Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. The last-ever rankings were the most controversial and chaotic in the 10-year history of the four-team playoff. Did they get it right? Did they ask the right questions? Did the right teams get left out? Who should be most mad? Instant reaction and winners in the Michigan-Alabama game and Washington-Texas.

Michigan State, Texas A&M, Mississippi State, Oregon State, Syracuse and San Diego State have all hired coaches. What do we think of the moves that have been made in college football over the last few weeks? And how has the coaching carousel changed? Who made the right decision? Who made strange decisions? What will Duke, Indiana, Houston and Boise State do? And welcome back, Bobby Petrino.

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. The penultiumate rankings are out and two teams are wildly underrated. But who should be moved down? The committee has extremely tough decisions to make this weekend. Ryan Day and Hugh Freeze's mistakes set all of this up. We preview every conference championship game and the implications of the final weekend of the season. Oregon or Washington? Can Texas earn its way into the playoff? Can Bama upset Georgia? Can Florida State prove it belongs? Can Iowa score a point against Michigan?

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. Championship scenarios across the country dominate the storylines heading into a huge rivalry weekend. Playoff hopes hang in the balance for Florida State, Louisville, Texas, Oregon, Washington and, of course, Michigan and Ohio State. How should the committee deal with Jordan Travis' injury, how will rivlary games change off-season narratives and who will be playing for conference championships next weekend?

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. The Heisman predicament: Jayden Daniels Heisman chances hinge on extraordinary play - in less than extraordinary games. Who else is on the top platform? The guys preview Week 12 as top ranked teams head out on the road. Washington is an underdog at Oregon State, Texas is a small favorite over Iowa State and both Georgia (Tennessee) and Michigan (Maryland) travel as well. What other coaching moves could happen this cycle?

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. The future of the Pac-12 could fall to Oregon St and Washington St after winning the first round of court cases out West. Many teams are getting bowl eligible - which ones deserve credit and which ones are disappointing. Michigan and Jim Harbaugh are in the middle of one of the most unprecendented fiascos in college football history and the eventual outcomes vary. Boise State, Texas A&M and Mississippi State have joined the coaching carousel.

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football.

Temp Check:

• The most Iowa ending of all-time
• Does Wazzu still belong?
• Beavers in the Spook-tober desert

2-Point Conversation:

• Big Ten power structure: Ohio St's resume, James Franklin's big-game record, Michigan's scouting "scandal"
• What happened in Week 8? Why did so many high-quality teams struggle?
• USC crumbles and Bama rises to the occasion: Who is likeable in college football?
• SEC Hot Seat: Arkansas, Texas A&M, Auburn, Mississippi St, South Carolina, Vandy

Week 9 Progression:

• Oregon at Utah
• Oklahoma at Kansas
• Florida-Georgia
• Duke at Louisville
• Tennessee at Kentucky
• Ohio St at Wisconsin

Bets Against the Spread:

• Braden: 5-2 LW, 17-15 YTD
• Lasso: 5-1 LW, 20-17-1 YTD

Group of 5 Checkdown looks at great races in the American, Mountain West and Sun Belt. 

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football.

• Why TV negotiations matter
• Oregon-Washington was perfect
• Our Beavers and Iowa's exhaustion
• Debunking lazy troupes and talking points
• We all can put in more effort
• Penn St at Ohio St
• Tennessee at Alabama
• Utah at USC
• Duke at Florida St
• Clemson at Miami
• Big 12 chaos

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football.

Temp Check:

• Our Beavers dominate, Wazzu falls
• Iowa wins with 20 points, huge road trip to Madison
• Congrats to Steven!

2-Point Conversation:

• OU-Texas: What CFB is all about
• Big Ten coaching records
• Miami's costly mistake, ACC chase
• UGa, Bama take control

Week 7 Progression:

• Oregon at Washington
• USC at Notre Dame
• Miami at North Carolina
• Missouri at Kentucky
• UCLA at Oregon St
• Texas A&M at Tennessee

Bets Against the Spread:

• Braden: 2-3 LW, 13-13 YTD
• Lasso: 3-2 LW, 12-14-1 YTD

Leftovers: What is Ok-State? Rutgers, Florida, Kansas, Colorado and more.

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football.

