National Championship Preview Show Feat. Shehan Jeyarajah

Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast

Richard Johnson and Alex Kirshner

News, Sports, Sports News, Football

4.9 • 916 Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

CBS Sports national college football reporter Shehan Jeyarajah joins Alex and Richard for a preview of Ohio State vs. Notre Dame. Shehan and Richard were at the two semifinals, and now everyone gathers to frame up the title game:

* When Ohio State has the ball

* When Notre Dame has the ball

* Why a lot of our analysis of Notre Dame’s chances keeps coming back to “what if this was a completely different team?”

* Assessing the first go-around for the 12-team playoff

* Picks

We’re excited to see many of you this weekend for our sold-out live show in Atlanta, a combo event with the Shutdown Fullcast. Thanks to Homefield for presenting that show. Use code SZD20 on your first order at Homefield and get 20% off.

Also this week from Split Zone Duo!

* SZD subscribers can listen now to our coach carousel wrap show, with conclusions and reporting on a quiet but telling few months hires and fires.

* Everyone can hear our 2024 season awards special, which we do our own way. Let us know what you think of our picks for awards like Team of the Year and the Bryan Harsin Award for Forestalling the Inevitable.

Hosts: Alex Kirshner, Richard Johnson

Guest: Shehan Jeyarajah

Producer: Anthony Vito

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0:00.0	We're coming, and we ain't backing down.
0:02.1	We don't need a bunch of cats in here.
0:03.6	Looking in the mirror.
0:04.8	Everybody just do your job.
0:07.0	You understand that?
0:07.9	Hey, will you shut up?
0:08.9	I'm bitterly disappointed with the officiating today.
0:11.3	Guys being dudes.
0:12.6	And they run through our like a shit through a ten horn, man.
0:16.5	Split Zone Duo National Championship preview.
0:19.1	Thank you, Lee.
0:20.4	Back by popular demand. One of the most
0:22.8	popular recurring guests in the long history of Split Zone Duo. You know him. You enjoy him. You read
0:29.1	his reporting and commentary at CBS Sports, where he is a national college football writer. He is
0:33.8	Shahan Jay Arasha, and he is here to talk about Ohio State and Notre Dame with me,
0:38.2	Alex Kirshner, and with you, Richard Johnson.
0:40.6	And with all of you, our listeners, Shahan, welcome back.
0:43.4	Have you gotten sick of us?
0:44.4	I would have.
0:46.1	I have not.
0:46.8	I have not.
0:47.8	I probably listened to a few fewer of the episodes in December as I tried to, like,
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