You and many others are now talking about Gene Chizik.
This is what "analysts" do. They make comments to keep their job. Gene Chizik doesn't give a fuck about who will be in the playoff. He has no idea. I bet as a former head coach with plenty of experience coaching college football, he would be the first to admit that he has absolutely no clue as to who is going to come together as a team by November.
But he likes the expensive suit, the cushy chairs, and the air conditioning of the ESPN studio. So he'll make comments to keep his smiling dimple chin on the air as much as possible. Just like Tebow, Finebaum, McElroy, Herbstreit, Corso and the others.