The College Football Chaps

On this episode wecht with ACC Networl's Eric Mac Lain about the news happening across the Conferences... James Franklin is out at Penn State Can Dabo turn things around in Clemson? Is Georgia Tech the hardest team to defeat in the ACC? Can Virginia win out to secure a place in the ACC Championship game? Is the Tar Heels experiment over for Chapel Bill? Nebraska to the Play Off's? Which Group of 5...

On this episode the Chaps speak with SEC Network's Alyssa Lang to talk about another excting week of SEC football. Surviving storming the field and that viral Diego Pavia moment South Carolina football and what has been happening in Columbia this season? Ole Miss & Texas A&M are top of the SEC table - is this a SECCG in the making? Are we sleeping on Mizzoou? The pressure Texas is under to...

On this episode all three Chaps are reunited to review the news from Week 5 & look forward to Week 6 of this epic College Football season. On this episode, Confirmed news that College Football will be played in London next season! BIG10 road trip chaos : time zone travel is a nightmare! Sam Pittman leaves Arkansas, but will interim HC Bobby Petrino ever leave Fayetteville again? What is happen...

On this episode the Chaps catch up with long time friend, Chris Fallica or The Bear as we all know him to preview Week 5 of this fantastic College Football season. We.... preview the Alabama v Georgia game take a look at Oregon v Penn State the timing of Mike Gundy's departure from OK State John Mateer's hand injury and what it means for the Sooners Are USC the most underrated team in college foot...

On this episode we talk with our guest, ESPN's David Hale about life covering the ACC and specifically the thrills & spills of this season. We talk with David.... Is this Miami team legit? What is happening at Clemson? the 2-10 Noles have turned it around - can they too be an ACC title contender? Georgia Tech have surprised us or have they? Do the Yellowjackets have more in the locker? Does al...

On this episode the Chaps take a look at the story lines from Week 2 and look forward to the Week 3 schedule, return of the Border War are the Bulldogs from Starkville back? Oklahoma overturns Michigan : is Mateer a Heisman candidate? Alabama whoop ULM : bust what does this actully mean? Floriday Billy is back on the hotseat Week 3 Match ups :Aggies v Iris; Vols v Dawgs; Tigers v Yellowjackets Tha...

With a stellar week one of football behind us and week 2 schedule to look forward to we chat about those games which surpassed expectations and caugh us by surprise What about those South Florida Bulls? is Miami better than we thought? must win game for Notre Dame against the Aggies in 2 weeks time? is Florida State much improved or Alabama in decline? Go Utes! Manning Mania has come to a screechi...

On this episode we hear the incredible story of 8 time National Championship winning Strength & Conditioning & Special Teams Coach, Scott Cochran. In this episode Coach tells us about the part that writing his book 'Skull Session" has played in his recovery how coaching became his raison d'etre his relationship with Coach Saban and Kirby Smart the point that he realised he had to step away...

On this episode the Chaps catch up once more with Southern Wordsmith and host of True South, John T Edge, principally to talk about his new book, House of Smoke. On this episode we chat, why the time was right to publish his memoirs the part his family home in Clinton. GA plays in his life and in the book growing up in Clinton, GA compared to living in Oxford, MS John T's time at college in Athens...

On this episode the Chaps reunite to talk about the impending new college football season, Week Zero Kick Off Game in Dublin Key match ups to watch out for in the Farmageddon game Week zero slate of games the future of CFB games being played in Europe  Thanks for tuning in to the College Chaps Podcast - the United Kingdom's original and still best Podcast dedicated to the College Game. Stay tuned...

On this episode the Chaps catch up with CBS National College Football Writer, Shehan Jeyarajah to talk about the football revolution happening in Lubbock, Texas with the Red Raiders. In an awesome episode we talk with Shehan about, How the piece about Texas Tech came about Mike Leach's influence on Cody Campbell Texas Tech taking advantage of the current situation - how do they maintain that momen...

With the Netflix debut of "SEC Football: Any Given Saturday" the Chaps have the opportunity to talk with the show's Executive Producer, Paul Martin to talk about, the shows origins & the appeal of a show covering the SEC Paul's experience of getting down into the South versus his expectations some of the stories coming from the show if the show can have the same impact on the European audience...

Episode #219 with The Film Guy, Brooks Austin On this episode The Chaps catch up with The Film Guy, Brooks Austin to talk about recruting across college football. On this episode we discuss, The impact roster caps proposed under revenue sharing and the house settlement bill will have on “walk on” players the decline in recruitment of JUCO players as a result of the numbers of players entering the...

