CFP Final Rankings INSTANT REACTION | David Pollack on the Field of 12

Summary

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See Ball Get Ball with David Pollack

Episode: "CFP Final Rankings INSTANT REACTION"

Date: December 7, 2025
Host: David Pollack

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Episode Overview

In this CFP Final Rankings Instant Reaction episode, David Pollack and his co-host (Brent) break down the final College Football Playoff (CFP) rankings. The episode is charged with honest, passionate, and often blunt analysis of the selections, seeding controversies, and what the committee got right and wrong. Expect in-depth discussion of the Miami-Notre Dame-Alabama debate, system frustrations, and a forward-looking perspective on how the playoff format will (and should) continue to evolve.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Playoff Selections Drama: Miami, Notre Dame, Alabama (01:42 - 04:37)

• The main drama of Selection Day hinged on which team among Miami, Notre Dame, and Alabama would make the playoff, and who would be left out.
  • David's take:

    "I felt more comfortable about putting Miami in than anybody because Miami beat Notre Dame head to head. Miami beating FSU at their place... it really felt like Miami had a distinct advantage." (01:59)

• The challenge of penalizing teams for playing tough schedules, early-season losses, and brand power all contributed to the controversy.
• There’s no “right answer” and the system is scrutinized, especially with JMU and Tulane occupying playoff spots.

2. Critique of the System: Group of Five (G5) Inclusions (03:21 - 04:37, 23:34 - 24:46)

• The panel is highly critical of G5 teams JMU and Tulane making the playoff over stronger programs:

  • "It's a travesty for the sport that you have Tulane and you have JMU in. It's good for them... But that's not how this is supposed to be set up." (03:31)

  • "We need to have a true playoff system like the NFL does, where we're getting the best teams in the playoffs." (24:46)

3. Discrepancies in Rankings & Questionable Committee Decisions (04:37 - 05:25, 29:50 - 30:45)

• Alabama didn’t drop at all after a bad loss, whereas other teams have been punished for less.

  • "Alabama got destroyed yesterday and didn't move a millimeter. Same spot." (04:57)

• Committee’s inertia and inconsistency throughout the season—why didn’t they “fix” obvious ranking issues earlier?

4. Impact of Championship Games on Seeding (06:45 - 07:45, 24:46 - 26:26)

• Georgia stays at #3 after a close championship battle. Panel feels some of these games “meant nothing” regarding seeding except for Indiana/Ohio State.
• Discussion of how the conference championship games seem to lose relevance under the current system.

  • “It meant nothing. It meant the one seed now. Yeah. They flipped and then, you know, if you want to debate two and three, I think it’s debatable, but it’s not criminal.” (07:01)

• Host predicts potential changes in future playoff/championship structure.

5. Strength and Prospects of the Big Ten (08:10 - 09:24)

• David asserts this could be another year for a Big Ten champion, praising Indiana, Ohio State, and Oregon as “three of the top five seeds.”

  • “Back-to-back champs have been from the Big Ten and I think there’s a way higher chance of it happening again.” (08:24)

• They agree the Big Ten is stronger at the top than the SEC, despite the SEC getting more teams in.

6. Notre Dame’s Omission & Potential (09:24 - 11:55)

• Pollack considers Notre Dame one of the most dangerous teams left out:

  • “I absolutely agree. I think this Notre Dame team is scarier than last year's Notre Dame team... If you asked me to pick... I would absolutely pick Notre Dame.” (10:24)

• Panel debates how head-to-head wins and timing of games can sometimes unfairly knock out excellent teams.

7. First-Round Matchups & Game Previews (17:03 - 22:40)

• Recap of playoff bracket:
  • 1 Indiana, 2 Ohio State, 3 Georgia, 4 Texas Tech (byes).
  • 8 Oklahoma vs. 9 Alabama
  • 7 Texas A&M vs. 10 Miami
  • 6 Ole Miss vs. 11 Tulane
  • 5 Oregon vs. 12 JMU
• Most anticipated first-round game: A&M vs. Miami.

  • “I think that’ll be the Friday night game... the bar none choice is that A&M-Miami is the most exciting of these first round games.” (19:59)

• Advantages of playing at home, motivation, and key injuries.

