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Dave WannstedtDave Wannstedt

The tattoo has officially replaced the mustache as a symbol of American masculinity

Well, the tattoo probably replaced the mustache, you know?

This is a subjective cultural observation.
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Dave WannstedtDave Wannstedt

Neither Penn State nor Wisconsin will make the College Football Playoff

No, neither team is going to get in [to the Final Four]. And the committee, let me tell you how this works... they wouldn't have put Michigan at number five if they really were anticipating putting the winner of this game in.

Correct. Penn State won the Big Ten but was ranked #5, missing the playoff. Wisconsin also missed.
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Dave WannstedtDave Wannstedt

Ohio State and Clemson are the only teams with the speed to match up with Alabama

Athletically they [Ohio State] had the players to match up with Alabama. And I think right now that Clemson fits in that same mold... Ohio State could [match up], and I think Clemson could also.

Clemson defeated Alabama in the 2017 National Championship, proving they had the speed and talent to match up.
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Dave WannstedtDave Wannstedt

Oregon and Texas should have kept Mark Helfrich and Charlie Strong

I would have kept them both [Mark Helfrich and Charlie Strong], by the way. Absolutely. I really think you've got to give a guy four years.

Both schools moved on to newer coaches (Willie Taggart and Tom Herman) with mixed results, but this is fundamentally an opinion on coaching tenure.
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Dave WannstedtDave Wannstedt

You have to give a college coach four years to build a program

I really think you've got to give a guy four years. Because when you go into a job... there's commitments. And so you honor those kids. And they may not fit in offense, defense, scheme-wise to what you're going to do.

This is a subjective philosophy on athletic department management.
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Dave WannstedtDave Wannstedt

LSU will win the College Football National Championship

On Saturday and the rest of the weekend, I picked LSU to win everything... My final team, and the winner is LSU. I think LSU wins it. You talk about, and you know, everyone's on Alabama. I'm not against Alabama, but if you look at LSU's recruiting classes... these guys are five, six, seven, eight. I mean, there's really, you know, there's not that much difference.

LSU went 8-4 in 2016 and Les Miles was fired mid-season. Clemson won the national title.
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Dave WannstedtDave Wannstedt

Ohio State will be a playoff team because they remind me of the 1986 Hurricanes

I like Ohio State. They remind me a lot of our 86th University of Miami team, Hurricanes. We had 12 players drafted. Ohio State had 12 players drafted. Everyone thought that we were gloom, doomed the next year, and we came back in 87 and won the national championship.

Ohio State did make the 2016 College Football Playoff, though they were shut out 31-0 by Clemson in the semifinal.
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Dave WannstedtDave Wannstedt

LeSean McCoy will have a massive bounce-back year in fantasy football

Take LeSean McCoy and your fantasy team. He was a mess last year. Philly was his home, right? He had all his boys there. Now he goes to Buffalo. I mean, I talked to him several times. I think he's got a new attitude. It's beyond him. Chip Kelly's gone. You know, everything's have changed. I look for him to have a big year.

McCoy had a fantastic 2016 season, rushing for 1,267 yards and 13 TDs (5.4 YPC), firmly bouncing back from a down 2015.

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