Why Michigan Has the Most Pressure in College Football. Plus Are the Nets Still a Bad Bet? With Nick Friedell

The Ryen Russillo Podcast

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🗓️ 30 December 2022

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Russillo shares his thoughts on why Michigan has the most pressure of any of the four teams in the College Football Playoff (0:30). Then Ryen is joined by ESPN's Nick Friedell to discuss the real reasons behind the Nets' win streak, Kevin Durant's MVP-caliber play, how long the Nets need to see continued success before they can be considered a title contender, the prospect of Kyrie Irving returning to the team on a new deal next season, and more (11:37). Finally Ryen and Kyle give out their favorite bets for NFL Week 17 (45:59), before answering some listener-submitted Life Advice questions (49:58). Host: Ryen Russillo Guest: Nick Freidell Producer: Kyle Crichton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	On today's podcast, we will talk about the college football playoff and why Michigan clearly
0:15.6	has the most pressure of any of the programs this weekend.
0:18.5	We're just going to Nick Ferdell on the Nets.
0:20.4	They're really good right now.
0:22.7	Does that mean we have to take them seriously and coming out of the East, life advice,
0:26.5	and dual picks, happy new year?
0:30.2	College football playoff weekend, one of my favorite sporting events the entire year.
0:33.5	I've been lucky enough to go a few times, spend on the national championship, a bunch,
0:36.8	we'll see what happens with this year with being down the street.
0:40.1	I love this weekend.
0:41.7	How much I love college football.
0:42.7	So I started thinking about it open and how I wanted to talk about it.
0:45.4	And then you're going through different exercises and you're like, all right, well, who would
0:48.7	have the most pressure?
0:49.7	And then as I asked that question to myself, I'm like, wait, that's not even a question.
0:52.6	It's not even debatable.
0:53.6	It's Michigan.
0:54.6	It's Michigan football.
0:55.7	And yes, even though I hate it's not close, it's not close.
0:58.9	Georgia won it last year, not saying Kirby smarts job is without pressure.
1:03.5	Okay, because that'd be ridiculous, but they don't have the same amount of pressure.
1:07.6	TCU, House money, Ohio State.
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