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Speaker 1: four to seven Sports. There's a whole lot of other

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Speaker 2: You may be hearing this and the Barton and.

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Speaker 1: Bud podcast feed, or the College Football Daily or the

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Speaker 2: So here's what we're going to do this.

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Speaker 1: Morning, this evening, in this evening, whenever you're listening to us,

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Speaker 1: We're just going to kind of run through a lot

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Speaker 2: All converge and agree.

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Speaker 1: But guys, we're fresh off the latest batch of the

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Speaker 1: Ohio State right now is probably the biggest sort of

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Speaker 2: But let's just throw our first scenario out there.

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Speaker 1: Ohio State wins out, Alabama wins out, Clemson wins out.

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Speaker 2: What do we see happening here?

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Speaker 1: Like Brandon Marslo for example, I know you've been talking

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Speaker 2: I mean, do we think this is it?

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Speaker 5: Because Texas A and M had a game canceled against

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Speaker 1: Look, So, like my whole deal on this is it

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Speaker 6: So I think it does impact the narrative, right If

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Speaker 6: it's easier for the committee to say, all right, Notre

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Speaker 7: That was four touchdowns. That was a four touchdown loss

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Speaker 8: I think the margin of victory in a lot of

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Speaker 3: Here's here's my thing.

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Speaker 8: I think I can make a case for this, and

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Speaker 8: The idea that the Committee trusts their eyes above everything else.

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Speaker 8: Best teams, the four best teams in college football in

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Speaker 8: Florida lost A and M by one score off of

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Speaker 1: What's the consensus on whether Florida's resume that, whether forget resume,

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Speaker 6: One of the problems that we would have there, though,

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Speaker 7: What about a two loss cleansing.

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Speaker 4: I think they're out because they lost the same team twice.

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Speaker 3: Right' that's my thing.

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Speaker 4: As crazy as it sounds.

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Speaker 9: I really don't think there's much doubt that Oklahoma's the

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Speaker 6: That played an all SEC schedule.

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Speaker 9: In Iowa State lost that game. That cannot be changed.

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Speaker 7: Latch onto that.

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Speaker 9: They can latch onto the fact that Oklahoma's defense is

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Speaker 8: I agree with that, and I think you guys are

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Speaker 8: But I think that that is why Oklahoma has a

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Speaker 9: And the committee does take into account injuries and suspensions

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Speaker 5: But that still still still makes me wonder why aren't

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Speaker 9: I think that Baylor game on Saturday did not do

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Speaker 1: How much do we think the committee's paying attention to

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Speaker 9: I mean, we've seen it happen before with Oklahoma, though.

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Speaker 1: So how do we feel, just kind of generally about

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Speaker 6: And there is specific precedent for this if we were called.

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Speaker 9: They were fully prepared to do it with two of

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Speaker 9: last year as well, if you kind of listened to

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Speaker 9: the way they topped.

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Speaker 1: So that happens, all right, let's get us an upset

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Speaker 1: in the SEC championship games.

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Speaker 8: Were before we move on though, in that scenario you

447
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Speaker 8: laid out, we talked about big twelve. But ultimately are

448
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Speaker 8: we not like A and M is probably in right,

449
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Speaker 8: that's my field. Yeah, Ohio State out, Alabama out, Notre

450
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Speaker 8: Dame wins out. That's that is the opportunity for A

451
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Speaker 8: and M. I mean, I don't know that we need

452
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Speaker 8: to dig into that too much, but am I is

453
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Speaker 8: that a consensus there that that would be the best

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Speaker 8: opportunity for A and M? Or do you actually think

455
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Speaker 8: a big twelve would jump them?

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Speaker 6: It's definitely the best shot for A and M.

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Speaker 9: I think it looks like twenty sixteen when Ohio State

458
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Speaker 9: got in over Penn State, when Ohio State was that

459
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Speaker 9: one loss non champion in Penn State at two losses.

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Speaker 9: I think that's what you have happened there at Texas Animates.

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Speaker 1: All right, this is the fun win here if you

462
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Speaker 1: love chaos. So let's say buck guys still went out.

463
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Speaker 1: Let's say Florida beats Alabama in the SEC Championship game,

464
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Speaker 1: and let's say Clemson wins in the ACC title game.

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Speaker 2: The world's happening here.

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Speaker 8: ACC SEC Challenge two of both in the college football Playoffs.

