10 Tape Truths From Week 5: Ohio State’s Defense, Alabama’s Upside, Penn State’s Slide, and Dante Moore's Climb

The McShay Show

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🗓️ 29 September 2025

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Welcome to The McShay Show! Todd and Steve are back to rewind the tape and give their biggest takeaways from Week 5 of college football. 0:00 Welcome to The McShay Show! 6:28 10 Truth's from Week 57:50 There Are No Unbeatable Teams in CFB15:52 We Need to Expand The College Football Playoff19:02 Get Penn State OUT of The Playoff Conversation31:22 Watch Out for Alabama 43:17 Dante Moore Can Become The Number 1 Overall Pick52:45 The Ole Miss Run Game Is The Ultimate Stress Test57:55 Ohio State's Defense is the Golden Standard1:06:50 Lots of Running Back Talent1:14:05 Takeaways From Fernando Mendoza's Ugly Win over Iowa1:20:50 Who's Winning The CFP? Subscribe to The McShay Report for access to all of Todd’s mock drafts, big boards, scouting reports, and more throughout the college football season. The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Host: Todd McShayGuest: Steve MuenchProducers: Tucker Tashjian, Conor Nevins, and Daniel ComerSocial: Jon Roemer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	We promised week five of college football would slap and it delivered.
0:05.0	Now it's time for the top 10 taped truths from the weekend.
0:09.4	Just 206 days until the NFL draft.
0:12.1	You good, man?
0:13.1	I'm good, man.
0:14.3	Let's roll that weekend, Mitch.
0:35.8	What an awesome weekend.
0:55.6	I mean, if you're into golf, we had the Ryder Cup, right? That started on Friday. Then Friday, when we were done with the first thing of the Ryder Cup, we won't get into all that. That's what we're here for. We had the number, we don't want to. The number eight team getting knocked off in Charlottes, Bill. This is the McShea Show presented by Fanduel, and college football Saturdays are already delivering. Every game means something
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