The Hard Count with J.D. PicKell

Today on The Hard Count, Dylan Raiola sent WAVES throughout the CFB world when the 5-star QB flipped his commitment from Georgia to Nebraska. What does this mean for the folks in Lincoln? J.D. gives his thoughts. National Recruiting Analyst for On3, Josh Newberg, joins the Progrum to get us ready for the movie that will be National Signing Day and J.D. breaks down his big "what ifs" when it comes...

Today on The Hard Count, we have a MONSTER Prediction Thursday lined up. J.D. makes his picks for both of the playoff games. Alabama vs Michigan in the Rose Bowl and Texas vs Washington in the Sugar! J.D. sets the table for our National Championship game. Last night, it was reported that Kyle McCord would not be pursuing a future at Nebraska. What does mean for the rumors around Dylan Raiola flipp...

Today on The Hard Count, we have a MONSTER Prediction Thursday lined up. J.D. makes his picks for both of the playoff games. Alabama vs Michigan in the Rose Bowl and Texas vs Washington in the Sugar! J.D. sets the table for our National Championship game. Last night, it was reported that Kyle McCord would not be pursuing a future at Nebraska. What does mean for the rumors around Dylan Raiola flipp...

Today on The Hard Count, the madness is not just reserved for March. Last night, the CFB world got some major buzz around, 5-star QB, Dylan Raiola potentially flipping his commitment from Georgia to Nebraska. Could this really happen? J.D. gives his thoughts on where things stand. Speaking of QBs, the Transfer Portal is still popping and some of the top QBs are taking visits. J.D. breaks down the...

Today on The Hard Count, we have a PACKED Thursday show with the Transfer Portal continuing to BOOM! J.D. gives the latest from the Portal as well his thoughts on where the top player in there, Walter Nolen, may be headed. J.D. also gives his thoughts on Alabama and where they stand today in 2023 as our Honest Look series kicks off. Finally, it's awards season! J.D. hands out the 2nd annual Progru...

Today on The Hard Count, the Portal is Popping OFF! J.D. updates the latest from the Transfer Portal and provides more predictions on where QBs may be heading. Also, J.D. gives his thoughts on Texas A&M's hiring of Colin Klein as the Aggies new OC and tells the good folks in Austin, TX why Texas has arrived (and they should soak it up). Let's have a DAY! Subscribe to On3! ⬇️ youtube.com/on3sports/...

Today on The Hard Count, the dust has settled and we have our College Football Playoff field set. J.D. gives his early thoughts on the Alabama vs Michigan Rose Bowl and a Texas vs Washington Sugar Bowl. Before we get to that, J.D. gives his 2 cents on the committee's WILD decision to leave FSU out of the Playoff with an undefeated record. Were they wrong? Finally, J.D. unpacks the latest in the wi...

Today on The Hard Count, it is Final Thoughts Thursday! Kirk Herbstreit gave us BARS on what the committee's responsible for and J.D. gives his thoughts. The Transfer Portal is ALIVE and we are starting to see more and more names pop-up in the portal, or on social media as "intends." J.D. breaks down the latest on some of the top names (including Riley Leonard). Finally, J.D. gives his thoughts Co...

Today on The Hard Count, we have a BEAUTIFUL Big Picture Wednesday and the Transfer Portal is buzzing! J.D. unpacks the latest CFP rankings as well as some of your potential "who's in?" scenarios on Selection Sunday. The Transfer Portal is already rolling. J.D. goes through some of the big names that have already entered. Finally, J.D. breaks down the latest with Texas A&M vs expectations and Bobb...

Today on The Hard Count, it's conference championship week baby!! Prediction Tuesday gets some extra juice as J.D. makes his pick for the all of the conference title matchups in the last season of the P5 as we know it. With all of the carousel madness going on, J.D. also gives his thoughts on the big hires made at Texas A&M, Mississippi State, and why UCLA would be foolish to terminate Chip Kelly....

Today on The Hard Count, it is BIG PICTURE Wednesday. J.D. breaks down what some of the college football playoff contenders need to do to win a national championship! As always, we unpack some of your college football playoff scenarios and things, once again, get weird. Finally, J.D. gives his thoughts on the potential aftermath of Michigan vs Ohio State and we take pulse of the Georgia Bulldogs f...

Today on The Hard Count, it is BIG PICTURE Wednesday. J.D. breaks down what some of the college football playoff contenders need to do to win a national championship! As always, we unpack some of your college football playoff scenarios and things, once again, get weird. Finally, J.D. gives his thoughts on the potential aftermath of Michigan vs Ohio State and we take pulse of the Georgia Bulldogs f...

