QUARTERFINAL REACTION: Notre Dame, Ohio St. & Penn St. & Texas advance | Always College Football

Penn State closed out 2024 with a dominating win over Boise State - are the Nittany Lions ready for Notre Dame who dominated SEC Champion Georgia? Texas looked like it was going to roll Arizona State until Cam Skattebo took over and forced overtime, but the Longhorns held on and now face an Ohio State team that absolutely dominated No. 1 Oregon and looks like they are playing on a different level than everyone else. McElroy breaks down the Quarterfinal games and what’s next in the Semifinal.

0:00 Intro
1:15 Penn State’s defense and run game step up in big win over Boise State
7:04 Texas hangs on in 2OT to beat Arizona State
16:00 Ohio State dominates Oregon in lopsided Rose Bowl
22:02 Notre Dame dominates Georgia

[captainspartan]

Greg doing a podcast right after calling a game while still at the game is all time legendary

[sahilpatel]

UGA fan. Absolutely love Kirby, but tip of the cap to coach Freeman. Stuffed Kirby in a locker tonight. Love the way coach Freeman respects the game and coaches his team. Congrats to all Irish fans 👏

[raveouscarlias]

Thanks for being a LOGICAL and non -biased analyst Greg! You've covered Notre Dame better than almost anyone in the country and TRIED to tell people that they were legit. Us Irish fans appreciate it, just letting you know. Great cast on this game as well. You have a fan for life!

[HeywoodJablowme]

Best analyst in the sport, IMO.

Under-discussed storyline of this playoff: Adjustment to the RPO, and the return of defense.

Michigan won with defense last season, and the 4 teams remaining this year have arguably the 4 strongest defenses (from an advanced metric standpoint) in college football.

[TheAppalachianEsq]

My grandfather’s Irish Eyes are Smiling from the great beyond. Though I think I’ll still be rooting for PSU next week. But great job Irish! One of the earliest college games in my memory is Penn State-Notre Dame in 1990.

[esSDeeThunder]

SEC is getting a beatdown in these bowl games

[paulteese]

The new format has given us something we could never have had before, national semifinals without a conference champ! Incredible!

[theronr]

Greg - insightful and entertaining call. Thanks also for your analysis post-game. Great work!

[LanceGreene]

Greg are you still talking about The SEC schedule and how much tougher it's isn't 😂 this 12 team playoff was the best thing for guys like you and Paul who's been trying to control the narrative this is showing how great the B10 actually is.

[RodmanTackleAdvisor]

I want to see what happens if OSU and the Irish meet. That's an A++ offense vs the best man blitz I've seen since Miami's dynasty (the first one).

[Hayyyward]

ESECPN must be freaking out now their beloved SEC is dropping like flies. 😁

[FredGSanford-xulf]

Greg, EVERYBODY should be able to watch the bowl games, not just those who are financially able to afford cable. We love you and your show. We know that ESPN is your employer and you are able to live and provide for your family because of them. That said, ESPN is ruining college football with their greed and elitism. Hopefully Fox or some other network can wrestle college football away from ESPN and return it to the people. That's the way it used to be when I was a kid.

[Con]

Ask your co commentator if he still thinks the Big 10 isn’t a good conference this year

[johnerb]

Big 10 has the SECs number this year. They’re the better conference this season

[alyosha]

Greg is becoming one of my favorite CFB analysts. He brings up the nuance the others don't.

[raulleal]

Excellent recap, Greg and TEAM! I needed that knowledge moving forward.

[johnerb]

Great podcast. Respect that you publish this right after the games. The extended playoffs has its flaws but good for college football.

[esSDeeThunder]

Go Irish ☘️
Should be a classic game vs PSU

[joenolan]

Great on the call as usual. Except for Sean’s claim that Georgia isn’t as good as years before. Nd is just good

[prattacaster]

OSU D-line was also very discipline the whole game, not getting too far out of their lanes and keeping contain, that was the big thing I noticed. Gabriel killed us the first game with scrambling