Coaching carousel grades | CFP-ESPN deal and BIG changes | G5 Playoff hurdles
Until Saturday: A show about college football
The Athletic
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 16 February 2024
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Nicole and Chris welcome Stew Mandel to the podcast to react and discuss his coaching cycle grades. Which hirings made Nicole and Chris pick a bone with Stew? Is Mike Elko really a B-grade hiring? Later, Nicole and Chris take a close look at the CFP-ESPN +$7B deal, and what it may mean for the future of the sport. Plus, NCAA Football 25 teaser, rule changes, and why is Warde Manuel the CFP Committee Chair?
Rundown:
-A grades (2:15)
-B grades (11:30)
-C grades (19:45)
-G5 grades (26:45)
-CFP-ESPN deal//next week's vote//playoff structure (29:30)
-EA Sports (45:30)
-Rule changes (50:15)
-Mailbag: G5 Playoff + Warde Manuel as CFP Committee Chair (57:00)
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| 0:29.9 | Music Hey, everyone and welcome back to a new episode of Until Saturday. |
| 0:47.7 | I'm Nicole Hourback here with Chris Benini and Stuart Mandel. |
| 0:51.2 | Got lots of interesting topics to dive into Stu's coaching grades, CFP News, |
| 0:56.9 | and Chris has been angering the world with some rule changes that are probably coming that |
| 1:01.0 | people don't want to hear like a two-minute warning and helmet communication. So we will get |
| 1:05.8 | into all of that later in the show. As a reminder, be sure to follow this podcast on Apple or wherever you |
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| 1:36.1 | will answer some at the end of each show um but stew welcome aboard chris thanks guys for making |
| 1:42.8 | the time today. |
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