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Speaker 8: I think I think there's no doubt, no question that

468
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Speaker 8: both Alabama and Florida would be zero hesitation there. And

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Speaker 8: then I think that as long as we had a

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Speaker 8: competitive game with Clemson and Notre Dame, I think that

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Speaker 8: I think they'd get the NOD even over an undefeated

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Speaker 8: Ohio State.

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Speaker 7: Notre Dame probably loves the news that Ohio State gets

474
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Speaker 7: the Michigan game canceled, and that as the time we

475
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Speaker 7: record this, there's no we have no idea like who

476
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Speaker 7: Ohio State's playing on the nineteenth, And I don't know

477
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Speaker 7: if it even matters that much if that's just the

478
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Speaker 7: last game they have. Who cares if it's against Northwestern

479
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Speaker 7: Indianapolis or against Wisconsin.

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Speaker 3: And none of those teams are going to impress anybody.

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Speaker 7: Does the Committee care at all if it matches up

482
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Speaker 7: two teams from the same conference twice? Like if the

483
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Speaker 7: committee essentially cuts off half the country, do they care

484
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Speaker 7: at all?

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Speaker 6: Well for ratings, they probably do, But like, there's no

486
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Speaker 6: reason to think that they would match up Notre Dame

487
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Speaker 6: Clemson round one and Florida Bama round one again. I mean,

488
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Speaker 6: they would probably just go what Bama Clemson Florida Notre Dame.

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Speaker 6: At that point, those are two intriguing semifinals. And if

490
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Speaker 6: you have an All a C or all ACC championship game,

491
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Speaker 6: so be it right. It's it's round two or round

492
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Speaker 6: three in the case of Clemson Notre Dame if they

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Speaker 6: were to actually get through.

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Speaker 1: Let me take you into this world that I envisioned

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Speaker 1: as soon as Bud put the scenario out there. So

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Speaker 1: the cry against Notre Dame forever, anytime they're in the mix,

497
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Speaker 1: has been it is complete and utter trash that we

498
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Speaker 1: may have to go and risk ourselves in a conference

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Speaker 1: title game where they get to sit in South Bend,

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Speaker 1: Indiana and they get to be eleven to oh or

501
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Speaker 1: twelve and oh, and then they can just sit there

502
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Speaker 1: and they don't have to take any risk on Conference

503
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Speaker 1: Title Saturday and we could knock ourselves out. I mean,

504
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Speaker 1: what kind of world is it where we may be

505
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Speaker 1: approaching a point where Notre Dame loses a conference title

506
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Speaker 1: game and you're listening to Irish fans tell you we

507
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Speaker 1: shouldn't be punished because we earn the right to play

508
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Speaker 1: in a conference title game like we entered Conference Title

509
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Speaker 1: Saturday number two in the country. How can you knock

510
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Speaker 1: us out? And the rest of the country. If you're

511
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Speaker 1: watching the video product, they just kind of cross their eyes,

512
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Speaker 1: cross their arms, and they lean back in their chair

513
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Speaker 1: and they nod and they say, welcome to the real

514
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Speaker 1: college football world, Like this is normalcy for us. You

515
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Speaker 1: paid the price to try and be the absolute best.

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Speaker 2: In the conference.

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Speaker 5: I think this goes back a little bit to what

518
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Speaker 5: we were saying earlier.

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Speaker 4: It is this Notre Dame's winning.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, but they don't have like a huge, huge, huge,

521
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Speaker 5: huge win, Like they didn't beat Clemson by like two touchdowns.

522
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Speaker 5: You know, they don't have that gigantic win where you're going, man,

523
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Speaker 5: they're just capable of boat racing one of the top

524
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Speaker 5: six or top eight teams in the country. And if

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Speaker 5: they lose to Clemson in the ACC Championship game, I

526
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Speaker 5: just don't know if you can look back and go, yeah,

527
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Speaker 5: you beat Clemson, but that was a close game. You

528
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Speaker 5: don't really have any of those huge wins where you

529
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Speaker 5: just absolutely dominated from start to finish.

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Speaker 4: I mean, you beat Louisville twelve to seven. What was

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Speaker 4: going on there?

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Speaker 5: It's gonna be interesting with Notre Dame if this scenario

533
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Speaker 5: plays out because I think that Josh, exactly what you

534
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Speaker 5: just said, that it's gonna be gonna be some hypocrites

535
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Speaker 5: out there.

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Speaker 7: I don't want to get too boged down, but I'm

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Speaker 7: gonna disagree with you, Brandon on the Notre Dame big

538
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Speaker 7: win thing. First of all, the Clemson like that, it's

539
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Speaker 7: a massive garganita and winning maybe North Herolina by fourteen,

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Speaker 7: that was like a three point line they covered at

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Speaker 7: Boston College.

