I know people hate Pat McAfee and SAS and blame them for everything, but if you haven’t seen the version of SportsCenter that these 2 guys host, I promise, you haven’t seen the bottom of the ESPN barrel.
@rhettkline6@4@5@MadDogUnleashed@espn Yeah we did a whiteboard segment on get up where we move teams around and it’s actually really hard. So many teams from 4-13ish are in the exact same boat. If you justify moving one up it contradicts another move. It’s a crapshoot honestly. Good for CFB with this much parity
@MonteJr5@FirstTake@stephenasmith No this wasn’t a shot at Tennessee. Talking through the context of Bama being ranked #5…if they are that good, can’t lose to Tennessee by 16 and look that inept. Love Tennessee, I argued they should’ve been much higher.
@MonteJr5@FirstTake@stephenasmith To lose by 16 is inexcusable if you’re the #5 team and after how they looked against UGA. I love Tennessee. I have argued they should be a lot higher. This wasn’t a shot at UT.
@TaylorGangsc2@FirstTake Every single year he reset his roster with one of the biggest infusion of new players every single year. That’s why he was hired. Acting like NOT making the playoffs is okay after spending 100+ million dollars to just field THIS 2026 team….that is wrong
Totally get it. Honestly feel for him. And how he has navigated the side show this entire season (and last) has been first class. Unfortunately when you only get a few minutes of CFB content on the main ESPN shows it’s focused on the most lightning rod topics. Wish we had a few full hours a day to talk CFB on these shows so we could do it all justice.
Absolutely possible. And I’ve stated that. We aren’t in those meeting rooms so we are only guessing as to how much they have or have not allowed him to do and whether he has executed or failed to at times whether in games or in practice and how that has effected how the offense is designed and called.
@JacksonEntrekin@AmandaMAtwell Yeah unfortunately on shows like Get Up and First Take it’s NFL driven. So conversation is always framed in that context. Exactly why we need a daily CFB studio show on ESPN
With Texas A&M's defense coming up, things could get dicey for Alabama if they can't run the football! - @jrodgers11
Is the Alabama dynasty officially in danger?
That is the key point. That’s what I’m saying …margin for error is slim. And it’ll be more about HOW they look in wins not just if they win. Not agreeing with it. Just stating there are going to be a lot of really good 9-3 teams with really good wins and if OSU doesn’t look great even in wins they aren’t necessarily safe from being jumped by a team with more losses. Again not saying that is going to happen. Saying it’s absolutely relevant how they look moving forward.