Running for the Roses College Football Podcast

Ryan Bafaloukos and Lucas Rohde are back for another episode of Running for the Roses, talking all things college football. The guys start this week off by giving out their roses  (3:40) before recapping Week 8 by playing Stock Up/Stock Down (8:10). Lucas and Ryan touch on LSU's win over Ole Miss, Oklahoma State beating Texas, issues at Texas A&M, give the G5 some love and more! The guys...

Ryan Bafaloukos and Lucas Rohde are back for another episode of Running for the Roses, talking all things college football. After a Lucas Lawn Update, the guys start off this week by handing out their weekly roses (4:50) highlighting big performances from Utah's Dalton Kincaid and Tennessee's Jalin Haytt. Lucas and Ryan then breakdown where things stand with the college football playoff after week...

Ryan Bafaloukos and Lucas Rohde are back for this week's Running for the Roses, talking all things college football. After giving out their weekly roses (2:08) the guys discuss the Carolina Panthers firing Matt Ruhle (7:28) and what that means for some of the schools with head coaching vacancies. Up next, Ryan and Lucas take a look back at some of the biggest games of Week 6 (16:05) including Utah...

Ryan Bafaloukos and Lucas Rohde are back for another edition of Running for the Roses, talking all things college football. After giving out their weekly roses, the guys discuss Wisconsin firing Paul Chryst after a 2-3 start to the season. Lucas gives his thoughts on the Chryst era, the timing of the firing and the state of the Wisconsin program before the guys discuss some candidates to be Wiscon...

After a week off, Ryan Bafaloukos and Lucas Rohde are back for another episode of Running for the Roses. The guys start off this week's show by reacting to the news that Arizona State has fired Herm Edwards (3:05) and Geoff Collins is out at Georgia Tech (19:10). Lucas and Ryan discuss where each program stands in the college football landscape and the caliber of candidate each program can command...

Ryan Bafaloukos and Lucas Rohde are back for another episode of Running for the Roses, talking all things college football. The guys start the pod by giving out their weekly roses (2:52) before diving into the coaching shake up at Nebraska (5:51). Lucas and Ryan give their thoughts on Scott Frosts' firing and who might Nebraska look to next for a head coach. The guys the review week 2 by playing "...

Lucas Rohde and Ryan Bafaloukos return for another episode of Running for the Roses, talking all things college football. This week the guys break down everything from week 1 and look ahead up an underrated week 2 slate of games. Lucas and Ryan start the pod by giving out their weekly roses (2:40) before going into some overreactions from week 1 of the college football season (6:22). With their ov...

Lucas Rohde and Ryan Bafaloukos are back for another episode of Running for the Roses, talking all things college football. The guys start off this week's show by giving out their weekly roses for week 0 (5:07) highlight the best performances of the week. Lucas and Ryan then dive into week 0 action, including Nebraska suffering another one-score loss under Scott Frost (9:45) before going through s...

On this week's Running for the Roses, Ryan Bafaloukos and Lucas Rhode discuss some news and notes from CFB training camps (4:14) including Quinn Ewers being named the starting QB at Texas and Drake Maye starting at QB for North Carolina. The guys then break down the contenders to join Alabama and Ohio State in the College Football Playoff (20:35). Lucas and Ryan discuss the major storylines of Wee...

Ryan Bafaloukos and Lucas Rohde are back for another episode of Running for the Roses, talking all things college football. The guys start this week's pod off by discussing the first AP poll of the 2022 season (3:18) before going through some news and notes from training camps around the country (13:00). Lucas and Ryan then discuss the impending Big 10 TV deal and what it means for current and fut...

Ryan Bafaloukos and Lucas Rohde are back for another episode of Running for the Roses, talking all things college football. This week, the guys wrap up their conference previews by taking a look at the SEC. Lucas and Ryan chat big picture questions in the conference heading into 2022 (3:15) before jumping into team breakdowns from the SEC West (5:15) and the SEC East (1:05:05). 

Lucas and Ryan are back for another conference preview, this week going through the Big 10. First things first, the guys give an overview of the league heading into 2022 (1:58) before jumping into team-by-team breakdowns. Lucas and Ryan tackle the Big 10 East first, starting with Ohio State (5:05) and reigning conference champion Michigan (13:40). Next the guys breakdown the middle class of the di...

