CFB Mega Preview With Tom Fornelli & Brandon Walker, Mt Rushmore Of Household Items You Can Use As A Weapon + Guys On Chicks

The reigning Pardon My Take college football expert, Tom Fornelli, walked into the studio with a ring on his finger, a massive trophy at his side, and a $1,000 cash prize in his pocket. Last year he beat Brandon Walker in the annual expert competition. This year, the show commemorated his victory with a cake, a ribbon-cutting ceremony, and a formal letter of appointment. Brandon Walker, the loser, sat across from him. The entire dynamic of the episode — the college football mega preview, the picks, the trash talk — was framed by that hierarchy. Fornelli picked first. Fornelli got the confetti. Fornelli had the floor.

The SEC and the Texas Question

The central debate in the SEC conversation was whether Georgia and Texas are clearly the top two teams. Fornelli argued that Georgia is being underrated, calling them an "old school Alabama bully ball type team" with a defense returning to standard and a quarterback (Gunner Stockton) who is "consistently excellent" and underappreciated. He pushed back on Texas being the clear number two, citing "whispers around the program" and a brutal schedule that includes Ohio State early and a gauntlet late. "If they were to lose to Ohio State early," Fornelli said, "the schedule's so brutal late that they could fall apart."