College Football Insiders

The Morning Blitz tackles all of the match-ups involving ranked opponents on Labor Day weekend.

Purdue's heroic comeback was undone by a completely unnecessary personal foul, Wake Forest-Tulane went to overtime on an absurdly colored field, and we met college football's newest turnover prop. In other words, it was everything you want out of a college football Thursday night.

College football has returned at last. Week 1 begins on Thursday night, and we are breaking down the three biggest matchups. 247Sports director of recruiting Steve Wiltfong talks Northwestern-Purdue and Wake Forest-Tulane. Jason Beede of Knights247 talks UCF-UConn.

Ohio State releases more documentation of its investigation into Urban Meyer’s handling of the allegations against Zach Smith and Nebraska plays a dangerous game of quarterback transfer musical chairs.

With Week 1 of the college football season just days away, Monday began the first round of head coach press conferences, which means we found out who’s hurt, who’s suspended, and who won a whole bunch of different quarterback battles. Here to help me break it all down in a special In or Out edition of The Morning Blitz is 247Sports national college football writer Chris Hummer.

Zach Shaw of The Michigan Insider joins the show to provide details on the injury to Wolverines wide receiver Tarik Black, plus results from Week 0 and two more true freshman quarterbacks win the starting job for Week 1.

Thanks to the dramatic conclusion of the Urban Meyer scandal, you might have missed the fact that Texas A&M had a pretty weird week. Jason Scheer of Wildcat Authority catches us up on the fallout of Santino Marchiol's Arizona transfer appeal, and Brian Peronni explains why Jimbo Fisher's contract is only just now getting signed and why the buyout provisions so heavily favor the former FSU coac...

After 12 hours of deliberation from the board of trustees, Ohio State announced on Wednesday that Urban Meyer will be suspended from coaching games through Week 3 against TCU but will be allowed to return to the practice field starting Sept. 2, the day after the opener against Oregon State. Here to help us break it down is Steve Helwagen of Bucknuts.com.

Ohio State put out a press release on Monday saying that its board of trustees will meet at 9 a.m. eastern time on Wednesday morning to “discuss personnel matters related to the investigation involving Urban Meyer.” Steve Helwagen of Bucknuts.com joins us to preview that board of trustees meeting.

The AP Top 25 hasn't technically counted for anything since it recused itself from the BCS formula in 2004. But it's still fun to talk about! 247Sports national college football writer Chris Hummer joins the Morning Blitz to discuss the release of the preseason top 25.

Ohio State’s self-imposed end date for the investigation into Urban Meyer’s handling of the allegations against Zach Smith came and went on Sunday, with no decision on the head coach’s fate made public. Dave Biddle of Bucknuts gives The Morning Blitz the latest.

On Tuesday two LSU quarterbacks were absent from the Tigers’ football practice and within 24 hours each had decided to transfer out of the program. Where does this leave Ed Orgeron and company just two weeks removed from the start of the season? Shea Dixon of Geaux247 joins the podcast to break it all down.

The University of Maryland held a press conference on Tuesday to, the words of school president Wallace Loh, take “legal and moral responsibility” for the failures that led to Jordan McNair’s death this spring. What did we learn from Tuesday’s press conference and what does it mean for this story going forward? Josh Stirn of Inside MD Sports joins the Morning Blitz to explain.

At the heart of the Zach Smith story are some troubling allegations of domestic abuse all too common in the world of college football, but everything else about the story has been completely insane. And within the past week, Texas head coach Tom Herman has been dragged into the middle of it. How did that happen and what does it mean for this story going forward? Patrick Murphy of Bucknuts.com join...

The inside story of a toxic culture at Maryland football. That’s the headline from ESPN that sent shockwaves throughout the college football world on Friday afternoon, after the network published the findings of its investigation into the practices that led to the death of a player this spring. What exactly is known to have happened and what are the implications moving forward?

Imagine, if you will, an alternate universe in which Urban Meyer doesn't put his foot in his mouth at Big Ten media days and the biggest coaching storyline coming out of Columbus this fall is the continued progress of the Ohio State offense and the meteoric rise of the man responsible for it, Ryan Day. But just what do we know about the 39-year-old up-and-comer who now finds himself running, at le...

The University of North Carolina announced Monday that 13 Tar Heel football players will be suspended for some portion of the 2018 season. But exactly how much of an impact will this have on Larry Fedora’s football program? Ross Martin of Inside Carolina joins the Morning Blitz to explain.

In 2017 The U was back and the Turnover Chain arrived for the first time. As the calendar turns to 2018, the question is whether the Miami Hurricanes can consolidate the gains they made during Mark Richt’s third season and become perennial ACC title contenders. David Lake of Inside The U joins the Morning Blitz to preview Miami's 2018 season.

Entering Jim Harbaugh's fourth year in Ann Arbor, patience is beginning to wear thin where it concerns Michigan's lack of hardware and dismal record against their rivals. Is 2018 the season when all that changes? Sam Webb of The Michigan Insider joins the Morning Blitz to discuss.

With Jarrett Stidham back for one last ride, can Auburn string together consecutive SEC West-winning seasons? Brandon Marcello of Auburn Undercover joins the 247Sports Morning Blitz to preview the Tigers' 2018 season.

Wanna hear something weird? The No. 14 and No. 13 teams in our Summer Top 25 combined for 11 losses. But there's obviously plenty of reason to be optimistic about each. Chris Anderson of Eer Sports and R.J. Abeytia of The Bootleg join the podcast to preview the Mountaineers and the Cardinal.

We've got a two-for-one special on today's episode with Ryan Abraham of USCFootball.com and Pete Sampson of Irish Illustrated previewing the teams that you probably already guessed they cover based on the names of their websites. 

Entering his third year in Blacksburg, Justin Fuente has restored consistency to the Virginia Tech football program. But can he transform the Hokies from ACC also-rans to conference title contenders? Evan Watkins of VT Scoop joins us to preview Virginia Tech’s 2018 season.

Gary Patterson’s TCU program is famed for its ability stand athwart conventional college football wisdom and keep reloading. But for all that, the Horned Frogs have still posted losing records in two of their last five seasons while winning 11 or more games in the other three. What does 2018 have in store for TCU? Jeremy Clark of Horned Frog Blitz joins the podcast to help us answer that very ques...

Replacing the most successful head coach in school history is never an easy task, but that’s what Joe Moorhead is setting out to accomplish this year as the former Penn State offensive coordinator moves into his first job as the head coach of an FBS program. David Murray of Gene's Page joins the podcast to preview Mississippi State's 2018 season.