The Zone Blitz: Recent Episodes
The Zone Blitz
Just 2 guys who love college football! Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller bring passionate, nuanced, and reasonable viewpoints about modern college football.
Ashton and Vince predict the win total for each Big 12 team in the upcoming 2024 season.
Ashton and Vince go through the entire ACC and Notre Dame and predict if each team will go over or under their season win total.
Ashton and Vince react to the 2024 NFL Draft, then look at the consensus Big Board for the 2025 NFL Draft.
Ashton and Vince briefly discuss the most recent transfer portal news, then share their takeaways from a number of spring games, including thoughts on Arch Manning.
Ashton and Vince discuss the increased difficulty of comparing teams from the SEC and Big Ten to teams from other conferences, then go off-topic with a soda draft.
Ashton and Vince take turns drafting their favorite college football-specific media personalities.
Ashton and Vince share their personal opinions about which teams are capable of winning the national championship in 2024.
Ashton and Vince review their betting decisions in 2023, including team win totals and locks of the week.
Ashton and Vince recap the Class of 2024 recruiting cycle, sharing their pleasant and not-so-pleasant surprises.
Ashton and Vince recap the CFB coaching carousel and share which hires are their favorites of the cycle.
Ashton and Vince react to a crazy week which included Nick Saban's retirement, Alabama hiring Kalen DeBoer, Washington hiring Jedd Fisch, and Cam Ward committing to Miami.
Ashton and Vince react to Michigan's 34-13 win over Washington in the CFP National Championship Game.
Ashton and Vince react to Michigan's win over Alabama and Washington's win over Texas in the College Football Playoff, then preview the upcoming National Championship Game.
Ashton and Vince opine that the CFP Committee screwed up (00:01:29), then react to the Conference Championship games (00:21:06).
Ashton and Vince react to CFB's rivalry week, then draft the upcoming conference championship games, share their locks of the week, and wrap the episode up with discussion about the coaching hires made by Texas A&M, Michigan State, and Mississippi State.
Ashton and Vince react to CFB's week 12, then preview the upcoming rivalry week and share their locks of the week.
Ashton and Vince discuss the firings of Jimbo Fisher and Zach Arnett and where Texas A&M and Mississippi State should go next, then react to college football's week 11 and draft their top games to watch in week 12 and share their locks of the week.
Ashton and Vince react to CFB's week 10, then draft their top games to watch in week 11 and share their locks of the week.
Ashton and Vince react to CFB's week 9, then draft the top games of week 10 and share their locks of the week.
Ashton and Vince react to college football's week 8, then draft their top games of week 9 and share their locks of the week.
Ashton and Vince react to CFB's week 7 slate, then draft their top games of week 8 and share their locks of the week.
Ashton and Vince react to a great week 6 of college football, then preview the upcoming week 7.
Ashton and Vince react to CFB's week 5, then preview the upcoming week 6, including their Games to Watch and Locks of the Week.
Ashton and Vince react to a loaded week 4, then preview the upcoming week 5 of the college football season. They include their top 5 games to watch and their locks of the week.
Ashton and Vince react to week 3 of college football, then preview an absolutely loaded week 4. They include their top 5 games to watch and their locks of the week.
Ashton and Vince react to Texas beating Alabama 34-24 as well as the rest of week 2 in college football. Then, they preview week 3, including their Games to Watch and Locks of the Week.
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Ashton and Vince react to a surprising week 1, then preview week 2, including their Games to Watch and Locks of the Week.
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Football is finally here! Ashton and Vince react to the slate of Week 0 games and preview the upcoming Week 1 games, including their games to watch and locks of the week.
Ashton and Vince share their individual preseason top 25 teams in the country and their predictions for the CFP field.
Ashton and Vince go through the entire Big Ten and make their win total picks for 2023.
Ashton and Vince go through the list of every Big 12 team and predict if they go over or under their Vegas win total for 2023.
Ashton and Vince discuss the commitment of 5-star QB Dylan Raiola to Georgia, then share their favorite early college football bets.
