The College Football Survivor Show

On this big Wednesday edition of The College Football Playoff Show, Doug Lesmerises and Shehan Jeyarajah are joined by Ben Garrett of The Talk of Champions podcast about Ole Miss football to discuss what the Rebels will have to do to knock off defending national champion Alabama this week. Quarterback Matt Corral and head coach Lake Kiffin might be the right combination to upset the Crimson Tide and add to what has been a wild first month of the season.

Before Ben jumped on, Doug and Shehan opened with their usual Wednesday plan: Are there any new teams worthy of joining the playoff discussion this week? The nominees were Florida, Arkansas, Notre Dame and Baylor.

Then after Ben's appearance, Doug and Shehan ranked their contenders. There were pretty big disagreements about Iowa, with varying views on Ole Miss, Penn State and Cincinnati, Georgia and Alabama as well. But the continued struggles of Oklahoma? Doug and Shehan agreed on that.

The episode concluded, as usual, with kicking a team out of the playoff discussion. The choices this week were two teams coming off losses: Clemson and Texas A&M.

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On this Wednesday episode of The College Football Playoff Show, Doug Lesmerises and Shehan Jeyarajah are back to welcome teams to the discussion, kick teams out of the discussion, and rank all the contenders.

First up this week -- should Florida, Michigan or Ole Miss join the group of playoff contenders? The Gators pushed Alabama to the brink, the Wolverines have been steamrolling everyone and Ole Miss might feature the quarterback playing better than anyone right now -- Matt Corral.

Then Doug and Shehan rank the contenders, with some disagreement over Georgia, Alabama, Penn State, Iowa and Texas A&M, among others. Do the Nittany Lions look like a top-four team after a home win over Auburn? Shouldn't Georgia be the sure No. 1 with the way the Bulldogs' offense is starting to click? How much worry should there be about the Aggies now that backup QB Zach Calzada has shown improvement.

Then, the episode finishes with a promise to boot one team from the ranks of contenders -- is it Clemson, Notre Dame or Ohio State?

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It's a Wednesday version of The College Football Playoff Show, which means time to add some teams to the pool of playoff contenders and time to kick one out.

Doug Lesmerises and Shehan Jeyarajah take on that task, with Oregon, Penn State, Ole Miss and Florida the candidates to be welcomed to the list of contenders this week. On the other end, either Ohio State, Notre Dame, Texas A&M or Iowa State is getting booted, so be ready.

Also on this show:

• A very interesting stretch for Alabama over the next month with games against Florida, Ole Miss and Texas A&M. Should the Tide be on upset alert?
• The wild Texas A&M 10-7 win over Colorado last week. Can the Aggies hang around while playing their backup QB with starter Haynes King out?
• A special visit from Iowa podcaster Tyler Kluver, a former long snapper for the Hawkeyes who's now a co-host of the Washed Up Walkons podcast. How close are the Hawkeyes to hanging with the best in the country after their win over Iowa State?

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On this press conference episode of The College Football Playoff Show, Doug Lesmerises and Shehan Jeyarajah address the breaking news on the firing of USC coach Clay Helton. What led to his dismissal, and who's the right coach to replace him and return the Trojans to regular contender status?

Then, Doug and Shehan get to questions from text subscribers. Among them:

• If Clemson and Ohio State both finish with one loss, which has the better chance to make the playoff? The year-long contest to better impress the selection committee is on.
• What actually happened to the Buckeyes in their loss at Oregon?
• Could we be headed toward massive playoff chaos at the end of the year, as we saw in 2007?
• Could UCLA-Oregon turn into a vital playoff matchup?
• With so much going on for supposed contenders, it is possible that Alabama and Georgia are the only actually good teams?
• Does Penn State deserve a longer look as a playoff possibility?

Thanks for listening to the Tuesday Q&A pod of The College Football Playoff Show. Make sure to catch the Wednesday pod where new contenders will be welcomed, tired old contenders kicked out, and every real contender will be ranked against each other.

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On this big Wednesday episode, Doug Lesmerises and Shehan Jeyarajah think about welcoming some new teams to the discussion, think about kicking some teams out of the discussion, and in between rank all of the real national title contenders in college football.

With the help of their text subscribers (you can join the texts for a 14-day free trial at 817-442-6789), Doug and Shehan start by adding a team to the current 10 contenders. Penn State, Iowa, UCLA and Texas are discussed, and one of them is voted in.

Then Doug and Shehan rank all their contenders, where the biggest disagreement is over Clemson and Oklahoma.

Then finally, they kick out a contender, with Oregon, Iowa State, Notre Dame and Clemson all considered. One of them gets the boot.

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