CFP First Round: SMU Mustangs vs. Penn State Nittany Lions | Full Game Highlights | ESPN CFB

[@Watermelon_Man92]

What happened in a nutshell was, Penn State's defense ate that quarterback's lunch.

[@kenwright5410]

Not exactly. The quarterback threw it directly to Penn State for 2 of the interceptions. The SMU quarterback lost this game.

[@brianferguson9483]

And there dinner 😊

[@staffryte951]

They stole his lunch money

[@galehess6676]

Ooo ya. Three picks, three sacks, always a great day for a nag. Not only did DiLuca pick him twice, he also "got rocked" rocked him on that 2nd qrtr run according to the commentator and the footage. There's no way to prepare, nothing like the Beav (only U of O is as loud, but it's not as lit).

[@jpnoobieeiboonpj858]

Like Ohio States ate the Penn States?

[@kev614]

“I just don’t understand how people got the idea that the Big Ten is better than the ACC” -Sean Mcdonough last night

[@AmirAssaf5760]

You’re just another bandwagon and d!ck eater lmao.

[@bryan.flores]

lol😂should’ve been bamas spot

[@deerodriguez8992]

​@@bryan.floresit would have been a better game

[@codyshuler8145]

The SMU qb was the difference in the game. The 21 points he gave to Penn State was basically the game. Other then that both sides were even.

[@goofygoober7617]

@@codyshuler8145Lol no they were not otherwise equal. Penn state also dominated in the run game against this supposedly ranked third run defense. Allar didn’t even have a good game either. Penn state won in every single part of the game.

[@Eliyah-EliyahuYahudah]

SMU's quarterback was throwing interceptions like he was trying to throw the game.

[@Shaq34332]

@Eliyah-EliyahuYahudah, I thought I was the only one who had noticed that!

[@cjkelly3691]

Totally agree. He couldn’t even disguise it. No investigation for sure. Terrible. Big money

[@OFCgamevids]

He had a great payday for his part

[@deerodriguez8992]

​@OFCgamevids it's called NIL

[@Eliyah-EliyahuYahudah]

@OFCgamevids Whatever they paid him must've been 7 digits, probably 🤷.

[@Cmdr_Exo]

Penn State is having mustang for dinner tonight😭🙏

[@macsloan58]

Yep. Horse meat.

[@vart7767]

NO THEY HAD THAT FOR LUNCH NOT EVEN A SNACK

[@StewartCash44]

Having straight muscle and no fat for dinner would be disgusting

[@GhostofTradition]

more like a lion having a mustang for dinner

[@sli958]

ASU and Boise State are quivering at home

[@jpdujeaux3803]

This game has been perfect example of why strength of schedule matters.

[@luisvilla799]

Wait until Penn state has to play 2 or 3 southern teams in a row lol

[@TheWreck-faf]

Penn state didn't play anybody either

[@JohnDoeUMAL16]

@@TheWreck-faf Yeah because Illinois, Ohio State, Oregon and now SMU are nobodies. They only lost to Oregon by 8 points btw, that's 1 possession.

[@hector8491]

Losses matter. Don't expect to the in the playoffs when you lose a quarter of your regular season games.

[@hector8491]

​@@luisvilla799keep moving the goalposts. Penn State won. You lost. Keep crying.

[@Spedxn]

Well safe to say, SOS will be way more important next season

[@Mar-pee]

Strength of schedule lives matter 😂

[@Ilovepinkvelvetcupcakes]

Don’t forget strength of wins and losses.

[@Ilovepinkvelvetcupcakes]

Also don’t forgot the strength of the weather.

[@codyshuler8145]

Did any if you watch the game? Both sides were basically even throughout the entire game, the difference was the bad qb play from SMU giving Penn State 21 points off turnovers. You take away that the game comes down to the wire.

[@persistentlypathetic6820]

They need to take into account strength of schedule and who you lost to and how. Alabama has a far better resume than SMU and Indiana but they also have WAYYYY worse losses with Oklahoma and Vanderbilt

[@geoffburson4670]

As a die hard MICHIGAN fan, I always pull for the BIG 10 in bowl games. Way to represent Nittany Lions.

[@jayreineck485]

As a Penn State fan... I'm the same way. Ohio State spanked Tennessee, too. Shame they have Oregon next. Would love to see three Big Ten teams in the semis

[@jaycrenshaw3503]

this game just proves how much strength of schedule matters nobody wants to watch a good team beat up on a team that only got in because they played nobody

[@N.O.4LIFE]

It happens in every pro sport and y'all don't say nothing dats why when da playoffs come they get sent home da bottom line is they did wat they had to do to be there and dats it

[@Chevalier1632]

Seriously, this was just an actual scheduling error from the ACC itself. SMU didn't even play Miami or Clemson in the regular season. Clemson and Miami didn't play each other in the regular season. You had the top three ACC teams who were all 0-0 against each other.

[@officergreg1318]

@@N.O.4LIFEno it doesn't happen in pro sports. In pro sports teams play very similar schedules, everybody plays everybody. In cfb teams play most of their games in a tiny conference that only makes up 10-15% of all teams

[@brianstaley6391]

The ACC should get one team in max. People are saying SEC, but even another at large Big 12 team would have been better

[@kaleb7636]

fr

[@robertsmall1657]

Michigan fan here. I’m genuinely happy for PSU. You guys are the real deal this year. Hope you prove all the doubters wrong.

[@chistophersapp2888]

Penn state fan here. I doubt it. They let us down every year lol. But I appreciate it brother and I hope youre right about this year

[@DJElToro787]

They played SMU chill. Focus on beating bama in the bowl game.

