Hour 1: Ralph Russo, The Athletic

The Paul Finebaum Show

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3.3 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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0:27.6	The pride, passion and pageantry of college football lives here.
0:39.8	This is the Paul Pinebaum Show, Hour One podcast.
0:45.3	This might be college football.
0:50.3	You never thought we'd make it to Friday.
0:52.2	Well, we have.
0:52.8	Good afternoon.
0:53.2	Welcome in for the next couple of hours. We have a lot playing for you. And there's been quite a few things happening since we saw you last. How about a week from now, the world of college football will convene at the White House, an ideal place.
1:17.0	So, according to Amanda Christovich, there will be a number of people, but there won't be any current college athletes, so Charlie Baker will be there, which means that nothing
1:22.1	will get done.
1:23.0	Anyway, Dunday Plowman will be there.
1:25.9	Jerry Moorhead, the president of Georgia, the commissioners, of course, will all be there, Sabin, Urban, all of the president's golfing for some.
1:36.2	What will happen at this? We do not know. We don't understand exactly what goes into it, but this is what Matt Hayes, looking for college football, is magic bullet.
1:48.4	It's academic eligibility.
1:50.0	That is Matt Hayes, and we'll talk to him in about an hour.
1:54.8	Nick Rausch, remember him from KSR.
1:57.7	He'll be back with us.
2:00.5	Eli Hoff covers Missouri.
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