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Chuck Klosterman

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The Bill Simmons Podcast
A Holiday Check-in on Anything and Everything With Chuck Klosterman

It's almost more than professional sports. Because professional sports at least has like free agency guidelines and stuff. And salary gaps and all these things. I mean, it's in a way more professional than pro sports is. Like, I see people say like, oh, well, Deion Sanders... You know, go to the NFL now.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
A Holiday Check-in on Anything and Everything With Chuck Klosterman

And it's like, this is actually where he should be at college, because he really speaks the language of a kid who's like, I want to win, but also what's in it for me. And that seems to be sort of what the nature of this is now. That People were just more accepting, I guess, of this idea that you should be able to just put these teams together instantly.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
A Holiday Check-in on Anything and Everything With Chuck Klosterman

And it's like, this is actually where he should be at college, because he really speaks the language of a kid who's like, I want to win, but also what's in it for me. And that seems to be sort of what the nature of this is now. That People were just more accepting, I guess, of this idea that you should be able to just put these teams together instantly.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
A Holiday Check-in on Anything and Everything With Chuck Klosterman

And it's like, this is actually where he should be at college, because he really speaks the language of a kid who's like, I want to win, but also what's in it for me. And that seems to be sort of what the nature of this is now. That People were just more accepting, I guess, of this idea that you should be able to just put these teams together instantly.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
A Holiday Check-in on Anything and Everything With Chuck Klosterman

Because what really has happened, I think, is that the teams who are always the elite power teams, they've lost their depth, basically. That is what has happened. These coaches have said, well, there's three strong safeties at LSU or there's four offensive tackles at Texas A&M. They can't all play. They all think they're going to play, but some of them aren't.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
A Holiday Check-in on Anything and Everything With Chuck Klosterman

Because what really has happened, I think, is that the teams who are always the elite power teams, they've lost their depth, basically. That is what has happened. These coaches have said, well, there's three strong safeties at LSU or there's four offensive tackles at Texas A&M. They can't all play. They all think they're going to play, but some of them aren't.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
A Holiday Check-in on Anything and Everything With Chuck Klosterman

Because what really has happened, I think, is that the teams who are always the elite power teams, they've lost their depth, basically. That is what has happened. These coaches have said, well, there's three strong safeties at LSU or there's four offensive tackles at Texas A&M. They can't all play. They all think they're going to play, but some of them aren't.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
A Holiday Check-in on Anything and Everything With Chuck Klosterman

So now we're going to strip those things away. And it really has balanced things out now. Like, I don't think the SEC is as dominant as it was in the past. I don't know if the difference between these teams, not just them in the Big Ten, but sort of them and everyone, is much less than it was in the past.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
A Holiday Check-in on Anything and Everything With Chuck Klosterman

So now we're going to strip those things away. And it really has balanced things out now. Like, I don't think the SEC is as dominant as it was in the past. I don't know if the difference between these teams, not just them in the Big Ten, but sort of them and everyone, is much less than it was in the past.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
A Holiday Check-in on Anything and Everything With Chuck Klosterman

So now we're going to strip those things away. And it really has balanced things out now. Like, I don't think the SEC is as dominant as it was in the past. I don't know if the difference between these teams, not just them in the Big Ten, but sort of them and everyone, is much less than it was in the past.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
A Holiday Check-in on Anything and Everything With Chuck Klosterman

And that's why I think when they kind of figure out what teams to put in the playoff, this year at least, I think this idea of really trying to find The 12 best teams sort of in a vacuum. I don't think they should do that this time. I think they should kind of like go, well, okay, we're going to have this many teams in the playoff.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
A Holiday Check-in on Anything and Everything With Chuck Klosterman

And that's why I think when they kind of figure out what teams to put in the playoff, this year at least, I think this idea of really trying to find The 12 best teams sort of in a vacuum. I don't think they should do that this time. I think they should kind of like go, well, okay, we're going to have this many teams in the playoff.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
A Holiday Check-in on Anything and Everything With Chuck Klosterman

And that's why I think when they kind of figure out what teams to put in the playoff, this year at least, I think this idea of really trying to find The 12 best teams sort of in a vacuum. I don't think they should do that this time. I think they should kind of like go, well, okay, we're going to have this many teams in the playoff.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
A Holiday Check-in on Anything and Everything With Chuck Klosterman

We can't really tell who is superior because this thing has been so shuffled. They almost have to just kind of go like look at it like professionally, like it's just who deserves it based on what they did during the year.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
A Holiday Check-in on Anything and Everything With Chuck Klosterman

We can't really tell who is superior because this thing has been so shuffled. They almost have to just kind of go like look at it like professionally, like it's just who deserves it based on what they did during the year.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
A Holiday Check-in on Anything and Everything With Chuck Klosterman

We can't really tell who is superior because this thing has been so shuffled. They almost have to just kind of go like look at it like professionally, like it's just who deserves it based on what they did during the year.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
A Holiday Check-in on Anything and Everything With Chuck Klosterman

I mean, it is, it seems to me like there would be a situation where if it was the old system and they went to say they were going to like, you know, oh, I don't know, whatever, whatever bowl they would be going to, if they were going to some lesser bowl, like Travis Hunter wouldn't play and all that stuff. I don't think, I mean, that's almost seems like a guarantee that would have happened.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
A Holiday Check-in on Anything and Everything With Chuck Klosterman

I mean, it is, it seems to me like there would be a situation where if it was the old system and they went to say they were going to like, you know, oh, I don't know, whatever, whatever bowl they would be going to, if they were going to some lesser bowl, like Travis Hunter wouldn't play and all that stuff. I don't think, I mean, that's almost seems like a guarantee that would have happened.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
A Holiday Check-in on Anything and Everything With Chuck Klosterman

I mean, it is, it seems to me like there would be a situation where if it was the old system and they went to say they were going to like, you know, oh, I don't know, whatever, whatever bowl they would be going to, if they were going to some lesser bowl, like Travis Hunter wouldn't play and all that stuff. I don't think, I mean, that's almost seems like a guarantee that would have happened.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
A Holiday Check-in on Anything and Everything With Chuck Klosterman

But now it's like, I think there is a sense maybe it's going to be 4 SCC Teams, 4 Big Ten Teams, Notre Dame, probably Boise State, and then one each from the ACC and the Big 12. Maybe the ACC will have two teams. Maybe it'll be like SMU and Clemson and Miami. Then it would have to be probably three SCC teams then. Which is, I don't know, maybe that was the goal all along.