Dark horse contenders + HARDEST & EASIEST schedules | Always College Football

Always College Football with Greg McElroy

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Football, Sports

4.3 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Alabama names Ty Simpson QB1, Oregon loses a WR, Carson Beck impressing, LSU defense on the rise and Boston College names a starting QB - McElroy talks about the impact of all of those camp stories plus gives you the hardest and “most manageable” schedule in the Power 4. McElroy also tells you why Auburn, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, Utah and Georgia Tech are dark horse contenders for the CFP. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I've ruled out uni because I want to live at home.
0:02.0	I've ruled out uni because I want to earn money.
0:05.0	I've ruled out uni because of my grades.
0:10.0	Study with the Open University and there's no need to rule out anything.
0:13.0	With our respected degrees, you can learn from home and work alongside study.
0:17.0	We're open to all. Plus, you'll have the support of expert tutors. So rethink your
0:23.6	future with the degree you didn't think was possible. The Open University. The future is open.
0:30.0	I think things are looking really, really solid for Matt, rule and Nebraska here in this upcoming
0:35.8	season. He was 10 and 4 at Temple in his third season.
0:38.6	He was 11 and 3 at Baylor in his third season.
0:41.3	I think double digits is possible.
0:44.7	Ambitious, but absolutely possible.
0:51.8	Hello and welcome in.
0:53.0	It's always college football.
0:54.0	I'm your host, Greg McElroy. We appreciate
0:55.8	you being here. Really fun show coming up for you today. More camp updates. We did a few of these on
1:02.5	Monday. I think a lot of people reacted well to them. We will continue on with some updates from some
1:09.1	pivotal camps. We got Florida State in the mix today.
1:12.1	Alabama in the mix. Sounds like Miami's in pretty good shape at one specific position.
1:18.5	A handful of other teams that have also announced quarterbacks. We'll get the Bama. We'll get
1:22.9	to Boston College. We'll do a handful of others. We also are going to dive into some of the
1:28.9	easiest schedules. We shouldn't say easiest, right? That's just the wrong way of describing a
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