"I’m not blaming SMU or Indiana": CFB sportscaster hits back at Kirk Herbstreit & other analysts for criticizing CFP committee 

The College Football Playoff selection is still generating controversy as radio host Dan Patrick took aim, not at the Committee, but at Kirk Herbstreit and other critics. The sportscaster called out Kirk Herbstreit and other football analysts for their analysis of the College Football Playoff results.

Speaking on “The Dan Patrick Show” the host unleaded on Herbstreit and those who criticized the SMU Mustangs and Indiana Hoosiers' inclusion in the CFP after lopsided first-round losses to Penn State and Notre Dame.

“I don’t want to hear these analysts after the fact tell me that somebody shouldn’t be in the Playoff. You know, when Kirk Herbstreit basically says, ‘Indiana shouldn’t have been here.’ But Herbie wasn’t alone; there was a lot of other people that said, ‘Well, they shouldn’t have been here.’ OK. ‘SMU shouldn’t have been here.’ OK. I’m not blaming SMU or Indiana. They did everything they were supposed to do.

“And tell me that before they get blown out, not after. Did you tell me that Tennessee shouldn’t have been there? No, they earned the right to be there; they just got blown out,” Dan Patrick said.

Patrick then compared their situation to that of No. 1 Oregon. After finishing the season undefeated, the Ducks were blown out in their first CFP matchup. The radio personality considered that college football is full of revisionists and after-the-fact reporting.

Oregon was arguably the best team in college football during the season, but to Patrick’s point, calling for changes because the result was disappointing is short-sighted.

What did Kirk Herbstreit say that upset Dan Patrick?

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Kirk Herbstreit had an eventful few days with other sportscasters. First, he was called out by Shannon Sharpe in an intra-network feud and now it was Dan Patrick calling him out.

While it wasn’t only Herbstreit, he was among a chorus of college football analysts that suggested teams like Alabama, Ole Miss and South Carolina should have made the CFP.

"I hope next year the committee won't get caught up and what the social media and a lot of people who are fringe fans get caught up in, which is wins. 'They had 11 wins. They must be good.' Who did they beat I think is much more important than how many wins you have," Kirk Herbstreit said.

After the first round of games, analysts complained that the SEC teams had had better victories and better teams than the Mustangs or the Hoosiers.

While there was an argument to be made, all three SEC teams had control of their destiny and had devastating losses to unranked teams that ultimately hurt their cases.

However, as Alabama and South Carolina lost their respective bowl games and the SEC had a disappointing bowl season, voices arguing in favor of the conferences quieted.