Today on The Hard Count, it is RIVALRY WEEKEND! We have a ton of things to be thankful for and this incredible slate is one of them. J.D. makes his pick for Michigan vs Ohio State and all of the other heated rivalries including Florida State at Florida, Oregon vs Oregon State and the Iron Bowl. To top it all off, J.D. gives his latest top 10 in the Nothing But Ball Poll. Let's have a DAY! Subscrib...

Today on The Hard Count, we got some head coaches "standing on business." But are they really? J.D. weighs in on the Eli Drinkwitz vs Josh Heupel postgame trash talk. Deion Sanders will continue to have his name floated in head coach openings as a potential fit but what is Coach Prime's next move? J.D. gives his thoughts. Finally, we breakdown the current state of the Heisman Trophy race and where...

Today on The Hard Count, it's Big Picture Wednesday! We have a new/familiar top Dawg in college football. J.D. give his thoughts on Georgia being ranked #1 in the latest CFP rankings. November means it's scenario SZN! J.D. unpacks your college football playoff hypotheticals and things get weird (again). Finally, J.D. takes a pulse of the Florida State Progrum and makes his pick in Washington at Or...

Today on The Hard Count, we have another glorious Prediction Tuesday with a ton of games to breakdown. Losers complain about the slate. Winners just love that we got college football. J.D. makes his pick in Georgia at Tennessee and Louisville at Miami! Finally, J.D. gives his thoughts on Dan Lanning and Quinn Ewers starting off Leo DiCaprio SZN! Lanning made it clear that he is NOT leaving Oregon...

Today on The Hard Count, it is Final Thoughts Thursday! J.D. fires off his last minute thoughts/predictions for the electric Week 11 slate. As usual, we take a peek at the upset forecast and what you need to be on the lookout for when it comes to some of the sneakier spreads. Finally, J.D. makes his pick for USC's trip to Eugene to play Oregon and gives his thoughts on Drake Stoops' ELECTRIC respo...

Today on The Hard Count, we got the 2nd edition of the College Football Playoff rankings. What did we learn? J.D. gives his thoughts. Also, J.D. unpacks some of your most intriguing CFP hypotheticals (things get weird). Finally, what in the world is going on with the Big Ten, Michigan, and Jim Harbaugh? J.D. breaks it down. Let's have a DAY! Subscribe to On3! ⬇️ youtube.com/on3sports/?sub_confirma...

Today on The Hard Count, we have another STACKED Prediction Tuesday! Enormous impact games across the conference race landscape as J.D. makes his pick for Michigan at Penn State and Georgia vs Ole Miss, and Tennessee at Mizzou. Finally, we get a little rivalry flavor going with Florida State and Miami set to get after it. This is a beautiful thing this college football season. Let's make it count....

Today on The Hard Count, the Michigan situation has another storyline added to it. Big Ten coaches want the conference to punish Michigan amid the sign-stealing situation. There's a lot to unpack here. J.D. gives his thoughts. J.D. brings his final thoughts and predictions for the glorious Week 10 slate in college football to the table with some strong opinions on Georgia, Alabama vs LSU, and MORE...

Today on The Hard Count, J.D. gives his thoughts on the first playoff rankings and defines the path/edge for the teams finding themselves in the top 6! The situation at Michigan keeps getting progressively more weird but the committee put the Wolverines at #3 last night. J.D. gives his 2 cents on Michigan and how they should be assessed the rest of the season. Finally, J.D. breaks down the pulse a...

Today on The Hard Count, it's the BEST day of the week (next to Saturday). Prediction Tuesday is once again... STACKED! We've got some pivotal games in the SEC with LSU headed to Tuscaloosa to go for 2 in a row against Alabama and Georgia looking to keeps thing rolling with a ranked Mizzou team coming to Athens. J.D. makes his pick in both contests. Texas is trying to keep their Big 12 title/CFP h...

Today on The Hard Count, we have got upsets on the horizon! Where might they be happening? J.D. gives his forecast for Week 9. With how crazy the college football season has been, is there a chance we see a playoff without the SEC? It would be absolutely WILD but J.D. breaks down a few scenarios as to how this could be a reality. Finally, J.D. talks Texas landing a 5-Star WR and gives his final th...

Today on The Hard Count, there's a lot of talk about the Michigan sign stealing investigation. We can all agree cheating is wrong but does that invalidate their success the past couple of. seasons? J.D. gives his thoughts. With Ohio State's HUGE win over Penn State, J.D. takes a pulse of where things stand with the Progrum in Columbus, OH and why things are different in 2023 for Ryan Day and Co. F...

Today on The Hard Count, we have got a PHENOMENAL Prediction Tuesday on our hands. J.D. breaks down all the biggest games in Week 9 and makes his picks. for some BIG games in SEC country in Georgia vs Florida and Tennessee at Kentucky. The PAC 12 is throwing a party before they turn the lights out. The good times keep rolling with Oregon heading to Utah in a CFP elimination game. Finally, two scho...