The Playoff First-Round Preview Show + Weekend Tasting Menu

Richard Johnson, Steven Godfrey, and Alex Kirshner discuss the first-round College Football Playoff games and more on this week’s show:

* Indiana at Notre Dame, where the Hoosiers have the chance to do the funniest possible thing

* SMU at Penn State, where the sport’s chaotic December calendar is really coming into focus with a Penn State transfer

* Clemson at Texas, where the Tigers will try to play Cinderella

* Tennessee at Ohio State, where Richard and Alex disagree on how feasible a Vols upset of the Buckeyes really is

Then a Tasting Menu of the rest of the college football weekend…

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