8. Team-Specific Commentaries and Outlooks

• Alabama: Needs major offensive improvement. Noted for being resilient after tough losses. (20:25-21:20)
• Oklahoma: Extra rest may be an advantage, but “rest can become rust.” (21:20)
• Vanderbilt: Best 10-2 team not in the playoff—a sign of the system’s limits. (23:00)
• Indiana: Surprise #1 seed, undefeated after beating top teams on the road, potential for Heisman-winning QB. (26:46-28:45)

9. Predictions, Player Spotlights, and Awards (26:55 - 28:45)

• Indiana’s quarterback is tipped as the likely Heisman winner.

  • “His toughness is unquestioned. And, and, and when he sees you playing man to man coverage, he’s going to attack you and I think NFL teams are going to love that.” (28:06)

• Praise for Signetti, the Indiana coach, for changing the program and college football landscape.
• Expectation for “elite football games” in the playoff’s second round, likened to the NCAA basketball Elite Eight. (29:08)

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Notable Quotes and Memorable Moments

• On Miami-Notre Dame-Alabama Drama:

  “Miami beating Notre Dame head to head. Miami beating FSU at their place... it really felt like Miami had a distinct advantage.” – David Pollack (01:59)

• On Committee Process:

  “Alabama got destroyed yesterday and didn’t move a millimeter. Same spot... That doesn’t mean I agreed with it.” – Brent & David (04:57-05:01)

• On The System’s Flaws:

  “We need to have a true playoff system like the NFL does, where we're getting the best teams in the playoffs.” – David Pollack (24:46)

• On Big Ten Power:

  “Back-to-back champs have been from the Big Ten and I think there's a way higher chance of it happening again.” – David Pollack (08:24)

• On Notre Dame as an Omitted Contender:

  “I think this Notre Dame team is scarier than last year's Notre Dame team. If you asked me to pick... I would absolutely pick Notre Dame.” – David Pollack (10:24)

• On Indiana’s Magical Season:

  “Not only are they the one seed undefeated, they went and beat Oregon at Oregon and beat Penn State at Penn State, Iowa at Iowa and then Ohio State in the Big Ten championship game... That season is absolutely magical.” – Brent & David (26:55-27:15)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Opening Remarks & Playoff Drama: 01:42 – 04:37
• System Flaws and G5 Critique: 03:21 – 04:37, 23:34 – 24:46
• Rankings/Committee Decisions: 04:37 – 05:25
• Championship Games & Seeding Impact: 06:45 – 07:45, 24:46 – 26:26
• Big Ten’s Strength: 08:10 – 09:24
• Notre Dame Analysis: 09:24 – 11:55
• Bracket Recap & Matchups: 17:03 – 22:40
• Vanderbilt & Edge Cases: 23:00 – 23:34
• Playoff System Evolution: 23:34 – 26:26
• Indiana's Dream Season & Heisman Talk: 26:46 – 28:45
• Outlook for Playoff Games: 29:08 – 29:50

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Final Thoughts

• The episode ends with a sense of anticipation for the playoff games and a promise for further analysis with players and coaches. David and Brent urge the evolution of the playoff system, emphasizing both fairness and excitement.
• The main takeaway: the CFP system still produces drama and debate, now about spots #12-14 rather than #4-5, but structural improvements and rewarding the best teams remain pressing issues.

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Transcript

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Welcome on in dudes. We got the Reink, we got the rack. Wow. First day with my new mouth. We got the, we got the rankings, the final ones. There was a lot of drama. We're not going to do it like ESPN did. They did it exactly how they should have done it. The drama lied with, with one specific area. And it came down to. We'll talk about, we'll get in detail about all the seating. But it came down to Notre Dame, Miami and Alabama. And I don't know that there's a right answer. I really don't. I don't know that you can definitively say, listen, I felt more comfortable about putting Miami in than anybody because Miami beat beating Notre Dame head to head. Miami beating FSU at their place, like, it felt like when you're comparing those three teams, it really felt like Miami had a distinct advantage.

And when you look at the other two, like do you penalize Alabama for playing in the tough championship game in the SEC to go through that gauntlet, or do you punish Notre Dame for the two early losses Even though they were playing their best football and they've been trending in this direction, running by an average of 30 points a game since the end of the season, man. And two big brands, like three big brands, you had to leave someone out. And before everybody goes nuts about whether it's Alabama, whether it's Notre Dame, whether it's Miami, the system sucks because it's jmu. That's why the system sucks. Like if we want to boil down to this, like what we have with the system and why we have a JMU team in there, because of what it's at, that will be addressed, like that will need to be talked about.

