Eric Morris to Oklahoma State + CFP Rankings Update
The Audible with Stew, Bruce & Ralph: A show about college football
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🗓️ 26 November 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Eric Morris will leave North Texas to take the Oklahoma State job at the end of the season, sparking a debate: Is this the same as Lane Kiffin's situation at Ole Miss? Ralph and Bruce argue it's fundamentally different: G5 coaches are moving up with salary increases that could triple their pay, while Kiffin would be choosing between $12 million offers at blue blood programs.
Bruce shares his history with Morris dating back to his days as "the Elf" at Texas Tech, and explains how Morris discovered Baker Mayfield, Cam Ward, John Mateer, and Chandler Morris before anyone else wanted them. Will Morris could bring quarterback whisperer magic to Stillwater?
The latest CFP rankings show minimal movement after a clean weekend, but Ralph and Bruce game out chaos scenarios: What happens if Michigan beats Ohio State again? Could Oregon get bumped at 10-2? Would Texas Tech survive a Big 12 title game loss? Plus, they highlight breakout players ahead of Rivalry Weekend, and mailbag tackles whether paying players in 2000 would have prevented conference realignment and what on-field changes are transforming the game.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Audible presented by Trader Joe's. |
| 0:10.5 | I'm Ralph Rousseau from The Athletic, joined by my colleague Bruce Feldman. |
| 0:15.1 | No Stuart Mandel today. |
| 0:16.7 | We're trying to squeeze in one more episode before the Thanksgiving holiday. |
| 0:20.7 | Hopefully this is taking you along for a little ride to family, friends, and food. |
| 0:27.0 | Remember to join us on Sunday live on YouTube at Audible Show. |
| 0:32.1 | At 8.30 Pacific, 1130 Eastern Time. |
| 0:35.4 | We'll recap all of the weekends action, and it's a huge weekend. It's |
| 0:39.2 | rivalry weekend. Games start on Thursday night, run straight through Saturday. And of course, |
| 0:45.2 | you can watch every episode of the Audible on YouTube. So Bruce, the coaching carousel, |
| 0:52.4 | we'll get, by the way, to the playoff rankings. |
| 0:54.8 | Not a lot of movement there. |
| 0:55.8 | Of course, we'll do the mailbag, a little bit of an abbreviated mailbag too. |
| 0:59.7 | But the coaching carousel keeps spinning and spin and spinning. |
| 1:02.3 | So let's do the news, Bruce. |
| 1:04.0 | And the news of the day is Eric Morris of North Texas taking the Oklahoma State job. |
| 1:11.7 | This had been in the pipeline. |
| 1:13.9 | We've been hearing a lot about how Oklahoma State was very much interested in Eric Morris as their new coach. |
| 1:20.6 | We should say North Texas is still very much in the race to win the American and make the playoff. |
| 1:27.3 | In fact, maybe the favorite to do that |
| 1:29.4 | right now, he will remain with his team throughout the playoff if North Texas does indeed get there. |
| 1:37.1 | So, interesting guy with an interesting background that you certainly know about because he's a |
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