The 2024 college football season showcased impressive performances from some of the top quarterbacks in the game. Players like the Colorado Buffaloes' Shedeur Sanders, Miami Hurricanes' Cam Ward and Ohio State Buckeyes' Will Howard,

One college football talking head that finally came around to admitting as much was ESPN's Paul Finebaum ... last season before eventually falling to Ohio State. With the College Football Playoff ...

If it was up to Paul Finebaum, the College Football Playoffs would never include automatic bids. Amid rumors of another potential CFP expansion, Finebaum rejected the idea of the postseason tournament giving the SEC and Big 10 a set number of guaranteed spots.

The Fighting Irish received the No. 7 seed in the playoffs, despite being ranked No. 5 in the final CFP rankings. This drop to No. 7 occurred because the Boise State Broncos and Arizona State Sun Devils, despite being ranked lower than Notre Dame, were able to secure spots in the top four due to their status as conference champions.

Plus ESPN's Holly Rowe tells us what she saw on the sidelines for Ohio State last night in their ... Pete Sampson, joins Paul in Hour 2 of Friday's show. Learn more about your ad choices.

Finebaum knows how fans think, especially SEC fans. That's why his analysis of multiple programs doing away with spring games is spot-on.

Venables is replacing his offensive and defensive coordinators for the second straight season. Ben Arbuckle was hired to fix an offense that was broken in 2024 under the leadership of Seth Littrell. Defensively, Venables himself will take over the play-calling after Zac Alley decided to leave the program for West Virginia.