Tenneessee-Ohio State, Clemson-Texas, SMU-Penn State REACTION | College Football Playoff First Round

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David Pollack reacts to the College Football Playoff First Round games from Saturday, December 21, 2024: Tenneessee-Ohio State, Clemson-Texas, SMU-Penn State with Brent Rollins.
College Football analysis from CFB Hall-of-Famer, three-time First-Team All-American and First-Round NFL Draft Pick David Pollack.
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[@Mmmmchocolate]

A 10 win SEC team getting stomped into the cold hard turf was absolutely glorious.

[@CuddleBuddee]

"B b but the sec deserves 4 or more bids!" 😂

[@robschaller9061]

It was that fabled SEC speed... the speed at which they had a reckoning before Jesus was a sight to behold. Funny thing, turns out the Goal posts were totally safe...

[@tennisace40]

They obviously hated the cold.

[@JustN0pe3]

When you NEED the weather to brag about a win. A bad Georgia team beat a healthier TN in warmer weather. Georgia beats TN every year by A LOT without the weather. It just starts to look soft, needing bad weather to brag about beating a team. SEC teams have been beating B1g teams for years, post-season on neutral fields in neutral dome "weather" for years. I'm not a fan of the sec conference, but this weather thing is stupid. Playoffs have always been weather neutral.

[@bigyodatheman]

@@JustN0pe3 Well quit being soft and the weather won't matter.

[@Rivs5117]

A lot of the media wanna clown Indiana, SMU and Clemson for being in the playoffs meanwhile Tennessee an “SEC” team was out there looking like an FCS team 🤣🤣💀 Ohio State beat them to sleep.

[@emhezmfe]

exactly. If this would've been SMU or Boise getting smoked by the Buckeyes, everyone would be saying 'see they didn't belong!' Blowouts all the time in the previous CFB playoff, just like in the NFL, NBA, MLB etc.

[@clearstar8354]

​@emhezmfe Not really... Ohio State is a juggernaut who could win this whole thing. Penn State and ND are not. It's not apples to apples. Tennessee drew the short stick on matchups. Just sit back and watch, if Ohio State makes it past Oregon, they are going to boat race Penn State or Notre Dame if

[@JustN0pe3]

Ohio St is on another lever than Penn St or ND. This playoff structure is just broken AF. There are too many teams, and the autobids need to go.

[@Al-Rudigor]

​@@JustN0pe3Ohio State was 10-2. Did you think they were on another level than Tennessee? They were both third in their conference by the way. It doesn't matter, because the networks aren't giving up this playoff money.

[@crambo765]

Clemson had a chance to actually win the game! They were the only team to out up a fight!

[@hoosier147]

Oh let's keep that same energy about Tennessee didn't belong in the playoffs

[@mbanderson83]

Best part, nobody has to hear the 3 loss SEC teams being deserving nonsense anymore.

[@Teller580]

Even with 4 teams the playoff had many blowouts. Don't ignore that!!

[@Al-Rudigor]

They are all just mad that the SEC didn't have at least six teams in.

[@jamesd235]

It's more about the fact that the level of skill difference was so apparent and if they looked at their schedules, you'd see these teams did not win anything special and lost their big games against ranked opponents already. That's the issue it was obvious beforehand.

[@Teller580]

@jamesd235 2 years ago in a 4 team playoff, TCU beat Michigan but then lost by 59 points in the Championship game. It happens.

[@JustN0pe3]

​@@Teller580We also had an Ohio St team that lost to the Michigan team that lost that TCU team take Georgia down to the wire. That Georgia Ohio St game was one of the best games I've ever seen. These 4 playoff games were 4 of the worst I've seen in years. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if Boise and Arizona put up less of a fight. The more games you watch in a single playoff, that are complete blowouts, it'll start to look worse.

[@Teller580]

@JustN0pe3 What will you say if ASU beats Texas?

[@kelleycarr7954]

Glad to hear you Pollack. I missed listening to your takes.

