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The Joel Klatt Show: A College Football Podcast

Klatt’s Heisman vote & his Top 5 favorites for 2026 + the latest on the Michigan coaching search

The Joel Klatt Show: A College Football Podcast

Fox Sports

Sports, Football

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

FOX Sports’ lead College Football analyst Joel Klatt reacts to Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza winning the Heisman before revealing who he voted for on his official ballot. He then looks ahead and lists his Top 5 favorites to win the Heisman next season and explains why there should be a crowded list of candidates in 2026. Klatt celebrates the Army-Navy game that turned into a classic. He then gives his thoughts on Utah’s Kyle Whittingham stepping down as Head Coach and tells some behind-the-scenes stories from his time covering him. Klatt provides the latest that he’s hearing in the Michigan coaching search including who their top targets are and why this such a tough time for them, in particular, to be conducting a search. Klatt wraps up the show with a rant about player and team announcements with regards to their players deciding to come back for another season. Head to www.eckrich.com/TakeItToTheHouse and enter the time on the clock for your shot at winning tickets & a trip to the 2026 College Football Playoff National Championship. Use my code for 10% off your next SeatGeek order*: https://seatgeek.onelink.me/RrnK/KLATT10 Sponsored by SeatGeek. *Restrictions apply. Max $20 discount. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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When you are at your best, when you are great, when greatness is needed, and Fernando Bendoza was that in spades.

0:35.6

Every single time they needed a big throw, a big drive,

0:40.3

he was there, the Army Navy game, and it did not disappoint. Tip of the cap and thank you so much for your service.

0:48.3

I'm incredibly indebted to you.

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Touchdowns.

0:58.0

These fans are the best of the country. A day like today is why we love college football.

1:05.0

Hey, welcome into the program. This is Joel Clatt. I'm Joel Clatt. And we are brought to you by graduate by Hilton. We thank them for their support as always. What a week of college football. Even though we didn't have a ton of games, we had the great Army Navy game. We'll react to that. Obviously, we have a new Heisman trophy winner. We've got more news in coaching circles. I've got a little bit of a rant. I'm feeling a little bit like an old guy, so you're going to want to tune in for that. There's no doubt at the end of this program, but a lot to break down and get into here as we get into playoff week. And we're going to have these games starting on Friday night as Bama is going to travel to Oklahoma. More on that in a little bit as well. Hey, before we get into everything, just make sure to subscribe to the show here on the YouTube channel. You can hit the notification button. You can get in the comments below. That would obviously be awesome. Now, if you're listening to this show, it's a podcast, please rate and review us wherever you're listening. And then you can follow us on social media. If you want this content in shorter

2:04.6

form, wherever you like to social media, we are there. And you can find us at Joel Klatt

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show. I am, I don't normally wear a lot of logos, but I'm sporting the Dude Perfect

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hoodie right now. I, you know, I always support the Rose Bowl, but I got to

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support my guys over at Dude Perfect. Listen, if you've got boys or really, you know, any kids or, heck,

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any adults as well, you know about Dude Perfect right here on YouTube. They are legendary. Their videos

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are incredible. They're family friendly.

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They have been really, I would say like a godsend in our house because with three boys,

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man, we consume a lot of the Dude Perfect content. Well, if you did not know, we did a bit of a

2:47.7

collab this year with Dude Perfect where I was involved in some of their gaming on the college football game.

2:54.2

And I would give them updates and break down some of the games that they played on their gaming platform.

2:59.4

While they're making a bit of a playoff run, they sent me some stuff.

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