Josh Pate's College Football Show

Late Kick Live Ep. 368 includes Josh Pate responding to continued criticism of UGA’s culture under Kirby Smart following the latest issues with Jalen Carter. How do you define isolated incidents versus character and culture concerns? Ohio State is the spotlight for one of the most important QB competitions in the country this spring. Will Kyle McCord take control or will Devin Brown win the job? I...

The Late Kick Extra Podcast returns with a brand new batch of pressing topics spanning the entirety of college football. Should college football conference commissioners be held more accountable for conference realignment? Should the SEC look towards to the west coast to gather more schools into the fold? How many field stormings has Josh personally witnessed live? These questions and many more wi...

Late Kick Live Ep. 367 includes Josh Pate reacting to the NFL Draft hype surrounding several players coming out of this week’s Combine. Who will fail to live up to that hype? What’s the difference between College Football recruiting ranking busts vs Draft busts? Alabama’s Nick Saban had some things to say about the SEC’s new schedule proposal. Will it matter? What are the biggest spring questions...

Late Kick Live Ep. 366 includes Josh Pate reacting to the news surrounding Jalen Carter that broke during the NFL Combine while revisiting comments about character concerns from last season. Next we take a look at the overall health of College Football. What does it mean when moves are made “for the good of the sport” when most fans may not like the moves themselves. What constitutes true health?...

The Late Kick Extra Podcast returns with a slew of hot-button topics spanning the world of college football. What was Josh's best Gameday experience? Will high-profile programs such as FSU & Clemson leave the ACC due to revenue disparities? What is the state of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish? These questions and many more will be answered on this episode of the Late Kick Extra Podcast. Please b...

Late Kick Live Ep. 365 includes Josh Pate looking at the ongoing tension between conferences like the Pac12 & ACC when it comes to their media rights deals. Will we see the Pac12 able to stay afloat? What will come of FSU allegedly attempting to force the ACC’s hand when it comes to their annual revenue share? The Big Ten is loaded with questions as spring football approaches, and tonight Josh...

Late Kick Live Ep. 364 includes Josh Pate looking at big changes coming to the world of NIL and how it could change College Football for the better. The SEC East is loaded with questions as spring football approaches, and tonight Josh takes a look at a few of the more pressing issues. Which single moments would you change in College Football’s history to have the biggest impact on the sport overal...

The Late Kick Extra Podcast returns with a look into several topics spanning the future of college football. What are the repercussions of the proposed new rule changes to "speed-up" the game of college football? Is there anyway to stem the tide of only a few high-profile programs swallowing up the majority of blue-chip talent? How can the concept of "rebuilding years" still exist with the advent...

Late Kick Live Ep. 363 includes Josh Pate looking at defense making a sudden comeback in College Football. Why has scoring dropped to the lowest point since 2011? The SEC West is loaded with questions as spring football approaches, and tonight Josh takes a look at a few of the more pressing issues. Which single moments would you change in College Football’s history to have the biggest impact on th...

Late Kick Live Ep. 362 includes Josh Pate taking a look at the volatility within conferences like the Pac12 and Big12 and whether it could soon lead to another round of conference realignment within the world of College Football. Could the SEC, ACC, or Big Ten also play a part in this? What is there to make of the recent O.C search at Notre Dame and how the almost-hiring of Andy Ludwig reflects on...

The Late Kick Extra Podcast takes a deep dive into several topics spanning the world of college football and beyond. Which college football programs are closest to "blue-blood" status? How will Mike Bobo fare as the new Offensive Coordinator for the back-to-back national champion Georgia Bulldogs. Who could be next inline to transition to the NFL and leave college football as a head coach? These q...

Late Kick Live Ep. 361 includes Josh Pate reacting to the bombshell news and Texas and Oklahoma are coming to the SEC in 2024 after negotiating an early exit from the Big 12. We’ll also be looking at the 2023 College Football season by examining which teams have the best chance to rise and fall. Who do you expect to make a big jump or possibly a big fall this season? Which single moments would you...

The Late Kick Extra Podcast returns with several topics spanning the world of college football and beyond. Will a 5-12 seed winning the National Championship change the viewpoint on CFP Expansion? Are the Miami Hurricanes in trouble as a program with the recent firing of Josh Gattis and departure of Kevin Steele as coordinators? How can the ACC return to relevancy in college football again? What i...