And that's why we're here. Like bottom line, that's why we're here. Because, yeah, you have an ACC team in there, it's Miami, it's the highest ranked ACC team, it's the best ACC team. But because of the rules and how we are, just like last year, we had the buys for a certain reason. Now you got this crap for a certain reason that will get rectified immediately because television. Now everyone's going to be pissed because of some of these matchups. We get a two lane 11 seed and we get a JMU 12 seed. JMU's best thing they can point to, they're a good football team, they're disciplined, they're tough. Their best thing they can point to, that they've done all year long is JMU had a close loss to Louisville.

[C]

Played him tough. That's about it.

[B]

Played him tough. Let's find another power four win on the schedule. Well, we can, I mean that, that's so, so yes, like Notre Dame fans, the Irish, you can, you can duke it out with Alabama. Alabama and, and Miami. Miami one. Head to head. Like when the resumes got close, we knew this was going to happen. But Alabama last year, so close to being left out. You wondered about the, all the SEC teams in, would they get left out again? But just it's, it's, it's a, it's a travesty for the sport that, that you have Tulane and you have JMU in. It's good for them. They earn their way into this. But that's, that's not how this is supposed to be set up.

[C]

Well, so one thing let's talk about. You said it was down to Miami, Notre Dame and Alabama. I actually don't agree with that. It was just down to Miami, Notre Dame because Alabama got destroyed yesterday and didn't move a millimeter. Same spot.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Didn't Even drop a spot.

[B]

And that doesn't mean, that doesn't mean I agreed with it.

[C]

Yeah, I know.

[B]

But so yes, like the committee might not.

[C]

They were comparing them though. It's like they were in. That was almost permanent. And the thing is, is if.

I, I, why didn't they fix this on Tuesday is the amazing part. Because if you look at Notre Dame, Notre Dame has been nine or ten in every week of the rankings.

Except for the last one.

[B]

But yeah, Florida State sort of State fans can understand about this a little bit. And this is the, this is the, this is the world you live in when you have this on television and when you have incomplete. Now listen, we can, we can gripe at the committee. I have, I'm fine with you griping at the committee, but when you have incomplete resumes that until they're finished, you can't really, you can't do all of the things. You don't have all the comparative game to games. Not everything comes into account. So it's, it's literally like, hey, let's take a, you're a professor, Brent. Like, let's take a final grade. When you've got two tests. Like, it's, it's hard, it's a hard thing to do. So the committee, you've seen so much movement. But just to think about where we're at in the sport and the fact that we have what we have. Let's talk about some of the other stuff too, because we got some rematches. We got Alabama and Oklahoma, 8, 9 who are going to play each other again. This time it's going to be in, in Norman, which, which will be a little bit different. We've already seen Ole Miss beat Tulane by five touchdowns at Tulane. Now they'll go to Ole Miss. So we've seen that movie before, which the winner is going to.

[C]

As I say, we're probably. Oregon's going to be a, I mean, I know we don't talk about this much, but they're going to be like a 30 point favorite.

[B]

They're going to be a big favorite at least.

[C]

Big favorite probably by four touchdowns at least. But yeah, so there. And then Georgia stays at three.

[B]

Yeah. And that was.

[C]

Those two teams battled yesterday and it was like it didn't even happen for nothing. For nothing.

[B]

You battled yesterday in the NECC championship game and there was nothing that changes. Hey, you battled in a Big Ten championship game in a great game, a great back and forth. It meant nothing. It meant the one seat now. Yeah. They flipped and then, you know, if you want to. If you want to debate, you know, two and three, I think it's debatable, but it's not criminal. There's nothing criminal about that. And then Texas Tech, man, like excitingly at 4 and if I'm Texas Tech, who I would rather face. Like that's what you start doing at this bracket now, which I think is amazing. Like, who do you want to see? Like do you want to see Indiana or do you want to see Ohio State? If Texas Tech has that opportunity, who do you think they want to see?

[C]

I think they'd rather play Indiana.

[B]

Yes. Because.

It'S funny.

[C]

How much do you think they'll turn on JMU State.

To prepare for potential upset of jmu? Are they going to only watch that game if it actually happens? All right, then we'll go watch that. Then we'll go watch their tape.

[B]

They'll go watch.

[C]

My guess is they're going to speak. They're going to watch all Oregon.

