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This is a big week, not just for the NFL, but for college football as well.

The college football playoff will start on New Year's Eve, one game on New Year's Eve, and then three on New Year's Day. And, you know, the bowl games are,

I used to love watching the bowl games, but you just don't know who's playing anymore. Some of

these quarterbacks just opt out. They enter the portal. They don't want to get hurt. Some enter the

portal and still play. You just don't know what teams are really geared up for these games. But the college football playoff, you know all these guys are playing. And of course, the college football playoff will start on near Z Eve. It'll be Miami and Ohio State. My brother's going at the cotton bowl. Going to the cotton bowl. Is he really? He's going down went to the you yeah he's a Miami guy not sure yeah he's probably leaving on 30th uh coach

larenega i don't know if you were in studio when coach laranagan i was here we missed it when

coach laranago was in studio um we got to talking during the commercial break he's like oh tell

your brother to to call me if he's

going to the game the previous one and um my brother ended up not going to that game but then i hooked

him up for this one and coach ell isn't going to this game so i'm sure he was going to hook him in the booth

yeah yeah that'd be cool coach el even though he's retired from coaching, is still involved with the NIL, I believe, for the University of Miami.

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