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College Football Playoff Bracket Reveal Reaction: Alabama, Miami or Note Dame?
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Welcome Back to the COVID 3 podcast with your hosts, Chip Patterson, Tom Fornelli, Danny Cannell and Bud Elliott. It's your call for the best college football coverage from national signing day to the national championship and everything in between. CBS Sports presents the COVID 3 podcast.
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Back here on the COVID 3 podcast where yes.
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The College Football playoff bracket is set. Indiana is your number one overall seed. Ohio State gets the 2. Georgia at the 3, Texas Tech at the 4. Oregon checking in as the highest ranked non buy team in the bracket that they will host a first round game as the 5 seed. Ole Miss now led by Pete Golding will get the same in Oxford. They they are at the 6, Texas A&M at the 7. Oklahoma at the 8. If you don't have the bracket in front of you, here's the way it's going to look. Alabama is the 9 seed. No punishment for losing 287 to the Georgia Bulldogs. They will play in Norman in the 89 game. Then you've got the Miami Hurricanes at the 10 spot that they are able to jump ahead of Notre Dame after spending this entire process behind Notre Dame, they are at the ten spot. They will play their first round game in College Station against Texas A and M. Then Tulane, the winners out of the American Athletic conference get the 11 seed. They are going to be on the road playing against Ole Miss and the James Madison Dukes, winners of the Sunbelt Conference 12 and 1 overall. They end up getting the 12 seed. They will begin their college football playoff out in Eugene. We are still live on YouTube.com cover3 and if you're listening to this on the audio side later that we appreciate you as well. And so during the process of this show while we're hanging out that if we get kickoff times and official dates, we will be sure to pass those along to you. As it stands right now, we have just only been given the teams that are involved. First team out, Notre Dame. Second team out, byu. Thank you to Mikey for the quick assembly for all of this. So just just to give a little hard reset, Bud Elliott, what is the number one lesson or takeaway from the committee's final ruling on the 2025 season? Oh, wow.
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Okay. So I was thinking more ramifications like now you don't need to change the format because nobody is really all that mad about this as far as Notre Dame from a conference standpoint.
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B
Oh, okay.
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So I think if they just leave it at 12, nobody's gonna like be really urgent. I know they extended the deadline to figure out what the plan is for Next year if they want to go away from 12. No, I think they can just leave it at 12.
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Nobody with real juice from a conference standpoint is going to be like all up in arms about this.
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That's a good. That's a, that's a sharp, sharp takeaway. I like that. Tom, what about you?
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I'm sorry, I was busy filling out my bracket. What was the question?
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What is in your, in your opinion? What's sort of like the, the big top level takeaway from what we've seen.
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So far, I am just further confirmation that none of the rankings matter before today.
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Yeah.
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Because they're just. They could if Notre Dame was better than Miami all year and then on a week where neither of them played, Miami suddenly became better than Notre Dame.
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Like, it's all for entertainment for seven weeks and then they decide. Yep.
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I mean, I mean, we kind of always knew that, but this is just another kind of like, check that box off.
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Yeah. If they didn't tell us any of their weekly updates and they just gave us these rankings, we would be like, oh, yeah.
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Makes a ton of freaking sense.
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It makes a ton of sense. They were both 10 and 2 and Miami won the head to head and.
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Also put this committee on the Mount Rushmore. They, they, man, preach.
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B
You know this. We talked all season long about the bravery and the confidence that you needed to have in your process. And thank goodness they had Wesley Walls in there to be able to guide them. Thank goodness they had Mark d' Antonio to be able to make sure that they were able to not just bow or kowtow to the pressures of the outside. These were smart, tough decisions made by an excellent college football playoff selection committee. For those keeping track, that is five teams from the SEC in so an.
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Average of four over the two year span, everything balances out.
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There's one team from the Big 12 that is one team from the the ACC, that is two teams from the group of five.
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Do you think that the two teams from the group of five will be a reason for people to call for adjustments?
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Oh, I'm pretty sure Danny's screaming about it right now on hq. But I would, I would point out that the problem isn't that the G5 teams got in, it's that the ACC's best teams all sucked.
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I think if you want more at larges as Greg Sankey does, I think you could probably push for in that room. Hey, you need to be top 20 to get in automatically as a conference champion.
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Pushback, you'd really get from the power Players.
