy, and AJ take some time to recap a few of the interesting happenings since the end of the regular season, including Navy’s impressive win over Army, Marshall’s forfeiture of its bowl spot, and how Louisiana Tech found its way into a bowl game (AJ breaks this down and it’s wildly entertaining). We also look at other portal and coaching news and how we think Bill Belichick will adapt to the college game.

But then, it’s time to get down to business.

No. 10 Indiana at No. 7 Notre Dame (8 ET Friday, ABC/ESPN): The knock against both of these teams has been that they haven’t played anyone. But Notre Dame tends to get the benefit of the doubt, while Indiana gets questioned. Do the Hoosiers have a chip on their shoulder? We’ll see.

No. 11 SMU at No. 6 Penn State (Noon ET, TNT): The game that should have been Friday night gets the Noon treatment. Penn State will have its hands full with Brashard Smith and the SMU offense. Look for heavy doses of Tyler Warren, especially without the services of Beau Pribula, who entered the portal.

No. 12 Clemson at No. 5 Texas (4 ET, TNT): Believe it or not, this is the first-ever meeting between these two teams, and boy, do we have questions. Does Clemson have enough to topple the Horns in Austin? Which version of Texas do we get in this game?

No. 9 Tennessee at No. 8 Ohio State (8 ET, ABC/ESPN): Speaking of questions, we have lots of them for Ohio State. Can a patched-up offensive line fend off a stellar Tennessee front seven? Can the Bucks put that huge season-ending loss behind them? The Vols would love to capitalize on the road.

With reminders about the FCS semifinals and DII and DIII playoff schedules (because you absolutely should watch those, too!), we wish you all a very merry and happy holiday. We’ll be back just before the new year to break down the CFP quarterfinals … which are four of the New Year’s Six bowl games. (Yeah, we know. It’s confusing. But it’s going to be a fun ride.) Cheers, yinz.