PMS 2.0 1280 - LIVE from the CFP National Championship, Divisional Round Recap, Adam Schefter, Nick Saban, Shane Gillis

The Pat McAfee Show

ESPN

Football, Sports

4.9 • 18.9K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2025

⏱️ 116 minutes

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On today's show, Pat, AJ Hawk, Darius Butler & the boys are LIVE from Mercedes Benz Stadium ahead of tonight's CFP National Championship between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish & the Ohio State Buckeyes. The boys recap everything from the Divisional Round of the NFL Playoffs, including the Chiefs still being the Chiefs, what led to the Ravens falling short in Buffalo against the Bills, rookie phenom QB Jayden Daniels & the Washington Commanders shocking the Detroit Lions, and Saquon Barkley continuing his dominance with 205 yards to help take dahn the Los Angeles Rams. In the first hour, ESPN'S Senior NFL Insider Adam Schefter joins the progrum to update us on the NFL Coaching Carousel, including what the surprise elimination of the Detroit Lions means for OC Ben Johnson & DC Aaron Glenn's impact on the hiring cycle, an update on Commanders OC Kliff Kingsbury's head coaching prospects, former Cowboys HC Mike McCarthy's potential landing spot, and more. Also in the first hour, College Football Hall of Famer & 7-time National Champion, Nick Saban, joins the show live to chat about what it's like preparing for the National Championship the week of the game, where the Championships should be played, whether he was nervous before his 10 Championship appearances, what he expects to see in the battle between the Fighting Irish & the Buckeyes, his takeaways from the NFL's Divisional round, and much more. In the second hour, legendary Stand Up Comedian, Actor, & Podcaster, Shane Gillis stopped by the set to let us know how he feels about his Fighting Irish going into tonight's game, his perspective on their run to the National Championship game, his latest commercial with Under Armour, and much more. Make sure to subscribe to youtube.com/thepatmcafeeshow or watch on ESPN (12-2 EDT), ESPN's YouTube (12-3 EDT) or ESPN+. Tune into College GameDay on ESPN at 5pm today and ESPN2 at 7:30pm tonight for the Field Pass with the Pat McAfee Show. We appreciate the hell out of all you. Cheers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, beautiful people, and welcome to Atlanta, Georgia, the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, the home of tonight's national championship.
0:09.3	We're live on this massive Monday.
0:12.4	Football is wonderful, and we're lucky to be celebrating it for numerous hours live here at Mercedes Ben Stadium.
0:21.2	Obviously, the home of tonight's national championship,
0:24.4	as Notre Dame looks to become a national champion
0:26.9	for the first time since 1988.
0:29.4	And the Ohio State Buckeyes are looking to get
0:31.9	to the top of the mountain once again.
0:34.4	A team that had to watch Michigan do it just a year ago
0:36.8	and then lose to Michigan
0:37.7	this season. Lose to Oregon. Now has an opportunity to potentially call themselves world champions,
0:44.3	national champions, the best team to take the field this season. The road to this game tonight
0:50.2	has certainly been an awesome one. I've been incredibly lucky to be a part of it every single Saturday with College Game Day.
0:55.5	We went through Texas.
0:56.5	We're up in Oregon, obviously across the north and the southeastern part of this beautiful
1:00.9	country.
1:01.9	And tonight we crown one champion that'll get rings and banners and stories told about them.
1:07.0	Forever will be Captain Jack Sawyer, Will Howard, JTT, and that Ohio State Buckeye team, or will be Riley Leonard,
1:14.6	Jeremiah Love, Xavier Watts, Marcus Freeman in the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
1:19.6	We got a heavyweight fight here in Atlanta,
1:22.6	and we're incredibly lucky to be on the sideline for that game
1:25.6	for our field pass on ESPN 2.
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