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Speaker 5: I'm talking about looking good like I am.

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Speaker 7: And you know what.

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Speaker 9: You know what looking good is though, you know looking

545
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Speaker 9: good is it's not losing any games. And Notre Dame

546
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Speaker 9: is one of two teams in the POPI five not

547
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Speaker 9: to lose any games.

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Speaker 7: I could not be more impressed with what Notre Dame

549
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Speaker 7: has done this year. I could not be more impressed.

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Speaker 3: I will back Brandon on this.

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Speaker 8: If you throw Alam on Notre Dame's schedule, the Notre

552
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Speaker 8: Dame loses by twenty five, whatever. The Notre Dame is

553
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Speaker 8: just Texas A and M. There's the same team they

554
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Speaker 8: got that. They got quality win over Clemson, just like

555
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Speaker 8: Texas A and M as a quality win over Florida

556
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Speaker 8: and they got a couple kind of ho home wins

557
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Speaker 8: on the way and kind of a couple of ugly performances,

558
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Speaker 8: they find a way to win.

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Speaker 3: That's what Texas A and M is. They just happen

560
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Speaker 3: to have Alabama on their schedule.

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Speaker 6: But it isn't the argument here, Like I don't really

562
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Speaker 6: disagree with Barton's A and endpoint here, But isn't the

563
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Speaker 6: argument basically Ohio State or Notre Dame in this scenario,

564
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Speaker 6: Like A and M, the SEC is not getting three

565
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Speaker 6: teams in in this scenario. I think there's some really

566
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Speaker 6: wonky ones that maybe they could, but it's not this one.

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Speaker 4: You know.

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Speaker 6: The argument is do we get to SEC to AC

569
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Speaker 6: or do we get Ohio State or Notre Dame like that?

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Speaker 6: That's that's kind of it. I mean, is a fourteen

571
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Speaker 6: point road win at at UNC more impressive than beating

572
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Speaker 6: Indiana by seven? I think so, right?

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Speaker 8: I mean, I think at that point Ohio State gets

574
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Speaker 8: penalized for the amount of games they played.

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Speaker 6: And also, guys, I think Ohio State gets penalized for

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Speaker 6: the lack of schedule strength within the league with classic

577
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Speaker 6: powers Penn State and Michigan being down. One more thing

578
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Speaker 6: I want to throw out on this before we go

579
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Speaker 6: next scenario, if Ohio State does not get to play

580
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Speaker 6: for the Big Ten title, in my mind, that's kind

581
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Speaker 6: of the out for the committee to put Notre Dame in,

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Speaker 6: and you sort of the TCU Baylor twenty fourteen reasoning.

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Speaker 6: If you guys recall, like they said, okay, Big twelve,

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Speaker 6: you guys tell us who the champion is. The Big

585
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Speaker 6: Twelve's like, I don't know, and then right, so the

586
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Speaker 6: Committee's like, okay, guess what. None of y'all are going

587
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Speaker 6: And you know, to me, that's kind of the thing.

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Speaker 6: If the Big Ten can't say Ohio State's our champion,

589
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Speaker 6: that's sort of an easy out to put notreed Amen

590
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Speaker 6: because Notre Dame already has a better resume. If Ohio

591
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Speaker 6: State's not the Big Ten champion, then they're not really

592
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Speaker 6: usurping a Power five undefeated champion.

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Speaker 4: I don't know about the timing about all this.

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Speaker 5: I might be ruining everything and ruining the magic, but

595
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Speaker 5: Ohio State's going to be in the Big Ten championship

596
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Speaker 5: game that the ADS have decided to recind the six

597
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Speaker 5: game threshold, So Ohio State's going to get in. So

598
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Speaker 5: if they become the Big Ten champion. I think that

599
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Speaker 5: it kind of erases what we're just discussing. I think

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Speaker 5: playing in Indianapolis, even if it's against a team you

601
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Speaker 5: don't think is amazing, it's still better than playing on

602
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Speaker 5: December nineteenth against Wisconsin.

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Speaker 1: It's essentially going to Indianapolis to get your schedule notarized.

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Speaker 1: I mean, that's what they're going there for. Blow someone

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Speaker 1: out by thirty five, drag them, get the notary signature

606
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Speaker 1: and whatever that little clamp thing is, and then go

607
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Speaker 1: home and you're good to go.