On this episode the Chaps talk about all of the news coming out of SEC Media Days in Atlanta FROM the College Football Hall of Fame. Yes, for the first time our podcast comes to you On Location. We chat... LSU prospects for the 2025/26 season Review QB prospects :Simmons, Pavia & of course Arch Madness! the launch of the new NETLFIX show featuring SEC Football - "Any Given Saturday" Rumours of...

On this episode the Chaps catch up on the news coming out of College Football this week... Texas State jumps to the PAC12 to revive the Conference Excluding Gonzaga, this is an 8 team conference - who joins to give 8 conference games? The ripple effect across College Football from these moves Texas Tech pays OT Ojo $5m to come play in Lubbock - what does this do for the game? Thanks for tuning in...

On this episode we welcome back good friend of the show, Adam Rittenberg to talk about the BIG10. We talk... the introduction of Clearing houses - will they regulate or complicate CFB? With the SEC's reluctance to move to a 9 conference game schedule can the stalemate on CFB Playoff format with the BIG10 be broken? Expectations for the Buckeyes with a new Matt Patricia defense and a new QB? How Br...

On this episode we’re going to do a bit of crystal ball gazing and peek into the future of the new season with our good freind, Chris Marler. We talk:   - which teams are overhyped or not hyped enough? - if Brett Bielema is Social Media’s new Lane Kiffin?  - which players we expect to have Heisman worthy seasons? - will Hugh Freeze still be head coach on the Plains at the end of this coming season...

In this episode we speak with returning guest, Ross Dellenger, Senior College Football Reporter for Yahoo Sports about the changing face of college football. We talk with Ross about the position of the NCAA House settlement Bill SEC moves to favour a 5+11 CFP Playoff format and what this does for the SEC/BIG10 “alliance” When will the SEC move to a 9 conference schedule? Private Equity involvement...

It's been a few weeks since the Chaps last caught up so there is much college football news to talk about. So on this episode, we chat the Bill Belichick "circus" at Chapel Hill moving to a 16 team College Football Play Off  the implementation of a Presidential Collegiate Sports Commission and Lee Corso's retirement Thanks for tuning in to the College Chaps Podcast - the United Kingdom's original...

On this episode we are joined by Sports Illustrated's Pat Forde to talk about his sporting memories from years of covering sports. We talk college football, Olympics, horse racing, basketball and NFL in a packed episode. Particularly, Pat's memories of following the Olympics and watching his daughter qualify for the Tokyo games the noise in Jordan Hare on the night of the legendary "Pick Six" watc...

It's April already and with 143 days to go until the college football season kicks off, the Chaps mull over some of the April Fools Japes circulating college football social media. On this episode we talk, why can't ASU have a maroon field? Coaches Sanders and Saban expand their AFLAC relationship in Colorado? Are Georgia Black Uni’s back? And we hope Oregon's pink ones are indeed a joke... Matt R...

On this episode, the second in the series of guests favourite sporting memories, ESPN/ SEC network & Marty and McGee's Ryan McGee joins the Chaps to recall some of his memories from over the years covering sports. Hear Ryan talk about, his entry into sports with Johnny Majors at the University of Tennessee being taken out by a North Carolina State linebacker aged just 13 playing kids end zone...

On this epsiode we kick off our new series "Tell me a story" with guests recalling their favourite sporting memories and telling us about the sporting memorabilia that they have accumulated along the way. On this episode, Director of Communications for the Southeastern Conference, Chuck Dunlap tells us about... his love for sports growing up in Mississisppi the story of how he became a New York Me...

On this episode we talk all things UNLV Rebels with Fox Sports, Las Vegas Anchor Paloma Villicana. We chat... The changing face of Sports in Las Vegas with UNLV benefitting from the surge of pro sports in the City The job that Barry Odom took on and how good a job he did with Rebels football What Dan Mullen brings to the Running Rebels program Zach Arnett as DC demonstrating UNLV’s growing ambitio...

On this episode we welcome back Seth Saunders from the Saturday in Athens podcast for a retrospective of the season just finished. So on this episode we chat, The good, the bad & the ugly (what worked, what didn’t, what do we never want to see again..?) What did we learn? Individual highlights of the season A Georgia Bulldogs 2024 report card with a look forwad to 2025 Thanks for tuning in to...