The Nick Saban Butterfly Effect & Big 12 alpha dog search + EA CFB 25 final countdown
Until Saturday: A show about college football
The Athletic
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 12 July 2024
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
How does one coach's decision affect over 400 people? Ari Wasserman, Max Olson and Sam Khan Jr. explain how Nick Saban's retirement caused hundreds of staffers, coaches, analysts, and familes' lives to change. From Alabama to Nebraska Kearney and Washington to Fernandina Beach HS the ripple effects are expansive. Brett Yormark preached innovation and growth for the Big 12 conference at media days, and went as far as to say his league is third best in the nation. Are they ahead of the ACC? Who will emerge as the league's alpha dog? Plus, EA CFB 25 player ratings and final countdown!
Read Chris' story about Big 12 marketing: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5628106/2024/07/10/brett-yormark-big-12-pac-12/
Read Justin's story about the need for a Big 12 powerhouse: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5629665/2024/07/11/big-12-football-parity-brand-name/
Rundown:
- Nick Saban Butterfly Effect (3:15)
- Second chances for coaches + how fast things move (17:00)
- The Big 12 needs an alpha dog (27:30)
- Big 12 vs ACC health (41:30)
- Mike Gundy & consequences (56:00)
- EA Sports CFB 25 ratings + final countdown (1:01:00)
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Host: Ari Wasserman (@AriWasserman)
With: Max Olson & Sam Khan Jr. (@max_olson @skhanjr)
Executive producer: Cam Molina (@commentatorcam)
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| 0:00.0 | If you're looking for a family-friendly pub this summer, |
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| 0:29.9 | Music Welcome back to Until Saturday. I'm Ari Wasserman, joined by two of my good buddies, Sam Khan Jr. and Max Olson. |
| 0:50.6 | They teamed up with Bruce Feldman for an incredible story that's running right now on |
| 0:56.0 | the athletic. It's the butterfly effect of all the coaching changes in the fallout of Nick Saban's |
| 1:00.4 | retirement. And it is crazy to go in and look in how much things can change just from one decision. |
| 1:05.7 | We're going to go deep into that. We're going to talk about the Big 12 media days. We're going to |
| 1:09.3 | touch on Mike Gundy. We're going to talk a little bit about Brett Yormark and where the Big 12 is headed and maybe do a little bit of comparison to ACC stuff. And of course, we're going to talk about the video game player ratings and try to contextualize that as it pertains to real life production and how good players are going to be in the upcoming season. it's a very packed show, but first off, let me let you guys say hello. |
| 1:11.1 | How are we doing today? production and how good players are going to be in the upcoming season. It's a very packed show, but first off, let me let you guys say hello. |
| 1:30.6 | How are we doing today? |
| 1:32.3 | I'm good. |
| 1:33.5 | I am enjoying the last remnants of summer that we have because media days actually |
| 1:39.6 | officially started with Big 12, but I'm going to Dallas next week for SEC Media Days |
| 1:43.6 | and vacation time is about to be over, buddy. So I'm going to Dallas next week for SEC Media Days and vacation time's |
| 1:45.4 | about to be over, buddy. So I'm going to soak up this weekend while I can. How about you all? |
| 1:50.5 | We're good. We're good. Went out and bought some floaties today. For you? For not for me. Not for me. |
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