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Speaker 6: It also, if they play Northwestern, it gives them a

609
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Speaker 6: shot to shut out Northwestern and then be like, hey,

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Speaker 6: you guys had some doubts about our defense on a

611
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Speaker 6: previous ESPN show, but look how look how well our

612
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Speaker 6: defense played. Now please ignore the Northwestern's offense is terrible.

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Speaker 4: All right?

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Speaker 1: How about this one right here? Alabama wins out, Clemson

615
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Speaker 1: wins out, they're both them. Ohio State finds a way

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Speaker 1: to lose a game.

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Speaker 2: Where are we going here?

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Speaker 1: Because we only have really two locked in Bama Clemson,

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Speaker 1: I mean A and M's in the mix here, Notre Dame. Like,

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Speaker 1: I don't know what we're doing here. So Bama wins out,

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Speaker 1: Clemson wins out, everything else is in play.

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Speaker 5: I think I think Texas, A and M has a

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Speaker 5: shot here. I did believe Cincinnati would, but the committee

624
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Speaker 5: has made it pretty clear to me by dropping them

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Speaker 5: from seventh to eighth they're not They're not going to

626
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Speaker 5: really consider them because they did not play a game

627
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Speaker 5: this past week. So to me, that that opens the

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Speaker 5: door potentially for someone else like A, Texas, A and M.

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Speaker 4: But I think Cincinnati.

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Speaker 5: This idea of the group of five finally getting in

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Speaker 5: that the rankings, the previous rankings, dropping them to eighth,

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Speaker 5: I think it made it makes it clear to me

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Speaker 5: the Committee's just not going to consider it.

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Speaker 7: It's also your big twelve spot here, and you guys

635
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Speaker 7: made it convinced case for Oklahoma being a better chance

636
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Speaker 7: set for the Big twelve in Iowa State. So say

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Speaker 7: either A and.

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Speaker 6: M or Oklahoma here we all agree. If Ohio State

639
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Speaker 6: loses any game, it's done right.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, would this be the biggest shot I think by

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Speaker 1: several miles, like Ohio State losing a game would be

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Speaker 1: the biggest single wrench you could throw into any of this.

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Speaker 8: Is it not in terms of just the surprise yeah,

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Speaker 8: I mean, I don't know, I expect. I think Alabama

645
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Speaker 8: losing feels like a long shot to me, even as

646
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Speaker 8: good as Florida's looking. But but yeah, I think even

647
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Speaker 8: as good as Alabama looks, that takes a second of

648
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Speaker 8: a backseat to an Ohio State loss, because I just

649
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Speaker 8: the rest of the Big Ten is underwhelming to me.

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Speaker 5: The craziest thing would it be Ohio State losing. It'd

651
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Speaker 5: be Alabama losing to Florida by three or four touchdowns,

652
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Speaker 5: like something nuts, because at that point we're not we're

653
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Speaker 5: not discussing it, but we just don't think it's gonna happen.

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Speaker 5: But at that point, does Alabama get eliminated because they

655
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Speaker 5: got dominated by Florida.

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Speaker 7: I remember feeling like we were headed toward that scenario

657
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Speaker 7: two years ago Bama versus Georgia and then you know,

658
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Speaker 7: Bama comes back with Jalen Hurts. But I remember thinking

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Speaker 7: at halftime, like, okay, is is Bam about to get

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Speaker 7: knocked out? That'd be I don't think you can do it.

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Speaker 7: But I agree with you. If Florida winning is the

662
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Speaker 7: biggest range possible here.

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Speaker 6: It is very difficult to envision that happening without like

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Speaker 6: all of Bama's quarterback room having coronavirus.

665
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Speaker 2: Yeah, does anyone think that could happen?

666
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Speaker 5: Devontae Smith gets hurt and their offensive line all gets

667
00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:26,000
Speaker 5: corona and they still play the game.

668
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Speaker 6: But then they have the excuse.

669
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Speaker 5: I know they have the excuse, but still, if they

670
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Speaker 5: lose by four touchdowns to Florida, even shorthanded.

671
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Speaker 6: That means Florida's defense has made Bama punt or turn

672
00:28:36,359 --> 00:28:38,480
Speaker 6: them all over like seven or eight times.

673
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Speaker 7: A non morbid one would just be Florida first forces

674
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Speaker 7: some turnovers and Bama's defense just clearly hasn't played anyone

675
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Speaker 7: in a few months, and that's why we think they're better.

676
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Speaker 5: I'm just saying that would be the wildest thing by far,

677
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Speaker 5: and that would certainly make things chaotic that Saturday night.

