Hour 1: Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY

The Paul Finebaum Show

ESPN Radio

Sports

3.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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0:00.0	In 1979, the first words spoken on ESPN weren't just an announcement.
0:07.0	If you're a fan, they were a sports prophecy.
0:10.9	What you'll see in the next minutes, hours, and days to follow.
0:14.6	Glad you're with us tonight.
0:16.0	May convince you, you've gone to sports heaven.
0:20.2	And right now, you're standing on the edge of tomorrow.
0:24.4	This fall, the next era of ESPN begins.
0:28.8	Sports forever.
0:30.9	The pride, passion, and pageantry of college football lives here.
0:39.9	This is the Paul Pinebaum Show, Our One podcast.
0:45.4	This might be college football.
0:48.9	And we are back.
0:51.6	Ready for action.
0:53.1	Middle of the week, in case you were wondering, we got a lot to talk about today. Let's get going.
0:59.0	How about baseball? Yes, baseball. Why Arkansas versus LSU's semifinal proves the SEC still rules the college world series.
1:09.2	One of those will play in the finals, SEC team in the college world series. One of those will play in the finals, SEC team in the College World Series final.
1:16.9	How about 21st time in the past 17 years? That is a good record in case you were wondering.
1:24.1	Back to football, John Taltie. He'll be with us. Salty Talty. Big Ten SEC stalemate
1:31.4	headlines of college football playoff meetings with strength of schedule metrics. A lot of
1:37.0	back and forth between Big Ten and SEC after Diego Pavia leveled the big 10 in comments the other day.
1:46.0	Who are the sleepers? That was a movie, wasn't it? Right, Randy? Sleepers? Remember that movie? Who was in that movie?
1:55.0	I may be dreaming. I may be sleepwalking right now. Anyway, why don't I be quiet and talk to the experts?
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