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I, I don't think you need to change the format just because Clemson and Florida State crap the bed. If Clemson and Florida State played at Clemson and Florida State's level and Miami plays to the same level, this is not a problem. You're only getting one G5 team in. The only reason you're getting two is because the ACC didn't hold its weight. Period, point blank. You can blame everybody else if you want, but that's what it comes down to.
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If 20% of your games are obvious blowouts going into them, that's an issue one I think they'll try to address.
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And that would be JMU, Oregon two lane ole miss.
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Yeah.
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What's jam you like 21 to Oregon.
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But if. If Duke is in is same thing.
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Duke would not be top 20. They should not be an auto in.
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Okay, so if Florida State and Clemson didn't suck and one of them had been in, what would happen? The blowout would go away. Again. This is the acc.
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Don't.
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Don't punish other leagues for the ACC blowing it.
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Yeah, but Tom, I don't know how that, how does that like disprove what I'm. You see what I'm saying?
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Like I feel like there were blowouts last year. Bud, there's blowouts every year. There was blowouts in the four team league. A quarter of the first round games in the four team were always a blowout too.
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Yeah, but if, like, if everybody knows it's a blowout heading into it, that does like reduce interest in the game. And this is a business enterprise. I, I think they'll probably.
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I hear you there, but.
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I don't know.
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It's. This is the only sport I know of where we don't want to give the any everybody a chance. And it's just so hypocritical to me that everybody screamed about how we had to expand it to give more teams a chance. And now that we've done that, everybody's like, well, we can't give all these teams a chance. It only needs to be a select few.
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Yeah. I don't like the idea of you have to be top 20.
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Neither do I. I think that's ridiculous.
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Yeah. You don't think 20 is pretty fair?
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No, no.
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Because you just keep them outside the top 20. Yeah.
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Especially because any, any analysis of any top 20 ranking after the. The way that conference realignment has sort of like consolidated power is going to make it not.
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It's. It's going to be exclusionary, but like.
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Tulane is 20 right now. They would be in. Yeah, UVA would have been in. They were 17th entering the week, I think.
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But that's a. Tulane would have been in if it was 29. But that's my point. If you put it at 20. If you put it at 20, they just moved to lane to 21. And then they get to put in Notre Dame.
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They didn't do that in the 4 team when the G5 had to be a top 16. Remember, they had that requirement in there.
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Yeah, but it was only four teams, Buddy.
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Sure, but they didn't. They didn't rig it to where, like, they put the team 18th instead of.
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14 once when Cincinnati went undefeated, and then when it was like, the 15th time that a G5 team finally had to do it to prove that they deserved to be in there. Like, UCF didn't get in. They rigged that, didn't they?
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Yeah, that's fair.
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It's too easy to control. It's just. You either have automatic qualifiers or you don't. If you don't want any, then just don't get rid of them all.
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All right. You already talk some games. Oh, lasting, lasting. Bud, we do have two rematches, so.
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Maybe they don't care about rematches. Well, okay, which of these rematches logically had to follow? Like, they couldn't avoid it.
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You could have moved Alabama down.
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Okay. Yeah.
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And.
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You could have, like, maybe done a little switcheroo with Oregon and Ole Miss. Could you?
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Well, but if you move Bama down.
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You'Re like, hey, we're going to draw such a distinction that Miami is now above Alabama, but. But Bama's still above Notre Dame that. That almost, like, shocks the conscience as far as, like, credibility here, because it's like, wait, Miami was inactive, so now they're jumping Notre Dame and Bama.
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I mean, you already did.
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Like, if you're Hunter Eurocheck. That's a little hard to explain, that one.
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Well, you're already dropping.
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Very impressed by what you saw in practice this week.
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Yeah, yeah, You're. You're already. But here. Here's the thing, Bud. You're dropping Alabama, therefore causing them to be back to back, you know, and all rules go out the window when you're back to back.
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Everybody knows that. Yeah. I think that you could have made some tweaks if you really wanted to. The presence of both Tulane and JMU made it tough for them to do a lot of tweaking. Right. If Virginia. If Virginia had won the ACC then. Well, not Virginia. I'm trying to think if Miami had been in the ACC championship game and won. Like if that Miami was the ACC champion Miami and not a ACC five way tie for second place Miami, then you could have maybe done a little bit of tweaking along the way. Even if Miami had just beaten Virginia, you could have slid some pieces around. So I think they probably don't care about rematches.
