Until Saturday: A show about college football

In another dynamic Thursday edition of the show, Andy and Ari react to the Southeastern Conference and ESPN's handshake deal that will grant the network broadcast rights to conference football and basketball games (:30). What does this mean college football? How much are we going to miss the broadcast jingle, tradition and Verne Lundquist dancing the Soulja Boy? The gents segue into week 15and dis...

Rankings reaction time! Andy and Ari dish on the committee's third playoff ranking, including: it's about time the Big Ten makes a move to help Ohio State (:30). Plus, Andy and Ari each have plans to help OSU out. Speaking of "out", would the Buckeyes be the odd team out if Florida and Clemson were to win their respective conference championships (15:00)? Ari does is best Captain America impressio...

The Athletic's Nicole Auerbach & Stadium's Michael Felder dish on the latest news in college football. UNLV QB Max Gilliam apologizes for appearing on Bravo's 'Below Deck'. Louisville Head Coach Scott Satterfield has made a mess of his interview for the South Carolina job. Plus, last call on conference scheduling & Nick Saban. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andy is joined by national college football writer for The Athletic and one half of The Shamrock podcast Matt Fortuna to round up Saturday's action and, in this case, breaking news. The duo react to Oklahoma assistant, Shane Beamer's, expected new role as South Carolina's head football coach (:15). Andy and Matt analyze the hiring and detail Beamer's background and his coaching experience. Notre D...

Welcome to another splendid Friday of Andy and Ari pointing out just how bad the Big Ten has potentially bungled their conference's playoff hopes. Will the league reverse course and allow a conference title contender to play despite falling short of the six-game threshold (1:00)? Though a decision is still looming, the SEC isn't pleased about the situation. Could BYU travel to Ohio Stadium to take...

Though there was little change atop the College Football Playoff rankings in week two, the scant movement spurred an extensive CFP discuss between Andy and Ari. If Texas A&M keeps piling on Ws, will they leap frog Ohio State (1:00)? What's impeding OSU from securing a comfortable position among the top-4? Under which circumstance is Ohio State truly in danger of being ousted? The guys react to...

The Athletic's Nicole Auerbach & Stadium's Michael Felder discuss the latest news in college football. Northwestern is officially the Big Ten West Champions. Vanderbilt kicker Sarah Fuller is the victim of unnecessary criticism after being the first female to play in a power 5 game. Derek Mason is fired as Commodores Head Coach. Who will replace him? The Heisman race is heating up! Plus, last...

Andy is joined by The Athletic's national college football writer, Max Olson, to survey the college football landscape following week 13's action. Under what scenario does Texas A&M earn a CFP berth (2:00)? Do the Aggies need "convincing" victories to persuade the committee, or are wins in their own right enough to propel them to the final four? Another day, another round of Big Ten games canc...

Eat turkey, be merry and listen to Andy and Ari as they prepare you for a fun weekend of college football action. Andy reacts to Nick Saban positive Covid-19 test and myriad news leading up to turkey day (:30). Afterwards, will Ari cave and, again, take Michigan to cover, or will he finally wise up (6:30)? Who will punch their ticket to the Big 12 Championship, Iowa State or Texas (9:00)? Should t...

Andy and Ari Wasserman react to the first rankings from the College Football Playoffs committee! What are the guys' interpretation of the committee's top-4 teams? How do fringe teams like Texas A&M (11:00) and BYU (20:00) improve their standings? Plus, determine which teams are dead or alive (25:00), and some combination of BYU, Cincinnati and the Pac-12 need to roll the nice and play one anot...

The Athletic's Nicole Auerbach welcomes 'the Group of 5 guru' Chris Vannini to the show. In-season scheduling is the hot topic in college football with BYU & Cincinnati in the middle of the fray. Florida State & Clemson are in a kerfuffle about Saturday's postponed game. The 1st college football playoff rankings of the season will be released Tuesday night. Nicole & Chris discuss what...

Ari! Again?! Haven't you learn Michigan will never cover this year? I suppose not because that's how Andy and Ari tee off today's show, discussing the Harbaugh Hopeful's triple-OT win over Rutgers (:15). *Taps mic* Yes, hello, uh, why hasn't a certain personnel move been made at UM yet? Also, will Cade McNamara keep the starting QB role? Listen Michigan fans, there's a silver lining to all this: y...

The Athletic's Andy Staples & Ari Wasserman preview the college football weekend. #9 Indiana @ #3 Ohio State is a rare top 10 matchup. The SEC is back with 6 games after last week's postponements. Do Cincinnati and BYU deserve to be in the college football playoff picture? Is Oregon HC Mario Cristobal the right replacement for Jim Harbaugh? Other games of note: Wisconsin @ Northwestern, Oklaho...

