Power Auer: Cheers to a new college football season
Until Saturday: A show about college football
The Athletic
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🗓️ 30 August 2022
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Nicole Auerbach is back for another season of Power Auer! Nicole and The Athletic's Chris Vannini kick things off with the "Power 5", five quick topics every CFB fan should know about. Scott Frost is "on the rocks" once again at Nebraska after an opening weekend loss vs. Northwestern. A new season of college football is bringing a feeling of hope to fans across the country. Plus, "Last Call".
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome back to Power Hour, a weekly show hosted by me, Nicole Auerbach. |
| 0:39.3 | I'm joined today by the athletic senior writer Chris Vanini. And as you can tell, the Andy Staple show and friends feed is back in action. You heard football and grits on this feed. You will hear Max Olson, Sam Khan on this feed later this week. So we are jam-packed as the season is getting underway again. |
| 0:44.0 | Here on Power Hour, we will break down everything you need to know in college football in an hour or less. And we might make you thirsty while doing so. So feel free to grab a beer or |
| 0:49.3 | or seltzer, whatever cold one you want. We're going to start with the Power 5 in true power hour fashion. |
| 0:56.2 | We will give ourselves one minute to cover one of the most pressing issues in college football |
| 1:00.9 | before the buzzer sounds. And it's time to move on to the next. So I will start the first topic of |
| 1:07.1 | Power 5 is Jim Harbaugh today started some Bible comparisons as he was talking about his |
| 1:15.8 | quarterback competition and the fact that he is not yet named an official starting quarterback. |
| 1:20.8 | He said this is a biblical decision, said Solomon was known for being a pretty wise person. |
| 1:26.8 | And as we all know, that is a reference to literally splitting a baby and making a decision. |
| 1:32.9 | So that's where Jim Harbaugh's brain is, which is always in a different place than everybody else is. |
| 1:38.6 | But he thinks that naming Cade McNamara, the starter for week one and J.J. McCarthy's started for week two is a biblical |
| 1:45.5 | decision and that he is channeling Solomon with his wisdom. That is the first of the power five. |
| 1:54.6 | Number two, Dave Closson gives an update on Wake Forest quarterback Sam Hartman's health, |
| 1:59.9 | and that is that he's not playing |
| 2:02.7 | yet. |
| 2:03.9 | Claussen said today, Sam has not been cleared. |
| 2:06.4 | We feel he's progressing well, but it's a medical decision that will be made by doctors. |
| 2:10.9 | This will be Mitch's game, referring to redshirt freshman Mitch Griffiths, who is the quarterback. |
| 2:16.8 | Wake Forest plays VMI on Thursday to open up the season. |
| 2:21.4 | And we hasn't really been made clear what exactly is the issue with Tam Hartman, |
| 2:26.5 | only that it's a non-football medical issue. |
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