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This is the Paul Pinebaum Show, Hour 2 podcast.

This might be college football.

Second hour is underway, and we were finishing up a call with Wayne talking about the CFP.

Sorry about that, Wayne.

Hey, Paul.

Thanks for my taking my call twice.

I'm impressed.

Yeah, what I was talking about was I know Alabama can win their way back in, but they're

saying they're number 10 on the bubble and Notre Dame number

nine. But I know Bama's won four top 25 games, and Notre Dame's won one team in the top 25.

And from what everybody's saying, they're saying, well, Alabama, the reason they're number 10 and not drop six spots is they're not running the ball well.

Well, my question is, I'm confused, but I watch ball a lot, but when is winning the ball well and winning, more important, do we need to go out and get another Derek Henry and lose a lot of games

just to get higher ranked? What's your verdict on that?

Well, when ultimately, I know there's a lot of angst about where Alabama is right now,

but I think the most important thing is to remember,

is not what these people on the committee say

about this inane run offense, production, whatever it is.

If Alabama goes to Auburn and wins,

it will get to Atlanta, and then it's

in a position to vastly improve its stock.

Now, the one thing I can't tell you is what happens if

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