Always College Football with Greg McElroy

A good Athletic Director can make all the difference or hinder a program's development. Oklahoma, Ohio State and Notre Dame have long tenured AD’s with sustained success while LSU and Michigan have made great hires recently with immediate results. USC had their guy, until they didn’t and now the Trojans will be moving to the B1G with a new AD - what impact will that have. Plus Florida State and SM...

Is the next phase of realignment close? Florida State, Clemson, Miami, North Carolina, NC State, Virginia and Virginia Tech are exploring ways to leave the ACC. McElroy looks at what the SEC and BIG 10 could do, what the future of the ACC would be and where that leaves the BIG 12 and the PAC 12. Plus does Notre Dame have a recruiting edge with a new apparel deal? | Always College Football  Learn m...

Big news for Georgia recruiting, and a big loss for Nebraska. Brian Kelly at LSU, Lincoln Riley at USC or Mike Norvell at Florida State, who do you think will win a title first? Plus we give you the ultimate CFB road trip schedule as McElroy goes week by week with games at Alabama, Ohio State, LSU, USC, Notre Dame, Michigan and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/...

 If you love college football you already know. College Football is awesome and unique and McElroy is here to give you his 35 reasons why he loves the sport. We cover it all - Penn State White Outs, Traveler at USC, the Kinnick Wave at Iowa, Tailgating in The Groove, Dotting the i at Ohio State, the Vol Navy, Alabama uniforms and Notre Dame helmets there is NOTHING but love for college football. L...

The new CFP schedule is set and McElroy is here to breakdown the good (home games and January 1st triple header) and the bad (Quarterfinals at bowl games and Monday National championships) and things he would like changed. Plus we get an early look at the 3 best September non conference games Texas @ Alabama, Florida State vs LSU and Ohio State @ Notre Dame. | Always College Football Learn more ab...

Would the PAC 12 and Big 12 like to see USC, Texas or Oklahoma leave as conference champions? No. Would Alabama and Clemson fans be happy if they lost to LSU and South Carolina respectively - AGAIN. No. We take an early look at MUST win games for a couple schools heading into the 2023 season. Plus, McElroy names 6 teams that are looking (and could find) their first National Championship this centu...

QB transfers are all the rage in CFB, so McElroy looks at some that worked like Joe Burrow to LSU and Cam Newton to Auburn, some that didn’t (sorry Mitch Mustain and JT Daniels) and other who are coming in this year with high hopes - we are looking at you Sam Hartman and Devin Leary. Plus the Big 10 has a new commish who talked about conference expansion and McElroy has some strong reaction to Ore...

McElroy goes position by position ahead of the NFL Draft and tells you why Bryce Young is the best QB, Jordan Addison is the best WR and so much more. Plus we look into the gap Georgia has made between them and everyone else in the SEC (including Alabama) and talk about why you shouldn’t judge a player based on where he went to school. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...

We recap the last BIG spring weekend in CFB including huge weekends at Oklahoma, LSU and Notre Dame, the ongoing Alabama QB questions, and the Colorado mass transfers. Plus Nebraska and Wisconsin spring recaps. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Can Coach Prime keep the hype up after spring? Will Notre Dame and Alabama find their QB1 (although much different situations). What will Oklahoma and Oklahoma State look like with all of the transfers? Does Brian Kelly have all the pieces at LSU? McElroy is here to answer all the questions. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

McElroy answers an interesting mailbag question about Alabama and the transfer portal. Plus our friends at Saturday Down South gave us some very strange stats and streaks that McElroy looks at and decides if they will be broken in 2023. And the “Spring King” John Rhys Plumlee drops by to talk about his incredible baseball/football double header. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad c...

There will always be overreaction to spring games but McElroy is here to tell you what is overreaction or what is fair. Does Ohio State have offensive line issues? Will Georgia’s offense carry them? Is Florida State’s swagger real after spring? Will Clemson’s young players step up? Is the pressure off Quinn Ewers? Plus the transfer portal is open again and don’t sleep on Will Levis | Always Colleg...

There are a ton of spring games this weekend and McElroy has questions heading into the games. Has Arkansas found help in the secondary? Will the new faces at Florida State and Tennessee get a lot of time? How will the QB competition shape out at Texas, Michigan State? All that plus your mailbag questions and what Kliff Kingsbury’s return to CFB means | Always College Football Learn more about you...

With the NFL draft around the corner and recruiting never stopping McElroy looks at what school is at the top for each offensive position. Alabama, Ohio State, Oklahoma are all well represented but don’t sleep on Notre Dame, USC, Michigan, Iowa and North Carolina | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It doesn’t matter if it’s Auburn, USC or anyone in between - spring football games ALWAYS get fans fired up. McElroy is here to give you the 8 rules for fans as get ready for the first real college football they have seen since early January | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It can be tough being a college football fan, the ups and downs and the passion that always stays with you. McElroy sits back and gives some honest feedback to fans from Penn State, Texas, North Carolina, Washington and Florida on how they should really feel about the future of their programs. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Michigan had a great weekend with Jadyn Davis committing and holding their spring game. Plus the Wolverines are the only team that finished in the top 7 that is NOT replacing a QB next season - how will the new QBs be at Alabama, Georgia, Ohio State, Tennessee, TCU and Penn State . | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Will no divisions help the SEC and the BIG 10? McElroy breaks down why it will benefit both. Plus now is the time for the PAC 12 (or BIG 12) to take San Diego State and April Fool’s Day is here - McElroy looks back at the biggest, and worst, fooled you moments in College Football | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dan Lanning and Oregon start spring with big goals while Luke Fickell and Wisconsin start their first spring together. Michigan State, Maryland, Minnesota and UCLA start spring off with BIG (10?) expectations. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Marcus Freeman and Notre Dame start spring with high expectations. Kyle Whittingham and Utah look for PAC 12 3-peat. Can Texas Tech surprise in the Big 12? Iowa, Iowa State and Duke also start off spring ball with high expectations. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lane Kiffin has a BIG QB competition to sort out this spring - and a new DC to help build off that. Matt Rhule has a fresh start at Nebraska. Louisville and Purdue have new Head Coaches and Baylor looks to bring back some of the 2021 bravado. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alabama starts an important spring practice with a new OC, a new DC while looking for a new QB1 - but they still have Nick Saban. Texas A&M starts spring with A LOT of questions that Jimbo Fisher (and Bobby Petrino) need to answer. Plus Oklahoma State, Syracuse, UCF and West Virginia get spring going. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tennessee must replace Hendon Hooker, Oklahoma must find a defense, TCU looks to replicate a Cinderella season and so many other spring storylines. Plus McElroy gives his top 5 FAVORITE plays since 2000 (hint the Kick-6 is not one of his favorites) | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Georgia will have a new QB as they look for an unprecedented 3-peat - can they do it? Penn State won their 1st Rose Bowl since 1994 - will the momentum carry over? Plus McElroy goes on IN on why the NCAA Tourney should not be compared to the CFP | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

 LSU is looking to repeat as SEC West champs and might have everything in place to do it. Kansas State hopes to reload, Arkansas and Oregon State hope to take the next step plus the MAILBAG | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices