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Playoffs Selection Reaction Podcast with Grant Shouse, Mike Hutsell & Eric Robinson (2.105.1) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

• 0:00
  [SPEAKER_01]: You are listening to the College Football Report on the Central Indiana Sports Report.
• 0:05
  [SPEAKER_01]: Today we have our IU Guys Grant Shouse and my Cutsl to react to the who's just being the number one seed in the college football playoff.
• 0:14
  [SPEAKER_01]: It just seems like a crazy thing to say.
• 0:17
  [SPEAKER_01]: And we have Eric Robinson with his reaction to Notre Dame missing out on the entire thing kind of shockingly.
• 0:36
  [SPEAKER_01]: Welcome college football fans back to the college football report.
• 0:40
  [SPEAKER_01]: Today we have Grant Shows from the IU report.
• 0:44
  [SPEAKER_01]: We have Eric Robinson from the college football report and a Notre Dame guy, anyone who's listening to knows that.
• 0:53
  [SPEAKER_01]: We were going to start with IU because they clearly were the number one seed, the best team in the country, the story of today.
• 0:59
  [SPEAKER_01]: But it turns out that we have another story and that is Notre Dame did not get in the playoffs.
• 1:06
  [SPEAKER_01]: I don't think that you can feel too bad for him with two losses and the fact that if you're in a conference, you can play your way in.
• 1:13
  [SPEAKER_01]: But Eric, it makes no sense that Miami was behind them last week.
• 1:19
  [SPEAKER_01]: Neither team did anything, and now they're ahead of them and no explaining it.
• 1:24
  [SPEAKER_03]: Obviously, very disappointed.
• 1:25
  [SPEAKER_03]: That's my biggest argument.
• 1:27
  [SPEAKER_03]: Well, I have a couple of argument, but the fact that Miami can jump up
• 1:34
  [SPEAKER_03]: two spots without even a crane.
• 1:36
  [SPEAKER_03]: I don't is ridiculous.
• 1:40
  [SPEAKER_03]: Also, the ACC, like a 75 football team when they're conference.
• 1:47
  [SPEAKER_03]: And I know Notre Dame played a lot of ACC teams.
• 1:49
  [SPEAKER_03]: That conference is garbage.
• 1:52
  [SPEAKER_03]: So you got Virginia Duke playing for the ACC.
• 1:56
  [SPEAKER_03]: Neither one of them get in, they put Miami in.
• 1:58
  [SPEAKER_03]: None of it really adds up.
• 2:00
  [SPEAKER_03]: Other than the head to head against Notre Dame,
• 2:03
  [SPEAKER_03]: what you like about Miami, what the committee likes about Miami rather I don't I don't get it.
• 2:11
  [SPEAKER_01]: They just decided to because they were head to head I guess that it was close enough that they just were going to cheat and say hey we're going to move them up even though they didn't do anything.
• 2:20
  [SPEAKER_01]: That's the worst case scenario.
• 2:22
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, and they didn't penalize Alabama, but they did be why you.
• 2:27
  [SPEAKER_03]: So I don't understand that either.
• 2:32
  [SPEAKER_00]: The system's kind of broken.
• 2:35
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think one of the best solutions, I think if you're Notre Dame and this is sound like a broken record and Eric, I think I'm going to say is that if no one played in a conference, they would have to play themselves in to the playoff should they be in probably, they probably should be in right now, but.
• 2:59
  [SPEAKER_00]: You don't play in a conference.
• 3:00
  [SPEAKER_00]: You don't play in a conference championship with a chance to play yourself into the playoff.
• 3:06
  [SPEAKER_00]: That's where things can kind of get screwed up.
• 3:11
  [SPEAKER_01]: They're kind of forcing Notre Dame's hand here to get officially named themselves part of the ACC.
• 3:17
  [SPEAKER_03]: It could happen.
• 3:18
  [SPEAKER_03]: I don't think it's gonna happen soon.
• 3:22
  [SPEAKER_03]: What it tells Notre Dame is you better win 11 games.
• 3:25
  [SPEAKER_03]: You can't lose two.
• 3:27
  [SPEAKER_03]: That's right.
• 3:28
  [SPEAKER_03]: It doesn't have to bang.
• 3:29
  [SPEAKER_03]: So you got to look at scheduling.
• 3:31
  [SPEAKER_03]: All the teams are looking at scheduling now, Florida State Tarty backed out.
• 3:35
  [SPEAKER_03]: We played, we're supposed to play them week one next year, Florida State Tarty canceled.
• 3:42
  [SPEAKER_03]: So we only have it right now.
• 3:43
  [SPEAKER_03]: We only have 10 games on the schedule.
• 3:46
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
• 3:46
  [SPEAKER_01]: Let me go.
• 3:46
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yes, you're there right now.
• 3:48
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, we do.
