Week 1 Takeaways plus Michigan QB Bryce Underwood’s debut & Belichick’s blowout loss

The Joel Klatt Show: A College Football Podcast

Fox Sports

Sports, Football

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

FOX Sports’ lead College Football analyst Joel Klatt evaluates Michigan Freshman QB Bryce Underwood’s debut over the weekend and points out what he did well and what challenges he will face this upcoming week against Brent Venables’ Oklahoma defense. He also weighs in on the controversial targeting call that will leave the Wolverines without a key player for the first half vs OU. Klatt then sifts through the wreckage of Bill Belichick’s debut as a college head coach after his UNC squad was blown out by TCU and considers whether he can turn things around. He then gives his biggest takeaway from each Power Conference after Week 1, including the ripple effect of Miami and Florida State potentially returning to power in the sport. Klatt also explains why this past weekend could not have gone better for Tennessee fans and which Big 12 school looks like a real threat to go from a losing record a year ago to a Playoff run this season. Use my code for 10% off your next SeatGeek order*: https://seatgeek.onelink.me/RrnK/KLATT10Sponsored by SeatGeek. *Restrictions apply. Max $20 discount. 0:00-2:13 Intro2:14-10:39 Bryce Underwood leads Michigan to a win in his first start10:41-16:23 Michigan LB Jaishawn Barham will miss first half vs. Oklahoma after being ejected for targeting16:24-21:10 How concerning was North Carolina’s blowout loss in their opener?21:11-26:01 Big takeaways from the ACC26:02-29:19 Big takeaways from the Big Ten29:20-35:10 Big takeaways from the SEC35:11-39:07 Big takeaways from the Big 12 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's dumb. It's always been dumb. And the people within college football need to fix it. But you know what? They're spineless. This team, I think, quietly has some confidence now with this quarterback that maybe they can make some waves in the Big Ten and around the country. Do we really think that they're going to be like great right away? No. The meme of the Undertaker, he's like in the casket and he's like,
0:22.9	I think the rest of the Big Ten is sitting there and they're like,
0:25.6	I thought,
0:25.9	I thought that team was going to take a dip.
0:30.9	Touchdown.
0:33.1	These fans are the best of the country.
0:35.4	A day like today is why we love college football.
0:47.1	Hey, welcome into the program, everybody.
0:49.3	I am Joel Clatt.
0:50.1	This is the Joel Clatt show, and this show, as always, is brought to you by graduate
0:53.4	by Hilton.
0:54.1	We thank them for their support. Can't wait to get into it today. We've got a lot to get to from week one of college football. It was a really great weekend of college football, and there was a lot to react to. If you have not caught Monday's episode, I reacted to really the biggest four games. That's over there on the YouTube page.
1:11.6	So make sure to go there and subscribe to the show. And you can catch episode number one from
1:16.1	this week in reaction to week one of the college football season. And then wherever you
1:20.5	like to social media, all of our content is there during the course of the year. You can find
1:24.1	us there at Joel Clashow. And you'll be caught up. You will be caught up on
1:28.6	this sport and hopefully learn a thing or two along the way during the course of the season.
1:33.9	So let's get started today. We've got a lot to get into. I wanted to touch base with every
1:38.7	conference and see what we learned, what we know from each conference after week one. Now that we actually have
1:46.0	tangible evidence, and you heard me say that in Monday's episode, tangible evidence of things
1:50.4	that we previously just kind of thought maybe or hoped for in fans' cases from the season.
1:57.2	So, lots to react to. Now, one thing that I didn't get a chance to touch on during the course
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