[@robertsmall1657]

@@DJElToro787dumb comment. What’s your point? I can’t be happy for another school? And they didn’t just beat SMU. They demolished them.

[@kevinchandler179]

Thanks buddy!!!! WE ARE, hopefully we meet again with the Ducks in the national title game, hopefully a different result as well!!! Lol 🏈

[@kaleb7636]

We'll see you in the toilet bowl. Bama by 50

[@tigerhoods7927]

Maybe the playoff committee will care about Strength of Schedule next season…

[@joecog8949]

Doubtful.

[@IronCavalier]

😂😂😂

[@ChrisSadowski-pp1np]

I'm glad Penn State won, I picked them to win but we can't play the game of evaluating the schedules. Yes the ACC is a JV league but we can't just put all BIG big and SEC teams in. Because then all you're going to hear is complaining... SMU is not complaining right now because they know that they we're fool's Gold.

[@colewarner4954]

@@tigerhoods7927 They did.SOS is not an argument when you lose to unranked teams like Vandy and 6-6 Oklahoma

[@tonywilson4713]

@@colewarner4954 I'm an Illini and that's about the only fair comment I have seen anyone make. Indiana had a great season but looked totally overwhelmed by the moment. SMU looked the same overwhelmed by the moment. Prior to today they lost 2 games both by 3 points. As for Bama they are just like Ohio State. Their view of the universe is that anytime they are not ranked #1 then the polls are biased. There's 2 more games today we'll see how they turn out.

[@sports3117]

As was the case last night, SMU showed today that they didn’t belong in the CFP. The 2 pick-6s were too much to overcome in a game of this magnitude

[@RobbieStacks90]

The Nevada game to start the season told me all I needed to know about SMU. Switching quarterbacks to a running QB was the death knell. They got away with it in conference because the ACC was awful.

[@ColaTsunami]

I will agree as long as you don’t hold that Alabama should’ve been in

[@LJMcCrayUofF]

@@ColaTsunami well you can’t agree with his statement without acknowledging that Alabama should’ve been in. they were literally the first team left out

[@smoothcriminal4038]

​@LJMcCrayUofF Bama is where they belong. They got beat by Vanderbilt and scored only 3 points against an awful Oklahoma team.

[@jameswhite-js6ko]

The TE dropping early at the goal line would have given them the early lead, instead showed a team that wasn't able to shoulder the weight of the occasion. PSU QB didn't look good either but the defensive play bolstered his confidence

[@MarkMasi]

As a PSU fan, I'd like to thank SMU for the free practice game

[@MoxieCrawford69-w2s]

It wasn’t in the 1st quarter tbh

[@Jeremiah-xi8kv]

😂😂

[@mrvroom188]

I’m just here to laugh at the crying Bama fans🤣

[@mrodr1008]

Yeap😢😢😢😢😢 bama

[@LJMcCrayUofF]

yea laugh at them for being right, so hilarious 🤣

[@GoatedAtNFS]

well they’re right. Colorado would beat SMU imo.

[@hybrid8557]

Nothing to cry about 😂 everyone point has been proven tdy and yesterday

[@FredJohnson-o3s]

😂😂😂😂

[@SilFord-o9f]

SMU vs Penn St & Indiana vs Notre Dame look like JV against Varsity

[@nenevz2948]

Worse than that: Penn State looked mid at best; so SMU must be really bad

[@Dino_Burps]

Same with Tenn vs Ohio State so far, I guess Tenn didn’t deserve to be in either

[@nenevz2948]

@@Dino_Burps Definitely a few likely better teams out there. I think everyone knew that. It will never be perfect

[@jamesbarton4424]

Starters being pulled early in the 4th is just diabolical

[@englishteacherdon]

They need to change the criteria to what is your record against top 25 teams, and not if you can string 10-wins together against cupcakes.

[@damianpresha9833]

Then nobody getting in no teams got ranked except SEC teams

[@knothyselfknotruth]

SEC needs to play 9 Conf games like Big10 and also schedule like men in Non Conf. Whens the last time a SEC team played in happy valley!?

[@englishteacherdon]

@@damianpresha9833 And what is the problem? The SEC wins 80% of the national championships.

[@damianpresha9833]

@englishteacherdon In the BCS ERA it was impressive. In the CFP era they gave the SEC a 50% chance more years than not. Besides Alabama and Georgia have been great cause the SEC trash. But don't worry Tennessee getting exposed later tonight.

[@andrewblakeslee8709]

Horrible take

[@Mike-c8l2v]

SMU really rewarded the playoff committee with this one😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂!!!!!! How stupid can we get???

[@donavanroberts9030]

So did Indiana. And Clemson

[@madizm05]

Them and Indiana had no place in these playoffs.Should of been Miami ,and Bama

[@jimmysaints]

@@madizm05 No, Bama loss to Vanderbilt and Oklahoma. They out and deserved to stay out

[@johnnyrotten9757]

​@madizm05 Beat Vandy & Oklahoma and it's not an argument😂😂😂😂

[@madizm05]

@jimmysaints For the excitement and experience I would rather see Bama any day.

[@shipofthesun]

Congrats to SMU for proving they took a better team's spot.

[@pauld.1256]

I agree but this is not on SMU.. this is 100% on the selection committee.. this system will always be flawed and there will forever be better teams left out I’m afraid..

[@MalixCranel]

cry harder

[@shipofthesun]

@@pauld.1256 Oh, to be sure. Indiana and SMU were ridiculously unqualified.

[@shipofthesun]

and Arizona State will do the same thing.

