About this episode
College football playoff rankings, CFP chaos and conference championship scenarios across the SEC, Big Ten, Big 12 and ACC take center stage as George Wrighster and Ralph Amsden fire up a full College Football Apostles episode. From Alabama vs Auburn in the Iron Bowl and Ohio State vs Michigan in The Game, to Oregon Ducks vs Washington Huskies, Texas Longhorns vs Texas A&M, Notre Dame, Miami and more, they dig into who’s overrated, who’s being slept on and how wild this postseason picture could get. George and Ralph start by tearing into the latest College Football Playoff rankings, calling out fans melting down over Miami and Notre Dame, and explaining why the committee mostly just sorts teams by win–loss record while everyone screams about “injustice.” They move into the insane conference title math: Big Ten tiebreaker mess with Ohio State, Indiana, Michigan and Oregon, ACC chaos paths for Miami, complicated SEC championship scenarios with Alabama, Georgia, Texas A&M and Ole Miss, and Big 12 title possibilities that still keep Arizona State and BYU alive. From there, it’s pure matchup talk: Iron Bowl upset potential with Deuce Knight and Auburn, Ohio State’s suffocating defense against Michigan’s grind-it-out style, Georgia vs Georgia Tech as a sneaky chaos spot, and Oregon–Washington as a Big Ten football heavyweight fight. They also hit the Egg Bowl drama around Lane Kiffin and Ole Miss, Texas A&M’s flimsy résumé in the Texas rivalry, LSU–Oklahoma, Vanderbilt–Tennessee, USC–UCLA, and even Notre Dame–Stanford and Utah–Kansas as games that could quietly flip the narrative. If you want long-form, honest, funny CFB talk with no manufactured outrage, this episode is your ride through the final week before the bracket is real. The Unafraid Show is about US! Make sure to follow the Unafraid Show on all Social channels: - Follow Unafraid Show on Twitter for more exclusive content: https://twitter.com/UnafraidShow - Subscribe to The Unafraid Show on YouTube for weekly episodes! - Join our Facebook community: https://facebook.com/UnafraidShow - Get a closer look on Instagram: https://instagram.com/unafraidshow Chapters: 00:00:00 – Intro, CFP rankings drop & why chaos is coming 00:01:57 – Miami vs Notre Dame ranking debate and “injustice” talk 00:05:52 – Oregon football jumping Ole Miss football 00:09:26 – Do rankings even matter yet? Bullying the committee & NY6 bowls 00:12:09 – Conference title chaos in Big Ten, Big 12, SEC and ACC 00:17:59 – Why Alabama football vs Auburn could blow up the CFP picture 00:19:55 – DeBoer, Deuce Knight and the wild Auburn upset path 00:22:52 – DJ Durkin’s 0–4 history vs Alabama defenses 00:23:54 – Michigan vs Ohio State: elite defense, Heisman talk & trust issues 00:28:21 – Georgia vs Georgia Tech: upset odds and Brent Key/Clark Lea futures
