PMS 2.0 1396 - COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS BACK, Will Compton, North Carolina GM Michael Lombardi, WVU Head Coach Rich Rodriguez, Adam Schefter, & AJ Hawk

The Pat McAfee Show

ESPN

Football, Sports

4.9 • 18.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2025

⏱️ 177 minutes

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On today's show, Pat, AJ Hawk, and the boys chat about tonight’s slate of college football games to kick off week 1 of the season, as well as everything happening in the NFL with the season one week away. Joining the progrum to chat about Nebraska football tonight, Micah Parsons, Trey Hendrickson, as well as Bussin’ with the Boys’ new partnership with ESPN, 9 year NFL veteran, co-host of Bussin’ with the Boys, Will Compton. Next, 3x Super Bowl Champion, former GM of the Cleveland Browns, current GM of the North Carolina Tar Heels, Michael Lombardi joins the show to chat about how the team is coming together and what he expects Monday night against TCU, and some of the different contractural situations in the NFL. Later, Head Coach of the West Virginia Mountaineers, Rich Rodriguez joins the show to chat about rebuilding the culture at West Virginia, what it takes to obtain a hard edge and how long it takes him to figure out whether or not a player will be a good fit, his coaching style, this upcoming season and much more. Lastly, ESPN Senior NFL Insider, Adam Schefter joins the progrum to chat about the news that the Cowboys are officially open to hearing trade offers for Micah Parsons, and that the Cowboys would like to get this situation resolved one way or another before their 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 about the thunder know on this hard edge Thursday August 28th
0:07.8	2025 this program begins now football is happening tonight college football week one officially kicks
0:16.3	off and we got a couple big ones 530.30, this thing starts on ESPN
0:20.9	as Boise State takes on USF.
0:23.5	And then at 9 o'clock Eastern Time,
0:25.8	Nebraska takes on Cincinnati in Kansas City at Arrowhead.
0:30.7	Will Travis Kelsey be there?
0:32.1	He went to Cincinnati.
0:33.9	He plays at Arrowhead.
0:35.1	If Travis Kelsey's there,
0:38.2	it's, we're not getting that far ahead for college. Let's not get that far.
0:44.7	For ball. Come on. For ball. For the go to ball. For Travis, they're engaged. But not
0:49.2	not. They are engaged. Have been for a few weeks. Hey, honey, you want to go see a ball game?
0:54.0	Why not? Hey, two colleges coming at that. What are you got going on? I assume Arrowhead's going to be electrifying. We saw the process of it transferring from the Chiefs Home Stadium to the Cincinnati, Nebraska host. And at one point, the paint on the end zone looked as if Nebraska was really getting sandbag. And we should have known that
1:11.5	that wasn't the case. It was obviously a process. The stadium's going to look beautiful. And tonight,
1:15.8	obviously college football week one kicks off in a huge way. That'll lead into a massive weekend
1:20.9	of college ball. I mean, you're talking massive matchups early. No cupcakes, I believe, is how it's
1:26.8	being described by Nike. I think
1:28.5	that is a, I think there is like a little bit of a run there where it's like, hey, now college
1:34.1	ball, they're being incentivized to play these big high profile matchups early with the new setup
1:39.2	of the college football playoff. There is a strength of record, strength of win, strength
1:43.6	of loss, when did you lose
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