678
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Speaker 1: Okay, So, speaking of upsets in the SEC championship game, like,

679
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Speaker 1: let's throw in here. Let's go back to the more likely,

680
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Speaker 1: whereas Ohio State winning out and we know they're gonna

681
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Speaker 1: play in a conference title game here, so they will

682
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Speaker 1: have a conference title game under their belt. Ohio State

683
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Speaker 1: wins out, Florida wins out, they're the SEC champion.

684
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Speaker 2: Notre Dame wins out, they're the ACC champion. Where are

685
00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:12,400
Speaker 2: we going?

686
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Speaker 6: This is Bama in unless unless they lose by like

687
00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:16,680
Speaker 6: one hundred or something. Right like this, I don't think

688
00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:19,160
Speaker 6: this one needs debate. This is pretty obvious.

689
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Speaker 1: So this is the one we're talking about. Like that

690
00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:23,920
Speaker 1: kind of bleeds right in from what we were just discussing.

691
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Speaker 1: Does margin matter? Could you have like, what was it

692
00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:31,080
Speaker 1: like four Big twelve championship game, just Kansas State annihilates

693
00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:34,680
Speaker 1: Oklahoma whenever that was I mean, it's not going to happen.

694
00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:38,719
Speaker 1: But for the sake of non zero percent argument, Florida

695
00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:41,720
Speaker 1: wins this thing by thirty points, does it even matter?

696
00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:45,240
Speaker 4: My answer is, it's twenty twenty. I don't.

697
00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:50,080
Speaker 5: I don't know anything can happen. I did the idea

698
00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:54,520
Speaker 5: that Bama is invincible. We're gonna find out in the

699
00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:57,200
Speaker 5: playoff when they get in, because they're gonna beat Florida,

700
00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:00,800
Speaker 5: that they're gonna play They're gonna play close game here

701
00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:03,800
Speaker 5: at some point. They're not gonna keep boat racing people.

702
00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:08,360
Speaker 5: They're gonna face a much better defense here in short time.

703
00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:13,280
Speaker 5: The SEC the teams they've been facing, their defenses even

704
00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:17,640
Speaker 5: before facing them, are not incredibly good and certainly not

705
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Speaker 5: on the level of some of the defenses they're gonna

706
00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:21,320
Speaker 5: see here in the future.

707
00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:23,480
Speaker 2: All right, let's knock the buck guys out here.

708
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Speaker 1: Ohio State loses somewhere, Alabama wins out, Notre Dame wins out.

709
00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:30,640
Speaker 1: So you got your SEC and your ACC in there.

710
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Speaker 1: And that's really the only two spots we have decided

711
00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:36,400
Speaker 1: in this scenario. So Texas, A and M's got a

712
00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:37,120
Speaker 1: good shot here.

713
00:30:37,360 --> 00:30:39,200
Speaker 2: Who else? This could be the Big twelves, real good

714
00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:39,800
Speaker 2: shot here too.

715
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Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm with A and M in Oklahoma fighting it out.

716
00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:46,560
Speaker 5: If Oklahoma's a Big twelve champion right there, I did

717
00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:49,440
Speaker 5: think since maybe is an outside shot, But again, when

718
00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:51,640
Speaker 5: the playoff committee dropped them one spot to eighth, I

719
00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:53,560
Speaker 5: think it's very clear that they're just not gonna be

720
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Speaker 5: entertaining that idea. But I think it comes down to

721
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Speaker 5: A and M and potentially a Big twelve champion Oklahoma,

722
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Speaker 5: especially if that Big twelve champion Oklahoma soundly beats Iowa.

723
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Speaker 1: State Big twelve Iowa State, Is this their shot to

724
00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:07,920
Speaker 1: get in the playoff?

725
00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:08,760
Speaker 4: Definitely?

726
00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:09,760
Speaker 2: I think so too.

727
00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:12,680
Speaker 9: What if Cincinnati beats Tulsa by thirty five points?

728
00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:16,320
Speaker 6: The committee doesn't seriously consider G five teams. No, they don't.

729
00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:19,640
Speaker 9: I'm just I'm curious, Like Tulsa's really good, Like Tulsa

730
00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:20,640
Speaker 9: is a really good team.

731
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Speaker 8: Nobody's even nobody's even mentioned the poor Trojans USC.

732
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Speaker 7: Yeah, no chance there. Their opponents are combined two and ten.

