Alabama Excluded from Playoff; SMU vs. Penn State Preview

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00:00I guess the first thing I want to know is, what was your reaction to Alabama getting sent packing?

00:12You know, I think it was when you look at all the teams that are involved now in the playoff,

00:16the 12 teams, I think it was the right decision. You know, I think in those Alabama fans obviously

00:21didn't think that way but felt like they deserved to be there. But the way that you saw SMU play,

00:26the way Clemson's situation came down with the ACC championship game, you knew that was a

00:31possibility. And then obviously the way it happened, you know, Alabama finds this one

00:35on the outside. Listen, you have South Carolina, Miami, Ole Miss, all those teams all wish they

00:40were in the playoff. It wasn't going to happen. I think at some point down the road, we'll see

00:45the playoff expand. We'll maybe get to 16 teams. But these are the 12 teams that really kind of

00:50get their best chance to go out there and see what happens in college football.

00:54So how do you think they'll do SMU against Penn State?

01:01You know, I think it'll be a back and forth type game. I mean, I think Penn State

01:04plays a little better defense. We saw SMU come up to a really slow start against Clemson. Clemson's

01:10defense really kind of held them in check a little bit. They come on and turn it on in the second

01:14half to really make that late push and almost pull off the win. I think Penn State's defense

01:19is a little bit better. I think Penn State will have an opportunity, you know, to win this game.

01:23I think it'll be a back and forth game though. I think both these two teams have a pretty good

01:26offense right now. They're putting up a lot of points. Someone's got to find a way to stop

01:30somebody. And I think Penn State's probably going to have the opportunity to do that.