Ashton and Vince react to the 2024 NFL Mock Drafts, then discuss Payton Thorne transferring to Auburn and other college football news.
Ashton and Vince react to the NFL Draft then discuss the transfer of Tyler Buchner to Alabama.
Ashton and Vince discuss various QB battles, some notable spring games, and give their NFL Draft advice.
Ashton and Vince power rank their individual choices for the top 25 college football programs and engage in a healthy amount of debate in the process.
Ashton and Vince share players that they were wrong about over the years, then discuss 5-star QB Jadyn Davis's commitment to Michigan.
Ashton and Vince make the definitive case for why college football is better than the NFL.
Ashton and Vince share some of their favorite early bets for the upcoming 2023 season, then fill out the podcast's official March Madness bracket.
Ashton and Vince share their takeaways from the NFL Combine and then talk about their all-time favorite college football players.
Vince and Ashton are joined by guests Troy Overholt and Regan Miller for an off-topic All-Time NBA Draft.
Ashton and Vince discuss the fallout from Notre Dame's and Georgia's offensive coordinator hires, then go off-topic with a candy draft.
Ashton and Vince debate which teams could win the CFP Title in 2023 (01:43), then go off-topic with a fast food chain draft (43:00).
Ashton and Vince discuss Alabama's hirings of Tommy Rees from Notre Dame and Kevin Steele from Miami, as well as their potential replacements. They also react to National Signing Day and share some of their most/least impressive classes.
Ashton and Vince share their top games of the 2022 season and discuss referees in sports.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller discuss the major new coaching hires in college football and give them grades, then share thoughts on the Jaden Rashada/Florida situation.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller share their 2023 Way-Too-Early Top 25 lists and debate them.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller react to the Georgia beatdown of TCU in the National Title Game, discuss the possibility of Jim Harbaugh leaving for the NFL, and speculate about a number of other scenarios in college football.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller react to the thrilling CFP semifinal games, preview the upcoming National Title game, and discuss Sam Hartman committing to Notre Dame.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller react to a wild national signing day, including ongoing drama with Peyton Bowen and Alabama's dominant class.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller share their Bowl Games to Watch, debate the Mackey Award; discuss Wisconsin hiring Phil Longo, and more!
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller discuss the conference championship game results, whether or not the CFP committee got it right, and coaching and transfer portal moves.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller react to a loaded rivalry week, preview the upcoming conference championship games, and discuss the hires of Hugh Freeze by Auburn, Luke Fickell by Wisconsin, and Matt Rhule by Nebraska.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller react to South Carolina's stunning blowout of Tennessee, as well as the rest of an exciting week 12 of college football. They also preview rivalry week and share their games to watch and locks of the week.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller react to college football's week 11 and preview week 12.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller react to Week 9 of the college football season and preview a titanic upcoming Week 10.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller react to a wild week 8 and share their week 9 games to watch and locks of the week.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller react to a titanic Week 7 of college football, then preview the upcoming Week 8.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller react to a wild Week 6 of the college football season and preview Week 7, including their Games to Watch and Locks of the Week.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller react to a crazy Week 5, preview Week 6, and share their 5 Games to Watch and Locks of the Week.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller react to a crazy Week 4 of the college football season, and share their Week 5 Games to Watch and Locks of the Week.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller react to Week 3 of the college football season (5:13), preview Week 4 (49:50), and share their Games to Watch (1:28:03) and Locks of the Week (1:30:43).
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller react to Week 2 of the 2022 college football season (00:24), preview Week 3 (55:05), and share their Games to Watch and Locks of the Week (1:19:04).
Ashton Overholt & Vince Miller react to an exciting Week 1 in college football (2:23), preview Week 2 (1:11:39), share their locks of the week (1:30:35), share their 5 games to watch in Week 2 (1:39:16), and discuss the upcoming College Football Playoff expansion (1:40:47).
