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The Audible with Stew, Bruce & Ralph: A show about college football
The Athletic
4.4 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 9 July 2026
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to The Audible presented by Trader Joe’s!
In this action-packed episode, Bruce Feldman, Stewart Mandel, and Ralph Russo break down the biggest storylines in the college football world. We kick things off with a wild recap of Big 12 Media Day, highlighting Deion Sanders’ incredibly unusual and tense media session that has everyone talking.
From there, we dive straight into the unfolding Brendan Sorsby saga. We break down David Ubben’s latest article and analyze the explosive accusations made by Cincinnati head coach Scott Satterfield, who claims Texas Tech illegally recruited and tampered with Sorsby during the 2025 season. What does this mean for the future of roster retention and the wild west of the transfer portal?
Plus, Bruce sits down for an exclusive one-on-one interview with Mike Golic Jr. They discuss Golic Jr.’s massive upcoming move back to ESPN, what his new role will look like, and his expert insights on the rapidly evolving state of the Big 12 conference.
Finally, we crack open the mailbag to answer your burning questions about 90s postseason nostalgia, potential World Cup-style electronic tracking technology in footballs, and whether middle-tier programs like the Minnesota Gophers should aggressively "swing for the fences" in the modern NIL era or play it safe.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Audible, presented by Trader Joe's. |
| 0:09.0 | I'm Ralph Rousseau from The Athletic. |
| 0:10.7 | Join today in person. |
| 0:13.6 | There used to be this close to you. |
| 0:16.4 | There you are. |
| 0:17.6 | When was the last time we were even in the same room together? |
| 0:20.5 | Well, national champion. National champion for a couple of days. Well, no, not National Championship, one of the other playoff games because I wasn't at the National Championship. Oh, that's what I definitely saw you one of those right now to set the scene for people because you can't see the scene. Like I literally just checked into the hotel and Vegas where we're here for the athletic offsite and came up here to record this. |
| 0:39.6 | And Ralph, you definitely got a good one. |
| 0:41.5 | You're looking straight out at Allegiance Stadium and the W and Mandalay Bay. |
| 0:48.5 | Right. |
| 0:48.9 | I know you're a Vegas guy. |
| 0:50.5 | You must be excited. |
| 0:51.2 | Yeah, well, not the biggest Vegas guy. |
| 0:53.9 | It was 99 degrees when I landed today at 9 a.m. |
| 0:58.5 | Oh, that was that's much higher than that now. And it's much hotter than that now. So, yeah, |
| 1:04.1 | being a little intimidated by the weather, enjoying my view from, they obviously, you know, they must have given me your room clearly because i have |
| 1:11.8 | a very nice view but we get to be in the same place at the same time and we get to do this |
| 1:15.9 | podcast live uh bruce feldman will be joining us well we'll be joining the podcast later bruce |
| 1:21.6 | was in uh Dallas for big 12 media days this week and he uh his contribution to the show is going to be an interview with Mike Golick, Jr. |
| 1:31.5 | They talk about his career move back to, he's heading back to ESPN with his dad. |
| 1:36.7 | So Bruce will handle the last segment of the show. |
| 1:39.7 | Stu and I are going to handle the first two segments of the show. |
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