[@Edward_USMC13]

Crazy they laid him off but opted to resign that stooge Desmond Howard 😂

[@Yenderusiak]

The game was over in the first quarter. SEC SEC SEC. SEC! Hahahaha

[@dankcoyote]

Everyone keeps talking about “deserved”. That’s irrelevant. The question is “EARNED”. Every team in the playoffs earned the right to be there. Second, it’s not WWE wrestling. We’re not trying to create the two best matchups. We’re trying to determine the BEST TEAM and that happens through playing games. Do these people understand how seeding works? They’d be the only nutjobs in the NCAA bb tournament screaming about the 16 seed loosing to the 1 seed. We play a season. There’s requirements for the post season. You either earn a spot or you don’t. The better teams play the lesser teams. Typically the better teams win, but not always. A champion emerges. It seems to me a lot of people don’t actually like college football. They want manufactured outcomes that favor their favorite team. They don’t think Boise State who was a JUCO and fought the major conferences for 30 years to get in but they wouldn’t let them because of academics, they don’t think they deserve a chance to prove it on the field. I don’t find any “passion” in deciding the fate of a team like Boise State without even playing them AND GUESS WHAT? Boise State tries to schedule them and they won’t play them. Why don’t the SEC schools schedule Boise when they ask? Because they’re afraid they’ll ruin their season. I’m not even a Boise State fan I just love that a school like that finally has an opportunity to play on the field and put it all out there, win or lose, instead of everybody in the nation telling them who they

[@MichaeLMahoney-kr8sg]

So I’ve heard “everyone” saying how IU and SMU didn’t belong. Are these same people saying Tennessee from the mighty SEC didn’t belong?

[@JustN0pe3]

So you're saying Penn St and ND are on the same level as Ohio St when they are playing to their ceiling? I think TN just met Ohio St, Ohio, paid for. That team last night was the "elite" team everyone said didn't exist this year.

[@andrewmueller9986]

​@@JustN0pe3 didn't IU play OSU? Was it closer than OSU TN?

[@andrewmueller9986]

​@@JustN0pe3fail take

[@jmsamborski]

Lots of SEC guys called the blowout. Tennessee was probably the sixth best roster in the SEC and Ohio State has the best roster in the country. Different coach and OSU is undefeated. The best rosters in the SEC in order are Georgia, Bama, Texas, Ole Miss/South Carolina then the Vols.

[@andrewmueller9986]

@@jmsamborski TN beat Bama genius. Bama also got drug by OU. I guess hyping up rosters doesn't mean that much

[@Whiterice0095]

The automatic bids are valid. I think the highest 5 conf champs should absolutely get in but that’s all it is BIDS not byes! Let them get in bc they do deserve it but they damn sure don’t deserve a bye.

[@cheeks9537]

NFL 2023 playoffs round 1 had a 17.3 pt margin of victory. What do you expect people? Are you shocked the higher seed at home field won all 4 games? Shocked!?

[@Teller580]

So you say "Clemson offensive line protected their QB really well" against Texas but Arizona State doesn't have a chance. Clemson had zero running backs. Skattebo time

[@noelramirez1551]

Lol wouldn't be the first time talking heads were wrong everyone kept saying Ohio State vs Tennessee was going to be a toss up.

[@Teller580]

@@noelramirez1551 Yeah man, I admit I'm biased. I've cheered for Arizona State since I was 9 years old but Skattebo is the best most physical running back in America. I've seen him for 2 years now. Let's see how ASU lines do against Texas.

[@daxlkelm75]

No one has run on Texas all season. Skattebo will run his mouth all week and give Texas plenty of reason to stuff him. Horns by 21. And Texas will have their best and fastest receiver Bond back for this game.

[@TheScabbleGabble]

Texas will beat ASU pretty easily, I do believe

[@crambo765]

@@Teller580hate to break it to everyone but I’m pretty sure the best back in the court is in south bend. Love is Reggie bush but physical.

[@SurferRC]

Tennessee did not belong. Looked worse than smu and indy tbh

[@tankcommander33]

@@SurferRC who belonged

[@JustN0pe3]

TN played the best team in the first round by a mile. They averaged roughly the same as the other teams. They looked right around the rest.

[@5wi5h614]

@@tankcommander33 Iowa State would have put up more of a fight lol

[@tankcommander33]

@5wi5h614 well they should have won their games

[@5wi5h614]

@@tankcommander33 right just like bama against 6-6 schools.

[@ArwensHubby]

And yet Bama was eviscerated by Oklahoma, which nobody saw coming. That's part of why going with Indiana and SMU makes about as much sense

[@Lmiller83]

Home field really matters is what it showed.

[@zeus4885]

I don’t know why but I have a feeling Arizona State is going to shock Texas. Just a feeling. But Ohio State will destroy either of those two teams

[@Doe-o4r]

I have a feeling Texas is going to win by double digits

[@aust5353]

That’s because Texas hasn’t beaten any good teams this year. We could easily see that upset happen because they don’t make the SEC teams play each other they get bye teams mid season.