[@timmymorris7071]

😂😂the hate 😂😂

[@yessss69420]

SMU didn’t even play that bad but with the amount of times they threw away free touchdowns or field goals is absurd along with the interceptions.

[@MayleneMadman]

"They didn't play bad except for all the times they played bad"

[@coastingalong]

penn state played bad in my opinion. so many missed tackles and the passing game was very inefficient

[@goofygoober7617]

@@coastingalongpassing game sure but defensively no they had a tackle for loss on almost every single set of downs and had pressure on the QB on every play.

[@DJElToro787]

They were held to 3 points for how long? Exactly they played horrible fym

[@kenwright5410]

You are right. Unfortunately the SMU team the game. The rest of the team played well.

[@TalKScribe]

Why are the ads in crystal clear 4k, and the game is like looking at a 1968 cathode ray tube at the bottom of a well?

[@butchcassidy3373]

Live feed versus pre recorded. And you tube just plain sux

[@Dontcensorme898]

I even heard the cheerleaders cheering.

[@392kerry]

Alabama, Miami, or South Carolina would have put up more of a fight than SMU or Indiana. Oh well I'm not of fan of any of them

[@whydoineedachanneltocommen8755]

Is that why they put up less of a fight against inferior teams?

[@colewarner4954]

No doubt. Maybe they shouldn’t have lost to unranked teams

[@rarecoldfire2775]

Cole, you can't say that when the teams they lost to would absolutely beat at least 3/4 of the teams that Indiana and smu played.

[@goofygoober7617]

Miami? No. SC I could see but honestly any southern team is going to get cooked in these conditions

[@colewarner4954]

@@rarecoldfire2775 The teams they lost to included Vandy, Oklahoma, Florida, LSU, none of which finished ranked. Their problem was they all had bad losses, less so SCAR.

[@jmoney5350]

On my life I don’t ever want to see SMU or Indiana in the playoffs again teams shouldn’t be awarded for playing weak schedules.

[@ASN_JAY]

We also shouldn’t reward teams who lose 3 games

[@DJElToro787]

@@ASN_JAYluckily all those teams with 3 losses are also gonna have 10 wins after their bowl games. And if smu or Indiana had the schedule strength of those 3 loss teams they’d be 3-9

[@kaleb7636]

AGREED

[@kaleb7636]

@@ASN_JAY We should reward teams who are dominant. Teams who have 18 national championships and 30 SEC championships. Oh wait, there's only one team that fits description...

[@jmoney5350]

@@ASN_JAY When you have a 12 team playoff you’re gonna have 3 loss teams that played a tough schedule it is what it is.

[@rydescho]

Best player for SMU today was the kicker and the receiver who got himself a touchdown, period.

[@Joe-goodson1]

and the best player for Penn State was SMU

[@evg5876]

The kicker, who missed, and the WR, who caught a perfectly thrown ball? Lame comment

[@GARBAGE_DAYY]

I guess there was a reason they only did a 4 team playoff for so long.

[@AsianPersuasian4595]

Don’t get me wrong, I understand mostly why for the 12 team playoff, but I think they should’ve stayed at the 4 team playoffs. But it does allow for more college football so the season “lasts longer”

[@deerodriguez8992]

I'm all for 12 teams, but use the old BCS metrics so we get the best 12, Indiana and SMU neither team should have been in the playoffs

[@1GaspardDeLaNuit]

2 games in chill out 😂

[@tre_4]

@1GaspardDeLaNuit2 games in & not looking good

[@persistentlypathetic6820]

​@@deerodriguez8992 But Alabama didn't deserve to get in either at the same time. You don't deserve a spot if you lost 24-3 to a terrible 5-5 Oklahoma team. Not to mention a loss to Vanderbilt on top of that.

[@CharlesBolton-yf7eg]

All the folks crying about how the committee messed up. Win enough games in the regular season and you'll be in, plain and simple. Dont leave it up to the selection committee. If you lose 3 games in the regular season, it is absolutely up for debate.

[@mrvroom188]

ASU and Clemson BETTER SHOW UP or else we ACC and Big 12 fans are cooked😭🙏

[@davidk7212]

SMU shouldn't even count for the ACC. For all intents and purposes they're still a G5 team.

[@Ilovepinkvelvetcupcakes]

They will be cooked like a 5 star Michelin dish. Mark my words.

[@bbd1920]

You're cooked!

[@DarkwingShadow]

Or else what? You’re gonna cry about it

[@macsloan58]

I hope that Clemson gets it done. I freaking HATE Texas. Hah…….Clemson just scored. 7-0.

[@robertmog4336]

I now understand why the CFP picked SMU over BAMA. Clearly, SMU would have won all of their games if they were in the SEC. Nice job, CFP. What a joke of a playoff it's been so far!

[@DJElToro787]

SEC? They wouldn’t even have won in the BIG10 🤣

[@robertmog4336]

@DJElToro787 Right!

[@Saberwolves84]

you mean Alabama that lost to Vanderbilt and blown out by Oklahoma?

[@hughjass8383]

A joke of a playoff because Indiana, Boise St, Arizona St and SMU are being treated like high school kids by the Big Boys of the NCAA

[@robertmog4336]

@@hughjass8383 Exactly right. Auburn would have put up a better fight than SMU did, and they're near the bottom of the SEC.

[@NoMoTheUFO]

ABSOLUTE DOMINATION! Great win by Penn State because they came to play. 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@DJElToro787]

They played SMU calm down 🤣

[@kevinchandler179]

Really, we played who we had to play!!!!! WE ARE, and will beat a few more teams in the playoffs, and play the Ducks in the national title game, hopefully a different result 👍 of course!!!!

