Coaching carousel update, playoff expansion stalemate and conference titles
The Audible with Stew, Bruce & Ralph: A show about college football
The Athletic
4.4 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 December 2021
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Stew and Bruce look back at the last week and try to put it into perspective. An avalanche of bombshell news reports turned the sport upside down. Marcus Freeman has officially been promoted to Notre Dame head coach. Oklahoma is still searching for a Lincoln RIley replacement. Will Matt Campbell end up staying at Iowa State? Playoff expansion discussions have hit a stalemate. Plus, conference championship games will be played all weekend. Which games are the most intriguing?
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Audible presented by Trader Joe's. |
| 0:20.2 | I'm Stuart Mandel, joined by Bruce Feldman for our third episode of the week. |
| 0:24.8 | We could probably do a new one every few hours at the rate things are moving in college football this week. |
| 0:32.0 | It is Thursday morning. |
| 0:36.3 | Notre Dame got a new coach last night. |
| 0:38.4 | We're waiting word on Oklahoma. |
| 0:40.7 | And Bruce, I'm just curious. |
| 0:43.2 | You know, you're as knee-deep in chasing this stuff as anyone. |
| 0:47.1 | And you're working sidelines on the Mountain West Championship game this weekend. |
| 0:52.1 | Have you got any sleep this week? |
| 0:53.3 | Just take the listeners through what your week has been like. |
| 0:58.5 | I haven't gotten a ton of sleep. |
| 0:59.9 | I'm not complaining. |
| 1:01.1 | Look, I'm not a good sleeper anyway. |
| 1:02.9 | So that's a secondary problem. |
| 1:05.3 | But so Sunday happened, right? |
| 1:09.4 | And like Sundays are always tricky for me even before the coaching carousel is crazy because |
| 1:13.3 | I'm coming off, getting up at 4 a.m. for big noon. |
| 1:16.9 | So Sunday happens and the Lincoln Riley stuff is blowing up Sunday morning. |
| 1:22.6 | And it's kind of like the, I'm at basically my kid's karate class while I'm dealing with this, |
| 1:29.8 | you know, kind of chasing it. |
| 1:31.4 | And it eventually happens. |
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