{"id":6337,"date":"2025-05-22T15:34:30","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T20:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextroundlive.com\/staging\/4413\/the-next-round-5-22-25-hour-1\/"},"modified":"2025-05-22T15:34:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T20:34:30","slug":"the-next-round-5-22-25-hour-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextroundlive.com\/staging\/4413\/the-next-round-5-22-25-hour-1\/","title":{"rendered":"The Next Round (5\/22\/25) &#8211; Hour 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/the-next-round\/the-next-round-5-22-25-hour-1\/embed\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180px\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width:100%;height:180px\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Changes are coming to the College Football Playoff as the conference commissioners are set to vote for straight seeding. The top four seeds in the committee rankings would be the 1-4 seeds in the playoff bracket, regardless of conference championships. The concession is that the highest four conference champs, while potentially seeded outside the top four, would still receive the $8,000,000 payout.<\/p>\n<p>Auburn Tigers head coach Hugh Freeze is ranked as the 47th best power five coach by CBS Sports. Is this a fair ranking for the Auburn Football coach?<\/p>\n<p>In the same poll, Mississippi State Bulldogs head coach Jeff Lebby is dead last among power five coaches. Is the Mississippi State Football coach actually the worst in the P5?<\/p>\n<p>Do The Texas Longhorns have their best QB since Colt McCoy? Do The Florida Gators have their best QB since Tim Tebow?<br \/>Texas Football and Florida Football certainly have Heisman contenders at QB but, just how good are they?<\/p>\n<p>What are our best case\/worst case expectations for these first full time SEC Starters?<\/p>\n<p>Texas Longhorns QB Arch Manning<br \/>Oklahoma Sooners QB John Mateer<br \/>Auburn Tigers QB Jackson Arnold<br \/>Florida Gators QB DJ Lagway<br \/>Alabama Crimson Tide QB Ty Simpson<\/p>\n<p>Can Texas Football, Oklahoma Football, Auburn Football, Florida Football and Alabama Football all improve QB play in 2025?<\/p>\n<p>Our Champion\u2019s Boxing 40-in-40 visits the Big Ten with the Iowa Hawkeyes. Can Iowa Football make College Football Playoff noise?<\/p>\n<p>Adam Rittenberg of ESPN gives his top non-QBs in college football.<\/p>\n<p>One of the biggest chokes we have ever seen: The New York Knicks blow a double digit lead at home to the Indiana Pacers in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals. It will go down as one of the biggest choke jobs we\u2019ve ever seen, what is the biggest?<\/p>\n<p>The Oklahoma City Thunder and The Minnesota Timberwolves face off in Game 2 of the NBA Western Conference Finals Tonight. The Thunder are up 1-0 after a dominant performance Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nextround.store\/\" rel=\"payment\">Visit the TNR store: <a href=\"https:\/\/nextround.store\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/nextround.store\/<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/omnystudio.com\/listener\">omnystudio.com\/listener<\/a> for privacy information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Changes are coming to the College Football Playoff as the conference commissioners are set to vote for straight seeding. The top four seeds in the committee rankings would be the 1-4 seeds in the playoff bracket, regardless of conference championships. 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