Miami’s defense, Ole Miss SHOCKER + Indiana & Oregon DOMINATE - McElroy’s QTR Finals reaction! | Always College Football

Always College Football with Greg McElroy

ESPN

Football, Sports

4.3 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Indiana handed Alabama their worst loss in bowl season history, repeatedly punching the Tide in the face while securing a spot in the semi finals against Oregon who shut out BIG 12 Champion Texas Tech 23-0. Miami’s defense shut down Ohio State and got enough from Carson Beck and company to move on to the semi finals where they will take on Ole Miss who stunned SEC Champion Georgia in the Sugar Bowl (but might be without some coaches moving forward). McElroy gives his reaction to all of the incredible CFP quarterfinal games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	If there's one thing we know about rematches in the post season, the team that lost in the regular season has fared quite well.
0:08.5	We saw it in the Sugar Bowl last night with the Ole Miss Rebels.
0:16.3	Hello and welcome in. It's always college football. I'm your host, Greg McElroy. So happy to be with you guys today.
0:22.5	It is January 2nd. It took a little while. I was in New Orleans last night.
0:27.5	Had to get back at least close to home so we could talk some ball. What a day of football it was, by the way.
0:33.1	Really two days. If you start with what we saw in the Cotton Bowl and how Miami performed,
0:38.8	kind of set the stage for what you thought was going to be an incredible three-game slate.
0:42.8	Well, one of those three games on New Year's Day delivered. It was the Sugar Bowl. It was phenomenal.
0:49.0	We will break it down. We're going to talk about all four of these matchups here in the college
0:53.3	football playoff quarterfinals. We're going to talk a little bit of these matchups here in the college football playoff quarterfinals.
0:55.0	We're going to talk a little bit about a couple trends that we've noticed through some of the games.
0:59.8	We're also going to set up and just do a slight to brief preview on what the semifinals might look like as we'd start to glance ahead just ever so slightly.
1:10.0	And of course, we will kind of sum up
1:11.8	the importance of the outcomes in a lot of these games. Before we get to the breakdowns, if you
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1:26.2	Football YouTube page.
1:31.6	Tons of great content for you there, tons of great breakdowns, whatever your flavor is when it comes to watching and consuming college football content.
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1:35.4	I can assure you on the ESPN College Football YouTube page.
1:38.3	So let's kick things off.
1:39.6	Normally, we go in chronological order.
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