PASADENA, CA - JANUARY 05: Broadcaster Kirk Herbstreit speaks onstage during the "BCS Title Game" panel at the ESPN portion of the 2011 Winter TCA press tour held at the Langham Hotel on January 5, 2011 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Kirk Herbstreit has stunning pick for darkhorse Playoff contender

He sounds confident in his pick.

ESPN College GameDay's Kirk Herbstreit has been taking to Twitter to answer fans questions about the upcoming season and there was one in particular that he had quite the answer to on Sunday. Someone asked him about a non-Power 5 team that could sneak into the College Football Playoff:

Here was his answer:

Herbstreit sounds pretty confident despite the fact that Strong hasn't really had a chance to get his guys on campus yet through recruiting and still has to become familiar with the guys he does have. However, Herbstreit makes a good point that 16 starters will be back and Quinton Flowers will be starting at quarterback and could end up becoming a Heisman candidate before the end of the season.

[h/t The Spun]