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That loud sound you heard around 4:05 p.m. Tuesday from Huntington, W.Va., was a shriek of joy from Marshall athletic director Mike Hamrick. That loud sound you heard at 4:05:01 was Hamrick hitting the floor.

UNLV football coach Bobby Hauck spoke this week about the letter of the law, which means obeying the literal interpretation of a rule.

It took four weeks, but it finally happened. The Southeastern Conference bias struck the College Football Playoff rankings.

Well, well. It seems as though Jeff Long might be smarter than we thought. He hadn’t come off as the sharpest tool in the first two weeks of the college football playoff committee releasing its rankings, but the committee chairman saved a bit of face Tuesday.

Thanks for checking in, Mississippi. The Rebels dropped from being in the College Football Playoff at No. 4 last week to way outside of it at No. 11 with a home loss to Auburn.

Since falling to the Panthers six years ago, Bishop Gorman is 61-0 against teams from Nevada. The two teams routinely met in the playoffs, but they square off Thursday for the Southwest League title.

If initial rankings released by the 12-member playoff selection committee on Tuesday are any indication of which four teams will be seeded into the playoff, Alabama at No. 6 has only to win out to secure a place among the semifinalists.

Can you imagine the lunacy that might be created in Tuscaloosa should Alabama, which doesn’t deserve a spot in the semifinals today, not be ranked in the top four come Tuesday? Please, God. Let it happen.