Mark Emmert steps down, the Texpert & mailbag
The Audible with Stew, Bruce & Ralph: A show about college football
The Athletic
4.4 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 27 April 2022
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Bruce and Stew discuss this week's big news that NCAA President Mark Emmert has stepped down. Why did he do it and what does it mean for the future of CFB? The Athletic's "Texpert" Sam Khan Jr. joins the show after reporting on Texas' spring game. Is Quinn Ewers the future of the program at QB? Up the road in Aggieland, Texas A&M is getting a ton of buzz this offseason. Is the hype real? Baylor HC Dave Aranda names Blake Shapen QB coming out of spring, giving Gerry Bohanon a chance to transfer out and find a new home. Plus, mailbag questions!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to the latest edition of the Audible, presented by Traderger's. |
| 0:24.1 | I'm Bruce Feldman, joined, as always, by my colleague, Stuart Mandel. |
| 0:27.6 | Stu, in a little bit, we're going to be joined by one of our friends from the athletic |
| 0:32.0 | Sam Khan, who is the expert on all things going on in Texas football. |
| 0:37.9 | We will get deep in on the Aggies, the Longhorns, |
| 0:41.2 | and a lot more with him in a bit, |
| 0:43.3 | but some big news on the NCAA front. |
| 0:46.4 | Mark Emmert, the longtime face of the NCAA and the head of the NCAA, |
| 0:51.2 | and probably the biggest punchline maybe in college sports has finally said, |
| 0:56.6 | I'm leaving. |
| 0:57.6 | He's leaving after making a fortune, but he's still leaving. |
| 1:01.4 | Will you miss him? |
| 1:03.3 | Will I miss him? |
| 1:04.9 | Maybe just for the comedic value of him handing out the trophy to the University of Kansas |
| 1:10.0 | City when the Jayhawks won. |
| 1:11.9 | But I was thinking about this last night. |
| 1:16.2 | I didn't, I mean, Andy wrote our column on his legacy. |
| 1:19.9 | But I thought about like, if I were writing something like that, usually you can at least |
| 1:24.7 | pull out a couple. |
| 1:26.5 | He was unpopular, but he did at least do this and this. |
| 1:29.7 | In fact, when I remember when Larry Scott got fired writing that, yes, there were actually |
| 1:33.8 | a couple, you know, positive things he did for the conference amidst all the stuff he |
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