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The Football Four Podcast talks with WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross


The Oklahoma Sooners had a remarkable finish Saturday, and one of their most avid supporters was on the sideline to see it.

Jim Ross, WWE Hall of Famer, barbecue sauce impresario, podcast host, author and neighbor to the Sooners in Norman joins the podcast to offer his insights on the game and college football at large. He explains how football is in his blood as much as pro wrestling ever was, and identifies the common traits that make good college football players into good pro wrestlers.

He also reveals a special moment he had with Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield in the midst of the Sooners' comeback at Neyland Stadium. There was Wrestlemania-like feeling of anticipation leading up to Saturday's game in Knoxville, and Ross was in the middle of it.

Ross is a panelist on the Football Four Playoff Projection, which returns next week, and he gives an early glimpse of some of the teams that he'd put in his bracket.

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