Miami DE coach Jason Taylor takes shot at Peyton Manning, Tennessee over missing College Football Playoff

With the Miami Dolphins playing on Monday Night Football, the Manning Cast brought out special guest Jason Taylor. Naturally, the conversation of college football came up since Taylor is preparing for a College Football Playoff game with Miami. Eli Manning is set to watch his alma mater participate. But Peyton?

“Peyton, I’m sorry you can’t participate this year,” Taylor said. “But the games are televised. If you don’t know what channels it’s on, I’ll make sure I send it to you.”

Here is an easy way to help out the elder Manning. Miami is set to take on Texas A&M on Saturday afternoon, getting the noon ET kickoff from Kyle Field. ESPN will have the broadcast, being one of two first-round games between power conference opponents.

Miami got into the 12-team field this year on Selection Sunday, sending shockwaves through the sport. Notre Dame was left out, seeing the results of the Week 1 head-to-head matchup.

The Hurricanes will be relying on Taylor’s unit to perform well against the Texas A&M offensive line. Certainly a key area to watch, possibly deciding who heads to Arlington for a quarterfinal showdown vs. Ohio State. Taylor made sure to let Manning and other Tennessee fans out there of that.

Eli Manning asks Jason Taylor to take it easy on Ole Miss in hypothetical national championship

The discussion around college football began with a hilarious question from Eli Manning. If there was going to be a matchup between Ole Miss and Miami, it would have to take place in the national championship. On different sides of the bracket, Manning and Taylor would be over the moon to make it to Jan. 18.

And if they do, Manning wants to make sure Ole Miss is getting some kind of advantage. He asked Taylor to take it easy on them and not get after quarterback Trinidad Chambliss too hard.

“Do you think, if we go on a little run here and Ole Miss meets Miami in the national championship game, will you go easy on Ole Miss?” Manning asked. “Kind of tell the defensive line to not rush so hard.”

“That is such a loaded question that you know I can’t answer truthfully,” Taylor said. “So, I will say good luck to everybody. But it is all about the U.”

For now, all attention is on the upcoming matchups. As mentioned, Miami is set to travel to the Lone Star State to face Texas A&M. Ole Miss gets a rematch inside its own stadium, welcoming Tulane to Oxford once again.