The College Football Playoff selection process and committee + the transfer portal is officially open!
The Audible with Stew, Bruce & Ralph: A show about college football
The Athletic
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🗓️ 6 December 2023
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Stew and Bruce look back on the selection of Michigan, Washington, Texas and Alabama, and the absence of Florida State. Why was that? And would you change the process and committee? Plus, the transfer portal is officially open! Who are the notable players that entered? And what does this mean for the future of the sport?
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to the latest edition of the Audible presented by Trader Joe's. |
| 0:15.5 | I'm Bruce Feldman, joined as always by my colleague from the Athletic Stuart Mandel. |
| 0:19.3 | We are taping Wednesday a few days away from the Heisman, |
| 0:23.0 | also a few days on the back end away from the CFP's |
| 0:27.9 | momentous announcement of who the final four teams were |
| 0:32.5 | and who didn't make it. |
| 0:35.2 | Now that you've had some times to digest it, anything else come to mind? |
| 0:40.1 | I know we both were pretty animated about the decision the other day. |
| 0:43.5 | How do you feel about it now? |
| 0:45.3 | Well, when we recorded it the other day, I think I was still kind of in shock, right? |
| 0:48.8 | I haven't had a lot of time to process it at that point. |
| 0:51.9 | I certainly have now. |
| 0:53.9 | And I've read all the takes. |
| 0:56.1 | And I think that if you want to say they did what they were supposed to do, |
| 1:03.5 | they were told to pick the four best teams. |
| 1:05.9 | There's even a clause in there about considering injuries and guys that might not be |
| 1:10.5 | available for the postseason. What are the kids of them, though? laws in there about considering injuries and guys that might not be available |
| 1:10.8 | for the postseason. |
| 1:13.2 | Why not pick Georgia then, though? |
| 1:15.0 | What's that? Why not pick Georgia |
| 1:16.7 | if you're doing the four best teams? Well, what I was |
| 1:18.5 | about to say is, I |
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