McElroy, Jim Tressel & Matt Barrie talk Notre Dame vs Ohio State | Always College Football

Always College Football with Greg McElroy

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Football, Sports

4.3 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Greg McElroy talks with former Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel about the similarities between Ryan Day and Marcus Freeman, how special Jeremiah Smith is, what a National Championship for Ryan Day would mean and much more. Plus, McElroy and Matt Barrie go over the challenges ahead for Notre Dame, how Ohio State’s loss to Michigan may have made them better, what a National Championship would mean for both teams and how Notre Dame has given other programs hope. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Are you a smart booker or a silly booker?
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0:13.8	Silly bookers?
0:14.8	Well, enjoy those cues at the bar.
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0:39.3	I think there's a path that you can look back on every great accomplishment and you'll see where the suffering had a lot to do with it.
0:46.4	Hello and welcome to Always College Football. I'm your host Greg McElroy.
0:47.7	It is January 18th here in Atlanta, Georgia.
0:51.9	Just over my right shoulder, Mercedes Ben Stadium, the national championship will be played right over there in about 48 hours.
1:01.1	We have an awesome show for you today.
1:02.7	We have Jim Tressel, the former head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes, the Hall of Famer.
1:08.3	He will join the show, and we will also have a great visit
1:11.1	with my good friend, an ESPN host, ESPN podcast host, the Matt Berry Show. Matt Barry will join
1:18.5	us here on the set as well. We have a lot to look forward to here throughout the course of the
1:23.8	weekend. If you have not, please subscribe to the podcast, wherever you get the
1:29.1	podcast. If you're here with us via the ESPN College Football YouTube channel, go ahead and
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1:37.7	video and follow us on our social media platforms at always CFB. We'll have some behind the
1:43.2	scenes content from our weekend here in Atlanta.
1:46.2	But let's kick off championship weekend with the great discussion with Jim Tressel, the former head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes.
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