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Where did he say that? and why?

I have heard that he may get a few more PSU guys to VaTech via the portal.

I think the fan base is split 80/20. Eighty percent know there's a screwjob happening but don’t know how to push back without sounding like complainers. The other 20% are indirectly defending the committee by using the lazy argument that "you shoulda beat Florida"—maybe they’re just fed up with the season or simply don’t get why a 9-3 team with a difficult in conference and out of conference schedule should get in over a 10-2 team that had it easy for most of the year. I agree with the play in game concept but its too late for that this year. However, it's not too late to force the committee to debate live on national TV this weekend. They should be made to explain their reasoning and hear the other side. Many respected media and sports figures—not from Texas—agree this ranking is a screwjob and needs fixing immediately.

Solid player. 2 INT, only 6 missed tckles Texas will be in the market for a safety. We will see what they end up doing.

Everyone seems to think we need receivers, and I guess I could see us taking one, but I don't see how it's possible we would need to depend on the portal after bringing in 2 top 10 receiver commits last class. At that point, I'm questioning Chris Jackson.

He would need to disdain Alabama to leave them for PSU under these conditions imo.

He can always take Russell with a massive NiL deal to PSU. Gerry said Deboer doesn’t like Bama

Alabama is just simply a better job and he's already stacking recruiting classes and building a team he likes. I mean, he already has Keelon Russell waiting to take over. It doesn't get much better than that.

PSU will give him 5/6 years given circumstances.

Fewer games than the NFL, far more unbalanced schedules leads to inconclusive choices.

The rebuild at Penn St. is going to be just like when it was post Joe Paterno. It's going to be literally ashes.

There’s a very low chance Bama will be left out of the CFP regardless of the outcome of that game, and imo an even lower chance DeBoer would leave a CFP bound Bama in the lurch a la Kiffin. DeBoer is not a Kiffin-type, and even if he was PSU is not LSU. Kiffin inherited a Top 15 class before any Ole Miss to LSU flips or transfers are factored in. Whoever takes over PSU is inheriting the 150 class! TWO RECRUITS!

Or is this the “Saban to Texas” a la 2013? Bama will need to lose the SECCG by 3 scores for the committee to even CONSIDER leaving them out in any scenario. The only scenario Bama could even be left out is if BYU wins. And I don’t even think they would be left out then. The committee postured exactly the way they needed to keep Bama in no matter what. If BYU wins and Bama loses, Bama bumps to 10 and ND is out. That is exactly why they flipped ND and Bama. The SEC #1 seed would not be left out due to a championship game outcome. The SEC would burn the CFB world to the ground. If ND is excluded, literally who cares other than ND and their fans? ND has zero leverage. ND NEEDS the conferences more than anyone needs ND (which is not at all).

I'm amused that people think the committee is screwing up the process. That is just what committees do. Let the computers pick. As for expansion it has only made things worse. Imagine the committee having to deal with 16, 24, or even as someone suggested 32 teams. The playoffs are watered down with 12 teams, imagine 32. The best 8 teams in football should be in the playoffs. Set the criteria and let the computers pick, adjust if necessary and it will eventually be right. Giving a committee more teams to deal with only brings more chaos.

On top of them losing probably 7-10 guys in the draft, and then whoever portals out.... They're going to need to bring in a massive portal class if they want to field a competent team.

Bruce is right. Good write-up, @Jeff Howe.

hopefully it was a snap/hold situation that was the problem, missing PATs at any level is cause for concern.

What is your source for these stats?

Anything, even computer rankings or AI, is better than a biased and willfully ignorant prejudiced committee. 🤘🏻🤘🏼🤘🤘🏽🤘🏾🤘🏿

No, the greater inclusion of teams was a brilliant move. The NFL is a 32 team private league. Regression to the mean favors them. The FBS is a 139+ public league. It is seeking the best of that public league to include in the playoff. Playing Portland State is not the same as a SEC or most B1G teams, nor should it be.

Tim Brando. Booger’s just an idiot

A- I’m not a fan of the committee. B- I’ve been saying this before the results came out. C- An ugly and inexcusable third loss is absolutely weighty.

Both it seems.

Worst signing day for a major program I have ever seen ... and it's not even close Penn State fired James Franklin, and has now given Franklin a major head start on building VaTech quickly because he flipped/signed 6-7 Penn State level recruits that will now be in the ACC.