[B]

Every which what you think about, you know, the, the Big Ten having three of the top five seeds and, and, and I think, you know, you know we had Caleb Downs on here that kind of caused a stir, a ruckus around, around the Internet. When he said SEC versus Big Ten. It was a, it was an honest. I love the way he honestly answered the question and how the SEC is more of a grind. I'll tell you this though. Back to back champs have been from the Big Ten and I think there's a way higher chance of it happening again. Even though the SEC has more teams in. I think the Big Ten has three of the top five teams and if you asked me to take one conference over the other, I'd absolutely take the Big Ten. Even though I get five in one conference. I would take the three Big Ten teams and I obviously Oregon gets to play at home. Indiana, Ohio State get buys. But Indiana, Ohio State have been so good all year long. I mean all year long they've been so consistent and somebody had to lose that game. And Ohio State missed a 27 yard field goal and last year Ohio State lost late in the season and what happened, it lit a fire. It helped them grow. It did not knock them out like just like now. They'll still be, you know, very much, you know, in this. Let's talk about some more matchups though, man, because there's plenty.

[C]

So one thing for meat on the bone, Notre Dame. Every team I think in the playoff is probably happy that Notre Dame is not in the playoff.

Appreciate Phoenix hat for the super chat There.

Why does BYU get punished for being blown out losing, but not OSU and Bama?

[B]

Because you got punished. I mean, you got. You got beat bad. And there's not a lot on the resume for a BYU fan. I love BYU's offense. I love who they are. There's just not enough on the resume. You didn't beat any good teams convincingly. Like, Utah's pretty good. You hung around and you beat them. But, like, I just. I think BYU is really good, but they're not. You know, if Texas Tech played BYU 10 times, it's probably going to be the same result. That same score we saw, unfortunately, is going to be the same result. So just not enough.

[C]

But I still think Notre Dame was a team that could win the whole thing.

[B]

Like, I think there's. I think there's teams in it right now that can't win the whole thing. And we've got several weeks to talk about this. We can talk about who we think can win, who we think can't win. I absolutely agree. I think this Notre Dame team is scarier than last year's Notre Dame team. And last year's Notre Dame team beat Georgia and played for the national championship. We can say what we want. If you watch the first week of the season, they beat the crud out of, like, Miami. Beat him up. Like Miami physically. They kicked their ace on both lines of scrimmage. They dominated the football game. If you asked me to pick of who I would pick between Notre Dame and Miami if they played right now, I would absolutely pick Notre Dame. I would absolutely pick. That doesn't mean I'd be right, like, but I'm saying I would pick Notre Dame because I think Notre Dame knows exactly who they are now. So you know what's interesting is what hurt them worse. Did it hurt. Help Miami more by playing Notre Dame or did it hurt my Notre Dame more by playing Miami? Like, it actually ends up hurting Notre. Dame. Like, Notre Dame could have played someone else and probably been in the College Football Playoff.

[C]

111 they're in.

[B]

Yeah. So if you think about it, the Converse other. The other way, man. Like, think about that, man. That. That's crazy because. Because Notre Dame absolutely is playing good football. C.J. carr is a stud at the position. He's a stud. They can run it, they can throw it. Their weapons are better than they were a year ago. Their defense is not as good as it was a year ago, but. But their offense, I think, can beat you in more ways, which they couldn't do last year.

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Yeah. Since they're not in it, we can't really unfortunately discuss or we they're kind of not being discussed anymore. The, the whole part about Georgia staying at 3.

If I'm a Georgia fan, I'm actually okay with that and with the way this has shaken out this year, it's better to be 3 and 4 than it is 2 and 3 or 1 and 2 because now Ohio State and Indiana, they got to spend a few weeks preparing for both teams. Georgia and Texas Tech are, you know, 99 of their time is going to be prepping for a singular team because of the way the G5 stuff happened this year and George already played omiss. So now it's just about get healthy, get dialed in for what one sort of, you know, barring some crazy upset, I'm sure that's why it's like a little bit of time will be spent on that other team. But no, they're going to spend majority of the time on that one team. Whereas, like Ohio State is going to have to take all that time prep for both Miami and A M. And then granted, they have a lot of time before the game in and of itself as it is, once the. Even once the game is decided, you got it like 10, 11 days. But that's still a lot of prep time that these coaches, you know, can have. But all right, first round match.