[@xxstnickyboi5606]

@@kevinchandler179Y’all ain’t beating us 🤣

[@kevinchandler179]

@@NoMoTheUFO lol!! WE ARE, enough said

[@twtarmo1270]

No, I watched the game. That team ain’t beating the Ducks. Keep dreaming though

[@soulsurvivor32]

Penn State is tired of being underestimated and made fun of for years in end. I really hope it's them and Oregon for it all

[@daverome9212]

They played SMU i bet 90% of american can't tell me where that is or what is stands for well find out if they legit next round

[@soulsurvivor32]

@daverome9212 it's some Catholic school in Texas (I think this is just from memory and guess what, they made the playoffs)

[@dantesinfernopurgatory7826]

@@daverome9212 Southern Methodist University - Dallas Texas. I remember when SMU was given the College Football death penalty for recruiting violations in the 1980s.

[@rolltide2618]

You mean like in the Big 10 championship on December 7, where Penn State played Oregon and lost 45 - 37?

[@soulsurvivor32]

@@rolltide2618 not a huge fan of either team so that's not my problem lol I just hope to see both of em there I don't want no lame sec or Ohio State trash this year

[@Terrence90.]

All the people complaining. It’s college football these kids can’t help their record was better than some of your favorite schools. I’m a fan of football so I like all teams and don’t care who got in the playoffs.

[@RonTDB]

Thank you committee for not learning your lesson and giving us two more unwatchable games and probably a 3rd coming.

[@obsidian00]

The committee is/was filled with NORMIES…smooth brains that have never even played the sport! Why not have 13 people that either COACHED or PLAYED the game?! How hard is that??? 😅

[@boricuafrican1]

they had to do this so in the future they have a reason to not do this.

[@AbsoluteyAmerican]

Nah.. committee got it right. Bama was a 3 loss team with two coming to bad unranked teams and so they lost their spot. Also Remember when Bama got blown out by 3 or 4 TDs in the natty like 8 years ago against clemson? I guess one could argue that the committee should not have put bama in the next year bc they got blown out. Sometimes blowouts happen even if the two best teams play.

[@AbsoluteyAmerican]

Matter of fact to add in, my Pirates obliterated the Yankees this year… so its very likely an underdog can win. As seen by Bamas 3 losses.

[@kaleb7636]

Every low-ranked seed will be a first round exit. Bama wouldn't be and haters know that. If we got in, we would go all the way to Atlanta.

[@GoatedAtNFS]

“I just think America saw that SMU belongs and we are a team that has a chance to compete for a championship.” - Rhett Lashlee

[@whydoineedachanneltocommen8755]

I almost wish that Bama or Ole Miss got in so that when (not if) they got skull-dragged this hard in the opening round, I’d be able to tell casuals like you that I called it.

[@loverboy4479]

​@whydoineedachanneltocommen8755 you've never seen Bama get drug in a playoff game. Didn't Ole Miss thrash Penn St last year?

[@faintfives]

@@whydoineedachanneltocommen8755 ya but that didn’t happen because Alabama is an actual college football team, not a high school team

[@N.O.4LIFE]

​@@loverboy4479but I seen OKC do it to them in da reg season doe 😂😂😂

[@whydoineedachanneltocommen8755]

@@loverboy4479 They didn't lose to Kentucky last year lol And didn't Clemson boatrace Bama a few years back?

[@leeuniverse]

That's a special level of "incompetence" by that Penn QB with the shown second Play.... not throwing to his open guy right in front of him for an easy First down, instead losing progress.

[@goofygoober7617]

He’s 20. Still young. Lots of potential but needs good development and to rewatch his tape and learn. He’s obviously not going to be as good as a decision maker as someone like Dillon Gabriel who is NFL aged.

[@JoeVandenberg-t6q]

Unusual game: a clean field, plain enough, & yet all that snow in the stands!!

[@SBE1]

SMU and Indiana both embarrassed themselves. The difference in the top five versus 6-12 is enormous.

[@StephenNelson7]

and i guess tennesse is embarrassing themselves too since they were down 21-0?

[@perserverance333]

There should really be a way to get the top 12 teams in the country into a playoff. That's all we ask. Is that too much for us to ask?

[@yzfool6639]

Yes. The Comittee is corrupt or incompetent or both. Always have been. Use a formula and let AI adjust it for SOS and wins.

[@Seedistrash]

I coach high school soccer. Not football and not college. I did play college soccer though. There seems to be a shitload of teams that can be eligible for the college football playoffs in the FBS? Many, if not the majority of these teams are considered weak or irrelevant, yet are in the FBS. It seems to always be the same exact teams that are dominant. People are arguing SOS or the amount of wins but the actual issue seems to be that certain schools are just better funded and are in a different league to others? This is a problem you see in highschool sports and was relevant in college soccer also where it is the same school(s) year after year because it's a very well funded, dominant program and that there is essentially a massive gap in talent between schools even though they are in the same conference or division.

[@kenwright5410]

They dont do it in the NFL either. There will be a team from the NFC South in the NFL playoffs....and all the NFC South teams are pretty terrible. Falcons might be good if they had a quarterback.

[@davidkinsey8657]

The goal is not the top 12. There are 5 automatic bids. Those teams don't have to be in the top 12. If we used the BCS formula to pick the top 12, the only team that would lose a spot would have been Clemson (an automatic bid). Maybe the gap between the top 8 teams and teams 9-12 is just that big. It is likely that a 12 team playoffs is just too big to give us 11 good games.