[@Edward_USMC13]

I'm in Arizona State alumnus But Die Hard Ohio State fan and I don't see this happening if you just look at overall Team Speed Texas has them beat at every position. The Longhorns are not exactly fun to watch and don't have that ridiculous game breaker like Oregon or Ohio state but I would be very very surprised if the Sun Devils even make it competitive to be honest with you

[@BengalBuckeye]

I don't think people realize that it was only a 5 hr trip for Tenn fans. Thats about 45 min more than a trip from Cincinnati to Cleveland. The stadium was 75/25 and not even close to a takeover. Guaranteed you would have seen 35%-40% OSU fans if the game was at Tennessee.

[@Teller580]

Are we just going to ignore that Clemson's top 2 running backs didn't play so they had zero running game & used a WR at RB! Now they play Skattebo. That's entirely different

[@aust5353]

I think Texas letting Clemson make it a game shows they are not a top contender. But if they do beat the #12 ranked teams in ASU they get a home game in the semi finals. This bracket is rigged to help the SEC anyway they can. It’s blatant and obvious now.

[@blackwind6317]

Uhm tx lost their starting rb before the season, and another rb before the season and 2 more rb for depth out before mid season. They lost 4 rb. So don't give me oh Clemson didn't have their rb...neither did TX. 🤷‍♂️

[@Teller580]

@blackwind6317 Sounds like BS. They lost 4 running backs? But my point was against Clemson Texas faced basically zero running backs but next week they face Skattebo. Big difference

[@J_Chris_B]

​@@Teller580Texas lost 3 RBs Baxter, Clark, and Gardner. ASU will need more than Cam. They don't have the trenches or weapons at WR to match up.

[@Teller580]

@J_Chris_B I watched ASU all year, they have a very good run blocking Offensive line, tight end and Heinz Ward is the WR coach and has the WR's blocking better than any team in college. You are probably correct about the WR situation though. They lost Tyson 2 weeks ago and he caught 50 passes more than any WR on the team. That's a problem

[@justinbrosious6601]

Penn State beats Bama by 14 👌

[@wad9799]

Penn State is terrible match up vs Bama. Abdul Carter spying Milroe he would've had a rough day

[@The.ARCHIT3CT]

Have you met James Franklin?

[@Al-Rudigor]

​@@The.ARCHIT3CTJames Franklin won in the SEC at Vandy. Have you met him?

[@The.ARCHIT3CT]

@ oh I’m well aware of Franklin. I’ve been watching Ohio State son him for a decade straight.

[@andrewmueller9986]

Prob 20

[@joekay3348]

Zero surprise. As repeatedly said by anyone with half a lick of common sense… FB up north in the cold is a different animal. The game was over after Ohio St. cracked Nico’s helmet in the first quarter… Those SEC boys just proved they aren’t built for FB in the cold weather 🥱

[@jimk7882]

@joekay3348 Calling you an imbecile would be complimenting you so I'll refrain. There was only a 3 degree temperature difference from Columbus and Knoxville at game time.

[@Trap323a]

Tenn QB is Samoan lol nothing more needs to be said

[@boroblueyes]

The record cold temp for Columbus, Ohio is (-27°F). The record cold for Tennessee is (-32°F). Now tell me who the weather affects more and why? There is only a 5°F difference in the annual average temperature between Columbus and Knoxville. Oooh, such a bone chilling difference. Oh no, I can't play in that 5 degree different weather.

[@aguyUsingTheWeb]

The weather? It was not even cold. Tennessee and North Carolina get very cold. You people talking about the cold is so precious and hilarious. Yeah, you wear a sweater in 30• weather. I wear a sweater in 80• weather. And can run 3 miles in it. And still bench and squat more than 90% of you. But would we ever bring up, "oh those Yankees can't deal with hot weather!" No. Because it's childish. Would love to see a top tier BIG10 school play a top tier SEC school week zero at noon. Get in on some 95 degree weather and see how tough y'all are.

[@aguyUsingTheWeb]

​@@Trap323aSo is the Buckeyes defensive end and a defensive tackle.

[@xmositoxc147]

Ohio State 38 - 15 Indiana Ohio State 42 - 17 Tennessee Seems like Indiana would go 10-2 in the almighty SEC Seems like Bama and Gamecocks fans are quietly happy they didn't get in to the CFP. PSU and Notre Dame would have whipped you just like Ohio State beat Tennessee Wait Wait, wasn't Tennessee the same team that beat Bama????