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All right, since we're talking about recap. All right, let's recap the playoff as it stands. 1 seed Indiana, 2 seed Ohio State 3 Georgia 4 Texas Tech. They have the buys. So now we'll go through our first round matchups where the highest of your team has the home game. So Oklahoma hosts Alabama as the 89 game. A&M hosts Miami 710 game, Ole Miss hosting 2 lane 611 and then Oregon hosting James Madison 5 12. Which game of the two are you most excited to see? Because like I said last night, it's already, you know, a Miami OU Alabama. That's going to be Alabama is probably the Saturday night game. Miami and Texas A and M is the Friday night game and the others are the noon and afternoon game which is the night games. Are you most excited, excited to see?

[B]

Well, and what you, what you see here is now like the buy system is kind of out the window because now you now Oregon's getting a buy and so is Ole Miss. So you happen to be, you know, in the right spots to get by. And listen, I get it. They're going to play football team and they're going to get talked about really poorly and they're not going to have the motivation they should have. But they're playing a home playoff teams like they're playing home playoff games. Do you understand how big that is? Like to play at your place with the energy. The other team's not going to travel that much. Like it's, it's, it's, it's even more set up for them to succeed and absolutely clobber and, and if I'm the teams that are playing in those games, I'm like, listen, take care of business early, get my guys out, stay healthy, like stay healthy for the absolute next matchup OU Alabama. I've already seen. I'm more excited about am A and M and Miami and Miami coach has been talking about getting in this game, getting in this game, getting in this game. Well, they're in this game now. And I also feel like Miami also has some like, hey man, y' all want to talk about us the whole time. Y' all want to keep us out? Like, screw you, bro. Screw you. And playing at Texas A and M is a pretty good spot because you think about weather if they have to go up north. I don't like those, even though they did against Pittsburgh and that, that was good. But you think about Pat rushing the passer there'll be plenty of sacks on both sides in that game. Like Cassius how can do his thing. Obviously Bane and Mezador can do his thing. But I think a pissed off Miami team, you know, you've got plenty of ammo. Unlike first first part of the season. I think A&M's got some too though because A and M is also like we felt like a rock like from top three to all of a sudden like wait a minute. Now we're the worst one loss team. So we're the worst undefeated team. Now we're the worst one loss team. So both these teams have, you know both these teams should have some great motivation. A and M at home. What a big deal like for all these teams to play at home. I just think it's huge.

[C]

That's. I think that'll be the Friday night game and then Saturday night you'll have Alabama at Oklahoma would be my guess. Unless they've already, I mean maybe they've announced that and I haven't seen that. But.

That'S the easy answer. I think that's the, the bar none choice is that A and Miami is the is the most exciting of these first round games. Alabama can you look different and be healthy. Oklahoma can you have an offense and maybe you know, if turnover luck doesn't go your way in that game. What's it look like differently. But that's twice now in a row that Oklahoma has beat Alabama. So third time a charm maybe for, for DeBoer against.

[B]

Well and we've seen Alabama like when they got dumped on after fsu man it raised them to a new level. Like it. It got them pissed off and they started playing different. The defense is not what needs to be fixed. The offense desperately needs to be fixed. Like desperately. And I could take you through a bunch of stuff with their tape and stuff and maybe we can figure that out before the playoffs. But like because of their. They love to play five out. Like my Alabama loves to have everybody in a route. They love to do that. Well that puts a lot of pressure on their offensive line and it puts a lot of pressure on Ty Simpson. Without the running game and the consistency of which they do it, it's really, really tough. Like they've got to be really good. And later in the season when the weather has turned it becomes a lot more of a struggle. Now listen, we also saw them out gain Oklahoma by 200 yards.

[C]

Yep.

[B]

Like they turned them. They turned the ball over and shot themselves in the foot. So a great matchup both teams. I think before the season if you told them they were in the playoff, I think they've been ecstatic and excited and so both of them get that opportunity. And I think Oklahoma probably more than ever I think about the extra time for Oklahoma. Here's another thing too. Oklahoma sat last week as well. Like I think it's, I think it's also an advantage for every team, every team that played this week as long as they didn't have, you know, critical injuries because you played this week because now you got time off. Like everybody's getting a bye week right? Like so everybody's getting rested and having that time. Well after a while it becomes rust. It's not rest. So playing in a game, feeling the full speed competition now getting healthy is obviously a big deal which some teams for Alabama. Yeah. Alabama's got a ton of injuries man like Texas Tech. I think with Morton they needed, they're going to need some time off man. They need to buy to be the best version of them. They needed to buy and so it's, you know and I was, it's going to be, it's going to be interesting to watch the buys too because last year everybody who had a buy lost and I don't think that's going to happen again this year. I don't think we're going to get that now listen how we seeded everybody last year was also you got Arizona State and Boise State who had buys which will change.