• 3:49
  [SPEAKER_01]: We need some kind of commissioner or commission, just want to mention, we welcome in my cuts, Mike, your thoughts on Notre Dame not making the playoffs.
• 3:59
  [SPEAKER_03]: I can't laugh hard enough.
• 4:01
  [SPEAKER_02]: Somebody finally told them, like, join a conference.
• 4:08
  [SPEAKER_02]: It's great that they won 10 on a row to close the season, but service academies and 16th place teams and the big East and our excuse me, the SEC and
• 4:19
  [SPEAKER_02]: 18th best team in the in the big 10 just doesn't blow it off the you know doesn't You lost head to head to Miami the doomsday scenario was you were going to be side by side with Miami in the standings BYU made sure that that happened They didn't penalize teams that played yesterday for losing which is a little bit of a surprise I thought Alabama would slide in between it and make it easy for the committee, but they did
• 4:46
  [SPEAKER_02]: Well, be why you lost handily twice to the same team.
• 4:50
  [SPEAKER_02]: And it was really hard to ignore that.
• 4:54
  [SPEAKER_02]: They played one good team on their schedule.
• 4:58
  [SPEAKER_02]: And they lost it and can play a good team.
• 5:01
  [SPEAKER_02]: They did their performance yesterday.
• 5:04
  [SPEAKER_02]: And at some point, you have to get credit to Miami.
• 5:06
  [SPEAKER_02]: Miami was put in a really, really low position.
• 5:10
  [SPEAKER_02]: They lost to Louisville, who didn't end up being a very good team.
• 5:14
  [SPEAKER_02]: And then they had to climb their way back up.
• 5:16
  [SPEAKER_02]: And they went out and took care of business.
• 5:18
  [SPEAKER_02]: They side by side, the teams that they had compared us and was with a Notre Dame on the schedule.
• 5:26
  [SPEAKER_02]: They had comparable scores if not better.
• 5:28
  [SPEAKER_02]: They went out and blew up, pit, the way, Notre Dame blew up, pit.
• 5:32
  [SPEAKER_02]: So really the only thing you had was a head-to-head match-up between the two.
• 5:35
  [SPEAKER_02]: And they ought to know it was week one.
• 5:37
  [SPEAKER_02]: And they did everything they could, not to have to compare the two teams.
• 5:40
  [SPEAKER_02]: But at the end of the day, that's what it came down to.
• 5:44
  [SPEAKER_02]: you have to reward head to head.
• 5:46
  [SPEAKER_02]: It just has to happen and good on the committee for doing it.
• 5:50
  [SPEAKER_01]: Why reveal what the positions are going into this week if you're just gonna jump them the next week without either team playin'.
• 5:58
  [SPEAKER_01]: It's a good point.
• 5:59
  [SPEAKER_02]: Look at me, the, yeah, go ahead, Grant.
• 6:03
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think you gotta, I think you kinda got a point there, Greg.
• 6:07
  [SPEAKER_00]: If you're not gonna follow the way you've ranked them here up to this point, then why does it matter?
• 6:13
  [SPEAKER_02]: Well, the weekly ranking reveals is not a great idea.
• 6:15
  [SPEAKER_02]: The NCAA basketball has done a great job for how many decades now of being pretty dang secretive when it comes to the selection, the selection committee, they'll come out.
• 6:27
  [SPEAKER_02]: They'll do a little update of the top 16 every now and then, but
• 6:31
  [SPEAKER_02]: The committee's putting themselves in the corner every week coming out and doing this rankings.
• 6:36
  [SPEAKER_02]: Now they have to explain away how this can happen, how Notre Dame could keep sliding by not even playing or when they keep winning and now they're being penalized for it.
• 6:47
  [SPEAKER_02]: It's purely a money grab.
• 6:49
  [SPEAKER_02]: They're trying to get ratings and good on them for being able to do it, but they're not doing themselves any favors with that weekly update show.
• 6:56
  [SPEAKER_02]: That's for certain.
• 7:00
  [SPEAKER_03]: I'm tired of hearing the argument of Notre Dame's weak schedule going against them, yeah, it's a good thing for Miami.
• 7:11
  [SPEAKER_03]: They played the same teams.
• 7:12
  [SPEAKER_03]: The only thing that comes down to is head to head.
• 7:15
  [SPEAKER_03]: We'll leave it at that, but I'm tired of listening to people talk about the Notre Dame Notre Dame schedule.
• 7:22
  [SPEAKER_03]: Their schedule was solid as good as anyone.
• 7:24
  [SPEAKER_03]: The numbers don't lie.
• 7:25
  [SPEAKER_03]: There's strength that schedule is better than Miami.
• 7:30
  [SPEAKER_01]: Eric, you want to stick around and talk about IU, you're more than welcome, but if you want to go and be pissed off somewhere, I think I'm going to go be pissed off somewhere.