Temp Check:

• Oregon St out-Utahs Utah
• Wazzu has chance to prove it
• Iowa's best offensive weapon is a DB

2-Point Conversation

• If Georgia's not No. 1, who is? And who can beat them?
• Is it happening again in the Pac-12?
• When to move on from a success, tenured coach?
• First-year coaching grades, Hot Seat Temp check

Week 6 Progression:

• Texas-Oklahoma
• Bama-Texas A&M
• Maryland-Ohio St
• Notre Dame-Louisville
• Kentucky-Georgia
• LSU-Mizzou

Bets Against the Spread:

• Braden: 1-3 LW, 11-10 YTD
• Lasso: 1-4 LW, 9-12-1 YTD

Leftovers: Braden's apology, big ACC home favorites, Big 12's newbies struggling and more.

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football.

Temp Check:

• Iowa is shutout, Penn St keeps maturing
• Wazzu beats Our Beavers
• Utah at Oregon St

2-Point Conversation:

• What did Ohio St's win over Notre Dame mean?
• More things change, more they stay same in SEC
• Why is Florida St and the ACC disrespected?
• A dividing line in the Big 12

Week 5 Progression:

• Kansas at Texas
• Notre Dame at Duke
• Florida at Kentucky
• LSU at Ole Miss
• Georgia at Auburn
• USC at Colorado

Bets against the Spread, G5 Checkdown, Leftovers: Illinois over Purdue, Tennessee hosts South Carolina, playoff contenders on the road, Washington's dominance, Cuse-Clemson and more.

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football.

Temp Check: Beavers at Wazzu, Iowa at Penn St

2-Point Conversation:

• Mel Tucker is out, where does Michigan st go?
• Is there a clear No. 1 team this year?
• Is there a defensive renaissance taking place?
• Proof of concept wins for LOTS of coaches

Week 4 Progression:

• Florida St at Clemson
• Ohio St at Notre Dame
• Ole Miss at Alabama
• Colorado at Oregon
• UCLA at Utah
• Auburn at Texas A&M
• G5: UTSA, SMU and Memphis

Bets Against the Spread:

• Braden: 3-2 LW, 8-5 YTD
• Lasso: 2-2 LW, 5-6 YTD

Leftovers: Bizarro Big 12, Texas and OU on the road, do or die wins across the country and playoff teams holding serve.

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. 

Temp Check: Oregon St, Wazzu and Iowa's offense

2-point Conversation:

• SEC West reevaluation, Bama's dynasty
• Texas domination, Big 12's upper crust
• What exactly is the Pac-12?
• Big Ten West questions

Week 3 Progressions: Tennessee-Florida, LSU-Miss St, Washington-Mich St, Kansas St-Mizzou, Penn St-Illinois, Backyard Brawl

G5 Check Down: Rocky Mountain Showdown, South Alabama-Oklahoma St

Week 3 Bets Against the Spread:

• Braden: 2-2 LW, 5-2 YTD
• Lasso: 3-1 LW, 3-4 YTD

Leftovers: When can we talk about Georgia, Ohio St and Michigan? The ACC-Big Ten challenge.

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. What did we learn about QBs in Week 1 and their chances at winning championships? Texas-Bama, SEC road trips, old rivalries and more highlight Week 2. Oregon State and Iowa temp checks. The Big 12's rough first week and chances at rebounding week 2 with big tests. Colorado leads a highlight first weekend for the Pac-12 but needs to prove itself again in Week 2.

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. 

• 2-pt conversation: USC's defense, Vandy's progress, Notre Dame and an injury.
• 1st Read: LSU-FSU, Carolina-Carolina
• 2nd Read: Boise-Washington, Prime-TCU
• 3rd Read: WVU-Penn St, Clemson-Duke 
• Check Down: UTSA vs. Houston, USA vs. Tulane
• New QBs for Bama, Ohio St, UGa
• Power 5s on the road against G5s
• Conference Leftovers

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. We make our official and final playoff predictions for 2023. Everyone has to have the receipts for the end of the year. What are all of the paths for all the contenders and what would a 12-team playoff look like in 2023?

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. The guys look across the country and across the formation for the most important, most impactful, most interesting and most unknown position groups of 2023. Sure, there are plenty of QB situations worth discussing but plenty of championships hang on the offensive line, the front seven or the offensive play-makers too.

