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Until Saturday: A show about college football

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🗓️ 26 December 2023

⏱️ 78 minutes

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In a special Power Auer x Max & Sam crossover episode, the quartet of Nicole, Chris, Sam, and Max preview the College Football Playoff semifinal games! The crew first previews the Sugar Bowl (3:30). In Quinn Ewers-Michael Penix Jr., who will deliver the best deep throws? Which team has the better WR room (12:00)? Can Washington's Joe Moore Award-winning O-line keep Texas' defense off Penix's back (17:30)? Will the big stage affect Sark or DeBoer? In the Rose Bowl (35:00), which of the two offensive lines will hold out the longest? Can Michigan's secondary and line fluster Jalen Milroe (45:30)? This is J.J. McCarthy's time to prove the doubters wrong. What would a win mean for Jim Harbaugh's career? A loss (55:00)? What's a reason for each team winning and losing (1:01:00)? Plus, picks! Subscribe to the Until Saturday newletter: https://theathletic.com/newsletters/until-saturday Call/text the Until Saturday phone and leave us a question for a future mailbag and/or Sunday Sound-Off podcast: (316) 462-9852 Subscribe to Until Saturday on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbhfrD1COvG40Mk7vvgaHIQ Follow Nicole on Twitter: @NicoleAuerbach Follow Chris on Twitter: @ChrisVannini Follow Max on Twitter: @max_olson Follow Sam on Twitter: @skhanjr Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:04.7	college football playoffs semi-finals mega preview so big that we've decided to do a
1:10.4	crossover episode with Power Hour and Max and Sam.
1:14.3	Guys, I am so excited to be with all of you.
1:16.8	I'll just introduce everyone by name
1:18.9	for those who are listening, Max Olson, Sam Khan Jr.
1:22.1	Chris Vanini, Nicole Hourback.
1:24.0	First of all, happy holidays, everyone.
1:26.0	Not sure when everyone's listening to this, but hope everyone had a wonderful time with their
1:29.4	family or a short time with their family, whichever is preferred,
1:33.0	but really excited to talk about these games.
1:38.0	We've been looking forward to them for a few weeks.
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