• 7:43
  [SPEAKER_03]: I understand, but uh, and I was making me be a huge IU fan.
• 7:49
  [SPEAKER_03]: So I got at least I got Indiana to root for what it gained.
• 7:53
  [SPEAKER_01]: And even as a Purdue fan, I kind of feel we have Indiana to root for.
• 8:01
  [SPEAKER_03]: I like Purdue basketball, if they get in there, I like the same one.
• 8:05
  [SPEAKER_01]: I actually heard producer Susie referred to IU football as we last night.
• 8:11
  [SPEAKER_01]: No, we're going to have to have a conversation producer Susie.
• 8:17
  [SPEAKER_01]: I don't have a huge hearing for IU, but we're not going to be calling them we in this household.
• 8:25
  [SPEAKER_01]: All right, guys.
• 8:26
  [SPEAKER_03]: Greg went up there.
• 8:28
  [SPEAKER_01]: Go IU, I guess.
• 8:33
  [SPEAKER_01]: All right, let's talk some Hoosiers, guys.
• 8:36
  [SPEAKER_01]: Did number one seed in the college football playoff.
• 8:42
  [SPEAKER_02]: Oh, sorry.
• 8:42
  [SPEAKER_02]: And the grass is greener than it's ever been looking at the windows this morning.
• 8:49
  [SPEAKER_02]: The bird songs are just a little louder.
• 8:51
  [SPEAKER_02]: It's beautiful.
• 8:53
  [SPEAKER_02]: It's a great day.
• 8:54
  [SPEAKER_02]: It's still a great day.
• 8:55
  [SPEAKER_02]: Last night was a great night.
• 8:58
  [SPEAKER_02]: I managed to sleep off even though all the years of trauma were finally lifted, off my shoulders.
• 9:04
  [SPEAKER_02]: I did manage to get a few hours of sleep in, and just waking up this morning knowing I was about to watch a completely drama-free college football selection show with Indiana undoubtedly being the number one ranked team, and having to hear people like Joey Galloy even give credit to Indiana for what they did.
• 9:22
  [SPEAKER_02]: It was a beautiful thing.
• 9:27
  [SPEAKER_00]: gorgeous thing to happen.
• 9:29
  [SPEAKER_00]: I slept pretty great last night for what little I was able to sleep.
• 9:35
  [SPEAKER_00]: I was up until almost three o'clock in the morning.
• 9:38
  [SPEAKER_00]: Just could not get off of the high of that game.
• 9:43
  [SPEAKER_00]: Even in rewatching the final play, watching the celebration.
• 9:47
  [SPEAKER_00]: There's a nice video on YouTube.
• 9:49
  [SPEAKER_00]: off to send to you guys of someone who basically took a camera out there and showed the celebration as guys around the field and everything and it was so cool.
• 9:58
  [SPEAKER_00]: David slayed Goliath last night and it's fun being fan of David.
• 10:03
  [SPEAKER_00]: So I feel pretty I feel pretty amazing about it.
• 10:07
  [SPEAKER_02]: Now you get rewarded with a roseball game against.
• 10:13
  [SPEAKER_02]: either to one of the two great powers in the history of college football, either Oklahoma or Alabama.
• 10:20
  [SPEAKER_02]: I think this worked out pretty dig on good for Indiana because I think that Indiana is better than both of those teams as weird as it seems to say out loud, that they're better than Oklahoma and Alabama and football, but neither one of those teams over the course
• 10:42
  [SPEAKER_02]: That there is good as Indiana.
• 10:43
  [SPEAKER_02]: I do they have five star talent.
• 10:45
  [SPEAKER_02]: We're they have five star talent.
• 10:47
  [SPEAKER_02]: Absolutely.
• 10:47
  [SPEAKER_02]: They have five star talent.
• 10:49
  [SPEAKER_02]: But it's an Oklahoma has no Oklahoma has no offense.
• 10:53
  [SPEAKER_01]: I know I'm moving them on in my bracket.
• 10:54
  [SPEAKER_01]: And I'm not even I'm barely thinking about it against Oklahoma or Alabama.
• 10:58
  [SPEAKER_01]: It's insane.
• 11:00
  [SPEAKER_02]: As I'm running the most ironic thing about this and and he's not on the call to for me to say this.
• 11:05
  [SPEAKER_02]: So he'll have to hear me say if he listens to the pod.
• 11:09
  [SPEAKER_02]: I didn't want to play Notre Dame in the second round.
• 11:12
  [SPEAKER_02]: I didn't need to.
• 11:13
  [SPEAKER_02]: That was that was worst case scenario for me.
• 11:17
  [SPEAKER_02]: Eight nine matchup Notre Dame knocks off Oklahoma.
