False Start - College Football Podcast

Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! College Football Playoff picks for Michigan vs. Alabama in the Rose Bowl and Washington vs. Texas in the Sugar Bowl. The big matchups, key players, and predictions for who will play for a national championship.  Plus, the New Year's Six is almost all in the books, but what do we take away for the likes of Ohio State and Missouri, Ole Mi...

Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! Third time's a charm, right? John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com) is joined by Washington Huskies quarterback and Maxwell Award winner Michael Penix Jr. on behalf of Amazon Same-Day Delivery.  Penix talked about the instant connection he formed with Kalen DeBoer during their one year together at Indiana, and how that parlayed into t...

Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! Florida State is probably not going to have a UCF championship parade this season with so many Orange Bowl opt-outs. The Seminoles hate ESPN so much that they are trying to get out of their grant of rights with the ACC, a league mostly owned by ESPN... As the year winds down, more and more blue-chip players are entering the portal and exitin...

Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! As promised, the guys have a Christmas-themed episode of False Start for you during the most wonderful time of the year. From Noel or No, L, to Cole or Coal, to a healthy helping of Bah!, Humbug, we're here for you because ... we hear for you! John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com) and Cody Williams...

Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! Look what we have here! People still want to talk football with us!   John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com) spoke with San Francisco 49ers star tight end and Iowa alum George Kittle after their blowout victory over the Arizona Cardinals in Week 14 on behalf of Alka-Seltzer. Kittle touched on what makes Kyle Shanahan one-of-one as an offen...

Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! The transfer portal is getting crazy in college football with Walter Nolen down to two teams, Evan Stewart joining his former A&M teammate in the portal, and another former No. 1 recruit in the mix, among others. Dylan Raiola officially flipped from Georgia to Nebraska, but Carson Beck is staying in Athens.  Plus, is the coaching carouse...

Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! Kyle McCord decided Nebraska was not for him before committing to shockingly Syracuse. Will Rogers goes to Washington as Grayson McCall heads to NC State, but Dequan Finn to transferring Baylor certainly caught us off-guard. While Jerry Kill had a bad time at the New Mexico Bowl, Chip Kelly apparently had the time of his life figuring out th...

Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! Dylan Raiola is predicted to flip from Georgia to Nebraska. What does that mean for the 5-star recruit, the Huskers, and the Dawgs? Cam Ward can all but pick where he wants to land in the transfer portal, but how are the dominoes falling to this point? Plus, the 2024 SEC schedules have been released and it's one gauntlet after another....

Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! Jayden Daniels has won the Heisman Trophy! Going from being a guy Arizona State didn't even really want, to becoming an LSU football legend, good job by you, good sir! Army-Navy was one for the ages. Bill Belichick served as College GameDay's guest picker.  The end result of the game was an over/under play that went down to the wir...

Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! The Heisman Trophy race has its finalists, but how do the four players stack up? More importantly, who are the Heisman candidates to watch for the 2024 season? Some of those players could be in the transfer portal as we see more college football players on the move.  Plus, we hand out The Sleevies, our end of season college football awards,...

Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! The College Football Playoff Selection Committee certainly made a decision, alright. While folks in Austin and Tuscaloosa rejoice, people in Tallahassee are absolutely furious. Did the CFP get it right? Kyle McCord, Dillon Gabriel, Walter Nolen and Cam Ward all entered the transfer portal right after championship weekend. Where could these c...

Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! Conference championship weekend is here in college football, but which games offer the most intrigue and which will be over by the second quarter? More importantly, how will the College Football Playoff Top 4 shake out based on what happens in these massive games? Elsewhere, the coaching carousel spins on, but not in the ways we hoped or tha...

Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! Jalen Milroe helped keep Alabama's national title hopes alive with one of the craziest plays you will ever see in the Iron Bowl. Ryan Day and Kyle McCord are feeling the heat of a burning flat screen TV floating down the Olentangy after losing The Game to Michigan for the third year in a row. Jonathan Smith is leaving Oregon State for M...

Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! Rivalry Week is here to give Thanksgiving some spice, but what are the best games that you should be watching besides Ohio State-Michigan and Alabama-Auburn? College Football Playoff lives are on the line this weekend, but whose lives are in the best hands with QB play? We ranked the 9 QBs still alive for the CFP.  Plus, Alicia de Artola Cas...

Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! A lot happened during cupcake week. Jordan Travis got hurt. Washington survived some Beavers in the rain in Corvallis. Texas overcame the weirdness associated with a night game on the road at Ames. While Bo Nix is the front-runner to win the Heisman Trophy, who has he played, and beaten up to this point? Also, Dino Babers ... He Gone! Who co...

Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! Cupcake week could be the week dreams die for Texas, Washington and maybe more as they go on the road to Iowa State and Oregon State, respectively. Arch Manning is still with the Longhorns for now, but will he still be if Quinn Ewers returns for 2024? And where could Arch land in the transfer portal? The CFP Scenarios game returns to break s...

Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! Three college football programs fired their head coaches with Jimbo Fisher out at Texas A&M, Andy Avalos gone from Boise State and Zach Arnett done at Mississippi State. While Michigan prevailed over Penn State with Sherrone Moore as the acting head coach, we wonder if James Franklin is an actor playing a head coach in a TV movie... Geor...

Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! Michigan at Penn State and Ole Miss at Georgia are the marquee games in Week 11, and they are also mirror images of bonafide, unproven CFP contenders vs. teams looking to get over the hump. And with the new College Football Playoff rankings, we play out who the Top 4 would be if certain scenarios were to happen. Whose buns are cooking on the...

Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! So it seems as though Georgia and Alabama are on a collision course for Atlanta? Ohio State beat a good Rutgers team, but might drop from No. 1 in the CFP rankings.   Caleb Williams cried yet again and Coach Prime baffled the minds of the most intelligent people alive with his unorthodox, mid-season change to his coaching staff. Plus, some v...

Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! This comes as quite a shock! Yes, people actually want to talk to us about college football.   John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com) spoke with former Georgia star and Steelers legendary WR Hines Ward ahead of the UGA-Mizzou game on behalf of Fairfield by Marriott. Ward touched on very important topics such as Georgia's perceived WR...

Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! Which College Football Playoff contenders are dead, alive, or wanted in the Top 4 at season's end after the first rankings? How far can the winner of LSU vs. Alabama make it -- Atlanta, the CFP, or the Natty? The Heisman Trophy race has gotten a major facelift... but is the big movement done? Plus, Jim Harbaugh's NFL future startin...

Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! It's Boo Time, baby! That's right! Boo Corrigan and the rest of the College Football Playoff Selection Committee will take center stage on the most mischievous night of the calendar year.  Mischief will be managed on Halloween night, as we all found out that like Hagrid's hut, Potter Lake is the place to be, especially after m...

Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! Georgia goes into the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party against rival Florida without Brock Bowers -- how will they fare? Michigan isn't faring well with an ever-evolving sign-stealing scandal, which will likely lead to Jim Harbaugh's exit from the program.  Plus, Thomas Carannante (Content Director, FanSided) joins the s...

Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! The big winner of Ohio State-Penn State on Saturday was Michigan, and everyone knows it. It really feels like Jim Harbaugh's Wolverines are on a collision course to meet someone like Georgia in the national championship ... unless the Big Ten or NCAA have anything to say about it... Iowa may have gotten hosed by the refs, Tennessee was...

Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! Ohio State and Penn State live (or play) in a Shoe, but who is the real challenger for Michigan in the Big Ten? Alabama and Tennessee have the Third Saturday in October, but is it Fraud-tober in Tuscaloosa this year?  Plus, Missouri and James Madison definitely, maybe are better than you're giving them credit for, Iowa's offense is...