Dan Wetzel's College Football Podcast: Rivalry Week
It's rivalry week in college football and the playoff chase has only served to amp up the stakes for a number of historic games. So Chris Vernon of ESPN Radio in Memphis returns to the Dan Wetzel College Football Podcast to break it all down here on Thanksgiving Week.
Topics include:
• Will the late-season fade of Ole Miss adversely affect Mississippi State's chance of holding onto a spot in the top four of the playoff rankings? And while we're at it, has there been a more brutal gut punch of a collapse of a season than the one the Rebels suffered? The team looked catatonic in getting run over by Arkansas.
• Could Arkansas actually win another Power 5 conference?
• Florida State struggles every week but does it deserve recognition for the fact each team it faces tends to play dramatically over its heads when going against the Seminoles?
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• Would it be a good or bad sign from the playoff committee if it left an unbeaten power conference team out of the playoff? And is FSU getting credit for last year's national title when it should have no bearing on this year's race?
• SEC bias aside, isn't watching all the NFL games each week and all the SEC players, even backups, excelling, kind of proof this is the conference with the best players? Or have you also never heard of Alfred Blue?
• What can Ohio State do to jump one to two Big 12 teams and Mississippi State? Or do the Buckeyes need losses in front of them?
• Games (including a consensus lock) selected include: Florida (plus 10) at Florida State, Baylor (minus 24.5) v. Texas Tech, TCU (minus 6.5) at Texas, Michigan (plus 20) at Ohio State, Mississippi State (minus 1) at Ole Miss and Auburn (plus 9.5) at Alabama.
Check it out here or on iTunes. It's a great listen as you travel to wherever you are spending Thanksgiving. As always it's free.
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