733
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Speaker 5: I want to say this real quick about the Trojans

734
00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:34,160
Speaker 5: because I don't want to make this into a big thing.

735
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Speaker 5: But I was discussing this earlier on PAC twelve radio

736
00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:39,640
Speaker 5: because they're trying to figure out every way somehow a

737
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Speaker 5: team beat in.

738
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Speaker 4: The playoff, which is crazy out there.

739
00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:46,200
Speaker 5: But if USC had just absolutely dominated Arizona State and

740
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Speaker 5: Arizona instead of just looking like crud and eking out wins,

741
00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:53,560
Speaker 5: wouldn't we be kind of comparing Ohio State and USC

742
00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:55,719
Speaker 5: at this point if they were both just blowing out

743
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Speaker 5: opponents like USC did this past weekend, but they were

744
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Speaker 5: doing that the entire you know, I say the entire season,

745
00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:05,040
Speaker 5: the last three four weeks, I mean being serious, wouldn't

746
00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:06,880
Speaker 5: we be saying Ohio State and USC would be kind

747
00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:08,280
Speaker 5: of in that same realm?

748
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Speaker 9: No, because I think the committee's excusing Ohio State just

749
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Speaker 9: based on talent, and I don't think USC is quite

750
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Speaker 9: at that level.

751
00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:18,280
Speaker 5: But USC, if they were blowing people out, they've got talent,

752
00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:20,400
Speaker 5: maybe not as much as but if they're blowing people

753
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Speaker 5: out and you combine that with their talent and this

754
00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:26,360
Speaker 5: idea of wow, they're just heads and shoulder above everybody

755
00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:28,680
Speaker 5: else in the PAC twelve, I think they would be

756
00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:32,600
Speaker 5: in a somewhat similar realm as Ohio State at this moment.

757
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Speaker 9: I think the committee would never admit it, but they

758
00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:38,080
Speaker 9: watched football happen last year and USC was awful to

759
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Speaker 9: okay at times, and USC's talents is not quite as

760
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Speaker 9: good as Ohio States, and they do have initial poll byas.

761
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Speaker 9: I don't think it would be kind of the same

762
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Speaker 9: conversation to me.

763
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Speaker 7: The story of USC's season, though Brandon has been that

764
00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:54,080
Speaker 7: they've been squeaking by bad teams. Like saying that if

765
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Speaker 7: they had been blowing people out is like saying if

766
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Speaker 7: Ohio State had four more games.

767
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Speaker 5: Well, I understand that, but I'm imagining a ward where

768
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Speaker 5: there's a different head coach at USC.

769
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Speaker 6: Sorry, they also needed organ to not choke away two

770
00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:08,320
Speaker 6: games that they needed the game against Colorado, which is undefeated,

771
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Speaker 6: to not get canceled. I really feel bad for the

772
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Speaker 6: guys who have to program PAC twelve radio right now,

773
00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:15,440
Speaker 6: Like that is much tougher than our job here today.

774
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Speaker 1: Let's go Ohio State loss, Florida SEC champion, Clemson ACC champion.

775
00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:26,240
Speaker 1: I personally had Bama Clemson, Florida, and then like this

776
00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:28,600
Speaker 1: is another Notre Dame versus Texas A and M debate

777
00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:31,520
Speaker 1: for me, and I guess it comes down to, you know,

778
00:33:31,680 --> 00:33:34,400
Speaker 1: like this may be another one of those scenarios where

779
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Speaker 1: margin of loss for Notre Dame in the ACC championship

780
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Speaker 1: game is being measured against Texas A and M playing

781
00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:42,800
Speaker 1: in the superior division.

782
00:33:42,880 --> 00:33:44,360
Speaker 2: But they got blown out by Bama.

783
00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:47,320
Speaker 1: But you know, neither of you has a conference title,

784
00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:49,840
Speaker 1: so's I don't know which, to be honest with you,

785
00:33:49,920 --> 00:33:51,760
Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know which way the committee's

786
00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:53,520
Speaker 1: going there. They haven't been tested on that yet. I

787
00:33:53,520 --> 00:33:55,680
Speaker 1: haven't really seen many Texas A and M Notre Dame

788
00:33:56,080 --> 00:33:58,240
Speaker 1: resume comparisons, So that would be kind of a new

789
00:33:58,240 --> 00:34:02,560
Speaker 1: topic of conversation that is not crazy to envision.

790
00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:04,440
Speaker 5: Actually, I think a lot of us agree here it's

791
00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:05,920
Speaker 5: Notre Dame over A and M, right.

