Draft & Debate: Who's the next first-time CFB national championship coach?
Until Saturday: A show about college football
The Athletic
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🗓️ 11 February 2025
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Texas, Oregon, Alabama, LSU, Michigan, and many other prominent programs are lead by coaches without a national championship to their name. Who will match Ryan Day and Ohio State as the next first-time CFB national championship coach? Chris Vannini and Ralph Russo draft three title-less coaches each, and debate whose lineup is better and why. Later, we answer your mailbag questions, including 'does recruiting even matter anymore'? Plus, what we learned from the Super Bowl and the Eagles' win.
Rundown:
- Drafting the next first-time CFB title-winning coach (2:30)
- Mailbag question via Jeff H.: Does recruiting matter anymore in the portal era? (31:45)
- Question via Kevin.brock77: Who makes the decisions about conf championship & Army-Navy dates? (35:30)
- Question via Brandon S.: Whose seat is hotter: Mike Locksley or Mike Gundy? (43:00)
- Super Bowl takeaways (47:15)
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Hosts: Chris Vanninin (@ChrisVannini), Ralph Russo (@ralphDrussoATH)
Audio editor: John Ross
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Supervising producer: Michael Martinez (@MikeMartinezDC)
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| 0:17.5 | or settle in together on the weekend for a hearty Sunday roast whatever the weather. For any occasion or time of day, you and your family are always welcome. Head to our website or social channels to find your nearest vintage in. I'm Welcome to Until Saturday, the Athletics College Football Podcast. |
| 0:48.3 | My name is Chris Finini. |
| 0:49.8 | I'm joined today by my colleague, Ravishing Ralph Rousseau, |
| 0:57.2 | our beloved David Up and is still on paternity leave, |
| 0:59.6 | which means I get to bring in my fellow Italian to co-hosts today's show. |
| 1:02.1 | We got college football to talk about, |
| 1:03.8 | we got Super Bowl to talk about. Ralph, |
| 1:06.3 | good to have it back on the show. |
| 1:08.1 | How was your Super Bowl? |
| 1:12.1 | It would have been nice to be a little bit more distracted by the game. It's nice to have company over when the game gets that way. |
| 1:17.6 | And we had company over. We hosted the Super Bowl party, as we do every year here in Brooklyn, |
| 1:22.3 | relatively small party. I make chili. I don't make chili that often, but it's sort of my once a year |
| 1:29.3 | delving into chili. The party went off well, it was entertaining, it was good to be with friends, |
| 1:35.8 | the food was good. You know, the game was a little boring. And of course, when the game gets |
| 1:40.6 | boring, conversation steers into all kinds of places where maybe at this time, |
| 1:46.4 | you know, you don't really want this conversation to steer towards with your friends, right? |
| 1:50.6 | Yeah. |
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