The Washington Wizards acquire former South Sudan Olympian JT Thor off waivers, who was previously playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers

Washington last January ... since 2014 with four straight wins in the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff, just weeks after their loss to the Wolverines in Columbus, Ohio.

The kickoff of the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff has been hailed as a triumph, but the winds of change are already stirring, especially among the heavyweights of college football ...