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The Audible with Stew, Bruce & Ralph: A show about college football

Hall of Fame HC Jim Donnan on OU & UGA + mailbag!

The Audible with Stew, Bruce & Ralph: A show about college football

The Athletic

Sec, News, Sports News, Football, College Football, Cfb, Big Ten, Sports

4.41.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Stew & Bruce are joined by College Football Hall of Fame Head Coach Jim Donnan. Coach Donnan talks about the Oklahoma QB competition & Georgia's hot start to the season. Plus, mailbag questions!


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0:00.0

Welcome to the Audible presented by Trader Joe's. I'm Stuart Mandel, joined as always by Bruce Feldman for our second episode of the week.

0:26.0

Bruce on Sunday's pod, we gave a shout out to former Georgia coach Jim Donnan for alerting us to Caleb Williams.

0:32.8

And then you had the idea, hey, why don't we have Coach Donnan on this week?

0:37.2

Yes, you and I both heard his insights into that situation, and he called it and played out.

0:44.8

I mean, he didn't say it was going to happen in Red River, but this is kind of a scenario

0:48.6

that he had talked about overtaking Spencer Rattler, and this has become a big subplot to the 20-21 season.

0:56.7

Also, we'll talk to Jim Donah, who's very close.

1:00.2

He still lives in Athens, very close to his former player, Kirby Smart, in that program,

1:05.3

as well as some other things in the SEC and get his perspective on the Crimson Tide and a few other things as well.

1:15.2

So we'll be getting to your mailbag questions as well. And we will hit that in just a little

1:22.3

bit. But first, Coach Donnan. All right, Stu, now we're pleased to be joined by our friend Hall of Fame coach Jim Donnan.

1:30.7

All right, coach, here's the deal.

1:32.6

I know, and I didn't realize you kind of told Stu this too, but you have been the biggest

1:38.4

proponent of Caleb Williams going to overtake Spencer Rattler.

1:42.6

You said it like a year ago, and then you said it again, you know, to me a bunch this summer.

1:49.5

And lo and behold, it looks like you were way ahead of the curve on that.

1:53.5

What did you, what convinced you so much about Caleb Williams?

1:57.2

Well, the first thing I want everybody to know, particularly Lincoln Riley, the staff at

2:01.6

oh, you, all this was based on watching him last couple years ago with our camp that I have

2:08.6

a tendency to go over there sometime with some of my ex-player sons come to camp.

2:13.4

And the day that he was there working out, just unreal his skill set and his just presence,

2:22.8

everything he did.

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