Week 2 Previews: showdown in Norman, rivalries returning & more | Always College Football

Always College Football with Greg McElroy

ESPN

Football, Sports

4.3 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Can Michigan walk into Norman and take down Oklahoma? Will Kansas upend Missouri in the emotional return of the border showdown? Does Illinois prove they are a legit contender by beating Duke in Durham and will Iowa State FINALLY win at home against Iowa? Can Ole Miss and Arizona State avoid the upsets? McElroy answers all these questions with his in-depth previews plus tells you what Texas, Penn State, Florida, Alabama, South Carolina and Georgia need to focus on against lesser competition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's going to be a really cool matchup.
0:02.4	Again, two incredible programs that represent all the excellence in college football for a long, long time.
0:14.8	Hello and welcome.
0:16.4	It is always college football.
0:18.5	It is Thursday, September 4th, and we have a lot to be excited about
0:22.6	this week. Man, what a week we have when it comes to college football games. And I'm going to be
0:27.9	honest with you. There's a lot of people that will look at this slate and say, ah, doesn't do much for me.
0:35.8	It's only one ranked matchup, but you are not one of those people.
0:40.2	You are a loyal supporter to the greatest sport known demand.
0:45.2	Why?
0:45.4	Because you're here on our preview show.
0:47.6	And you want to hear an In the Weeds preview on Illinois Duke, Baylor SMU, a handful of other games that might not necessarily
0:57.1	have national championship implications, but guess what? You want to know about them. So I'm
1:01.7	proud of you for being with us today, man. Thank you again for the support that you've shown the show
1:06.1	up to this point. Thursdays are our bread and butter. You guys know this. Mondays are awesome where we do a deep
1:12.0	dive takeaway. Wednesdays are great when we visit with a guest. Thursdays we do the best preview show
1:17.9	in college football because we dive deep, much deeper than that of pretty much any other show.
1:23.8	Why do I know that? Because I listen to every other show. That's for sure.
1:32.8	I also very much appreciate those of you that have subscribed to the podcast. Whatever podcast platform you're on, go ahead and subscribe. You can leave us a rating. You can leave us a review.
1:37.8	Whatever you want. We really appreciate the support. And for those of you that are here with us,
1:41.7	via the ESPN College Football YouTube page, keep it locked in here because there'll be clipouts from this show that might be seven,
1:49.4	eight minutes in length as opposed to an hour plus. So you might not want to hear about all the
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