792
00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:08,040
Speaker 8: As long as it's close I'm not like I think

793
00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:10,799
Speaker 8: some people are acting like it's you know, there's if

794
00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:13,800
Speaker 8: Notre Dame loses bout twenty four points, then they're still

795
00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:16,000
Speaker 8: in because they got that initial I'm not buying that.

796
00:34:16,120 --> 00:34:17,759
Speaker 8: I think Notre Dame has This has to be a

797
00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:21,520
Speaker 8: really competitive game. But if it is, I got a

798
00:34:21,520 --> 00:34:23,160
Speaker 8: hard time seeing Notre Dame being out.

799
00:34:23,360 --> 00:34:24,719
Speaker 7: Bart and do you have a margin you want to

800
00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:25,600
Speaker 7: go on the record.

801
00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:26,600
Speaker 3: With here ten points?

802
00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:30,200
Speaker 7: Oh okay, because again Alabama bet A and M by

803
00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:31,319
Speaker 7: four touchdowns.

804
00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:35,280
Speaker 8: But there's no there's no And again maybe it matters

805
00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:37,600
Speaker 8: what happens in that Florida game. There's no evidence to

806
00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:41,160
Speaker 8: suggest that Alabama didn't beating everybody by twenty plus points.

807
00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:42,520
Speaker 6: But in this scenario, they lost.

808
00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:44,480
Speaker 8: Oh I see what you're saying. All right, Well so

809
00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:47,839
Speaker 8: they lost, all right? I think, oh, man, I don't know.

810
00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:50,640
Speaker 7: That's interesting you said ten because like that's what we

811
00:34:50,640 --> 00:34:52,520
Speaker 7: could be looking at the line seven and a half,

812
00:34:52,719 --> 00:34:54,359
Speaker 7: like we could be looking at that. So I'm glad

813
00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:55,760
Speaker 7: we have you clipped now on the record.

814
00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:58,279
Speaker 8: I also think you know, ten points is is just

815
00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:01,399
Speaker 8: sort of a that's a number without context. I think

816
00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:03,400
Speaker 8: has got to be the game has to be in

817
00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:05,400
Speaker 8: doubt deep into the fourth quarter. That's really, ultimately what

818
00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:06,920
Speaker 8: it's about, less than a real number.

819
00:35:07,040 --> 00:35:09,799
Speaker 1: Yeah, this is also a potentially Notre Dame getting in

820
00:35:09,880 --> 00:35:13,359
Speaker 1: versus three SEC teams being in debate against. So that's

821
00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:17,359
Speaker 1: your tiebreaker, that margin be damned, that's your actual tie breaker.

822
00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:19,160
Speaker 2: We're not putting three SEC teams in this thing.

823
00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:21,600
Speaker 6: Something else that matters. What would be You know recent

824
00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:23,880
Speaker 6: victories for A and M. A and M is a

825
00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:26,399
Speaker 6: huge Auburn fan this weekend, they want that game agains

826
00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:28,719
Speaker 6: Mississippi State to get played, and they want Auburn to

827
00:35:28,719 --> 00:35:32,000
Speaker 6: beat Mississippi State. Mississippi State clips Auburn, or if LSU

828
00:35:32,080 --> 00:35:34,880
Speaker 6: goes into the swamp and loses by forty, then you

829
00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:37,200
Speaker 6: know that recent A and M performance against LSU in

830
00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:39,919
Speaker 6: which their offense look pedestrian yet again, and I looked

831
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Speaker 6: it up there one hundred and sixth in offensive explosiveness.

832
00:35:42,520 --> 00:35:45,120
Speaker 6: A and M is which is a real differentiating factor

833
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Speaker 6: between every other team we've mentioned today, you know, as

834
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Speaker 6: far as the ability to hit big plays. If Florida

835
00:35:50,239 --> 00:35:52,960
Speaker 6: wipe's the floor with LSU, or if Auburn is not

836
00:35:53,080 --> 00:35:56,800
Speaker 6: very good against Mississippi State, that makes the recent performances

837
00:35:56,800 --> 00:35:58,200
Speaker 6: by A and M down in the stretch, you know,

838
00:35:58,320 --> 00:36:00,520
Speaker 6: not quite as impressive, whereas you can argue certain teams

839
00:36:00,560 --> 00:36:02,600
Speaker 6: have improved, you know, down the stretch of the year.

840
00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:05,520
Speaker 1: Yeah, there's that's probably a very off the radar game.