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. Realignment has once again gripped college football and it means the end of the Pac-12. Could this have been avoided? What does the future look like? What does the ACC or SEC do? How does our playoff look?

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk Big Ten football in 2023.

• Where to coach: Northwestern or Indiana?
• Nebraska and Purdue new coaches
• Illinois' line of scrimmage
• Minnesota can do something different
• Iowa's contracts
• Wisconsin on paper
• Rutgers keeps chopping wood
• Maryland, Michigan St identities
• The Big Three
• Why Penn St is on par
• Michigan's complete-ness
• Ohio State skill, speed
• James Franklin factor

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall preview the SEC in 2023.

• LSU vs. Bama
• If not UGa, then who?
• Carolina upper tier?
• Kentucky's new offense
• Joe Milton
• Mizzou defense, Florida big picture
• Vandy better but at bottom
• Texas A&M once again a challenger
• Auburn under Hugh
• State's bizarre situation
• Ole Miss vs. Arkansas

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk ACC football in 2023.

• Florida St vs. Clemson
• Bottom tier buy-in
• Does Tech have patience?
• Enjoy UNC's fun
• Duke' scheduling re-balance
• Mario the Michigan Man
• Louisville underrated?
• Coaching stability and continuity
• NC State, Pitt, Wake
• Cuse?

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk about Pac-12 football in 2023 and the loss of Colorado to the Big 12.

• Pac-12 loses Colorado
• What does Big 12 do next?
• What does Pac-12 do next?
• Why are we here?
• Best QBs in America
• CU's coverage to talent ratio
• First-year coaches
• Breakout QBs at Wazzu, Arizona?
• Chip Kelly's five-star QB
• Oregon State' culture
• Clear top 4
• Doubt Utah at your own risk
• Washington, Oregon defense
• USC portal line change

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall preview the Big 12 conference in 2023. How does the impending divorce and new programs impact the standings?

• Top tier w/ Texas and Oklahoma
• Why Braden loves the 9th place
• Can Kansas State repeat?
• Can TCU recapture the magic?
• Texas Tech is a sleeper?
• Baylor bounces back?
• Where is Ok-State heading?
• UCF is the best new team?
• BYU is the best prepared for P5?
• Scheduling quirks and impact
• Neal Brown's buyout
• Final picks and predictions

The Athletic's Recruiting Editor Mitch Light returns to the pod to talk NIL, recruiting, gambling and Congress with Braden Gall live from SEC Media Days in Nashville, Tenn.

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. The guys break down the firing of Pat Fitzgerald and the future of Northwestern football, offer a temp check on all 29 second-year head coaches in FBS and then sit down with Carnegie Melon head coach Ryan Larsen to learn about D3 football, building culture and the evolution of offensive football.

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. San Diego St has (sort of) made an announcement, the Big Ten and SEC have announced their scheduling models for the next two years and the guys break down every single major trap game for every team in the top 15. 

Steven Lassan, Braden Gall and Mitch Light embark on their yearly road trip through college football. The rules: You get to go to a college football game each week but can only see each team one time. What are your anchor games? Which rivalries and conference races are you most interested in? Send us your Trips.

All music provided by Moon Taxi.

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. This week the guys preview all five Group of Five conferences, pick champions, talk rising star coaches and project the 2023 season.

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

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. The guys touch on the new recruiting rules, Pac-12 rumors and NIL congressional meetings. Then we take a deep dive into the future Big 12 and how those programs stack up against each other currently and historically. What is the best program in the new Big 12? The worst? How much upward mobility to the new programs have? Where would USC, UCLA, Texas and Oklahoma rank in their new conferences? And a quick look at our national top 10 programs in college football.

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football.

• Obligatory latest Pac-12 news
• New Big 12 angle to consider
• Spring practice content approach
• What if it was always a 12-team playoff?
• Which coaches benefit?
• Which teams are evaluated differently?
• Dan Mullen, James Franklin, Jimbo
• Wisconsin, USC, Baylor, Michigan St
• Kirk Ferentz, Mike Gundy, David Shaw
• Iowa St, Indiana, Colorado, Arizona

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football.