[@Edward_USMC13]

As a buckeye fan, we added that last TD in the last minute just like UT did.. So it was more like 31-15 and 42-10..Hoosiers earned their spot. Full stop.

[@PhillipFulm]

Called this the moment of the playoff selection day. Every away team was blown out in the playoff games.

[@justinbrosious6601]

Penn State a 10pt favorite against Boise

[@Bond007fan]

Merry Christmas!

[@jaysmith7725]

Keep up the great work

[@jasonp6020]

As a diehard Clemson fan I am looking forward to next year. Really hoping Cade comes back for a serious Championship run

[@victorlow2901]

we don't want another NFL

[@brewc11]

Too late. College Ball is dead. Won't be long until these kids have contracts like the pros where they can't change trams every 6 months and have salary caps on universities. I am old enough to remember the pains the sport went through to get money out of college and force the young men to actually go to class and pass. We are back to those years and no turning back. Who ever has the richest boosters will have the best teams ... see Ohio state

[@The.ARCHIT3CT]

Yes we do.

[@AP2020_Outdoors]

#redemption #rematch #TheOhioStateBuckeyes #NationalChampions 💯🇺🇲🏉🏆#Bucks vs #Ducks #RoseBowl #BuckeyeNation #LetsGo

[@chadhuskey6177]

I'm 4-0 so far, like everyone else that used common sense.

[@justinbrosious6601]

Umm they broke tackles cause of the cold. Not cause SMU’s speed was a problem

[@swoesteban5570]

A team that got blown out in the first round would have just gotten blown out in the second round if they played and beat a lower ranked team.

[@EricTradx]

It needs to go to 8 teams playoffs first. This was bad.

[@briandub2]

The massive missed pass interference that gave Tenn an int was bullshit. The roughing the passer was fake too.

[@salvatorezagra864]

Why was Tennessee in the playoffs?

[@robl39]

SEC SEC SEC 😂😂😂

[@EricMcDurmon]

It is funny. Indiana and SMU lose and everyone trashes them. Tennessee and Clemson lose and it is the playoff format and expanded playoffs. How about home field is a huge advantage in a playoff setting. Blowouts happen because one team usually makes mistakes early and gets behind and has to scrap the game plan. This is why you see a lot of these games. Play them ten times and the results differ each game.

[@mjw9928]

This isn't about blow outs, or who belonged or didn't belong, it is the idiotic way they "seeded" them.

[@justinbrosious6601]

Pollack calm down. Trey Wallace #6 is good

[@Superfreq69]

Why bring up the "12 team is too many, " "there will be blowouts.." during the #8 vs #9? Pollack is such an SEC worm. Weird takes..Indiana only lost by 10,, it was the closest game

[@stubbywankenobi1]

Honest question are the games better if Alabama and Miami replace two teams or does the team matter after number 6 or eight. I personally think the Super Conferences are to blame. There shouldn’t be more teams than games in any conference IMO. Also these teams need to hire a college football commissioner ASAP

[@bigyodatheman]

Bama and Miami would have been blown out too.

[@sammykillough3960]

damn'd if u do, damn'd if u don't, Franklin! love the aggressiveness. thats an inferior team we are playing, the offense hasn't gotten going, gives them the confidence and a chance to get rolling. 2 pick-6 took away 2 offensive possessions. love the call, fumbled the snap. SMU wasn't scoring 14 points regardless. good call

[@brewc11]

This weekend proved to me that bring back the bowls and resuce the number of teams from 12 to 8 max

[@Al-Rudigor]

Nah, y'all just want the old SEC bowl home games. This playoffs is here to stay. I hope it expands. The networks are liking this money.

[@JoeyAustin-ul1qb]

Go to 16 teams in the 1st round and you can start watching in the quarterfinals when it is 8 teams.

[@WT-Sherman]

TN’s Nico is a tough hombre.

[@bigyodatheman]

Can't talk shit about SMU or Indiana after Tennessee got murdered. If they didn't belong Tennessee didn't either.

[@dennisfowler2138]

Right on, maybe yall could get involved with the playoff committee! Those guys are pitiful! And yes ohio state came to play!

