Colin Cowherd Podcast - College Football Reaction: Playoff Bracket Should Be Re-seeded, Bill Belichick Interested in UNC? Alabama Left Out
The Herd with Colin Cowherd
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4.1 • 10.3K Ratings
🗓️ 9 December 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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College football reaction is presented by JLab!
Colin’s joined by John Middlekauff, host of “3 and Out” to break down the College Football Playoff bracket and the top storylines from college football.
They start with Alabama not making into the playoff and why they aren’t losing any sleep over that decision (3:15). They dissect the College Football Playoff bracket and argue that it needs to be re-seeded after the conference championships (6:30). They break down why it was unfair for Oregon and Ohio State to get punished with difficult routes to the championship while Penn State ended up with a glide path through the first two rounds.
They preview the Texas vs Clemson matchup and identify the glaring issues with both teams (12:30, discuss whether Bill Belichick’s interest in coaching at North Carolina is legit (20:00) and why the transfer portal might be hurting player development (23:30).
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| 1:30.8 | John Middlough, former NFL Scout with the Philadelphia Eagles, has the three and out podcast. All right, let's talk college football. The 12 team playoff has come out. Listen, let's get the one thing out of the way. I think Bama is better than SMU. But Bama doesn't have an argument. I watched them get completely shelled against a Oklahoma team that was two and six in conference with like a minus 79 point differential in conference. |
| 1:34.7 | Oklahoma was a bad team and they got, I mean, literally overrun by them. |
| 1:44.4 | So I don't have any problem. |
| 1:46.3 | Again, regular season has to mean something. |
| 1:49.0 | Yes, Bama's beaten more good teams. |
| 1:50.9 | If Bama got in, I wouldn't lose any sleep if SMU did not. |
| 1:54.1 | But I felt the same way both ways. |
| 1:55.7 | I would have taken probably a Bama, but SMU after a really hard-fought loss, kind of felt like the move. |
| 2:01.7 | And I also think, listen, Bama's not consistent enough to be a national champion. |
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