ESPN college football analyst Desmond Howard isn’t afraid to go off the beaten path when making predictions.
The 1991 Heisman Trophy winner also isn’t shy about publicly supporting his alma mater, Michigan.
Those two traits came into focus recently when Howard picked the Wolverines, plus Baylor, Texas A&M and Pittsburgh, as his predictions for this season’s College Football Playoff teams. He didn’t select Alabama, Ohio State, Georgia or Clemson, which hold the top four spots in the AP and coaches polls.
And Stephen A. Smith let him hear about it Thursday on ESPN’s First Take.