[@indyprostringers2051]

We should expect the 1st round and maybe the 2nd round will be blowouts this year and future years. It will happen year in and year out. 12 teams are too many if you want closer games. But, if we want more "meaningful" games in later weeks of the season than this is just the way it will always be, except for an occasional close game.

[@justinbrosious6601]

Abdul Carter runs 4.4’s

[@NIKE-Duck]

~ He is very fast sideline to sideline... Oregon just ran the ball at him though. He isn't a run stopper

[@Clarkvivo_]

Wild card weekend in the NFL isn’t always fun??? Historically, it’s been the wildest most fun football of the nfl playoffs.

[@Trap323a]

You can’t sign that many anymore … only 85 spots now instead of 105. NCAA will regret this injuries are going to skyrocket

[@idkjames]

Why? The NFL has a 53 or 54 if you carry a 3rd QB under certain circumstances. Plus 17 practice squad. That's not the big deal to me. The real problem is unlimited transfers. If they are being paid they should be under contract just like NFL. Maybe for 3 years or something for initial signing.

[@aguyUsingTheWeb]

Every conference doesn't have the same rules. Some are forcing everyone to be on scholarship, some conferences are keeping walk-ons. And that impacts the signee numbers.

[@larrychannell7056]

A Christmas movie hands down not even close. You'll shoot your eye out kid!!!!

[@Anonymous1.1.1.1]

We always had football this time of year. It was bowl season, which used to be amazing and hold a lot of value. This product is a failure, and it puts more money in the wrong pockets and gives more power to the wrong people.

[@kbjohns64]

30 from the Portal? With 20+ recruits? With an 85 cap? I must be missing something...

[@philiphawkins6664]

Talent gap is huge. a team with 1-3 rd draft picks at every position. Vs a team with a few of that.

[@-theslatemasons7428]

Big 10 speed - Tenn jv team

[@SKXBOB]

A 10-win SEC team would go 6-6 in the Big Ten.

[@ClemsonFAN251]

Why are people so butt hurt about some of the blowouts? Only 2-3 teams realistically are capable of winning the whole thing. The rest are just good teams vs great teams. It’s football.

[@jmsamborski]

Week 1 was a total bust. 4 horrible, boring games.

[@Al-Rudigor]

It was glorious, unless your team got blown out, or didn't make it. Which one are you? 😂

[@jmsamborski]

@@Al-Rudigor life long Georgia fan, so neither. I also went 4-0 on the pics right down to calling Ohio State blowing out Tennessee and saying only Clemson would be competitive because Dabo has been here before. If you want next weeks pics, it’s Dawgs easy, Ohio State close, Texas, and Boise. Then Dawgs beat Boise, Buckeyes over Texas and I will pick the title game after seeing Gunner play a few games.

[@aust5353]

It’s all so crystal clear that this entire bracket is SEC love. They tried to disguise it by having bama out of it. But now you see it. Texas on the opposite side from Georgia and the semi final game in Texas and finals in Georgia. Ohio state who beat Penn State on the same side as the 1 seed. Any tournament bracket ever has 1 and 4 ranked teams on one half and 2/3 on the other half. Instead you have 1/3 and 2/4. BS😊

[@LeeH-c8g]

Are you high? #1 Oregon and #4 ASU are on one side, #2 UGA and #3 Boise are on the other side. The BIG10 had 4 teams including Indiana who beat nobody and proved the BIG10 sucks outside 3 teams. The SEC had 3 teams in and Tenn got rolled. Huepel is bad imho. The 3 BIG10 teams still left are all pretty good. Stop with the SEC hate. Good grief.

[@aust5353]

@ that’s the seeding yes but not the rankings. Go look at how the teams are ranked compared to how they are seeded. That’s the issue. We’ve been force fed the SEC since the beginning of time. Now the country unites to hate on the conference because we’re tired of the bias

[@LeeH-c8g]

@@aust5353 Its the formats the commissioners agreed upon man. Nobody thinks it perfect. But it wasn't done to favor any one conference this year. It's the way the bracket/seeds ended up is all. Crying about SEC love when the BIG10 looks to have more (3) contenders than the SEC (2) is silly. I agree ESPN has a Bama bias and favors the SEC. Reece Davis went to Bama. McElroy played at Bama. Saban coached at Bama. Makes me sick as a UGA fan. FOX and Joel Klatt are the biggest BIG10 homers in the world. Its also sickening. Money talks. That's who pays their bills. You still have to perform on the field- OSU did.

