PMS 2.0 1281 - National Championship Recap, Kirk Herbstreit, Ohio State QB Will Howard, "The General" Bobby Carpenter, Darius Butler, & AJ Hawk

The Pat McAfee Show

ESPN

Football, Sports

4.9 • 18.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2025

⏱️ 192 minutes

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On today’s show, Pat, Darius Butler, AJ Hawk, and the boys recap last night’s National Championship which saw Ohio State hang on to win 34-23 after a furious comeback from Notre Dame, plus they recap the entire college football season as a whole that was arguably the best one we’ve ever had. Joining the show to chat about the season as a whole, what this means for Ohio State, if Notre Dame will be able to compete for more National Championships in the future, Will Howard’s draft prospects, how he thinks Ben Johnson will do as the Bears Head Coach, and much more is the voice and face of College Football, Kirk Herbstreit. Next, National Champion and Offensive MVP from last night’s game, Ohio State QB Will Howard joins the show to chat about the team, his relationship with his teammates and Ryan Day, his process of landing at Ohio State, what comes next for him in terms of the draft process, and much more in an incredible interview. Lastly, 18th overall pick of the 2006 NFL Draft, 7 year NFL veteran at Linebacker, and host of The Morning Juice in Columbus, “The General” Bob Carpenter joins the show to recap his night last night at the National Championship, what that means for this team as a whole in terms of their legacy in Columbus, if fans will give Ryan Day a break now, 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+. We appreciate the hell out of all of you. We’ll see you tomorrow. Cheers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	people and welcome to our humble abode the thunder dome on this overreaction Tuesday January 21st
0:08.0	2025 this program starts now football is wonderful and we got a chance to enjoy the hell out of a new
0:17.0	national champion being crowned last night in Atlanta, Georgia. This college football season
0:21.8	was absolutely magical. I was so lucky to be a tiny little part of it with college game day
0:26.6	each and every Saturday. Then the field passes as well throughout the college football playoff.
0:31.3	And then obviously talking about it on this program every single week, it was a journey,
0:36.1	I think, that we all had no idea about. We thought
0:38.9	potentially the downfall of college football was coming with NIL and Trans Report. Are we
0:43.8	going to lose everything that we loved about college ball? Or the passion and the pageantry
0:49.2	going to disappear in favor of selfishness and disloyalty and money over anything else.
0:56.8	Is there going to be a time now where no players will ever face adversity so nobody will
1:00.8	ever have enough mental toughness to be a great football player?
1:03.7	Is college football going to be ruined because of the current state?
1:07.8	That was the question marks going in to this particular season.
1:10.7	And now here we sit after crowning the Ohio State Buckeyes,
1:13.9	the national champions last night.
1:15.4	And I think we'd all say,
1:18.3	that was the greatest fucking year of college ball
1:20.2	that we've ever followed along with.
1:21.6	Certainly in the last recent history,
1:24.8	but also ratings through the roof.
1:27.0	The game last night was a blowout early.
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