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On a lack of data in college football: "Indiana played 12 football games and almost all of those are conference games. You're trying to draw conclusions from like eight data points. We probably shouldn't scream as much about Indiana or SMU or hypothetical football games involving SEC and Big Ten teams."

"The college sports industry relies on a lot of data that we agree not to dig too far into. Whatever we put in the spreadsheet is not as accurate or strong as we'd like it to be."

On reliable metrics: "I don't think there's one single metric that is perfect. If I have to pick one [I'd pick] SP+... but it's not perfect. We have to look at multiple data points, then use our actual brains and decide how we want to weigh each individual thing. Football isn't played on a spreadsheet. The number isn't going to do the work for you."

"If you don't want blowouts watch Iowa every week. It sucks. It's not fun. [But] it's close."

On the CFP: "[Without the 12-team playoff] there would be no reason for anybody on the national level to be invested in the Big 12 after October 12. There's no reason to pay attention to SMU. I don't know what the future is going to be for the playoff... but I think it's been a great success. I don't know who's going to win the national championship. I think there's still five teams that can win it all."