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First College Football Playoff Rankings unveiled tonight · The Craig Way Show

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  Speaker 1: Texas Tuesday because we talked football in the lone Star
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  Speaker 1: of Dave Campbell's Texas Football magazine, who joins us in
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  Speaker 1: the three o'clock hour to talk college football, and this
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  Speaker 1: final weekend of regular season play in high school football,
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  Speaker 2: Do you have a game Friday night? By the way,
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  Speaker 2: are you calling a game Friday? We have Texas basketball
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  Speaker 1: opener Friday night. He gets used to Christ, I just
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  Speaker 1: blanked on you for a minute there. So anyway, it's
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  Speaker 1: a very important final weekend of the regular season in
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  Speaker 1: the high school football in Texas, but also a big
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  Speaker 1: weekend in college football.
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  Speaker 2: We know that.
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  Speaker 1: So there's plenty to discuss with regard to that, and
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  Speaker 1: we'll do that on this Texas Tuesday. But like I said,
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, him and his brother Jimmy Hard to be off
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I believe Yeah. So anyway, so that's so,
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  Speaker 1: that's where that is. So football on a Tuesday, obviously
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  Speaker 1: here going forward is going to mean updated the playoff rankings.
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  Speaker 2: It happens at six o'clock on Tuesday nights. You know.
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  Speaker 2: It happened some.
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  Speaker 1: Last year Cam when we had a basketball game, either
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  Speaker 1: a men's game or a women's game to broadcast. It'll
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  Speaker 1: happen again next Tuesday when Texas when the Texas men
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  Speaker 1: hosts Chicago State.
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  Speaker 2: But it'll be before tip off anyway, it'll come down
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  Speaker 2: before that. We know this.
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  Speaker 1: The longgrange will be. I say, we know this. I
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  Speaker 1: say I'm not on the committee. I could be wrong,
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  Speaker 1: but I started to say, we know that Texas will
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  Speaker 1: be in the top ten, probably or possibly in the
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  Speaker 1: top five. I know they've ascended to number five, back
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  Speaker 1: to the number five spot in both the AP and
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  Speaker 1: the coaches polls after Penn State's lost to Ohio State.
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  Speaker 3: So could happen when their first rankings? Will it be
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  Speaker 3: the top four? Will be the top four from the
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  Speaker 3: group before or the Power four conferences? Or are they
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  Speaker 3: just going to be They're going to rank their top
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  Speaker 3: twenty five.
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  Speaker 1: The way that I understand this, and I'm here to
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  Speaker 1: say that I will happily walk in tomorrow and say no,
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  Speaker 1: I'm wrong about that. But the way I understand it,
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  Speaker 1: they're just ranking the top twenty five right now.
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  Speaker 2: So and but that's kind of what.
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  Speaker 1: Richard Clark, the executive director of the College Football Playoff,
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  Speaker 1: That's kind of what he said when there was the webinar.
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  Speaker 1: When the webinar happened, he said that when we had
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  Speaker 1: him on, we didn't get that far into the discussion,
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  Speaker 1: but I'm pretty sure that he said that they're just
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  Speaker 1: all the committee is charged with doing right now is
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  Speaker 1: ranking the top twenty five teams like they've been doing
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  Speaker 1: for the past decade, and they'll start at number twenty
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  Speaker 1: five and they'll roll down and I would say somewhere
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  Speaker 1: in that top twenty five in the lower part.
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  Speaker 2: There's a decent chance.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not saying it's a lot by any stretch, but
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  Speaker 1: there's a decent chance that Army can be in there,
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  Speaker 1: and they would be a G five team, a group
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  Speaker 1: of five since then the American and then continuing upward
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  Speaker 1: somewhere probably in the.
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  Speaker 2: Top twelve right now.
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  Speaker 1: Probably again not a lock, but probably Boise State is
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  Speaker 1: going to be in there, and that would be.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Of course SMU is in the ACC though, so they're
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  Speaker 1: in a they're in a Power four. But by the way,
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  Speaker 1: that's an incredibly common mistake that many people are making
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  Speaker 1: these days that are just thinking.
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  Speaker 2: About SMU being in the America.
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  Speaker 1: Because it's their first year in the newly reinvented Atlantic
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  Speaker 1: Coast Conference that includes the likes of Callen Stanford in it,
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  Speaker 1: SMU has a clear path to get to the a
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  Speaker 1: SEC Championship game.
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  Speaker 2: Now, they really do. If you think about it, they.
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  Speaker 1: You know, they that that was a gigantic win that
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  Speaker 1: the Mustangs had on Saturday night over a previously unbeaten
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  Speaker 1: pit team. So the you know, the list of unbeaten
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  Speaker 1: teams continues to shrivel and SMU.
