Alabama are a playoff team NOT a championship contender?! + CFP predictions | Get Up

great Heather den and the great Paul fine bomb we've got some berries burning questions to get to as we embark on week zero and it's going to be fun Heather first up who is the biggest threat to Florida state in the ACC Barry I'm going with Miami on paper they might be the most talented team in the conference but they've got to win the close games last year they lost four onore games and they outgained all four of those opponents by a combined 251 yards if they can change that and win those games they can win the ACC I'm with you I love Miami this year and Mario christall he is loaded Paul your burning question which team is under the most pressure to win the title Ohio State uh they have so much on the line with the with possibly the most talent in the country mat they have everything except maybe a proven uh big time winning quarterback but they have all the other pieces and and here Here We Go Again Ryan day has lost three in a row he can't afford to lose three four in a row to Michigan and not go very deep in the playoffs so the pressure is on him let's switch gears now from the Big 10 to the SEC Heather is Alabama closer to the national championship title or missing the college football playoff can't believe I'm saying this Matt but missing the playoff how about this sneaky hembo stat for you every coach since bear Bryant has lost four games at least four games in his first year at the helm so there are a lot of trap games on the schedule for Alabama they've got a talented team but this isn't a national title win this is a playoff team not a national title Contender Paul She Went sneaky HMO on you to back up the stat do you agree with what Heather said yeah I I I do agree and it's sad for me to admit that I've covered every one of those Alabama coaches since Bran who has lost four games that show shows you how far back I go with the Crimson Tide something always goes wrong and I know the Alabama fans don't think anything is ever going to go wrong they were spoiled by Bryant and then later Savin uh but things can go wrong especially with road games Matt at Oklahoma at LSU at Tennessee even the game at Wisconsin early on uh plus a home game against Georgia it's a brutal schedule yeah Paul you were around so long people actually read newspapers when you were covering the Crimson Tide back in the day which is which is just to say nothing all right speaking of this Alabama talk Dan Mullen he's been a head coach of the SEC at Mississippi State in Florida these were his official SEC predictions Texas Georgia missou Old Miss LSU but look at where he has Alabama he has Bama finishing sixth Paul if Mullen is right what happens if they finish sixth in the SEC well fans will be trying to yank Nick off the game day set and bring him back to coach because that that's not that's not permissible at Alabama this is a school mat that that played for the national championship just about every year uh in the last 10 or 11 and they won they only won six of those so finishing that low in the SEC missing the Playoffs that's a complete bust for kin dor if that happens and if Dan is right see what he does in year one but it is a lot of pressure following a legend speaking of pressure they had me last night put together my first 12 Team Bracket so for the good of the show I played along I'm not going all chalk like everyone else is doing here is Barry's bracket allaha greeny's list I've got Georgia Oran Virginia Tech and Oklahoma state is your conference champions they get in with the buy Buckeyes Texas Alabama Old Miss Penn State Missouri Utah and I've got Memphis as your group of five Champion highest ranked getting in the playoff so Heather look at it rip it discuss it what did I get right Barry it's a good thing you're looking sharp today buddy because your your outfit there might be the only thing you got right here today on this show but I look Georgia I'll go with Georgia I'll give you that one okay but Virginia Tech not quite there yet Florida State Clemson Miami maybe I know you love Virginia Tech I know you love the hookies and Oregon could be absolutely I'll give it to you good possibility good pick but I'm going with the Buckey how could you not they're just the better team and we talked about the pressure that they're under and I've got Utah winning the Big 12 because K Whittingham veteran coach veteran quarterback stingy defense but you know that's that's just my take but you're looking great today Matt you're looking great but Oklahoma state has the most returning starters coming back and that's something you don't have these portal guys trying to get the chemistry Paul it's your turn fire away yeah I try to sit next to Heather in class every day because she's so smart and uh other than the fact that she said you're looking great I I agree with her total evisceration of you Matt I mean that that's that's a fairly embarrassing uh field I don't know what you were thinking about uh the Oklahoma State uh not happening Virginia Tech I mean Matt please I what what is you must be going to Virginia Tech early in the season for a game to try to try to suck up and butter them up I can't come I can't come up with anything that that Rivals the idiocy of that one all right Paul if Virginia Tech does come out of the ACC the got a favorable schedule they got a lot of returning 20 I think they return all 22 of their starters if they come out of the ACC you're shaving you're shaving what little hair you have left and you're going to go that way the entire postseason meanwhile on planet Earth our very own hary Douglas well they're over there in Ireland and when you go to Ireland what do you do you drink Jameson they're at the Jameson Distillery and I'm pretty sure this had a lot to do with it embracing the Irish culture with the Irish jig dance moves okay I mean that's what receiver footwork looks like but he wasn't the only one over there doing this EJ Manuel got into the act as well and well when you put a receiver footwork to a quarterback footwork hey I mean that I mean that Paul that looks like you who's more Irish Heather who do you vote for there EJ or or or Harry listen a couple more Jameson and and these guys would have it down 100% And and if there was a college football playoff bracket for these two I'm I'm going with Harry with a first round buy and EJ with the at large bed Paul new bet if I'm right about Virginia Tech you're put you're putting Jameson in your cereal for a month cing down the good times staring down the clock throw some Hallelujah