Keep believing the false narratives clown. https://t.co/R59k3rad37

— Kirk Herbstreit (@KirkHerbstreit) December 31, 2024

I love that Alabama lost. And without the excuses of half the team sitting out, not caring etc.

So far the complaints from the talking heads this playoff have sort of solved themselves. First it was the blowouts and then the mighty sec had the worst one and the blowout talk sort of went away. Then it was maybe ole miss or Alabama belonged and bama loses.

Now we just need ole miss to do the same and maybe an upset or two in the playoff games.

Not a great day for Herbie

Less than 30 mins after posting and he turns off the comments…coward. pic.twitter.com/f71Pd1gCBb

— RohanLaw (@RohanLawPC) December 31, 2024

South Carolina was also a dark horse contender for CFP and they lost to Illinois.

Now we just need Ole Miss lose for SEC to sit the hell down.

Dillon Gabriel, certified MORNING PERSON pic.twitter.com/xAmZsxAkRa

— Brenna Greene (@BrennaGreene_) December 30, 2024

"Coach D you changed my life, I didn't know God until I got to Boise State."

An Emotional moment between Ahmed Hassanein and Spencer Danielson following the Fiesta Bowl. pic.twitter.com/IFDc8aerf1

— Kole Emplit (@KoleEmplit) January 1, 2025

Penn state will have 2 days extra rest over UGA or ND

Buckeyes 41
Sneakers 21

Favorites now 7-0 straight up & 6-1 vs. spread in this year's 12-team @CFBPlayoff
Notre Dame -7 Indiana (27-17)
Penn St - 9 SMU (38-10)
Texas -13½ Clemson (38-24)
Ohio St -7 Tennessee (42-17)
Penn St -11 Boise St (31-14)
Texas -13½ Arizona St (39-31)
Ohio St -2½ Oregon (41-21)

— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) January 2, 2025

“Dad how good were the Hypothetical SEC teams before the CFP started” pic.twitter.com/8i3S1DxUPO

— sco🦆🌹 (@69sco_) December 31, 2024

The SEC is a great conference...the narrative that they are CLEARLY the best and deserve every benefit of the doubt needs to die

— Joel Klatt (@joelklatt) January 2, 2025

The byes/seeding manipulation will be changed as soon as next season.

Everyone realizes this well-intended format is, it turns out, ridiculous. https://t.co/8Zk4HyWa9x

— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) January 2, 2025

boognish_bear said:

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The byes/seeding manipulation will be changed as soon as next season.

Everyone realizes this well-intended format is, it turns out, ridiculous. https://t.co/8Zk4HyWa9x

— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) January 2, 2025

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Fairly certain they'll change seeding next year to eliminate guaranteed byes for conference champs. I mean how often do you see the #1 overall seed in any sport as an UNDERDOG in essentially their first round game.

Nect change should be to expand to 16, eliminate first round byes (those do no favors either) and have first two rounds at home. All these neutral site games start to add up for alumns and fans trying to travel to multiple games

So Notre Dame will be eligible for a bye next year? (If they get rid of conference champions)

Texas will play its semifinal game with a home crowd in Dallas.

Has a team ever had everything go their way like this in a single year?

Easiest SEC schedule, key players out for opponents, 2nd easiest playoff road, now a semifinal game in Dallas?? Wow.

— Chad P. Smith (@ChadPSmith_) January 1, 2025

I would love to finish the college football season on January 1st

The @rosebowlgame should absolutely be the National Championship every year
- Elite destination for everyone in CFB
- forces us to finish by the 1st
- allows us to move XFR portal back
- no more asinine Monday night finishes
- Rose Bowl = Super Bowl

— Joel Klatt (@joelklatt) January 2, 2025

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Texas will play its semifinal game with a home crowd in Dallas.

Has a team ever had everything go their way like this in a single year?

Easiest SEC schedule, key players out for opponents, 2nd easiest playoff road, now a semifinal game in Dallas?? Wow.

— Chad P. Smith (@ChadPSmith_) January 1, 2025

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Eh, Penn St has had an easy schedule and the best route to the final IMO

I must say it is interesting that the fall of the SEC’s dominance, the fall of Alabama, and Georgia coming back to normal all happened as soon as every team could start legally paying players.

— Brandon Walker (@BFW) January 2, 2025

Under the BCS format, the national championship game would have been Georgia vs Oregon.

Those two teams lost their playoff games by a combined 33 points.

— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) January 3, 2025

Marcus Freeman after the Sugar Bowl about being one of two Black coaches competing in the Orange Bowl semifinal:

"Your color shouldn’t matter. Your evidence of your work should." https://t.co/wteh8wHzJz

— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) January 3, 2025

ASU catching strays from butthurt Kirby

"Two of those teams were better than the other teams to be honest with you... But I'm not here to complain about anything."

