No Huddle Podcast - 100% Committed To College Football: Recent Episodes
James Hill & Jordan Merritt
James and Jordan come together weekly to discuss all the latest happenings in the world of college football. Healthy debate, intriguing segments and interaction with you, the fans
With a big slate of games, James and Jordan give their 5 key things to watch for in week 1.
It was great to have College Football back in our lives but Week 1 really steps up with some elite matchups.
Penn State @ Purdue, Oregon vs Georgia, Utah @ Florida, Florida State @ LSU, Notre Dame @ Ohio State and many more.
We run through our key talking points heading into week 1. We also discuss our Tea Drinkers Tour games, Jordan heads to Ohio State for their game against Notre Dame and James goes to the Swamp to watch his Florida team entertain the top 10 ranked and playoff tip Utah. The episode wraps up with their 3 bets of the week, including 1 lock each.
We review all the action in the week 0 games.
Scott Frost one step out the door? Casey Thompson's hot and cold debut, Drake Maye impresses, we cover it all.
We give more in-depth coverage of the Nebraska vs Northwestern game in Ireland, North Texas @ UTSA game and run through the best of the rest. Vanderbilt is top of the SEC!!! We round up the episode with the key talking points of the week, the best play of the week, player of the week and our all-new "chump" of the week.
We are joined by Josh Neighbors from the Locked On Big 12 to run through every team from top to bottom based on the Vegas odds. We offer our championship teams and eventual winners.
Pitts Panthers is the topic for today's season preview. Discussing ACC Championship, Transfer Portal and 2022.
Jordan welcomes Stephen Thompson to the show to talk about everything Pitt Panthers.
They discuss the ACC Championship success in 2021, Kenny Pickett & Jordan Addison's incredible season.
Can they repeat the same success under transfer portal QB Kedon Slovis, Jordan Addison moving to USC and where this team is heading into 2022.
Jordan welcomes Lance Dawe onto our latest show to deep dive into the Kentucky Wildcats.
Mark Stoops has assembled a coaching staff that has helped propel this program to an SEC contender. Can he push them even closer this year?
Karl Dorrell heads into the 2022 season on the hot seat with a roster full of changes.
Jordan was joined by Tony Cosolo writer at the Buffaloes Wire to talk about the 2022 season. We looked at the inexperience on the roster and the players who could step up as leaders this season. Also, who is likely to be the starting QB in week 1.
Jordan is joined by Richie Bradshaw in discussing a programme in the Arizona State Sun Devils that has a lot going on behind the scenes right now.
Despite the chaos going on in the Pac-12 we focus our attention on Stanford Cardinal. It's been 3 years without a Bowl game, is 2022 the year they get back to a bowl game and challenge the Pac-12 again? Kevin Borba is the guest on today's show deep diving on the Stanford Cardinal Football team heading into the 2022 season.
Jordan welcomes Sam Connon from All Bruins on Fan Nations/Sports Illustrated to the show, to deep dive on UCLA this offseason.
We are joined by Lee Wakefield, who like Jordan is a big fan of the PAC-12. James tags along chipping in from afar as he will admit, the PAC-12 isn't a conference he finds himself staying up late to watch.
They run through each team from top to bottom based on the Vegas odds, predicting each team's outlook heading into the season. Before giving out their Championship predictions and eventual winner.
Following the departure of USC and UCLA from the PAC 12 to the Big Ten. Is the PAC 12 dead? What next for the remaining PAC 12 teams? Who is the next domino to fall?
We draft in Lee Wakefield who with Jordan is a PAC 12 fan. We discuss the fallout in PAC 12. Conference Can Oregon and Washington follow USC and UCLA to the Big Ten? Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah seem keen on moving to the Big 12. Could Oregon and Washington end up joining them in the Big 12?
Is there any way the PAC 12 will survive? Are recruiting Mountain West teams enough or is a merger with the Big 12 on the table? Also, we discuss the ACC and whether they are next on the hit list.