[@JustN0pe3]

​@@aust5353Is that why Penn St was given the easiest path? Basically, they will play two G5 teams. The level of ignorance is just truly amazing

[@benmeeks4608]

How can you call it a bias when the SEC has won 14 or the last 20 championships. That should speak for It's self, I look forward to see these match ups in the future that would not normally happen.

[@James_Vocals]

This the same dude who said South Carolina was better than OSU and Oregon

[@Oztintatious]

33 and 44 for OSU haven't whipped a set of tackles that badly in their 4 year careers. UT was cold and soft on the OL. Knowles tried to tell everyone his defense was made to shut down this gimick Big12 stuff - he also has kept Penn State's Big12 OC out of the end zone twice and no other coach has ever done it once.

[@rustytucker2499]

College is professional football now. It will be mediocre for now on. Remember when college said “one year in college basketball?” No one watches college basketball anymore

[@kdleslie1973]

You judging it after only one round. Did you divorce your wife after your first disagreement. Who knows, maybe you did.

[@NoFriendLikeJesus]

I don't think he's talking about the new playoff system. I think he's talking about the transfer portal and NIL, which will now include junior college. If that's the case, he's right. He's just seeing the same writing on the wall that Nick Saban saw. There are no teams now, just brand names and a mix of athletic mercenaries, who are just after money, and switch teams after a year. College football will go the way of professional football now, which no one watches any more. And it didn't happen over night, it took a while, but the NFL is dead.

[@rchurch2769]

​@@NoFriendLikeJesusim not trying to be rude but you blew that way out of proportion. A lot of what you said would result in a program being sanctioned. Just take a few minutes and read how the NIL actually works.

[@Al-Rudigor]

Don't let the door hit ya. 😂

[@The.ARCHIT3CT]

@@rustytucker2499 you’re on an island my guy. Last night was EPIC.

[@rad608]

I saw lots of bad decisions by coaches this weekend!. I can only assume that they know SO MUCH about football that they forget simple strategy! Actually, it's coaches on every level!

[@bebeade71]

Sooo many bad coaching decisions by the winning coach. I thought dont make that call again against other teams.

[@robdrayer2183]

Your comment above the portal seems a bit uneducated. Take a look at what Dan Lanning has done with it and you'll see how it should be used.

[@DaveIrish66]

It amazing what you can do with an open check book

[@Lothbrook66]

No surprise. Tennessee was demoralized and manhandled. Was never a game. They arent in the buckeyes class period . Tennessee is soft and hasnt won anything. Only in the playoffs because of expansion. Never ever made the 4 team.

[@nataliedeyton6829]

Next week gonna be half as bad …. 😂

[@chrisbadgett57]

I think a lot of people think UT has great receivers when indeed they don’t!! UT doesn’t have wideouts that can create explosive plays against similar or superior talent!! They need to go get a Jeremiah Smith, Ryan Williams/5 ⭐️ dude to go along with the decent receivers they have that way it’s easier for guys with lesser talent to get open or be left open!!

[@AL_1547]

I think UT has very good receivers, but OSU does have the #1 defense in cfb. Only Oregon was able to really produce against them and they’ve since made a correction and cranked up the blitzes since that game. It just wasn’t UT’s night. I really don’t think there is a team in America that could’ve gone into the Shoe and won last night. OSU was firing on all cylinders. Not to mention, dudes like Jeremiah Smith and Ryan Williams don’t exactly grow on trees. We got a little spoiled this year having both of them come into cfb at the same time, but that was really an anomaly.

[@BlackMountainCycles]

If Tennessee’s football team showed up half as well as their fans do, they might have won that game. Oh well. *Go Bucks.*

[@AzMurse]

Should be called first round overreaction

[@christopherkoss7681]

SEC and Bigten both have like 2 sometimes depending on the year that are truly Elite teams with Elite coaching staff. The rest of these two conferences are full of mediocre teams that have no depth. Now its about the university spending around 25 million a year or more for coaching staff and players if you truly want to win NC . The conference koolaid crap is exactly that Crap.

[@chrisbradford5893]

Tennessee fans should've been angry that they didn't get home field, especially after Ohio State lost to Michigan.

[@ralphpeck6927]

I would say Michigan beats Arkansas. Was Tennessee 2-1 against the top 5?

