 that legal man downfield and a nice first down play that they were able to get there. So Bama on the move a little bit and they came out and Steve they did exactly what we talked about before. We left the air there in the first half. They got back to the run game and that's kind of opened up a little bit of this play action. I'm Joel Klatt. This is Steve Owens. He is my head researcher during the fall. He's also Shannon Sharps producer on Undisputed. He is the man to myth the legend. He's with me all night long. We got a cast of thousands. We've got both mascots in house doing pushups for every point scored. We got a lot going on right now. So it's going to be a fun second half here as Bama tries to cut into this lead. Connor is the tiger and he's already super tired right now after doing a lot of pushups. Tired tiger over there. That's a tired tiger over there, but he's really sad. Yeah, he's happy. He's sad. He has a he's at a protein bar and he's ready to go. Invite people in to watch. You're on YouTube. You're on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, caffeine TV, any of those platforms, invite your friends in, make sure to be interactive. The more questions we get, the better. You can ask myself questions, Steve questions, anything that you want and make sure to bring the snark as well. So here we go. Wildcat again. So every short yardage, they've done the Wildcat. What it do you remember what my point was every time Ohio State against Michigan went to the Wildcat with tape Martel. It wasn't really the Wildcat. They brought tape Martel into the game every time inside the five and what did they never do? Never passed. Never showed that they could throw the football at some point, if you're going to keep doing this on short yardage, you've got to have a different option off of that or else they're going to get stuffed on a short yardage like they just did right there once and it's still a whole half of football to go. If that's your short yardage plan, you better have a pass off that. Yeah, it's strange because they've run the ball fairly effectively. I mean, one thing that, you know, we should note is that Clemson is probably the best run defense in the country. Yeah. So it's not easy, but they've run the ball fairly well. Right now they're over five a carry right now in this game, but when they get in these real short yardage situation, they just kind of gotten a little gimmicky and it hasn't worked terribly well. Now I got another fourth and one. All right. Make sure to get your comments and get your questions in. It can be schematic questions. It can be any questions. Really, I'll do my best. I know we're watching this game and I don't want to take away from this game, but if you have questions about any like your team and then later in the show, I'm going to get to my way too early top 10 for next season. Wildcat again. Yeah, they're going to get stopped unless they can have a throwing option, right? Second effort gets it for them. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills here. Am I not like, first of all, I can't watch football without a ball in my hands unless I'm broadcasting the game. Look at that. There is nine guys up. You can't block nine guys. They are so lucky they got that first down second effort right there and he finally got it. Geez. Putting a lot on the back, right? Like he's pretty much got to do that on his own. That's all they've done in short yardage all night. All night long. Oh, play action fake to nobody. Tua or the back went the wrong way. One of the two and everything after that was all weird. Watch this. The back goes right. Tua is expecting the fake on the left. Now he's got somebody right in his face right away. He's got to step way up. Oh, and then he got kind of hit low late. They hit him in the hands. By this bunch set, by the way, it's to break him out of man coverage. They've been playing a lot of man coverage. This helps you break the man coverage. I don't know why they're not running the ball more. Feels like that's where they're heading, right? You know, what's up? Surprise that Tua started the second. No, I'm not surprised at all. So there was some talk about Tua leash. Was it long? Is it long right now? Is it short? I think it's still long because they're having success offensively. It's not like they've been shut out and only had three points and they're having success. He made a couple of really bad throws, bad reads. Yep. But here we go again. Third and short, they're in the Wildcat. Okay, they're barely getting it every time. I'm beside myself right now. Why is Clemson defending the wide receivers when they're in the Wildcat? Can we talk about adjustments right now? When a team lines up in that formation six times or seven times and does the exact same thing on all like be ready for that the next time. And they were out there like covering the wide receivers with deep safeties. Yep. What's happening? Jacobs hasn't thrown a pass all season, so that's not not an option. Jacobs has not thrown a pass all year. Good to know. That's very good to know. I mean. Man. I mean, you look at the other guys, like the other running backs right now. Damian Harris, average on six and a half a carry. They're all average on seven points. Like this Clemson defense led the country only allowing 2.4. Whoa, fumble! It's a couple fumbles they've been able to jump on. They have, but they are minus two in the turnover ratio right now. You're exactly right, by the way, about the yards rushing. All their rushers have been really good. What do we think? Kirk, call him for a replay. Don't disagree. There we go. I love these exclusive looks. Here we go. Exclusive look for what is this? Big Marvel guy. I'm not really. I wasn't in the comics really all that much. Here, while we do have a moment though, our own Dean Blandino is on site. He's at the National Championship game and he gave us a nice little video at halftime. Let's go check with Dean and he'll talk a little bit about the officiating and what's been going on tonight. Dean Blandino here at halftime in the National Championship game and what a first half it was. 21 points before we could settle into our seats and Clemson with a 31-16 lead. Pretty clean half of officiating. Mike Cannon and this Big Ten crew did a really nice job. Only five fouls called and they kept the game under control and there was really nothing that jumped out as a missed call. Now this is a mixed crew, meaning they have not worked together as a whole this year. But there are some officials that have worked together. The referee and the replay official worked together all year. The center judge and the line judge worked together all year and the back judge and the headlines been worked together. And I know if we have another clean half of officiating, the Big Ten will be very happy. Back to you, Joel. Jim Kremerlings from the Big Ten. He has been working with Mike Cannon, the referee all season long. So there we go. I wish that they would stop reviewing this, but I get it. Yards are important. You know what I mean? Yeah, these ones feel a little unnecessary because we're arguing over a yard or two right now. We're going to have a little pizza, by the way. You want a little pizza? Love a little pizza. Because it's really not football without a little pizza. Pam has got to start getting back to their running game. Got to start getting back. What's two and do? What are they per pass right now? I mean, let's see. Two is on 176 yards and 22 throws. It's pretty good. It's just a picks. 