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  Speaker 3: They have a favorable schedule coming up. Craig, the Boston
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  Speaker 3: College is one in three. They don't have any top
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  Speaker 3: twenty five teams, and that fact, I mean, Virginia will
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  Speaker 3: be their toughest game because they play cows zero to
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  Speaker 3: four in the conference. Virginia's two and three, so they're
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  Speaker 3: on an inside track to make the ACC Championship in Miami.
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  Speaker 3: They they they play Georgia Tech, Wake Forest and Syracuse.
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  Speaker 3: Now at Syracuse might be a little bit tougher than
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  Speaker 3: anything on on SMU's schedule, but I mean, it looks
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  Speaker 3: like we're headed towards Miami SMU in the NCC toutle game,
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  Speaker 3: and it doesn't make any sense.
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  Speaker 1: None of them, none of them right now have the
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  Speaker 1: opponents for SMU have a winning record. None have a
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  Speaker 1: winning record right now. They have five hundred records of
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  Speaker 1: Boston College is four and four, Virginia's four and four in.
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  Speaker 2: Kallas four and four.
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  Speaker 1: That's what I meant about a clear path to the
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  Speaker 1: a SEC Championship game for SMU once they got over
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  Speaker 1: the big hurdle of Pitt and they survived that overtime
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  Speaker 1: game at Duke, which quite frankly, they very conceivably could
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  Speaker 1: have lost. But they have a big road win at
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  Speaker 1: Louisville that that matters a lot. They just pummeled Florida
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  Speaker 1: State like everybody else's is doing these days now, and
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  Speaker 1: their only loss was to an undefeated BYU team and
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  Speaker 1: that was by three points. So they've got a real
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  Speaker 1: shot to be in the a SEC championship game against Miami.
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  Speaker 2: That's so you're right.
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  Speaker 1: Where it's going to go from here is going to
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  Speaker 1: be interesting to see, and we start to get an
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  Speaker 1: indication of that tonight with the first rankings. Hither Dinners,
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  Speaker 1: who follows it for ESPN, was posting some questions and
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  Speaker 1: one of them was which is the best one loss team?
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  Speaker 2: Who do you think is the best one loss team
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  Speaker 2: right now?
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  Speaker 3: I would just say Georgia because I saw them firsthand.
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  Speaker 3: But Carson Beck, he's played so bad, either them or
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  Speaker 3: Ohio State, I guess.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I know Texas fans.
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  Speaker 3: Sorry, I guess I'm not biased enough to put them
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  Speaker 3: at best one, but I want to see them close
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  Speaker 3: out the final month little bit stronger. But I would
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  Speaker 3: say probably Georgia, Ohio State, Texas.
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  Speaker 2: The top three.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, there's a good chance that she also raises the question,
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  Speaker 1: is two loss Alabama a playoff team?
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  Speaker 2: And if so, how high are the Crimson Tide?
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  Speaker 3: Boy, the collegeball media just cannot quit Alabama. They love,
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  Speaker 3: they are not giving up on.
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  Speaker 1: Well, a lot of that well and a lot of
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  Speaker 1: a lot of.
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  Speaker 2: That is track runner.
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  Speaker 1: Of course, they're they're believe that they have a track
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  Speaker 1: record that Texas, A and M. You know it didn't
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  Speaker 1: have before they lost a second So now they have
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  Speaker 1: two losses in Clemson with two loss so they're thinking
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  Speaker 1: a two loss Alabama. A lot of the people are
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  Speaker 1: saying they're better than both A.
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  Speaker 3: And M and Clemson if they lose this week, Craig,
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  Speaker 3: I bet you a million dollars that before the final
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  Speaker 3: rankings they'll be somewhere either on the first take or
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  Speaker 3: fine bomb Ken three loss Alabama still contend they're like
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  Speaker 3: the Los Angeles lakers of college football.
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  Speaker 2: Rate.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, or some used to ascribe that to the Cowboys.
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  Speaker 1: I think they're finally off the Cowboys. I would agree
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  Speaker 1: hopefully that they're a big trade today. Yeah, we'll get
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  Speaker 1: to that coming up in some NFL think. Okay, so,
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  Speaker 1: and then her third question is how high is Boise
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  Speaker 1: State ranked?
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  Speaker 2: And this is the question we brought up.
