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Dec 2024
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CFP Quarterfinal Preview: Ohio State–Ore...

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Welcome back to ‘The McShay Show’! Todd opens by reacting to Carson Beck’s NFL draft decision, breaking down whether NFL teams should care about Cam Ward sitting out the second half of Miami’s bowl game, and analyzing Shedeur Sanders’s most recent tape. Then he talks Quinn Ewers’s options and how the Patriots should approach the top of the draft. In the second part of the show, Stanford Steve joins to preview each College Football Playoff quarterfinal.


(0:00) Welcome to The McShay Show

(1:12) This Week on the McShay Show

(2:20) QB Draft Prospect News

(3:22) Cam Ward Sits Out 2nd Half of The Pop-Tarts Bowl

(11:30) Carson Beck Declares for the NFL Draft

(16:17) Shedeur Sanders' Lack of Pocket Awareness

(20:30) Quinn Ewers Should Transfer

(23:16) The Patriots Control Their Destiny for the #1 Draft Pick

(28:43) Stanford Steve Joins the Show!

(32:58) CFP Preview: (4) Penn State [-11.5] vs. (9) Boise State

(43:35) CFP Preview: (3) Texas [-12.5] vs. (12) Arizona State

(57:06) CFP Preview: (6) Ohio State [-2.5] vs. (1) Oregon

(1:12:28) CFP Preview: (5) Notre Dame vs. (2) Georgia [-1.5]

(1:28:30) Thanks For Watching!


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Host: Todd McShay

Guest: Stanford Steve

Producers: Tucker Tashjian, Mark Panik, Conor Nevins, and Daniel Comer

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