CFP Quarterfinal Predictions + Dabo Problems & Best Hires
Josh Pate's College Football Show
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🗓️ 29 December 2025
⏱️ 92 minutes
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Summary
College Football Playoff prediction time has arrived as the CFP quarterfinal round nears. Texas Tech vs Oregon in the Orange Bowl sees Joey McGuire trying to extend a magical season while Dan Lanning has his team back where they were a year ago. Alabama vs Indiana in the Rose Bowl features Kalen DeBoer and Curt Cignetti trying to punch their team’s ticket to Atlanta. What about Mario Cristobal and Ryan Day taking their squads into Dallas for Miami vs Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl? All that plus UGA vs Ole Miss in the Sugar Bowl. The Transfer Portal continues to cook as we look at the latest whispers and intel with the Portal opening next week. Which head coaching hires were the best and worst of this cycle? All that plus some thoughts on Dabo Swinney and Clemson after a very underwhelming 7-6 season. Be sure to let us know what you think, SUBSCRIBE to the channel, and CLICK THE BELL for notifications as we bring you multiple live shows per week!
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:18.5 | Very simple guy. |
| 0:19.7 | I don't think people owe me a whole lot per se, |
| 0:23.1 | but I got to slam the pen down here on this Sunday night, |
| 0:26.0 | December 28th, the Year of Our Lord, 2025. |
| 0:29.3 | I really do think they owe me. |
| 0:31.3 | I think they owe you. |
| 0:32.7 | I think they owe hashtag us another round of home playoff games. |
| 0:37.1 | Because, you know, Dan L Lannning he may be lying |
| 0:39.1 | through his teeth that he thinks he belongs in Lubbock, Texas this week, but I'm not. He belongs |
| 0:43.2 | in Lubbock, Texas this week. The Oregon Ducks should have to be playing on the road in |
| 0:47.2 | Lubbock, Texas. You think I want to see Oregon basically fly to Johannesburg to play a second |
| 0:52.8 | round playoff game in Miami where where, by the way, if they, like, |
| 0:57.9 | fulfill their destiny here national championship-wise, they'll go again in a couple of weeks? |
| 1:03.0 | No, we don't want to see that. |
| 1:04.0 | I would love to see Mario Cristobal have to march himself up to Columbus, Ohio, but we don't |
| 1:08.7 | live in a perfect world. |
| 1:10.0 | I haven't been elected commissioner quite yet. |
| 1:11.8 | We are, however, we're back post-Christmas, and we're jam-packed, |
| 1:16.4 | and we're high atop a very blustery downtown Nashville, Tennessee. |
| 1:20.7 | And it is prediction night. |
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