• 11:20
  [SPEAKER_02]: I think fairly easily and then that's the type of team that Indiana would struggle with a team that can be physical and dominate on the lines and the Indiana doesn't have that now.
• 11:35
  [SPEAKER_02]: And don't say that last night didn't matter because the difference between being the one seed and potentially playing either that eight nine game now being those two teams and then potentially playing either Oregon or Texas tech and the semi finals looks a hell of a lot different than getting a second round game against A&M and potentially a semi final match up with Georgia.
• 12:00
  [SPEAKER_00]: I've been saying here for about a month, I would not want to play Notre Dame, just what they did there after losing to Texas Tech was pretty impressive, but they didn't play anybody.
• 12:11
  [SPEAKER_00]: I disagree with Eric statement on that Miami and Notre Dame played the same teams, but they really didn't.
• 12:20
  [SPEAKER_00]: Miami didn't play Boisie State, they didn't play Arkansas, they didn't play Navy.
• 12:25
  [SPEAKER_00]: in my favorite boss, yeah, they didn't play Purdue.
• 12:28
  [SPEAKER_00]: So they did not play the same teams.
• 12:31
  [SPEAKER_00]: And Notre Dame got the benefit of an easy schedule and now they get to pay the price.
• 12:36
  [SPEAKER_00]: And it's hilarious.
• 12:40
  [SPEAKER_00]: It genuinely is hilarious.
• 12:42
  [SPEAKER_00]: And it's actually maybe one of the more funnier things that I think has ever happened to me while watching college footballs at Notre Dame got laughed out.
• 12:52
  [SPEAKER_00]: Notre Dame fans are the hall monitors of college football, and I absolutely cannot stand their fans, so it could not happen to a nicer group of people in my opinion.
• 13:06
  [SPEAKER_00]: I hope they enjoy their, you know, the Pop Tarts bowl against, I don't know, I don't know who'd be in the Pop Tart bowl, who cares.
• 13:16
  [SPEAKER_00]: They should they should feel at home against whatever service academy team that they play in a bowl game because that's where they play in the regular season anyways, so yeah, I hope they have fun playing Memphis or something like that like go try and win your bowl game now that's the thing about about with the 12 team bracket is that these bowl games that are not play off games are essentially like the NIT college basketball.
• 13:43
  [SPEAKER_00]: And it's like every March we get our March madness bracket out and we fill that out that Essentially now what we have with college football with the 12 teams and now these teams that miss the playoff are basically going to the MIT which is just hilarious to me two years in a row We're watching Indiana football being the playoff one of them as the number one overall seed in the best team in the country you just
• 14:11
  [SPEAKER_00]: This is never gonna feel real.
• 14:13
  [SPEAKER_00]: I don't know how long until this really becomes the standard But this will never Feel real to me at least at least at least not for a long time And there's and the bad thing is is Now there's going to be a year where Indiana's nine and three
• 14:34
  [SPEAKER_02]: and it could be next year for all we know they've got a pretty tough schedule next year they play USC mission they're at Michigan they play Ohio State at home they've got a tough schedule next year if they go nine and three are they any in a fan's going to start acting like Indiana basketball fans is like oh we gave him too much money too early this is ridiculous whereas I'm not I'm trying to figure out what's the fastest way to expedite a statue being built
• 15:01
  [SPEAKER_02]: for a guy and put it right next to the rock outside of the football stadium because like bringing more brain and walker of all people set at this morning said Kurt signet is the greatest higher in the history of college football and Nick Saben's probably the answer to that question because the dude won seven titles coming off of a really really crappy run for Bama but with the historical
• 15:28
  [SPEAKER_02]: Historical relevance of Indiana football to have them where they are right now and he's up next on ESPN by the way.
• 15:34
  [SPEAKER_02]: Signetti is, he's got to be a top two, top three all-time higher and that's crazy to say.
• 15:42
  [SPEAKER_02]: Just a little bit of lead to work.
• 15:45
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, we'll talk more about it on the IU report.
• 15:47
  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm going to let you go, listen to coach Signetti.
• 15:49
  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm going to go watch the cults and we will talk more about this on Tuesday or Wednesday on the IU report.
• 15:56
  [SPEAKER_01]: Thanks, guys.
• 16:41
  [SPEAKER_01]: Hey, Susie, did you know that the central Indian sports report is a product of ITG media?
• 16:46
  [SPEAKER_01]: What?
• 16:47
  [SPEAKER_01]: It is.
• 16:48
  [SPEAKER_01]: You came up with that.
• 16:49
  [SPEAKER_01]: Name.
• 16:51
  [SPEAKER_01]: True.
• 16:51
  [SPEAKER_01]: True in it.
• 16:52
  [SPEAKER_01]: You did.
• 16:55
  [SPEAKER_01]: And also that I love you?
• 16:57
  [SPEAKER_00]: No.
• 16:59
  [SPEAKER_01]: True.