Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com [https://www.splitzoneduo.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7] In this week’s CFB Lunch Break, Alex and Richard answer live questions from Split Zone Duo subscribers: * What to make of Luke Fickell’s mediocre first two years at Wisconsin and a challenging situation in Year 3 * Ohio State/Texas scheduling fight * Florida’s upside this fall * What Penn State actually needs from Drew Allar * The cloudy landscape of G5 position player talent * What’s behind TNT’s weird College Football Playoff TV arrangement * Nebraska and Clemson offseason vapors * UCLA: Glass half full? * Notre Dame’s reasonable goals * Michigan State hiring Georgia Tech’s athletic director * The air raid is dead. Long live the air raid Producer: Anthony Vito Hosts: Alex Kirshner, Richard Johnson Reminder: Split Zone Duo LIVE in Raleigh, August 23 Details here [https://www.splitzoneduo.com/p/come-see-us-live-in-raleigh-on-august]. Tickets here [https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/78691649/the-2nd-annual-sports-podcast-festival-raleigh-the-rialto].

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com [https://www.splitzoneduo.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7] For live show tickets in Raleigh on 8/23: https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/78691649/the-2nd-annual-sports-podcast-festival-raleigh-the-rialto [https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/78691649/the-2nd-annual-sports-podcast-festival-raleigh-the-rialto] Godfrey, Richard, and Alex present the second episode in our “Anatomy of a Coaching Carousel” series. This show covers the new college football head coaches for the 2010 season. This was the year that Florida State finally pushed out Bobby Bowden, Notre Dame fired Charlie Weis, and USC watched Pete Carroll walk out the door to the Seahawks. What happened after that? * A messy “coach-in-waiting” situation in Tallahassee, as Bobby Bowden is finally pushed away and Jimbo Fisher steps up * Notre Dame goes for Brian Kelly after squandering a "decided schematic advantage” and firing Charlie Weis * Charlie Strong gets a new job at Louisville * Vanderbilt lives through one of the stranger mid-offseason changes in a while * Lane Kiffin arrives in Southern California, and Derek Dooley replaces him in Knoxville in a search that sure could have gone differently * A future senator heads to Siberia, err, Lubbock * Butch Jones takes on one of the hardest jobs in college football: living up to a high bar set by a string of his predecessors Then it’s CLASS SUPERLATIVES time, with the boys each naming their pick for the Ellis Johnson/Southern Miss Award, the Coaching Carousel Global Impact Award, and Hire of the Year. Scroll down in your feed to February 18, 2025 for the first episode in this series. Producer: Anthony Vito

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com [https://www.splitzoneduo.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7] Split Zone Duo State is the newest startup FBS program. We've got our coach, but now we need a staff. Blueprint Sports head of analytics Parker Fleming joins the show to help Richard break down who to hire, and the roles that need filling, to build SZD State into a title contender. For additional (free) listening on this topic, see our March 2024 episode: “The NFL-ification of college recruiting.” [https://www.splitzoneduo.com/p/general-manager-college-football] This is a special episode for Split Zone Duo’s paid subscribers. Get started with a free trial. Plus, everyone can hear a free preview. Also this week for SZD subscribers:

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com [https://www.splitzoneduo.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7] Richard and Alex take live questions from our Split Zone Duo subscribers. Topics covered in this episode include: * The slightly messy ending between Jim Knowles and Ohio State * What we’re most excited about in the 2025 season * More developments in Bill Belichick/Jordon Hudson * Rapid scheme turnover, like Washington State will see this year * Playoff expansion’s effect on SEC expansion * Lincoln Riley and USC say they want to preserve their Notre Dame rivalry game, but Riley’s old words and current actions say different * Duke as an ACC dark horse * How cooked is Virginia Tech? * New athletic director at Michigan State: Why? * Maryland’s business-ish approach to filling the AD chair * Likelier to get fired or win their conference? Mike Gundy, Brian Kelly, Lincoln Riley, and Mike Norvell College Football Lunch Break is a recurring live call that we have at 12 p.m. ET on many Tuesdays in the Substack app. Subscribers get a recording afterward. Producer: Anthony Vito

College football history is loaded with BS national championship claims, as well as some non-consensus claims that AREN’T ridiculous. How do we tell the difference? What patterns emerge when we look at decades of disputed titles? What is the most ridiculous national title claim of all time? (Spoiler: It’s one of Alabama’s claims. But why don’t the Tide claim other titles that would be a lot less outrageous?) No other sport has a feature quite like this one, and we’ve got an expert to talk through it with us: Keith Gaddie, TCU professor and author of a new book, “Bragging Rites,” on the history of arguing over national championships. (The book comes out May 24 [https://bookshop.org/p/books/bragging-rights/771e8347bfcc181b?ean=9780875659107&next=t&].) More from Split Zone Duo’s partners: * Use SZD20 for 20% off your first order at Homefield [https://www.homefieldapparel.com/]. There’s fresh college sports apparel dropping at Homefield all the time. Find your school’s collection. Also: auto racing gear [https://www.homefieldapparel.com/collections/indianapolis-motor-speedway]. It’s Indy 500 month. * Visit NokianTyres.com/RoadTrips [http://www.NokianTyres.com/RoadTrips] and share your road-tripping plans for the summer, and you’ll be entered to win a set of tires. This contest runs through May 30. Enjoy the same tires that get us where we need to go. Producer: Anthony Vito This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.splitzoneduo.com/subscribe [https://www.splitzoneduo.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]