Labor Day Weekend Kickoff, Big Ten Circus & Mailbag!
The Audible with Stew, Bruce & Ralph: A show about college football
The Athletic
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🗓️ 2 September 2020
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
The Athletic's Stewart Mandel & Bruce Feldman are ready for Labor Day kickoff. There are 9 games this weekend culminating with BYU vs. Navy on Monday night. The Big Ten circus is a dark cloud hanging over the season. Is there any chance the league could backtrack on its decision?
Mailbag:
Is this the year a Group of 5 team gets a shot at the playoff?
Could Jimbo Fisher's Texas A&M Aggies be a sleeper in the SEC?
How will COVID impact recruiting?
Why did Bruce pick Florida over Georgia to make the playoff?
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Audible presented by Trader Joe's. |
| 0:17.4 | I'm Stuart Mandel, joined as always by Bruce Feldman. |
| 0:20.7 | Bruce, we were just talking about Trader Joe's right before we came Mandel, joined as always by Bruce Feldman. Bruce, we were just talking |
| 0:21.8 | about Trader Joe's right before we came on. And John Hayes, our producer, informed us of a product |
| 0:26.3 | that we were not aware of. Fellas, the lamb lollipops are absolutely delicious, bone in, |
| 0:33.2 | a nice chunk of meat on the tip. You can grill them, you could bake them, you could fry them, so many different options. |
| 0:41.2 | There's lamb lollipops. |
| 0:42.1 | That's fantastic. |
| 0:44.5 | Not going to lie, I thought at first you met a lamb-flavored lollipop. |
| 0:49.6 | Now, that is something that could potentially be good, but I'd rather just stick with the real thing. And not only does this Trader Joe's have, you know, phenomenal product, it's at a good price, too. It's not going to break the bank. When you think about Lamb, a lot of people say, hmm, I don't know if I necessarily want to pay for that, but Trader Joe's has it at a great price. Absolutely. That's why we love Trader Joe's. |
| 1:12.4 | We also love college football here. |
| 1:14.0 | And guess what, Bruce, this week is the start of college football season. |
| 1:18.2 | How are you feeling? |
| 1:19.5 | I'm feeling pretty good about it. |
| 1:21.2 | Obviously, it's a unique situation, unique dynamic. |
| 1:25.0 | I watched the game the other night. |
| 1:30.4 | And I'll be honest, there's a lot of more games coming up this weekend, and it feels like, |
| 1:37.3 | it doesn't feel normal, but I'm kind of getting my mind into it. |
| 1:44.0 | A little personal news, my role at Fox Sports this fall. I'm kind of getting my mind into it. |
| 1:45.5 | A little personal news. |
| 1:49.9 | My role at Fox Sports this fall is going to be different. |
| 1:54.9 | I'm pleased to report that I will be in studio this season, |
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