Hour 1: Indiana Is College Football’s New Bully, plus NFL Insider Tom Pelissero

The Rich Eisen Show

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🗓️ 2 January 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Rich breaks down the College Football Playoff quarterfinal games that included top-ranked Indiana boat racing Alabama in the Rose Bowl, Ole Miss knocking off SEC rival Georgia in the Sugar Bowl, Oregon’s shutout of Texas Tech, and a huge Miami Hurricanes upset of the #2-seeded Ohio State Buckeyes. NFL Insider Tom Pelissero and Rich discuss the chances Hoosiers QB Fernando Mendoza goes #1 overall in this year’s NFL Draft, the Miami Dolphins hiring Hall of Fame QB Troy Aikman to consult in their GM search, the chances we see a big-name quarterback (Lamar Jackson? Joe Burrow?) traded this offseason, which head coaches could be out of job come Black Monday, and updates the latest injuries to key players heading into Week 18. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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