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The Dan Patrick Show
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4.5 • 8.5K Ratings
🗓️ 20 January 2026
⏱️ 45 minutes
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DP and the Danettes break down Indiana's improbable National Championship title. NFL and college football analyst Chase Daniel gives his NFL evaluation of Fernando Mendoza and raises real concern over C.J. Stroud's regression. CBS Sports football analyst Ross Tucker frames the Sean McDermott firing as a familiar NFL gamble and previews the NFL Conference Championship games.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.5 | You are listening to the Dan Patrick show on Fox Sports Radio. |
| 0:09.0 | Indiana does it. |
| 0:10.0 | They complete the season, a miracle season. |
| 0:13.8 | And there was a website that said, |
| 0:16.5 | the odds for Indiana to win the national title at the start of the year, |
| 0:23.1 | they were plus 10,000. |
| 0:31.5 | Fernando Mendoza to win the Heisman plus 5,000. Their win total over under, eight and a half. |
| 0:39.1 | And here they are with a magical season and give credit to a lot of people here. Kurt Signetti, you've got to start with him. |
| 0:42.9 | Imagine you're at Alabama and you're working with Nick Saban. |
| 0:48.9 | And you say to Nick Saban, coach, I want to leave, I want to be a head coach. |
| 0:52.1 | And you go, okay, where are you going? |
| 0:56.1 | And he says I'm going to IU, P-U-I. |
| 1:01.6 | And Nick Saban says, well, I do you want to do that? |
| 1:03.7 | He wanted to be a head coach. |
| 1:06.1 | He proved to be successful there. |
| 1:09.5 | Elon, James Madison. I mean, this isn't the normal route to become a national champion. |
| 1:14.5 | But there's something about him, and he doesn't go after five-star recruits or four-star recruits |
| 1:20.3 | because he couldn't, because five stars and four-stars aren't going to Indiana. |
| 1:25.4 | If you're getting three stars, it's like, whoa, all right, I like this. |
| 1:30.5 | He's the kind of guy that goes after two stars, and by the time he's done coaching them up, |
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