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The Paul Finebaum Show

Hour 2: Tom Murphy Joins the Show

The Paul Finebaum Show

ESPN Radio

Sports

3.31.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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To kick off the second hour of Thursday's show, Paul welcomes in Tom Murphy of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:04.0

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0:10.0

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0:12.0

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0:18.0

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0:22.2

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0:27.7

one bracket game, presented by Allstate. The pride, passion, and pageantry of college football lives here.

0:40.0

This is the Paul Pinebaum Show, Our 2 podcast.

0:45.6

This might be college football.

0:49.0

Back to the program.

0:50.5

Second Hour is live.

0:51.7

We'll talk a little bit about Alabama's conundrum in a few minutes with Mike Rodak right now. What about those Arkansas razorbacks? Practice is underway,

1:00.7

new coach, new optimism. Tom Murphy rejoins the show. Always great to catch you up with him. Tom,

1:09.0

good afternoon, and thanks for being with us.

1:12.2

You bet you, Paul, it's been a while, and I guess you're starting at team number 16 in your previews,

1:16.9

or maybe you've gone through 15 already. I'm not sure.

1:20.3

No, we wanted the best. That's why we went to Arkansas to talk football, not basketball.

1:27.3

Hey, it's great to have you with us.

1:29.5

There is optimism. I mean, there has to be optimism after what has been going on there in recent

1:34.1

years. So how would you describe the scene there under Ryan Silverfield?

1:38.9

Well, Ryan's a very positive guy, and we've had a couple of interviews in spring training already,

1:43.9

and the coaches seem to think he's a guy who people like to follow, and we've had a couple of interviews in spring training already, and the coaches

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