Upon Further Review: What changes need to happen to the College Football Playoff? | COVER 3 PODCAST

[@RB-.-]

Danny’s spot on. Kirk has said on McAfee plenty of times that sitting through blowouts is the most torturous part of his job. And he’s seen that the most talented teams 9 times out of 10 will give you the most competitive games. We want great games. I think eventually everyone will wake up and realize these charity make a wish inclusions are terrible for the sport.

[@nateridgewaymusic]

Really fantastic show, guys! I have very much enjoyed following your coverage over the last several weeks since I found you.

[@brenlempGFX]

I understand Boise getting the bye shows the playoff selection process is a broken. But teams like Indiana, Boise and SMU just getting constantly dumped on is so tiresome and obnoxious. You guys are the most objective and best listen this year.

[@pneal66]

I find it funny that DK and Joel Klatt agree. Ole Miss, Alabama, and Tennessee did something Indiana didn't: they lost to UNRANKED opponents

[@samsl3497]

I loved Chips rant about Herstreit!

[@nateridgewaymusic]

I don’t. Chip was wrong.

[@thomasfrederick71]

Tom is exactly right that anything can happen in one game but that long term we will know who is better. That is exactly why it is harder in this playoff for underdogs to have success because they need 3-4 wins over teams that are better than them.

[@fishfinder6427]

Best college football podcast !

[@fjr70ify]

This and Yahoo Football Enquirer podcast are absolutely the best. Never miss'em.

[@No_Show_Thomas]

I think we need a liam segment at the end of every episode or a “ does bud know” game show to see if bud knows a NBA player

[@nateridgewaymusic]

I agree with DK: we still haven’t seen Texas’ best football. If they could just get their A+ game on…they could be a serious contender. But they better get there fast!

[@heartbreak25]

Utah has a head coach in waiting. It's their DC, right?

[@briannichols4856]

Im glad we have playoffs

[@nosliw2006]

Danny just said “I’ll stop hating on Texas when they play perfect.”

[@alejandroincali]

It’s simple. Keep it an 8 team playoff.

[@erichowell1050]

I view the teams like Alabama and ole miss not getting in over smu and indiana the same as someone claiming a bad call by a referee screwed them. If you don’t want those things to happen take care of business and don’t let that be the deciding factor. Maybe your team has the better players or the most potential but at the end of the day you still gotta show up and play the game. Don’t blame a committee or a bracket blame yourself get to work and don’t let it happen again. Otherwise it won’t matter how much you change the format you’ll still stumble and be on the outside looking in

[@fishfinder6427]

Save college football boys.

[@MrTevens]

How many "good" wins can you even have in a college football season? It seems that the team has to finish the season in the top 25 for it to count. This year the top 25 teams per the college playoff ranking had a total of 54 losses. So does that mean there are only around 50 "good" wins each year?

[@Dboux12]

Hey guys guess what, im not validating a blown 21 point lead by us, but Miami was not inly competitive but entertaining in every game we played, vs penn state, notre dame, texas would have been big numbers.

[@mbanderson83]

Herbstriet sounds like a tool. Let's keep talking about Indiana while the team that got beat down the worst was Tennessee.

[@drewc771]

The games did blow, but people are over-reacting, imo. The truth is College football doesn't need a 12 team playoff. And frankly, that's not why we have it. We have it for the extra games and $$ they generate. And that's fine, for me...but the reality is blowouts are going to happen. I agree it makes the most sense to get the right teams in, but Tennessee and Indiana (Imo) were both clear playoff teams by any reasonable standard. The only one you can legitimately question is SMU, who didn't appear to belong as an at large based on computer metrics (which might be the best way to do this, imo). But even then, that's just one game.

[@Bob.Loblaw]

Employee of network that broadcasts playoff wants more teams from conference that has contract with said network. Shocker. CFP is such a joke. Herbstreit is a clown.

[@stephenlight647]

100% Correct!

[@RB-.-]

There will be no shocking cinderella runs or upsets. This is such a naive charade lol. “settle it on the field” hahahahaha

[@briannichols4856]

Back that thing up....

