Minor league football, year zeroes, cryin' rasslers, and NERRRRRRRRDLAAAAAAAAND

02/27/19 • 86 min

Bill's off to Nerdland to talk to Google and watch Michael Lewis take on Mike Leach.

CONFERENCE USA PREVIEW TALK: GODFREY RASSLIN' (short) STORY TIME, UTEP is a hard job (but you can see what Dana Dimel wants to do), WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO FRANK WILSON AND UTSA????, the importance of class balance, everything Rice is trying to do makes sense (and it might not work), Charlotte's proposed offense is confusing, and WKU fired Mike Sanford and hired Mike Sanford.

Also: are you watching the AAF? Why is minor league football worse than college football? Who qualifies for Year Zero? Who qualifies for Sleeping Giant status? Is Scott Frost a make-or-break hire? What the heck can Hawaii be doing to survive? Who are the country's most "one unit good, one unit hilariously awful" teams this year?

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Bill's off to Nerdland to talk to Google and watch Michael Lewis take on Mike Leach.

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Previous Episode

Oh, what must it be like to discover Twitter at an advanced age...

We know why you're here: HARDCORE MAC TALK. Frank Solich is a fine wine, Jason Candle might get a better job soon, WMU has absurd experience, and even Notre Dame media are piling on Bowling Green's Necessary Roughness-style staff. Also: you just don't understand how big a deal Kathy Ireland once was.

Okay, yes, you're also probably here to hear us talking about aging sportswriters, virgin Twitter experiences, hating the troops, S&P+ figuring out option offenses, and, uh, good tennis books. You have a standing invitation to come on the show, John Feinstein.

(Man ... Kathy Ireland ... John Feinstein ... uh, Frank Solich ... IT'S THE 1990S RETRO EPISODE OF PAPN.)

Also, AskPAPN: the interesting Charlotte job, the most hopeless previews, OU should have gone for it every time against Bama, the easiest C-USA jobs, the MWC's commonsense moves, and good god, this Auburn-Georgia bickering is dumber than most Auburn-Georgia bickering.

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Next Episode

Nerds, coaches, Jim Delany, and the WORST. COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAMS. EVER.

What is the Sloan Conference? Is Bill more comfortable around coaches than nerds now?

CONFERENCE USA PREVIEW TALK: Can Bobby Wilder rebuild what he built at ODU (and what's the ceiling there)? Does Louisiana Tech have another gear? Can FIU transition from lucky to dominant? Where is Alcorn State? Can Southern Miss ride experience to another breakthrough (with a murderous schedule)?

ALSO: Let's talk about the WORST. COLLEGE FOOTBALL. TEAMS. EVER. (Congrats to Northern Arizona and Northwestern. And 1983 Rice.)

#AskPAPN: Dan Mullen absolutely exceeded expectations last year, the transfer portal is modifying bagman culture, NC State is the only cursed football program, the difference between an analyst and lower-level position coach, MORE USC QUESTIONS, sleeping giants vs. giants falling asleep, Jim Delany and oil money (and whether Larry Scott would have thrived as B1G commish), the loaded Big Ten West coaching roster, and Willie Taggart's issues at FSU (man, that Boise State game is huuuuuuge from an anxiety standpoint).

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