Does CFB Need NFL Help? + Signing Day Reaction
Josh Pate's College Football Show
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🗓️ 6 February 2026
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Has the time come for College Football to reach out to the NFL for help? On Josh Pate’s College Football Show Ep 711 Josh Pate discussed how eligibility and calendar issues in College Football could use some assistance after Roger Goodell’s comments during Super Bowl week. Plenty of early top 25 rankings reaction is pouring in. In this show Josh Pate discussed the placement of Indiana and Miami fresh off their national title matchup. What about Oregon, Ohio State, Michigan, and Penn State in the Big Ten? Where are teams like Texas, Alabama, UGA, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, and Florida in the SEC? Tonight we go over the ACC schedule including Miami having a more workable path and FSU facing a tough road. National Signing Day saw USC and Oregon land top 3 classes with Notre Dame between them. Tonight we get takeaways and memories of past National Signing Days. The Mood Tracker segment continues tonight with a look at Ryan Day and Ohio State. All that plus advice for getting a career in sports media. Be sure to let us know what you think, SUBSCRIBE to the channel, and CLICK THE BELL for notifications as we bring you multiple live shows per week!
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:19.1 | It has come to my attention that maybe shame on me that I've spent so much time shaming the NFL, |
| 0:26.1 | not coming to college football's aid, not clearing the deck on Sunday night, |
| 0:30.5 | moving the Super Bowl up six hours so we can have our Sunday night show, |
| 0:33.6 | that I failed to realize it may be the NFL that ends up saving college football. |
| 0:39.6 | I never expected the combination of words to come out of my mouth |
| 0:42.8 | were jam-packed high atop of spirited downtown Nashville, Tennessee. |
| 0:45.9 | On this Thursday, February 5th, the year of Our Lord, 2006. |
| 0:50.3 | But yes, it has come to the attention of the future office of the Commissioner of College |
| 0:54.9 | football here that if the three letters CFB can't save themselves, maybe NFL can come in. |
| 1:02.0 | Maybe we have sound to back it up. I've got a little bit of reaction and a lot of memories |
| 1:07.5 | about National Signing Day, which is now in our rearview mirror and, you know, |
| 1:12.0 | in case you need to rewind, yes, you heard me right. It did happen yesterday. It's a shell of what it |
| 1:17.1 | once was. We've got an early signing day now. We've got NIL. We got portal. So yes, I know the |
| 1:22.7 | day doesn't mean what it once meant, but it still does mean a lot, and it used to mean a whole lot more. |
| 1:28.3 | So if you will humor me for a little while, I dare take us down the nostalgic streets |
| 1:34.5 | of yesteryear in college football coming up in a few minutes. The ACC schedule has dropped. |
| 1:40.0 | I want you to do me an early favor. We've already been praying for Northwestern in the Big Ten. |
| 1:44.8 | Northwestern's been on all of our prayer lists every night and every morning. |
| 1:48.1 | I would respectfully request that you add Stanford to the prayer list, at least when it comes |
| 1:54.0 | to college football scheduling. |
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