Mario Cristobal EXCLUSIVE + why a 24 team CFP would kill the regular season | Always College Football

Always College Football with Greg McElroy

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Football, Sports

3.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Mario Cristobal joins Greg McElroy to talk about the culture he has cultivated at Miami, how the Canes can move forward but still acknowledge all of their accomplishments, identifying players that “fit” what Miami is looking for, what Darian Mensah brings to the team and so much more. Plus, McElroy goes in depth on why a lot of big non conference games are getting canceled, if it is good for the fans and the health of the sport and the pro’s and con’s of a 24 team college football playoff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Premier League is exciting.
0:04.0	It's exhilarating.
0:07.0	And sometimes it's...
0:11.0	So when you need something to help you ride the highest and loads of all that action,
0:17.0	grab a Coke to keep you in the game.
0:20.0	Time to refresh.
0:21.8	Time for a Coke.
0:23.8	Coca-Cola, official partner of the Premier League.
0:29.5	Am I being too much of a traditionalist ear?
0:32.8	Is 24 teams the natural evolution?
0:36.7	Or is it the beginning of the end for the regular season as we know?
0:46.5	Hello and welcome in. It's always college football. I'm your host Greg McElroy. We are so happy to
0:51.1	have you with us here today. We have some great topics that we want to get into.
0:55.7	A lot of fun to be had on today's edition of ACF. We are going to first be joined by Mario Cristobal,
1:02.6	the head coach of the Miami Hurricanes. He needs no introduction. Certainly deserves one,
1:08.3	though, after the year that he just put together. One national championship
1:12.4	is a player, it's a relentless recruiter who has fundamentally rebuilt what Miami has become
1:19.8	and just got them to their first national championship appearance in over two decades. We've taken
1:25.6	to you back to where we feel like it needs to be.
1:28.8	We're going to ask him about the rebuild.
1:30.5	We're going to ask him about his new quarterback.
1:32.8	What he thinks about the violence that his team was able to inflict last year in the
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