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The Joel Klatt Show: A College Football Podcast

College Football Week 1 Picks & Previews

The Joel Klatt Show: A College Football Podcast

Fox Sports

Sports, Football

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Fox Sports’ lead College Football analyst Joel Klatt makes his picks in the biggest games of a Week 1 slate that includes 3 Top-10 Matchups. Klatt kicks things off by previewing the game he will be calling on Big Noon Saturday on FOX – the huge matchup from Columbus when #1 Texas takes on the Defending National Champions, Ohio State. He then breaks down the other Top-10 matchups as #9 LSU travels to #4 Clemson and #10 Miami hosts #6 Notre Dame and makes his picks against the spread. Klatt also previews #9 Alabama’s trip to Florida State as Year 2 of the Kalen DeBoer begins. He wraps up the show by making his picks in the Friday night game between Auburn and Baylor as well as the college football debut for Bill Belichick as UNC takes on TCU on Monday night.Use my code for 10% off your next SeatGeek order*: https://seatgeek.onelink.me/RrnK/KLATT10Sponsored by SeatGeek. *Restrictions apply. Max $20 discount. Chapters 0:00-1:30 Intro1:31-11:18 Texas vs. Ohio State11:19-14:33 LSU vs. Clemson14:34-19:50 Notre Dame vs. Miami19:51-26:30 Alabama vs. Florida State26:31-31:15 Auburn vs. Baylor31:16-35:51 TCU vs. North Carolina Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Arch mania is upon us. If his last name wasn't Manning, I doubt he would be the Heisman

0:04.6

favorite. They could absolutely find themselves playing for a Big 12 championship.

0:09.9

This is still Alabama. DeBoer has recruited well. I understand it's not Nick Saban. He's got the

0:14.6

best player in college football at his disposal. I cannot wait that the next time you hear my

0:19.9

voice will be on Saturday, Ohio State,

0:22.4

Texas, live from the shoe, and the biggest opener that we've ever seen in college football.

0:30.9

Touchdowns. These fans are the best of the country. A day like today is why we love college football.

0:45.6

Hey, welcome into the program.

0:47.2

This is the Joel Clatt show.

0:48.3

I am Joel Clatt, and we are here.

0:50.0

It is week one of the college football season.

0:52.2

This show is brought to you by graduate by Hilton.

0:54.7

We thank them for their support as always. I cannot wait. We've got games. This is our preview

0:59.6

episode for week one. We're going to break down all the best games this weekend, and there

1:03.8

are a number of them. Hey, remember, if you aren't subscribed on YouTube to our program, go ahead and

1:08.8

go do that. And then we can be wherever you are, you like to social media. We're there. Go follow us on social media at Joel Clatio. And you'll get all of our content during the course of the season. Let's dive right in because we've got monster games and we're finally here. The offseason is over. It's on the field. And we've got probably the best

1:28.6

opening game, maybe in the history of college football. That's right. Gus Jenny and I will have

1:32.9

the call big noon Saturday as Ohio State welcomes Texas to the shoe, the defending national

1:38.9

champion against the number one team in the country in the preseason. It does not get any bigger than this.

1:46.2

Two of the best coaches in the sport, two of the best programs in the sport,

1:50.0

and they are at the top of their game right now.

1:53.4

Texas coming off of back-to-back national semifinals,

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