Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast

Alex and Richard take a 30-ish-minute sprint through the interesting happenings in college football this weekend. A&M picked a weird script to take down Bama. Red River was outstanding and heralds a new era of Oklahoma quarterback play. Penn State shoud've just gone to the Wildcat, Georgia's defense gave up a whole 10 points, Coastal is just pummeling teams, the lights are about to go out on Coach O's LSU, don't be fooled by Texas Tech's record, and UTSA: MEEP MEEP. Subscribe to our Patreon at splitzoneduo.com.

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Alex is out of office so Godfrey immediately hijacked the conference season preview format to talk about cigarettes and media parties. Let's explore the ever-changing world of the American and calm down – or warn – a group of ACC hopefuls about their 2022 season and beyond. Production: Anthony Vito

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When Nick Saban retired, Alex wrote a column for the Ringer under the headline “Nick Saban Made Alabama Too Big to Fail.” The same day, Godfrey argued in the Washington Post that the “theory that a post-Saban Alabama is too big to fail ... ultimately misunderstands the how and why of Saban’s singular success.”

Can these two arguments be squared? Somewhat yes, and somewhat no. We talk in this episode about Alabama’s rough first two weeks without Saban, the Crimson Tide’s challenges going forward, and how Saban did (and did not) protect them from a cold, unforgiving life without him. Production: Anthony Vito.

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Split Zone Duo is not publishing a free episode this week, but will have another episode for paid subscribers in the next few days: The Blind Side commentary track featuring Godfrey and Ryan Nanni. It’s not to be missed!

Richard has ideas for how to make college football’s ON-FIELD rules a little bit better. Alex and Godfrey like some of them and don’t like others. Let’s discuss the optimal width for the hashmarks, whether it’s time to shift the rules around RPOs and linemen downfield, the NFL’s new take on the kickoff, and then some more chaotic ideas that we’ve been kicking around.

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Michael Felder, college football media wizard and a former cornerback at North Carolina, joins Richard to expand on Bill Belichick’s hiring:

The hiring as a marker of UNC’s football legitimacy

The difference between coaching pros and college players, and the challenges of “do your job” culture at this level

The gap in perception between media and UNC fans

Producer: Anthony Vito