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Now the conclusion of Sam's one-on-one exclusive conversation with Michigan Athletic Director Ward Manual here on the Michigan Insider on the Big 1050 WTKA.

So CFP, you were the chair, you went through this process. There are some complaints from the chair. You went through this process.

There are some complaints from the teams that were left out at the very bottom.

I just, I'm curious your thoughts on Alabama.

I mean, did you see, you know, how close was it between Tennessee and Ohio State?

Was it close to Ohio State being the team that was on the road versus Ohio State? What can you tell

us about how the sausage is made as far as that's concerned? Well, first, it was a great, great process. I enjoyed it.

The committee is great. The staff led by Rich Clark is awesome to work with. It was a great

experience. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I have served my time on the committee. I'm not going to be back on the committee

next year, so I won't be chair of the committee again because I won't be on the committee.

But here's what I say. There was no stone unturned by that committee. We thoroughly discussed all the way, I mean, people would be amazed at the level of

discussion all the way to the 25th, because it's important.

We've been asked by the commissioners to rank the top 25, not the top 12, not the top 15, and throw in 10 more.

We've been asked to rank the top 25.

Alabama is a great team.

Look forward to playing them in a Reliq West Bowl.

They were the highest ranked three lost team for a reason.

People say, well, you didn't consider their strength of schedule.

Yes, we did.

We looked at their strength of schedule.

We understood the schedule that they played, but we also looked at their schedule

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