CFP Quarterfinals Reaction: Ohio St & Georgia stunned, Indiana & Oregon advance

The Joel Klatt Show: A College Football Podcast

Fox Sports

Sports, Football

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

FOX Sports’ lead College Football analyst Joel Klatt reacts to the College Football Playoff Quarterfinal matchups as #1 Indiana dismantled Alabama in the Rose Bowl and Ohio State was upset by Miami, ending the Buckeyes shot at back-to-back National Championships. He explains why Indiana is the best team in the country and why issues that Ohio State masked during the regular season came back to bite them vs the Hurricanes. He also reacts to the incredible Ole Miss-Georgia game and gives Pete Golding and the coaching staff their flowers for navigating the turmoil of Lane Kiffin’s exit to knock the Bulldogs out of the Playoff. Klatt also explains why Oregon looks like a team that is on a mission after their demolition of Texas Tech. Klatt wraps up the show by agreeing with Dan Lanning and explaining the fixes that could improve the Playoff and why College Football thinks like renters rather than owners – to the detriment of the sport. 0:00-2:38 Intro2:39-10:41 Indiana blows out Alabama 38-3 in Rose Bowl10:42-24:28 Miami upsets Ohio State 24-14 to advance to CFP semifinals24:29-30:10 Ole Miss stuns Georgia 39-34 to move onto CFP semifinals30:11-35:03 Oregon shuts out Texas Tech 23-0 to advance to CFP semifinals35:04-44:03 What college football gets wrong with the playoff Use my code for 10% off your next SeatGeek order*: https://seatgeek.onelink.me/RrnK/KLATT10 Sponsored by SeatGeek. *Restrictions apply. Max $20 discount. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Indiana was the better team in every single area.
0:03.8	Hey, the other shoe's not going to drop.
0:05.6	This is not Cinderella.
0:07.0	Indiana is the best team in college football.
0:10.2	Miami and what they did to Ohio State was incredible.
0:14.5	Lane left, and this team led by Pete Golding, and the guys there just decided, you know what, we don't care.
0:24.9	They played their butts off against Georgia.
0:31.9	Touchdowns.
0:34.1	These fans are the best of the country.
0:36.7	A day like today is why we love college football.
0:48.2	Hey, welcome into the program, everybody.
0:50.0	This is Joel Clatt Show.
0:51.1	I am Joel Clatt.
0:52.0	This show is brought to you by Graduate by Hilton.
0:54.0	We thank them for their support as always. Hey, if you have not done so, go subscribe to the YouTube channel. We would very much appreciate that. You can follow us on social media. You can get all the clips all week long, all year long, all playoffs long. You can do that at Joel Clatt Show wherever you like to social media. And then you can rate and review us wherever you are listening to this if you're listening
1:14.0	to this as an audio product as a podcast.
1:17.1	Okay, let's get into it.
1:18.7	CFP, we've got reaction to all of these quarterfinal games because there were some great
1:24.0	games, obviously.
1:25.9	Listen, that nightcap with Georgia and Ole Miss, that was an incredible game.
1:29.7	We got some incredible performances, even in non-competitive games.
1:34.6	Let's get to all of it, including a little bit of a discussion at the end about this CFP.
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