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ESPN analyst says women should not be a part of the College Football Playoff selection committee


Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is expected to be one of nine people appointed to the College Football Playoff selection committee. Rice is pegged to join Archie Manning, former NCAA Executive Vice President Tom Jernstedt, former Big East Commissioner Mike Tranghese, and an athletic director from each of the five power conferences, a source told Paste BN Sports. The ESPN College GameDay crew discussed the selection committee this morning at Northwestern, where analyst David Pollack made the argument that women are not qualified to be on the committee.

"Now I'm going to stick my foot in my mouth, probably," Pollack said. "I want people on this committee that can watch tape, that have played football, that are around football, that can tell you different teams on tape, not on paper." Host Chris Fowler asked Pollack if he was implying that no women should be allowed on the committee, and Pollack said "yeah," as the rest of the crew disagreed.

Hundreds of people on Twitter, including Pollack's GameDay colleague Samantha Ponder, ripped Pollack for his comments.