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The Paul Finebaum Show

Hour 1: Amanda Christovich, Front Office Sports

The Paul Finebaum Show

ESPN Radio

Sports

3.31.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2026

⏱️ 37 minutes

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0:00.0

The pride, passion, and pageantry of college football lives here.

0:09.7

This is the Paul Pinebaum Show, Our One podcast.

0:15.3

This might be college football.

0:16.9

Good afternoon. Welcome to Friday. Can't wait to dig in here on what should be an exciting afternoon. Let's get going here, some headlines, and much more to discuss with you and your phone calls as well. And the SEC survey says, fans of the conference, Indiana, future of the sports.

0:41.9

Let's give you a preview.

0:43.2

Teams viewed to be best over the next five years as Georgia, Texas, and LSU.

0:49.1

Caitlin DeBoer, are you, can you answer the white courtesy phone?

0:52.8

Indiana Championship has been viewed as a big product or byproduct of the sports changes

0:58.3

and not just Kurt Signetti being a great coach.

1:02.0

The expansion, half the respondents in favor of 16, one third want to keep it at 12,

1:06.8

rest want to make it bigger.

1:14.6

Seth Emerson joins us later with the results.

1:20.6

How about this for spending your money wisely? The NCAA doubled its federal lobbying efforts in 2025

1:24.6

to push for a college sports bill, which we all know did not happen.

1:32.6

Could they have accomplished more with a bonfire is my question, with marshmallows roasting?

1:39.3

Amanda Christovich joining us from front office.

1:43.9

Amanda, great to hear from you. I know you've covered

1:45.8

this story for a while. You've been to Congress many times watching all this happen. Good afternoon,

1:51.6

and tell us about these expenditures. I'm still laughing about your bonfire and marshmallow's

1:58.7

idea, Paul. Have you ever considered considered politics i think that's a good

2:01.8

idea um i'm about to announce as soon as this interview was over uh so please stay stay on the line

2:06.9

um so i mean look as you said this has been an ongoing story for the past six or seven years

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