
Southern Methodist University was on the College Football Playoff bubble after a loss to Clemson in the ACC Championship game on Saturday, but the CFP committee still put them in over Alabama. One person who was happy to learn this was SMU head coach Rhett Lashlee, who appeared on ESPN's Selction Show after the teams were revealed.
Lashlee, who spent a decade as an offensive coordinator and quarterback coach at various schools before taking over at SMU in 2022, quickly took the opportunity to take a jab at ESPN's prolonged announcement format and gave a shoutout to a former ESPN reporter Brett McMurphy in the process.