Exploring Hypothetical Matchups for the College Football Playoff

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00:00The college football playoff bracket. This is what we like though, because yes, two is

00:07not as good as four, four is not as good as 12. That's what we love. It gets a lot of

00:12energy going in the room and rightfully so. But also, if we could take a freeze frame

00:17right now, Dubsy, if we can get that projected college football bracket to play out in round

00:22number one, it's actually really good. So if you take a look at one of those spots,

00:26Ohio State and Tennessee, Ohio State will be hosting at the Horseshoe against Tennessee

00:31and SEC team. Absolutely love that. Georgia would be hosting against Indiana. You know

00:37me, I don't think Indiana technically deserves to be there, but under the rules, they deserve

00:41to be there, if that makes sense. Love them going on the road to an SEC team. And then

00:46we take a look at maybe a ratings blockbuster like we haven't seen before, which I know

00:52it sounds stupid, but it feels like Notre Dame, Alabama would actually do bigger numbers

00:56than the national championship game. Alabama in the cold at Notre Dame Stadium. Unbelievable.

01:02Then we get Penn State and Arizona State, which I think I could speak for everybody

01:06outside the state of Arizona. Nobody cares that Arizona is in there, which I tweeted

01:09out yesterday, Dubsy. Put Miami at Penn State in the winter. You got blockbuster ratings.

01:16We are so close to perfection, but the upsetting part, Dubsy, things are going to change and

01:20move around. I have a feeling we're going to get skunked on a couple of games in round

01:24number one, and I hope that's not the case.

01:26I hope, I really hope not, Donny, because it's a great fuel for us to talk about between

01:33now and then. I'm really not expecting to see a lot of movement, but if we were to go

01:38off projected of what we get in the first round, I mean, some tantalizing matchups.

01:43The marquee one for me, Burma, Notre Dame in the cold, the Fighting Irish. I think the

01:48public would suddenly turn in Notre Dame's favor here. A lot of people, a lot of pundits

01:54saying that Burma really don't deserve their shot in the top 12, but I think we would get

01:58some fantastic matchups, maybe even better in the first round than what's projected to

02:03go in the quarterfinals. No offense there, Boise State or SMU, where we could expect

02:08to see a couple of blowouts, and not to make it a beat up session again here, Donny, but

02:13for whatever team that makes it out of the first round squaring off against Boise State,

02:17they're going to be the favorites going into the quarterfinals after they've had to play

02:21one more game. It makes no sense, but right now, the first all games, they would be fantastic,

02:27and this is why I am a fan of the 12-team playoff format, because there's a couple of

02:32more storylines. There's a bit more extra juice. We saw it there last weekend. There's

02:36a bit more on the line coming in for this weekend as well, so I like it. We've obviously

02:41got to, you know, get rid of a couple of chinks out of it, but I think they'll figure it out

02:45in good fortune, in good time, I should say there, but right now, some great matchups.

02:49I mean, Penn State, they'd be absolutely electric. Georgia, Indiana, Georgia, at home in their

02:55building, in their environment, it would be absolutely bouncing. It's got quite the buzz,

03:00and the buzz continues to build, Donny. We're just not sure it's building in the right direction.