[@Edward_USMC13]

Even after y'all got beat to sleep you're still this delusional?? 😂

[@rickroth1836]

To me the top four seeds this year would’ve been 1)Oregon 2)Georgia 3)ND 4)Ohio State 2-1 against top 10 5) Texas 0-2 against top 10 if Texas wins one of the games against Georgia either in regular season or the SEC title game they would be #4 to me and Ohio State #5. 6) PSU 1 top 25 win & lost to OSU but played in Big10 championship game 7) Tennessee 1 top 25 win beat Bama Didn’t play in SEC Championship game 8) Boise state lost to Oregon by 3, 1 top 25 win #24 UNLV 9) Arizona State 2 top 25 wins 10 Clemson 1 top 25 win 11) Indiana no top 25 wins but there because 11-1 12) Alabama 2 top 25 wins & 1 of them against #2 UGA or SMU no top 25 wins SMU probably deserved it because of their record 11-2 & played in conference championship game, but to me Bama deserved it by quality of wins & would smashes SMU just like PSU did. But I’ve always said record should be first because there’s never gonna be equality with schedules. No matter much you try because you don’t know how good or bad teams are gonna be from one season to the next, there’s no way to schedule everybody equally. But to be honest, if I’m looking for who I think is better & would give a better games Alabama and twice on Sunday. Not to take away from SMU what they did, I just don’t think they can compete with the top 8 teams. I’m not sure Boise State can either they are a group of five team with a very weak schedule and the one game that they did play tough against Oregon that’s a one off game. Try have to do that for 6 out if your 8 or 9 conference games in the Big Ten or SEC. Boise State probably has three maybe four losses because they don’t have the depth or the star power to hold up over nine game season in those two conferences they just don’t.

[@salvatorezagra864]

Lol Warren is so much better than Bowers

[@blmm47]

the vols showed up nown next time bring a team

[@mikequeen1347]

I feel like Ohio State will blow out Oregon. I don’t think Oregon can beat them. In fact I didn’t think they could beat them last time. I think that was a strange game buckeyes by three scores.

[@OfficiallyOrca]

Tennessee won ten games in the so-called "Best Conference"... According to southern logic, they deserved to be in and look what happened to them. OhioState undress them. One terrible call it could've easily been 28-Donut. Tennessee was lucky that OhioState left points on the table.

[@Troy-fv9uq]

Any given year there is really only 4, 5, and maybe sometimes 6 teams that can win a natty. Blowouts will continue

[@nuckels188]

And i'd rather leave that decision to gameplay, not the media

[@natbornpuller]

Remind me not to take movie recommendations from Brent. Geez

[@michaelcurtis-xq4rz]

Being a fan from the the Big ten.... The Ducks reward is having to face Ohio state. IMO that game should have been available for the finals..The powers that be made Texas/Georgia a possibility...STRAIGHT GARBAGE

[@defiancecycling]

Maybe instead of 12, it's 8. The 8 highest ranked teams regardless of the conference.

[@Al-Rudigor]

Sorry, but it's here to stay. The B1G and the SEC have massive TV contracts. This is how the networks make their money back.

[@robdrayer2183]

The Natty is going to be decided in Pasadena. The rest of the playoffs are a waste of time and money.

[@bebeade71]

I can see why you say that. Do you think Ohio beats Oregon the 2nd time around?

[@ironmantran]

LOL ! 1 to 8 left in FBS . . . osu is #8, the worst team left . . . . (LOL ! kidd')

[@jackieboy1057]

Say what you want but beating the Vols was cool to watch but OSU WILL NOT beat Oregon. No way on how… OSU beating TN was it.. OSU doesn’t have the steam to beat the DUCKS! Mark my words!

[@aguyUsingTheWeb]

I wish I'd paid more attention to the bowls than the playoffs. I wasted both hope for good games and my time. Turned each game off, including the Texas game which ended up being pretty decent.

[@robdrayer2183]

Wait until a 5 loss Michigan team beats Alabama in their Thank You For Playing Anyway Bowl 😂

[@jamesd235]

There's more than homefield advantage to this. Look at IU, SMU and Boise states schedules. They had the weakest schedules and landed in those spots off of that fact alone. IU played nobody before ohio state. Boise state lost their only big match up game. SMU who did they beat that was so impressive? This is just a joke lol those teams didn't deserve to be there. IU vs SMU, Boise vs Tenn. Those should've been a random bowl game. This is a total joke all around. None of those teams shoulsve been there.

[@bigyodatheman]

Boise would have beaten the number one if not for a phantom PI call. They deserve to be there.

