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It is a HUGE weekend and some teams have to prove they belong. McElroy breaks it down in his CFP eliminator pool where Georgia stands alone, Florida State and Texas are right behind and teams like Notre Dame, Michigan, Ohio State, Oklahoma and Miami are close but have an opportunity to validate it. Plus a Michigan State coaching update, the midweek mailbag and a Saturday coming up that will be one...

Marty & McGee from Starkville, Miss. on Saturday, September 16, 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Colorado continues to be THE story of College Football, Florida comes up with a HUGE win for Billy Napier, Micheal Penix Jr is the best player in CFB right now and was Georgia’s 2nd half what we should expect from the Bulldogs moving forward? McElroy gives you his biggest takeaways plus delivers a very different TOP 10. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoic...

On The Matt Barrie Show, Matt Barrie presents a condensed edition of “Sunday Bloody Sunday” where he recap Week 3’s action, including Deion Sanders leading Colorado to a huge win and Alabama barely getting past USF. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paul Finebaum joins The Matt Barrie Show for the Week 3 recap, headlined by criticisms of Nick Saban and Alabama, the state of the SEC and the distractions for Colorado despite their big win over Colorado State. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Georgia gets their first test of the season, Tennessee is looking for their 1st win in The Swamp in 20 years while LSU, Arkansas and Missouri have big games - is the SEC up to the task? Plus the backyard brawl, North Carolina looking to go 3-0 and what to look for from Notre Dame, Ohio State, Florida State and Clemson before the HUGE matchups next weekend | Always College Football Learn more about...

Florida State, Texas and Miami are looking good through 2 weeks. The PAC 12 is dominating and at one point they were 18-0, the best start to a season by any conference since the FBS/FCS split in 1978. There is just so much parity in CFB right now. McElroy tells you why that’s good and what he loves and hates about the season so far. Plus we hit the mailbag answering questions about Alabama and Cle...

On The Matt Barrie Show, Dan Mullen joins to preview Week 3’s slate of college football action, headlined by marquee games for LSU, Alabama, Colorado and a wide open SEC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Forget the Texas is back talk…Texas is a National Title contender. Alabama has their issues but don’t count the Tide out yet, Miami showed some serious promise, Notre Dame looks like a CFP challenger, Penn State might have the best offense in the B1G, Colorado’s ceiling keeps going up and more takeaways from an incredible week 2  | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit po...

On Week 2 of Sunday Bloody Sunday, Matt Barrie highlights Texas’ win over Alabama, Deion Sanders leading Colorado past Nebraska and the troubling signs for Jimbo Fisher at Texas A&M. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Texas Alabama showdown is here! Which quarterback will shine and what will be the difference. Notre Dame, Texas A&M, Oregon, Utah and Wisconsin all hit the road as ranked teams taking on UNRANKED opponents - any upsets on the horizon? Plus can Colorado and coach Prime keep their mojo going against the Huskers? And what stinks? Oh it’s some of these Vegas lines! | Always College Football Learn...

On The Matt Barrie Show, Dan Mullen joins to preview Alabama vs. Texas in Week 2, discuss Miami vs. Texas A&M and “Get To Know” some programs who still have a lot to prove. Plus, the duo give their predictions for Nebraska vs. Colorado. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We discuss the AP poll reaction with Florida State, Duke and Colorado jumping up. Plus hit the midweek mailbag and answer questions about which fan base needs a win more Texas A&M or Miami, Were Clemson’s struggles NOT DJU’s fault, the Ohio State QB competition, and if Wisconsin or Ole Miss is on UPSET alert this week.| Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices...

Florida State dominated LSU on Sunday night pushing the Seminoles ceiling up while leaving questions for LSU moving forward. McElroy goes over 10 things he learned this week including the Colorado surprise, Texas Tech and Baylor got caught looking ahead, Ohio State might have QB issues, The PAC-12 is the deepest conference and the4 SEC might be HUMAN and so much more | Always College Football Lear...

Matt Barrie and Paul Finebaum discuss Deion Sander's improbable win over TCU, how the new crop of QB's in the SEC looked in their first action, and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rece Davis, Pete Thamel and Stanford Steve start the show by asking Steve his thoughts on the collapse of the Pac-12. Then, the guys preview the Week 1 slate by picking West Virginia-Penn State, North Carolina-South Carolina, LSU-Florida State and more. Plus, what will they be keeping an eye on during the first college football weekend. [13:49] Fresno State @ Purdue [16:21] West Virginia @ Penn St...

A full weekend of College Football is ahead and McElroy is here to give you the most in depth previews you can find. What is in store for Colorado at TCU? Is Washington going to put the CFB world on notice? Is North Carolina’s defense improved enough? Will it be Florida State or LSU that gets out to a fast start? Will new QBs at Alabama, Penn State and Tennessee show enough to put the fan base at...

Florida hits the road for the just the 2nd time this century for an opener - can they get it done AT Utah? Matt Rhule begins a new era at Nebraska and has to travel to Minnesota where PJ Fleck will be waiting. Who will gets the early jump on the B1G West? We ask what to look for from NC State, UCF and Missouri. Plus we hit the mailbag and ask if it’s fair to give Georgia the benefit of the doubt b...

Rece Davis and Pete Thamel discuss Jim Harbaugh advocating for revenue sharing with student-athletes, the real reason Nick Saban didn’t release a depth chart, and who’s on the Apathy Trailer to Tanksville? Then, the guys are joined by Bill Connelly to settle a score, and preview the Thursday and Friday slate of games. Plus, Bill’s College Football Playoff teams. [0:00] Harbaugh says pay the kids [...

Rece Davis and Pete Thamel lead the show with their biggest impressions from Week 0, the ACC nearing a deal with Cal and Stanford, and which Week 1 games may be overlooked. Then, Desmond Howard stops by to talk about which player reminded Rece of Des, USC's defense still appearing problematic, Sam Hartman's debut for Notre Dame, and if the starters at Alabama and Ohio State will retain that design...

Matt Barrie welcomes in Paul Finebaum to discuss all the action from week 0 including Sam Hartman's incredible performance for the Fighting Irish. They also look ahead to week 1 and question who will be the new leading man in Tuscaloosa. All that and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sam Hartman and Notre Dame looked good as did Caleb Williams and USC - McElroy goes over his key takeaways from the games. And we make a few predictions which should make Florida State and Texas fans happy; conversely not sure if Ohio State, Oklahoma or Georgia fans are ready for the truth. Plus will Graham Mertz be better than expected? Is Drake Maye the best QB in CFB? McElroy answers those ques...

Before Stanford Steve starts on GameDay he joins McElroy to talk ball and go over some O/U win totals. Is the smart money on the UNDER for Ohio State and USC? Florida State, Wisconsin and Oregon State OVER look like safe bets (right?). What long shot league champions should you put your money on? Plus what should we look for from Notre Dame and USC this weekend? | Always College Football  Learn mo...

Rece Davis and Pete Thamel are joined by Stanford Steve for the 2023 Race For The Ribeye. Steve will be on the show every Friday to pick the weekend’s games against the spread. Losers of this season-long contest buy the winner a steak dinner. They start by discussing Jim Harbaugh’s three game self-suspension and Washington losing running back Cam Davis to injury. Then, the guys pick the entire Wee...

Nebraska is starving for a winner and they think they found the guy who can turn it around. Matt Rhule joins McElroy ahead of the ‘23 season to talk about expectations, development and why Nebraska on top is good for the college football world. Plus we tell you why Maryland, Illinois, Kentucky and Louisville are teams that if you ‘mess around with, you’re gonna find out’ how good they actually are...