Andy welcomes ESPN's NFL Primetime co-host and college football analyst, Booger McFarland, to today's show! The guys discuss their mutual admiration for Chris Berman and Tom Jackson and the football highlight mecca they created, and the series Andy and Booger grew up adoring, NFL Primetime (1:00). Booger describes working alongside Boomer and acting as the program's number two. The duo commiserate...

The Athletic's Nicole Auerbach is joined by Stadium's Michael Felder to discuss the latest news in college sports. Miami's next 2 games are postponed due to a COVID-19 outbreak. The 2021 NCAA Tournament will be played in a bubble. Cal & UCLA got a game in on 43 hours notice on a Sunday afternoon. The 2020 college football season is officially off the rails & the goal is to get to the colle...

The Athletic's Andy Staples & Matt Fortuna react to another drama-filled college football weekend. Michigan looks horrific once again, this time in a blowout loss to Wisconsin. Will Jim Harbaugh get fired or is will the pandemic save his job? Would Mario Cristobal be a good hire to replace Jim Harbaugh. Big Ten tiers! The guys debate the 2020 Big Ten hierarchy. Notre Dame continues to look goo...

Andy and Ari have said it before and they'll keep on saying it: everyone's doing the best they can. So with that said, what's the best Wisconsin can do against Michigan considering the cloud of questions looming over the Badgers' football program? Why are the Wolverines opening as favorites in spite of their recent struggles (3:45)? The Fighting Irish aim to build off last week's monumental win ag...

Andy kicks off today's show discussing postponed SEC games, including Alabama-LSU. How could the SEC maneuver schedules to manage this delay, and will the CFB Playoff considering moving the semi-finals and final? The Liberty Flames, one of the most surprising stories in college football this year, are undefeated and rank among the countries top-25 teams. What's the secret to their success? Among e...

The Athletic's Nicole Auerbach welcomes Big Ten Network's Mike Hall to the show. Mike talks about his new storytelling project which includes a great anecdote about Julia Roberts. Of course, Mike is here to talk B1G football. Penn State is the surprise of the season at 0-3 & Indiana is on the other side of the fence at 3-0. Hoosiers Head Coach Tom Allen is the real life version of Ted Lasso. H...

Andy and Ari react to Clemson, the top-ranked team in college football, falling to Notre Dame (1:30). What was key in the Irish's victory? How does this loss impact the Tigers' playoff chances? Both Maryland and Texas A&M handedly brought home Ws in their matchups (14:00). What happens now with Penn State? Where do the guys envision Texas A&M towards the last couple weeks of the season? Oh...

Andy and Ari Wasserman cover the upcoming college football slate. Great, now that you know that, here's where it gets saucy...well...not really because Andy doesn't use sauce when he tears into over 100 juicy, savory, delicious Chick-fil-A nuggets in this week's payoff pod (:30). The guys set the framework for the challenge before jumping into lines for the Pac-12's opening weekend (9:45). Is USC...

Andy welcomes Barstool Sports personality, co-host of the "Unnecessary Roughness" podcast and Texas A&M alumna, Kayce Smith, to today's show! Tacos, pickle juice shots and college football, what more could you want from a college town? The duo discuss what College Station has to offer before chatting about the Aggies, Jimbo Fisher and season expectations. Why hasn't A&M been able to close...

The Athletic's Nicole Auerbach & Chris Vannini kick off the show with Michigan State's upset over Michigan. Pac-12 after dark & MACtion are officially back this week and the college football season finally feels whole. #9 BYU & QB Zach Wilson have their biggest game of the season Friday night at Boise State. The college football playoff committee has a difficult task this season trying...

In a weekend full of nail-biters, Andy and The Athletic's Ohio State scribe, Bill Landis, start today's show with Ohio State's commanding win over Penn State (1:00). Can anyone compete with OSU in the Big Ten? Was this performance expected out of the Nittany Lions? The duo take an early glance at the CFB Playoff picture and discuss who they believe are true contenders (5:00). The Trevor-Lawrence-l...

Andy reacts to Trevor Lawrence testing positive for Covid-19. What does this mean for Clemson? Who will start under center for the Tigers? The day has dawned. It's time for Ari to conquer a most vile villain, dark beer. Yes, Michigan downed Minnesota last week saving Andy from fulfilling a bet himself (1:00). The guys recap the Wolverines' victory over the Golden Gophers, and discuss what a win ov...