[@JustN0pe3]

About the worst weekend of CFB I've seen in years. Don't think I watch or stayed awake during a single game. Can we got back to 4 maybe cap it at 8?

[@jdstox1]

if during the regular season they had 4 top 15 matchup games scheduled that week, would you think thats a good weekend lineup of football? i would.......just because 4 games dont turn out to be great doesnt mean theres something wrong

[@hollycorbett3435]

Go DAWGS!! ❤️🖤

[@dannyblair9965]

ole miss or sc would have beat the brakes off texas

[@brewc11]

Well next year win more regular season games... its simple

[@ilpatriotplugs8682]

All this bitching and moaning...

[@nuckels188]

I swear these people forget the BCS rankings used to be decided basically by the media. You give them extra football and they're ungrateful enough to whine about it because they're so used to watching rigged NFL games that always miraculously come down to the wire

[@joecampos1635]

This podcast hates on Texas football so much it’s pathetic.

[@msavage1558]

Boring games.

[@WileyHeaton]

The first round should be a neutral site and a bowl game.

[@nuckels188]

Nope

[@renxomedia2427]

CFP expansion is so lame.

[@kelseywhitlatch173]

Proof that no way in hell should SMU been in over Alabama. I don’t think bama wins but they don’t get the taste slapped out of their mouths that’s for sure

[@andrewmueller9986]

Didn't TN beat Bama?

[@andrewmueller9986]

TN lost by just as much as SMU

[@bigyodatheman]

Bama would have gotten dominated too

[@willmiddleton9199]

South Carolina was a 3 loss team that would have COMPETED far better than Tennessee, Clemson, and SMU without a shadow of doubt.... The CFB totally screwed the whole thing up. Just sayin'....

[@SurferRC]

Miami colorado and byu too! What ifs and if onlys are true for everyone

[@willmiddleton9199]

@@SurferRC Miami and Colorado don't have the defense to compete at that level. SC unquestionably does. Just facts.

[@aust5353]

⁠@@SurferRCyou can’t put an ACC 3rd ranked team in there after what SMU did. CU had like 1 ranked win maybe? And got destroyed by a mid level Nebraska team. No thanks

[@SurferRC]

@ looked better than Tenn…

[@brewc11]

Win more games...

[@aguyUsingTheWeb]

I cant belive Big10 people are in here talking smack. The playoff was literally built so yall and the west coast could feel relevant in this era. The population shift in the US alone means we will continue to have better talent in the South (always did). Ohio is the lone outlier and im not sure how its remained that while Michigan and Pennsylvania dropped off. But yeah. Keep talking about your toughness when your best players are routinely from Georgia, Florida and Virginia. It is cute.i would have never complained about the dominance of Nebraska when they were on top. And when it Happens again i won't complain then either.

[@marxist5ever864]

🤡

[@justinbrosious6601]

SEC sucks

[@aguyUsingTheWeb]

Absolutely. That's why the BIG10 has dominated championships the past 20 years. Too bad some programs can't beat Michigan! ​@@justinbrosious6601

[@matthewc164]

Bruh, the South lost the civil war. This level of college football is like the NFL with free agency. We get our talent from everywhere. Oh that DE Jack Sawyer kid who ate Tennessees lunch all night, he's from Columbus. Ohio isnt Connecticut. Nearly every legendary coach has had a job at OSU at some point. Even Nick Saban.

[@robdrayer2183]

Garbage take, buddy. Be better.

[@ronniepatterson2827]

Totally agree. Bama not in the playoffs = Zzzzzz. Get it togeather next year committee, you blew it BIG TIME this year.

[@aust5353]

So the team that lost to Tennessee should get in? Tennessee just got man handled. This bracket will help the SEC along the way with home games in the semi finals and national championship game too. Texas has 1 ranked win, Tennessee has 1 ranked win. Make the SEC get rid of their weird mid season terrible non conference game so Texas has to play bama during the year and we can see if these teams are actually good or not. They won’t do that because they want to make the playoffs and get routed though

[@bigyodatheman]

Lololol Bama would have been dominated too.

[@larrychannell7056]

Oregon is going down this time.

[@bebeade71]

You think? I have no idea I just know the game will be soo good. This might end up being the best Rose Bowl game to ever be played atleast Im hoping so. The last great Rose Bowl playoff game was my UGA against OK.

[@derekcanales8477]

After listening to how pompous and full of himself he is....not shocked he did nothing in the NFL....and got kicked to the curb by Game Day.....we all need to love ourselves the way DP does