• Pac-12 obligatory opening update
• Big names coaches who need to win
• Long-time coaches with no expectations
• Long-time coaches with nothing to prove
• Future potential next wave of long-timers
• Long-timers who did everything they could
• Future names with building pressure

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football.

• More Pac-12 rumors!
• An ACC merger
• Three new rule changes
• SEC schedule leaks
• Georgia culture problem?
• Transfer QB portal data
• P5 transfers vs. G5
• QB battles in the spring
• Bama, Georgia, Ole Miss
• Nebraska, Ohio St
• Ok-State, Texas, West Virginia
• Arizona St and UCLA
• NC State and more

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football.

• Coaches hurting the game with access
• Players need to be more available
• Florida St sends warning shot at ACC
• Grant of Rights' future
• Pac-12 no news is bad news
• Can Washington challenge out West?
• What to make of Colorado?
• Miami or North Carolina in the ACC?
• Wisconsin, Michigan St, Nebraska
• The new guys in the Big 12
• Who is on the top tier in the SEC?
• Who is in the SEC's middle?

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football.

• Apple TV bids for Pac-12
• Fans react
• New game rules to speed things up
• Is game-length a real problem
• Which rules do we like?
• One rule that we hate
• Big 12 new schedule is WILD
• Four new teams creates imbalance
• AAC releases its new schedule
• Group of 5 wide open?

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football.

• 2024 is going to look very different
• Pac-12 inventory, openly courting SMU
• Every day the media deal isn't signed
• What is the Big 12 going to do?
• B1G holding firm, good news for Pac-12?
• Scheduling model for the Big Ten
• New permanent rivals for USC, UCLA
• Does UCLA now have championship DNA?
• Scheduling model for the SEC
• New permanent rivals for Texas, OU
• Are we okay with unbalanced schedules?
• Brian Ferentz contract
• Todd Monken leaves for NFL, Mike Bobo hired
• What is going on with Miami?
• Notre Dame's offensive coordinator

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football.

• The Pac-12 is sniffing around SMU
• Impact of streaming shift
• Targeting Mountain West teams
• Texas, OU not moving... yet
• What's the hold up?
• Bama hires Tommy Rees, Kevin Steele
• Is there a shift in offense happening?
• Redefining "balance" on offense
• Grading all 24 new coaching hires
• Tons of young inexperience
• A few retreads
• Wisconsin and Louisville top the list
• Nebraska, Colorado close behind

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football.

• The Jalen Hurts phenomena
• QBs winning in college and the NFL
• Breaking down the 2023 recruiting cycle
• How good are top classes?
• How are the new Big 12 teams faring?
• How are new coaches doing?
• Recruiting outliers: The Best
• Recruiting outliers: The Worst
• Big jumps, big falls, big names

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football.

• The $9 million club
• Lessons and blame with Jaden Rashada
• Boosters and ROI market forces
• Clemson makes bold move
• The ripple effect at TCU, Arkansas
• Ole Miss with a monster week
• Alabama's coaching vacancies
• Mike Gundy catching lightning twice?
• Michigan winning all over (sort of)
• Oregon, Pac-12 surging
• Florida State momentum continues
• NFL Draft deadline winners, losers
• Transfer Portal winners, losers

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. We take a deep dive into the most overrated preseason teams of the last 25 years since the advent of the BCS. How many times are top 10 teams finishing with losing records? Who is overrated? And why is it happening? Are there any trends and is Notre Dame actually always overrated? We also discuss the open Commissioner chair in the Big Ten.

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. We dissect our never-too-early preseason top 25 for 2023. There are a lot of new faces and names. But the more things change, the more they stay the same at the top of the sport. Follow along at AthlonSports.com 

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football.

• Georgia's utter domination caps 2022
• Don't change your mind on TCU, though
• Stetson Bennett's insane career
• Kirby Smart's future
• Who were the best teams in 2022?

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football, previewing the national championship game between Georgia and TCU.

• Bobby Petrino lands at Texas A&M
• Jim Harbaugh is flirting with the NFL
• No tailgating at 430 pm local time
• The setting for the title game
• TCU's truly incomparable run
• Sonny Dykes unlikely retread
• Stetson Bennett's unprecedented career
• Building blocks of a TCU upset
• Max Duggan superman
• What to do with Quentin Johnston?
• UGa keeps it simple
• Patience and blue chips
• Final Predictions
• A case for and against expansion

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. The guys recap the best night of college football playoff action in history as TCU defeated Michigan and Georgia outlasted Ohio State. We touch on the national title match-up and break down New Year's Eve.