[@savagebeastjohnson1042]

@@kenwright5410that’s a completely different situation buddy, nfl doesn’t choose who goes into the playoffs unless it’s tiebreakers, it’s a rule and just how it goes that all division leaders make the playoffs

[@nerd6227]

Midway thru the 3rd quarter the commentators were telling us how much SMU deserved to be there

[@gabrielv.2647]

The Indiana game and now the SMU game are perfect example and prove again why who you play, strength of schedule matters.

[@RonnieAlexander-s1q]

It is being proven

[@jonathanwaters2624]

Mercer?

[@slimjimm1788]

Look at Ohio state and Tennessee. Let me guess, Tennessee also doesn’t belong in the playoffs?

[@nflisrigged1395]

Facts

[@nflisrigged1395]

​@jonathanwaters2624 they were in quarters finals fcs and they play em every year . I am not bama fan but it's true

[@Mythikal_demigoat]

WE ARE! 🦁🐾💙🤍

[@rando4998]

One pride 🦁💙🤍🖤

[@ELGUAPOIV]

Can we start putting the 12 best teams in the playoff please

[@kenwright5410]

That will never happen. There will always be controversy.

[@Fake-dw9zx]

SMU was ranked top 12.. Can we go back to Top 4 where the teams earned being in a playoff ?

[@koldonn1111]

We did dimbass

[@WheelhouseMike]

How do they do that exactly? Should they just poll a bunch of idiots on KZbin?

[@jokrr6418]

exactly 😂

[@ItsWhateversClever]

S M Who????

[@StephenNelson7]

1st round playoff blowouts happen. That's kind of the point of a seeded playoff (heck, even title game blowouts still happen). SMU earned a spot and Penn State was the better team. You always got to have chance for the underdog to have a shot! Just because the results aren't what a couch viewer wants to see doesn't mean the choices were wrong. Good news is that there's 3 more rounds of football.

[@Beaminn_]

“Earned” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@thomasrogers4201]

You’re obviously a SMU fan. Totally embarrassing!!!

[@koldonn1111]

@@thomasrogers4201"Everyone who disagrees with me is a fan of the team I disagree with" type fucker, god you're dumb.

[@andrewblakeslee8709]

@@Beaminn_Well I know for a fact a three loss team with losses to two 6 loss teams didn’t “earn” it

[@StephenNelson7]

@@thomasrogers4201 Just a college football fan who loves watching the game rather than the same teams every year who just draw the most $$$. And I'd rather be "embarrassed" than not play. Kudos to all the college players balling in December.

[@Kedbuka]

One play can change an entire game. The dropped pass by SMU's tight end that stopped their opening drive hurt them badly.

[@ChrisWigal-qn6lh]

Boy that strength of schedule argument is shining bright. Boise better be able to muster more than 3 points. (Garbage time points DONT matter).

[@MattBuild4]

Yeah your sos argument really doesnt work on that program. Either your dumb af and you think BSU doesnt schedule hard OOC or your a hypocritical a$$hole who penalizes BSU for being in the G5 while simultaneously rejecting BSU from playing in the P5.

[@alexanderupdegrove9586]

All love for SMU. They don't deserve the hate.

[@curtisaknopp]

ESPN KZbin content creators, editors, and producers: I love watching the extended highlights videos…they are put together well. But please, please, PLEASE stop spoiling the outcome with the thumbnail. It ruins it for people like me who want to watch these highlights and experience that similar excitement and drama one gets from watching it live…

[@wolfpierce9157]

Penn State should give the smu qb a jersey for giving them so many points. SMU couldn't get out of their own way.

[@tamaradavis3474]

Great Job on not giving up SMU ❤️💙❗💪

[@MoxieCrawford69-w2s]

Thank You

[@MarvelandStarWarsProductions]

38-10😂 go cry

[@blakebrown84]

I’m so shocked how Penn State beat the breaks outta SMU in the college football playoff game. Despite their strong season, SMU were outplayed by the Nittany Lions team today

[@robhawk6463]

Way to go Committee. No need to consider strength of season. Another great playoff selection. Good thing you left Bama out of the brackets. TCU 2.0

[@MrHunterbg]

Say what you will, but it was cool to see SMU in the playoffs for an hour.

[@prodlom]

Bama, Ole Miss, and South Carolina ALL DESERVED IT MORE

[@af6456]

Why doesn't the SEC just have its own playoff and let everyone else have their own playoff. You want the entire conference in the playoff.

[@prodlom]

@@af6456 no. I want the best teams in the country to be in the playoff. SMU, Indiana, and Boise state being in over those 3 teams I named is a joke.

[@Syrin23]

@@prodlom Yep

[@BlorbusUnimax]

@@prodlom Indiana would beat any team in the SEC, ND far better than any team in SEC shame they have to go next week to Ga. They will be cheated by the refs

[@prodlom]

@@BlorbusUnimax lol. ND for sure deserves it. But Indiana isn’t beating any top tier SEC team with how they’ve played recently.

[@abbashamayun9138]

The people complaining about SMU’s loss and strength of schedule are all Bama fans 😂 should’ve beat Oklahoma and Vandy then

[@Idad.115]

After Indiana and SMU… strength of schedule is about to be the most important consideration next year

[@masonbaker3505]

Man who would have thought Indiana and SMU would be crushed in the first round? Totally a shocker smh. SOS needs to be considered more

[@slimjimm1788]

Yeah. Tennessee also doesn’t belong in the playoffs

[@SkiKoala]

Talk about beating a dead horse

[@nflisrigged1395]

Lollll good one

[@MrWillsChannel]

K, we can all agree, no matter how much we hate Alabama or how happy we are that Alabama is not in the playoffs, Alabama deserved it more than SMU.

[@jaimepadgett3323]

No they didn't y'all lost to Vandy and had 3 losses.