[C]

So yeah I will say and then George was new quarterback shops and in the chat. Appreciate you Bama. Is Friday night. I was, I had that wrong. So the Alabama or Alabama at Oklahoma is the Friday night game already already updated on that thing. So Saturday night will probably be A and M and Miami.

[B]

How do you think Vandy feels at 10 and 2?

[C]

I, I, I, it's just amazing to.

[B]

Have the best 10 and 2 and.

[C]

Not in the playoff.

[B]

Not in the playoff.

[C]

Like I, I also think I was looking at this and thinking if you had Notre Dame at 11 and BYU, Texas, whoever would have been next at 12. Now we're talking now we got, now we got four straight games of gorgeousness football to watch.

[B]

But how exciting is it that we're, that we're doing the debate of like 12, 13, 14 as opposed to 3 back in the day and 5 and 6 not too long ago. I mean this system is better. We need to make some more of these tweaks. Like we need to continue to, we need to continue to evolve this system and whether we expand it, whether we make championship Saturday As a part of this. Like, we have to find a way to do it. But the fact obviously that we have what we're at with, with the G5 getting two teams in that there's no history. There's no person on the planet that can say that, hey, you got the 12 best teams because you can't even say you got the. The 11 best teams. Now, like, you. You didn't get the 10 best teams.

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You.

[B]

You. You could probably go down how many? 15, 16, 17. You didn't get the top 15 teams in there. Like, you had to throw two guys in there. And that's part of the system. So it is what it is. But like, that's not a good system. There's not a system in the world where that's should be successful. Like, we need to have a true playoff system like the NFL does, where we're getting the best teams in the, in the. In the playoffs.

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And I think based on what happened yesterday, we're basically where Ohio State and Indiana just flipped and Georgia and Bama played and literally didn't impact their. It only would have impacted anything if Alabama would have won. It didn't impact anything with Georgia winning. I think you're going to see the conference championship games go away and that weekend is going to be more of a play in weekend for teams that are, you know, 9 through 16 in the rankings or something like that. Who knows? But, but, but why would you.

[B]

Why would you take them away? Like, I think you incorporate them. I think you. You want. I don't know. I still want to know who's the best in the league. I think that should still. And again, as we do this, money talks and history's out the window and rivalries go away.

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The.

[B]

Like, I like knowing who the best in the league is. Like Indiana proving they're the best in the Big Ten. Like that, to me, that matters. Like, they got it. They got an outright championship for the first time in almost 80 or in 80 years. Right. Like, that's. That's cool to see. Like, let's make this where these games matter for seating purposes and for where you go and to. To wear the ring. Like you still get the wing regardless. Like, that's. That's a part of it. But we've got to find out. You know, this system, obviously I reposted Gruden's the other day. I thought was a really good. You know, it was, it was. It was a good starting point. Like, we play inside moving. Yeah, we need to move towards that direction. But I Do think there's something cool to being a conference champion and I think there's people that take a lot of pride in that. Especially more old school folks than Reese.

[C]

Reese had the great point on the broadcast.

[B]

Reese never has great points. Reese is terrible.

[C]

He said the games have to matter.

[B]

Friends by, by the way, like you played the game.

[C]

It has to actually matter in some way. When he's talking about after they showed that Georgia was three and Bama was nine. I thought that was actually a really good point. All this to say.

You had Indiana in the playoff at the beginning of the year if I'm pretty sure right.

[B]

You did.

[C]

You probably didn't have him as the 1 seed being undefeated.

[B]

God no. Absolutely not.

[C]

And not only did are they the one seat undefeated, they went and beat Oregon at Oregon and beat Penn State at Penn State, Iowa at Iowa and then Ohio State in the Big Ten championship game. I, I just. It's going to get lost in the discussion of all the others and have a Heisman trophy winner potentially.

Are you saying that's your ballot?

