Greg McElroy’s Conference Championship previews | Always College Football

Always College Football with Greg McElroy

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🗓️ 2 December 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Alabama and Georgia meet again in Atlanta for the SEC championship game, does Alabama need to win it to stay alive in the CFP? Indiana will try to prove to everyone that they are just as good as Ohio State in the BIG 10 championship, while BYU looks for revenge (and a CFP spot) against Texas Tech in the BIG 12. McElroy breaks down every game on championship weekend and tells you why Virginia needs to win for the ACC and if not could James Madison and North Texas both get in with a win? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	There's no question. There'll be a lot of eyes on this game. It's a great matchup.
0:05.0	And I'm confident that we'll respond the right way.
0:14.0	Hello and welcome in. It's always college football. I'm your host Greg McElroy.
0:17.0	Happy to have you here with us as we set the stage for what should be an outstanding
0:22.3	conference championship week in college football. There's so many great matchups, by the way.
0:28.3	We will break down every single conference championship game, probably the only show in the country
0:35.3	that's as excited about the conference USA championship as they are about
0:40.2	the Big Ten championship. I'm excited about all of them. Why? Because I have nine really meaningful
0:45.8	college football games left in the quote regular season because I include the conference
0:52.6	championship titles as an extension of the regular
0:55.5	season.
0:56.0	When we get to the postseason with bowls and other games, we have just a few more games
1:01.5	left of significant meaning, right?
1:03.9	In the 12-team playoff, we have 11 games of significant meaning, meaning we are down to
1:09.3	the final 20 games of massive significance.
1:12.9	So we are not going to waste time by telling you, A, this, that, the others, no, they all matter.
1:19.8	And while some matter a little bit more as it relates to the college football playoff,
1:24.6	there are still legacy moments this weekend, trophies handed out,
1:31.1	significant breakthroughs for some teams and some conferences. And honestly, we got some chaos
1:37.1	that could potentially come in the event in which a power for conference championship
1:43.6	doesn't allow chalk to fly.
1:46.9	We'll see where it goes, looking forward to it.
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