00:00It happened. The College Football Playoff Selection Committee showed their true colors yesterday and how they feel about UCLA.
00:10They do not respect UCLA as they debuted at number eight.
00:18Are we surprised? No. Are we disappointed? Yep.
00:24Let me run through the top. I'll do the top 12.
00:30Let's hear it. Miami at number one. Makes sense. Yes, it does. Georgia at number two.
00:37Yeah, sure. Utah at number three. Indiana at number four. Alabama with two losses at number five.
00:50That is a brand move right there. Kentucky at number six. Texas with two ugly losses at number seven above
01:04the undefeated Bruins at number eight who were 8-0.
01:10At nine, BYU. At 10, Ole Miss. At 11, Notre Dame. And at number 12, Ohio State.
01:19So when you first saw top 10, top 12, immediate reaction.
01:26So the committee is given a list of guidelines or metrics of what they are supposed to be judging these
01:35teams off of.
01:36Strength of schedule, head-to-head, common opponents, health of roster and coaches, meaning are the coaches leaving for other
01:44jobs?
01:44Are they still going to be there? Performance metrics, among some other things.
01:48The problem is the committee is not told what should be prioritized over the other.
01:55So from year to year or even times week to week, they can say, well, this week, head-to-head
02:02is what matters.
02:03And that's how we rank this team over this team.
02:05Well, this week, performance metrics matter.
02:08And did you win on the road? Do you play better at home and are bad on the road?
02:14Common opponents matter this week. Health matters at the end of the season.
02:17So because it is not set in stone, the priority of the metrics, they just get to be subjective and
02:27decide from week to week which team they want ranked above the other.
02:32The problem with these initial rankings is if you look at any of the metrics, it's not cohesive across the
02:39board.
02:41If wins matter, then how are there two lost SEC teams ahead of UCLA?
02:49If losses matter, then why are there two lost teams ahead of UCLA?
02:56If head-to-head matters, then why is it that Alabama is so far ahead of Tennessee?
03:03No matter what metric you use, it is immediately proven to be hypocritical when you look at these rankings.
03:11And I have never been more on the side of bring back the computer and let the computer figure things
03:19out because clearly the committee either cannot be trusted or just flat out does not watch these games.
03:28Yeah, that's tough because when you have not a clear set of standards of how you're going about and how
03:36you're ranking these schools, this is where it gets tricky.
03:41Because if you're able to decide, as you said, week to week, well, okay, head-to-head matters more or
03:48wins matter more than losses, that is a tough thing to look at.
03:53Because when you look at Texas right above UCLA, I do not understand how you can put Texas over UCLA
04:00when two of those losses were just abysmal losses.
04:06Yeah, they were. And the argument for Texas that the committee is probably going to share is Texas has three
04:18wins over currently top 13 ranked teams.
04:22But then that goes back to the point of, okay, so if we are prioritizing wins, there are other teams
04:28on this current ranking that don't make sense.
04:32And how do you then still punish the undefeated team?
04:35If wins matter more than losses, then by definition, the team that has not lost shouldn't be knocked, right?
04:44There's no cohesive way to explain their top 25.
04:50And not to take this a step further because we're not there yet, but if this playoff does expand to
04:5724 teams, which I'm firmly against,
05:00well, the committee is showing that they don't watch all of these games.
05:04The committee is athletic directors and former head coaches.
05:07Like, maybe it's unfair to assume that they're keeping tabs on these teams.
05:12But if you have to keep tabs on 25 teams in order to properly rank them,
05:17are we really going to believe that they're going to keep tabs on 40 teams in order to properly rank
05:22the 24?
05:22They're not watching all of these games.
05:25It is so unrealistic to ask them, to expect them year after year.
05:30We complain about how these rankings come out.
05:34It is so unrealistic to expect them to actually keep tabs on these teams.
05:38And I feel this is even further proof to expand the playoff, but that's a conversation for another day.
05:44The fact is, we are sitting here with a list of teams that is inexplicable other than we just like
05:52these teams better than the other ones.
05:53The good news for UCLA and Bob Chesney and his team is this feeds right into, I feel like, his
06:00narrative
06:00and what he's been pitching all season of we are the underdogs.
06:03And if you've watched any of his, like, pregame speeches before they run out onto the field, like,
06:07this is going to fuel them in a way that feels dangerous but exciting because it kind of is coming
06:16at the perfect time
06:16with the last four games of the regular season.
06:19And we had Sammy Omicigo, linebacker and captain on UCLA's football team on the show yesterday.
06:27And when I asked him if they were going to be watching the college football ranking show,
06:32he actually had a very interesting response.
06:37The college football ranking show is happening tonight.
06:40It is dropping tonight.
06:41Is that something you guys are paying attention to and you're going to be watching?