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I. Yeah.
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I don't know.
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It might be like a preference but like not a. Not like a driving principle.
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Right. Like the college basketball tournament has bracketing rules. You cannot play a certain team until certain times in the tournament.
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Yeah. They don't want conference games.
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Yeah.
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Obviously that is not a part here of the college football playoff. That's just not. That's just. That's just not where we're at.
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Okay, well, it's because, you know, it's easier to do it when every conference is allowed to be part of the playoff.
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All right, let's start breaking down these first round games. Alabama, Oklahoma, Bama.
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Ooh, let's actually also for the FanDuel leakers, like three of those matchups were wrong and they'll be voided like they didn't have. Yeah, that was not a thing.
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Okay. CFP first round. They are up right now. None of the dates have been set there either. Okay. So let's do it in the way the bracket goes.
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We're gonna have a selection show on Tuesday for the dates.
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FanDuel sportsbook where you can play your game. Alabama 1 1/2 point favorite over Oklahoma. Over under a 40 and a half. Again, we don't know the kickoff time or date specifically. We just know it will be in Norman. Let's go early, Lee. Early. Read on. This rematch in the first round.
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I'm going Bama. They moved the ball up and down the field on Oklahoma last time. They just turned over a bunch. I think they'll be fine.
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To go.
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Oklahoma think Alabama's playing like crap right now.
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Oklahoma's offense been playing like crap for like three months.
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Yeah, good point. I'm going to Alabama.
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Let's go.
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It's a one and a half point spread, folks. What matters is the total is 40 and a half.
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Under.
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Under. Yes. Alabama 8, Oklahoma 5. That's my score.
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What are going to be some of the keys to? I think I know the answer to this, but I. I want to at least like introduce it. What are going to be some of the keys for Alabama? Making sure they don't get beat again.
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Don't turn the ball over.
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There we go. Don't turn the Ball over, like be better in blitz pickup.
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And you'll come out of there with a win. Unless Oklahoma figures out offense. But they've had 14 weeks to do it and haven't been able to do so.
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There's no guarantee. Bama like fixes this. I just think they are more fixable in two weeks than Oklahoma is.
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Like, oh, you showed no signs of life on offense the entire year.
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Yeah, I think, I think I agree with you there.
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What about.
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What would you want to see from Oregon in a first round matchup against jmu?
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Nobody get hurt.
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Do they like, do they rush these guys back to play jmu? No, but you might want to get them some reps like if they're close to being ready to play. I do think you want to play them like the rust is a real thing. I, I don't know how you quantify it, but like I think you want to get these guys some reps even if it's on some package stuff.
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So what, what can JMU do?
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We're gonna have to do 15 minutes on this game for a preview, guys.
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Not right now. We don't have to.
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No, I'm just thinking about this.
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Like, can Oregon keep Lonza Barnett in the pocket?
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Jamie's very creative on offense. I think Barnett is a nice player. Their offensive line was completely overwhelmed by Louisville. So I, I, I mean Louisville sacked him what, six times on 29 drop X.
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Troy really had their way with that. The James Madison offensive line too.
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So like can they block Oregon at all?
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All right, we've got it.
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Probably looks like Liberty, Oregon from that Fiesta Bowl.
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I think so too. We got some times and dates. Alabama, Oklahoma will be your Friday night game on December 19, 8pm Eastern Time from Norman. That looks chilly then our day.
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You know what, if I had known that was an ABC game, I would have definitely said it would be the 89 game. When you asked earlier who the Friday night game would be.
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Then on December 20th, Saturday we'll get started with Miami and Texas A and M noon eastern time in College Station. Middle of the day will be two lane at Ole Miss for the 3:30pm Eastern Time kickoff and then the prime time game on Saturday the 20th will be James Madison at Oregon. I think you had to figure the west coast host was going to be getting that Saturday night game off the jump.
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I tell you what, I am shocked that TNT is getting the games with Tulane and James Madison.
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Selfishly here. Selfishly here. Yeah, Tom, excellent point. Selfishly here as a show that has to go live after these Games. I Love that. The 21 1/2 point spread is. That is the night game so we can get this thing rolling.
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And also Alabama, Oregon. I mean, excuse me. Alabama, Oklahoma.
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Yeah, yeah.
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I mean what. How many times we gonna go to commercial for a touchdown in Alabama Oklahoma?
