According to the CFP set standard, the Texas Longhorns’ playoff dream might have come to an end after their 35-10 loss to Kirby Smart’s Georgia Bulldogs for the third time in a row. With the loss today, Texas is 7-3 now. Mind you, no three-loss team has ever made the playoffs. But Kirk Herbstreit was openly showing bias while they were in the game.

On November 15, Zachary Neel hopped onto X and called out Kirk Herbstreit ’s bias toward the SEC: “Kirk Herbstreit is currently arguing that Texas still has a chance at the CFP despite having three losses. Not even denying the bias anymore.” Was it pure bias or just deep analytical thinking? Let’s break that down.

Losing to Ohio State, Florida, and then Georgia means all three losses came against major, highly ranked opponents, which helps s

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