Up next in Running for the Roses' conference previews is the Pac-12. Lucas and Ryan give an overview of the conference (on and off the field) heading into 2022 (2:00) before jumping into team-by-team breakdowns of the league. First up, the Pac-12 South including USC (5:12), reigning conference champion Utah (15:45), UCLA (22:40), the dumpster fire that is Arizona State (28:30), Colorado (42:40) an...

Lucas Rhode and Ryan Bafaloukos are back for another edition of Running for the Roses, talking all things college football. This week the guys continue their conference previews with a look at the chaotic Big 12. Lucas and Ryan give their big picture storylines for the conference heading into 2022 (1:18) before diving into team-by-team breakdowns of the league. Oklahoma (4:00), Texas (12:20), defe...

Lucas Rohde and Ryan Bafaloukos are back for another episode of Running for the Roses, talking all things college football. This week, the guys begin their 2022 Conference Previews with a look at the ACC. The guys break down their overall thoughts on the league (2:04) before diving into team-by-team breakdowns of the Atlantic Division. Clemson (5:15), NC State (14:25), Wake Forest (19:20), Florida...

Lucas and Ryan are back to discuss the news that UCLA and USC are leaving the Pac-12 and heading to the Big 10 starting in 2024. The guys discuss what this means for both leagues as well as other schools such as Notre Dame, Clemson and more. 

Lucas Rohde and Ryan Bafaloukos are back for another edition of Running for the Roses, talking all things college football. The guys start off this episode by discussing Arch Manning's commitment to Texas (3:15) and then get into a larger discussion about recruiting as a whole in the NIL era (9:55). Lucas and Ryan then discuss the new ACC scheduling format (21:30) and wrap up the episode by making...

Lucas Rohde and Ryan Bafaloukos are back for another episode of Running for the Roses, talking all things college football. This week, the guys start the pod by discussing the very public feud between Nick Saban and Jimbo Fisher (4:03) and how bizarre it is to have coaches talking this public about NIL. The guys then discuss the kickoff times for the first 3 weeks of the 2022 college football seas...

Lucas Rohde and Ryan Bafaloukos are back for another offseason edition of Running for the Roses, talking all things college football. Lucas and Ryan start the pod by having a long discussion about NIL, the transfer portal and where the sport stands after a landscape altering last 18 months (2:45). Ryan and Lucas then take part in another offseason draft. This time, the guys draft teams most likely...

Lucas Rohde and Ryan Bafaloukos are back for another offseason edition of Running for the Roses. This episode starts with Lucas and Ryan comparing the discussion around the NCAA Basketball Tournament to the College Football Playoff and examining if parity exists in either sport (4:00). The guys then look at the Big 10's upcoming media rights deal and break down an article published in The Athletic...

Ryan Bafaloukos and Lucas Rohde discuss the hot topic issues in the early college football offseason. Ryan voices his frustrations with his Alma Mater. The duo also goes over the current news of Playoff Expansion not happening until 2026 at the earliest and go in to growing concerns of college football games seeing less and less fans. 

Lucas Rohde and Ryan Bafaloukos are back for another episode of Running for the Roses, talking all things college football. The guys start off this show recapping Caleb Williams' decision to transfer to USC and Jim Harbaugh returning to Michigan after flirting with the NFL. Ryan and Lucas recap the February signing day that saw Texas A&M finish atop the 2022 recruiting rankings and finish the...

Ryan Bafaloukos and Lucas Rohde are back for another episode of Running for the Roses. The guys start off this episode by breaking down Georgia's win over Alabama in the 2022 National Championship game before going into a larger discussion about the health of the sport as a whole. Ryan and Lucas break down the quarterback carousal and give an early look ahead to some intriguing teams for 2022. &nb...

Ryan Bafaloukos and Lucas Rohde are back for another episode of Running for the Roses, talking all things college football. In this week's episode, the guys break down championship weekend including Alabama's upset of Georgia, Michigan's dominance over Iowa and Cincinnati completing their perfect season. Lucas and Ryan also react to the playoff selections before talking about Mario Cristobal takin...

Lucas and Ryan are back discussing all things college football in another episode of Running for the Roses. This week, the guys spend the first     half of the podcast discussing the most recent moves on the coaching carousel including Brian Kelly to LSU, Lincoln Riley to USC, Billy Napier to Florida and much more. Then the guys preview championship weekend with a look at the p...