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Dan Wetzel and SI’s Ross Dellenger react when Nick Saban wants to use sports betting odds as leverage to make the College Football Playoff, and later, breaking news coming out of Stephen’s bowling team F. Austin.
Ross joins the show from his cruise ship to discuss why San Diego State is being chased so much more than Boise State. The guys try to determine what factors, outside of winning football games, might contribute to Boise State generating so little buzz during the rebuilding season.
Alabama head coach Nick Saban spoke to Fox Sports’ Joel Klatt this week and mentioned that he thought Alabama was snubbed from the College Football Playoff last year due to being favored against three of the four members who participated The plot thickens as Dan and Ross wonder if Nick Saban could plant some media seeds for next season in a stacked SEC.
Billy Napier and the Florida Gators are starting to build momentum this summer with a big recruiting weekend. The Gators were able to land nine new players ranked in the top 200 to help improve their roster. Arizona State also added talent by landing a big quarterback commitment from Michael “Butter” Tollefson.
Finally, in stranger news, an assistant coach for Stephen F. Austin’s bowling team resigned after his relationship with an athlete on the bowling team was discovered. She then decided to share her side of the story with the media, much to Ross and Dan’s delight.
1:00 Ross checks in from his cruise ship
4:17 Why does San Diego State get more attention than Boise State?
22:37 Nick Saban countered that Alabama didn’t make the playoffs because of sports book lines
30:47 Florida and Billy Napier have received 9 top 200 commits in the last week
36:44 Arizona State picks up top recruit Michael “Butter” Tollefson
38:09 An update on the Ecuadorian woman who woke up at her funeral
40:06 Stephen F Austin’s Bowling Coach Scandal
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