re: Playoff Committee Members

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Condoleeza Rice?

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Very intelligent woman, extremely well versed in and loves football. She's the daughter of a coach and has been bandied about as a potential replacement for Goodell. Personally, I like the choice.

Article about her dad being a coach

Why Condoleezza Rice was a natural choice for CFP committee

ETA: A couple of statements she makes that sound like ranters talking from the second article:

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Stanford coach David Shaw has heard the warning from Rice more than once.

"If she ever sees us play a prevent defense," he said, "she's going to be in my office. She hates prevent defense. She wants to be aggressive." (Maybe Stanford should think about blitzing more.)

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The longtime friends were chatting one day early in Shaw's career, when Rice somehow steered the conversation toward Stanford's tight ends. She wanted to know how Shaw was going to use former standouts Coby Fleener, Zach Ertz and Toilolo.

"It wasn't a cursory conversation," Shaw said. "It was about taking over the middle of the field, watching Coby Fleener go up the seams, and Toilolo being so big and being able to run 10- to 12-yard cross routes and being able to find the quarterback because of his size, and Zach Ertz's knack in the red zone to double move. These are conversations you have with football coaches, not with secretaries of state."

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