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football.

• The playoffs are here!
• Coaching pressure, implications
• TCU's house money, nothing to lose
• Michigan's unfinished business
• Jim Harbaugh's QB gamble
• Lack of turnovers
• Offensive lines
• CJ Stroud vs. Stetson Bennett
• Attacking UGa's defense
• Finding the path to the upset
• Final predictions

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football.

• National Signing Day stories
• New Big Ten, SEC rankings
• The bottom 10 power 5 classes
• Overachievers, underachievers
• The real story is there's no story
• December cannot hold all of this
• How do fans prioritize content?
• Portal vs. Recruiting?
• Coaching changes vs. bowl games?
• Layers of chaos
• Adding playoff games to the madness
• Another week of bowl games
• More first-time match-ups!

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football.

• Mike Leach's legacy
• Personality vs. Scheme
• Authentic stubborness
• Most influential schemes of the era
• Spread, zone read, RPO, four-wide
• Mississippi St tabs Zach Arnett
• Purdue finds Jeff Brohm's replacement
• Navy's bizarro mistake
• Previewing the first week of bowls
• UTSA vs. Troy
• Florida vs. Oregon St
• SMU vs. BYU
• Western Kentucky vs. South Alabama

Chris Childers joins to tell some Mike Leach stories.

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football.

• Heisman Finalist: Did they get it right?
• Just best players on best teams?
• Best non-QBs in the game are... who?
• Jim Harbaugh's Lane Kiffin moment
• What has Michigan done differently?
• Can Deion Sanders win at Colorado?
• Coach Prime risk vs. reward
• Scott Satterfield gets out ahead
• Jeff Brohm finally returns home
• Purdue should SPEND MONEY
• Jamey Chadwell to... Liberty?
• Trent Dilfer. Seriously, Trent Dilfer?
• Barry Odom, Kevin Wilson, Alex Golesh
• Transfer Portal is open for business

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall are joined by former Cover 2 host Mitch Light of TheAthletic.com to react to the final '22 Final Playoff rankings and matchups?

• Did committee get it right?
• Pressure on Ryan Day, Ohio St
• OSU offense vs. UGa defense
• TCU's incredible journey
• Michigan's experience
• Big brand bias is dead
• SEC bias is dead
• Bama fatigue vs. Ohio St fatigue

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football, preview championship weekend and predict what will happen in Sunday's final playoff rankings.

• Utah vs. USC
• Kansas St vs. TCU
• UCF at Tulane
• Purdue vs. Michigan
• LSU vs. Georgia
• Clemson vs. North Carolina
• Fresno St at Boise State
• Coastal Carolina at Troy
• North Texas at UTSA
• Toledo vs. Ohio

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. The penultimate rankings are out - there are no surprises - and a bunch of power five jobs got filled.

• Shouldn't TCU be treated like Georgia, Michigan?
• Is USC the most dangerous team in the country?
• Why Bama should be ahead of Tennessee
• Ohio State is the committee's backstop
• Hugh Freeze has been hired at Auburn
• On-field chaos vs. off-field chaos
• Big boy moves by Wisconsin
• Nebraska doesn't need splashy
• Arizona St hires Kenny Dillingham
• Interim coaching trends?

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football, rivalry week and Thanksgiving football! We talk coaching rumors, video games, playoff rankings, championship Saturday implications and offer our picks against the spread.

• Michigan at Ohio State
• Notre Dame at USC
• Oregon at Oregon State
• Tulane at Cincinnati
• Mississippi State at Ole Miss
• Washington at Washington State
• Baylor at Texas, Iowa St at TCU
• South Carolina at Clemson
• Auburn at Alabama
• Louisville at Kentucky
• Florida at Florida State
• Two dozen other awesome games!

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. The guys break down the third set of Playoff rankings, preview Week 12 and try to keep picking winners. Cause that's all they do now. 

