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Paul Finebaum joins The Matt Barrie Show to recap Week 6’s college football action, including Miami’s terrible play-calling, Caleb Williams leads USC to a triple-OT win, Alabama’s win over Texas A&M and Oklahoma’s statement win over Texas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matt Barrie enjoys a Bloody Mary and recaps Week 6, where Alabama top Texas A&M, Miami fumble the bag (literally) and the entirety of the SEC West is open. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oklahoma beats Texas in a classic, USC hangs on, Miami loses in a heartbreaker, Notre Dame gets destroyed by Louisville and the SEC is Alabama and Georgia just like we thought it would be. Instant reaction from McElroy from a fantastic week 6. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Red River Rivalry is back with everything on the line - will it be Texas or Oklahoma owning Dallas? Can Texas A&M upset Alabama at home? Does Kentucky have a puncher's chance on the road at Georgia? Is LSU on upset alert? Will Notre Dame make it 2 in a row on the road and what should we expect from Michigan, Miami and USC? McElroy gets you read for week 6. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We turn to October and look at legit teams that can make the CFP and win a Natty. Impressive early season teams like Texas, Florida State and Ohio State look good while defending champ Georgia is giving people more questions than answers. Will Notre Dame, Alabama or Texas A&M be able to run the table? We look back at OUR preseason Top 25 and tell what picks were SMART and what picks were DUMB. Plus we hit the midweek mailbag and tell you what we hate and love about CFB this week. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matt Barrie and Dan Mullen preview Week 6’s slate of action, including Alabama vs. Texas A&M, LSU vs. Missouri, Oklahoma vs. Texas, Kentucky vs. Georgia and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ryan McGee and Marty Smith invade the College GameDay Podcast with Rece Davis and Pete Thamel on assignment. The guys discuss undefeated Kentucky facing undefeated Georgia this weekend, which team is the true No. 1 in the land, Oklahoma quieting getting it going, Nick Saban delegating, fake accents and Mark Stoops making bourbon. Then, Paolo Uggetti stops by to talk about USC-Colorado, Caleb Williams as the first Gen-Z star quarterback, and the mood in Southern California and USC and UCLA prepare to enter the Big ten. 1:32 - Upcoming battle of undefeateds with Kentucky @ Georgia 8:00 - Who’s the best team in the country? 14:02 - Notre Dame downs Duke, Riley Leonard update 16:38 - The scene in Lexington for Marty & McGee 20:27 - Alabama takes care of Mississippi State 23:51 - Most difficult part of being a head coach 28:45 - Paolo Uggetti, their thoughts after visiting Boulder 33:07 - Caleb Williams is the first Gen-Z star QB 38:34 - Mood in SoCal as USC and UCLA head toward B1G move Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Marty & McGee from Lexington, Ky., on Saturday, September 30, 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Texas and Oklahoma took care of business last week and now are setting up a Red River Rivalry like the good ol days. Alabama is shaping up and travels to Texas A&M who now looks a little better with Max Johnson. USC and LSU both have defensive issues, Penn State and Washington can not sleep walk through any more games and Notre Dame escapes Duke and keeps their CFP chances alive. What else did we learn from week 5? | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On The Matt Barrie Show, Paul Finebaum joins to recap Week 5’s action including Ole Miss’ huge win over LSU, Texas A&M and Alabama’s wins. Plus Finebaum thinks USC’s defense is a “complete fraud.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Georgia, USC and Washington hang on to win tough road games. Ole Miss eliminates LSU from the playoff and we just got to October. Notre Dame comes back and tears Duke’s heart out and Texas domination continues,McElroy gives his reaction to it all | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On The Matt Barrie Show, Matt chimes in on Sunday Bloody Sunday to recap Week 5 in College Football, where he feels a solid 18 teams could challenge to be in the College Football Playoff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Huge PAC 12 matchups this weekend as Utah visits Colorado and USC heads to Boulder. Notre Dame tries to right the ship at Duke who is 4-0, the Deep South’s Oldest rivalry, Michigan heads to Nebraska for just the 5th time ever, Either LSU or Ole Miss will separate themselves in the SEC West and some much more in our week 5 preview. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On The Matt Barrie Show, Matt and Dan Mullen preview Week 5’s action, headlined by Ole Miss vs. LSU, Colorado vs. USC and there’s even an upset alert special in the works. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Emotions are running HIGH in college football this season between Coach Prime, Dan Lanning, Ryan Day and others - McElroy tells you why it’s a good thing for the sport and why CFB feels like WWE! Plus, after 4 weeks we have a pretty good idea of who could make the CFP - but will Georgia and Michigan hang on or will Texas, USC,Penn State, Washington and so many others make the move. Also we hit the midweek mailbag and what we love and hate about CFB right now. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Marty & McGee from College Station, Texas on Saturday, September 23, 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rece Davis and Pete Thamel discuss coaches getting petty with Dan Lanning’s pregame speech and Ryan Day’s postgame interview. Plus, did Ryan Day know that Lou Holtz was being interviewed by Lou Holtz? And is Lane Kiffin a “low talker?” Then, Ryan McGee stops by to talk about Kiffin missing his chance against Nick Saban, Notre Dame only have 10 men on the field at the end of the game, if the Pac-12 is the best conference, and GameDay heading to Duke. [4:24] Dan Lanning's pregame speech [7:25] Ryan Day's postgame interview [13:55] Lou Holtz interviewing Lou Holtz [21:55] Coaching sensitivity [24:55] Lane Kiffin "low talking" [28:36] Ryan McGee [34:20] Kiffin's missed opportunity vs. Saban [42:08] Notre Dame with only 10 men on the field [48:21] Notre Dame's "choice" error [51:37] Ohio State-Texas line [1:01:48] Pac-12 the best conference? [1:06:53] GameDay goes to Duke Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

McElroy gives his Top 10 with Washington as his #1 team in the country. Plus we talk about the 10 things we learned this past weekend including, Marcus Freeman learning on the job, Ryan Day listening to the outside noise, the SEC West is a 3 team race, the ACC is really good, defense might win a championship this year and much more | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On Week 4 of Sunday Bloody Sunday, Matt Barrie reflects on Oregon’s big win over Deion Sanders’ Colorado, Ohio State’s win over Notre Dame and Alabama’s win, headlined by the play of Jalen Milroe now back at QB1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On Week 4 of Sunday Bloody Sunday, Matt Barrie reflects on Oregon’s big win over Deion Sanders’ Colorado, Ohio State’s win over Notre Dame and Alabama’s win, headlined by the play of Jalen Milroe now back at QB1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Instant reaction from Ohio State’s walk-off win vs Notre Dame, Oregon and Dan Lanning dismantling Colorado, Florida State finding a way to win at Clemson, Utah’s defensive dominance and much more | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A HUGE weekend in College Football is upon us. Ohio State looks to continue their domination of Notre Dame or are the Irish ready to take the next step. Can Alabama, Clemson, Utah and Penn State protect their home fields against ranked opponents? Will Oregon end the Colorado surge and can Texas take care of business against Baylor? The best CFB breakdowns you will find ANYWHERE | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On The Matt Barrie Show, Dan Mullen joins to discuss the six ranked games in Week 4, headlined by notable matchups of Notre Dame vs. Ohio State, Alabama vs. Ole Miss and Colorado vs. Oregon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It is a HUGE weekend and some teams have to prove they belong. McElroy breaks it down in his CFP eliminator pool where Georgia stands alone, Florida State and Texas are right behind and teams like Notre Dame, Michigan, Ohio State, Oklahoma and Miami are close but have an opportunity to validate it. Plus a Michigan State coaching update, the midweek mailbag and a Saturday coming up that will be one for the ages. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Marty & McGee from Starkville, Miss. on Saturday, September 16, 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Colorado continues to be THE story of College Football, Florida comes up with a HUGE win for Billy Napier, Micheal Penix Jr is the best player in CFB right now and was Georgia’s 2nd half what we should expect from the Bulldogs moving forward? McElroy gives you his biggest takeaways plus delivers a very different TOP 10. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On The Matt Barrie Show, Matt Barrie presents a condensed edition of “Sunday Bloody Sunday” where he recap Week 3’s action, including Deion Sanders leading Colorado to a huge win and Alabama barely getting past USF. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paul Finebaum joins The Matt Barrie Show for the Week 3 recap, headlined by criticisms of Nick Saban and Alabama, the state of the SEC and the distractions for Colorado despite their big win over Colorado State. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Georgia gets their first test of the season, Tennessee is looking for their 1st win in The Swamp in 20 years while LSU, Arkansas and Missouri have big games - is the SEC up to the task? Plus the backyard brawl, North Carolina looking to go 3-0 and what to look for from Notre Dame, Ohio State, Florida State and Clemson before the HUGE matchups next weekend | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Florida State, Texas and Miami are looking good through 2 weeks. The PAC 12 is dominating and at one point they were 18-0, the best start to a season by any conference since the FBS/FCS split in 1978. There is just so much parity in CFB right now. McElroy tells you why that’s good and what he loves and hates about the season so far. Plus we hit the mailbag answering questions about Alabama and Clemson's future and Michigan and Georgia’s “soft” schedule until November. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On The Matt Barrie Show, Dan Mullen joins to preview Week 3’s slate of college football action, headlined by marquee games for LSU, Alabama, Colorado and a wide open SEC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Forget the Texas is back talk…Texas is a National Title contender. Alabama has their issues but don’t count the Tide out yet, Miami showed some serious promise, Notre Dame looks like a CFP challenger, Penn State might have the best offense in the B1G, Colorado’s ceiling keeps going up and more takeaways from an incredible week 2 | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On Week 2 of Sunday Bloody Sunday, Matt Barrie highlights Texas’ win over Alabama, Deion Sanders leading Colorado past Nebraska and the troubling signs for Jimbo Fisher at Texas A&M. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Texas Alabama showdown is here! Which quarterback will shine and what will be the difference. Notre Dame, Texas A&M, Oregon, Utah and Wisconsin all hit the road as ranked teams taking on UNRANKED opponents - any upsets on the horizon? Plus can Colorado and coach Prime keep their mojo going against the Huskers? And what stinks? Oh it’s some of these Vegas lines! | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On The Matt Barrie Show, Dan Mullen joins to preview Alabama vs. Texas in Week 2, discuss Miami vs. Texas A&M and “Get To Know” some programs who still have a lot to prove. Plus, the duo give their predictions for Nebraska vs. Colorado. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We discuss the AP poll reaction with Florida State, Duke and Colorado jumping up. Plus hit the midweek mailbag and answer questions about which fan base needs a win more Texas A&M or Miami, Were Clemson’s struggles NOT DJU’s fault, the Ohio State QB competition, and if Wisconsin or Ole Miss is on UPSET alert this week.| Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Florida State dominated LSU on Sunday night pushing the Seminoles ceiling up while leaving questions for LSU moving forward. McElroy goes over 10 things he learned this week including the Colorado surprise, Texas Tech and Baylor got caught looking ahead, Ohio State might have QB issues, The PAC-12 is the deepest conference and the4 SEC might be HUMAN and so much more | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matt Barrie and Paul Finebaum discuss Deion Sander's improbable win over TCU, how the new crop of QB's in the SEC looked in their first action, and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rece Davis, Pete Thamel and Stanford Steve start the show by asking Steve his thoughts on the collapse of the Pac-12. Then, the guys preview the Week 1 slate by picking West Virginia-Penn State, North Carolina-South Carolina, LSU-Florida State and more. Plus, what will they be keeping an eye on during the first college football weekend. [13:49] Fresno State @ Purdue [16:21] West Virginia @ Penn State [19:58] UTSA @ Houston [23:16] North Carolina vs. South Carolina [27:54] Toledo @ Illinois [34:43] South Alabama @ Tulane [38:43] LSU vs. Florida State [45:38] What they're watching for in Week 1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A full weekend of College Football is ahead and McElroy is here to give you the most in depth previews you can find. What is in store for Colorado at TCU? Is Washington going to put the CFB world on notice? Is North Carolina’s defense improved enough? Will it be Florida State or LSU that gets out to a fast start? Will new QBs at Alabama, Penn State and Tennessee show enough to put the fan base at ease? Plus our UPSET ALERT is on for 1 ranked team! | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Florida hits the road for the just the 2nd time this century for an opener - can they get it done AT Utah? Matt Rhule begins a new era at Nebraska and has to travel to Minnesota where PJ Fleck will be waiting. Who will gets the early jump on the B1G West? We ask what to look for from NC State, UCF and Missouri. Plus we hit the mailbag and ask if it’s fair to give Georgia the benefit of the doubt but question Alabama and if there are any major upsets coming in week 1. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rece Davis and Pete Thamel discuss Jim Harbaugh advocating for revenue sharing with student-athletes, the real reason Nick Saban didn’t release a depth chart, and who’s on the Apathy Trailer to Tanksville? Then, the guys are joined by Bill Connelly to settle a score, and preview the Thursday and Friday slate of games. Plus, Bill’s College Football Playoff teams. [0:00] Harbaugh says pay the kids [4:44] Saban doesn't drop the depth chart [12:45] Bill Connelly collects his winnings [17:50] Florida at Utah [25:29] Nebraska at Minnesota [31:05] N.C. State at UConn [38:36] Louisville vs. Georgia Tech [43:31] South Dakota at Missouri [46:17] Bill's CFP teams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rece Davis and Pete Thamel lead the show with their biggest impressions from Week 0, the ACC nearing a deal with Cal and Stanford, and which Week 1 games may be overlooked. Then, Desmond Howard stops by to talk about which player reminded Rece of Des, USC's defense still appearing problematic, Sam Hartman's debut for Notre Dame, and if the starters at Alabama and Ohio State will retain that designation all season. Later, Ryan McGee and the guys discuss Billy Napier's coaching style, which coaches they'd take in a cage fight, the border battle between North Carolina and South Carolina, and the ACC fighting for survival. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matt Barrie welcomes in Paul Finebaum to discuss all the action from week 0 including Sam Hartman's incredible performance for the Fighting Irish. They also look ahead to week 1 and question who will be the new leading man in Tuscaloosa. All that and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sam Hartman and Notre Dame looked good as did Caleb Williams and USC - McElroy goes over his key takeaways from the games. And we make a few predictions which should make Florida State and Texas fans happy; conversely not sure if Ohio State, Oklahoma or Georgia fans are ready for the truth. Plus will Graham Mertz be better than expected? Is Drake Maye the best QB in CFB? McElroy answers those question and much more | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Before Stanford Steve starts on GameDay he joins McElroy to talk ball and go over some O/U win totals. Is the smart money on the UNDER for Ohio State and USC? Florida State, Wisconsin and Oregon State OVER look like safe bets (right?). What long shot league champions should you put your money on? Plus what should we look for from Notre Dame and USC this weekend? | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rece Davis and Pete Thamel are joined by Stanford Steve for the 2023 Race For The Ribeye. Steve will be on the show every Friday to pick the weekend’s games against the spread. Losers of this season-long contest buy the winner a steak dinner. They start by discussing Jim Harbaugh’s three game self-suspension and Washington losing running back Cam Davis to injury. Then, the guys pick the entire Week 0 slate. 0:00 - Jim Harbaugh self-suspended three games 7:00 - Washington loses RB Cam Davis 13:48 - Race For The Ribeye returns! 15:02 - Navy vs. Notre Dame -21 20:46 - UTEP -1 @ Jacksonville State 22:55 - Ohio @ San Diego State -2.5 25:34 - UMass @ New Mexico State -6.5 28:32 - Hawaii @ Vanderbilt -17.5 34:29 - San Jose State @ USC -30.5 40:29 - FIU @ Louisiana Tech -11 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nebraska is starving for a winner and they think they found the guy who can turn it around. Matt Rhule joins McElroy ahead of the ‘23 season to talk about expectations, development and why Nebraska on top is good for the college football world. Plus we tell you why Maryland, Illinois, Kentucky and Louisville are teams that if you ‘mess around with, you’re gonna find out’ how good they actually are. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rece Davis and Pete Thamel welcome Georgia head coach Kirby Smart onto the podcast to discuss naming Carson Beck the starting quarterback, what kind his sports dad he is, getting scratch-offs for Julymas, navigating tragedy and mourning with his team, and how he defines success for this season. Then, Rece and Pete finish their conference previews with the SEC. Later, they predict how many SEC teams make the College Football Playoff, and share their playoff semifinalists. [00:00] Kirby Smart [30:00] Georgia [35:35] LSU [39:16] Alabama [49:01] Texas A&M [55:09] Ole Miss [58:03] Arkansas [1:00:54] Mississippi State [1:03:04] Auburn [1:05:40] Tennessee [1:09:52] Florida [1:16:59] South Carolina [1:22:26] Kentucky [1:25:16] Missouri [1:29:33] Vanderbilt [1:32:22] CFP Talk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rece Davis and Pete Thamel continue their conference previews with the ACC. They break down the latest news with Stanford and Cal, if this is the year Florida State finally wins the conference, and who will be a breakthrough ACC team this year. :44 - The Latest with Stanford and Cal 5:41 What’s Next for Georgia? 11:39 - ACC Preview 13:40 - ACC Preview: NC State 19:24 - ACC Preview: North Carolina 30:48 - ACC Preview: Florida State 37:18 - ACC Preview: Clemson 43:13 - ACC Preview: Duke 48:48 - ACC Preview: Pittsburgh 57:57 - ACC Preview: Louisville 1:01:00 - ACC Preview: Wake Forest 1:03:07 -ACC Preview: Syracuse 1:06:31 - ACC Preview: Boston College 1:10:07 - ACC Preview: Virginia Tech 1:12:55 - ACC Preview: Georgia Tech 1:15:40 - ACC Preview: Virginia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices