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We made it through another weekend! But that doesn't necessarily mean it was a quiet one. Friday got off to a bang when 5-star QB Quinn Ewers, who's been compared to Trevor Lawrence, committed to Texas. The weekend saw star Buckeye QB Justin Fields petition the Big Ten to let the players play. Many parents are on board with that. And the latest covid-19 news has a saliva-based test earning FDA app...

If there's Florida State drama afoot, you know Trey's going to have to get Noles247's Josh Newberg on the line. Thursday's player vs. program spat simmered down quickly after Mike Norvell denounced accusations that the Noles are lying about covid-19 protocols, but it was enough to temporarily put football on teetering status. If nothing else, it's a window into an issue that won't be exclusive to...

Thursday's episode features two interviews. Up first, Trey talks with Horns247's Chip Brown about how the Big 12 and its medical advisors came to a decision to move forward with football. Then Trey calls up Husker247's Michael Bruntz to see if Nebraska is really serious about leaving the Big Ten to find a dance partner for this season, or whether this is just a $52 million game of chicken. Host: T...

Trey and Chris Hummer talk through the day we've all been dreading and come to a conclusion moving forward: The Big 12 is college football's swing state. Will they join the Big Ten and Pac-12 in canceling their seasons ... or will they give the SEC and the ACC the comfort they need to stage action this fall? Host: Trey Scott    Guest: Chris Hummer Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily...

The Big Ten might end Tuesday with more definite word on what its college football season will look like, as coaches and players implore their presidents to vote the way they'd like to. Trey brings in Bucknuts' Dave Biddle to chop it up and break down the power struggle affecting the conference's biggest (and loudest) school, Ohio State. Host: Trey Scott    Guest: Dave Biddle Follow or Subscribe t...

This wasn't the weekend of news college football fans were hoping for. Just hours removed from schedule releases, and days away from practices lifting off across the country, the MAC's decision to postpone and buzz that the Big Ten would be the first of other Power 5 conferences to do the same cast a pall across the sport. But the players are trying to take back some of the power. Host: Trey Scott...

It feels like August now: The USA Today preseason Coaches Poll Top 25 was unveiled Thursday, with Clemson claiming the No. 1 spot. After getting to the latest news (capacity restrictions and player opt-outs), Trey Scott and Chris Hummer run through the poll and single out teams who are way overrated and teams who need more respect. Host: Trey Scott    Guest: Chris Hummer Follow or Subscribe to The...

Even when college football stars declare their intent to play the 2020 season, as was the case with LSU's Ja'Marr Chase, it's news. That's how quickly the dominoes are falling as three of the sport's best players — Micah Parsons, Rashod Bateman and Caleb Farley — have called it quits, with others joining them and more very likely on the way. Trey and Josh Pate dive into all of it. Host: Trey Scott...

The Coloradoan capped Tuesday afternoon with a story that figures to be damning to first-year coach Steve Addazio: Some CSU players and staff members do not trust the athletics program has their best interest at heart as they return to play. Allegations include players being told not to report symptoms and a lack of contact tracing, all in the effort to keep players on the field. Coloradoan report...

Tuesday morning began with a bang as one of the best players in football, Minnesota's Rashod Bateman, opted out. Over in Big 12 country ... When the conference finally did announced its scheduling news, the details were inadequate. All we know is a 9+1 with a 'mid-September' start date. Trey and Chris Hummer react to the broader implications of that. Host: Trey Scott    Guest: Chris Hummer Follow...

Player agency reached a critical mass this weekend when numerous Pac-12 players united to submit a written list of demands to promote player health and racial justice across the conference. Like all good negotiators, they start with a high asking price. Host: Trey Scott    Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , Stitcher , or wherever you g...

It's deja vu all over again as another conference surprised us with an afternoon scheduling announcement. Trey Scott and Chris Hummer react to the SEC's nixing of non-conference foes as it goes to a 10-game format. Then Trey dials up Notre Dame expert Tim O'Malley to get the pulse in South Bend on the Irish's new ACC digs. Host: Trey Scott    Guest: Tim O'Malley Follow or Subscribe to The College...

A new championship game format! A 10+1 system! Notre Dame!! Trey and Chris Hummer chop it up about the ACC's scheduling announcement Wednesday, which punctuated a busy hour of college football as Virginia Tech cornerback became the first notable player to announce his decision to opt out of the 2020 season. Host: Trey Scott    Guest: Chris Hummer Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily o...

The NCAA issued a blanket waiver allowing all Football Bowl Subdivision Schools to begin playing the college football season as early as Aug. 29. Brandon Marcello tells us what this means and what it doesn't. Host: Trey Scott    Guest: Brandon Marcello Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , Stitcher , or wherever you get your podcasts. Fin...

247Sports released a list Tuesday of the 50 best players in college football, so Trey brings in Charles Power and Chris Hummer to ask about the criteria they used, what themes they noticed, which players might have been snubbed and who is going to crack the top 50 come the end of the year. Host: Trey Scott    Guests: Charles Power , Chris Hummer Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on...

Brandon Marcello calls into the College Football Daily for his regular Monday check-in regarding college football's fate in the age of the coronavirus. A few takeaways: Scheduling decisions from the ACC and Pac-12 are imminent. The Big 12 is getting aggressively flexible — as seen in Oklahoma's decision to move up the opener. And the NCAA delaying a decision on fall championships was music to the...

OK, maybe "winning ways" is a stretch here — as a good season for the Commodores is an exception, not the rule. But a loyal listener requested we spend some time on the subject, and it just so happens that Barton Simmons and Bud Elliott recently touched on such a topic on the Barton & Bud podcast. Host: Trey Scott    Guests: Barton Simmons , Bud Elliot Follow or Subscribe to The College Footba...

With the NCAA likely to pass name, image and likeness legislation ahead of the 2021 academic calendar year, 247Sports spoke to Opendorse CEO Blake Lawrence about how much college football players stand to make off their NIL. There's a lot of money to go around, and it's going to become the next recruiting arms race. Hosts: Trey Scott , Chris Hummer Guest: Blake Lawrence Follow or Subscribe to The...

With California delaying the fall sports season until December at the earliest, Greg Biggins believes most of the prospects in his backyard will skip their senior season to enroll early in college (whatever that may look like). This includes No. 1 overall recruit Korey Foreman, who's as good as gone. Host: Trey Scott    Guest: Greg Biggins   Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on Spo...

The Crimson Tide continued their run up the recruiting rankings, landing twin linemen Tommy and James Brockermeyer. But that's not the whole story here. The brothers are Texas Longhorn legacies, and their decision to spurn the in-state favorite speaks loudly about what the Longhorns are sorely lacking. Host: Trey Scott    Guests: Mike Roach , Hank South Follow or Subscribe to The College Football...

Brandon Marcello checks in with Trey for his weekly status report on how college football officials are scrambling to save the season. There's a lot to juggle, but Brandon believes some semblance of a fall season will occur in 2020. Fingers crossed! Host: Trey Scott    Guest: Chris Hummer Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , Stitcher , o...

Sources close to college football's best players tell us not to expect them to play if the season gets pushed to the spring. Chris Hummer and Trey have a conversation about that. Host: Trey Scott    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 for your f...

Pull up a chair and let's listen in on the latest in Georgia's pivotal quarterback battle, where JT Daniels is eligible immediately to go toe-to-toe with Jamie Newman for the rights to lead one of football's most talented teams. Host: Trey Scott    Guests: Jake Rowe , Greg Biggins , Kipp Adams Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , Stitche...

With 247Sports updating its class of 2022 rankings Wednesday, it's time to get familiar with a player atop the list: Quinn Ewers, perhaps the best quarterback prospect at this stage since Trevor Lawrence. Trey calls up Southlake (Texas) Carroll head coach Riley Dodge, who knows a thing or two about high-pressure quarterbacking and high-profile quarterbacks, to see what it's been like coaching Ewer...

5-star cornerback Tony Grimes has reclassified from the 2021 class to 2020, setting him up to make an impact this fall for the Tar Heels. For Grimes, it's a no-brainer. For North Carolina, it is a bit more complicated. For everybody else ... well, it's possible this isn't the last talented 2021 recruit we see jump up a year. Host: Trey Scott    Guests: Don Callahan , Brian Snow Follow or Subscribe...