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  Speaker 1: You know, they said this could be one of the
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  Speaker 1: most underrated storylines of the playoff because two very diary
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  Speaker 1: different scenarios could happen. Boise State could be ranked outside
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  Speaker 1: of the committee's top twelve on selection day and then
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  Speaker 1: knock out the twelfth ranked team to make room for
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  Speaker 1: the fifth highest ranked conference champion. Or and this is
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  Speaker 1: an important consideration, Boise State could be the fourth highest
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  Speaker 1: ranked conference champion and earn a first round by at
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  Speaker 1: the expense of the ACC or the Big Twelve champion.
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  Speaker 1: Tuesday's rankings will show how firmly Boise State is leading
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  Speaker 1: the Group of five race and how its rankings could
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  Speaker 1: impact other contenders.
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  Speaker 2: I completely agree with.
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  Speaker 3: That, especially if Miami loses in the ACC title game.
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  Speaker 1: Or BYU, they're the only remaining unbeing in the Big twelve.
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  Speaker 2: Iowa State got knocked out, You actually makes more sense.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, if keep an eye on the Holy
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  Speaker 1: War this weekend. Utah has been down, but BYU plays
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  Speaker 1: at Utah and that would be the ACC the Big
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  Speaker 1: twelve nightmare to have them lose before the conference championship.
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  Speaker 1: You know, they need an unbeaten conference champion to lock
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  Speaker 1: themselves into a top four spot.
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  Speaker 2: I really do think that.
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  Speaker 1: And if they don't, Boise State could be the number
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  Speaker 1: four and then you could see a BYU have to
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  Speaker 1: you know, slot it in in the top twelve, but
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  Speaker 1: not getting a first round by could happen. Her other question,
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  Speaker 1: does Indiana really have a chance of the playoffs. Most
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  Speaker 1: seem to be downplaying that. Yeah, they don't, you know it,
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  Speaker 1: don't e much it. But I'm here to tell you
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  Speaker 1: we find out in eleven days Indiana is gonna win
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  Speaker 1: this week. So eleven days from now they go to Columbus.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, and they lose that game, it's gonna be Ohio
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  Speaker 3: State Oregon most likely in the in the Big Ten championships.
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  Speaker 3: So Indiana at eleven and one. And what if it's
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  Speaker 3: like a you know, a three or five point loss
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  Speaker 3: to Ohio State, Well about eleven in one, Indiana, here's
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  Speaker 3: the problem. You're gonna put in four loss Alabama over them.
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  Speaker 3: Here's the problem. Not four loss in no way, I
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  Speaker 3: don't even think three. But here's the problem. Strength to
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  Speaker 3: schedule for Indiana one three. Their best win is over Nebraska.
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  Speaker 3: You know, that's why a lot of the people who
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  Speaker 3: don't like the log Ones who are forecasting against them,
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  Speaker 3: saying Texas better not lose again because that strength to
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  Speaker 3: schedule isn't going to help them even in the SEC.
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  Speaker 3: You know, that kind of thing went with folks who
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  Speaker 3: are taking a close look at that.
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  Speaker 2: So there's there.
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  Speaker 1: So anyway, her projected bracket right now would be on
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  Speaker 1: a projected top twelve from the playoff committee number one seed,
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  Speaker 1: Oregon number two, Georgia number three, Miami number four BYU
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  Speaker 1: and then the first round matchup she has Alabama in
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  Speaker 1: the field at number twelve, playing at number five Ohio State,
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  Speaker 1: and then the number nine the nine versus eight matchup
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  Speaker 1: is Boise State as a nine seed. I could see
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  Speaker 1: that playing Tennessee in eight seed. She does have Indiana
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  Speaker 1: in the field as the eleven seed playing in Austin
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  Speaker 1: against the log Horns.
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  Speaker 2: Roger Wallace's head might explode. That's his Ama monitor Indiana.
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  Speaker 3: And Jimmie Rosenthal, the Texas woman.
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  Speaker 2: That's right, he worked there and it was there. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And then the other.
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  Speaker 1: Matchup would be in the first round would be Notre Dame,
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  Speaker 1: the number ten seed at Penn State the number seven seed,
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  Speaker 1: last two in Indiana and Alabama. The Alabama thing is
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  Speaker 1: going to take care of itself this week one.
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  Speaker 2: Way or another.
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  Speaker 3: It's an elimination game.
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  Speaker 1: It is against LSU. They've got to win to have
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  Speaker 1: it so.
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  Speaker 3: Fun Bomb said, it's the biggest college football game of
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  Speaker 3: the season.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, SMU is in the first four out along with
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  Speaker 1: Texas A and m LSU and Old Miss, and then
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  Speaker 1: the next four out Iowa State, Colorado, Clemson, and Washington State.
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  Speaker 1: That's the way Heather dinnis season anyway. But there's other
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  Speaker 1: measurables we'll take a look at as well. All Right,
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