16 and 22. I just feel like they keep losing momentum every time that they throw the ball. They get a couple of good runs, a couple of good runs, and then all of a sudden something happens or they take a sack. Something along those lines. We're still so early in the second half. There's not an urgency to run down the field right now. If anything, like we talked about, it keeps the defense fresh, keeps these drives going. We'll see what happens here in the second half. I had good pizza. This is one of the big questions that I had coming in was whether Alabama could run the ball. I didn't think they were able to and they're doing it. They're doing it. They're still down right now. I don't think any of us saw two coming out and throwing picks like this. How about that coverage? All right. Now what do you do? Bama fans praying for a call. That's rich. That is rich. That is rich. He didn't really turn him though. You know what I mean? He just kind of got there. As Mike Pereira and Dean Blandino will say, it's not necessarily contact that draws a flag as much as you're impeding their ability to catch the ball. It's kind of the term used. And I don't think he impeded the ability to catch the ball. Oh, fake. They were so ready for this. Oh, and the holder broke his leg. Oh my goodness. Did they not realize what defense comes and had out there? They were like a base defense. What are they doing? What is happening right now? We've seen now twice Bama do some things that would tell you that they don't feel like they can win the game straight up. They went for it on fourth down, inside their own territory, in the what? Early second. Early second quarter. And then that? Yeah, there was linebackers. They literally called field goals safe. Like ready for a fake. Nick Saban, that was a bad call. Now run me through that scenario. Is that coming from Saban for sure? Or can that be coming from elsewhere? If it's not, someone just got fired. How about that's, it's got to come from the head coach. Got to. And it looked like he turned around and looked at the special teams coach and the special teams coach was like explaining the defensive look. And it's like, and here's another part. If you're going to call a fake, you got to have the ability to get out of it. You got to teach, you know what I mean? Like, or you got to call a timeout. That is such a fail, by the way, all the way around. No one calls timeout from the box from, you know, like, Hey, no, no, no, guys, guys. It felt like they ran up to the line and hiked it like. Hmm. Oh man. Do you think Bama fans are more stressed now or were they more stressed during the SEC championship game last year or the national championship game last year? I don't think they're winning the game. Do you really think you can overcome two turnovers, a missed fake field goal? And not scoring a touchdown inside of your own five? Inside of their five? I would be more concerned for Bama. Clemson shows no signs of slowing down. None. None. At least last year in the Georgia game, it was 13, they were down, I believe at the half, but it was 13-0. It was like, okay, we've got Georgia somewhat in check. We're just not doing our part. They have no check on Clemson right now. Totally agree. This is, I don't want to say it's like shocking, but this was considered one of Nick Saban's best teams as he's ever had and they're getting beat up pretty bad. By the way, it actually, you do have to say, both of the last two national championships that Saban has won, he's had to pull rabbits out of his hat. He had the fake kick against Clemson. Last year he had to put in a true freshman that didn't start all year. So he had to make these bold moves to win a championship. I feel like he thinks that he's going to have to do that again, but that was a huge backfire there. It should have been just mistakes. You look at the numbers right now. Alabama's out gaining Clemson by about 80 yards right now. But look at the number of plays. Yeah, so we've got plays right now. Alabama's run 22 more plays. Wow. They're moving the ball and then making a mistake. Clemson's not making that mistake. Clemson's gaining 7 yards per play right now. 6.9 yards per play. Don't do that. Don't do that. I'm telling you what, this is why I just have to take a walk. Here's the fake here. It looks like he's looking at the sideline there. How is that the look that they wanted? Yeah, let me lament something really quick. You're up 31-16. Your true freshman quarterback has played amazing. You got no backup because Kelly Bryant left the team and they're running zone read early in the third course so the kid can break his leg and you can lose. Like, sometimes coaches are so stupid. I just, I can't do it. It's like they're Tuesday night prep. Like just influence them too much. Question here. Get your questions in. Get your questions in. We bring them in on a football. Here we go. Questions after this third and eight. Oh. He can hurt. The bad month player hurt himself. Touchdown. Oh my gosh. This Clemson team is rolling the tide. Roll tide down the hill. Connor, 70 yards. You want to do a push-up for every yard or every point? All right, sit-ups for Connor. Connor is struggling a little bit. So we're going sit-ups for Connor. This is terrible because Bama player hurt himself. Bad happen. Do I want to see it? We got one. We got one. That's not bad. Okay. I'm the same way. I'm doing that. I can't see it. What was that one? I feel like you're shaking harder trying to do crunches than you were push-ups. This is so good. This has, don't worry, Connor. No one's going to make a meme out of this. This is incredible. This is incredible. I mean, look at what's happening right now. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. You're good. You're good, Connor. Way to go. Yay. Yay. We've been told that this has been a real highlight of the show, so we're going to keep doing this, but are you all right down there? Good. All right. Woo. Woo. He says, woo. Woo. How about that? How about that? Trevor Lawrence says, can you deal with that? Man. Did this thing break? Am I still on? I'm more good. All right. The question came in. Remember, guys, get your questions in. Let's be as interactive as we can. If this gets out of hand, we've got a lot of things that we can talk about next year. We can talk about my best teams of all time, my favorite coaches of all time. So we've got a lot of stuff that we can. So stay here. Stay tuned and start getting your questions in because we can be very interactive here during the course of the night. All right. That big field goal seemed like a desperation play as Bama playing scared. That comes from John and Facebook. I don't know if scared is the right word, but overwhelmed, I think, is the right word. Like, listen, teams get this way, Steve, right? Yeah. Like, we see it every week. We see the point in time where the team feels like, oh, it's slipping away. Yeah. And there's always something that happens, a desperate third down throw, a desperate call from a coach, you know, something like that. And it's like, you feel like the game is on the line on some of these calls, but that was an early time to be kind of putting the game on the line. Yeah, scared doesn't feel like quite the right word. More panic. Panic? That was a good word. It's just, uh... Steve, this is why you are the content producer. It's my words. It's your words. It's the mediocre bucks. Yeah, I mean, this looks like an Alabama team that is freaking out a little bit. Like, they've lost kind of their identity. They don't really know what to do. They march down the field, get to about the 30, 40-yard line and kind of run out of answers. Doesn't seem good. It does not seem good. It does not seem good. You think Hertz is in play at all. Well, what does he provide, right? Like, two is your passer. Is Hertz going to come in and start throwing? Right. No. It's more of a just a shake-up. No. Get a spark. No. I would actually... I would come out and try to run the ball right down their throat. Yeah. And get my 23rd point. Yeah. So, folks, when you're talking about comebacks, right, this is a large deficit. You're down 21. 22. Wait, no, 21. 21 going into the... You're down 21. Comebacks are like... You have to build them. You know, it's almost like a puzzle, right? It's just a piece at a time. You're never going to put a puzzle together right away, right? Yeah. Comebacks are like puzzles. Oh, gosh. These freaking kickers. College kickers. All kickers. You know what I'm talking about? Chicago? Too soon? No. Well, listen, we got a Chicagoan in here. Any other Chicagoans? Is that how you say it? Chicagoans? Just you? Chicago? If you would have had a regular-sized Ditka, he would have made the field goal. Oh, poor guy is just banged up too. All right, so what I was saying about puzzles, piece at a time. A piece to me is a drive. You can only do it a drive at a time, offensively and defensively. So right now you are essentially, I would call it, six puzzle pieces away, five puzzle pieces away from completing kind of this picture, this section of the picture. So all you can do is focus on that puzzle piece. So how do we have success in this drive? Well, we are running the ball for over six yards of carry. Why don't we do that? And then stick with a little bit of the play action and the easy throws. I think if they come out and try to, if you are trying to get all five puzzle pieces back right away, and you are trying to, we got to throw it, we got to chuck it. I think you are playing right into the hands of Clems. We need to touch down in two minutes. Right. There is still a lot of time. Yeah. And just to give it like a little bit of a contest, I think we got a question earlier about the biggest comebacks under Savin. That's right. So 13 against Georgia, big comeback, not the biggest that Savin's had. 2016 against Ole Miss, down 21. Which, as I look at the scoreboard right now, a 21 point margin. So, if you are looking at the glass half full, half might be a little high, but there is a sliver. Three quarters full? Half full. Three quarters full? Is the glass