Dave Campbell's College Podcast Network

Host Carter Yates and senior college writer Mike Craven sit down with Jay Arnold of the Aggie War Pod to give a full preview of Texas A&M's football season. (INTRO – 5:15) How can Mike Elko improve this defense while replacing three NFL DLinemen? Can DJ Hicks live up to the 5 star label? (5:15 –7:20 ) Does Jay think the Texas A&M secondary will be improved? (7:20 – 11:30) How much freer do guys pl...

On the road again! Jakob's heart is broken, Andrew Zimmel is again chasing his radio star dreams in a state that is not Texas, so we got a special one for you all this week about active gratittude, back to regular scheduled programming next week! Vaya Con Dios, Zim! Tap in: https://linktr.ee/SquarinPod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Carter Yates and senior writer Mike Craven preview all the Power Four teams in the state of Texas. (INTRO – 19:00) Texas Longhorns (19:00 – 29:15) Texas A&M Aggies (29:15 – 39:00) Baylor Bears (39:00 – 49:00) Texas Tech Red Raiders (49:00 – 58:00) TCU Horned Frogs (58:00 – 1:07:00) Houston Cougars (1:07:00 – END) SMU Mustangs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Host Carter Yates and senior writer Mike Craven sit down with Matthew Bartlett, the editor of "At the Roost," to preview Rice's 2025 season (2:30 – 3:50) What does Matthew make of Scott Abell's honeymoon months. (3:50 –6:45 ) What Matthew thinks about the option offense. What will Abell's scheme look like? (6:45 – 8:30) How has Scott Abell fit in with the culture? (8:30 – 11:10) How is Abell able...

Vibe check for this week's episode of the Roost Podcast: -"Seth Henigan is no longer the QB at Memphis" - strange, upsetting, as though we've been unmoored from all that to which we anchor our perceptions of the world -"An AAC fanbase is really confident in its offense and just desperately needs the defense to not be awful" - WE'RE BACK, BABY Anyway, Matt and Carter are joined by old pal Bryan Mos...

Host Carter Yates and senior writer Mike Craven sit down with On3's Billy Embody to preview SMU's 2025 football season! (2:30 – 6:15) Why Billy doesn't think last year was a flash in the pan (6:15 – 11:40) How did SMU transition from portal-heavy recruiting to high school-heavy recruiting? (11:40 – 16:50) Is SMU the third best job in the state behind Texas and A&M? (16:50 – 18:25) Can SMU be the n...

Host Carter Yates and senior writer Mike Craven have finally secured an interview with their white whale, Paul Finebaum, the Voice of the SEC. (2:30 – 3:45) Paul's opinion of Dave Campbell (3:45 – 5:10) Paul's advice on becoming a great interviewer (5:10 – 8:00) The backstory behind that time when Paul put Saban on the hot seat (8:00 – 8:45) The time Paul's reporting put Alabama football on probat...

Host Carter Yates and senior writer Mike Craven sit down with Rob Breaux of the Gamblin Gauchos' for a full Texas Tech 2025 Preview. (3:00 – 5:10) How high are the stakes in Year Four of the Joey McGuire era? (5:10 – 6:40) What happens if Texas Tech goes 8–4? Is Joey on the hot seat. (6:40 – 8:25) Was James Blanchard or Shiel Wood the biggest offseason move? (8:25 – 10:30) Was it worrisome that Te...

Host Carter Yates and senior writer Mike Craven are joined by Adrian Broaddus of ESPN El Paso to preview the UTEP Miners. (2:45 – 4:30) What's the biggest storyline of the season? (4:30 – 6:40) What Adrian liked and disliked from Scotty Walden in Year One (6:40 – 11:45) Is Malachi Nelson even going to start? Is the narrative around Nelson going to be a distraction throughout the year? (11:45 – 14:...

On this episode, Matt and Evan discuss their top stories heading into the 2025 football season, including why Matt thinks EA Sports College Football '26 will have an everlasting impact on the sports landscape, and Evan thinks Baylor football will be on top of the standings when it's all said and done. That and much more on a jam packed episode, tap in! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap...

Host Carter Yates and senior writer Mike Craven breakdown all things Texas State and the Pac-12. (3:00 – 4:45) Why the Pac-12? Why now? (4:45 – 7:50) Does the Pac-12 TV deal outweigh the extra travel financially? (7:50 – 9:00) Could the Pac-12 return to the Power Five? (9:00 – 11:05) How Kelly Damphousse and Don Coryell put Texas State in a position to make the Pac-12. (11:05 – 13:00) How the rise...

