I mean, we're motivated by winning just as much as we're losing.

I mean, we won a national championship, and that's pretty motivating.

You want to go do it again.

We lost right here last year, and that's pretty motivating, too.

You know, as I always say, we just try to keep our dreams greater than our memories.

That was the irrepressibly folksy Davosweeney yesterday.

He was talking about his Clemson Tigers, but maybe he was talking about all of us,

as we're trying to keep our dreams greater than the memory of this past year.

That's right, 2020 is over, and what better way to celebrate than with the college football playoff semifinals?

Today, can Ohio State exact revenge on Clemson for last year's semifinal defeat?

Can Notre Dame hang with Alabama's high-flying offense?

Hey, it's a new year, and anything's possible.

Hey, everybody, I'm Ryan McGee, filling in for Pablo.

It's Friday, January 1st, 2021, y'all, and this is ESPN Daily.

Heather Dinnich, my friend, happy new year.

I am so excited to be joining you, even though it's virtual.

Heather Dynich is ESPN's college football playoff guru, and she's been covering the sport for more than a decade. And by the way, in case you're wondering if the 2020 chaos

is going to go away when the calendar page turned, the answer is no, because I'm hosting

ESPN Daily, which is, I think, a sign that maybe the chaos continues, but I'm so glad you're with me today.

Well, thank you, McGee. Happy New Year to you, too.

All right, so 2020's over. It's done, gone. And there's no better way that I can think of to turn the calendar page to 2021 then with the college football playoff semifinals.

So, yes, we just have probably the strangest regular season of all time.

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