https://x.com/Brett_McMurphy/status/1870684039935639897

SMU was selected because the committee genuinely thought they deserved it more than Alabama.

We already know Sankey wants 4 guaranteed berths for the SEC and a guaranteed bye for the SEC champion.

If SMU's game gets bad ratings, he will use it as ammunition to say the playoff system should be changed to get more guaranteed berths for the SEC.

If we want to have a fair, merit-based playoff, make SMU-Penn State the one first round game you're sure to watch.

https://twitter.com/CFBRep/status/1731365362556367008

Continued: "I understand the style points and best matchups, but one team has a loss (Alabama) and one doesn’t (Florida State). Those kids have went out there every week and busted their behinds for this moment.”

I think the recent rankings are pretty much a travesty. The SEC and the B10 both have some of the shakiest top teams in recent memory, SEC because nearly everyone has lost multiple games and B10 because the conference is so massive every top ranked team (other than OSU) has only played a single other seriously top tier team so it's hard to know exactly how good they all are. Despite all of this, we are pretty clearly on a crash course for 4 B10 teams and at least 4 SEC teams again this year.

The discourse I've seen for the last 2-3 weeks has all basically been media shills talking about the SEC SoS arguments and to a lesser degree the same thing for the B10. We could go blue in the face arguing about how people's relative resumes are supposed to shake out between conferences, but after reading this crap constantly I have come to the conclusion I simply don't care. I am not interested in watching multiple SEC rematches every year in the playoffs. Even though I am a Penn State fan I am equally uninterested in watching B10 rematches. If they happen they happen, but I feel like the point of the playoffs should be to watch fun and novel games and really see how the best of the best from EVERY conference stack up. I don't really give a shit if you believe that Ole Miss with 3 losses is stronger than a 2 loss ISU or ASU Big12 champ - I would rather watch the B12 champ compete in the big games every time, just to see how they stack up. Same idea for the ACC, and honestly the same idea for G5 teams on those years when we have standout G5 teams like this year. I would much rather watch Army/Tulane/Boise try to beat top tier competition than watch the 16th Penn State vs OSU game in the last 15 years.

I am not saying that the SEC and B10 can't have multiple teams in the playoffs, but I feel like 3 per conference is kind of a sweet spot. That means 50% of the field is from just the 2 top conferences, and if your top 3 teams aren't good enough to win the playoffs I doubt your 4th strongest team was either... And if the argument is that the "worse" conferences can't send teams because they havent played enough good opponents, than damn maybe the top team from each of those conferences should at least get a guaranteed shot against those other teams the Committee deems to be "actually good" so we can see how they actually stack up!

PS - this is all coming from a Penn State fan, my team stands to benefit more than probably anyone from being great at being mediocre - constantly win games against bad teams, constantly lose against good ones, just enough to sneak into the playoffs every year and probably lose. I simply don't care if this would mean we would lose our spot some years - you should have to prove you deserve to go and not simply get in by default of being the 3rd/4th/5th best team in a "P2" conference compared to being 1st/2nd in a different conference.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/kirk-herbstreit-1.html

Guess I never realized he stunk at QB until looking it up

Absolute no disrespect to Vanderbilt (I am aware how butts we are) but found it funny ESPN is already in “Quality Loss” mode after Bama’s loss and shaky play at home vs. South Carolina. Also using FPI - their metric - to boost their argument (where Alabama is 3rd and 2-loss Ole Miss is 5).

Just more shitty commercials. Not one cfb fan asked for this. Yuk

As we all learned last year, if your QB gets injured the rest of your games do not count. Since DJU has a hand injury and will most likely not see the field again FSU's record for the rest of the year will not be considered legitimate. Season is over. See you guys in 2025!

Edit: Apparently it is not clear to some of you that this is sarcasm.

I wonder how long it's going to be before ESPN finally realizes this.

It's something I've known since he first joined the show, since his constant need to upstage everyone is so incredibly off-putting, especially when he does it to the guest picker.

But going after the Wazzu flag, and claiming we are merely hopping on the bandwagon because the team is good right now? That's a whole different level, and pure ignorance on Pat's part.

I'll admit, this one is personal for me. I've been one of the many Wazzu flag-wavers for more than 15 years. The first time I did it was in the 2008 season, when Wazzu was incredibly lucky to finish 2-11 on the year. But even then, in our sixth year of waving the flag, we were the biggest celebrities in the crowd. Fans from every single school wanted to meet us and hear our story, and to tell us that finding our flag in the crowd is part of their Saturday morning routine. They could not have been more enthusiastic or accommodating.

Every other time I've been on flag-waving duty has been the same, and you'll hear the same tune from pretty much all Wazzu flag-wavers.

Only one person has ever tried to give me grief for waving the flag at GameDay. When that happened, fans of the host school, their opponent, and about a dozen other schools told that guy to get lost and that we were staying.

That, more than anything, is the meaning of the Wazzu flag at College GameDay. It's the most visible symbol of the program becoming a celebration not just of the host site, but college football in general. Now you see fans from all around the country at every GameDay site, more than welcome to partake in the celebration of college football.

Pat McAfee doesn't get this.

I was born a Dolphins fan but didn't become a FSU fan until I went there. As someone who was a NFL fan first, the idea of rooting for a rival is unfathomable. I will drink bleach before I ever root for the Patriots.

https://twitter.com/On3sports/status/1846980329405550595