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The Joel Klatt Show: A College Football Podcast

Ohio State has their QB vs Texas, Michigan’s NCAA Penalties, Week Zero Pick & a new CFP Format idea

The Joel Klatt Show: A College Football Podcast

Fox Sports

Sports, Football

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

College Football is just days away! FOX Sports’ lead College Football analyst Joel Klatt reacts to the news of quarterback battles being won around the country including Ohio State naming Julian Sayin their starting QB. He lays out what will be expected of Sayin when the Buckeyes take on Arch Manning and #1 Texas next week. He then makes his first game pick of the year by breaking down the Week Zero Top-25 matchup between #17 Kansas State and #22 Iowa State. Klatt discusses Michigan’s punishment from the NCAA following the sign-stealing saga from the National Championship season from 2023.  He also explains the latest CFP format idea coming from the Big Ten that could feature 24 or 28 teams and walks through why that is being considered and what needs to happen next for there to be any change to the current CFP structure. Use my code for 10% off your next SeatGeek order*: https://seatgeek.onelink.me/RrnK/KLATT10Sponsored by SeatGeek. *Restrictions apply. Max $20 discount. 0:00-2:32 Intro2:33-10:59 QB battles across CFB11:00-19:20 Iowa State vs. Kansas State preview19:21-30:59 Michigan ruling sanction31:00-43:59 28-team CFP pitched by the Big Ten44:00-45:09 Joel Klatt live from Columbus next Thursday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

We've got college football games this week.

0:02.2

I wonder what we'll be saying about Julian after this.

0:04.8

That was stupid.

0:05.6

I mean, slow clap.

0:07.2

I've got to stop clapping for myself.

0:08.8

It's the crab cakes for what week one will be, which is the main dish.

0:13.7

The Michigan penalties, and yes, those are air quotes.

0:17.1

Brick killed the guy.

0:19.1

That's from a movie.

0:20.6

Just if you don't know that.

0:25.6

These bands are the best of the country.

0:29.6

A day like today is why we love college football.

0:54.3

Hey. Hey, what's up everybody? Welcome into the Joel Clatt Show. This show is brought to you by graduate by Hilton. As always, we thank them for their support. And we are here. We've got college football games this week. I cannot wait for them. We've got our bracket predictions. Those are already out. If you haven't checked that out, go back and check out the YouTube page. Make sure to subscribe. Give us a follow there and then get in the comments. I'll try to join you during the course of the season. And then wherever you like to social media, you can find us on social media at Joel Klatch Show. All of our content lives there during the course of the season.

1:11.4

So you'll be covered this fall as we enjoy the sport that we love.

1:16.2

And yes, we've got games this weekend.

1:18.6

Can you tell that I'm a bit giddy about that?

1:20.9

I'm so excited to stop talking about all the things off the field in college football

1:26.1

and start talking about the beauty on the field. And we finally start to get to do that not only in this show today,

1:32.8

because I'll be breaking down that huge top 25 game in week zero between Kansas State and Iowa

1:38.9

State, but also some starting quarterbacks that have been named throughout camp.

1:42.6

So we can talk about some of those guys. And then we will, hopefully for the last time, hit some off-the-field news that happened

1:50.3

really over the weekend. Obviously, the Michigan punishment coming down from the NCAA.

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