Hardware Pod: Real College Football Talk For Real People

Jackson and Omar are back for a sixth year breaking down everything you need for an amazing Week Zero!!

Friend of the podcast Marcolm Banks of HBCU Nightly joins me to discuss ESPN putting NC Central-SC State at 5 PM on a Friday, Morgan State in the Circle City Classic and more! Follow Marcolm on X!: https://x.com/BigMoneyBanks_ Check out  ⁨@HBCUNightly⁩  on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/@HBCUNightly Check out HBCU Nightly's Website!https://www.hbcunightly.com/

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Omar sat down with VMI Head Coach Danny Rocco to talk about today’s college football landscape, his past jobs, and more!

Stephen F. Austin podcaster Dustin Helton joins to discuss the Southland's renewed ESPN deal, what it means for conference realignment, and FCS Kickoff matchups involving the Southland. Check out the Southland Sermon on the FCS Fans Nation Network!:https://www.youtube.com/@fansnationnetwork

Friend of the program Alec Nederveld of The Loud House joins to discuss what ESPN’s acquisition of NFL Network could mean for college football! We talk G5 and especially how the American can benefit from an NFL Network partnership! Follow Alec on X!: @nederveldcfb https://x.com/nederveldcfb Check out Alec’s YouTube Channel here!: https://youtube.com/@shadesofcollegefootball Check out Inside The Lo...

Jackson and Omar discuss their favorite players from the East-West Shrine Bowl's 1000. Did any of your favorite players make this podcast?

Omar sat down with Wofford stars Quincy Hughes and Maximus Pulley to discuss why they stayed at Wofford, playing Michael Vick-led Norfolk State, & more!

Longtime friend of the podcast Alex Scheer of The MSC Podcast joins to discuss future MAC Championship Games at the Cleveland Browns' new stadium and rumors of Ohio's discussions with the MAC.

Omar sat down with VMI AD Jamaal Walton to discuss scheduling, Senior Military Colleges in the new era, and more!

Check out Omar’s discussion with SoCon commissioner Michael Cross at SoCon Media Day!

Longtime friend of the podcast Nathan Dailey joins to discuss Navy's recent scheduling of Ohio State for 2029.

Longtime friend of the podcast Cuthbert of @ssn_Army joins the pod to discuss the Army-K Kansas State kickoff time and AAC realignment with Memphis/Pac-12 speculation! Follow SSN_Army on X!: https://x.com/ssn_army

Longtime friend of the podcast Duane Nash of The Yard-HBCU joins to discuss new developments in 2025's HBCU Classics slate. Can a Classic survive in Boston? Is Legion Field Back? All this & more!:

Justin from Updog Sports Talk joins to discuss our favorite quirks and TV slots of the Bowl Season after its release on Thursday! Please excuse the jumpcuts due to technical difficulties we had to edit out. Follow Updog on X!: https://x.com/UpdogSportsTalk Check out the Updog Podcast here!:https://updogsportstalk.podbean.com/ Check out Updog's Website here!:https://updogsportstalk.com/

James Baca of the Aggregator joins to discuss the possibility of New Mexico State playing Hawaii in Las Vegas after rumors of Hawaii moving a home game to SoFi surfaced. Check out James’ Substack here!: https://goaggies.substack.com Follow James on X!: https://x.com/notoriousbanker

Longtime friend of the podcast, Brock Vierra joins to discuss the recent discussions of Hawai'i playing UCLA at SoFi Stadium. We discuss what this means for future Hawai'i home games and what it says about the New Aloha Stadium project. Check out Brock's work on Sports Illustrated: https://www.si.com/nfl/rams/author/brock-vierra Follow Brock on Twitter/X!: https://twitter.com/BrockVierra

Lake Forest College in Illinois is moving a home game nearly 1800 miles away to Arizona. Head Coach Jim Catanzaro joins to discuss why.

Longtime friend of the podcast Nathan Dailey joins to discuss the NCAA's proposal to give Army and Navy an extra game, Spring Ball for both schools, and the AAC's outlook.

William & Mary left the CAA Football Conference for the Patriot League. Old friend of the podcast Preston Brooks joins to discuss what this means for the league and whether expansion is coming! Follow Preston on Twitter/X: https://x.com/MeetThePres0709

Longtime friend and brother in Christ, Bobby Wilson of T'N'T College Football joins to discuss UT-Arlington's candidacy for Missouri Valley and Ohio Valley Conference expansion as well as the current state of the WAC. Follow Bobby on Twitter/X here!:https://x.com/TNTCollegeFoot1

Evangel kicker Jonah Edwards scored every kicking point at the Unity Bowl, and now he's on the #HardwarePod to discuss his career, Evangel, and his faith.

Syracuse fan and great college football journalist Alec Nederveld joins the podcast to discuss Colgate-Syracuse getting Friday Night TV exposure. Follow Alec on X!: https://x.com/nederveldcfb

Southwestern College star defensive end Jacardon "Cardi" Hardemon joins the podcast to discuss his college football career and even fashion sense in this latest interview on the Hardware Pod! Tune in for an entertaining interview and to see what's in store for Jacardon!

Longtime friend of the podcast Cuthbert of SSN_Army joins to give our first opinions on the 2025 Army football schedule. Find out which games are marquee (including one surprise) and our thoughts on the Kansas State game and more! And how can we forget Army has a Thursday night game this year!!Follow @ssn_Army on X!:https://x.com/SSN_Army