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There is something in the show today slash tonight that it was a real attention zapper in the office over the past couple of hours, probably like the fifth or sixth thing we're going to talk about on the show.

It's not even the lead segment.

It's not the lead topic or anything.

But there is something woven in here a little bit later on that commanded, I don't know, what would you say, Jesse, about an hour and a half's worth of our time today.

Complete nonsense.

It's fantasy.

It will probably never happen unless I'm elected commissioner, which in and of itself has been controversial over the last 24 hours, because a certain unnamed lead analyst at a certain network I don't

work for, has been jockeying for the position. More on that in due time, people. But until

them, we're jam-packed, we're high atop of glorious downtown Nashville, Tennessee. It is Tuesday night,

January 14th, the year of our Lord, 2025. And we've got a national championship game to predict. That's why I don't

want to lead the show. I don't want to bury the lead. I don't want to leave the show with something that we could put way deeper in the show, but I'm excited about a number of things that we're going to hit on tonight. So Ohio State Notre Dame, we'll lead the show with it. We'll predict it from every angle. The model has its opinion. I have my opinion. It hasn't been worth much on Notre Dame

games lately. But remember, lead the show with it. We'll predict it from every angle. The model has its opinion. I have my

opinion. It hasn't been worth much on Notre Dame games lately. But remember, I was on a little

cold streak with Washington last year and Michigan, as it turns out. So by default, we redeemed

ourselves at the very end. Quick trips texting me while I'm on air. Does that mean that they like me a whole lot or don't like me enough to know I'm on air? It's got to be the first one. It can't be the second one. Anyway, what was the golden age of college football? Are we in the golden age of college football? Is the golden age ahead of us in college football? That's not even the topic I'm talking about. That's a whole

another thing we're going to hit tonight because the mailbag overflowed so much the other day,

I still have a lot to get to. I've got a controversial question at the end. Clemson's making

moves. I do have to talk about that. No, I didn't ignore it. No, I haven't forgotten it. Yes,

I will talk about that. So we'll talk about it all, and as usual, we're proudly brought to you by Academy, Sports, and Outdoors. They are watching us tonight in Rogers, Arkansas, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Pensacola, Florida. And beautiful Cedar Crest, New Mexico, Colin, I think you have relatives there? No, you didn't tell me that.

Okay. Well, I'm sure someone does. Someone's relatives have to live there. Listen, I need your

sage advice on something as we dive into the show tonight. Let's just say, for argument's sake,

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