College Football Playoff winners and losers: From Arizona State and Ryan Day to ESPN, Oregon and expansionists

In less than 24 hours, all three College Football Playoff participants from the western third of the country were sent packing in fashions ranging from highly respectable to ignominious.

It was less than 24, actually.

Boise State’s loss to Penn State in the Fiesta Bowl went final Tuesday at 8:15 p.m. Pacific Time. By 4 p.m. on New Year’s Day, Arizona State had lost the Peach Bowl to Texas and Oregon was down 34 points to Ohio State in the first half of the Rose Bowl.

Officially...