Oregon & Indiana survive, A&M & Alabama keep rolling, The ACC mess & more reaction | Always College Football

Always College Football with Greg McElroy

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🗓️ 9 November 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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What a day in college football! Texas Tech let the world know they are a legit National Title contender by dominating BYU, the BIG 10 was wildly entertaining with Indiana surviving Penn State and Oregon beating Iowa in the slop. Ohio State, Texas A&M and Alabama cruise to another victory, while the ACC just continues to get more messy with Virginia and Louisville both losing AT HOME! McElroy gives you his Sunday morning reactions to all that and the rest of the Top 25. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome in. It is always college football. It's Sunday, November 9th, and we hope that you are having a terrific start to your day. No travel issues for me this week, called a game in Tuscaloosa last night, drove back to Birmingham, took me about an hour and a half or so, but we're here and we can do the Sunday morning show. A little rapid reaction to what went down yesterday and what was a pretty
0:21.8	fun day as it relates to college football, some outcomes we didn't expect, some performances
0:28.2	that were jaw-dropping, some upsets that were about to go down until the last minute,
0:34.5	until things flipped on the other side. It was pretty wild. It really was.
0:37.9	It was a great day.
0:40.0	Several are calling it, quote, survival Saturday.
0:42.8	We're at this point of the season where it's like, yep, survive in advance.
0:47.5	It doesn't need to be pretty, doesn't need to look good, just get the dub and get out of town.
0:54.0	Ohio State, A&M, Bama, Georgia,
0:57.1	handling their business. You had two teams in the top 10 that went on the road needing some
1:02.4	last second heroics. You had a team in the top 16 that's trying to keep their playoff hopes
1:07.3	alive, playing against another team that is really not nothing to lose.
1:11.1	They just fired their coach. It's in overtime. I mean, it was, and then the big 12th. And then the ACC, don't even get me started with the ACC right now. It is bonkers. Does anyone want to win? Anyone, raise your hand if you want to win the ACC right now because people are just throwing opportunities away. It's been crazy. We will start with some of the ranked matchups of the day.
1:31.0	Texas Tech ACC right now because people are just throwing opportunities away. It's been crazy.
1:34.7	We will start with some of the ranked matchups of the day. Texas Tech takes down BYU 29 to 7.
1:43.3	This game, while the final score indicates a healthy margin of victory, this was a complete beatdown.
1:46.0	And if you watch this game, if not for some heroics in the red zone from BYU's defense and the constant drive stalling for Texas
1:54.4	Tech once they got near the end zone, this game never really felt that competitive, to be
2:00.6	honest with you.
2:01.3	The physical tone was set immediately.
2:04.8	Of course, you have a couple of big mistakes dropping a punt, having that muffed kick that leads to three.
2:12.2	It was just not a good day for BYU, and it's part of the reason why we like Texas Tech so much in this matchup.
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