Cover 2 College Football pod

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. 

  • JT Daniels heads to West Virginia
  • Bama, UGa, Ohio St spring games
  • Spring football is like parenting
  • Nick Saban threatens college football
  • NIL out of control or fair market?
  • TV broadcast rights are up for grabs
  • Big Ten-ESPN relationship
  • What role will streamers play?
  • Can CBS, NBC get back into CFB?
Direct download: C2_042022_Final.mp3
Category:sports -- posted at: 1:03pm CDT

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football.

  • Dabo is probably right for once
  • Spring game notes (sort of)
  • Week 1 point spreads
  • Nico Mania changes everything

We relive the first year of the BCS Era:

  • Did it work
  • A sign of things to come?
  • Who deserved to be there?
  • Did KSU, Tulane get hosed?
  • Records across the board
  • Ohio State's choke
  • Hurricane and Hurricanes
  • One redshirt freshman
Direct download: C2_041322_Final.mp3
Category:sports -- posted at: 9:43am CDT

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. Today, we take you behind the curtain and show you how we begin to make predictions for the magazine. How we tier teams in each conference before deciding on champions and playoff teams. Who will compete for division titles? Which teams are on the second tier in each league? We also have some news out of the Big 12, the Sun Belt and with Mark Emmert.

Direct download: C2_040622_Final.mp3
Category:sports -- posted at: 10:49am CDT

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. Today, we grade all 29 new head football coaches in 2022. Which four Power 5 schools got "As" and which four schools got "Cs." Which first-time head coaches should be successful and which ones are concerning? How about Group of 5 retreads and rising stars? We graded them all.

Direct download: C2_033022_Final.mp3
Category:sports -- posted at: 12:05pm CDT

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football.

  • A 5-star QB commits and shows us exactly how important a "collective" is for your school.
  • The worst possible job in college football.
  • Our promise to you: A renewal of our vows to college football and to our core mission.
  • Why the mainstream, national media is way too focused on the Playoff (but why they have to be).
  • The most interesting teams who could contend for the Playoff.
  • The most interesting teams that will be good but have nothing to do with the college football playoff.
  • The most interesting big brands who will be improved this year (but aren't all that great).
  • The most interesting Group of 5 teams.
Direct download: C2_032322_Final.mp3
Category:sports -- posted at: 11:27am CDT

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football.

  • Big magazine news
  • Some 100% prime pod beef
  • We were dead wrong
  • Lots of NIL details

Spring QB Battles:

  • Playoff Implications: Texas A&M, Cincinnati, Oregon, Notre Dame, Michigan, Clemson
  • Hot Seat Implications: Auburn, Arizona St, Nebraska, Georgia Tech, Colorado
  • Conference, Division Implications: Baylor, Penn St, Iowa, Texas, Washington, North Carolina, Pitt, LSU, Florida, Ole Miss
Direct download: C2_031622_Final.mp3
Category:sports -- posted at: 10:27am CDT

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football.
  • A review review
  • GLOAT status and a thank you!
  • Some positive attendance news
  • Big Ten's, Sun Belt's growth
  • FBS expansion, home experience
  • Pac-12 historic low, ACC drops again
  • Solutions to the problem
  • Game too long, WiFi, good games
  • Potential new rules announced
  • Targeting, faking injury, blocking
  • Who has used portal well?
  • Who is over-using the portal?
  • Who could use more portal?
Direct download: C2_030922_Final.mp3
Category:sports -- posted at: 9:21am CDT

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. How do we determine and define what a returning starter is for the magazine? Who is returning the most talent in the Power 5? Who is returning the least starting talent in the Power 5? And how does all of that impact our magazine predictions? Which coaches get the benefit of the doubt?

Direct download: C2_030222_Final.mp3
Category:sports -- posted at: 11:12am CDT

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football.

  • What did we expect?
  • Selfishness, greed dominates
  • Total chaos of last few years
  • Will never get equity
  • Charm vs. profits
  • When was CFB small business?
  • News: UK, UGa, Michigan, ASU
  • Top 10 games of Week 1
  • Notre Dame-Ohio St
  • Oregon-Georgia
  • LSU-Florida State
  • Utah-Florida
  • Cincinnati-Arkansas
  • Backyard Brawl 
Direct download: C2_022322_FInal.mp3
Category:sports -- posted at: 10:26am CDT

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. News and Notes:
  • Auburn retains Bryan Harsin... why?
  • Baylor, Cincinnati extend coaches
  • C-USA, Sun Belt scheduling conflict

Transfer QB analysis and breakdown:

  • Big 12's biggest brands using portal
  • Big Ten's best teams are homegrown
  • Pac-12 has the best transfer QBs
  • SEC middle class propped up
  • ACC is a total hodge podge
  • G5: UCF, Mountain West, Fun Belt
Direct download: C2_021622_Final.mp3
Category:sports -- posted at: 10:36am CDT