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Swofford spoke about the league’s stance on the Rice commission, the transfer rules, adding teams to the NCAA Basketball Tournament, the ACC Network and a five-minute segment on the impact of former SEC commissioner Mike Slive who passed away this week.
We break down the third week of the countdown that included the following teams:
No. 115 - Georgia Southern
No. 114 - Tulane
No. 113 - Nevada
No. 112 - Oregon State
No. 111 - Tulsa
No. 110 - New Mexico
No. 109 - Syracuse
Some of the topics we discussed:
The first Power 5 entries into our countdown with Oregon State and Syracuse making appearances.
The rise of Tulane and fall of Tulsa. Is it a one-year blip or is it a coming trend?
The curious story of New Mexico and Bob Davie and how the embattled coach is somehow still the Lobos head man.
The return of the triple option to Georgia Southern and the fun offense at Nevada (and porous defense).
We break down the second week of the countdown that included the following teams:
No. 122 FIU
No. 121 Ball State
No. 120 UMass
No. 119 East Carolina
No. 118 La-Lafayette
No. 117 Central Michigan
No. 116 Hawaii
Some of the topics we discussed:
How we expect a drop off for eight-win FIU and Central Michigan after both schools graduated a lot of talent.
Third year coaches that are still looking for success at Ball State and East Carolina.
Can Hawaii bounce back from a disappointing season and is UMass ranked too low in our countdown.
Charles Davis joins us to talk about the big stories from the NFL Draft, Shaquem Griffin and talks about his own experience with the draft back in 1989.
We look back at No. 129 to No. 123 as the first week of the College Football Countdown wraps up.
Topics discussed:
The fact that nobody has really complained about the rankings so far.
The ominous sign for C-USA that three of the bottom five were from that conference.
Can Kent State truly become "FlashFAST"
Is Charlotte's Brad Lambert a hot seat candidate?
And we discussed which team people may have been shocked wasn't in the bottom seven.
The rankings this week:
No. 129 UTEP
No. 128 Texas State
No. 127 Rice
No. 126 Kent State
No. 125 Charlotte
No. 124 San Jose State
No. 123 Coastal Carolina
The Orlando Sentinel's Matt Murschel talks about the annual college football countdown that ranks college football teams from No. 129 to No. 1 from now until the start of the new season.
The countdown begins with the unveiling of No. 129 on Friday, April 20.
Matt talks about what goes into coming up with the rankings and how the process unfolds over the spring and summer.
Check out the start of the countdown on Friday at OrlandoSentinel.com/countdown.
The Athletic's Max Olson joins the Orlando Sentinel's Matt Murschel to talk about the top storylines to focus on in the Big 12 this spring.
To find out more about all the Orlando Sentinel podcasts go to: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/podcasts/
Jon Wilner joins Matt to talk about the top storylines in the Pac-12 as spring football ramps up across the country.
Mr. College Football Tony Barnhart talks SEC football and spring practice.
Chicago Tribune's Teddy Greenstein talks Big Ten football ahead of spring practice.
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