Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. We dissect the most interesting anonymous scouting reports from coaches around college football in 2023. The portal, NIL, recruiting, scheme, players, trends, rivalries and more as coaches gossip about everything in college football.

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football.

• SEC scheduling drama
• Strength of schedule drama
• Championship game drama
• USC A.D. drama
• Michigan coaching drama
• Georgia speeding drama
• B1G TV contract drama
• Big 12 expansion drama
• Bowl game lawsuit drama
• Shannon Terry and On3's NIL Elite Series (not drama)

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall explain the Athlon Sports preseason Top 25 and then some. Who makes the playoff? Where is the drop off in the top 25? Who makes conference championship games? Where are the tiers in each major conference? Who are the best Group of 5 teams?

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football.

• EA Sports video game takes step
• Personal video game records, history
• ACC meetings lead to expansion drama
• The most desirable brands in the ACC?
• Which league would want which teams?
• Does anything actually happen?
• Pac-12 expansion is actually happening
• Do we have a short-term solution out West?
• What does the Big 12 do?
• Dylan Riaola, nation's No. 1 player commits
• Are the best QBs leaving the West?
• Is the Pac-12 doing better than we think?

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. We unveil our official magazine top four in 2023 while also covering the on-going Pac-12 media rights, massive changes around gambling and who won the portal this time around?

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football.

• College football playoff schedule
• Things we hate, things we're OK with
• SEC permanent opponents
• 16-team scheduling criteria
• All-ACC QB battle for No. 1?
• Clear top three in the Big 12
• The projection issue in the Big Ten
• Elite QB play in the Pac-12
• One clearcut top Hog in SEC
• Hearing from KJ Jefferson
• All-American votes

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football.

• Pac-12 non-answer answer
• Deion Sanders doing it his way
• Nature of our system now
• QB outliers in the NFL Draft
• Five-star recruits going pro
• Two wide receivers we love
• Spring storylines that matter
• Very different QBs at UGa and Bama
• Clemson and USC's defense
• Texas makes actual news
• Ohio State's offensive line
• SEC QB battles
• Rapid Fire Lassan Test

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football.

• Early Top 4 debate
• Preseason Top 25 difficulty
• How many playoff contenders are there?
• How many teams can win the national title?
• What to do with Texas?
• Coach Prime is selling lots of tickets
• Colorado's short term, long term future
• Pac-12 media rights tied to CU?
• CFP meetings in Dallas next week
• New Big Ten commish role at meetings
• Working out the schedule for the playoff
• Stop worrying about the NFL

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football.

• Magazine prediction stress
• Big Ten tabs Tony Petitti
• Insider? Outsider?
• Tony's first order of business
• How can B1G level playing the field?
• Off-the-field opportunity
• Pac-12 media rights are still... well...
• Spring scrimmages are a good idea?
• Lots of reasons to add value to spring
• What are concerns?
• How would it be logistically possible?

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football.

• We begin with Kent St, obviously
• 0 starters back on offense or defense?
• Defining National Championship DNA
• Defining Playoff DNA
• How many teams nationally have it?
• How can you change your DNA?
• What time frames are we using?
• The Nick Saban Test