three quarters full? I'm going to go a little lower. I'm going to go a little lower. Get your questions in, people. We can hit Steve and I on Twitter. I'm at JoelClap. Steve is at Steve Owens underscore here. Run game. What did I tell you? Yeah. I would stick with it. If Loxley doesn't stick with this right now, I'm a nervous football watcher. I'm sorry, guys. I'm not even rooting for a team. This is just how I watch football. If he drops back and throws right here, I'm going to be pissed. I think it's going to throw the whole series off. Hand the ball off. Hand it off. Hand it off. Stupid. I don't care if it was successful. I feel like it's forced. That's fine. All right. That's good. That's good for them. I don't think time is a factor at all. No. There's plenty more drives left in this game. And of course, now the run game doesn't work. What do I know? Not much other than this pizza is good. I'd love to know right now how confident Clemson fans are. Is this a nervous time for Clemson? Is this drive nervous time? Oh, no. This is going too well. I don't think so because we've seen this all game, right? We've seen them get to about here and this is where it kind of dies. Wow. Wow. What are you going to do if you're the linebacker? Nothing. He's all over him. Good play. Amazing play. You've got to stop. Remember when this game was 16-14? I do remember that. Like a while ago. All right. Last time they were down here, they had to kick a field ball. Last red zone possession. This is when the drive halted. What's the adjustment? Single-width formation here. Oh, had him too. Had him. How do you feel about that play call in second and fourth? Should they just keep killing them? I think they should. Yeah, it's tough to say when he misses the throw there, but... Third and fourth is just such a weird play call, I feel like. I would so much rather it be third and three. That time possession. Time out. 98% Feels about right. For what? She had some winning. Based on what? According to ESPN's, whatever they call it, the power of whatever it is. They always put it up there. No, I mean... Hey, do you know why? Bama scores a touchdown right here, and then all of a sudden... Can I dispel the QBR stat real quick? Sure. Ready for that? Listen then. The QBR stat was an invention to try to make a certain player look better statistically than what he was. So a bunch of really smart guys got into a room, and they found a way to create a formula that would spit out a number to make Tim Tebow look statistically like a better quarterback. That's a true story. It seems to be very slanted towards running in quarterbacks. Exactly. Yeah. Exactly. So that's why you can a lot of times have quarterbacks in particular in the NFL, where the running of the quarterback has virtually no effect on the win. You have a lot... This is not a knock on Tim. This is just... This is what it is. It's the truth. I've heard this from guys that were in the room. That's a truism. I'm just telling you right now that that was part of the deal. It's... Not a knock on anybody. The guys make the stat or Tim. It was just... Yeah. They were trying to figure out a way because of him and his impact on the game as not a dominant passer. Yeah. What was his impact on the game then overall? Yeah. That was not shade in any direction. It's getting a lot of weird looks. A lot of like the... Did that come off as shade? Yeah, well learning. But I mean, yeah, like the knock on passer rating has always been, well it doesn't incorporate the running. Correct. I agree, like there should be some sort of way to incorporate that, you know, if a guy runs for X amount of yards in a game makes a huge difference. Like that should be incorporated somehow into a metric, but the other thing that's difficult is that they've never really released the formula. That's the problem too. A two-parter? Because there's another Oklahoma, so I think let's just... Here's what we're going to do. I'm going to read this one and then you're going to scream the other one. Great throw. Tell you what, Tori's accuracy in the second half has been tremendous. It's like Tua last year. Half-time adjustment. Half-time adjustment is what it's all about. Although she keeps taping over the actual question. Well, I'm just saying. Where will Hertz go next year? Oklahoma? Kyler says on Facebook. I do think that Hertz is going to transfer. I don't know where he's going. I don't think he is going to go to Oklahoma because they've got the number one recruit in the country, Spencer Rattler coming in. They've liked Austin Kindle. I don't think that he wants to deal with that. He needs to go to a place that clearly needs a quarterback right now. And I don't think Oklahoma is the spot. Do you think Oklahoma is the spot? No, it does not feel like the spot. I mean... Yeah, no. Like with Rattler there, I mean it just doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Third down, incomplete pass. To your point, it's second and four. They've not stopped the run all night. Yeah. They throw a pass, incomplete. Come back, have to throw it because it's third and four. And now that's two straight passes that he's just missed. Now we've got to go for it on fourth again probably. He's just missed. Again, what are they? 20-yard line, 15-yard line. This thing stalls again. He's going for it? All right. I'll tell you, this is the third desperate play of the game. Where are they going? Where's Judy? Top of the screen? Isn't that Judy? Top of the screen? Yeah, we haven't heard a lot from Judy lately. No. Oh. Oh. Short. Unreal. Unreal. Unbelievable. I think he missed Judy. Judy's coming on a crossing route. Look at him. Season four. Four is wide open. Yeah. He's wide open. Tua is playing terrible full. He's wide open right there. This is wild, man. I'll tell you what. This is crazy. Who's rooting for Clemson over there? OK, I see you. I see you. What was the second part of that OU question? How do you feel about Oklahoma next year? Good. Well, I mean, what do you want from me? They're really good. They're pretty good. I like Alex Grinch a lot. Their defense should be better. Their younger players on the defensive line should provide more pressure on the quarterback. In particular, what was his name? The defensive end, the freshman. I can't think of his name. You would think Grinch coming in there, like, Oklahoma, it's not like they have no talent. Right. And Grinch was successful with Mike Leach on offense. You know, when he was at Washington State, I think that was a big reason why Lincoln went that direction. Yeah. And complete. Lawrence is flat out playing Tua. I got to tell you, Tua's numbers aren't terrible. Yeah. But how many just, like, misses as he had in big moments? He's throwing the two picks. One was a pick six. Look at this ball from Lawrence. That's a big-time throw. Back shoulder fade. Yeah. From a freshman on a far hash. What? Folks, that's really good, man. That's top-level stuff. The NFL is drooling over this kid already. He will be the number one pick in two years, obviously not next year. It's like the exact opposite. It's like Clemson's having a hard time running the football, but Trevor at least has got the last three series, whereas Bama, all they can do is run, and they keep trying to let Tua throw the ball. Yeah. So, Clemson averaging two yards of carry tonight, and they've scored 37 points. That's wild. So, that's two red zone trips, three points in those two red zone trips for Bama. They've thrown a pick six. They're down two in the turnover. They're not winning, man. They're not coming back in this game. In the show, no signs of being able to stop Clemson. None. I mean, he's going to keep throwing it. Big third down here. Third and 13 up 21. Let me tell you what you cannot do. You cannot throw a pick here if you're Trevor Lawrence. This is when young players don't quite understand the situation, right, or the magnitude of the situation. I am telling you, a punt after this play is a good play. It's a good play. The last thing you want to do is provide them a spark, a pick six, a short field. Do not throw an interception. Are you kidding me right now? This throw is a dime. Oh! Oh! I mean, all of the best ones. The good ones. Like, unbelievable. He's got a little bit of golf in him. He's got... He looks like golf a little frame-wise. Yeah. But I think he's better than what Jared was in college, in particular as a young player. This guy's playing for two more years in college, right? Like, there are... I've talked with two NFL scouts this last week that said if he was out this year, he'd be the number one pick. This year. Makes sense. Which is just asinine. Dumb rules. Keep him in college for two more years. So I'm just hoping he doesn't get hurt. I think he's going to be one of the huge catalysts. He might Nick Bosa it. I think. In two years. Wow. He's going to be a huge catalyst in this whole debate about, like, compensation and... Oh! Oh! Oh! Get that chain. Get that chain. Look at the mascots. They're going for their heads right now. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. He was reaching. Let's see. Officially. Can we get a replay? Please? Goodness. This is not even... Heads off. Heads off, mascots. Relax. Stand down. Turn over chain. Oh, no. It's just a chain. Yeah. It's just a chain now. Connor got a little excited on the first play of the game. Snapped it over his huge head. Heed! Down in front! A lot of the young kids don't even know what that's from. Is that an awesome parachute? That's right. So I married an axe murderer? Oh, my God. Let's do it. Question. I didn't tape over the word. I love it. Nice. It's been a tough night on Tori. Yeah, that's the true point. Is it just me or is this a poorly coached game by Bama? Dave says on Facebook. I agree with that. Fair. I think that's totally fair. Yeah. They haven't had a change up in the short yardage in the Wildcat. Yep. The fake field goal was a terrible call. Yep. They've gone for it twice on fourth down and I don't know if I agreed with either of them. Maybe the second one I agreed with a little bit more. Right. They don't have an answer for the pressure package from Clemson. Tua is not recognizing anything. That's a game plan type of a deal. And right now the play calling in game is not featuring the only thing that they're being successful with which is running the football. Yeah. This is as poorly a coached game as I've seen from Bama in forever. Yeah. Wouldn't you agree? Yeah. And it seems so out of character to see them like this. To your point about the plays. Last five drives. Goose egg for Bama. No points. No points in last five drives. That's got to be the longest stretch of drives that they haven't had points. This year. With two in there. All right. Third down and nine. Third down and nine. What am I calling? Alabama scored their last point a minute, less than a minute into the second quarter. That's crazy. We're almost two full quarters without a point from them. Is there like a drive chart for them for the entire series season? Five in a row has got to be the most that they've ever gone. It's got to be high. This year. Yeah. Especially with two at quarterback. Right. Maybe once they've yanked two. Yeah, that's a good point. All right. Third and nine. Where's he going with this? Blitz. Blitz. Oh. These are making plays. That is not a great throw. That's just a ridiculous catch. Oh my gosh. What is it? What? That kid's a freshman too. Man. Real quick, look at the top two next year. Bama and Clemson. Bama and Clemson five next year. Next year from wherever the championship game is at. That was a sick catch. Oh, I mean, can we stop talking about the throw? Kirk, I love you. But my goodness, it's four yards behind him. He dealt with a little love tap on the cheek. And then he sees a war daddy out there. Watch this. I mean, stop replaying the quarterback. Can we watch the catch? Thank you. Over the corner, one handed. He never puts another hand on the ball. And we're just fawning over the throw. What are we doing? Should I stop? Should I stop? You're okay. It's a catch. I mean, it wasn't even like a big hit. He didn't even go down. Yeah, I thought it was going to be a worse hit. The worst execution on the play was the quarterback. Let's stop replaying the quarterback and his love tap to his cheek. He threw four yards behind the kid. Ross, who makes... I mean, that's two in a row. Stupendous. I don't even have a word. Sick. Whatever the kids are calling it. What are they calling it these days? Yo, younger than I am. That catch was lit, bro. Silky, man. Yo, I don't know. I mean, whatever you guys say these days, while you're vaping or whatever it is you do, whatever, whatever you guys do, I don't... I did not like that sequence of broadcast, though. Fair. Fair, right? I mean, we're on the verge of a knockout right now, right? Yeah, this is like... I feel like they're getting a standing eight count right now. Bama. I mean, one thing I'll say is that the defense over the last few weeks has not been great. No, they haven't. Oklahoma got things going. Georgia moved them all pretty well on them. Hey, by the way, this is not a good look for the SEC. Your second-place team that you thought absolutely deserved a spot in the playoff got drilled by Texas and your bell cow that y'all ride on the back of their coattails for a decade because the rest of your league, I think is trash, is getting run in the national championship. I'm just telling you, it's not a good look for the SEC tonight. You can say all you want, hey, man, at least whoever beat Purdue by a lot, great. Who was that who beat Purdue by a bunch? I know Missouri lost to Oklahoma State. Was it Vandy? No, it was... gosh, it was... They just ran the quarterback again. Auburn. Yeah, that's right. Auburn, way to go, Gus. Eight and five again. Why are they running the quarterback right now? At Joel Klatt, you can at me. I said it, this is terrible for the SEC. Absolutely terrible for the SEC. Your top two teams you're going to lose. I think I might have to retract my tweet from last week, which called you the best conference in the country. Right? At this point? I mean, you might have to. It's been a bad week. Georgia getting run by Texas. It just goes to show you. Oh! It's a late hit. Maybe get your late hit replay. Oh, hey, remember when we were... This is going to turn into a Trevor Lawrence, like, you know, like, love fest. Yeah, thank you for that. I was thinking about something else. But these wide receivers are making ridiculous catches right now. I'll say it again. Remember when I was 16-14? Yes! On the kickoff he's talking about. So this is on Alabama. Touchdown. Personal foul. Late hit. All right, what are we going to make Connor do 44 times? Jumping jacks for sure. Actually, what's going to be the funniest thing on the Internet? What are people going to just, like, die over? Squats. Do we have a shake weight in the building? We've got a kettlebell. Boom. Got it. Kettle swings. Got it. Kettle swings. Kettle swings. Yeah, you're going to have to get the kettlebell swings. Here we go. 43 with the gorilla. Here, now, do not hit the TV. Okay, do not hit the TV. Don't hit that thing. Yeah, this is, you've got, like, 44 kettlebell swings. Now, you've got to, I mean, you've got to get it, and then I want the kettlebell, I want it vertical. Arms vertical. All right, vertical kettlebell swings from the tiger. Here we go. 44 of them. Come on. That's terrible. What is happening? What is happening right now? Come on. Come on. I mean, like, a quick squat. Like, do you know how to, like, use power? Like, use your hips. Oh, no, you got to. No, you go straight. Yeah, what is this boot camp? It's all in the hips, man. Tori, Tori, can we get some hips in there? Time out, time out. I'm going to do a kettlebell swing. First of all, you got to get the weight behind you, and then, see, from here, you got your back flat, and then it's all about hip explosion. You got to get it right in the hip. So you got to get back, like that. See? See? You get it up there like that. Hips? Yeah. All right. It's done. It's done. It's done. Cotter, that's all right. It's all right. Good try. The tiger on TV is still going, by the way. Oh, man. Oh, man. Oh, man. I stopped the fight right now. Yeah, exactly. Hey, Greg Sanky, throw the towel in. Throw the towel. Throw the damn towel, Greg! Greg Sanky! You're the commissioner of the best conference I've ever lived through on the towel. This is hilarious. I got to say, one of our digital executives named Michael Bucklin, he's a Georgia fan. Huge SEC honk. Just eating it right now. Eat it, Buck. Live. In fact, let's find his Twitter handle and get everyone to send some stuff. Send some stuff out. I'll find it, don't worry. I still like you, Buck. Well, it doesn't mean we don't like you. I really like you. This just means that we're friends. Where are we going here? We are one point away, by the way. Most points that Sabin's allowed at Bama. What's his handle? What's Bucklin's handle? Yeah, it was the Buck stuff? I don't follow him. Oh, here it is. Boom. He's going to have to. Okay, now listen, we're in like... Sad elephant. Yeah. This is amazing. First of all, Michael Bucklin's... His picture is him and Alan Iverson. What are we doing? What are we doing, Buck? The answer. All right, let's tweet him out. Can we tweet at Iverson? Get him involved? I think Iverson's got a Twitter handle. Third and 10 already. All right. All right. I want to know on my Twitter, is this an indictment because all you SEC honks out there and you know who you are, every game is an indictment of your conference, of the other conferences, right? Purdue gets shelled and that's an indictment of Ohio State. Well, your best two teams just got drilled in the postseason. So is that an indictment of the conference? Oh, we got him. Oh, Judy! Judy! It's a little life. A little life? Where are you? Logan on Twitter says, watching Joel chastise a tiger for using the kettle ball wrong has been the high point of this season. I agree, Logan. I absolutely agree. I felt like the kettlebells were weak. I don't want to... Was that wrong? Did they look good? I looked good. Mine or his? Yours. Yours. Here we go. Let's do some... Listen, when Gus and I get into a blowout, you got to start using your filler mode, right? So let's have an entertaining discussion here. Let's start with top five coaches of... Do you want to do the modern era? Let's do the modern era. Modern era. So that does not count Bud Wilkinson or anything like that, right? Okay, so five, I'm going to go with... I'm going to go five down to one. Urban Meyer. Urban Meyer, his record is ridiculously good, right? I mean, he's won over, what, 85% of his games? 