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We got a nice 2 hour 25 minute game coming our way up.
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Hey, hey, y'. All. We're gonna watch America's game. What's the runtime on America's game gonna be versus Alabama Oklahoma spread of what, eight and a half minutes?
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Yeah, we'll, we'll, we'll see about that. Then as they, you know. Let me see. I can, I can pull this back and then I'll. I don't need to see your check's face.
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Oh, then okay. So on in the quarterfinal matchups, the New Year's Eve game. Oh, don't worry, Ohio State. You've never lost a game on New Year's Eve before. Of incredible significance.
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Ohio State will be playing in New Year's Eve in the Cotton Bowl. They will play the winner of Miami and Texas A and M. Then the day will get started on New Year's Day. Noon eastern time in the Orange Bowl. That is the Georgia Florida State memorial spot. You know that daytime Orange bowl kickoff. Texas Tech playing host to the winner of Oregon and jmu. Of course the sun setting over the mountains Rose bowl will be Indiana taking on the winner of Alabama and Oklahoma. That is. That's a pretty fun game from a. You want to talk about the way you sell it. Our 13 and oh Indiana Hoosiers against either Alabama or Oklahoma in the Rose Bowl. That rocks. I am excited about that game just in terms of like the way that you can rope people in. And then we will close with either. Oh tasty. We're either either have Georgia Ole Miss in New Orleans or Georgia Tulane in New Orleans.
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Home field advantage. I love that.
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I mean like that a lot. The Fiesta bowl will be the semifinal game that is getting the winner of Ohio State and Georgia. That'll be on January 8th. Then the peach bowl in Atlanta will get the winner of the Indiana Texas Tech side of the bracket, of course. National championship game, January 19, 7:30pm Eastern in my. Amy.
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Go ahead.
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So Ohio State gets the cotton.
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Ohio State gets the cotton on New Year's Eve.
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That's kind of a jacked up thing there to send the two seed to a de facto road game if A and M beats Miami.
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Yeah.
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I mean Georgia having to play against Ole Miss or Tulane.
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It's kind of a little roadie.
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Georgia travels every. Well, here's the pushback. I could already hear it. Ohio State travels everywhere. Georgia travels everywhere. You know, they'll figure it out. But.
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That is the building.
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Eurosex said it.
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What?
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Once we moved Miami ahead of byu, we had the side by side comparison with DOT or two that everyone had been hungry for.
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That everybody had been hungry for.
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Yeah. The one metric we had to fall back on then was the head to head.
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I love this.
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Mount Rushmore.
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Oh, my God.
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Jeez.
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What about two lane Ole Miss matchup wise?
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I feel like we've seen this before. It is interesting.
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By 35.
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Yeah. 45 first game. Yeah.
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I mean.
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It'S not in Oxford this time.
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I. I bet you it'll be closer.
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Been some disarray, but there's also going to be a little bit of disarray on Tulane side.
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So we've also seen Georgia Ole Miss.
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Yeah.
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I need. I need y' all to talk. I gotta fill out this bracket, so.
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All right, look. I mean, I think there's a little bit less certainty as far as.
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Ole Miss, Tulane. It's not likely that Tulane pulls the upset in that. It's, in fact, it's. It's pretty unlikely. But like, I mean, they're. They're 6 to 1 as opposed to 11 to 1 for JMU. Oregon, you know, like, like Tane, I, I think is a good bit better than JMU. Maybe not like, you know, they're not 10 points better, but it. If, if you made that on neutral, it's probably what, six points like that that matters.
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Just, it's.
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Home field's pretty big for all these. As far as, like, atmosphere.
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Like, that's the one thing that was. When we were discussing the Alabama Oklahoma game, that was the one thing that kind of pushed me in Oklahoma's direction because it's like, you know, this isn't Norman. It is going to be crazy. It's a tough place to go in and win. It's just. I don't have much faith in Oklahoma, but it's like you look at the other matchups, like Miami having to go to College Station could really tilt that game one way because that's not an easy place to play.
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Is Miami the second best team A M has faced so far this year?
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I. I think you could make an argument for that.
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Oh, they did beat Notre Dame.
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I mean, look, that.
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Texas name struggled with that Texas D line. So Miami's is just as good. Like, Notre Dame's D line is not special. Like, it's good, but it's not like difference makers this year. So trying to like A M had a really, really weak schedule in, in the sec. It's kind of weird to say like they've run to the SEC and they've faced. This will be like the second, you know, full of pros D line they have faced. But I think that's true.
