HOUR | Diesel & Cole Bryson debate the CFP rankings, preview South Carolina vs. Texas A&M, and discuss Baltimore’s QB dilemma.

Diesel (0:10)

From the fields to the courts, and the quit iron to the tracks.

Cole Bryson (0:14)

Electrifying sports talk from start to finish. You're going wire to wire.

SPEAKER_3 (0:18)

With Diesel and Cole Bryson. On The Fan Upstate.

Diesel (0:21)

Well, there are only Cole 3 things that I know of that are guaranteed in this world. Death, taxes, and everyone. Freak it out about the college football playoff rankings. They're out. Last night, the very first college football playoff rankings were revealed, and there was absolutely no controversy.

No fan bases saying they've been slided. I mean, it's not like we don't have still like another month of football to be played, and none of this on day number one of CFP will matter in four weeks time, Cole. But people are losing their minds over what the college football playoff committee thought and put out there for their very first rankings. Welcome in to Wire 2 Wire. He's Cole Bryson. I'm Diesel. We're here at the Ingles Markets on Highway 9 in Boiling Springs. It's my first time ever being in the store, Cole. You have talked this place up in a major way.

Cole Bryson (1:18)

Nice, huh?

Diesel (1:19)

It is bougie, man.

Cole Bryson (1:21)

I mean, spacious, right?

Diesel (1:23)

Yeah. One of your space, the fattest of women can come in here.

Cole Bryson (1:26)

I mean, it is. No, come on.

I'm just saying.

Diesel (1:31)

It is nice. You could have said like Division 1 linemen or something like that.

Cole Bryson (1:35)

Well, a lot of those could play Division 1 linemen, you know? But it is. It's a beautiful store. I wish the weather was better, like that big yellow thing up in the sky.

Diesel (1:44)

We had too much of that, though.

SPEAKER_3 (1:46)

We need some rain.

Cole Bryson (1:48)

I think we're getting some rain this afternoon.

Diesel (1:50)

Oh, thank God. Welcome into the show, Tolo's. We have a $25 Ingles gift card to give away. One, exactly one of these $25 Ingles gift cards. So it is, while supplies last, but the supplies are already low, because there's only one of them you want to get here. Highway 9 and Boiling Springs. Come on out here. Check out this brand new store. This is awesome. A big show lined up for you here today on Wire 2 Wire. Coming up in the 4 o'clock hour, Jed Blackwell of Prep Red Zone, going to be talking high school football now that the regular season is done.

I know that's sad. It's sad to think about, Cole. The regular season is done. Everybody is one loss away from ending their season.

Cole Bryson (2:31)

That is. I mean, it is sad. But it's exciting. I love it, man. High school football. And will also be the Saturday scramble will be at this same location this Saturday, too. So I'm double-dipping this week. But you're right. Yep.

Diesel (2:43)

520, Bill Bender of The Sporting News, a national perspective, got a lot to talk to him about. I'm sure we'll get into, Cole, the conversation here about this very first college football playoff poll right out of the gate outside of, you know, one or two that actually makes sense. What were the biggest standouts for you? The number one glaring. Oh, my God. Why was that team ranked where they're ranked?

Cole Bryson (3:09)

Well, you know, I don't know yet if I necessarily agree or disagree with it. I'm still letting it marinate. But I think for me, and I think for a lot of people as well, seeing Notre Dame where they were was surprising.

Just in the difference of the two polls, because I asked you yesterday, would the top five of the AP poll with Diesel be the exact same as the top five of the college football playoff? And you said, no way.

Diesel (3:35)

Not a chance.

Cole Bryson (3:35)

And it was not. I think for the most part, of course, there are a couple of things. The Big Ten fans, Diesel, they're pissed off because the SEC bias. We had Buckeye Mike, of course, tweeting us earlier today. So there are a lot of people upset. Yeah. But I think just out of the gate, number one surprise is compare the AP now to the college football playoff. And look where Notre Dame is in the AP. That would be what? Number four?

Diesel (3:59)

Four.

Cole Bryson (3:59)

And in the college football playoff, they are number 11 So that's a big difference in the two polls. And why is the question right?

Diesel (4:08)

You know, if we had if we had a methodology that we could all look at and say, okay, I understand why you are where you are. And also carrying all of this with a big grain of salt, knowing that there's still a lot of change to come here.