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Josh Pate's College Football Show

SEC Spring Meeting Reaction + Bill Connelly Joins The Show

Josh Pate's College Football Show

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News, Sports, Sports News, Football

4.43.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2026

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

SEC spring meetings have provided several noteworthy complaints. On Josh Pate’s College Football Show Ep 739 Josh Pate responded to statements from Kirby Smart, Eli Drinkwitz, and Greg Sankey. Bold Prediction season continues tonight as we look at takes viewers are willing to put their name behind. Bill Connelly joins the show tonight to discuss several issues with a 24-team CFP format. Josh and Bill also look ahead to the 2026 season. What does the future look like for Kalen DeBoer at Alabama and Mario Cristobal at Miami? Josh also looks at Michigan, Tennessee, FSU, and Utah to ask whether those teams will be better or worse than they were in 2025. Be sure to let us know what you think, SUBSCRIBE to the channel, and CLICK THE BELL for notifications as we bring you multiple live shows per week!

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0:00.0

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0:02.5

Guaranteed human.

0:17.0

So about a week and a half ago over on ESPN.com, Bill Connolly puts up this lengthy feature on why he's opposed to a 2014 college football playoff.

0:27.3

And I never mentioned it on the show.

0:29.1

A lot of you asked if you were going to talk about it anyway, why didn't you mention this Bill Connolly feature?

0:34.6

Well, it's because I knew something you didn't know.

0:37.3

And that was,

0:38.6

I had invited Bill to Nashville to appear on this very show to discuss it at length. And so tonight,

0:47.1

for the better part of an hour on the back end of the show, it will be me and Bill Connolly. We're

0:52.6

recorded it Wednesday. And we're going to go very, very deep dive on that, very, very deep dive on some other stuff, some early thoughts on the 2026 season. We could have gone nine hours. I think, what did we go, Jesse? Like 45 minutes or so. It's really, really good stuff. So I'm excited about that. We're jam-packed. We're high top of sunny downtown Nashville, Tennessee. On this Thursday, May 28th, the Year of Our Lord, 2026, you know there's a lot of talk this time of year. It's not the worst thing in the world. Okay, silence is worse. So there's talking from the SEC spring meetings. A lot of people are complaining. That's what coaches do. Coach is coach in the fall. They complain in the

1:28.1

spring. And I am here to basically parse through what's legitimate and what's not. The Senate bill,

1:34.9

honestly, I almost want to take more time to digest it. And so you may think we're going to lead

1:41.7

the show with that tonight. We're really not. We're really not.

1:44.6

I'll have a lot to say on it.

1:45.7

Just kind of down the road. We do have bold predictions on the show. And as I said, Bill Connolly, the long-awaited debut of Bill Connolly on the show. They're watching us in Conway, Arkansas. They're watching us in San Jose, California. Vidalia, Georgia, Jesse. Vidalia is tuned in and St. Louis, Missouri.

2:02.3

Thank you guys so much.

2:03.7

We are, what, Jesse. Vidalia is tuned in and St. Louis, Missouri. Thank you guys so much.

2:03.7

We are, what, 15 Saturdays away from college football. We do it year round here.

2:09.1

Please make sure you are subscribed to the channel. And if you are, thank you so much. And if you think

2:14.7

you are, go make sure that you are, because data shows a lot of you

2:18.3

think you're subscribed and you're not. And it's free and it doesn't change anything for you,

2:22.3

but it helps us. There you go. With that out of the way, Destin, anyone? SECC spring meetings

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