MML 12/8/25 | Should Alabama Have Made the CFB Playoffs? Notre Dame Got SHAFTED & Bowl Games Are DEAD!

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🗓️ 8 December 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Join The Next Round's Jim Dunaway and ESPN analyst Tom Luginbill to start off your week with ALL of the biggest stories in college football on a brand new MONDAY MORNING LIVE! - Should Alabama have gotten in the CFB playoffs after their 28-7 loss to Georgia in the SEC Championship? - CONCERNS for Alabama moving forward - Notre Dame got SHAFTED in the CFP selection! Could they have won the National Championship? - 5 SEC Teams MAKE THE PLAYOFFS! - The Bowl system DIED on Sunday... may it rest in peace - Indiana is REALLY GOOD, and the new BIG 10 Champs! SUBSCRIBE: @NextRoundLive - / @nextroundlive FOLLOW TNR ON RUMBLE: https://rumble.com/c/c-7759604 FOLLOW TNR ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/7zlofzLZht7dYxjNcBNpWN FOLLOW TNR ON APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-round/id1797862560 WEBSITE: https://nextroundlive.com/ MOBILE APP: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-next-round/id1580807480 SHOP THE NEXT ROUND STORE: https://nextround.store/ Like TNR on Facebook: / nextroundlive Follow TNR on Twitter: / nextroundlive Follow TNR on Instagram: / nextroundlive Follow everyone from the show on Twitter: Jim Dunaway: / jimdunaway Ryan Brown: / ryanbrownlive Lance Taylor: / thelancetaylor Scott Forester: / scottforestertv Tyler Johns: /TylerJohnsTNR Sponsor the show: sales@nextroundlive.com #SEC #Alabama #Auburn #secfootball #collegefootball #cfb #cfp #football #sports #alabamafootball #alabamabasketball #auburnbasketball #auburnfootball #rolltide #wareagle #alabamacrimsontide #auburntigers #nfl #sportsnews #footballnews Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.0	The beef that everybody has between Notre Dame and Miami should be directed to being between Notre Dame and Alabama.
1:08.7	And when you have a move like the committee made a week ago,
1:15.4	which was clearly in an attempt to try to get Notre Dame in Miami as close to each other as they possibly could to make an eventual change,
1:28.6	I thought that Alabama, despite not looking good,
1:35.8	and BYU fans can sit there and say,
1:38.0	well, why weren't we treated the same way?
1:40.7	Well, your body of work wasn't what Alabama's body of work was week in and week out when it comes to the slate and the gauntlet of games.
1:49.8	And so I don't have an issue with Alabama being in the playoff.
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