#457: Miami AD Drama & Playoff Expansion | OBB Ep 457 | They Hang The Meat Outside in Texas

#457: Miami AD Drama & Playoff Expansion | OBB Ep 457 | They Hang The Meat Outside in Texas

From Orange Bowl Boys: A Miami Hurricanes Podcast by OBB Media Inc.

May 7, 2026 · 49 min

About this episode

The episode discusses Miami's athletic director drama, playoff expansion, and the upcoming college football season.

Episode 457 of the Orange Bowl Boys is here — and the guys wasted zero time finding the plot. We open on a revelation that should have been impossible: Fuddruckers is still open. Five locations in South Florida alone. The guys spend a solid chunk of the cold open working through the stages of grief on that one before pivoting to everything that actually matters heading into the 2026 season. AD Dan Radakovich is out six months early, and while the guys are fully behind whoever's calling the shots at The U, they dig into what the move probably means — and why the next person in that chair needs to be built for the NIL era, not the one before it. Miami just came off a playoff run and the brand is at an all-time high. That job posting is going to look very different than it did five years ago. On the field, the guys are fired up. Brad Crawford at CBS Sports has Miami sitting at #1 in his post-spring top 25. The Mensah/Fletcher quarterback-running back duo landed second in the country, right behind Ole Miss and right ahead of Arch Manning and Texas. The running back room is being called the deepest in college football — and the guys point out that guys who aren't even getting…

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Host: OBB Media Inc.

Topics covered

  • Miami AD Drama
  • Playoff Expansion
  • NIL Era
  • College Football
  • Conference Realignment
  • Quarterback-Running Back Duo

Keywords

  • Miami Hurricanes
  • Dan Radakovich
  • Fuddruckers
  • NIL
  • College Football Playoff
  • Conference Realignment
  • Brad Crawford
  • Quarterback Duo

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Fuddruckers, CBS Sports, Ole Miss

Places: South Florida, Miami, Florida State, Big Ten, SEC, ACC, Texas

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