• USC at UCLA
• Utah at Oregon
• TCU at Baylor
• Oklahoma State at Oklahoma
• Illinois at Michigan
• Iowa at Minnesota
• Ole Miss at Arkansas
• Georgia at Kentucky
• Kansas State at West Virginia
• Texas at Kansas
• NC State at Louisville

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. The guys preview Week 11 and offer up their picks against the spread.

• TCU at Texas
• Alabama at Ole Miss
• LSU at Arkansas
• Georgia at Mississippi St
• Washington at Oregon
• Kansas St at Baylor
• Purdue at Illinois
• UCF at Tulane
• North Carolina at Wake Forest
• Louisville at Clemson
• Florida St at Syracuse
• Wisconsin at Iowa

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall breakdown the second edition of college football rankings - even though we really don't love what it does to our brains. So we did it our way. 

• Who are you not where are you ranked
• Clemson's chances at getting back in
• The Pac-12 is the real concern
• Why is UCLA seperated from USC, Oregon?
• One-loss debates abound
• TCU has to handle it's business
• Can LSU jump the rest of the SEC?
• USF's Grumors are... ridiculous, right?

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. Auburn has decided to out-Auburn itself but doing the most Auburn things possible. What could it mean for the coaching dominoes? Then the guys preview Week 10 and offer up picks against the spread.

• Tennessee at Georgia
• Alabama at LSU
• Clemson at Notre Dame
• Texas at Kansas St
• Wake Forest at NC State
• Liberty at Arkansas
• Florida St at Miami
• Oregon St at Washington
• Maryland at Wisconsin
• Baylor at Oklahoma
• BYU at Boise St

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football and the first playoff rankings of the season. 

• Predicting how the committee works
• Secret SEC playoff committee conspiracy
• How close losses should be viewed
• Why Bama is ahead of TCU
• Tennessee's remarkable run to No. 1
• "Ranked at the time" is so dumb
• Why a Top 40 would be so much better
• Kirby LOVES these rankings

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. The guys preview Week 9, talk through the grind of October and offer up their top bets against the spread.

• Ohio St at Penn St
• Oklahoma St at Kansas St
• Kentucky at Tennessee
• Cincinnati at UCF
• Utah at Washington St
• Ole Miss at Texas A&M
• Florida vs. Georgia
• Michigan St at Michigan
• TCU at West Virginia
• Notre Dame at Syracuse
• Baylor at Texas Tech

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. Who is the No. 1 team in college football? Then we preview Week 8 and offer picks against the spread.

• UCLA at Oregon
• Texas at Ok-State
• Kansas St at TCU
• Ole Miss at LSU
• Syracuse at Clemson
• Mississippi St at Alabama
• Minnesota at Penn St
• Purdue at Wisconsin
• Iowa at Ohio St
• Texas A&M at South Carolina
• Kansas at Baylor

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall take mid-season stock of the 2022 college football season. How do we measure excitement and greatness? How should "rankings" be consumed and how should they be viewed? Does the committee deserve more (or less) credit? We apologize to some teams, the audience and to each other about what we've gotten wrong so far. And we look ahead at potential some dream championship game matchups.

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. What is happening at Auburn, Louisville and Stanford and does Matt Rhule return to college football? Then the guys preview a huge Week 7 and offer picks against the spread.

• Alabama at Tennessee
• Penn St at Michigan
• USC at Utah
• Oklahoma St at TCU
• NC State at Syracuse
• Clemson at Florida St
• Mississippi State at Kentucky
• Minnesota at Illinois
• LSU at FLorida
• Nebraska at Purdue
• Kansas at Oklahoma

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. The guys analyze how the changing landscape of college football is impacting athletic department decision making. Which jobs are valuable? Which jobs are overrated? Which jobs could come open soon? Then we preview Week 6:

• Utah at UCLA
• Tennessee at LSU
• TCU at Kansas
• Texas A&M at Alabama
• Arkansas at Mississippi St
• Texas vs. Oklahoma
• Florida St at NC State
• Wazzu at USC
• BYU at Notre Dame
• Farmageddon
• North Carolina at Miami

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall preview Week 5 of the college football season and offer their picks against the spread.