841
00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:09,400
Speaker 1: It certainly doesn't have playoff implications immediately, but the whole

842
00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:12,520
Speaker 1: Auburn versus Mississippi State deal, A and M's watching it

843
00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:15,600
Speaker 1: for reasons you just stated, everyone in the SEC West

844
00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:18,040
Speaker 1: who's comfortable with Malsan being at Auburn is watching it,

845
00:36:18,080 --> 00:36:20,040
Speaker 1: and they're waving the orange and blue pompom as well.

846
00:36:20,120 --> 00:36:23,520
Speaker 1: So there's some very very strange bedfellows in the SEC

847
00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:25,600
Speaker 1: West this weekend. All right, how about this one. This

848
00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:27,360
Speaker 1: is the last one we had on the sheet. Ohio

849
00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:31,480
Speaker 1: State loses, Florida wins out, Notre Dame wins out.

850
00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:32,960
Speaker 2: And for this one, I.

851
00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:36,680
Speaker 1: Just wrote Florida's in obviously, Notre Dame's in obviously. I

852
00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:38,880
Speaker 1: think A and M's in here, and then you've got

853
00:36:39,160 --> 00:36:40,400
Speaker 1: kind of chaos.

854
00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:41,480
Speaker 3: After that, Well, Alabama's in.

855
00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:44,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's actually not chaotic at all. Probably the easiest

856
00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:44,520
Speaker 2: one we.

857
00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:48,160
Speaker 8: Had actually, Yeah, yeah, I think that's Alabama Florida, Notre Dame.

858
00:36:48,960 --> 00:36:51,000
Speaker 3: And then who's the fourth one?

859
00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:53,320
Speaker 2: That's the fourth one? Yeah, the fourth one is the

860
00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:54,160
Speaker 2: more chaotic part.

861
00:36:54,560 --> 00:36:56,360
Speaker 6: Is this another A and M A and M Clemson

862
00:36:56,400 --> 00:36:58,120
Speaker 6: debate or is the Big Twelve in here?

863
00:36:58,280 --> 00:37:00,880
Speaker 3: I think that Clemson would be out can't lose twice.

864
00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:02,759
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think it's a I think it's a Big

865
00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:05,360
Speaker 5: twelve discussion where the Big Twelve gets back involved.

866
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Speaker 1: I'm trying to find a way for Cincinnati. There's just

867
00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:09,680
Speaker 1: not a way. I mean, I really tried the whole time. Mentally,

868
00:37:09,719 --> 00:37:11,120
Speaker 1: I tried, and I have not yet.

869
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Speaker 5: The committee made it clear when they dropped them there,

870
00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:15,680
Speaker 5: you might as well just put.

871
00:37:15,520 --> 00:37:18,800
Speaker 4: It, erase them from reality. They don't exist anymore.

872
00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:21,200
Speaker 6: Is this the best chance for Alabama and win the

873
00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:23,360
Speaker 6: national title? Like if Bama could rig the field, a

874
00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:25,760
Speaker 6: field that does not have Trevor Lawrence or Justin fields

875
00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:28,279
Speaker 6: in it, that's the one Nick Saban wants, right Like

876
00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:30,239
Speaker 6: he knows he can beat Oklahoma. You know you could

877
00:37:30,239 --> 00:37:32,319
Speaker 6: you could throw that game against Florida or whatever. Don't

878
00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:34,440
Speaker 6: you think that that's the playoff Snaier that Saban would want?

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Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, yes, oh absolutely, I mean he's not

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Speaker 1: even I don't even think I don't even think they're

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Speaker 1: looking at teams right now. I think they're looking at

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Speaker 1: two players, ones in Columbus, ones in Clemson.

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Speaker 2: That's what they care about.

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Speaker 6: We're gonna get some Florida hate for not including Kyle

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Speaker 6: Trask in the fields Lawrence, Uh, you know, discussion?

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Speaker 1: Well, bub would you like to tell me if you

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Speaker 1: include Kyle Trask in the fields?

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Speaker 2: Lawrence? Discussion there.

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Speaker 6: I think we'll see that that verdict in May or

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Speaker 6: when's the draft this year?

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Speaker 7: April late April.

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Speaker 5: Man Dan Mullin would tell you straight up, to be

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Speaker 5: a great college player.

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Speaker 4: Doesn't mean you have to be even a good NFL.

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Speaker 1: Player to win this national championship at quarterback, you better

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Speaker 1: be a future good NFL player.

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Speaker 2: We want to leave it on that. Yeah, it feels good.

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Speaker 2: Let's leave it on that.

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