The bigger picture we are heading to with a potential professional form of the sport and much more.
Is there a team that has had as much change over the past 12 months as the Oklahoma Sooners? Them and Texas announce they are moving to the SEC, Spencer Rattlers struggles, failing to win or even make the Big 12 Championship game and then Lincoln Riley's toxic exit. With so much to discuss, I welcomed Kamiar Mehrabian to the show to give great insight into everything that has happened.
Kamiar gives us his initial thoughts on the SEC announcement and how the fans in Norman responded. We recap on the ups and downs of the 2021 season.
Discuss the Brent Venables hire and what he will want from this team moving forward. How will Jeff Lebby's fast-paced high-powered offence work with Venables's more balanced, defensive mindset?
Dillon Gabriel was obviously discussed in detail. Kamiar gives a breakdown of the Big 12 and who he reckons makes it to the championship game.
I really enjoyed having Kamiar on the show and I highly recommend giving him a follow on Twitter @kmehrabianCCM. If you follow the Sooners you need to check out the Crimson and Cream Machine Podcast for all their great content.
Jordan welcomes back Jake Hatch from Locked On Cougars to complete his BYU Football 2022 Season Preview.
Jake gives his thoughts on BYU joining the Big 12 in 2023 & initial expectations on how the Cougars will compete once they enter the power 5 conference. Jaren Hall had a good year in 2021, if he stays healthy could he be the next big BYU QB heading to the draft? Can BYU keep the momentum and push for a dark horse playoff.
We are joined by NFL Draft Analyst Jack Brentnall. Jack is another respected contributor in the UK and you can find his work over on his website www.the-jet-sweet.com. The NFL Draft 2023 Top Offensive Prospects players we discuss in this episode, Quarterbacks - Bryce Young, Alabama, CJ Stroud, Ohio State, Will Levis, Kentucky, Devin Leary, NC State & Tyler Van Dyke, Miami. Running Backs - Bijan Robinson, Texas, Tank Bigsby, Auburn, Sean Tucker, Syracuse & Zach Charbonnet, UCLA. Wide Receivers - Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Ohio State, Kayson Boutte, LSU, Jordan Addison, USC, Josh Downs, UNC & Zay Flowers, Boston College. Tight Ends - Michael Mayor, Notre Dame & Sam LaPorta, Iowa. Offensive Lineman - Peter Skoronski, Northwestern, Zion Nelson, Miami, Emil Ekiyor Jr, Alabama, Paris Johnson, Jr, Ohio State. A big thank you to Jack who was brilliant, bringing the knowledge and breaking down all the prospects in detail above. Catch him on Twitter @Jack_Brentnall
Jordan welcomes AJ Spurr to the show. AJ is the Site Editor for Roll Tide Wire which is part of USA Today. Reviewing the 2021 season, although for many schools being an SEC champion and a National Championship finalist would still be a successful season, when you are used to winning titles overall it was a disappointing season. Heading into the 2022 season, Jordan and AJ discuss the transfer portal, recruitment and Nick Saban/Jimbo Fisher feud.
Jordan starts his Pac-12 Season Preview Shows by looking at the Arizona Wildcats. He is joined by Team Reporter Kim Becker who gives a great insight into the shape of the programme heading into the 2022 season. It's always great to gain an understanding of the feeling going on inside the programme that we don't always get to see on the outside. It was great that Kim gave us her time to join Jordan for this episode. You can check Kim out on Twitter @kimberlyjbecker and you often see her reporting on the official Arizona Wildcats Twitter.
We focus our attention on the NFL Draft 2023 top eligible defensive players heading into the college football season.
We are joined by NFL Draft Analyst for Pro Football Network Oliver Hodgkinson.
We certainly worked Oli hard with the amount of highly-rated defensive prospects we threw at him. Still, as ever the professional Oli gave us some great insight. A big thank you to Oliver Hodgkinson for joining us on this show. If you are not following him already on Twitter, you can find him @ojhodgkinson and check out all his great work at Pro Football Network website - https://www.profootballnetwork.com/
James was joined by Jeff Burkhard from the College and Kimball Podcast to discuss Kansas State Wildcats Football.
