Is this it for Ryan Day?: Ohio State vs Tennessee & Notre Dame vs Indiana Playoff Preview & Predictions
Until Saturday: A show about college football
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🗓️ 12 December 2024
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Bill Belichick is going to North Carolina. Arguably, the greatest NFL coach ever is headed to Chapel Hill. Chris Vannini shares what The Athletic knows so far about the agreement before welcoming in David Ubben and Damien Harris to preview next week's playoff games. Is this is for Ryan Day at Ohio State? Will Tennessee be catapulted to new heights with a playoff win? Marcus Freeman and Notre Dame have a lot on the line while Indiana is playing with house money. Plus, Darian Mensah to Duke and more transfer portal updates.
- Bill Belichick to coach North Carolina (:15)
- Ohio State vs Tennessee preview (2:15)
- Will OSU fire Ryan Day if they lose? (13:00)
- Program-defining win for Tennessee? (18:00)
- Ohio State-Tenn predictions (20:45)
- Notre Dame vs Indiana (24:00)
- Marcus Freeman's future with a win & loss (29:30)
- Notre Dame-Indiana predictions (38:30)
- Darian Mensah to Duke + more transfer portal news (41:00)
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| 0:47.7 | My name is Chris Vinini, and before we get to our regularly scheduled episode talking college football playoff, Tennessee versus Ohio |
| 0:56.2 | State, Notre Dame versus Indiana. |
| 0:58.6 | We had some breaking news happen after we recorded the podcast. |
| 1:01.7 | North Carolina has hired Bill Belichick as head coach. |
| 1:05.5 | Yes, it actually happened. |
| 1:07.5 | This is an unprecedented move, really, in the history of college football or NFL |
| 1:11.9 | coaching really, someone with his pedigree to come to this level. The school said it's a five-year |
| 1:17.8 | contract. We don't yet know the specifics, such as the buyout, but he's going to be 73 years old |
| 1:24.2 | when the 2025 season kicks off. He's also bringing a former NFL general manager |
| 1:30.3 | and Patriot staff from Michael Lombardi with him as his general manager, another person with very |
| 1:36.3 | little college experience. There is a lot of skepticism about this. In a previous episode on this |
| 1:43.3 | feed, Damien Harris, who played for Bill Belichick in New |
| 1:46.5 | England, said he wasn't sure if Bill could relate to players. He is a control freak. Will it |
| 1:52.3 | work? Can he recruit? We'll have to see. But also, does it matter as much as we move into an |
| 1:58.2 | era where we can pay players beginning next year. That is the question. |
| 2:02.1 | Still, this is clearly a huge investment from North Carolina, the salary, the staff pool, and |
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