Episode Details

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 mentioned right now (Pringle, Lyle, Marty) would be outright starters at half the ACC.

Conference realignment talk is back, this time with a scenario floating Miami and Florida State to the Big Ten while the SEC absorbs Duke and UNC. The guys break it down, debate whether the ACC/Big 12 merger makes any sense, and have some strong opinions about what Fox would do if Miami and Ohio State landed in the same conference.

On the lighter side: F1 Miami prices (the $150 Golden Glizzy is a real thing that happened), a genuinely wild Kentucky Derby recap involving two brothers, Vinnie Viola's horse, 18 of 19 descendants of Secretariat, and one of the guys admitting to his wife after 29 years together that he refuses to watch horse racing live. Baseball wraps things up with a quick look at the stretch run, Daniel Cuve's back injury, and a brief history of Tommy John surgery.

Orange Bowl Boys | Episode 457 is presented by Paul Bange Roofing, Rapid Auto Lease, and BeatinTheBookie.com.

00:00 — Welcome to Episode 457

03:00 — Breaking: Fuddruckers Has 5 South Florida Locations Open

06:00 — Dan Radakovich Forced Out 6 Months Early — Drama or PR?

09:00 — ACC Loyalty, Conference Realignment & The Writing On The Wall

10:30 — Conference Championships Going Away: 24-Team Playoff Talk

15:00 — Mensah & Fletcher: Second-Best QB/RB Duo in the Country

17:00 — Miami Ranked #1 Deepest RB Room in College Football

19:00 — CBS Sports Has Miami #1 in Post-Spring Top 25

19:30 — Notre Dame Gets 5.5 Points in November. Canes by a Billion.

20:00 — Mario: 'We Haven't Done Fuddrucking Anything' — And He's Right

21:00 — Florida State Is In Shambles. They Didn't Even Make the Pivotal List.

21:30 — Miami & FSU to the Big Ten? SEC Takes Duke & UNC?

23:00 — Texas Tech QB Sorsby Gambling Scandal Breakdown

23:30 — Sponsors and Partners

29:00 — Blue Chip Ratio: Why 70% Is The Sweet Spot

31:30 — $50 Million Rosters & Why You Can't Buy Your Way to a Title

32:30 — Hard Rock Stadium Out of Super Bowl Rotation — Stephen Ross Doesn't Care

33:00 — F1 Miami: $150 Hats, $350 Sweaters, $150 Golden Glizzy

38:00 — Kentucky Derby Recap: He Won't Watch It Live

42:00 — Skip the Preakness, Run the Belmont — Triple Crown Is Dead

42:30 — ABS in Baseball: Robot Umpires Are Two Years Away

43:30 — College Baseball Umpire Gets Knocked Out Cold (Alabama vs. Vanderbilt)

45:00 — Miami Baseball Stretch Run: Louisville, FSU & ACC Tournament Preview

47:00 — Show Title Vote: 'They Hang the Meat Outside in Texas' Wins

47:30 — Outro / OrangeBowlBoys.com / Benched Episode Monday / Go Canes