The SEC and the Big Ten are seeking three automatic qualifiers each and a 14-team college football playoff.

The NFL combine needs to change. I'm going to explain why.

And Barrett Sali joins us to discuss all things in the college football world.

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Now the NFL combine is really fun to watch. I enjoy it every year.

You get to see some of the best athletes in the world

run as fast and jump as high as they possibly can.

But the way we do it from an efficiency standpoint,

well, it really doesn't add up, doesn't make that much sense.

Why doesn't anyone wear full pads to do anything?

Nobody plays the actual game in spandex only.

We hear the term football speed all the time. Now to me,

that means some guys are faster in pads and helmets in the game

than others.

And we also don't record anyone's speed while they're carrying the ball,

which is a huge deal, especially for offensive players.

Now there are some things that obviously don't need full gear like the bench press, but as far as drill work goes,

I need to see you do those things with weight on. Now while I guess you can use the, well it's about a baseline argument for some of the things which I disagree with in general, the most egregious thing that happens at the combine is judging quarterbacks based on throwing without pads.

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