90%? No, isn't it 95%? He's like third in the history of college football and he's done it at every single place. He won at Bowling Green. He won at Utah. He won at Florida. He won huge at Ohio State. He's 7-0 against Michigan. Number five is Urban Meyer. Number four, and this hurts being a kid from Colorado who rooted for the buffs his entire life, but got to give credit where credit is due, Tom Osborn. Tom Osborn was ridiculous. Did you know that Tom Osborn never, ever in his coaching career won less than nine games? Staggering, staggering fact for Tom Osborn. Number three, Bobby Bowden. I'm pretty sure you guys are looking at a graphic and so you don't need my scribbles on the board, but I'm just going to keep doing it because it's awesome. I mean, we have this board, you know, this cool brown marker. Bobby Bowden is number three because he finished in the top four 14 straight years. Pretty incredible, right? Does anyone disagree? Let's start throwing out here. Comments. Twitter. Come on, Facebook. I want to hear your comments right now. All you sooner fans. Where, what? Where's, you know, Switzer? Where's Wilkinson? I told you Wilkinson's not in the modern era. Where's Switzer? Where's Stoops? Not on this list. Bob Stoops. Bob Stoops. I love Bob Stoops, but here's the problem. And I actually thought about Stoops when I was creating this list. The problem is he lost to Meyer specifically in a national championship game and he doesn't have the winning percentage. Meyer has more national championships. Stoops is right there. I'm telling you, but I just, I couldn't, I couldn't do it. All right. Two, the bear. One, can I do it after this? It's still true. I did this before the game. Is it? Yeah. I said Saban. You know what though? I got to change this. Flipping him? You can't show up in a national championship game and have the worst coach game that you've had in 10 years. Right? Yeah. Listen, Bama fans are going to be, I mean, Pete was there. He was like a flash compared to the, I mean, these guys have had like longevity, right? I mean, Pete was right there as well. Pete won national championships, but he had, he really had one pocket of players that was dominant. He never won another national championship with another pocket of players, whereas Saban has won national championships with cycles of players. Bear won cycles of players. Bowden won cycles of players. Osborne cycles of players. Meyer, all the different schools, you know, so, so that's why Pete wasn't on the list. I thought about it. I'm not just like leaving Pete. There was reasons why this was happening. Yeah. So I'm going to switch it. So Bear is number one after tonight and Saban is number two. And like six is like Stoops and then, and then like seven is Pete. And then eight is Dabbo. I was going to say, where's Dabbo right now? Dabbo. Dabbo, you're creeping, man. You're creeping on Pete. What? And then Saban is like, he's like, stock is down, but that's actually up, but you get it because I'm counting down. So stock, oh, you get what I'm trying to go with that. Alabama inside the 10. I don't know if it matters, Steve. They're down four scores. It's not great. They're close getting there. Last time they were in the red zone, they failed. If they go to the Wildcat and don't pass, Saban goes to three. We're on the one yard line. You could very well see it soon. Do I need to write it again? Bowden goes to two. If they go to Wildcat. Let's do some live updates throughout the fourth quarter. Live standings. Steve's a soccer fan. He's been teaching me all about it. I do like my live standings. Live standings. By the way, I know people are like, where's your beloved Harbaugh? Not on the list. No, he doesn't have the... Got to at least have a title to be anywhere close, right? They're going Wildcat. I'm telling you. Saban's about to move to third. Guys, no, I'm sorry. I can't handle a question. We have a live shift in the greatest of all time rankings happening before our eyes. Three play calls. We'll move you. That's right. That's right. Nobody is watching this with more baited breath than Bobby Bowden. He's about to move to number two. Nope, they didn't go to Wildcat. Saban holds on to his position. But they don't get it. So... Here we go. Fourth down. A third, fourth down, and he's going down. Oh, boy. Oh, boy. Oh, my goodness. I got to tell you, this is kind of more fun than doing the actual game. Can you imagine, like, up in the booth with Gus, I was like, oh, Gus, if they go for it again, Urban's down on the list. I think the budget will give us a nice big white wall. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's that. Didn't think you would see kettlebell swings and live standings of all time lists. And I did you. You're welcome, Caffeine TV. Bobby Bowden is definitely on Caffeine TV with his granddaughter. Oh, this doesn't look good. Oh, I'm standing up there. This does not look good. Ugh. Ugh. One, wait, I got to change the order because I was all screwed up. So one, bear. Two, Bowden. Three, Saban. Trending. Down. Four. Who was four? I forgot. Osborn. He's also watching caffeine right now. He's like, I am one fourth down. Failed attempt from Alabama being from number three. Can you believe it? This is the stance when you get lower right here. Then you got herbs. Six. Who was six? Stoops. Stoops sevens. Pete. Seven point five is Davo. One more fourth down away. He's trending up. If Saban's going. I'm standing. I'm standing. This is happening. This is happening. Live all-time ranks. Where are they going to end up? Where are they going to end up? Janko, are we going to have the mascots fight? There's nothing else. All right. All right. We will break the internet tonight. Congratulations, everyone. We're going to have mascots fighting live. Nothing could go wrong. There's no HR issues there. None. We only belittled Connor for his kettlebell swings. Pretty sure I'm going to call them tomorrow for that. And now we're going to have them fight an elephant with a glove that's too small. This seems like a really bad idea. New idea. In two drives, tell your friends, right now, on social media, if Alabama does not score, Connor gets to hit Ben in the stomach. Old-fashioned toughness style. But if Bama gets a turnover or scores within two drives, then Ben gets to hit Connor. Even though he's going to win the national championship, yep, because it's the internet. Old-school hit in the stomach style, right? We can do this, right, Janko? If any of my bosses are watching, do you think this is a bad idea? Text me. My phone's right over there. Bama's got to have a left-hand glove because they're getting run. This is going to be awesome. I told you we would have a little fun in the second half. Who needs a good game? It's a little unreal, though, right? Yeah, I think this margin, but if you were to tell me, because I thought these teams were pretty evenly matched, right? I thought it would be a close game. And if you were going to tell me Alabama was going to have a fake-fuel goal, foiled three fourth-down attempts, not succeed, and two turnovers, I'd be like, oh, Clemson's going to beat him pretty bad. And that's exactly what's happening. Is there anyone we're missing on the modern, by the way, coaching? Is anyone going to throw their hat in the ring for Paterno? I suggest not. I'm sorry, who? No. I mean, HBC is good, but who are you putting Spurrier ahead of up there? And I just can't with Paterno. I just can't, I'm sorry. Can we go like Schembeckler? Is that too far? I would probably say Woody before Bo. Jimmy just was so quick, right? I mean, it was just like... Did someone say Jimbo? Leave the room. Oh, it was actually from you. You're not reading or commenting? Okay, our director has to stay. But