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They didn't play Oklahoma. They didn't play Georgia.
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Texas shut them down.
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In 11 games against FBS competition, Marcel Reed threw 10 interceptions. In eight games against SEC competition, Marcel Reed threw nine interceptions. Now Carson Beck comes with his own surgeons general warning. Feels like which quarterback gonna screw up kind of game.
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I would agree.
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Both.
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Because both. I mean Cassius Howell's nasty.
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Oh yeah.
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Oh, Carson. Carson Howell.
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And so is Francis.
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Right. Carson Beck does not handle pressure well. Well, guess what, Texas A M, here's these pass rushers. Marcel Reed might get a little loose with the football. Especially with two interceptions against that Texas team. Well, guess what? Here comes Ruben Bane. Akeem Messador.
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Under.
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What's the total? The total is 50 and a half. Or no, wait, wait, wait. No, no. 51 and a half. Why did they suddenly move the game? Oh, because now that the times are in, they. Never mind.
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Yeah, yeah.
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So under under.
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Two lane team total under.
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JMU team.
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We're not doing the locks pod yet.
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Chip right off the rip. I think Miami can win that game.
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I do too.
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Do you take anything before we. I mean, we're gonna have plenty of time to do big game breakdowns, X's and O's. Is there anything to be said for the mentality of.
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Undertaker popping out? Oh my. Like I. We thought that we were on the edge and now we're back in. Is there anything to be said for a way that Miami can harness this opportunity and be able to, whether it's like more focused or in the meetings. I mean, this is a challenging time between now and December 20th to keep your team 100% locked in with everything that you need to do to be able to get there. So do you take anything from the idea that Miami could see a benefit at least from this. This opportunity?
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Maybe. But I feel like that's an adrenaline rush that'll wear out pretty quick before.
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13 days from now or even if.
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It goes into the game once the game starts. I don't think that that kind of momentum, or whatever you want to phrase it has, was going to do a whole lot for you. Yeah.
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What do you think, Bud?
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What do you think, Bud?
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Bud. Elliot.
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Bud. He muted us.
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He muted us.
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No, I was trying to find this clip but I couldn't find it.
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Okay.
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Exclusive like damn.
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He's like call. She popped. We got, we got, we got high volume traders, liquidity, the mute button.
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The mute button used to be his enemy. Now they've got an alliance. They're like against us. All right.
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Yeah, I think Miami wins that game.
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I trust Carson Beck more than I trust Marcel Reed.
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All right, let's do, let's get through our official predictions. We'll all get to talk through our bracket and before we get there, while we had a late night laugh about how Manny won the ACC before Mario did, Mario now has led Miami to its first ever college football playoff appearance. So hey, how about this? This might be an upon further review, the Mario crystal ball era is already a success.
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Oh yeah, for sure.
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Four years, two double digit win seasons and a college football playoff appearance.
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And it's, it's poetic and perfect in a way. It is hashtag go ACC that the ACC champion did not make the field but its third place team did.
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That is a tied for second place team.
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Okay, Tom, not according to the tiebreakers it's not. They broke that tie.
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I think the ACC proceeded probably does need to make a little adjustment to the to the top.
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I would guarantee that that gets changed before we get into next season. All right. Coming up on the other side are way, way, way too early. Look at the college Football Playoff with our expert picks and more next.
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Here's my 32nd story with Guinness as.
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Soon as my sister and I get.
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Home for the holidays, we don't even unpack.
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We head straight to our pub.
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The bartender already knows our Guinness and fries. We laugh all night, catch up with old friends and walk home with faces sore from smiling. It's one of my favorite nights of the year. That was my 32nd story with Guinness.
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Back here on the COVID 3 podcast, we'll have plenty of time to fill out expert brackets. But how about one Just as we saw the bracket get announced. Let's see. Tom, I'll let you get first dibs here. Give Mikey a second to get it lined up. Is this Tom for now.
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All right.
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Oh, you're just going to talk it out. All right, Tom, let's. Let's hear it.
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Let me get my HQ voice on here. We're going to be playing out the bracket. I've got Alabama winning in the first round over Oklahoma.
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We've talked about it.
