Kyle Whittingham to Michigan + Round 2 Preview
The Audible with Stew, Bruce & Ralph: A show about college football
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🗓️ 30 December 2025
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
The guys break down the quarterfinal matchups and make their picks. Kyle Whittingham takes the Michigan head coaching job after stepping down at Utah, bringing 21 years of experience to stabilize a program in crisis. The guys debate whether the 66-year-old is the right fit and discuss his five-year timeline. Lincoln Riley blames the Irish for the cancellation of the annual USC-Notre Dame matchup, while Marcus Freeman signs an extension. Plus, while transfer portal money reaches new heights, have new rules curtailed spending at all?
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to the latest edition of The Audible presented by Trader Joe's. |
| 0:11.0 | I'm Bruce Feldman, joined by my college from the Athletic, Stuart Mandel, and Ralph Russo. |
| 0:16.5 | We just had a fun holiday Christmas break. |
| 0:20.1 | It's good to be back with you guys. |
| 0:21.7 | A lot of news to get to. |
| 0:24.8 | We're going to talk about the big four playoff games that we got coming up in a few days. |
| 0:30.9 | We're going to break those down. |
| 0:32.4 | We're also going to break down. |
| 0:34.2 | What's kind of going on with the house settlement? |
| 0:37.0 | Did anything really happen of note? |
| 0:39.5 | Is it business as usual? Stu did a big story on it. We're going to get into that. |
| 0:44.5 | Also, before I forget, don't forget, every episode of the Audible is on YouTube. Find us at |
| 0:51.8 | Audible Show. Guys, there was some big news right. |
| 0:56.7 | I think it was on Friday. |
| 0:58.1 | It feels like all the days are blurring together. |
| 0:59.6 | Out of Michigan, the story that won't go away. |
| 1:02.0 | At least now, Michigan has a new head coach. |
| 1:05.5 | It's a guy we all know pretty well. |
| 1:07.6 | Kyle Whittingham accepted the job, as Stu adeptly put it, when the news came out on |
| 1:14.6 | another Friday that he was stepping down, not retiring. That was a distinction I think a lot of |
| 1:21.2 | people missed because he's 66 years old and had been, had a head coach and waiting tag on |
| 1:27.3 | Morgan Scali for a while. |
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