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Desmond Howard explains why he wouldn’t have an SEC team in the College Football Playoff
By Keith Farner
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Desmond Howard made a bold statement on Saturday morning’s College GameDay show. He said an SEC team wouldn’t make his College Football Playoff picks.
Instead, Howard would go with a Pac-12 team that he compared to the Miami Dolphins. Howard likes the Washington Huskies in part because they can score at will. A pair of SEC heavyweights, however, in Alabama and Georgia, have had uneven starts offensively.
“If I had a chance to pick my 4 Playoff teams again, I don’t think I would pick an SEC team,” Howard said. “I think I would put Washington over either Alabama or Georgia, because Washington right now, they’re playing to a standard. They don’t care who their opponent is. They’re going out there, kicking ass and taking names.”
Washington has wins over Boise State, Tulsa, Michigan State and Cal, and the No. 7 Huskies play at Arizona on Saturday night.
Howard also praised the play of QB Michael Penix Jr. and called him a “sharpshooter” and “cerebral.”
Pat McAfee, meanwhile, came to the defense of Georgia, and said Carson BEck “found it” last week.
Keith Farner has written about college football for newspapers and web sites since 2005.