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PODCAST AIN’T PLAYED NOBODY: These CFP rankings are college football’s dream

College Football Playoff National Championship - Head Coach Press Conference
College Football Playoff National Championship - Head Coach Press Conference
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NEW PAPN! LET’S GO! WE HAVE CFP RANTING TO DO!

Topics in this PAPN include...

  • Overthinking schedule strength compared to actual strength
  • Taking a dump on your school
  • Washington is awesome. That’s why Washington should be in the top four.
  • Scheduling intent encourages fun games and is totally unfair.
  • “There’s always little chunks of ass in Rutgers.”
  • POWDER F*CKIN’ RIVER! WYOMING’S AWESOME(ISH)!
  • These CFP rankings are college football’s dream: brands, brands, and the best player in the country. (~29:00)
  • Can Kentucky win the SEC East? (Probably not! But maybe!)
  • MACtion is so unfair to teams and fanbases (and so awesome).
  • College football’s greatest recent butterfly effect: 2011 Iowa State-Oklahoma State. (You’ll read more about this on Friday.) (~49:00)
  • “When you set something on fire in Ames, it can burn down the whole world.”
  • The Heisman is a joke.
  • ESPN (and LHN) in the long-term.
  • Where’s the Troy love?
  • NEW GREAT IDEA: LET’S ALL GO TO A PAYDAY GAME NEXT YEAR! Give us some candidates! (~1:08:15)
  • BOX SCORE BINGO: Pitt-Virginia Tech (box score, advanced box score). (~1:16:30)

This one was loaded and fun. Enjoy.

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