LSU investigated + What’s next for Miami, Michigan and Texas A&M?! | Always College Football
Always College Football with Greg McElroy
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🗓️ 3 February 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Because they have the talent, they have a chip on their shoulder, and the U on the helmet is back in a big way. |
| 0:07.1 | And that certainly means something with the swagger they play with. |
| 0:14.6 | Welcome, man, it's always college football. I'm your host, Greg McElroy. |
| 0:17.4 | And if you thought the offseason was going to be a time where you can kind of collectively catch your breath, |
| 0:23.1 | and you probably haven't been paying a ton of attention because we're just a couple weeks removed from Indiana's historic 16-0 run. |
| 0:30.6 | But the focus has already shifted from the championship, and now we're starting to talk about the courtroom and the schedule. |
| 0:39.4 | We're diving head first into the, quote, new sheriff in town. |
| 0:45.3 | The College Sports Commission has officially opened up its first major investigation. |
| 0:51.6 | And the LSU Tigers are the first ones in the crosshairs. |
| 0:54.6 | We're going to talk about why this clerical inquiry is actually a massive kind of shot |
| 1:01.6 | across the bow, bow, if you will, of the entire power four. |
| 1:06.7 | And then we're going to talk a little bit about Big Ten logistics. |
| 1:10.0 | Their schedule came out. |
| 1:12.2 | And it is brutal for some and for others. Maybe a golden ticket. Who won the lottery? And who's got to travel 15,000 miles? |
| 1:22.8 | We got a full evaluation. We're going to talk a little bit about eligibility. It's been a hot topic of debate in all of college athletics. There is a specific player in college football |
| 1:33.7 | that we'll discuss who's returning for an eighth year. Plus, with what's gone on in college |
| 1:38.8 | basketball, the eligibility clock is kind of under siege, as you will. So we'll look at the rules, |
| 1:46.3 | some of the loopholes, and the modern roster and how it could potentially play out. |
| 1:51.7 | And then we'll continue on with our contender series. We'll put three heavyweights under the |
| 1:57.8 | microscope today, the Miami Hurricanes, the Michigan Wolverines, |
| 2:02.1 | and the Texas A&M Aggies. Can Mario Cristobal keep it going? How does Kyle Whittingham look |
| 2:07.7 | in Mason Blue? And is Mike Elko ready to turn the Aggies into a true SEC juggernaut? So we got a |
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