This is an IHeart podcast.

Oh, ho, ho, ho, ho, I normally don't start the show by making noises. I just wish so badly you could be here.

I don't care if you're an Ohio state fan. I don't care if you're a Pitt fan. We are from Nashville

where it is a literal frying pan today. They had 100 degrees in Nashville today. I want you to know

it is about 67 degrees.

Some of the crew are wearing long sleeves, even a light shawl, maybe, a light cloak, a light

sweater. It's amazing. We are high atop state college Pennsylvania jam-packed on this Tuesday,

August 19th, the Over of our Lord, 2025.

Me and my little friend here, yet to be named, buddy, if you're listening on podcast, there's

just a wild animal next to me. I don't even mean Galby, I mean a literal former wild animal

that has been taxidermied into submission. Hey, who the most important players in college football this

year? I got asked that, and I was talking to Jesse, and I said, that's how we lead the show tonight. So we're going to talk about that. I've got several very popular takes around college football this year that apparently some of you think will whiff entirely. And I've got to be honest, I agree with you on some of these. So we will unpack that.

I've got a lot of camp intel. We watched Penn State practice today. I can't tell you about

98% of what we saw, but I'll give you some very general observations. All that. Plus, since we're

on his balcony and his office is, oh, about 37 feet away, we will have James Franklin on the show

in just a little while. They're watching us in Phoenix, Arizona, Albany, Georgia, Port St. Lucy, Florida, Laredo, Texas. Look, it's been a big week around here. I'll talk a little bit later in the show about some of the announcements you've seen. I told you some big stuff was coming this week. And I got

news for you. We got two more bullets in the chamber we haven't even fired yet. So at Josh Pate's CFB, all the socials. Again, that's where this stuff breaks. That's where you need to be following. Let's dive in. I really love this. I love, first off, the weather. I love where we're at right now. I love to lead the show with this because it is August 19th right now.

I look very, very forward to drawing back on this in December. Who are the most important players in college football this year? Maybe even most important position units in college football this year. And I just spun the globe. It landed on

Baton Rouge to start the LSU running back room. Some of you noticed the other day I didn't have

LSU playing in the SEC championship game. Now, some people thought that was because I hate LSU,

which is, of course, insane. Other people saw it and thought he must have questions about LSU.

I do. I do.

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