[@MrWillsChannel]

@jaimepadgett3323 Nah I'm a Illinois fan. And I hate Alabama, but the SEC is 10 times better then The ACC

[@whydoineedachanneltocommen8755]

@MrWillsChannel That doesn't means that "x SEC team" is better than "x ACC team." The SEC, for years, was heads and shoulders above the ACC, and Clemson still won titles. Now? The SEC is taking its lumps as CFB finds more parity.

[@Mr.Grinch_Real]

Even with all the bias the committee has they literally couldn’t let bama in. A team with 3 losses, 2 to unranked teams one of with being a blowout or a 11-2 team who’s only losses were close games to a top 20 team and their conference championship. They had no choice but to let SMU in

[@DJElToro787]

@@jaimepadgett3323you saying yall like he a bama fan you must be slow and can’t read 🤣

[@smoothhand7960]

The QB from smu has never been in this type of high pressure environment before and it showed on the field he was shook from the very started…😮😮😮

[@macsloan58]

He played in a stadium that seats 38k.

[@TonaldDrumppp]

@@macsloan58 SM WHO?!?! why are they even allowed a playoff appearence? what a joke HAHAHAHHA

[@smoothhand7960]

@ stadium had nothing to do with today pressure on the line. He was shook, he folded under the moment blank point and period.. Did someone get paid to lose this game..suspicious 🤣🤣🤣

[@kylegross1081]

The committee didn’t want an another TCU vs Georgia result last year and thus we got an OT classic in the rose bowl with Bama and Michigan. Should have used that same logic and put a better team in this game like South Carolina. No way they would have gotten blown out this way today.

[@jaceadeva1211]

Alabama should’ve gotten in over anyone tbh, SMU, they’re js not good. Same with Indiana, about to be the same with Boise, ASU, and Clemson, all blowouts. SOS needs to come into affect when ranking these teams

[@RonnieJackson-xc6jj]

this new playoff is Father deserve not the best

[@RonnieJackson-xc6jj]

For The deserve not the best

[@whydoineedachanneltocommen8755]

People love to forget that TCU beat Michigan in a year in which Bama beat no one. Bama or South Carolina would've been plowed harder than SMU in Happy Valley.

[@goofygoober7617]

The home field advantage was HUGE here. I don’t see any other southern team beating PSU today in these conditions.

[@Scubascub22]

You know its embarrassing when it's a playoff game and one team is taking out their starters cause they're destroying you LoL

[@nflisrigged1395]

Facts!

[@IzaiahGrawzekeial]

GO PENN STATE🦁🔵⚪️

[@garysell7236]

Need to have more leverage with strength of schedule.These schools aren’t at the same level with the power conferences.

[@WheelhouseMike]

Indiana finished 2nd in the Big Ten. SMU finished 1st in the ACC. Who are these power conferences you speak of.

[@nflisrigged1395]

Facts!

[@nflisrigged1395]

​@WheelhouseMike they played NOBODY , soon as Indiana had to play ohio state week 10 they got killed Then again in the second real team they played , killed! Last night in note dame. We can hide behind 11 wins vs cupcakes and act like they've done the same as a top team, playing in REAL meaningful games.

[@Mr.Pristine]

See man, I told literally everyone that this was gonna happen! This team should’ve never been in the playoffs to begin with, the committee should be ashamed! of themselves for getting this so wrong! now y’all see why weak teams with good records should not go thru.

[@CantSpellAirWithoutAI]

Penn State: You ever used a steam roller before? SMU: No. Penn State: Bet. Let me show you.

[@Tkuhn1]

Pick 6s are demoralizing. SMU didn’t look any worse than Tennessee, they should have just stayed on the bus.

[@Druhhhhh9905]

SMU had no business wasting a slot like this

[@koldonn1111]

Nobody woulda said a word is the logo on that 38-10 scoreboard was an A instead of a horse. The double standard is unreal.

[@MarvelandStarWarsProductions]

​@koldonn1111 they would've, your comment and what u just said is the representation of the people that advocated for games like this😂

[@koldonn1111]

@@MarvelandStarWarsProductions And I'm honestly very happy we're getting games like this. Gives team who didn't have the chance to prove themselves the actual chance to prove themselves because Alabama and Ole Miss can't beat Oklahoma and Florida.

[@williamwertman24]

How awesome for dominic deluca. My brother played against him when he was in high school was a great quarterback for wyoming area.

[@galehess6676]

dude had that hit on running jennings, too "he got rocked" (by diluca)

[@FredJohnson-o3s]

Mr. Freeze🥶!!...SMU froze up😅😂😂!!.. boise state PENN STATE IS COMING 🎉🎊🎉

[@DJElToro787]

Penn state got the easiest side of the schedule

[@FredJohnson-o3s]

​@@DJElToro787🤫😉!!.. sleeper team

[@ubermo1182]

You can't complain about SMU being in the playoff. They won the games people expected them to win and they didn't lose badly against the teams that beat them. They were 11-2 and 'Bama was 8-3, (because nobody considers the 'bye week' game against Mercer a win). The top 4-5 ranked teams in the CFP are more consensus choices. Once you start looking at 6 and below then ranking things becomes kind of squishy. I'm a Longhorns fan and I would have put 'Bama in except their losses were SO bad.

[@nflisrigged1395]

Vs Cupcakes . If they had to play ANYONE they have 5 losses .

[@MarvelandStarWarsProductions]

Good job to your teams curbstomping Clemson😂

[@loud865]

Yep that should have been South Carolina or Ole Miss or Bama Indiana looked like a division 3 school Great job ncaa

[@Wallaces_Wood]

The 12 team format was always gonna result in this garbage. It's nothing but a moneygrab. People don't realize the disparity between the top teams and even the teams around 10-12. 12 team playoff is a joke. Eventually a low seed is gonna get hot and go on a run and they'll use that outlier as a justification for this stupid format.