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I felt like Alabama was the better team in that game. Oklahoma just ended up winning because Alabama kept screwing up. So Tide move on in the second game there. This is. This was a tough call. Spent a lot of time thinking about it, praying on it. I'm going to have Oregon take down James Madison, shocking the world. Ole Miss going to shock the world and beat Tulane. And then I've got A and M using that home field advantage to take out the Hurricanes in the first round.
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All right, so then play. Give me the next round.
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Okay, so now we are on to the quarterfinals. There we go. I've got, as you can see there, I've got Indiana ending Alabama season, Oregon taking down Texas Tech, Georgia beating Ole Miss again in Ohio State, ending the season for Texas A and M. And now you've got three Big Ten teams in your final four and one sec team think Indiana beats Oregon again. Ohio State gets Georgia. And as I said on the show last night, I don't think last night's Big Ten championship was the only time we were going to see Indiana and Ohio State play this year. Got Ohio State in the rematch. Your national champion Ohio State Buckeyes. Congratulations, guys.
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Bud.
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So I've got Bama beating Oklahoma again. I just think they have a better chance to get right than Oklahoma does. Oregon over jmu, Ole Miss over Tulane. I've got Miami winning in College Station. As I say that, that scares the hell out of me, but all right, I've got Alabama going down to Indiana and Then take care of business there. I agree with Tom. Oregon over Texas Tech. I've got Georgia over Ole Miss and I have Ohio State over Miami. Actually, I have full strength Oregon taking down Indiana to go to the national championship game. I have Ohio State beating Georgia and then I have Ohio State over Oregon and an all Big Ten national title game.
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Wait, but hold on. I was just saw in the chat that since I'm a Big Ten homer, I think that three of the four final four will be Big Ten and that the Big Ten the game will be too Big Ten now. Are you a Big Ten homer now too?
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The top three teams in the power ratings for most of the year have been Big Ten teams.
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Is that true?
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Yeah, I think the SEC is a lot deeper. I just think the Big Ten is better at the top.
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Wow. So I wasn't being a homer.
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I mean even fpi, which like, you know, they, they tend to agree with you.
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That's crazy. All right, here comes Chip. He's got Miami winning it all over James Madison.
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So.
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Yeah, I, Alabama, Oklahoma, I very much could, could see myself sway one way or the other. And guess what, Jam Miller, LT Overton, like, I don't know, we could take any number of the absences that led to Alabama's poor performance and go into, you know, why that would or would not matter. For right now I'm taking Alabama. Yes. Oregon over jmu. Didn't think too hard about that. Same with Ole Miss over two Lane. I am taking Miami to beat Texas A M. Miami advancing to get against Ohio State. Miami and Ohio State in a high stakes game. Have we ever seen that before? Yeah. So then it'll be Indiana against Alabama and the Rose Bowl. I think Indiana takes care of business for Oregon. Texas Tech in the Orange Bowl. I don't know what that spread hypothetically could be, but that is very, very tricky. For the Ducks to come from Eugene to South Florida on New Year's Eve, then wake up the next morning at noon and like Dan's gonna have them locked in. They've got a good plan and everything, but I don't know, it's. It's gonna be the Focus bowl for Oregon and Texas Tech there in Hard Rock Stadium early in the day. Ole Miss in Georgia. I'm not going to overthink that. We've seen that game once. And I do think that Georgia has gotten better since that game, especially on the defensive side of the ball as Georgia has held every single opponent since November 1st to 21 points or less. And the only team that scored 21 was Mississippi State in a 41, 21, 20 like blowout loss. So, yeah, Dogs defense showed out, but I think that's more what we've seen. I think they would have a good plan for Ole Miss. I've got the Dogs advancing and here's where we're starting to get to the Ohio State of it all. For me, I am going to buy.
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Ryan Day's explanation. Not explanation. I'm going to buy what Ryan Day said about his team. In the post game press conference after the Big Ten championship game loss, Ryan Day said, I think walking off that field without a trophy is going to sit with this team. I think that there will be an impact on how this team approaches the College Football Playoff because of the way that game played out and the way that game ended. He did not want to, and I don't think he was trying to say that Ohio State lost focus or that they were cruising as they were the number one team in the country for the whole season. But, man, he sure did indicate that that was a team that had not felt a lot of hurt, that that was a team that had not experienced a lot of competitive pain, and that maybe that game would inspire a little bit more of an edge as they enter into the College Football Playoff. That's what has me thinking. Ohio State is not in a position to get taken out there in the quarterfinal. It could be Miami, it could be Texas A and M. I'm picking Miami. I will tell you, I will take Ohio State to win its first quarterfinal game, its first playoff game of this, of this season against whoever ends up getting there to the Cotton bowl, then Indiana and Oregon. I. This is, this is a really interesting one because. Snap call. We're just writing it down. And, and do you know what was my tiebreaker?
