College Football Playoff National Championship

It sounds like he'll be fine, might miss a game, but he was great in the one position we saw.

And then Peter Woods, R. Mason Thomas, I mean, the undrafted rookie left tackle who was benched at the National Championship game when undrafted, was a tryout player of 78 other players, gets signed, has a great training camp, is starting week one, and is handling Nick Bonito.

It's unbelievable to me.

So they're very excited about their rookie class.

2006 National Championship game, SC, Texas.

I'm going to ask you straight up one question, and you got to give me a yes or no answer, okay? Can you finally admit that your knee was down on the lateral? No.

Always competing.

Someone that I got a lot of respect for.

One of the greatest college football players of all time.

And he whooped my ass in a national championship game.

Kept us from getting three titles in a row.

I'm still not bitter.

Right.

And they played in the National Championship game.

Yes, they did.

So there's hope.

The trailer is out now featuring former Alabama Crimson Tide players like Super Bowl champ Jalen Hurts, Falcons quarterback Tua Holtz, World-class Falcons receiver Julio Jones.

And two-time NCAA National Championship head coach Kirby Smart.

The

greatest coach in the history

We have not one, not two, but three members.

of the 2024 Notre Dame National Championship men's lacrosse team as Pat Cavanaugh and Jake Taylor are going to join us before the PLL Championship this weekend on ESPN ABC.

Very excited for that one.

And then Jordan Faison, former Notre Dame lacrosse player, part of that National Championship squad, and now incredible wide receiver for the Notre Dame football team, NFL draft hopeful for this coming spring.

They're all going to stop by.

They're all, I'm sure, still pursuing learning in some way, shape, or form.

But as people know, or if you don't know, we're back on ESPN for the first time in a while this year.

A monster lacrosse fan.

who are playing in the

National Championship.

Yeah, I watched

that.

Yeah, I'm really excited to talk about this, this Houston and Texas Tech matchup, but I think you're spot on saying we, we can't go there yet.

We can't get there yet without first beginning with what the heck is going on in Lubbock, man? I mean, this team does not look like we were ad- the team that was advertised, the Big 12 Championship, College Football Playoff contending, National Championship contending team that was advertised.

I made this point on my show a couple times this week, is that if last year you made the College Football Playoff or a top four team in the country, dominated everybody, and, and then this year the expectations are higher, as they should be.

We should continue to climb in college football.

And the expectations should be National Championship.

You should believe in Texas Tech as a championship caliber team and, and they tried to build a championship caliber roster this off season, but Mack Leftwich, the offensive coordinator, is not running the ball at, at an effective or efficient rate so far.

I, I don't understand why Texas Tech with a three-headed monster at running back has leaned on the passing game like they have.

Right.

And they played in the National Championship game.

Yes, they did.

So there's hope.