NJDuck Moderator No. 1 Share Posted Saturday at 05:53 PM Newly engaged and legendary storm chaser Josh Pate hosts "The Josh Pate College Football Show" nightly on CBS Sports, YouTube, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Friday night the peripatetic college football sage took on a viewer question, "Who can realistically and actually win it all in 2025?" While only winning the big games on the schedule and in the playoffs can make that happen, it was nice to hear him say it. After three years of building his team around veteran transfer quarterbacks, Dan Lanning and his staff must show this year they can coach up a young team and develop their high-profile recruits. FanDuel includes them among the favorites to do so. National Championship Odds, FanDuel: Ohio State +600 Texas +650 Oregon +650 Georgia +700 Penn State +800 Notre Dame +1200 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Moderator No. 2 Share Posted Saturday at 09:49 PM Hey Finebaum, have you seen this? 3 B1G's and only 2 SEC's! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Administrator No. 3 Share Posted yesterday at 12:45 AM On 4/5/2025 at 2:49 PM, 30Duck said: Hey Finebaum, have you seen this? 3 B1G's and only 2 SEC's! Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatOrlando No. 4 Share Posted yesterday at 03:06 AM On 4/5/2025 at 2:49 PM, 30Duck said: Hey Finebaum, have you seen this? 3 B1G's and only 2 SEC's! Paul has had a rough couple years. His claim that the B1G is being propped up by two heavyweights and a bunch of mid teams works to his core audience. The big problem is the SEC has been propped up by two programs and a bunch of fluff as well. LSU is not consistently great, they'll pop up every odd year like 2003, 2007, 2011, and 2019 when the title game is played in the Superdome. But outside of that they aren't better than Penn State. Tennessee was down for a decade, they got ran off the field vs Ohio State in the playoffs. I can't say they're elite yet. Texas is in the same league as Oregon, only less consistent. Texas A&M is like USC in the way they get hyped up and then lose when it matters. Oklahoma has gotten thrashed every single time they have made the playoff. Under Venables they've been a seven win squad per average. Florida? Don't get me started on our issues, hopefully Billy and DJ can put those issues to bed. But until they go it's nothing but hope. So the SEC has had Alabama and Georgia carrying the shield. I'm sorry but that doesn't make me proud or happy. Just like I'm sure Oregon wasn't happy when USC had their run in the 2000's or now with Ohio State and Michigan. Little brothers and never have beens take credit for other's success. Programs like Ole Miss or Oregon State. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Moderator No. 5 Share Posted yesterday at 03:19 AM On 4/5/2025 at 8:06 PM, GatOrlando said: Paul has had a rough couple years. His claim that the B1G is being propped up by two heavyweights and a bunch of mid teams works to his core audience. The big problem is the SEC has been propped up by two programs and a bunch of fluff The part of that that is really irritating is the SEC's defense of their 8 game schedule, "Our conference is so deep & competitive that the Mercer game in Week 11 is justified". Also why when B1G teams lose to each other it's viewed as weak, and the loss will send the team tumbling. But if an SEC team beats another SEC team, they don't drop at all, and it's seen as a good win. Paul had a lot of trouble with it last season. But if Vandy and /or Okie, beat Alabama again, it won't be that Alabama is slipping, Vandy & Okie are just "emerging superpowers". 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatOrlando No. 6 Share Posted yesterday at 03:56 AM On 4/5/2025 at 8:19 PM, 30Duck said: The part of that that is really irritating is the SEC's defense of their 8 game schedule, "Our conference is so deep & competitive that the Mercer game in Week 11 is justified". Also why when B1G teams lose to each other it's viewed as weak, and the loss will send the team tumbling. But if an SEC team beats another SEC team, they don't drop at all, and it's seen as a good win. Paul had a lot of trouble with it last season. But if Vandy and /or Okie, beat Alabama again, it won't be that Alabama is slipping, Vandy & Okie are just "emerging superpowers". Paul may have a national show but he has and always will cater to the State of Alabama generally. The SEC as a whole is his secondary base. People need to remember that. He's like a beat writer that got a platform on ESPN. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Moderator No. 7 Share Posted 15 hours ago On 4/5/2025 at 8:56 PM, GatOrlando said: Paul may have a national show but he has and always will cater to the State of Alabama generally. The SEC as a whole is his secondary base That came through loud and clear after the Vandy win over Alabama. A SEC "fan" should have celebrated the win, blabbered on about the depth & quality of the conference. But all Finebaum could do was throw DeBoer under the bus. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatOrlando No. 8 Share Posted 5 hours ago On 4/6/2025 at 10:05 AM, 30Duck said: That came through loud and clear after the Vandy win over Alabama. A SEC "fan" should have celebrated the win, blabbered on about the depth & quality of the conference. But all Finebaum could do was throw DeBoer under the bus. Finebaum did say he believed Vanderbilt could beat most B1G teams in a CFP, but I think that was only to try and cover for Alabama losing. He was pretty silent after Oklahoma beat the Tide in October. I think he said Alabama wasn't a CFP team, a statement he later went back on when Indiana and SMU got in over Ole Miss and Alabama. I just accept Paul for what he is. He has called out Florida fans many times for our calls to see Napier get fired. But then he said DeBoer should be on the hot seat after one year where he (Paul) himself said they were playoff worthy in early December. So which is it Paul, is it insane for Gator fans to grow restless after three years of mediocrity but not insane for Alabama fans to be frustrated after one year? I think he forgets the stretch of time that Alabama wasn't the dynasty they became under Saban. A furious Alabama fan delivered an all-time rant about the Vandy loss on Paul Finebaum Show FTW.USATODAY.COM As if it wasn't already obvious, Alabama fans aren't taking kindly to the team's shocking loss at Vanderbilt on... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevada Dawg No. 9 Share Posted 2 hours ago I think the teams on Fan Duel's list are the most likely title winners but I quibble with the rankings. First, I'd switch the places of Penn State and Ohio State . Penn State has a QB returning and Ohio State lost a lot of firepower on defense and their OL. I'd switch places with Georgia and Texas. I am always leery of breaking in new QBs, and that applies to both squads (and Oregon as well). But the receiver room in Austin will be nowhere as good as it was last year while Georgia's is going to be dramatically better than last year. Plus Texas has more to rebuild on the OL than Georgia does. Once again, Texas has the easier schedule however. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