[@jonathanwaters2624]

Nope, They lost.

[@MarvelandStarWarsProductions]

​@jonathanwaters2624 idc if they lost, I just want a good game😭

[@RonnieAlexander-s1q]

Alabama, with no doubt, should have been there instead of SMU. You just the reason why. Strength of schedule. More games like this are coming up

[@BBallRambling]

SMU looked bad. Penn State looked great.

[@kenwright5410]

Only the SMU quarterback looked bad.

[@BBallRambling]

@@kenwright5410 That's a pretty massive part of the sport

[@BarbYork-w2h]

Penn. St offense better get better, before next week. Smu qb, best player penn. St had today. They got a good defense, but ........, they better pick it up before next week, don't know who they play, don't matter

[@theDEERGOOSE]

Cupcakes playing weak schedules shouldn't be allowed in. SMU and Indiana got thrashed and wasn't even close. The playoff committee needs to stop listening to stupid people on social media and make the right choice.

[@damianpresha9833]

Didn't South Carolina and Alabama get routed in season ?

[@knothyselfknotruth]

Bama just got smacked 24 3 to Oklahoma. Say NO to drugs

[@holyghost8467]

Don't worry Penn State not winning the chip this game was meaningless

[@MarvelandStarWarsProductions]

​@@knothyselfknotruthOklahoma is better than SMU and Indiana😂

[@goofygoober7617]

You can live in fantasy land all you want and it STILL won’t undo the losses the teams that missed the playoffs had. If you want to make the playoffs, win games. You can’t assume they would win this game just to fit your narrative

[@Bam_Bam_Bam_Bam]

Another team proving they shouldn’t have been. If you can’t play a single ranked opponent all year and win you don’t deserve a shot. How pathetic..

[@44mag39]

Boy was this a joke!!!

[@NFace23]

Disgusted by the amount of holding they allowed SMU to get away with. There's no way they didn't see it. They just wanted to keep the game close.

[@Aaron-sx7zf]

Jennings would have gotten killed out there if SMU o line didn't hold on every play lol

[@austinhanvey4288]

There's some stout defense in this playoff bracket between TN ,GA, PSU ,and Ore .

[@nflisrigged1395]

TN lol Tennessee lolllllll

[@warrencooper4297]

That what ya get for keeping the Tide out!!! Great playoff game

[@jaimepadgett3323]

Sorry don't lose to vandy and maybe you can complain

[@Ilovepinkvelvetcupcakes]

@@jaimepadgett3323SMU would have lose to Vandy lil bro.

[@Mr.Grinch_Real]

@@Ilovepinkvelvetcupcakes”lil bro”

[@Mr.Grinch_Real]

Maybe they should have won their games then they would be in

[@macsloan58]

Alabama had ZERO business in the playoffs. ZERO. Just think about. They LOST 3 FREAKING GAMES. They played a weak schedule and lost to bad teams. BAD TEAMS!!! Alabama got what it earned. Damned SEC spooners p me off.

[@TonaldDrumppp]

SM WHO?!?! why are they even allowed a playoff appearence? what a joke HAHAHAHHA

[@MoxieCrawford69-w2s]

Wow you can’t even catch a football try doing that

[@teostewart2152]

SMU QB was playing for the wrong team

[@RobbieStacks90]

"Penn State hasn't beaten anybody." "James Franklin can't win big games." "The Big Ten is overrated." Penn State is one of the most storied programs in college football history, and this is the best PSU team I've seen in my lifetime. Better than the '99 team that lost to Minnesota a few games away from a national title shot and better than the '06 team with Michael Robinson and Paul Posluszny. Drew Allar is arguably the most valuable player to his team in the entire country, and that Penn State pass rush reloaded. It lets you know just how good Michigan was last season. SMU did not belong. The ACC is awful.

[@whydoineedachanneltocommen8755]

They'd have done the same thing to Alabama or Ole Miss if we're being real here. But there's certainly truth to the statement that we need to give Penn State their flowers.

[@lexxon11]

You must be 12 because 78 and 79 were great teams. This Penn State team is by today's standards Mediocre at best. Who have they beaten? But you have a right to lie to yourself

[@will-zj5gq]

nobody reading all this 💀

[@1980jeremiahT]

If this is the best Penn state team you’ve seen…. It’s a sad day for you and Penn state. Severely overrated

[@MayleneMadman]

Penn St. still hasn't beaten anybody. SMU blows and would be below .500 if they played in any other conference.

[@davidk7212]

All this talk about who "belongs" in the playoff. Why don't we have this with any other sport? What is the point of the regular season and the rankings if all that matters is who recruits the best and who has the "hardest" schedule and who will give us the "best game". SMU earned their spot, period. Yes, they lost. But if Stone was in I guarantee this would have been a better game. And this is coming from a Penn State fan. If Bama deserved to be here they wouldn't have lost to two unranked teams.

[@Bam_Bam_Bam_Bam]

How do you earn a spot if you can’t defeat a single ranked opponent all year long?

[@ghostsamongus3370]

They didn't play anybody all year 😂

[@goofygoober7617]

⁠@@Bam_Bam_Bam_BamPenn state lost to two ranked teams too, and look at what they just did

[@davidk7212]

@@Bam_Bam_Bam_Bam But SMU didn't lose to two unranked opponents. Why should only good wins matter?

