Belichick-Brady Legacy Update, Arch’s Struggles, Bama In Trouble, and More from CFB Week 1 With Todd McShay and Danny Kanell

The Ryen Russillo Podcast

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4.8 • 13.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2025

⏱️ 129 minutes

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Russillo opens the show with his thoughts on the biggest Week 1 matchups in college football and an update on his Belichick-Brady legacy tracker. Then, Todd McShay joins to break down the QB performances and reveal which teams he believes should be ranked highest. Next, Russillo is joined by Danny Kanell for a victory lap after Florida State’s upset over Alabama. Finally, Life Advice with Ceruti and Kyle! (0:00) Welcome to The Ryen Russillo Podcast! (2:10) Ohio State’s defense looked fantastic (3:25) Texas didn’t look confident with Arch Manning (9:29) Garrett Nussmeier looked like the best QB in college football (17:55) Belichick-Brady legacy tracker update (22:32) Todd McShay joins the show (26:41) Texas felt overly conservative (34:22) Nussmeier reminded me of Andrew Luck (41:31) What are your impressions of Miami after their win? (50:29) Did LaNorris Sellers look improved from last year? (57:48) Russillo welcomes in Danny Kanell (1:02:02) Was FSU’s win beyond even your expectations? (1:16:52) How does Florida State compare to Miami? (1:24:23) Reaction to Arch Manning’s play (1:26:44) What does the opening weekend mean for the SEC? (1:29:08) Nico Iamaleava and UCLA’s struggles (1:37:17) Life Advice! (1:43:01) My ex-wife is asking me to move my citizenship ceremony (1:51:45) Help me sort out a TV mix-up at Target (2:00:52) What’s the right move when a kid starts chirping at you? Check us out on YouTube for exclusive clips, livestreams, and more at https://www.youtube.com/@RyenRussilloPodcast. The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Host: Ryen Russillo Guests: Todd McShay and Danny Kanell Producers: Steve Ceruti, Kyle Crichton, Mike Wargon, and Jonathan Frias Get a new phone & lock in a low price with Verizon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	We are your home for college football on this Tuesday morning release of the Rosillo podcast.
0:16.0	We are fired up.
0:17.1	Okay, watch ball all weekend.
0:18.9	I imagine so many of you did as well.
0:20.7	I'm going to talk about the big games. Obviously, watch ball all weekend. I imagine so many of you did as well. I'm going to talk about
0:21.6	the big games. Obviously, Arch's disappointing debut, LSU's win at Clemson, but we've got
0:27.3	McShea on the quarterback matchup in Clemson. Also his breakdown of Arch. He watched the tape.
0:33.5	We're going to kick it around on some of the other games as well. He's got a lot on Carson
0:36.7	Beck. Loving football again in Miami,
0:38.9	Lenora Sellers, his debut with South Carolina and 25.
0:42.6	And Danny Cannell, boots on the ground from Tallahassee reporting on his program's huge upset of Alabama.
0:49.8	What do we do with Alabama as well?
0:51.0	And Kyle is back in the mix, back from vacation.
0:55.1	We've got life advice and assorted thoughts. So enjoy on a Tuesday. This is the Ryan Rosillo podcast, presented
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1:30.4	The ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit RG-Help.com to learn more about the resources and help lines available and listen to the end of the episode for additional details. Must be 21 and older in present and select states are 18 plus in present in D.C., Kentucky or Wyoming. Gambling. Call 100 gambler. Visit RG-G-7-7-7.com. Call 888-78-9-77-7 or visit ccpg.org forward slash chat in Connecticut paid endorsement. Week one of college football in the books. I have thoughts. Ohio State, Texas, LSU Clemson, Florida State Bama. We'll do more Miami
2:02.3	Notre Dame with Connell and McShea and the Belichick debut in Chapel Bill. We start with Ohio
2:09.1	State's defense, just a monster again, apparently. A lot of assumptions that I am going to try
2:16.2	not to make with just one game under a belt,
2:18.9	but I think thinking Ohio State's defense is going to be really good.
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