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The Paul Finebaum Show

Hour 1: Blake Toppmeyer Joins the Show

The Paul Finebaum Show

ESPN Radio

Sports

3.31.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Paul kicks off the show discussing the state of college football with Blake Toppmeyer from the USA Today. Paul continues the show on the phones to get a heartbeat of the SEC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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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 head.

0:18.1

And welcome in. We have reached another day here. Good afternoon and thanks for making us a part of

0:23.3

your afternoon. And let's get started. A number of headlines we need to share with you before we

0:28.2

get to our first guest who is currently waiting behind the curtain. Let's get going here

0:33.6

and tell you exactly what is happening.

0:42.8

Ranking every power four quarterback, one month into the season, that is Bill Conley.

0:44.6

He's the, he's the stat guy.

0:50.6

He's the information guy, and he'll tell us who is looking good, and where is Diego Pavia as he faces his biggest game?

0:56.5

He's number two. How about. How about Chambliss?

1:02.5

A lot of people think maybe he's the best quarterback in the SEC. He's certainly one of them.

1:07.6

A number of other. We're looking at Ty Simpson up there at number eight. So not a bad list.

1:12.1

In the SEC, you know, and I wonder about Mateer because Mateer was healthy. Would he be where he is? I think he was the best quarterback when he got hurt.

1:22.8

So Lagway is lagging away toward the bottom of the list, but some of that is injury-wise.

1:29.5

Jackson Arnold, a little bit higher than I thought.

1:32.1

Look at Arch.

1:34.1

Look at Nussmeier.

1:35.5

Look at Lenoris.

1:37.0

This is a Marcel Reed.

1:38.3

These are all some of the guys we thought would be at the top.

1:46.0

Meanwhile, Alabama wants respect for beating Georgia, then don't lose to Vanderbilt.

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