if you were thinking it, you leave the room. Oh, my goodness. Oh, yes, sorry. Here we go. Oh, wait, sorry. My phone just buzzed, so I think a boss may have just texted. Let's see, let's see. Let's see here. No bosses. We're still on. Punch him in the stomach. I don't remember what the parameters are, but I'm pretty sure the elephant's going to get punched. Aaron says, SCC, crying, laughing face, crying, laughing face, crying, laughing face. I think there's a lot of people like that, out of the ACC. Crying emoji. Thank you. Joel, will the Pac-12 compete for a national title? Like just in ever? Let's just say when. Oh, when will the Pac-12... gonna be a what? Who's got the best shot? Like in this lifetime? Yeah, maybe in this lifetime. Who's got the best shot? Colorado. Alright. I don't know about that. I still think Washington probably, because they're the only team that has a defensive line that can go and at least compete with other top teams in the country. They signed a great defensive line. I think they're gonna improve offensively. The problem with USC is they're the team that you would probably say, hey, they've got the best shot, right? Historically, just the way they can recruit. They're just so soft that the line is scrimmaged. They're gonna need a whole cycle or two of offensive and defensive linemen to really compete at the highest level. And by the way, I've heard today from two really high level sources, really high level sources that Cliff Kingsbury is gonna accept the Arizona job. Now that's not, I'm not reporting that. I'm just saying I've heard that, which means that USC would be losing their offensive coordinator. Oh, another question, look at this. Make the Tiger do burpees next. Yes. Why didn't we not think of that? In fact, here's what we're gonna do, because who knows, it might get sloppy and no one will score or anything, but here's what we're gonna do. After the Tiger punches the elephant, then the Tiger has to do burpees. Let's see what else the Tiger will do. I still feel like we should punch the Tiger for some reason. His poor performance on the kettle ball swings. I mean, what had been do wrong, really? I mean, he's sitting here. He put on the wrong suit. Yeah, you did. Who assigned you that? Thanks a lot, Kristen Scott. At Kristen underscore Scott. I don't know what your handle is. Is that Kristen underscore Scott on Twitter? Did anyone throw anything at Bucklin? I tweeted it out at him. Oh, look at some of these comments right now. Joseph on my Twitter. You can follow me at Joelclat. You can throw questions my way. He says, Nick Saban is making Charlie Strong look good. That's a good Twitter comment. I appreciate some good snark. There's no doubt about that. Nathan says, Switzer at nine. I think we're getting into Switzer territory. We're probably getting into Switzer territory, right? We're getting into, we're getting into Switzer. We're getting into Paterno. We're getting into Spurrier. I mean, if you wanted to throw Shemethler and Hayes in there. Hayes. I think Hayes probably, I would say Switzer. If I was making the, I think the next guy is Switzer. Yeah, I'm okay with that. And I might be a prisoner of the moment with Davo right now. But he'll have two titles. A bunch of playoffs. Donald says, hey, do you remember when you said this was going to be a good matchup? I didn't really realize that we were going to, yeah. So I didn't know that Bambo was going to get shut down on fourth down three times. How come you didn't predict Clemson by 30? Hey, Joel Klatt, you suck. Touche. I really don't have one. You've got to, you've got to channel it. That's just not something you can throw out there, you know? It's not like an accent or anything, right? Yeah. Got a quarterback change. Jalen Hurts is in, which basically means Clemson is your national champion. Not that Jalen's bad. I just, I mean, this feels like, all right. Out of answers. Here's what I'll do. It's not an impersonation of Gus. I'm going to give you my favorite Gus Johnson call that I've been a part of. Okay. All right. Are we all ready for that? We're ready. All right. As Hurts gets sacked. Turns out that D-line's pretty good. Mayfield. Looking to his right. Hollywood. Who is this guy? Where'd he come from? That was it. Pretty good. That's pretty good. I don't do you justice. My man, thank you for making an appearance. That's my man right there. That was my favorite one of all time, was the Hollywood. That's a pretty good one. Let me throw this at you. I'm seeing some odds out there for next year already. Okay. There's a few that might interest you. Alabama. Alabama's still the favorite. Odds for next year. Here's why they're probably odds on favorite. Their offense is going to be incredible. Clemson, even if they win tonight, is going to lose basically their entire defensive line. So it's just not a proven deal. They're going to have all their wide receivers back. They're going to have Tua back. They're going to have any number of running backs back. They're going to have to retool a little bit on the offensive line, a little bit on the defensive line, but it's not like they have wholesale changes like Clemson. Clemson and Alabama are clearly the top two. If I'm looking to next year, I would also give the nod as my favorite to Bama for next year, even after this game. I think it's closer after this game, but yeah. A few names in here that might prick your ears. This is from who? Bobata? This is from Jeff Sherman. Superbook. Superbook. Okay. Superbook. That seems crazy. Right now with the seventh best odds in the country, right? Is that what he's saying or is he just listening? That is what he's saying. Seventh best odds in the country tied with Washington and Florida and Notre Dame at 25 to 1. You ready for this? Nebraska. Watch out. I'm not saying that's for me. That's from Sportsbook USA. Yeah. The seventh best odds. You and I really like what's happening over there. Yeah. I'm a fan of Nebraska. The second half of their season was really good. They've got a young quarterback. I'm a big fan of Scott Frost. Steve, they were one in five in one possession games. It's similar to Texas. I don't know if they'll take a jump quite like that, but Texas last year was really bad in one possession games. Fourth quarter games. Now all of a sudden they turn that around. What happens? They exploit Michael Buckland's Georgia team in the sugar bowl. You know what I think is the next step for Texas? They need to start blowing teams out. They still don't blow anybody out. I think you have to blow teams out in college in order to go 12-1 because it's just too hard physically. That's why the NFL, the best team loses two games. Why? Because it's a grind. Right? Yeah. You're in the air spot on. Don't call you the best researcher in the land for nothing, Steve. John. Oh, John at birdie bowl. John. My man. Hope you're doing well. Hope your family's doing well. He says Joel, you're in rare form tonight. Well, someone's got to be because the game is not. Hey, Claude, how are you feeling about that prediction right now? You're the worst. Oh, just the worst. OK, we're getting really close to the elephant getting punched. The main attraction. Yeah, I mean, if you haven't heard, invite your friends. You all right with this, Ben? Just an old school gut punch? I tell you what, let's do, before we get into that, next commercial break is going to be the gut punch. The elephant's getting punched. Right now, and I want all of your feedback right now, so throw it. I want you to rank your Power Five leagues now that Clemson has handled Alabama in the national championship game. One to five, rank your Power Five conferences. All right, Steve. Interactive. You're going to have to be a part of this with me. I want you, you get number five. OK. This is easy. This is a trick question. It's very easy. Conference? Yeah. Pac-12, ding-ding, and he got it, folks. The Pac-12 was not good this year. Not good this year. OK. Number four, also a trick question. I'm going to take this one. Here's the deal. I get being rated just by your best team. I get it. And that's what everyone from the ACC is going to want to do. But everyone in that league outside of Clemson is, I mean, it was bad, man. It was bad all year. Weren't we looking at teams all year long like, hey, can we please get Syracuse outside of the top 15? Can we get North Carolina State? You know what's feeling pretty good, though, right now? Syracuse? Yes, that's a good point. It comes in the best game this year. That's a good point. I'm going ACC was number four. Top to bottom. Don't at me. Yeah. Is that what the kids say? Don't at me? Is that, like, get off of me? Yeah. What does that translate to? Don't at me. What are you saying? Just don't at me. Don't mention me in the comments, yo. What about caffeine? Is that what