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lupica mitch album and bob ryan i'm bob ryan of the boston globe and esPN i'm mike lupeka m lb

com and the new york daily news i'm mitch album of the detroit and ESPN. I'm Mike Lupick at MLB.com and the New York Daily News.

I'm Mitch Album of the Detroit Free Press.

This is a sports reporter's podcast.

We enjoy doing this Mondays and Thursdays, especially Mondays and football season, because

boys are a lot to wrap up.

And we will get to the NFL and all the games.

And yes, the Lions even won a game.

So it's an unusual weekend.

But first to college football.

And as I have been saying for weeks, these things just kind of work themselves out by the end of the conference championships.

And sure enough, they did.

The only debate, perhaps, is over who's number one versus who's number two, but it's

Alabama, Michigan, Georgia, and Cincinnati. Yeah, Cincinnati, not denied, and they're in. And I

personally think they got this right. I watched all the games. I know you can make an argument for Michigan to be number one.

I live in Michigan.

There are some people here who feel that.

But watching Alabama destroy Georgia, previously undefeated Georgia, and I mean destroy them

with their passing game, they just look like if they went head to head with Michigan,

they would probably win the game.

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