The National Championship is set: Ohio State vs Notre Dame in the first-ever 12-team title
Until Saturday: A show about college football
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🗓️ 11 January 2025
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Ohio State and Notre Dame will meet in the College Football Playoff national championship game in a little over a week from now. David Ubben and Damien Harris react to OSU's win over Texas in the Cotton Bowl, and Notre Dame's game-winner at the Orange Bowl before taking an early look at the natty matchup.
Rundown:
- Ohio State beats Texas in the Cotton Bowl (1:00)
- Should Quinn Ewers consider returning? (18:45)
- Has the Big Ten surpassed the SEC? (25:00)
- Notre Dame tops Penn State in the Orange Bowl (30:00)
- OSU vs ND early look (42:30)
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Hosts: David Ubben (@davidubben), Damien Harris (@DHx34)
Audio editor: John Ross
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| 0:48.3 | Cotton Bowl reaction show the National Championship has set. |
| 0:51.3 | We started with 134 programs competing for a chance to play for a title. |
| 0:55.8 | We whittled that down to 12 for the first time ever. And now we are down to the final two in |
| 1:00.8 | all Midwest showdown. Ohio State and Notre Dame will compete in Atlanta for the chance to call |
| 1:07.2 | themselves national champions 10 days from now. Welcome to until Saturday. He's Damien |
| 1:12.7 | Harris. Is it time to say that the SEC is dead? Well, I literally is dead. We're not going to see |
| 1:18.5 | I mean, as of this season, yes, it is. But I mean, big picture here. I know everybody's |
| 1:23.8 | screaming it from the rafter. So let's just get the elephant out of the way. Yeah. Yeah, I wrote a call about it this week and kind of we won't go down that rabbit hole too much. But ultimately, talent wins out and the amount of talent that's still in the SEC, the SEC will be fine. Not a good year. It will be. A lot of that, I think, goes back to quarterback play. |
| 1:46.7 | Anyway, we are coming to you live on YouTube. |
| 1:48.1 | Drop your questions in the chat. |
| 1:50.9 | Leave a like, subscribe if you are so kind. |
| 1:54.1 | Damien, we got the Cotton Bowl tonight to talk about. |
| 1:55.9 | We're going to get your thoughts on the Orange Bowl. |
| 1:59.7 | And an early look at that national championship. |
| 2:04.7 | Let's get into it starting with the showdown in Arlington, not Dallas. |
| 2:06.6 | Shout out to my North Texas folks. |
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