they say on caffeine? Is that what they say on caffeine? So as Clemson is trying to eke out from their own goal line here, got the game kind of in hand, number three, I would go big 10. The middle of the league just disappointed so badly in bull season. Yeah. Yeah. You're right. Do you like that? Yeah. I'm good with that. It had a very clear top two this year and then a bit of a muddle. All right. This is where I'm going. OK. OK. A lot of what the SEC was built on was the invincibility of this team. Not only that team, but Georgia, right? In Georgia. Oh, the two bests. The two bests. So I get it. Here's where you're going to have a problem is that you had Florida and LSU handle their business in the bull season. True. And then Alabama beat Oklahoma. The best team out of that conference is better than the best team here. But the second place team is better here than they are here. And you have Oklahoma State beating Missouri. The big 12 was three and one against the SEC in bull season. So now I think this is tough, right? I think this is tough. And even if you want to include that, I think that it's tough to rank those three, to be honest with you. Yeah. It depends what you care about, right? Because the big 10 I think did a nice job against the big 12 this year. But this game, I mean, this game right here is just telling for me. Georgia got thumbs. Is this game more damning than the Georgia loss? I think they're both equally damning. In particular, like getting handled. Because the Georgia score with Texas was way closer than the game indicated. Definitely. Texas blew them out in that game. Yeah, they blew them out. And Texas didn't blow anybody out, which is what you were just talking about. They didn't blow anybody out. And all of a sudden they're running Georgia, who was the fourth best team in the country. Remember that whole argument? So that's where I'm going. Catch him. Look at this. Has Saban's team quit? This club's going to hang 50 on Saban. My buddy said, I'll be your boss. Please don't have him punch the elephant. Ah. Sorry, that's happening. I mean, is this going to happen? We're not going to get a call, are we? I mean, we can blame it on Janko. Ben, I'm on your side. I'm on your side. You guys will sign a waiver, right? Here's the deal. At Joel Klatt on Twitter right now, I need a vote. Who wants us to do the right thing versus who wants us to have the elephant get punched? A Twitter vote right now. Can we put a poll up? Yeah, let's do it. Let's do it. That's right. Here's what I want to see a poll. Elephant punches Tiger. Tiger punches elephant or no punch. I don't think I can do that. Can we start something like hashtag elephant punch? Go to my Twitter right now. Who would you rather see take a gut punch tonight live? Elephant Tiger. I think these guys better get on their phones pretty quick. Yeah, you guys better start calling people to get to my Twitter. All right, and the poll length is going to be... Quick. Yeah, it's going to be... Five minutes? Five minutes. This is a five-minute poll and go. Everyone... My goodness, Tori's back there and getting after it right now. I mean, a lot of Tiger punch votes coming from that side of the room. Tiger, tiger, tiger, tiger, tiger, tiger. Oh, what do you want to get punched? Fancy. Tiger elephant. I love this. I just want to know how many votes we're going to get because that's also fun. Punch, no question. Isn't punching the elephant the right thing to do? 33 votes already. 33, I love it. All right, I'm going to get my vote in here. Leo on Twitter says Colin Coward. I like that, Leo. Joel get punched. It's not part of the Twitter poll. All right. I'm piling on. That is a lopsided vote count. Keep those votes coming. Keep them coming. This is so good. This is really good. Ben, it doesn't look good for you right now. With 561 votes in, 86% say elephant. Oh, no. I really don't like the elephant. Man. Oh, this is good. No, this was definitely not predictable. Is this in the original rundown? Oh, my goodness. This is good. This is good. By the way, the law of polling means that these percentages are not going to change. Don't fight for extra yards. You're going to break something. Clay Travis, Touche. You know, Steve on Twitter brings up an excellent point. He says, can't be the elephant because, and then he does the Simpsons gift. Stop, stop. He's already dead. Excellent point. Excellent point. Way to go. Oh, man. Here we go, folks. You better invite your friends right now. Text people. Oh, man. You're about to see an elephant take a gut punch. I mean, a dramatic comeback from Tiger real fast. Oh, man. 1,152 votes, 85% elephant. I mean, this is like a landslide. This is like Reagan winning re-election with 49 states. Yes. I'm an electoral college nerd. All these young kids are looking around like, what is going on? Commercial time. Oh, boy. Oh, whoa, whoa. You said the poll. I don't know. I mean, we, we said, we, we, I wanted to write up here by the board. All right, hold on, hold on. I accept. I feel really bad. I want everyone to know that's ever going to watch this. I accept zero responsibility for what's about to happen. Joel Klatt signing out. How hard am I going here? Ask Janko. He's the executive. Listen, we're going to get booed off the internet. All right. Tiger angry. You know what? I know how to fix this. Al, excellent job. You took that like a champ. Let me see that glove. Let me see that glove. Tiger, you've got 44 burpees. Yes. All the way down, all the way up. Count them up. Who wants to get the tiger to throw up in his mask? Is it better back here? Can we pick it up a little bit, Tiger? That would be a fitting end to this night. All right, new game. Tiger, catch this football with your mask on. This is going to be great. Tiger, by the way, Tiger won the national championship. He's just getting destroyed right now. See what happens when you don't punch the elephant? Do you see what happens, Tiger? Oh, my goodness. Is that a skinny knee? Is that sweat on your knee or are you bleeding? Oh, my gosh. 2300 votes for the elephant. Fatic. Fatic. All right, Steve, we're going to go to the... right after this game. We're going to go to the way too early. Top 10? Top 10. All right. What's next year? Do you have those in order? No, awesome. I've got it right here. Let's just start it, the last minute 30 here. We're not the clock right now. Do you want me to move this? Do you want me to move this chair? Let's move this chair. All right, folks, way too early. Top 10 for 2019. This has just been a mulling, by the way. All right, at number 10, I debated Texas A&M. I think Texas A&M, Steve is going to be really good. Here's why I left Texas A&M out. What do you need me to do, guys? This one? Yeah. Yeah. You got it. Everyone watching is like, is this really happening? Yeah, all of it has happened. Tiger took one in the face. In the face. Okay, I didn't put Texas A&M on there, by the way, because their schedule is going to be really difficult. They've got to go to Clemson. They've got to finish out the season back-to-back against Georgia and LSU. They're going to have Alabama on that schedule. So that's why I think they're going to be really good, but I can see them being a 9-3 team. Even if they win one of those games, it can be 9-3 and not in the top 10. So as Clemson wins their second national championship under Davos Sweeney, I start at number 10 with Michigan. Right in your hand. There we are. Yes. Number 10. Obviously they've got a lot to fix on the offensive side and a lot to replace on the defensive side. I think it could be an interesting showdown at quarterback between Joe Milton, Dylan McCaffrey, and Shay Patterson. That's not a sure-file deer for Patterson. Number nine is going to be Florida. Because they beat them in the bowl game, Florida starts ahead of Michigan. I like what Felipe Franks did. Dan Mullen takes that team from just averaging over 20 points per game to in the mid-30s. Offensively, they did take a nice big jump. And then their defense got better by about five points. Eight, Notre Dame. Steve had a little disagreement with this at eight. Didn't you, Steve? I'm hesitant. I think they could fall off. Dexter Williams. Yeah. Lost Boykin. Offensive linemen. Boykin's going to the draft. The defensive back. Young. Love. Yeah. Love. Interesting. I don't think Notre Dame, they're what? 22 and four in the last two years. It's a good team. Yeah. I think that they're going to be in there. Okay. Number seven, Oregon. I think Oregon is going to be number seven. We don't even have an Oregon. That's how bad you were this year, Oregon. Let's do this. They're close. You're close up there. Geographically. Geographically. Geographically, you're close. We'll just leave them off here. Yeah. Oregon is going to be number seven. Is Oregon behind them? Yeah, maybe. No, Arizona