NFL playoffs, CFP expansion, Harbaugh's future & maibag!
The Audible with Stew, Bruce & Ralph: A show about college football
The Athletic
4.4 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 25 January 2022
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Stew and Bruce react to an unforgettable weekend of NFL football. Should more teams be included in the College Football Playoff to create this type of drama before the semi-finals? USC and Lincoln Riley continue to use the transfer portal but QB Caleb Williams remains unsigned. Plus, mailbag questions on Jim Harbaugh's future at Michigan, Texas hiring former TCU Head Coach Gary Patterson and Stew's ranking of the top 25 coaches in college football.
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| 0:00.0 | The Audible is presented by Trader Joe's. |
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| 0:09.9 | And by the way, the next time you're in Trader Joe's, make sure to pick up a box of their pita crackers. |
| 0:15.2 | You won't regret it. |
| 0:20.4 | Music Welcome to the Audible presented by Trader Joe's. |
| 0:35.3 | I'm Stuart Mandel. |
| 0:36.5 | Join, as always, by Bruce Feldman. |
| 0:38.0 | And Bruce, this is a first for me. Maybe for this podcast. I don't know, but it's a college |
| 0:45.1 | football podcast, and I find as we get on the recording today, that the most I just want to talk |
| 0:50.9 | about the NFL playoffs. Yeah, it was four great games, all came down to the last play. |
| 0:57.6 | It was great drama all the way around. |
| 0:59.9 | Look, I know that you come in and out of your NFL fandom. |
| 1:05.4 | Well, welcome to the club, because it more than lived up to the hype. |
| 1:08.6 | And, you know, it's funny is usually when you get on the big stage, like college football, |
| 1:13.4 | I feel like seldom comes through on the last, you know, in the playoff. |
| 1:17.2 | The playoffs, they're blowouts. |
| 1:20.7 | They're under, you know, like this, you know, was great drama, great plays. |
| 1:24.8 | I mean, it was just an awesome weekend for football. |
| 1:28.4 | All four games decided on the last play. That's insane. And I was trying to think through my head how many college playoff games, how many have we even had, period. |
| 1:38.4 | Certainly the second and 26 game was one. The Georgia, Oklahoma game went to double overtime. Not many. I mean, Hunter, |
| 1:49.7 | Hunter Renfro's catch almost was. It was like one second left. But yeah, I mean, I'm jealous. I'm |
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