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Has enough time passed between Hugh Freeze's nasty exit at Ole Miss? Does Jamey Chadwell have the experience and the chops needed to succeed at the Power 5, or even the SEC? We won't learn all the answers to that this weekend, but Liberty vs. Coastal Carolina promises to be a duel between two coaches who won't be at their current schools forever. Host: Trey Scott    Guests: Brandon Marcello Follow...

The Ohio State Buckeyes are crossing their fingers they can play this weekend against Michigan State, especially with The Game (Dec. 12) in doubt. If not, the College Football Playoff committee — and the rest of us — are going to have to grapple with how we view a 5-0* Buckeye team when it comes to the postseason. Host: Trey Scott    Guests: Patrick Murphy Follow or Subscribe to The College Footba...

The Big Ten is in a massive playoff bind, the Pac-12 is already out of it and the coaching carousel is humming as we head into the craziest time of the year. Trey Scott and Chris Hummer react to the news that Vanderbilt has fired Derek Mason and wonder who they'll tab to replace him, then discuss the feasibility that Texas executes an Urban Meyer-for-Tom Herman swap. Host: Trey Scott    Guests: Ch...

We waited longer than usual this fall for the initial College Football Playoff rankings from the committee, but a storyline-laden release made it worth it on Tuesday. Trey and Chris Hummer get together to discuss the implications from the Group of Five land, whether the top four of Alabama, Notre Dame, Clemson and Ohio State is correct, the fact that Oklahoma is a sleeper to keep an eye on and won...

Thursday's college football slate isn't as robust as it usually is on Thanksgiving. Ohio State and Michigan won't be playing this weekend. And if recent times are any indication, we might lose some games a few hours before kickoff. But there are still some really compelling matchups this weekend, and for that we're thankful. Host: Trey Scott    Guests: Brad Crawford Follow or Subscribe to The Coll...

Chris Hummer joins guest host Brandon Marcello to discuss what to expect moving forward after Week 12 of college football, including the susceptibility of Ohio State, Clemson, Notre Dame and Alabama. Who is the best? Is there even a true favorite to win the national championship after all four teams have shown glaring weaknesses. Also, what does the rest of the season look like as we deal with mor...

It's Friday, which means Trey is quickly recapping the news to know and the weekend games to watch and then turning things over to a 247Sports network podcast that caught our eye. This week, we'll listen to ESPN reporters Andrea Adelson and David Hale discuss with Noles247's Brendan Sonnone what they learned in reporting an exhaustive tick-tock of Florida State's demise as a football program. Host...

We have a coaching triangle episode of sorts. Trey and 247Sports' Steve Wiltfong start by chatting about the Indiana and its 4-0 start with Ohio State looming Saturday, and it's clear Wiltfong is swept up in some local Hoosier fever. But Trey what Trey really wants to know is ... Is Tom Allen long for Bloomington? In addition to giving his take on that, Wiltfong makes the case for Jim Harbaugh to...

There is trouble in Baton Rouge. According to USA Today, officials in LSU's athletic department and broader administration repeatedly have ignored complaints against abusers in a campus-wide mishandling of sexual misconduct. It grabs our attention in this space for what it alleges about Ed Orgeron's football program; nine LSU football players were reported to police for sexual misconduct and datin...

History might say otherwise, but Trey Scott and guest Brad Crawford don't think there's an excuse for South Carolina to not be an every-once-in-a-while contender in the SEC East. What's it going to take to unlock any extra potential in Columbia, and who of the many initial coaching candidates — guys like Hugh Freeze, Billy Napier and Shane Beamer — are the best bets? Host: Trey Scott    Guests: Br...

Trey and Chris Hummer get together to talk about Week 11's action, which was better than we expected and saw several coaches toil in misery and Florida's Kyle Trask emphasize his Heisman case. Note: Will Muschamp was fired shortly after recording, but our thoughts on the matter will stand the test of time.  Host: Trey Scott    Guest: Chris Hummer Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily o...

Trey runs through all the storylines of week 11 before turning the show over to Blair Angulo and Brandon Huffman who discuss yet another extension of the ongoing recruiting dead period, this time through the middle of next April, as the Early Signing Day approaches. Host: Trey Scott    Guests: Blair Angulo , Brandon Huffman Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on Spotify , Apple Podca...