[@whiskeytangofoxtrot97]

Sorry espn has an sec contract the amount of sec love from espn including herbstreit and Saban and others is self serving to the greatest degree

[@sethbrantley2361]

Sorry, but the sec is just better. It’s a fact. 58% of draftees in the last 10 years are from the sec. On average 65 of the top 100 high school recruits sign with SEC teams. And the sec wins most of the national championships. Tennessee, Alabama, nor ole miss deserved a spot though. Neither did SMU, clemson, Boise, or Indiana

[@avonchalksdale]

Get rid of all non-P4 matchups, expand the regular season. 12 game conference schedules plus 2 P4 crossover matchups. Bang we get rid of all this nonsense

[@kanejohn13]

MAC, CUSA, Sun Belt, and FCS football wouldn’t exist anymore

[@scottwenig588]

Bud reading theoretical games saying this will be better, after the show dismissed theoretical thinking for 30 minutes prior. We will have 64 team playoff and 5 game regular season seeding tourneys soon.

[@briannichols4856]

Double screen it

[@scottwenig588]

12 is too much.

[@ABarney3309]

Fringe fan Tom 😂

[@nateridgewaymusic]

David Hale’s research would’ve at least gotten some teams IN the playoffs that would’ve been better choices than some of what we had. Got THOSE teams in based on Hale’s research, and then fill in the rest of the bracket with a few of the others. Also, take conference championships completely out of the picture with regard to them affecting the playoff picture.

[@commexcellis3582]

The irony of Danny complaining about people complaining. He has made a career out of being the contrarion who complains. Good for him but come on.

[@kanejohn13]

Anti SEC talk and narratives have become just as bad or worse as the SEC bias everyone seems to be crying about. Everyone needs to take a step back.

[@nateridgewaymusic]

Respectfully, DK…you’re wrong. Just winning your schedule isn’t enough, when the schedule is inferior.

[@stevengordon3271]

Who did Texas beat? Who did Noter Dame beat? 12 slots should weed out the pretenders. None of Alabama, South Carolina, Miami, BYU, were going to win it all let alone the first round on the road anyway, so it is more fun and fair to give the Cinderellas a chance.

[@nashmonti120]

Yes it does, because winning is hard to do at the D1 level, period. You can have all the talent or one of the best coaches of the modern era and it doesn’t mean shit if you don’t win. Texas A&M at one point had the most talented roster in college football with the best recruiting class to date, as well as a coach that had won a national championship. And they went 5-7 that season… Winning matters, if it doesn’t let’s not even play a season and just give the top 12 spots to the 12 teams that have the best roster composite on 24/7.

[@hotdangers]

Your argument would be stronger if Alabama didn’t lose to two of its weaker opponents. If they only lost to Georgia and Texas that would be compelling. Losing to Oklahoma and Vanderbilt? GTFO

[@nateridgewaymusic]

@@stevengordon3271 who knows who was going to win or not win. It’s not about that. It’s not about predicting what we are incapable of predicting. it’s about finding a way to create a college football playoff picture for both the teams and the fans that is the most respectable. that clearly did not happen this year. Hopefully we will make more positive strides moving forward.

[@nateridgewaymusic]

@ Winning alone does not matter. Or Army would’ve been in the playoffs. If Kent State beat Rice…is that win equal to Florida beating Auburn? Or Michigan beating Iowa State? Not the same.

[@wesleyparker2359]

Show would be 100x more watchable without tom's obnoxious takes. Makes me click off eveytime he makes some irrational point

[@andrewmueller9986]

NONE

[@nateridgewaymusic]

Disagree, Chip! Kirk said EXACTLY what needed to be said. It needed to be heard by the committee from someone of his stature, expressed to the fan base publicly!

[@ericlowe9142]

Agree Tennessee had no business being in the playoffs

[@nashmonti120]

@@ericlowe9142I agree, I would have rather watched MAC champs Ohio in that game, and they probably would have played OSU better too. SEC sucks ass, Georgia and Texas are the only two teams worth a shit

[@WileyHeaton]

No more home field advantage in first round. If the team hosting is so great test the narrative. Put them on a neutral field.