PMS 2.0 1480 - CFP Quarterfinal Recap, NFL Week 18 Preview/Picks, Adam Schefter, Pete Thamel, Peter Schrager, & AJ Hawk

The Pat McAfee Show

ESPN

Sports, Football

4.9 • 18.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2026

⏱️ 184 minutes

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On today's show, Pat, AJ Hawk and the boys recap the CFP Quarterfinal round as they were at both the Cotton Bowl and Rose Bowl, plus they preview the entire NFL week 18 slate and make their picks against the spread. Joining the progrum to catch us up on everything that happened over the past week in the NFL and to preview the biggest story lines of week 18 is ESPN Senior NFL Insider, Adam Schefter. Next, the authority of college football, Pete Thamel joins the show to chat about the transfer portal opening today, his expectations for Trinidad Chambliss and what’s going to happen to all these teams who are still in the playoffs as roster’s begin to change. Later, ESPN NFL Insider/host/pundit, host of the Schrager Hour, Peter Schrager joins the show to chat about the CFP, the Panthers Bucs game tomorrow which he’ll be on the sideline for, and some of the other biggest storylines around the NFL moving into week 18. 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 on Overreaction Monday. Cheers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, beautiful people, and welcome to our Humbley Bo, the Thunderham.
0:05.7	On this Feel Good Friday, January 2nd, 206, this program starts now.
0:13.2	Football!
0:14.4	Is the greatest.
0:15.4	Saying 2006 felt weird there.
0:17.3	Whoa.
0:17.5	Yeah.
0:17.9	But we're here.
0:18.6	Happy New Year.
0:19.4	We can't thank you enough for allowing us to do this for another full trip around the sun. 2025 was obviously fantastic. New Year's Eve, it was an honor to be down there in Jerry World. And congratulations to the Miami Hurricanes. Big physical win over the Ohio State Buckeyes. They advance, obviously, to take on who?
0:38.8	Well, the winner of Ole Miss in Georgia.
0:41.5	Well, congratulations to Ole Miss getting a U-20 over Georgia.
0:48.0	Obviously, what Golding is doing down there is the head coach,
0:51.5	the man who was tasked with taking over a franchise, a program that was
0:55.9	in complete disarray but had a phenomenal football team with potential exits happening both
1:00.8	from the coaching staff and the locker room. This dude's been able to keep everybody on the same
1:04.6	page. Congratulations to Winadad in this Ole Miss team getting a huge win over Georgia.
1:10.4	Gunner Stockton really couldn't get much going through the sky, was great on the ground.
1:14.5	This was a thriller in there.
1:15.7	Kicker hits from 55, 56, and then a game-winning 47-yarder.
1:20.7	What an absolute stud.
1:22.2	Congrats to Ole Miss.
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