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The Ryen Russillo Podcast

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4.8 • 13.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

Russillo starts the show with thoughts on the Big Ten’s proposed College Football Playoff expansion. Then, Booger McFarland comes on to add his thoughts to the playoff expansion debate, reveal which new college QBs have the best chance to break out, and discuss the Colts' decision to name Daniel Jones as their starting QB. Plus, Life Advice with Ceruti and Wargon! (0:00) Welcome to The Ryen Russillo Podcast! (2:13) This new playoff expansion proposal is worth complaining about (5:12) What would this new system have looked like last season? (9:17) College football shouldn’t feel like March Madness (10:48) College football is attempting to devalue its product (12:49) Booger McFarland joins the show (15:35) Do commissioners have the sport's best interest in mind or just their conference's? (19:29) Would the Big Ten have proposed this had they not won the last two titles? (26:53) New college QBs who could have the most success (36:35) On giving advice to a QB (39:34) What do you think of the Colts naming Daniel Jones as their starting QB? (43:38) Which QB would you rather have for the next three seasons? (47:19) On Russell Wilson’s limitations (50:19) Why Aaron Rodgers might just work in Pittsburgh (53:06) Who has the best defense in the NFL? (55:48) Which college football team do you think could struggle? (1:01:41) Should stars be skipping the preseason? (1:06:35) Life Advice! (1:10:00) Hotel checkout update (1:12:38) Face wash update (1:16:01) When can I stop going to church? (1:25:01) How do I deal with my HOA? 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 Guest: Booger McFarland Producers: Steve Ceruti, Kyle Crichton, Mike Wargon, and Jonathan Frias Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today's podcast episode, college football expansion for the playoff.
0:15.3	Do you hear about this?
0:16.1	I did.
0:16.8	And I'm not happy about it.
0:18.8	I'll ask him with Farling about that.
0:20.4	Again, who he likes, who he trusts at the top of college football world, looking at the
0:24.9	rankings, and then we get into some NFL stuff, including his former team, the Colts,
0:29.2	some storytime stuff with Peyton Manning, and life advice.
0:33.3	Enjoy.
0:36.3	I have some thoughts on the new college football playoff proposal.
0:41.1	I was not going to be able to let this one go.
0:42.6	You've listened to the pod before.
0:44.1	So the newest proposal from the Big Ten, I guess it was between 24 and 28 teams.
0:48.5	The media is working a lot with the 2018 model.
0:50.7	So let's just run through what that would be, what that disaster would look like.
0:54.3	The Big Ten would get seven auto bids. The SEC would get seven auto bids. The Big 12 and ACC, both five
0:59.6	auto bids each, two auto bids for non-power four conferences and then two at-large bids. The committee
1:05.4	would still be involved for what reason I have no idea. Because they'd be spending all that time on seating
1:12.7	and then coming up with the two at-large bids,
1:15.0	I'm not sure that's worth a weekly meeting.
1:17.7	I don't think it's worth a weekly TV show.
1:20.0	Reese Davis sitting there and being like,
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