Week 1 Preview and Picks: Can Clemson, Florida and West Virginia defy the odds?
Until Saturday: A show about college football
The Athletic
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🗓️ 29 August 2024
⏱️ 90 minutes
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Summary
WEEK 1 IS HERE! David Ubben, Chris Vannini, and Damien Harris preview and pick the first weekend's slate of games. Can NDSU, Clemson, Florida, and West Virginia overcome the odds (makers) and earn major opening-weekend victories? Will LSU play "swampy" and regain their former spirit in Las Vegas? Notre Dame and Georgia Southern both have chances to start both of their years off on the right note vs Texas A&M and Boise State. Plus, Ohio State, Nebraska, North Carolina and more teams debut new QBs. The Kalen DeBoer era begins at Alabama. Which Week 0 losers will bounce back? Plus, we have season-opening trivia, Big Ten carrier disputes, new theme music and more!
Rundown:
-Welcome to Until Saturday (:00)
-Colorado-NDSU (1:30)
-Notre Dame-Texas A&M (8:00)
-Georgia-Clemson (12:45)
-Miami-Florida (17:30)
-USC-LSU (23:15)
-Boise St.-Georgia Southern (30:30)
-Penn State-West Virginia (35:00)
-North Carolina-Minnesota; Nebraska-UTEP; Syrcause-Ohio + more (37:30)
-Virginia Tech-Vanderbilt; Texas-CO St.; Alabama-W. Kentucky + more (50:30)
-Week 0 hangover teams (59:30)
-Season-opener trivia (1:08:30)
-CRUNCH TIME: Charlotte's injury bug, Big Ten carrier dispute, Casey O'Brien + ABC theme (1:14:00)
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| 0:17.5 | or settle in together on the weekend for a hearty Sunday roast whatever the weather. |
| 0:22.2 | For any occasion or time of day, you and your family are always welcome. |
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| 0:44.1 | Thank you. I'm David Ubin. |
| 0:45.4 | I'm David Ubin. I'm Chris Vanini. |
| 0:46.9 | And I'm Damian Harris. |
| 0:51.0 | And this is until Saturday, the Athletics College Football podcast. |
| 0:53.9 | Week zero was already full of surprises. And if that's any indication of what |
| 0:55.8 | the season is going to hold, we are ready for week one. We are here. There is football games, |
| 1:00.4 | real football games. A lot of them. We're going to talk about a whole bunch of them on today's show. |
| 1:04.6 | We'll preview. We'll pick those week one matchups from Clemson, Georgia to Notre Dame, Texas, |
| 1:09.0 | A&M, Miami, and Florida. |
| 1:11.3 | Later in the show, dozens of programs are set to debut new starting quarterbacks, |
| 1:15.5 | but how will they fare? |
| 1:16.5 | We're going to look at some of those from Will Howard at Ohio State, Dylan Riola, Nebraska, |
| 1:20.7 | Jackson Arnold, Oklahoma, and plenty more go under center for the first time in their new schools. |
| 1:26.9 | And which teams can recover from their week zero hangovers? |
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