[B]

I'm saying, I'm saying he's going to win. I have no doubt saying he's going to win. Like when you look at now when you start going again the geographic by geographic because that's how this award's voted on. Like it's important. Like he just got all the Big Ten. He's going to get a lot of the others. Now you got Rodriguez out of the Big 12. Like you've got Pavia out of the SEC. Like I, I just, I don't, I don't know how there's a challenger. Julian Sane was that guy. He outplayed Julian Sam with way less talent on his squad. Like way less talent. And if you didn't watch that game, I saw so many people talking about how Mendoza was terrible during that game or it was really struggling. I'm like you ain't watching the same game I'm watching. Like that's not the same game I saw because that dude got these Shiznik kicked out of him like absolutely destroyed time and time again.

[C]

Got starting with play one man you.

[B]

And you know what I love? You know what NFL teams are going to love about him? They're going to love two things mostly. Well they're going to love a lot of things about his personality too. Like there's a lot to love but I think on the field his toughness is unquestioned. And, and, and when he sees you playing man to man coverage, he's going to attack you and I think off. I think NFL teams are going to love that. Does he play on time? All the time in rhythm. Does he run a lot of RPO systems? Yes, but he's also dodging people left and right. But yeah, I think that that season is absolutely magical. Nobody had that. What Signetti's done has fired a lot of people. I mean, it just changed the landscape of college football.

[C]

I also think as we look at sort of last thought on the playoff bracket, much like in the NCAA basketball tournament, to me the Elite Eight is more fun than the Final Four because you've got more great, like more games and those are often times the best games.

The sort of final Eight here.

Semi with, you know, the two. The. After you get through the first round. I think we're going to have just elite football games.

[B]

Great football.

[C]

New Year's Day, New Year's Eve.

[B]

That's big names, big brands. It'll be good for. It'll be good for television.

[C]

You might have Ole Miss in New Orleans playing Georgia.

Oregon in Texas playing Texas Tech. I forget where the other two are going. One of them is obviously the Rose. I think the Rose bowl is the other one. But Ohio State against, you know, Miami potentially, if. Or A M. Either one. And then Indiana versus Oklahoma or Alabama. That's just. Those are going to be. That's a great.

[B]

Sexy. It's going to be tasty. Hey, Byron Turner, how does a team get blown out and not move, even move in the rankings because they played an extra game? Who's to say the other team doesn't get blown out? Like you go play the number three team in the country who you already beat, by the way. You went to their place and beat them. Probably the most impressive thing in all of college football, their four game run. Like, I get it. I know some people don't like Bama. Listen, I could get in a back and forth and justify whatever, but like Bama's resume speaks for itself. What they did throughout this season speaks for itself. Do you want to talk about this? Them going the wrong direction. I'm here for it. Like, I'm here for it.

[C]

But if they were out, that's what we would have been talking about. We were talking about how like the Jenga piece was one and it was like. And then it finally fell. That's what we would have been talking.

[B]

Great analogy. I love that. So I'm talking about Brent.

[C]

It's a great game. Yeah.

[B]

But no, that's. That's. We've got to consider that stuff when it all goes into it. So, I mean, that's what it's, it's, it's a crazy world, man. Um, the good thing is last year we, we were sitting here and we were talking about the buys and we were upset and what happened. There were changes. Like, there has to be changes. This is how we're going to wrap this up. There has to be changes moving forward. This cannot happen again where you get two group of five teams in there. It's not fair to so many teams across the country. It's not fair to Notre Dame. Like the fact that a team, the fact that notre dame could win this whole freaking thing, but we're putting in jmu who can't win a game is absolutely mind blowing. That system is broken. That system is not something that we want to continue with in college football. No way, no how. So we got weeks and weeks to discuss all these. Man, like, this is going to be so much fun. And again, thank y' all so much for, for helping us grow. Like this has been, this season has been so fun for me and Brent. Like, we just been steadily climbing. We're like, we're finishing the year strong, baby. We're, we're, we're doing this. We're on the up and up and it's because of you guys. So continue to do all the stuff, man, the like rate subscribe and we're going to bring you some great previews, some great players. We're going to have Marcel reed on marcel reed and cash's how that will be really, really fun. Together to do an interview. We're going to have Diego pavia, a heisman trophy finalist on the show. So we got. We'll get some coaches too, to jump on here and some other players as well and keep doing this thing, man. Hit that like button. Subscribe. We appreciate y' all so much here at cballgitball. Talk to y' all very soon.

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