Joel Klatt

Klatt offers UCLA under Bob Chesney as a dark horse, comparing it to Curt Cignetti's Indiana.

“I think UCLA might be better than people think”

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Klatt predicts Alabama will be undefeated when it faces Georgia on October 10 but will need a close win to get there.

“I think they'll be undefeated. I think they're going to have to win a really tight ballgame in order to be undefeated when they face Georgia”

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Klatt names seven or eight legitimate title contenders, including Indiana, Miami, Oregon, Ohio State, Texas, Georgia, Notre Dame and LSU.

“I think there are seven teams, maybe eight, that have a real legitimate shot to win the national championship”

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Klatt suggests multi-year player contracts could lead to NFL transfer fees paid to schools, as in European soccer.

“Wouldn't it become just like European soccer where the NFL's got to pay a transfer fee to that school in order to get the rights to that player?”

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Klatt argues college sports needs collective bargaining with players and antitrust protection to enforce rules.

“I personally believe that we need to collectively bargain with players”

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Klatt expects the playoff to eventually expand to 24 teams, citing the lack of meaningful postseason access under 12.

“I do think we'll eventually land on 24”

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Klatt calls the local-court ruling allowing Sorsby to play a disaster and supports the outcome barring him.

“I thought that the entire thing was a disaster for college football”

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Joel Klatt says EA used no AI for his commentary and he recorded nearly 90 hours of lines.

“I did close to close to 90 hours, not quite 90 hours of recording with EA”

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