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First Take

Hour 2: Dunk You Very Much

First Take

ESPN Radio

Sports

4.05.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

On another episode of First Take, Stephen A. Smith, Shannon Sharpe and Dan Orlovsky react to Paul Finebaum's comments that the Big Ten owns college football at the moment. The guys debate if Josh Allen needs to be superman to beat the Chiefs. Stephen A and Shannon react to the Celtics dominating the Warriors and the NBA announcing their Dunk Contest participants. Morris Chestnut joins the show to promote his new role in Watson and talk all things Eagles! Lastly, the G-O-A-T debate is back again when Stephen A and Shannon debate who's more impressive between LeBron and Mahomes. Enjoy!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:43.1

The Big Ten at the moment owns college football. And there's no way you can say it doesn't.

0:48.0

When you go back to back, that's generational in Ohio State's case. They beat two SEC schools along the way. And there's a,

0:57.8

there's an old saying that was emanated in 1828 when Andrew Jackson was elected president.

1:02.9

A senator from New York said, to the victor belongs the spoils. And that's exactly where

1:07.8

the big 10 is this morning. It's an uncomfortable feeling for the SEC,

1:11.7

which has owned the sport,

1:13.2

but it's a reality this morning.

1:16.3

Wow, Stephen A. Paul Feinbaum saying

1:18.8

the Big Ten has now surpassed the SEC.

1:22.3

Your thoughts.

1:24.4

I think he's absolutely right.

1:26.1

What are you to say?

1:27.3

When you think about Alabama losing last year and before Michigan ultimately be Washington for the national title,

1:38.1

when you think about Nick Saban departing from there, when you think about how Georgia looked this year, when you think about

1:46.1

how Brian Kelly is underachieved at U.S.U, when you think about Steve Sarkesian and Texas

1:55.6

not being able to get over the hump, when you think about how Beck looked quarterbacking Georgia this year,

2:02.3

and then you juxtapose all of that to Michigan last year, Ohio State this year,

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