Georgia, Notre Dame or Ohio State - who do you trust more in 2026? | Always College Football
Always College Football with Greg McElroy
ESPN
3.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2026
⏱️ 56 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | The smart money says the iris aren't just a contender. |
| 0:02.5 | They are potentially the standard going into this season. |
| 0:05.6 | Marcus Freeman has his team. |
| 0:07.3 | He has his quarterback. |
| 0:08.5 | Now he just needs his ring. |
| 0:14.9 | Hello and welcome in. |
| 0:16.2 | It's always college football. |
| 0:17.5 | Today is January 28th of 26. And I want to begin by wishing my dad a happy birthday. |
| 0:25.0 | Dad, love you. I would not love college football if it weren't for you. So thank you for all you've done |
| 0:30.2 | for me, and thank you for being the man that you are. Happy birthday. I wish we could celebrate together, |
| 0:35.6 | but something tells me we will celebrate it at some point here |
| 0:37.9 | very soon. Today we are going to dive deep into the economy that is recruiting the quarterback |
| 0:44.8 | position. It's not necessarily about who's doing this, who's doing what. It's more different |
| 0:52.4 | philosophies that are being applied to how teams are building |
| 0:57.3 | their rosters. Now we've identified five distinct philosophies the teams are using to figure out |
| 1:03.7 | how they want to approach the most important position in the sport. Are you running a hedge fund |
| 1:09.3 | comparable to that of Lane Kiffin? Are you playing |
| 1:12.3 | moneyball like Kurt Signetti? Or are you entering into a marriage, so to speak, with the head |
| 1:19.0 | coach that you just hired and the quarterback that he had success with that led to him getting the job |
| 1:24.4 | at your place to begin with, a la Matt Campbell and Penn State with Rocco Beck. |
| 1:28.9 | So we'll break down all the different philosophies |
| 1:31.9 | the teams are using right now when it comes to the quarterback position. |
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