The ESPN/Beano Cook chat was completely predictable. Note the following

Jordan (State College): Hey Beano, Notre Dame, Penn State, Florida State. Will we ever see these traditional powers back to form? Will any of them be “back” this year?

Beano Cook: Well, let’s take ND, first — they will finish 10-2. Penn State will finish 9-3 with a chance at 10-2. Florida State will win the ACC. FSU has a very very tough non-conference schedule, unlike Penn State, they like easy non-conference games.
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Adam (Gainesville): Three things you can always count on every year: Beano hyping Notre Dame and Penn State, Beano never picking Miami to win the NC out of either spite or jealousy, and the Clippers missing the playoffs. Sound right?

Beano Cook: Let’s get one thing straight … I like Miami. The biggest story in the last 20 years in college football is Miami. 5 national titles out of 8 tries. That is absolutely unbelievable. Picking teams is not about me liking them or not, it’s about who I think will win. If Germany and France are fighting a war, I root for France … and pick Germany.

Notice he didn’t respond to the comments about ND and PSU. The fact that there is a press room in the Peterson Event Center named for this man is just galling.