[@kenwright5410]

This happens in the NFL too. There will be a team from the NFC South in the playoffs even though all the NFC South teams suck. The Falcons could be good if they get rid of Kirk Cousins.

[@WhitneyGadison1]

Let’s take strength of schedule into account next year.

[@Mar-pee]

Please 😅

[@GoatedAtNFS]

@@WhitneyGadison1 oh no, let’s not. because they’ve been doing that in years past but got amnesia this year

[@ghostsamongus3370]

Yep. South Carolina was 4th should have been in

[@BillWill586]

I say the committee should have the option to add two more games before the playoffs start you can Call them play in games if you get stuck with teams similar to this year’s SMU or Indiana teams just saying

[@knothyselfknotruth]

Bama would've got smacked as well.

[@wiggywil]

LIGHT WORK!!!

[@Dallas_editz]

Man I will miss this smu team

[@macsloan58]

Why? Do you enjoy overrated teams? Have a good holiday.

[@Dallas_editz]

@ no I enjoy teams that make the playoffs and and win happy holiday to you to

[@TonaldDrumppp]

SMU doesn't deserve to be ANYWHERE near a playoff game, go back to your Campells Soup bowls HAHAHAHAH

[@Dallas_editz]

@@TonaldDrumppp don't be a hater because they lost a road game against PSU

[@samsullivan5782]

i won’t as a bama fan

[@sohamjain7803]

How was Alabama’s sos better? They lost to 2 of like the 4 ranked opponents they played

[@geealanking]

Indiana and SMU over South Carolina and Alabama is absolutely hilarious!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@therealtaco7328]

Alabama got smacked by vandy and Oklahoma lol

[@MattBuild4]

not really....

[@rolltide2618]

@@therealtaco7328 not like your mama got smacked

[@wladmuir]

What about Tennessee?

[@geealanking]

@ I knew they had ZERO chance

[@DevinHoyt]

This is why the bcs era was the greatest era of football! We made sure blow outs like this didnt happen in championship caliber games

[@waynetompkins3006]

As an SMU alum, I'm still glad we made the tournament, just to get rid of all the "what ifs." We know now that while we've come a long way, we still have a very long way to go.

[@galehess6676]

Great program but iron sharpens iron, stronger schedule would allow to improve against better comp, like penn state losing to ohio mid season and then oregon in the championship... you grow, not enough elite type growth playing in acc this year

[@MrPizzaman09]

The play at 7:10 was my favorite play of the whole game!

[@aaron_dc4851]

Don't act like Milroe and Dart wouldn't have sold just as hard as KJ 🤣🤣🤣

[@ericskiii]

they wouldn’t have😂

[@whydoineedachanneltocommen8755]

@ericskiii They sold harder against Oklahoma and Florida 🤣

[@loverboy4479]

​@@whydoineedachanneltocommen8755 yet both beat Georgia hmmm

[@faintfives]

@@whydoineedachanneltocommen8755but they have actual achievements unlike smu who has done actually nothing all season 😂

[@ghostsamongus3370]

Lanoris sellers wouldn't have

[@Gr8testOAT]

bad play calling nd no time in the pocket

[@deontasmith2632]

This is actually pretty embarrassing that the committee allowed this

[@andrewblakeslee8709]

Would be more embarrassing to let a team that lost to Vanderbilt and Oklahoma in

[@grantfuller6123]

@@andrewblakeslee8709no

[@RayW....]

​@@andrewblakeslee8709wrong princess...

[@acatwithwiskers9273]

​@@RayW.... Nah they lost to teams they shouldn't, you want in you got to win

[@jimstevenson424]

Still don't know if ND and PSU are any good.

[@galehess6676]

this year everyone's talent is down from say the avg of the last 5 years.... GA is missing, AL missed so much it missed the expanded playoff, etc.... only Oregon is better than usual and actually elite, with a 6 year quarterback.... Next year everyone will be up a level again, AL will have more experience (coaches and players) and GA will be torqued and Ohio will have a better qb and the deepest team outside of AL, and PSU will portal in an actual WR corp, and have a vet qb...

[@jimstevenson424]

@@galehess6676 More of a comment about their competition. Seems like 8 teams are enough for the playoffs.

[@AGoodVibe]

SMU ‘11. Proud of this team - what a season! Hats off to Penn State as well. Go Ponies.

[@a_goblue2023]

Respect yall for a good season but yall just got a wake up call to big boy football and yall arnt ready for that yet. And Penn State isn’t even that good we’ve creamed them the past five years.😂

[@goofygoober7617]

@@a_goblue2023Past years don’t matter to how good the team is this year. Hope you enjoy watching PSU in the playoffs this year, though.

[@russellglover6887]

I think it’s a matter of time before SMU starts really making noise. Being in a big boy conference with all the NIL and being in Texas, look out.

[@soarinskies1105]

@@a_goblue2023nice 7-5 record this year dude. Enjoy taking that fat L against Bama in the reliaquest bowl.

[@loud865]

Bro said pick 6 Pick 6 Pick😂 We deserve to be here

[@exodiathegod1177]

I'm seeing where some are talking about SOS should matter but SMU shot itself in the foot early and Penn St capitalized on their mistakes. It's that simple. Despite the loss they deserve to be there

[@crs092]

Look at all these hindsight smooth brains in here

[@Ilovepinkvelvetcupcakes]

Guess your brain is hard as metal.

[@tysonsnider5197]

Brethren people have been saying this would happen for weeks

[@Lt-Dan]

12 team playoff is a disaster, they should have stopped at 8.

[@slimjimm1788]

No

[@CoachHayes100]

If a team deserves to be in it, they deserve to be in it. If a team does their job wins their games then they should be in it.