HOUR | Cole & Diesel react to the latest CFP rankings, why Indiana was penalized for having a BYE, & Jed Blackwell joins the show to talk HS Football Playoffs Round II | WIRE 2 WIRE 11 11 26 HOUR 1

Cole Bryson (0:02)

Well, the College Football Playoff Rankings, Week 2, I guess we can call it, or how about Version 2?

They are out, Diesel, and there is one or two things to react to when it comes to what was released last night. I mean, just, it's gonna be a slow news day. Nothing to talk about on this hump day. But boy, College Football Playoff, the big topic of discussion, where the local team is in the South Carolina Gamecocks. There's a lot to get to there, Diesel, as well. Welcome in to Wire 2 Wire. He is Diesel, I'm Cole Bryson. So good to be with you on this hump day edition of Wire 2 Wire. You can watch the show live on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. So Diesel, you and I yesterday on the show predicted what would happen in last night's rankings. There were a few things we got right, a few things I got wrong, but I will say, I've got a couple of thoughts, and I want to start with, I think, the most egregious thing that happened last night. And you asked me yesterday on these airwaves, you said, Cole, you think Indiana is going to get punished for having to buy?

You asked me that. Remember asking me that?

Diesel (1:18)

I did. It seemed ludicrous at the time, right? Like, we don't punish teams for losing in conference championship games. You can't punish a team for not playing, can you?

Cole Bryson (1:28)

Oh boy, yes, you can. And that's my biggest problem. Number one talking point with last night's rankings, right?

Diesel (1:37)

Southern Cow is going to get it this weekend.

Cole Bryson (1:39)

Oh yeah. So look, you asked me yesterday, could it happen? And I said, yes. Did I think they were going to drop five spots talking about Indiana? So they didn't lose Saturday. They didn't even play on Saturday. The Hoosiers went to bed ranked fourth in America, took the weekend off and woke up ninth.

Meanwhile, Alabama has two losses and is ranked third. Tennessee beat Alabama by 16 points. And the Volunteers are at number eight, way behind Alabama.

Now, Diesel, I'm not sitting here telling you Indiana is the best team in college football. By any means, I'm not even telling you they're one of the four best, but I'm asking you and the Tolos on this Hump Day a simple question. What did, what, I can't even say this without laughing. What did Indiana do between last Tuesday and this Tuesday to deserve falling five spots?

Diesel (2:35)

It's like Josh Hoover got hurt over the week and they announced he's not going to play for the next three or four games.

Jed Blackwell (2:43)

Did that happen? Maybe it did. Maybe it did.

Cole Bryson (2:46)

Are you sure?

Diesel (2:47)

Positive.

Cole Bryson (2:48)

Okay. Well, they were the fourth best team last week. So I guess that's my question. When you start with Indiana, we'll get to all the other chaos from last night in a second, Diesel. But my question is the committee. Committee, can you please sit down, sit down with your shrimp cocktail and let's have a conversation. If they weren't the fourth best team last week, why did you rank them fourth last week?

You, nothing changed. Yeah. So I don't understand.

Diesel (3:18)

And it's not like there are a game behind everybody else. If you wanted to say, Yeah. If Indiana had already had their bye week and Alabama, UCLA, Notre Dame were one game ahead of them, then that would make sense. Like there's one less data point on Indiana.

It'll come out in the wash once Indiana catches up. That's not the case though. They were a game ahead of everybody. They've already played nine football games. That's what it took last weekend for everybody else to reach their ninth football game. So Indiana already had enough information on them in their nine games and their eight and one start to say, this is the number four team in the country.

I know Alabama Boat Race LSU, but this LSU program has, or team has a lot of warts. UCLA, I get it. Move UCLA ahead of them, that's fine. They're nine and They're in the same conference. Notre Dame had a big emotional win, but like I said yesterday, Notre Dame let Miami come back. That should be seen as a wart on Notre Dame.

Cole Bryson (4:20)

Diesel, here's what we have a problem with. Here's what we as college football fans have an issue with. I think every single week, the college football playoff rankings shake out how they may. Of course, we're going to have a problem here, a problem there.