College Football with Sam

The Nebraska Cornhuskers and the Iowa Hawkeyes are found ranked in many preseason Top 25's, and yet Wisconsin Football, who returns 68% of their 2023 production, brought in a Top 25 transfer portal and recruiting class, and has a great, proven head coach in Luke Fickell, is nowhere to be found. Why is that? I believe Nebraska Football and Iowa Football will be good this year, and the Badgers w...

The 2024 College Football season marks the inaugural showing of the 12-team College Football Playoff. Today, I am giving you my 2024 College Football Playoff Predictions and letting you know who is in! The Georgia Bulldogs, Ohio State Buckeyes, Miami Hurricanes, and the Utah Utes will win their respective conferences and earn first-round byes as Top 4 seeds. Eight more teams will make the cut, mos...

Michigan Football has been a powerhouse over the previous three seasons, achieving a 40-3 record, 3 Big Ten championships, 3 wins over Ohio State, 3 College Football Playoff appearances, and 1 National Championship. However, despite only returning 6 starters and 40% of their 2023 production, I think the Wolverines will win Big in 2024 and I have 10 reasons to support that belief. The Michigan Wolv...

Can Nebraska Football Reach The 12-team College Football Playoff? Yes. I do not think the Cornhuskers will achieve that feat, but they can do it if everything goes their way. If Dylan Raiola plays to his ceiling, the defense improves, and the offensive line and running backs are healthy, this team is a contender to make the CFP. They won't win a CFP game if they make it, but making it in year...

ESPN’s FPI believes that Oregon and Texas are superior teams to Ohio State. Today, I want to discuss that this is most likely incorrect. Of course, we do not know how the 2024 college football season will pan out, but we can make educated guesses. Ohio State Football returns more starters and about the same amount of production from a better team last year compared to Oregon Football and Texas Foo...

Ohio State Football is again at a crossroads after being reality-checked at the end of last season. 2023 was the second straight year where Ohio State started out 11-0 but finished 0-2, with both losses coming to teams who finished in the Top 10. There are plenty of myths about this team that I need to debunk, so let's set the record straight. With an elite defense and an offense with a lot of...

Tonight we welcome @BIG10_Quicktalk to talk about all things Big Ten Football. Is Ohio State Football, Oregon Football, Michigan Football, or Penn State Football better equipped to stop Georgia? Are the Nebraska Cornhuskers a legit team this year, or is the Nebraska hype train unjustified again? Will USC Football and Washington Football struggle to make bowl games? We talk about all of this and mo...

Will Michigan Football struggle in 2024? In today's episode of touchdown talk with our guest @JTSports , we discuss the Michigan Wolverines' upcoming football season and whether or not their new coaching staff and largely changed roster will struggle. JT believes that Michigan will lose to Texas, Oregon, Ohio State, and possibly be upset by another Big Ten team. I strongly disagree, and st...

What are 2024's best non-conference games? There are so many to touch on for the 2024 College Football season, too many for one video. In today's episode of touchdown talk with our guest @JTSports , we discuss Georgia vs Clemson, Miami vs Florida, Notre Dame vs Texas A&M, USC vs LSU, and Texas vs Michigan. We think the Miami Hurricanes facing off against the Florida Gators is the most...

ESPN's College Football FPI was released yesterday, and their rankings appear to have missed a lot of important information and variables, just judging by some of the power rankings and values assigned to various teams. I believe Ohio State Football, Michigan Football, Nebraska Football, Missouri Football, Michigan State Football, and the Miami Hurricanes are examples of teams that I think are...

Michigan State Football deserves recognition and hype entering 2024. With the 12th best incoming transfer portal class, 12 returning starters, 61% of their production coming back, a quality running back room with nearly 2,000 yards rushing from last season, and one of the deepest linebacker rooms in the Big Ten, Michigan State can certainly improve off of last year's disaster. Jonathan Smith h...

Tonight we welcome @JTSports to discuss college football's best non-conference matchups, including Miami vs Florida, Georgia vs Clemson, Texas vs Michigan, and other games. We also talk about Billy Napier's job security and how we think he is in a similar position that Nebraska Football's Scott Frost was in a few years ago. We talk about all of this and more in this episode of College...

