Sunday Sound-Off: Jimbo Fisher fired and mega contracts failing, ranking the 7 true contenders & Ari's Michigan take gets challenged w/ Alex Kirshner

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🗓️ 13 November 2023

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Alex Kirshner of Split Zone Duo fame joins Ari and David in reacting to your voicemails! But first, the trio dissects the Jimbo Fisher firing. How good of a job is A&M? What does Fisher's firing reveal about "God contracts", and who are the top candidates? A caller is disgusted by Ari's 'Michigan isn't a true title contender' take. Are ESPN and FOX ducking Oregon State? Plus, the J.J. McCarthy narrative, Liberty, and the sports' integrity. Lastly, the group ranks the seven teams they believe can actually win a title. -Jimbo fired; mega contracts' repurcussions (2:00) -Group A v. Group B; Michigan's title chances (16:30) -Are ESPN and FOX avoiding Corvalis? (31:30) -We iron out the J.J. McCarthy narrative (38:00) -Sign-stealing or gambling worse for game's integrity? (44:00) -Give Liberty some attention? (49:00) -Top-7 teams (58:00) Subscribe to the Until Saturday newletter: https://theathletic.com/newsletters/until-saturday Call/text the Until Saturday phone and leave us a question for a future mailbag and/or Sunday Sound-Off podcast: (316) 462-9852 Subscribe to Until Saturday on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbhfrD1COvG40Mk7vvgaHIQ Check out Split Zone Duo!: https://www.splitzoneduo.com/ Follow Ari on Twitter: @AriWasserman Follow David on Twitter: @davidubben Follow Alex on Twitter: @alex_kirshner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:04.9	I'm Ari Wasserman, joined by David Ubbin and we have a special guest, Alex Kirschner
1:09.3	from SplitZone Duo.
1:11.7	You know, I've followed you on Twitter for years.
1:13.9	I've been meaning to get to know you and I just like ask you to come on the show.
1:17.7	I want to get to know you better.
1:18.7	You know the thing that I like about you the most Alex, you seem very smart.
1:22.6	You have very good takes that like I regularly read on your Twitter feed and I'm like,
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1:29.9	So I'm excited to kind of mesh that into the show.
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