Always College Football with Greg McElroy

Is Florida State ready to take the next step and be “the hunted”? Can Ohio State just plug and play a new QB (probably)? Is Washington the PAC 12’s best playoff chance? So many spring storlines plus the MAILBAG | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Texas has a great QB room but can they take the next step in there last season in the BIG 12. Clemson is starting fresh on offense, UNC has the best QB in the ACC (country?) and BYU is jumping up to the BIG 12. So many spring storylines plus the MAILBAG | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Florida and Miami start spring practice hoping to rebound after disappointing seasons while USC starts the spring hoping to take the next step and make the CFP. NC State, Boston College and Indiana also start practice and McElroy is here to tell you what to look for and make some BOLD predictions. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Auburn starts spring practice with new head coach Hugh Freeze while Michigan starts again after back-to-back CFP appearances. Houston, Kansas, Missouri and Vanderbilt are also starting spring practice and McElroy is here to tell you what to look for and makes a few BOLD predictions. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ohio State canceled a series with Washington and the PAC 12 has been visiting other schools like SMU. What does this mean for the future of the conference. Plus McElroy answers mailbag questions on Florida NIL, the AAC schedule and unhappy transfers | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

McElroy ranks his top 5 SEC coaches (hint Alabama and Georgia are near the top), answers if the Big 10 can close the gap on the SEC and looks into proposed rules changes that could have a profound impact on the game in the future | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Clemson HC Dabo Swinney joins Greg McElroy to give some candid thoughts on changes he would like to see in College football and the College Football playoff. Coach also shares why he hired Garrett Riley and his favorite REGULAR season moment as Head Coach of Clemson | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Texas, Oklahoma to the SEC and USC and UCLA to the BIG 10 - will either be successful? McElroy looks back at Penn State, Nebraska, Miami, Florida State, TCU, Virginia Tech and others who have changed conferences in the last 30 years and how they have fared and the ONE thing the successful teams have had in common. Plus McElroy breaks down Georgia, Miami and Notre Dame’s new Offensive Coordinators ...

Luke Fickell joins McElroy to discuss why Wisconsin is the perfect job for him right now. What Phil Longo will bring on to the Badgers offense, why Camp Randall Stadium is the bet place in college football AND why the Big 10 and SEC will move away from everyone else. Plus we hit the mailbag with questions about Nebraska and Wisconsin changing things in the Big 10 and what is happening with Notre D...

Oklahoma and Texas will leave the Big 12 early. McElroy breaks down what it means for both schools and what it means for the SEC and the Big 12. Plus we look into a new contract at Iowa, a big hire in Miami and the retirement of a legend. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How good will Matt Rhule and Luke Fickell do in the Big 10? Can Hugh Freeze make an instant impact at Auburn? Will Coach Prime bring Colorado back to respectability immediately? McElroy goes through and grades all the new coaches and tells you what impact that can have in year 1. Plus we hit the mailbag and make Super Bowl predictions. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...

McElroy looks back at the 1st year coaches and hands out grades for their year 1 performance. Brian Kelly, Sonny Dykes, Kalen DeBoer and others with an A+ job. Notre Dame and Oregon with B’s and some work to do. Oklahoma and Miami with F’s and one fan asking if Mario Cristobal is the new Scott Frost - yikes | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoi...

Nick Saban has his new OC and DC in Tuscaloosa - what does that mean for the Tide in ‘23. Dabo Swinney came out and spoke the truth about fans needing to enjoy the journey so that got us thinking - which coaches are under the most pressure year in and year out | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Big 12 schedule is out and the Big 12 did NOT crush Texas and Oklahoma like some thought they might. TCU however will have to prove last year was not a fluke and the conference welcomes in 4 new members. Plus Jaden Rashada picked his school - McElroy tells you why it was the right choice. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Georgia and Alabama top the recruiting rankings - no surprise there, but what is being built at Texas, LSU, Notre Dame and Oregon might surprise people. Plus who will take over the Big 12 once Texas and Oklahoma leave for the SEC - McElroy’s answer might surprise you. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Some big moves at Miami, Clemson, Arkansas, Texas A&M and TCU with new offensive coordinators named - what impact will they have? Will Georgia be looking for a new OC and who will Saban hire? Plus who can claim Jalen Hurts Oklahoma or Alabama? | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Who is under more pressure to win in 2023 Alabama and Nick Saban or Ryan Day and Ohio State. Will NIL deals cost a coach their job? Can the Big 12 win a National Title without Texas OR Oklahoma? McElroy answers all of these plus looks ahead to the G5 in 2023. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

 Is Florida State the favorite in the ACC heading into 2023 or can Clemson keep their stranglehold on the conference? There were A LOT of quarterbacks that transferred out (some stayed in) of the ACC - what to make of that position looking ahead. Can Notre Dame take the next step with their best quarterback since Brady Quinn? McElroy breaks it all down | Always College Football Learn more about yo...

Coach Prime and Colorado, USC’s returning Heisman Trophy winner, the back to back conference champs in Utah, DJ U is a Beaver and Dan Lanning has Oregon trending up. The PAC 12 is going to be phenomenal in 2023, and McElroy is here to give an early look. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kansas State is the defending conference champion. TCU became the first Big 12 team to win a playoff game - and the conference welcomed in 4 new teams. 2023 is going to be crazy in the Big 12. Can Texas and Oklahoma improve play from last season and take over the conference before they leave? McElroy takes an early look. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoi...

McElroy looks at what the Big 10 has coming back for the 2023 season. Ohio State has some questions, Penn State looks to build on a fantastic season. Can Fickel and Rhule elevate Wisconsin and Nebraska to be contender’s in year 1? | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

McElroy looks at what the SEC has coming back for the 2023 season. Alabama has A LOT of questions, LSU in year 2 under Kelly and Tennessee looking to build on a fantastic season. Will middle of the pack teams - Florida, Texas A&M, Ole Miss and Auburn - elevate their games or will Georgia keep their edge. Plus CJ Stroud turns pro and Clemson has a new OC. | Always College Football Learn more about...

McElroy and Matt Barrie discuss what we learned from the 2022 season. Is Clemson’s dominant run in the ACC over? Did the PAC 12 show they might have a playoff team or 2 in the future? Can the Big 12 and Big 10 recover from playoff losses? Will anyone challenge Alabama or Georgia in the SEC? | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

So there was a blowout in the National Title - so what. There have been blowouts in Super Bowls and NCAA Tournament finals. McElroy tells us why 1 game shouldn’t define a sport even if it was on its biggest stage. Plus Michigan, Utah, South Carolina and Florida State get some star power coming back in 2023. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoi...

Greg McElroy on the Georgia Bulldogs becoming the first team to win back-to-back titles in the CFP era. Greg reacts to the historical context of Georgia’s dominant win. Where does Stetson Bennett rank among Georgia’s GOAT & odds on Georgia to 3-peat in 2023. Plus, we preview what is to come for the rest of the year for the show during the CFB offseason | Always College Football Learn more about yo...