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The Joel Klatt Show: A College Football Podcast

Most Intriguing Spring Storylines in College Football & the Top 5 NFL Draft Prospects on the Rise

The Joel Klatt Show: A College Football Podcast

Fox Sports

Sports, Football

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

FOX Sports’ lead College Football analyst Joel Klatt reveals his Top 5 Storylines in College Football as we head into Spring Practices - ranging from QB Battles in Tuscaloosa and Tennessee to major coaching changes in the Big Ten and fresh faces in Texas. He also ranks his Top 5 NFL Draft Prospects that are rising up Draft Boards following the NFL Combine including Ohio State’s Sonny Styles. He also reveals which of Fernando Mendoza’s Indiana teammates is climbing into potentially being a first round pick. Klatt then gives his thoughts on the College Football Roundtable at the White House last week and breaks down how we got to this point and where things are likely to go from here. 0:00-1:27 Intro1:28-1:42 Klatt’s most interesting spring storylines1:43-8:23 Alabama & Tennessee QB battles8:24-10:06 Michigan’s coaching overhaul10:07-12:27 USC’s new faces12:28-16:12 Texas’s transfer haul16:13-18:07 Ohio State defense rebuild18:08-30:03 Klatt’s NFL Draft risers30:04-41:20 White House hosts roundtable discussion to address issues in college sports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

If you look at my way too early top 10, all 10 teams experienced quarterbacks coming back.

0:04.6

I value it more than I value anything else in the sport.

0:07.8

I don't know if there is any way those two programs are not underachieving next fall.

0:13.6

You say that name and everyone's going to be like, oh, it's a great hire.

0:16.8

A vertical of 43 and a half. I couldn jump off my desk, 43 and a half inches.

0:22.7

Dude, what are they feeding these kids? Like, this is insane.

0:29.7

Touchdowns. These fans are the best of the country.

0:34.6

A day like today is why we love college football.

0:46.3

Hey, welcome into the program. This is Joel Platt show. I'm Joel Platt. This show is brought

0:49.9

to you by Graduate by Hilton. We thank them for their support. This is going to be an awesome show

0:53.9

today. We got three really great topics. My most intriguing storylines for spring football,

0:59.1

that's coming straight at you. My top five draft risers after the combine, that's coming up,

1:03.6

as well as kind of a recap of that roundtable discussion, if you wanted to call it that,

1:08.1

with the president and all those people in Washington, D.C.

1:11.0

There was a ton of people there talking about college sports, but more specifically college

1:14.8

football. My thoughts on that, where are we, where are we going from here? That's all coming

1:18.8

straight up. Just remember to subscribe to the program, YouTube, all the channels in particular

1:24.3

on social media, wherever you like to social media, Agile Class Show.

1:32.0

Let's get into it. My most intriguing storylines of spring football, I think it's going to be a great spring in college football because there are a lot of things that we need to figure out

1:36.1

with some really big brands in our sport. Let's start with a couple of the biggest, Alabama and

1:40.7

Tennessee having traditional quarterback battles. Now, this is something that is not as prevalent as we've seen in the past,

1:48.7

is these traditional quarterback battles.

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