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3 and Out with John Middlekauff

Indiana WINS The National Championship, Saleh named Titans HC, Dad Diaries

3 and Out with John Middlekauff

iHeartPodcasts and The Volume

Football, News, Fantasy Sports, Sports News, Sports

4.82.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2026

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Former NFL scout John Middlekauff reacts following College Football's National Championship Game that saw Indiana defeat Miami 27-21 to win their first National Championship. John dives into how this game sealed Mendoza going number 1 in the NFL Draft to the Raiders in April.

Later, John talks about the Tennessee Titans hiring Robert Saleh to become the teams next head coach and how he's not sure if Saleh taking the Titans job is the best move for him. Next, John dives into the Bills firing Sean McDermott.

Finally, John answers your questions in this episode's mailbag segment.

04:34 - Indiana-Miami Reaction 

26:47 - Robert Saleh named Titans HC

34:45 - Sean McDermott fired in Buffalo

45:44 - Dad Diaries

58:25 - Mailbag

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.6

Guaranteed Human.

0:05.2

The Volume.

0:19.5

What is going on, everybody, John Middilkoff, Three and Out podcast?

0:23.7

How are we doing, my friends?

0:27.8

Hopefully everyone's doing well because I got a big show today.

0:30.7

I recorded most of the podcast.

0:32.8

It's weird.

0:33.2

You have a kid and he's five days old and your life is just torn upside down in terms of timing

0:39.5

and when you're awake, when you're asleep.

0:42.3

So it's just I had to record part of the podcast right before the National Championship

0:46.3

game.

0:47.2

I was like, then I'll do a reaction after the game to Miami, Indiana, obviously won the Natty.

0:52.9

And then as I'm recording, Robert Sala is hired for the Tennessee Titans head coach, which is not something I saw coming.

1:01.8

So I'll give my just instant reaction to that.

1:06.0

And I also talk about Sean McDermott.

1:08.3

The Dad Diaries.

1:09.4

I called them the Daddy Diaries last night. This is not Call Her Daddy. The Dad Diaries. I called them the Daddy Diaries last night.

1:11.9

This is not Call her Daddy. The Dad Diaries is what I named it. We'll do them again today.

1:17.3

Just my experience of watching my stud wife go through what she went through having a child and being in the hospital for a couple of days.

1:25.6

So, as well as a mailbag. People have been asking like, Middlecough, did you get rid of the mailbag? No, I was having a baby. I just didn't have much time. I recorded about four interviews last week to try to keep the content chain flowing, but they're like, does Netflix not allow you to do mailbags? Yeah, I can do whatever I want. It was just, I didn't have time.

2:03.2

So mailbags, still here, going nowhere. At John Middlecalf is the Instagram firing those DMs. We're going to do a bunch this week and probably a lot for the next nine months. So 12 months. I mean, throughout the year. I do them year round. So fire in those DMs and we will keep the content coming. Other than that, obviously the show's on Netflix. You can check that out. Just type in my name. Appreciate all you that can. Netflix USA. I have to talk to them. Can we get it worldwide? Because a lot of you guys that are all over the world are mad you can't see. We're working. I've been taking some notes of some ideas I have. and obviously if you listen on Collins feed, make sure you subscribe to the world. Or mad you can't see. We're working. I've been taking some notes of some ideas I have. And obviously, if you listen on Collins feed, make sure you subscribe to the podcast. Apple, Spotify, we got you covered. And let's dive into the podcast. A couple things really jump out. Tom Brady's at the game. John Spitex is at the game. Mark Davis is at the game. The other rich guys that bought the team with Tom Brady are at the game. They're there to see Fernando Mendoza. And early in that game, he got hit like it was an NFL game. Bane's going to be a top five pick. Messador, the other pass rusher, I start, like, is he going to be a first round pick? So I start texting around. He might end up in the second round. He's 25 years old. He's not perfect measurables, but he's a baller. He's going to get drafted in the top 40, 45 picks. So they have two pass rushers who are going to start on Sunday.

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