The Rose Bowl has the honor of hosting No. 2 Oregon and No. 3 Florida State in the first College Football Playoff semifinal. Keep refreshing this live blog (click below) throughout the game for score updates, stats, highlights and whatever else we find around the web to enhance your viewing or gametracking experience.
8:50 p.m. ET -- After 29 straight victories, Florida State's run has come to an end. Oregon advances to the first College Football Playoff championship game after a 59-20 win. The Ducks scored 34 straight points to blow open a tightly contested game and turn it into a display of this program's speed and execution on both sides of the ball. Oregon 59, Florida State 20 FINAL
Mark Helfrich said the team would enjoy this win for "a few hours," but promised that they had a plan in place to start preparing for either Alabama or Ohio State.
8:39 p.m. ET -- We have moved to the point in the beatdown where the broadcast is turning to President Barack Obama for insight.
In case you missed. ESPN just ran this quote from POTUS on Mariota pic.twitter.com/zeFgiYc4MG
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8:32 p.m. ET -- Florida State punted back to Oregon, bringing up a point we haven't addressed here yet: there have only been three punts in this game so far, and just one by Oregon. Obviously, FSU's turnovers and Oregon's touchdowns have done of a fine job flipping the possession between teams, but not a lot of punts needed.
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8:24 p.m. ET -- Thomas Tyner caps another touchdown drive for the Ducks, and at this point you wonder if Mark Helfrich is going to put in the backups. Florida State's five turnovers have been turned into 34 points and the Seminoles are showing no signs of getting back into this game. Oregon 59, Florida State 20 10:13 4Q
8:15 p.m. ET -- After Winston's interception, Oregon extends its lead again with a 23-yard Marcus Mariota touchdown run. Oregon 52, Florida State 20 13:56 4Q
8:10 p.m. ET -- Jameis Winston gets a talking-to from Jimbo Fisher.