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Two coordinators that are going to be head coaches somewhere else in power.
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If, if Oregon had no coaching changes and a healthy roster, I'm taking Oregon to win the rematch. But this thing is decided at the margins, and we're talking about a game in the semifinals that's going to be happening on January 8 or January 9.
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It is impossible to think that Will Stein and Tosh Lupo aren't also working on binders of what the winter workout plan is going to be. You know, it's just, it's a lot to be able to handle. And so at the margins, I do think Indiana gets a second win against the Ducks, Georgia and Ohio State. An absolute banger. I'm. I'm going Buckeyes. But you could you could talk me into Georgia winning that one as well. But then I will go with the Buckeyes then to be able to get revenge in a second meeting with Indiana. I've got Ohio State as my national champion.
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You know how I know Indiana has arrived as a football powerhouse?
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Why?
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Filthy animals in the chat. Despite the fact that two of the three of us have Indiana in the title game and all three of us have Indiana beating freaking Alabama in a college football playoff game. Wants to know why we still doubt Indiana.
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That's how you know they've arrived.
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Absolutely.
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You've only got us getting to the title game. And take it out, Alabama. You guys don't believe it.
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Us.
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Would you have Notre Dame over Oklahoma or Miami or A and M or. Sorry, Notre Dame over Oklahoma or Notre Dame or A M, had they been in one of those two, nine or 10 spots?
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It's a great question. I would have taken Notre Dame over Oklahoma. If it was Texas A M, I probably would take a Notre Dame. Yeah.
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I don't think I would take them in College Station. I think A M would block them easily again.
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Okay.
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My power ratings would have them favored over Oklahoma. In Oklahoma. It would be pretty. It'd be kind of a coin flip in. In College Station.
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Yeah.
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Tough scene for the Fighting Irish. We'll see. We'll see if it leads to any changes, any expansion, any. Any changes in the format. But honestly, gentlemen, and I do mean this honestly, we've got a bracket. Let's go play the game. Let's get this thing. Let's not. Let's. Let's not think about the selection committee. Let's think about these matchups. We're fired up later in the day, by the way. We're going to be finding out the bowl locations for the. The rest of the postseason. We will give a more detailed summary of some of our favorite bowl games as part of Monday's. Upon further review. A lot to be able to unpack there. We'll get to hear from Danny Cannell, who is. Let's see. Is he still just chopping it up on. Chopping it up on. Ooh, Danny's got Oregon winning the national championship.
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Oh.
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So I do think we can give people a couple bowl things logically that follow. Oh, right.
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So I think Notre Dame will get the Pop Tarts bowl in Orlando.
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Okay.
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And then I think Texas, Michigan could be the Citrus, which is like, a really nice matchup for us here.
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Cool.
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Official just, like, trying to, like, follow wherever. Like what McGregor said, like where the tie ins are you know who finished where.
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Reminder. Over on cbsports.com we've got our Bowls Live blog led by bowl expert Brad Crawford and the rest of the team there. I know he was talking all about the puzzle pieces, even like on a possession by possession basis. Like if you want to know how in it he is. It was like the, the Brad O meter was swinging one way or the other. It was like, oh, Fighting Irish to the Citrus. Oh no, Fighting Irish back in the playoff. Oh no, Fighting Irish in the Citrus. Oh no, now they're in the playoff. Like it was, it was incredibly detailed and thorough that he'll be putting all the pieces of the puzzle together over on CBSSports.com so go and check that out again. We will be back here live@YouTube.com cover3 on Monday at 11am Eastern Time. Upon further review from Championship Weekend, upon further review from the final selection show and a bowl game, look ahead. All the fun that we've got in store for you. The post season is here. Looking forward to breaking it all down with everybody in the tailgate and rocking it all the way through the national championship game. And you can follow him on Twitter Tom Fenelli. You can follow him@bud Elliott3. You can follow me at Chip Underscore Patterson. Gentlemen, thank you very much.
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Thank you.
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