• This week's Sacko Bowl!
• NC State-Clemson
• Bama-Arkansas
• Michigan-Iowa
• Ok State-Baylor
• Kentucky-Ole Miss
• Texas A&M-Mississippi St
• Washington-UCLA
• Wake Forest-Florida St
• Oklahoma-TCU
• Oregon St-Utah
• Texas Tech-Kansas St
• Iowa St-Kansas

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. The guys have a few reminders for fans as it pertains to coaching searches before previewing Week 4 and offering their picks against the spread.

• Florida-Tennessee
• Arkansas-Texas A&M
• USC-Oregon St
• Clemson-Wake Forest
• Baylor-Iowa St
• Oregon-Wazzu
• Wisconsin-Ohio St
• Maryland-Michigan
• Kansas St-Oklahoma
• Minnesota-Michigan St 

Notre Dame-North Carolina, Duke-Kansas, Texas-Texas Tech, Stanford-Washington, Mizzou-Auburn, West Virginia-Virginia Tech, Utah-Arizona St and more.

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football, preview Week 3, talk about Nebraska's coaching search and offer up picks against the spread.

• Miami at Texas A&M
• Penn St at Auburn
• BYU at Oregon
• Michigan St at Washington
• Mississippi St at LSU
• Oklahoma at Nebraska
• Fresno St at USC
• Florida St at Louisville
• UTSA at Texas
• Texas Tech at NC State
• Georgia at South Carolina
• Kansas at Houston
• Purdue at Syracuse

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall preview week 2 of the college football season and make official picks against the spread:

• Baylor at BYU
• Bama at Texas
• Kentucky at Florida
• Tennessee at Pitt
• The CyHawk Trophy
• Oregon St at Fresno St
• South Carolina at Arkansas
• USC at Stanford
• Mississippi St at Arizona
• Washington St at Wisconsin
• Missouri at Kansas St

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall breakdown the new playoff format for college football. 

• Why is expansion good for the game? 
• Will it actually devalue the regular season?
• Six automatic bids, six at-large bids
• How they're determining seeding if FUBAR
• What about scheduling and timing?
• A simple solution to making players play more
• Should the playoff re-seed after round one?
• The biggest and most insane flaw!
• No, seriously, we are pissed off.

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall preview week 1 of the college football season and make official picks against the spread:

• Utah at Florida
• Oregon vs. Georgia
• Notre Dame at Ohio St
• Florida St vs. LSU
• Cincinnati at Arkansas
• NC State at East Carolina
• Boise St at Oregon St
• Clemson vs. Georgia Tech
• Houston at UTSA
• North Carolina at App St
• Memphis at Mississippi St

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. We announce our in-season schedule with some new twists. What does the new contract with the Big Ten mean for fans? We make our Final College Football Playoff Predictions and give you our top win total futures bets. Oh yeah, and we get to preview Week 0!

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. We have preseason awards to give out to teams, units and players. But these are not your ordinary awards. Like... who are the most underrated defensive units in America? Who are the biggest QB heel turns of 2022? And which Group of 5 team has the best offensive skill players? You know, normal stuff.

CORRECTED AUDIO: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football as camps are opening up across the country. We've got some bad news from Wake Forest camp and some historic news in the Big Ten. Then we give you the best anonymous scouting reports from across the country.

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football.

• Recapping Pac-12 media day performance
• Who is making these alignment decisions?
• Why a 16-team playoff won't happen
• What would a 12-team look like in 2022
• What is the correct format?
• Who gets the first round byes?
• (12) Cincinnati at (5) Texas A&M
• (9) USC at (8) Utah
• (10) Oregon at (7) Notre Dame
• (11) Baylor at (6) Michigan

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football

• Have we ever known less about these teams?
• Why we are so excited about the season
• Grading the Media Days performances
• Kevin Warren and Jim Philips
• What is actually happening in realignment?
• What are the Pac-12 schools going to do?
• Does the B1G want to get bigger?
• Why CBS and Big 12 are huge players
• Predictions about counter-programming
• New transfer rules are smart and good

Braden Gall catches up with ESPN's Ian Fitzsimmons to talk conference realignment, the time frame for action from the Big 12 or Pac-12 before they argue about actual football teams. Like, say, who is going to win the ACC, Big 12 or Pac-12? How to build a winning program? How to hire good coaches?

