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Joel Klatt was just on the Colin Cowherd Show talking about the final four. He thinks it's a travesty that Alabama is in.

Klatt said Alabama has only played one game against teams ranked in the final 16, and went 0-1 (sound familiar?). He also said the ACC and SEC both only play eight games against conference schools during the season, whereas the other power 5 conferences play nine (sound familiar?).

Klatt said that, essentially, the committee is telling schools like USC that they play too hard of a schedule. Rather than playing Texas and Notre Dame, they need to schedule Mercer and The Citadel.

He said that Alabama getting in was akin to a sponsorship exemption on the PGA Tour (loved that one).

Who are your 4?

IMO, the programs playing the best football right now are Clemson, Oklahoma, Georgia and USC. I think either Ohio State or USC did enough to get in the top four by virtue of winning their conference championship games, and either one deserved being awarded the 4-seed over Alabama.

There was some chatter today about USC getting no respect after playing a much tougher schedule.

I guess they need to start scheduling a few Monastery's like Clemson and Alabama to play as well.

Their case did not get any help with yesterday's game where they were clearly out-muscled by Ohio State. I see that the Big Ten is now 4-0 in bowl games and I'm thinking that our conference may not have had the best team in the nation, but as a conference it clearly was one of the strongest conferences overall.

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: Brad H

Joel Klatt was just on the Colin Cowherd Show talking about the final four. He thinks it's a travesty that Alabama is in.

Klatt said Alabama has only played one game against teams ranked in the final 16, and went 0-1 (sound familiar?). He also said the ACC and SEC both only play eight games against conference schools during the season, whereas the other power 5 conferences play nine (sound familiar?).

Klatt said that, essentially, the committee is telling schools like USC that they play too hard of a schedule. Rather than playing Texas and Notre Dame, they need to schedule Mercer and The Citadel.

He said that Alabama getting in was akin to a sponsorship exemption on the PGA Tour (loved that one).

Who are your 4?

IMO, the programs playing the best football right now are Clemson, Oklahoma, Georgia and USC. I think either Ohio State or USC did enough to get in the top four by virtue of winning their conference championship games, and either one deserved being awarded the 4-seed over Alabama.

There was some chatter today about USC getting no respect after playing a much tougher schedule.

I guess they need to start scheduling a few Monastery's like Clemson and Alabama to play as well.

Their case did not get any help with yesterday's game where they were clearly out-muscled by Ohio State. I see that the Big Ten is now 4-0 in bowl games and I'm thinking that our conference may not have had the best team in the nation, but as a conference it clearly was one of the strongest conferences overall.

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Nothing but total respect for Sam Darnold as a QB and as a man. He will be a very good NFL player.
He didn't take care of the ball tonight and just doesn't see a defense that plays like Ohio State.
Pac 12 really struggling.

USC battled the best they could but pretty much over matched physically.

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Washington gave them fits but the better team won. Now lets hope Wisconsin gets boat raced by Miami (not gonna happen). Even as a B10 guy I can't root for that bunch.

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I don't think Darnold comes out. His stock will NEVER be lower.

He needs to come back and play like the stud he is, with a team that has more seasoning and depth.

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I don't think Darnold comes out. His stock will NEVER be lower.

He needs to come back and play like the stud he is, with a team that has more seasoning and depth.

I tend to agree.

Meanwhile, Barkley continues to be the most versatile, polished RB since Allen. And, he's stronger.

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Penn St won pretty convincingly in most games and only had 2 narrow losses to ranked teams, one of which was a 1 pt loss to Ohio St. By comparison, one of Ohio St's losses came against an unranked team. If the D1-playoffs expanded to something like 12 teams (where top 4 get a bye), or even 16 teams, teams like Penn St would could a legitimate chance to make a run.

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I don't think Darnold comes out. His stock will NEVER be lower.

He needs to come back and play like the stud he is, with a team that has more seasoning and depth.

I tend to agree.

Meanwhile, Barkley continues to be the most versatile, polished RB since Allen. And, he's stronger.

Dude has really become The Guy.
Sure seems he could become the ultimate swiss army knife in the Pros.

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Hope you had an awesome Birthday!

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Hope you had an awesome Birthday!

Thanks - I'm back in Minnesota visiting my parents for the weekend. It's a lot colder than I'd prefer, but it's all good.

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Penn St won pretty convincingly in most games and only had 2 narrow losses to ranked teams, one of which was a 1 pt loss to Ohio St. By comparison, one of Ohio St's losses was a humiliating thrashing at the hands of unranked Iowa. If the D1-playoffs expanded to something like 12 teams (where top 4 get a bye), or even 16 teams, teams like Penn St would could a legitimate chance to make a run.

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Hope you had an awesome Birthday!

Thanks - I'm back in Minnesota visiting my parents for the weekend. It's a lot colder than I'd prefer, but it's all good.

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Nothing but total respect for Sam Darnold as a QB and as a man. He will be a very good NFL player.
He didn't take care of the ball tonight and just doesn't see a defense that plays like Ohio State.
Pac 12 really struggling.

USC battled the best they could but pretty much over matched physically.

I've gotta ask again, and welcome Steve and Brad's input because all of you probably know more than I do. Why? I've seen Darold play about 3 full games this year. I realize that's not a full resume so my opinion should be limited. That being said, he's been the same guy. Crap decisions and not that
impressive. NFL guy, sure. #1 overall?

I don't see it. He's looked like a hyped up #1 who should go 3-5 round. I've appreciated Brad's input but he does (willing to admit or not) have a USC bias. If this guy went to OSU what is the opinion? Forget the "he has no WR's" talk for a minute. Neither did ML and he sucked. At some point you can't make shit decisions and turn it over.

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Luck is awful good with some help on the line and with some playmakers.
Hasn’t really had much of either.
Health issues aside.