Kirby Smart when asked if it was a disadvantage to have a bye in the playoffs after the 1-4 seeds all ended up losing ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/ChQLFz3GJA

— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) January 3, 2025

boognish_bear said:

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Marcus Freeman after the Sugar Bowl about being one of two Black coaches competing in the Orange Bowl semifinal:

"Your color shouldn’t matter. Your evidence of your work should." https://t.co/wteh8wHzJz

— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) January 3, 2025

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Agree with the sentiment, but another feather in Freeman's cap, I would think, is that he is the first Asian coach to make it this far. (mother is Korean)

PaperBear89 said:

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boognish_bear said:

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Marcus Freeman after the Sugar Bowl about being one of two Black coaches competing in the Orange Bowl semifinal:

"Your color shouldn’t matter. Your evidence of your work should." https://t.co/wteh8wHzJz

— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) January 3, 2025

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Agree with the sentiment, but another feather in Freeman's cap, I would think, is that he is the first Asian coach to make it this far. (mother is Korean)

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Content of one's character and their abilities/expertise/performance should trump skin color and/or other unrelated personal attributes when discussing these types of things, but every ceiling shattered and milestone reached by a minority gets us closer to that being reality. When seeing the best of all demographics reach the highest levels of their vocation becomes commonplace, the discussion moves to expertise/performance rather than the novelty or rarity of that occurrence.

That's what the crowd who reflexively calls every minority and/or female hire or appointment a DEI-inspired decision (while ignoring how many mediocrities within their own demographics have been Peter principle'd to jobs they're not qualified to do well) seems to miss.

The sooner we get to a point where opportunities are equally available to all deserving candidates (and we're clearly making progress in this area), the sooner we can stop pointing out the race, gender, sexual orientation, etc., of the person doing a job and focus more on their achievement itself.

This video has the full quote. Freeman seems like a good dude that is easy to pull for.

This is extremely bad journalism by Ross, completely taking out of content of what Marcus Freeman actually said, where he did in fact acknowledge the significance:

Here was the actual quote: https://t.co/gMP4egPT9M pic.twitter.com/K8Nh6DWpm8

— Chancellor Johnson (@ChancellorTV) January 3, 2025

Break out your tiny violins to play while listening to Kiffin still droning on about how the SEC got shafted by the CFP because people don't understand how hard it is to win in these SEC stadiums on the road.

pic.twitter.com/JPGsEthVZv

— Orangeman (@AndyBeakman) January 3, 2025

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Break out your tiny violins to play while listening to Kiffin still droning on about how the SEC got shafted by the CFP because people don't understand how hard it is to win in these SEC stadiums on the road.

Lane Kiffin trying to prove his point tonight pic.twitter.com/sVFFB52kv7

— We Run the Sip (@OMRebelNation) January 3, 2025

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Lane is a slimeball moron, always has been

Sorry buddy, the fifth place SEC team doesn't belong in the playoff

"I don't want to hear these analyst after the fact tell me somebody shouldn't be in the playoffs... There were some duds, but that's going to happen. It happens in the NFL Playoffs. It's never going to be an exact science, we have playoff football, enjoy it!"

-DP on #CFBPlayoff pic.twitter.com/vCCdSAFxWv

— Dan Patrick Show (@dpshow) January 2, 2025

boognish_bear said:

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Break out your tiny violins to play while listening to Kiffin still droning on about how the SEC got shafted by the CFP because people don't understand how hard it is to win in these SEC stadiums on the road.

pic.twitter.com/JPGsEthVZv

— Orangeman (@AndyBeakman) January 3, 2025

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Maybe he should ask Mark Stoops for advice on how to win on the road in the SECSECSEC, especially if it's your only conference win.

Here he is saying the B12 and ACC should be in a different league than the SEC and a handful of B1G teams.

I just can't stand the dude. He always seems so smug and comes across like he thinks he's the smartest person in the room.

It’s just different. It’s just totally different. pic.twitter.com/uJiJSc6Z2P

— Korked Bats (@korkedbats) January 3, 2025

boognish_bear said:

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This video has the full quote. Freeman seems like a good dude that is easy to pull for.

This is extremely bad journalism by Ross, completely taking out of content of what Marcus Freeman actually said, where he did in fact acknowledge the significance:

Here was the actual quote: https://t.co/gMP4egPT9M pic.twitter.com/K8Nh6DWpm8

— Chancellor Johnson (@ChancellorTV) January 3, 2025

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Someone tweeted last night that Notre Dame is much easier to root for now with Freeman as their coach than they were with Brian Kelly. And I could not possibly agree more. Freeman seems like an awesome dude and a great coach. I'd like to see them win it all at this point.