State. Okay. Georgia is number six. Even though you got handled by Texas, Georgia is number six. I love what Georgia's done on the recruiting trail. They're a really good football team. I think that they're going to bounce back after that game and they're going to have a lot to prove after the way that they finished the season losing in the SEC championship game and the whole game. And number five, I've got OU. OU is going to have a lot to retool with, in particular on the offensive line, but I think OU is not going to have a start drop off at quarterback in part because Lincoln Riley takes any quarterback that he has and has a lot of success with him. They're going to have to replace a lot of offensive linemen, but they're pretty good at running back. They're really good at wide receiver, plus they're going to have like three of the top recruits in the country coming in at wide receiver. I've got Ohio State. Ohio State with fields, depending on whether he's going to be active or not based on that transfer waiver. We'll see. Ohio State I think could be better on the defensive side. I really like the hires that they made at the coordinator position and we'll see how Ryan Day handles it. A lot of pressure in that program because Urban Meyers set the bar off Ohio. Number three, Texas. Texas, I believe in you. In part because I really believe in your quarterback. This was really more of a quarterback ranking than it was anything else. For me, Steve, because I love Ellinger so much. Todd Orlando is really good. They seem to have that physical presence about them. They're going to have Colin Johnson back. If Lil Jordan Humphrey comes back, then we'll see. They got Stearns. They got those young safeties. Young safeties, the Keonte Ingram, the running back. Their best offensive lineman is back even though they're going to have to replace, I think, three guys up front. But Cosmi, the right tackle, he's going to be back. And then defensively, I just like what they do. They're fast, they're long, they get after the quarterback. Number two is going to be, I feel bad putting them number two after this. Should I switch them? You can switch them. I mean, Trevor's back. Trevor's back. Bama's two. Bama's two. I was going to go the opposite way, but that was a beat down tonight. A beat down. And that could linger. I'm not saying that it's going to. I'm not saying anything's over for Alabama. I'm just saying like that could linger a little bit, right? So Clemson proved that they are an incredible team. That's a good program. They're going to have to replace guys up front. But Dabo has been very public about saying he's got great young players on the defensive line that he thinks are going to be as good or better than this group in the coming future. That's what I feel good about Clemson is they are recruiting at the level and they're going to have the best quarterback in the country. I think Trevor's the best quarterback in the country. So that's where we're going. Clemson's number one. So there is my top 10 early, way too early top 10 for next season. You can at me on that. I'd love to hear your thoughts. First blush. I probably have Oregon a little high and Texas a little high. Oregon certainly because Texas proved that they can beat Georgia. They're going to start up there. And we'll see about Michigan. I might be a little high on those teams. I think Florida could start a little higher than that. Notre Dame might start a little bit lower. You're going to have Texas A&M. That's a team that's going to get a lot of run and LSU. Those are two teams that probably will start in the top 10 in the AP, but I'm going to have them just outside or not Florida, LSU and Texas A&M just outside of that top 10. So there you go. Where are your problems with that, Steve? I like it. One team that I would throw in the mix here is going to have Texas A&M throw in the mix here towards the bottom of the 10. How do you feel about Washington? Let me tell you how I feel about Washington. About how they played in the Rose Bowl there. So I feel about Washington. They were in the mix. I'm being a little facetious here. They were in the mix for Michigan. So when I got down to nine and 10, I was looking at Florida, Michigan, Texas A&M, LSU, Washington. And then the other team was Utah that I was kind of creeping into that discussion at that point. Ultimately, I just felt like Washington has too much to prove because of the way the Pac-12 played, because of the way their offense played in big moments outside of the late in that game in the Rose Bowl. They're going to have to replace their quarterback. So there was more questions for me than these teams up here. But Washington certainly was a team that I considered up there. I considered LSU was a team that I considered. I think UCF is going to get a lot of votes up there. So we'll see what happens with the preseason. But there you go. Way too early. Now what we're going to have to start talking about though is the legacy for Dabo Sweeney, right? So Dabo now has beaten Nick Saban twice for a national championship. He has built a program that was not a historical powerhouse into what is now I would consider it. It was just Alabama and now it is, Alabama is going to have to go knock the champs off. Yup. Right? The bottom line is the last two times these teams have met for a championship, Clemson has won. Yup. Yeah, I think there's a clear line, top two right now. But for a while there, it was a clear one. And Dabo's created a clear two now. Definitely a clear two. I think that this guy has put himself in the mix as one of the better coaches. And I actually really like where I had him. He's now, right now in that Pete Carroll conversation. He's building a lot like what Pete built at USC, a dominant program in college football. Clearly the dominant program in the ACC. Their schedule outside of A&M is really weak next year. So it's not like, they're not going to lose any games. They're just not. They're going to be right back in the playoff. I almost guarantee it. I guarantee it more so than Bama because of the fact. Yes. Much easier path. The LSU, Texas A&M are better. Mm-hmm. Georgia is there. Yup. So Bama has a tougher path to the playoff. Yup. This team is going to be back. There's no doubt. And Dabo's run is starting to stretch out now. Yeah. Now you get two different quarterbacks. Yeah. We're getting six, seven years almost now. He had success with, why am I blanking his name? The kid right before Deshaun Watson. Anyways, he started to have success. He built it. Then he gets Watson, takes the next step. Yup. And now he's continued it. Yup. It'll be interesting because this defensive line has been there, though, for both of these championships. Mm-hmm. You know, it's been these kids. So now he's going to have to retool on that side of thing. I don't think this impacts Nick Saban's legacy at all. Very similar. He just dropped him like three spots in the power rankings while we were watching the game. Yeah, I mean the power rankings. Those were very official. They were very official. No, I mean, in all seriousness, he's going to go down as one of the greatest, right? I think he's going to be considered one of, if not the greatest. This, to me, is very similar to Belichick and Brady losing a Super Bowl. Sure. You're kind of like, hey, you get there enough and it's bound to happen. Ridiculous that you're there every year. Exactly. So that's kind of his leg. He's one of the best ever. This program is still on a run that is unprecedented in the history of college football, and they're going to be back. They're going to be the top two next year, and it's going to take an upset to prevent us from seeing Clemson Bama five. Totally. I totally agree. We will see these two teams in the four. Maybe they get matched up with each other earlier in the final, but there's no indication that these two will not be here again next year. This was fun. It was fun. College football season has come to an end, and that makes me very sad. I love college football, right? College football is amazing. Quickly, I want to take a moment to thank our whole team here, not just for tonight, but all season long. Okay. So we have a really dedicated crew, not only on the road when we're doing games, but all of the digital producers, all the digital crew that puts together all these videos, edits, all the videos, interact with you on social media, and we have one of the most loyal social media followings because of our crew and what they do and how they do it. 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Thank you for watching. Folks have a really safe night and a happy, happy off season. Enjoy it. I've got a tea time tomorrow. You know what I mean? Absolutely. Thanks, bud. I appreciate it. It was fun. All right, have a good night, everybody.