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The Paul Finebaum Show

Hour 1: Pat Forde, Sports Illustrated

The Paul Finebaum Show

ESPN Radio

Sports

3.31.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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We kick things off with Pat Forde from Sports Illustrated who helps address the rumors regarding Kalen DeBoer leaving Alabama. And we start taking your phone calls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.7

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

0:39.8

This is the Paul Pinebaum Show, Our One podcast.

0:45.3

This might be college football.

0:49.5

Another week has arrived, and good afternoon.

0:51.6

Welcome in as we get ready for playoff football. Good afternoon and we'll share with you all the latest news since we saw you last on Friday afternoon. And by now you probably have heard the news that Fernando Mendoza has won the Heisman. First Indiana Hoosier to ever win. He beat out Diego Pavia, who certainly handled the losing with great grace and poise. We'll talk about that later.

1:19.7

Meanwhile, Mendoza gets ready for the Rose Bowl, he'll wait the winner of Friday night's game in Oklahoma.

1:29.1

D.J. Lagway was once a contender for the Heisman.

1:32.3

Today he announced he is entering the transfer portal after two seasons with the Gators.

1:37.4

Remember, he was the key last year to Billy Napier's turnaround.

1:42.8

Billy Napier has moved on.

1:47.0

So has DJ Lagway. We don't know where yet, but Lane Kiffin naturally tweeted about it earlier, as he always does.

1:53.0

Meanwhile, 10 chaotic moments that unexpectedly shaped the college football season, Matt Baker on some of those, and I bet you can name a few off the top of your head. Baker joining us in a little while.

2:11.3

Yeah, Kaelin DeBore says he has no interest in any of the vacancies, very clear about that,

2:17.2

in a statement yesterday, and then asked about it today a very pointed question by Nick Kelly of AAL.com.

2:27.3

Are you going to be the coach of Alabama next year?

2:30.3

Man, come on Nick. All right, I put a statement out yesterday because I just, first of all, our guys handle distractions. Phenomely. It's been that way all season long. They continue to do that. And so, but I also, you know, knew that yesterday and today was pretty important. I wasn't going to see until today to address it. So that's why I put that out there. A lot of the same things

2:51.2

I said before, you know, a couple weeks ago when asked really the same question. Just, you know,

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