06:45Yeah, we might watch it.
06:46But our coach says the most useless stat is the number beside your name, you know,
06:52because every week the goal is for other players to remove it.
06:57So our goal is to focus on what we can show, focus on the opponent, and everything else takes care
07:02of itself.
07:03Bob calls the rankings the most useless stat by your name.
07:08So he's just going to use this as fuel.
07:10Like, we're going into your alma mater.
07:14We know it's an early game.
07:17And there was concern heading into that game this weekend because the Gophers are a team that,
07:23what would you say, like, you fear them, but what was the line you said?
07:28They have three ranked wins on the year.
07:31They may not play consistent ball, but they have a knack for just ruining other team seasons,
07:37of which they've already started throughout this season.
07:40Yeah, like, you never know what you're going to get, but you know you're going to get a couple upsets
07:44out of them.
07:44There you go.
07:45So with UCLA heading in undefeated, there was kind of that, like, ooh, is this the one?
07:51It's a body clock, as you call it, 9 a.m. start for UCLA.
07:56But I think after getting this kind of a public snub across the nation of everyone going like,
08:04oh, okay, you don't respect us still?
08:06This is their opportunity to go in and have a statement game.
08:09Yeah, and if a coach says, you know, we don't pay attention to rankings, we don't pay attention to this,
08:17that's more so catered toward the teams that are ranked at the top because you don't want your team,
08:22say you're Georgia because their head coach Kirby Smart is notorious for this.
08:28You don't want your team walking in the locker room saying we're the number two team in the country
08:32because you want a chip on your shoulder.
08:34And if you start thinking that your poop doesn't stink, then all of a sudden that edge leaves.
08:39And you want that edge.
08:40So Bob Chesney is going to embrace this ranking because it can be used as fuel.
08:46Like you said, it is proof that the country doesn't respect it, that the committee doesn't respect you.
08:52And even when you bring in USC to this, they're letting it be known that a three-loss SEC team
09:01is probably going to make it to the CFP.
09:04Probably going to make it.
09:06A two-loss Big Ten team is going to be a long shot to make it.
09:12So if you are UCLA, if you are USC, you have to win out.
09:16You have to make it to the Big Ten Championship because that's basically a guarantee that you're going to get
09:22in.
09:22And the beauty of it for both of those teams is everything you want is still ahead of you.
09:29Fifteen ranked matchups remain.
09:31Seven of them come this Saturday.
09:32UCLA very much could enter the top five going into next Tuesday because of how many ranked matchups that we
09:42are going to see.
09:43So on one hand, you're annoyed and you're upset, and I totally get that.
09:51I'm upset for UCLA.
09:52But you have Miami playing Notre Dame.
09:55You have Texas playing Mizzou.
09:57You have Alabama playing LSU.
09:59Ole Miss has a ranked matchup against Georgia.
10:03So all you have to do is keep winning.
10:06UCLA is firmly in line where they need to be to make it to the CFP.
10:11USC, as a matter of fact, is also in line to make the CFP because of the chaos above them.
10:16But it is unfortunate that you just never want to feel like your hard work is not being rewarded.
10:22And that's what the Big Ten as a whole feels right now, other than Indiana, who somehow snuck their way
10:26into the top five.
10:27So the more I hear you explain all of this, it's like I'm not upset.
10:33Disappointed is a good word to use for the committee.
10:37However, this is the perfect fuel for UCLA down the stretch.
10:42Use it as fire.
10:43This is exactly what you needed.
10:45Kind of like you see the light at the end of the tunnel of like, okay, we can do something
10:50historic this year.
10:52Don't take your foot off the gas and just full speed ahead.
10:56To get snubbed like this, to have a two-loss team right ahead of you, like this is exactly what
11:02you need.
11:02Yeah.
11:03Especially for Bob Chesney.
11:04And we know the pump-up speeches and motivation, as we just heard Samio share.
11:08It's like, nah, people are trying to knock that number off next to your name.
11:12That does not matter.
11:13What matters is winning.
11:14At the end of the day, there are three undefeated teams remaining in power football.
11:18Miami, Utah, UCLA.
11:21Miami and Utah got rewarded.
11:23UCLA got left out.
11:25USC, on the other hand, just proved that they can beat the number two team in the country.
11:29So there's no reason they can look at their schedule and say, we can beat anyone remaining.
11:34Bummed for the LA teams, but excited on how they're going to fuel this into motivation.
11:39Yeah.
11:40So excited.
11:41And like extra excited for the matchup this weekend.
11:44Are you going to share which side you're taking yet?
11:48I mean, UCLA has been your homer team all year, but they're playing Minnesota, your alma mater.
11:53There will be merch worn on Friday.
11:56There will be merch worn on Friday, people.
11:59Let's go.
11:59I can't wait.
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