Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast

Godfrey subs in to spell Alex and we go from Ohio State to Toledo running through the Week 9 games (that's longer than you'd think): Tennessee's defense, Wake Forest's turnover implosions, the Michigan / MSU tunnel fight and Okie State's total disappearance. Production: Anthony Vito

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After a quick chat about clock rules changes that are now official, Alex, Richard, and Steven talk about Deion Sanders' roster purge at Colorado. It's intentional, but not all of it, and we have questions about what will happen in Boulder once the Buffs start losing. Then let's talk about the NFL Draft, which seems extra high in supply of really fun college football players. Does the league care about our narrative-laden stars? We will soon find out. This show, produced by Anthony Vito, also features an announcement about our first live show and an urge to please subscribe to our new social channels. Please check them out at the links below. It helps us!

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Welcome to Split Zone Duo's 2022 awards presentation. Let's call them The Zonies? Alex, Richard, and Godfrey pick the best P5 teams, G5 teams, plays, games, and coaches of 2022. Plus some thoughts on Army-Navy and a tasting menu packed with non-FBS playoff games. Production: Anthony Vito.

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Richard and Alex take your questions on a long list of topics, in order: Neal Brown’s extension at West Virginia, the literal risks of private equity coming to college football, if Arizona messed up by hiring a coach before replacing the AD, if Emmitt Smith’s comments will affect Florida recruiting, a new pipeline of AD hiring, why G5 conferences like big cities, how you can(‘t) resist the SEC and Big Ten, what the deal is with Central Michigan and the Connor Stalions thing, why journalists get sideline acces at bowls, the two of us playing rounds of golf, and wedding speech advice. Production: Anthony Vito.

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Sometimes, the haters call Split Zone Duo “an NFL podcast.”

Today we prove them right by previewing the Super Bowl in our own way. Joining Alex and Richard is special guest Arif Hasan, publisher of Wide Left, a great newsletter that covers three of the biggest beats shaping our society: the NFL, current affairs, and the Minnesota Vikings. See Arif’s publication below, and follow him @ArifHasanNFL.

Our conversation is wide-ranging and covers the following topics:

The state of the Vikings (Richard could not resist)

Whether wide receiver drops are now cool, as evidenced by the Chiefs having a good offense with Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, and a bunch of receivers who have cinderblocks attached to their hands

“The Shanahan offense.” At this point, what is it?

The nation’s Brock Purdy affair: Is he good? And why has he become the touchstone of an American culture war over whether he’s good or not?

Taylor Swift should be the end of “distraction” discourse in football. But.

Game picks

One publication note: Alex mentioned in the recording that Swift is suing a college student over a plane tracker. To clarify and be more accurate, as of press time, her lawyers hadn’t filed suit but were threatening that they would.

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Alex’s essay on DJ Durkin, Maryland, and Jordan McNair. Listener feedback comes from this kind subscriber, who says: “i have been obsessed with cfb for a long time. didn’t know about @SplitZoneDuo. then i did. twas @38Godfrey’s Herbstreit episode that brought me in. since then, i wait. and it always exceeds. however, what @alex_kirshner does in the Durkin episode is SUBSCRIBE-TO-THIS level great.” Here’s that Herbstreit episode.

“Is Alabama fucked?” An extensive discussion of the challenges facing a post-Nick Saban Alabama and how the Tide can deal with them.

Godfrey and Ryan Nanni’s “Blind Side” commentary track.

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