Late Kick Live Ep. 360 includes Josh Pate looking at Nick Saban hiring Kevin Steele as his next defensive coordinator at Alabama. How surprising is this hire given the track record of Steele and magnitude of this job? News has come down that Texas and Oklahoma will have to wait until 2025 to join the SEC. What impact will this have? Which single moments would you change in College Football’s histo...

Late Kick Live Ep. 359 includes Josh Pate reacting to National Signing Day with thoughts on several of the top classes as well as how the P5 conferences shook out. Who excelled and who disappointed? Continuing the theme of Playoff expansion, what sort of changes should we expect with a new 12-team format on the horizon? Will Nick Saban end up going with Notre Dame’s Tommy Rees as his next offensiv...

Late Kick Live Ep. 358 includes Josh Pate reacting to Nick Saban taking a hardline stance on NIL and how other coaches may start approaching this in the future. The ACC and Big12 have released their 2023 schedules with several noteworthy matchups plus four new additions in the Big12 with Cincinnati, UCF, Houston, and BYU making the leap. With Jalen Hurts shining in the NFL Playoffs, we take a look...

Late Kick Live Ep. 357 includes Josh Pate taking a look at the teams poised to make the biggest jumps in 2023 along with revisiting job approval ratings for College Football head coaches across the country. How would you grade Dave Aranda at Baylor with a Big12 title already under his belt? Do Chip Kelly and Gus Malzahn have UCLA and UCF headed in the right directions? What grade does Mark Stoops...

Late Kick Live Ep. 356 includes Josh Pate revisiting job approval ratings for College Football head coaches across the country. How would you grade Brent Venables and Mario Cristobal in their debut campaigns at Oklahoma and Miami? Will Sam Pittman see the Hogs rebound from a somewhat down year? What about Kalen DeBoer at Washington? We also take a dive into the Late Kick mailbag with questions abo...

Late Kick Live Ep. 355 includes Josh Pate revisiting job approval ratings for College Football head coaches across the country. How would you grade Jim Harbaugh at Michigan after back to back Big Ten titles? Did Brian Kelly and Dan Lanning over-deliver in their debut seasons at LSU and Oregon? What about Dabo Swinney and the slight dip in recent production at Clemson? With the NFL Playoffs underwa...

Late Kick Live Ep. 354 includes Josh Pate revisiting job approval ratings for College Football head coaches across the country. How would you grade Lincoln Riley at USC and Marcus Freeman at Notre Dame? Will Mack Brown ever see North Carolina turn the corner? What about Josh Heupel’s job at Tennessee so far? The early Transfer Portal window has closed with Ole Miss loading up on QBs. The NCAA cont...

Late Kick Live Ep. 353 includes Josh Pate revisiting job approval ratings for College Football head coaches across the country. How would you grade Jimbo Fisher’s performance at Texas A&M? What about Ryan Day, Shane Beamer, and Neal Brown? Jim Harbaugh announced yesterday he will remain as Michigan head coach. What will that mean for the Big Ten? Kirby Smart is flying high in the job approval...

Late Kick Live Ep. 352 includes Josh Pate taking a look at head coaches across College Football and placing a job approval rating on them following the 2022 season. Which guys are soaring and which guys are struggling? The Transfer Portal continues to be red hot with several noteworthy names entering and finding new homes. In this show we share the latest whispers and intel. The Bold Predictions R...

Late Kick Live Ep. 351 includes Josh Pate taking a look at the current state of College Football. Are we seeing more oxygen in the room for new contenders to emerge in tier 1 than we have in the last decade? Which program has truly exhibited stranglehold on a conference for a current multi-year stretch? We continue looking back at bold predictions from the preseason. Who was right on and who whiff...

Late Kick Live Ep. 350 includes Josh Pate reacting to UGA destroying TCU en route to winning their second national title is as many years. With Kirby Smart and the Bulldogs doing what nobody has ever seen before in Athens, how long could this run stretch? What do we make of how thorough the mismatch was in a championship game? Is there any legitimacy to claiming the College Football Playoff Commit...

Late Kick Live Ep. 349 includes Josh Pate looking ahead to UGA vs TCU in the College Football Playoff National Championship game this Monday in Los Angeles. Will Sonny Dykes and the Horned Frogs be able to cap one of the most unbelievable runs we’ve ever seen or Will Kirby Smart and the Bulldogs cement themselves as repeat champs? Josh also takes a look at South Carolina giving Shane Beamer a mass...