Michigan Football has achieved a 40-3 record, 3 Big Ten Championships, and 1 National Championship over the previous 3 seasons. Those achievements signal that Michigan is a dominant program, but can their dominance continue in the strong Big Ten conference? Sherrone Moore has done an excellent job of developing Michigan's offense, particularly the offensive line, and I expect that excellence t...

What is the NCAA settlement's impact on college football? The settlement demands that universities and athletic departments form an employer-employee relationship with their athletes rather than a teacher-student one. Universities will be expected to start compensating their athletes directly for name, image, and likeness beginning in 2025, leaving the 2024 college football season unaffected....

Today is special because we welcome Michigan Football linebacker Jason Hewlett to talk about Michigan's culture, break-out players for the Wolverines, his personal perspective on college football, and his goals for the 2024 season. Hewlett names defensive tackle Enow Etta and free safety Bradyn Hillman as players to have break-out seasons. He also mentions defensive end Aymeric Koumba as the m...

Spring practice is over and the transfer portal is closed. Consequentially, the 2024 college football season rosters are practically set in stone. Today, we discuss my Post-Spring Top 25, which intends to answer several questions that we now have more information to answer. Who are college football's best teams? Which teams can win the College Football Playoff? Where do Michigan Football and A...

On this cut of Touchdown Talk with College Football with Sam, @BIG10_Quicktalk and I discuss my prediction that Rutgers will win 10 games this season. With an easy schedule, Rutgers Football can roll to 10 or more wins by running the ball with their powerful running back Kyle Monangai and great offensive line and playing good defense with a veteran unit that returns future NFL players Mohamed Tour...

On this cut of Touchdown Talk with College Football with Sam, @BIG10_Quicktalk and I discuss my prediction that Texas will miss the college football playoff this year. The Texas Longhorns return 67% of their production from 2023 and quarterback Quinn Ewers, who threw for 3,479 yards and 22 touchdowns last season. However, elite defensive tackles T'Vondre Sweat and Byron Murphy II left for the...

On this cut of Touchdown Talk with College Football with Sam, @BIG10_Quicktalk and I discuss his prediction that Syracuse Football will win nine or more games and compete for an ACC Title. With incoming quarterback Kyle McCord, a veteran staff, and an easy schedule, everything is set up for the Syracuse Orange to have success this year. They avoid Clemson and Florida State on their schedule and th...

On this cut of Touchdown Talk with College Football with Sam, @BIG10_Quicktalk and I discuss whether or not we think Nebraska Football can compete for the CFP and win 10 or more games. This is a bold prediction for sure, but I think it is more possible than many would like to believe. Nebraska has a proven builder in head coach Matt Rhule and an elite defensive coordinator in Tony White. They are...

Dabo Swinney is destroying the program he built, Clemson Football. The Clemson Tigers are one of four college football teams to have not brought in at least one transfer player, and with an incoming high school recruiting class with only 22 players, Clemson's depth chart is suffering attrition. If Dabo Swinney wants to compete for ACC and National Championships and not take a backseat to the F...

The Ohio State Buckeyes are the team to watch entering 2024. Yet many people have a cloudy perspective on Ohio State Football's identity as a program and team. The 2024 Buckeyes Football team is nearly identical to the 2023 team concerning preseason questions surrounding the quarterback and offensive line rooms, along with the fact that both returned around two-thirds of their production from...

On this cut of Touchdown Talk with College Football with Sam, @BIG10_Quicktalk and I discuss Stillflockin's bold prediction that Oregon will win the National Championship and achieve a 16-0 record. I do not think this is a bold prediction, as the Oregon Ducks have the physical and developmental tools to win the Big Ten and beat SEC teams. They also have a good enough staff and talent base to g...

On this cut of Touchdown Talk with College Football with Sam, @BIG10_Quicktalk and I discuss his bold prediction that Kansas will be ranked inside of College Football's Top 15 and compete for the College Football Playoff. Lance Leipold brings back quarterback Jalon Daniels, running back Devin Neal, wide receiver Lawrence Arnold, and more. On top of that, Kansas now plays in an easier Big 12 co...

On this cut of Touchdown Talk with College Football with Sam, @BIG10_Quicktalk and I discuss our post-spring Big Ten power rankings for the 2024 college football season. The spring portal window has closed and spring practices have concluded, giving us a better picture of what the Big Ten may look like this coming season. Ohio State Football still holds the top spot, but Oregon Football is dominan...