Before deep-diving into the 2022 preview, we quickly find out Jeff's connections with the school which run deep with his family. We look back at 2021 season, the challenges faced with Skylar Thompson's injury early in the season and how the Wildcats fans viewed the 8-5 season.
We dive into the transfer portal, including the most notable portal pick-up in Adrian Martinez. Jeff gives his thoughts on him moving over from Nebraska and hopefully how Collin Klein new-look offence will hopefully assist Adrian Martinez in settling in quickly with the team.
We couldn't go without mentioning Deuve Vaughn. He had an incredible season in 2021. He's not only a leading running back in the Big 12 but Deuce Vaughn is possibly a top 5 running back heading into the 2022 season.
James brings up Jeff's latest episode on the College and Kimball podcast which discusses NIL with a new Kansas State Collective. We run through the challenges NIL presents but what good the collective is trying to do to offer players a chance to earn funds correctly.
Jeffs wraps up the episode by discussing K States prospects and win totals. Before predicting which two teams he reckons will make the Big 12 Championship Game.
We welcome Emory Lyda from the Locked On Texas Tech Podcast to discuss what shape Texas Tech are in under new head coach Joey McGuire.
We discuss Joey McGuire's background and how he is using this to succeed in the 2023 recruiting class. I discuss "The Brand" a documentary based on Texas Tech Football on ESPN+ and YouTube. Emory fills us in on the quarterback battle & what to expect heading into the 2022 season.
We quickly wrap up the episode with a win total for Tech and the Big 12 predictions.
Emory was a great guest as I am sure you will agree.
On our latest episode, we deep dive into the Texas Longhorns and welcome Jonathan Davis from the Locked on Longhorns podcast.
We recap the 2021 season and review Steve Sarkisian's first year as head coach.
We discuss the influx of transfer portal players and freshman recruits that will instantly impact this team.
Jonathan gives us detail on why the Texas defence could be considerably better next season.
We talk 2023 recruiting and Arch Manning dominates. Texas the favourite to land Manning?
We talk Big 12 in general and Jonathan gives his predictions on the Longhorns record and Big 12 Championship chances.
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A big thank you to Jonathan, you can find him on the Locked on Longhorns Podcast and on Twitter @jonzoball
Following spring training Jordan and James compile their own top 25 teams in this way too early preseason rankings.
This list is not necessarily how teams stand today but how the lads believe the teams will finish the regular season, heading into the playoffs.
It's fair to say there are some differing opinions on both lists.
Make sure to feedback on your thoughts
We catch up with the latest news.
Nick Saban calls out Texas A&M and Jackson State for "Buying Players".
Jordan Addison decides where he will be taking his talents next season.
Arch Manning - Down to 4 Schools, we discuss what that could mean and where he could end up.
If like us when we first started watching College Football you are left with many questions, for example. What do all these different conferences mean? Who decides the top 25? How does a team qualify for the playoffs?
Then this show is certainly for you.
In the UK there is a growing appeal to watch American Football. Although the NFL has taken off, it's been a little slower with College Football. From interactions with American Football fans over here, they don't quite understand how College Football works, which is preventing them from taking an interest in the sport. We run through an overview of College Football, the total number of teams within the FBS, and how many conferences they are broken down into.
We explain the Power 5 conferences and the Group of 5 Conferences. Independent schools and the journey to the playoffs including the top 25 rankings. We also mention Bowl games, player eligibility, transfer portal and NIL. Please give us a 5* rating if you enjoyed the show and follow our podcast for more content.
Where better to start, than an intro to College Football. If you haven't seen it before, or have watched games but would love to understand how it all works. This is the episode for you. We discuss Conferences, AP Top 25, College Playoffs, Bowl Games, Transfer Portal and NIL.