Host Carter Yates and senior writer Mike Craven welcome on Joe Cook, the managing editor of Inside Texas, to preview the 2025 Texas Longhorns. (3:00 – 4:30) The Longhorns are the state's national championship contender (4:30 – 8:15) Expectations when Steve Sarkisian was hired vs reality. How does he stack up historically with other Texas coaches? (8:15 – 10:45) How is Texas set up for revenue shar...

Big moves this week on the show! The Texas State University System Board of Regents approved Texas State University to pay the Sun Belt Conference a $5 million dollar exit fee. Just minutes later, the PAC-12 Conference announced the Bobcats would be joining as full members in 2026. Texas State University President Kelly Damphousse and Athletics Director Don Coryell join us this week to talk about...

Did you forget there's a third AAC team in Texas besides us and UTSA, Rice fans? It's been a hot second since the Owls faced the Mean Green, so Matt and Carter invited new pal JD Davis of the North Texas Eagle to give us an update on our friends/enemies in Denton. The Mean Green have a stalwart defense but an uncertain future on offense—LOL no, just kidding. We're starting to get the impression th...

Boy howdy! What a week! Jakey was up until the wee hours of the night with this one when news dropped (shoutout the burnerverse) that the Texas State University System Board of Regents would have a special meeting Monday. All signs, including ESPN's Pete Thamel, point to Texas State joining the reformed PAC-12 Conference. Andrew and Jakob talk about a lot of things, including Smuckers Uncrustables...

Host Carter Yates and senior writer Mike Craven sit down with JD Davis of the North Texas Eagle to preview the 2025 college football season. (3:00 – 5:05) What are the stakes of Year Three of the Eric Morris era? (5:05 – 7:05) Should we believe in DC Skyler Cassity? (7:05 – 8:30) Is there any worry the offense won't be as good with all new pieces? (8:30 – 12:20) Is QB the biggest question mark? Ho...

Host Carter Yates and senior writer Mike Craven welcome on The Athletic senior writer Sam Khan Jr. (2:45 – 7:20) What led to Sam's role change to roster management and Transfer Portal reporter? (7:20 – 9:00) What are the two biggest things College Football programs want to change? (9:00 – 10:50) Is there a path back to one Transfer Portal window? (10:50 – 21:35) Will there still be haves and have...

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Jamie and Melissa break down TCU football's hot streak on the recruiting trail, landing six commitments in June, plus observations from visits to men and women's basketball. They wrap with a discussion about TCU baseball's work in the transfer portal and how the umpires in the College World Series final embarrassed themselves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

DCTF Senior Writer Mike Craven sits down with the Frog Preacher Jamie Plunkett for an offseason check in on the TCU Horned Frogs! (3:00 – 6:00) What are the vibes for Year Four of the Sonny Dykes era? Grading Sonny's tenure. (6:00 – 9:00) Are we forgetting about TCU in the Big 12 title race? (9:00 – 12:25) Is UNC in Week One a 'Can't Lose'? (12:25 – 13:35) The strengths of TCU's team. (13:35 – 15:...

DID YOU KNOW: Another AAC team is reasonably confident they can score points but desperately needs some defensive competence? DID YOU ALSO KNOW: Trent Dilfer is still the coach at UAB? That must mean our old pal Evan Dudley is back on the Roost Podcast this week! He joins Matt and Carter to talk slap bass (?), miserable seasons, and more before diving deep into the Blazers. Join us for our usual b...

Cory opens up about his departure from Dave Campbell’s and the future of the podcast. The guys discuss recent conference realignment news and Ben previews the offensive line and tight end room. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our Goose is cooked! After weeks, months, even years of saying Texas State will not go to the reformed PAC-12, it appears as though all roads lead to the West Coast for the Bobcats. Nothing is official, but on this show, Andrew and Jakob turn into the fat ladies singing the siren song of the Sun Belt. JMU, Marshall and ODU, we hardly knew ya. Tap in: https://linktr.ee/SquarinPod Learn more about y...

TexAgs executive editor Billy Liucci joins Carter and Craven on the show!! (2:45 – 7:20) The origin story of TexAgs, how Billy got his start in the industry (7:20 – 11:35) The biggest moments in TexAgs history, what was the craziest single day (11:35 – 17:35) Why the rise of fan sites is a good thing for college sports (17:35 – 26:55) What do people not realize about the Johnny Manziel era? Is he...