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5-at-10: Fab 4 picks for championship week, Auburn’s bad night, a sausage story, Rushmore of ‘little’

North Carolina guard Ian Jackson (11) drives between Alabama guard Mark Sears (1) and forward Aiden Sherrell (22) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in Chapel Hill, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Seward)
North Carolina guard Ian Jackson (11) drives between Alabama guard Mark Sears (1) and forward Aiden Sherrell (22) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in Chapel Hill, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Seward) North Carolina guard Ian Jackson (11) drives between Alabama guard Mark Sears (1) and forward Aiden Sherrell (22) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in Chapel Hill, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Seward)

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Fab 4 picks

Welp, we are headed to the weekend of the conference championships, and there is much on the line for some and nothing on the line for others.

We can concur that Georgia and Texas as well as Oregon and Penn State are in the playoff regardless how Saturday’s title games turn out, right?

So if Carson Beck or Dillon Gabriel had a sore ankle or an aching elbow, would you sit your QB1 for a dress rehearsal conference title game, knowing that the playoffs for a natty are two weeks away? Discuss.