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Podcast: Cover 3 College Football Episode: Outlook for Texas Tech QB Brendan Sorsby, Mailbag Questions & More! | College Football Segment: Florida State podcast segment **Actionable Picks / Plays Mentioned** - you would have been beating the table to be the last team in with a win over the Pac-12 champ talking about the quarterback change as your biggest reason for uh for There were a bunch of teams nine and three though that were and USC USC was - I mean I I think one thing you want to look at like we talked about you know he the question which by the way I would love to know what the dissertation's on but like Indiana breaks the blue chip ratio Indiana has the number one pick in the - if you make that an expanded playoff and it's like all of a sudden Vick gets to single-handedly try to control a bracket and try to win those games with his play making ability. - In 2006, we had Michigan and Ohio State play in a game one verse two when they had their game at the end of the season. **Top Team-Specific Takeaways** - maybe it's not the most talented team but if they had a very good quarterback that could maybe you know up lift the team through a run like that. - They lose to Florida State that one year but he had two years as a starter where they he was awesome. - It's their schedule that year was not exactly a a murderer's row. - >> That is true in the portal era. - I mean, that was the team, let's see, they had a Joe Germaine, who could forget it quarterback, but they they running back was Michael Wiley, receivers they had David Boston, you know, according to some people his son got drafted last week. **Transcript Context** - I think that's the Jake Browning Washington team that won the Pac-12 that year. - you would have been beating the table to be the last team in with a win over the Pac-12 champ talking about the quarterback change as your biggest reason for uh for There were a bunch of teams nine and three though that were and USC USC was - >> Ninth in the last week of the regular season and then they jumped a big jump. Transcript excerpt: I think that's the Jake Browning Washington team that won the Pac-12 that year. So you would have been beating the table to be the last team in with a win over the Pac-12 champ talking about the quarterback change as your biggest reason for uh for There were a bunch of teams nine and three though that were and USC USC was ranked what? So >> Ninth in the last week of the regular season and then they jumped a big jump. Florida State was nine and three at 11, Colorado was 10 and three at 10. Wisconsin was ranked ahead of them at 10 and three. Oh, those benches were just good. I mean it's possible. Who else stands out from the So like um 1998 to 2013. I mean I I think one thing you want to look at like we talked about you know he the question which by the way I would love to know what the dissertation's on but like Indiana breaks the blue chip ratio Indiana has the number one pick in the draft at quarterback. I feel like that is something you would want to look for. Like maybe it's not the most talented team but if they had a very good quarterback that could maybe you know up lift the team through a run like that. So I'm trying to think of teams that had those kind of quarterbacks. Virginia Tech with Michael Vick. They lose to Florida State that one year but he had two years as a starter where they he was awesome. And if you make that an expanded playoff and it's like all of a sudden Vick gets to single-handedly try to control a bracket and try to win those games with his play making ability. I I think what Virginia Tech might have been able to be might might have been able to put a trophy in that empty trophy case uh instead of having it linger for all these years. So 1999 Tech let's see. I mean I don't know Chip. Are you looking at their simple rating system? It's their schedule that year was not exactly a a murderer's row. This is like the old Big East days. Like they did beat number 24 Virginia. They beat 16 Syracuse and they beat 19 Miami 22 BC. It's just Florida State was the first top 15 team that they played and they got boat raced. Okay so that would have been like the early BCS era. >> [clears throat] >> They actually that's a good point from Terry. >> [laughter] >> Vick would have transferred? Is Mike Vick playing for Virginia Tech at that point? >> That is true in the portal era. Good [laughter] point. I think We we have a lot of evidence to suggest that man loves where he came from. >> [laughter] >> So, that's that's one where I I don't know if he would have gotten a hometown discount, but uh he certainly would have had a lot of motivation to be able to stay at home. In 2006, we had Michigan and Ohio State play in a game one verse two when they had their game at the end of the season. Yeah, I got one for you. Let's see what year was that? 1998 Tennessee wins in the national title, the first BCS year. Got there, they played uh they played Florida State. Ohio State in 1998 did not get to play in the title game. If you looked at their record, they finished 11 and one. Their lone loss was a four-point loss at home to Michigan State, but they beat ranked West Virginia by 17. They beat a ranked Missouri by 21. They beat a top 10 Penn State by 19, they beat the top 11 Michigan by 15, and in the bowl game against number eight Texas A&M, they won by 10. I think if you put that team, if they didn't lose that game to Michigan State at home in early November, you put them into a 12-team playoff, that squad I think has a decent chance. I mean, that was the team, let's see, they had a Joe Germaine, who could forget it quarterback, but they they running back was Michael Wiley, receivers they had David Boston, you know, according to some people his son got drafted last week. >> [laughter] >> That was a very good team that I feel like kind of got screwed because of their they had one bad loss, so they didn't get into the title game, but I think they could have beaten both Florida State or Tennessee that year had they played them. Danny, would Bobby would Bobby Bowden have had more titles, you think, with an expanded playoff? Would have had more titles. The >> And but since '98, you know, I cuz I was thinking pre-'90, but I think even since '98, I think he would have had another one or two, being on the cusp. Cuz the run of top five finishes >> finishes, we would have had so many more opportunities. And is that a is that run from like '92 to '05, does that sound right? Or just like the >> Yeah, might have started a little before, it might have been '90, you know, to '04, something like that, but yeah, it was right there. And Tailgate, great question, does an expanded play further expanded playoff give Nick Saban more titles? I mean, he got in almost all the time to the four-team. I don't know if it would have if if we're going to truly follow the letter of the question, which said NIL spreading the talent around more, because Nick Saban's ability to get his team mentally prepared and sort of schematically prepared for the biggest games of the year is an X factor that makes him, you know, part of the goat conversation.