Chuck Todd

Host of The Chuck ToddCast | Head of Politics & Host of “Sunday Night with Chuck Todd" for @NoosphereApp | Oh, and yes, I tweet about sports too.

[Chuck Todd @chucktodd]

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Susan Glasser tells @chucktodd that progressive Democrats will attack their own party if they work with Trump.

@sbg1: “Donald Trump’s dealmaking power, his leverage, is evaporating by the second. His desire to have accomplishments is metastasizing at the very moment when his ability to cut deals in a conventional sense is disappearing.”

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[Chuck Todd @chucktodd]

I’m sorry. This entire exercise by this cmte looks dishonest. Every SEC team is treated differently than teams from the other conferences. If the SEC were so good, why have their teams not dominated as the playoffs expanded? The priors don’t support this bias in favor of the SEC especially this season!

[CFB Kings @CFBKings]

Last week:

5-3 South Carolina was #21.
6-2 Arizona was #22.

South Carolina beat 4-5 Texas A&M by one possession at home.

Arizona beat 4-5 TCU by one possession at home.

6-3 South Carolina moved UP 4 spots.
7-2 Arizona moved DOWN 1 spot.

Very cool, CFP (SEC) committee!

[Chuck Todd @chucktodd]

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[Adam Lichtenstein @ABLichtenstein]

Crazy talk

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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore responds to claims from his former Army supervisor, retired Lt. Col. James Gottschling, that he never led soldiers in combat in Afghanistan.

@iamwesmoore: “I pray for him and his family. ... I think his OER of me and what he wrote about me before that speaks for itself.”

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[Chuck Todd @chucktodd]

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[Ari Wasserman @AriWasserman]

This is the same shit they did with Notre Dame and Miami last year. Same exact thing.

Use all the metrics in the world available to you, deemphasize the game that happened between the two teams in question.

This one is worse, too, because Tennessee beat the crap out of Alabama.

[Gaby Urrutia @GabyUrrutia247]

Miami lost Malachi Toney during Wednesday’s practice.

The team travelled to South Bend Thursday.

Had one “practice” to replace arguably the best player in the country.

Were inches and/or a half a second of “possession” away from forcing OT against Notre Dame.

No. 7 is crazy.

[Chuck Todd @chucktodd]

If the records are the same, use all the metrics you want to determine which 7-2 team is ranked higher. But let’s stop rewarding 2-loss teams over 1-loss teams from the power 4. To quote Herm Edwards, YOU PLAY TO WIN THE GAME

[Dusty Baker @DustyBakerTV]

Compare the #CFBPlayoff rankings from Week 11 this year (Nov. 10 rankings) to Week 11 in 2016, 2011, and 2006.

"Strength of Schedule" has officially been given more weight than actually taking care of business and winning games.

That is a massive problem for college football.

[Chuck Todd @chucktodd]

Call me crazy, but a “bad” win should matter more than a “good” loss. And while I have no beef with GA at No. 1, ask yourself how the cmte would have treated a Miami or ND for losing to Auburn AT HOME!

[Dusty Baker @DustyBakerTV]

Compare the #CFBPlayoff rankings from Week 11 this year (Nov. 10 rankings) to Week 11 in 2016, 2011, and 2006.

"Strength of Schedule" has officially been given more weight than actually taking care of business and winning games.

That is a massive problem for college football.

[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

The Economist has updated its quantitative estimate of the largest tycoons of all time. Henry Ford is still the greatest tycoon of all time for Bezos and Musk are closing in.

[CFB Kings @CFBKings]

Miami drops 6 spots for losing by one possession on the road to #5 Notre Dame without their best player.

Wake Forest STILL can’t crack the Top 10 despite being 8-1 and destroying everyone they play (so Miami can’t have a win over a Top 10 team).

7-2 SMU unranked (so Wake Forest can’t get a ranked win this week).

7-2 Duke unranked (so Miami can’t get a ranked win this week).

I’ve said it before and will say it again: Outside of helping the SEC in every single conceivable way, the CFP committee’s primary goal is to destroy the ACC.

[CFB Kings @CFBKings]

6-3 Louisville:
• Lost to Ole Miss by 3
• Three losses by a total of 9 points
• Best win: Beat 7-2 SMU

6-3 LSU:
• Lost to Ole Miss by 8
• Three losses by a total of 27 points
• Best win: Beat 6-3 Clemson

Why is LSU ranked and Louisville isn’t?

[Pat Forde @ByPatForde]

Indiana dropped five spots without playing. Miami dropped six spots after losing on the road by a touchdown to a high-quality opponent without its best player.

Never change, committee.

[Paolo Uggetti @PaoloUggetti]

So BYU loses to Utah by a score and drops one spot. Miami loses to ND by a score and drops five spots. Make it make sense.

[Chaz Nuttycombe @ChazNuttycombe]

Democrats won the popular vote in the North Carolina State Senate races by 16 points, 58 - 42.

By all metrics, North Carolina is the most gerrymandered state in the country, and as a result, Republicans will keep their majority in the chamber by a few hundred votes.

[Brad Todd @BradOnMessage]

The takeaway is that the political consulting industry got over-invested in negative TV, not over-invested in TV. In Senate races, positive TV, or contrast, candidate-to-camera, is what drives success. This has been true for a long while & it’s why crappy fundraisers are dead wood.

[Chuck Todd @chucktodd]

Attn: @ACCFootball

[Tim Reynolds @ByTimReynolds]

The CFP committee is announcing, very loudly, that the ACC is not getting two teams in under any circumstances.

[Barry Jackson @flasportsbuzz]

The systemic institutional bias against ACC, and in favor of SEC, will never change. ACC needed 24 teams in field to even get 2nd team in. Miami kicking SEC butt in postseason last year changed nothing. Hard to overcome systemic bias

[Chuck Todd @chucktodd]

“Explains” is doing a lot of work here. This is embarrassing. Don’t put this guy out to be a punching bag. Kill the show.

[Awful Announcing @awfulannouncing]

CFP Selection Committee chair Hunter Yurachek explains to Rece Davis why Notre Dame jumped 6 spots and Miami fell 6 spots in the latest rankings.