THE National Champs: Ohio State wins first 12-team CFP | Always College Football

Always College Football with Greg McElroy

ESPN

Football, Sports

4.3 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Ohio State won the inaugural 12 team college football playoff with an offense that was humming in the first half as the Buckeyes raced out to 21-7 halftime. Ohio State held off a valiant Notre Dame comeback to win their first National Championship since 2014. McElroy breaks down the game talking about impact players, outstanding coaching and what the win means for Ryan Day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.8	There really wasn't a lot of people that maybe saw this vision right here, right now,
0:33.8	but this group of guys did.
0:35.9	This group of seniors is very, very special.
0:38.3	And now they're going to be able to tell their story because it is an amazing story.
0:46.3	Hello and welcome to Always College Football.
0:48.3	I'm your host, Greg McElroy.
0:50.3	And we are currently trying to negotiate some scarlet and gray confetti as it comes down from the
0:59.2	ceiling as the Ohio State Buckeyes are victorious over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 3423.
1:05.8	It was a valiant effort by Notre Dame to make this thing competitive down the stretch.
1:16.0	But at one point, it was like, wow, this Ohio State team is tough to wrap your head around just how good they were when they revved their engine.
1:19.6	What a performance from Will Howard.
1:21.4	What a performance from Quinn Sean Judkins.
1:23.9	We will break it down in its entirety here on Always College Football.
1:28.3	But before we do, Ryan Day just led the Ohio State Buckeyes to their ninth national championship,
1:37.3	but only their third in the last 50 plus years.
1:41.3	This does not happen often, even though Ohio State is here an awful lot.
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