The College Football Playoff bracket is out. Richard Johnson doesn’t think it’s a big crime that Alabama was included. Alex Kirshner does. The hosts hash out their disagreement and then pull on some other threads from the big reveal:
Why Richard was able to see so much of this coming
Why Alex really hates Bama’s inclusion
Why Richard doesn’t
How Duke’s loss in the ACC Championship did or didn’t affect Miami’s case
Notre Dame’s decision not to play in a bowl game
The increasing anti-Group of 5 backlash that has already started to bubble up after two non-power teams made the field
No, this is not going to make Notre Dame give up independence
Early reactions to the rest of the bracket
The teams Richard thinks could actually win this thing
Produced by Anthony Vito.
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