Braden Gall and Chris Childers hang out from Atlanta at SEC Media Days to discuss the past, present and future of college football. What is happening to the game? Who can be the last team into the college football playoff? The ACC, Big 12 and Pac-12 races are more interesting. The guys catch up in Atlanta.

No one is more connected on conference expansion and realignment than Action Network's Brett McMurphy. Braden Gall had a chance to talk with Brett at SEC Media Days in Atlanta about the Big 12 trying to absorb the Pac-12, what Notre Dame is going to do, what happens to the SEC, the Group of 5 and where college football will be in less than 10 years. He's scared, folks. 

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. What is the latest with expansion as the SEC appears to be standing firm, the Big 12 is "open for business" and one move the Pac-12 needs to make today. Then we roll through the Playoff contenders' biggest upset alerts. Which trap games will define the 2022 championship races? And two recruiting theories about former powerhouses and how we will hire coaches in the future.

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football, expansion and drama. What are the options for the Big 12 and Pac-12? A full partnership or partial merger or hostile takeover? How ESPN will play a huge role in what happens to the ACC? Why the SEC and Big Ten will fight over Virginia and North Carolina. What's the latest with ND and why the SEC wants them to stay independent.

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall call an emergency family meeting after the news of USC and UCLA moving to the Big Ten on Thursday. Who is making these decisions and why? Is their calculus right about sacrificing charm for ratings? How ND holds the ACC's future in their palm. Should the Pac-12 and Big 12 join forces? Can these big market forces be stopped or, at least, slowed at all?

The band is back together for our favorite episode of the year: Our 2022 Dream College Football Road Trip - the ORIGINAL college football dream road trip, we might add. Mitch Light of The Athletic returns to join Steven Lassan and Braden Gall on this season's journey across college football.

The rules are simple: You are going to a football game every week of the year but can only see each team one time. Where are you going? Send us your trip on the socials or in a review. Let's ride!

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. We preview every Group of 5 conference by explaining our official 2022 predictions. Can anyone replicate what the Bearcats did last year, like say, Houston? The Mountain West is BACK, baby! Championship battles in the Sun Belt, C-USA and MAC are dead even. Which coaches do we like to rise through the ranks this fall? How good are Notre Dame, BYU and the rest of the Independents?

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. We preview every Power 5 conference by explaining our official 2022 predictions. In the Pac-12, there are some strong favorites followed by tons of chaos that will make for a fantastic year of football. Can new coaches across the league build winners fast? Can established names bounce back? And who is the real favorite to win the Pac-12?

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. We preview every Power 5 conference by explaining our official 2022 predictions. In the ACC, the QB position is stronger than it's been in a long time and that will lead to lots of debates this summer. Can the ACC champ get into the Playoff? Who can establish their culture the quickest? And why is Tyler Van Dyke so underrated?

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. We preview every Power 5 conference by explaining our official 2022 predictions. In the Big 12, the league is as wide open as ever as programs jostle for position before looming changes. It's one of the most balanced leagues in America.

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. We preview every Power 5 conference by explaining our official 2022 predictions. In the Big Ten, can the QB position develop and catch up to the defenses in this league?

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. We preview every Power 5 conference by explaining our official 2022 predictions. In the SEC, the middle class is healthier than maybe ever before and could lead to one of the most unpredictable seasons in league history.

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. Who is this year's Michigan? Which teams outside of the preseason top 25 have the right recipe to make an unforseen playoff run? Which teams in the top 10 are sure to disappoint and make us look bad? And which scheduling model is best for college football? Should it be the same for all leagues? What's best for the fans and what's best for the sport? Also, FREE STUFF!

It's here! Magazines are here! Steven Lassan and Braden Gall explain the Athlon Sports preseason Top 25 for 2022. We touch on every single ranked team, every conference races and give away two free magazines!

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk Nick Saban and Jimbo Fisher. Why are these two ego maniacs yelling at each other? What are the real reasons for this fued? And what does it actually mean for the future of college football. 

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football.

• Awesome magazine news!
• Free Stuff!
• Arch Manning recruitment
• Why it's unprecedented
• Who cares where he goes!
• His career will be studied 
• Nick Saban complains about parity
• Have we ever had it?
• Is there a way to legislate it?
• The top 10 jobs in America
• The top 3 are EASY!
• National title DNA
• Access and resources
• How can teams change status?