Two proud, winless teams charge into Lincoln this weekend. Winner exhales. Loser continues with a season that feels rather pointless. Trey asks Penn State reporter Tyler Donohue and Nebraska reporter Michael Bruntz about the state of their programs. Host: Trey Scott    Guests: Tyler Donohue , Michael Bruntz Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , Google Podc...

Brandon Marcello joins Trey to react to the news that Alabama-LSU, Tennessee-Texas A&M and Auburn-Mississippi State are postponed this weekend — with it not looking likely that all those games get made up. Guest: Chris Hummer Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , Stitcher , or wherever you get your podcasts. Find the 247Sports podcast...

It's Tuesday in November, which means we're usually talking playoff rankings. In 2020, we will have to wait a little longer for the committee's official verdict, but that doesn't mean Chris Hummer can't give us his projected top 6. We talk about that and the hypothetical scenarios that have our attention. Host: Trey Scott    Guest: Chris Hummer Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on...

Trey and Chris Hummer break down week 10. Notre Dame vs Clemson looked like the game of the year, while Florida cemented itself in the title chase with a convincing win over Georgia. The Pac-12 returned, SEC east hopefuls take big hits, and Michigan continues to flounder. All that and more on the College Football Daily. Host: Trey Scott    Guest: Chris Hummer Follow or Subscribe to The College Foo...

As the Pac-12's two most intriguing teams, USC and Oregon, kick off this weekend, it will be against sleeper teams in each division who we need to learn more about — Arizona State and Stanford. Host: Trey Scott    Guest: Ryan Abraham , Chris Karpman , Erik Skopil , Matt Prehm , RJ Abetiya Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , Stitcher , o...

Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly is bristling this week at the notion that Saturday's game vs. No. 1 Clemson is a measuring-stick test for his program. In some ways, he's right, Irish Illustrated's Tim O'Malley tells Trey. But that doesn't mean the game is any less important — or vital — for a perennial top 10 program team trying to re-crack the national elite. Host: Trey Scott    Guest: Tim O'Ma...

This is Dan Mullen's best chance to win the SEC East. But Kirby Smart doesn't plan on letting that happen, even with an offensively-challenged Bulldogs team. Trey brings in Jake Rowe of Dawgs247 and Thomas Goldkamp of Swamp247 to cover Saturday's clash in Jacksonville to talk about keys to the game, the mood around the program and what the game is usually defined by (the ground attack and, in a no...

The world's foremost expert on DJ Uiagalelei is 247Sports' Greg Biggins, who first saw DJ Uiagalelei when the now-Clemson QB was in seventh grade. Biggins shares his memories with Trey, from concerns that DJ was too big to what led DJ to leave the West Coast despite offers from all over. Host: Trey Scott    Guest: Greg Biggins   Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on Spotify , Apple...

Trey Scott and Chris Hummer run through the stop storylines of Week 9, such as Ohio State's impressive win over Penn State, Clemson's near-death experience vs. Boston College and what the Tigers will do without Trevor Lawrence at Notre Dame. Jim Harbaugh and Tom Herman had very different weekends on the hot seat. The Florida-Georgia game is vital to the Playoff race, but both teams might be severa...

Reacting to the news that Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence tested positive for the coronavirus, Trey and Anna Hickey figure out what this means for Clemson this weekend against Boston College (welcome to the big time, DJ Uiagalelei) and work through whether Lawrence could return in time for a Nov. 7 showdown vs. Notre Dame. Host: Trey Scott    Guest: Anna Hickey Follow or Subscribe to The College Footba...

Wisconsin was forced to cancel Saturday's game vs. Nebraska, which further illustrates how narrow the Big Ten's path is to playing enough games this season to "qualify" for the College Football Playoff. Trey Scott and Chris Hummer place the blame squarely at the feet of Kevin Warren. Host: Trey Scott    Guest: Chris Hummer Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on Spotify , Apple Podcas...

Tuesday was one of college football's newsiest days in a while, so Trey brings in Brandon Marcello to talk about the news that Wisconsin will be on its fourth-string QB for a while, what the exit of Kylin Hill means for Mike Leach's rebuild at Mississippi State, why Penn State's season just keeps getting worse and, of course, the fact that Southern Miss is now on its third head coach in two months...

The Wisconsin Badgers might be on QB4 for the next few weeks after Graham Mertz reportedly tests positive for covid-19 and his backup misses practice. The Big Ten says they'll have to be out of action for 3 weeks ... Then Josh Pate joins the show to update his current top 4 and play college football word association with Trey: Big disappointment, hot seat and more. Host: Trey Scott    Guest: Josh...