David Pollack Goes Against the Odds to Announce 2 Potential College Football Championship Winners

Over 3 treacherous months of college football have finally spewed the final CFP bracket. Widespread chatter involving some precise but largely fallacious hypotheticals and projections has come down to a field of 12 schools. Now that the dust has settled on the gridiron, the mantle has been taken by discourse off it. The proverbial throne to CFB is up for grabs. Naturally, opinion about the latest heir in its lineage is divided.

The climax of the regular season legitimized the Natty cases of some schools and ceased those of a plethora of others. The unprecedented volume of teams in the mix makes condensing the field a challenge. Amidst the main contenders are the usual suspects, as well as a few dark horses. Georgia Bulldogs legend and analyst David Pollack has name-dropped his dark horses in the fray.

Guesting on the Dan Patrick Show, Pollack was asked a straightforward yet gruelling question by the show’s namesake. “How many teams can win the national title?”. Pollack proceeded to name a rather substantial 6 teams. However, it was 2 teams that caught particular notice. These were Notre Dame and, quite sensationally, Tennessee. He elaborated on what makes Marcus Freeman’s Fighting Irish a contender for the trip to Atlanta.

“I know people are going to say this to me- ‘Notre Dame’s never done anything.’ They’re going to push back,” said David Pollack. “But I like the dominance that I’ve seen at Notre Dame. I like the attitude. I think they know exactly who they are, but I think there are a lot of teams here that we don’t really know who they are.” Pollack proceeded to name everyone he believed had a shout.

“I’ll go [with] Oregon, I think Tennessee could win it [and] I think Ohio State could win it.” He even said Texas is in the reckoning despite being worried about their offensive struggles. Plus, there are no prizes for guessing that Pollack included his alma mater, Georgia, as well. As far-fetched as the Notre Dame shout may seem, the Tennessee one is edging on inconceivable. But there is a sliver of hope.

Laying out the path Josh Heupel’s Tennessee Vols will have to traverse

The Tennessee Volunteers have somewhat slipped under the radar among the cannibalism and chaos in the southeast. The SEC was a convoluted maze where teams beat each other to the point hardly anybody survived. The Vols were one of the only teams that went about their job as expected and are fairly unscathed. Their road through the bracket is, at least on paper, the toughest. They must go to Columbus, Ohio, in freezing mid-December weather. If they manage to cause an upset as 7-point underdogs, their reward is a date against no.1 Oregon.

For David Pollack and those of a Vols persuasion, the glass half-full perspective will be this. There could be some lingering residue from Ohio State’s loss to Michigan. Losing The Game is never something either team can brush past. However, the magnitude of losing to this iteration of the Wolverines is particularly damaging. If Tennessee can get on the board first, The Shoe could feasibly turn on their team very quickly.

If the Tennessee Volunteers pass the Buckeyes test, then that means they’re better than perceived. Therefore, a win against Oregon on a neutral field is not unfathomable. The Ducks’ defense did look leaky against Penn State in the B1G Championship. Simply put- if you can beat Ohio State in Columbus, you’re capable of winning the Natty. It may seem like wishful thinking, but there is indeed a conceivable trail of thought and a tangible path to glory for the Tennessee Volunteers.