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller react to Week 0 (1:33), share their College Football Playoff and Heisman Trophy predictions (11:13), share their 2022 'darlings' (19:08), preview Week 1 (26:52), and discuss the Michigan QB situation (1:19:45).
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller battle Vegas by predicting the win totals in 2022 for each SEC West team.
Alabama (01:26)
Texas A&M (17:34)
Ole Miss (30:24)
Arkansas (40:42)
LSU (51:51)
Mississippi State (1:04:23)
Auburn (1:12:30)
Week 0 Preview (1:27:30)
Keon Keely Decommits from Notre Dame (1:31:42)
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller preview the 2022 SEC East and make their picks on each team's win totals.
Georgia (3:07)
Kentucky (17:30)
Tennessee (25:54)
Florida (32:52)
South Carolina (43:35)
Missouri (48:58)
Vanderbilt (55:03)
Vince Miller and Ashton Overholt share their predictions on the 2022 Big Ten East Win Totals.
Ohio State (3:49)
Michigan (21:32)
Penn State (32:58)
Michigan State (42:08)
Maryland (49:50)
Rutgers (55:57)
Indiana (1:01:20)
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller share their picks for the Big Ten West's win totals in 2022.
Wisconsin (02:37)
Iowa (08:32)
Purdue (15:46)
Nebraska (20:28)
Minnesota (35:32)
Illinois (40:26)
Northwestern (46:21)
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller discuss the Pac-12 South win totals, go off about fall weddings, discuss the Arch Manning and Dante Moore commitments, and discuss USC and UCLA moving to the Big Ten.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller make their win totals picks for the Pac-12 North and select G5 teams.
Oregon (03:17)
Washington (14:37)
Oregon State (27:18)
Cal (36:33)
Washington State (41:55)
Stanford (47:37)
BYU (55:05)
Houston (1:02:55)
Cincinnati (1:09:45)
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller share their win totals for the Big 12 in 2022.
Oklahoma (2:33)
Oklahoma State (11:54)
Texas (16:58)
Baylor (32:20)
Iowa State (42:36)
TCU (49:10)
Kansas State (56:41)
West Virginia (1:02:40)
Texas Tech (1:07:40)
Kansas (1:11:47)
CJ Carr to Notre Dame (1:16:16)
Arch Manning Update (1:21:19)
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller make their win totals picks for Notre Dame, as well as the ACC Coastal.
Preview Season is here! Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller predict the 2022 win totals for the ACC Atlantic. They also discuss the Nick Saban vs. Jimbo Fisher feud.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller do their 3rd Annual Top 20 College Football Coaches Draft.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller share their favorite early 2022 Heisman bets (02:07) and then create a 2023 NFL Mock Draft that isn't stupid (no Will Levis!; 36:42).
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller react to the recent NFL Draft (00:45), discuss the state of the Notre Dame program (10:35), and discuss current recruiting news (54:28).
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller discuss spring intel about the Georgia Bulldogs, as well as the overall state of Georgia's program. They also discuss the upcoming NFL Draft from a college football fan perspective.
Ashton Overholt, Vince Miller, and special guest Brock Miller share their thoughts on Ohio State's offseason, as well as their predictions for their upcoming 2022 season.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller discuss the state of Alabama's program. They also re-grade the new coaching hires and predict which one will be the first to win a title.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller discuss the many high-profile QB battles that are taking place this springs, including Clemson, LSU, Florida, Texas A&M, Texas, Notre Dame, Michigan, and more.
Ashton Overholt, Vince Miller, and special guest Troy Overholt discuss the state of the Clemson football program. They also discuss the ramifications of NIL and the commitment of Nico Iamaleava (the $8m recruit) to Tennessee.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller draft their top 20 college football media personalities. They also share their least favorite CFB media members, and discuss the rumored NIL deal for a 5-star QB in the Class of 2023.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller discuss the impact of LSU landing Jayden Daniels. They also get into a deep discussion about the history of 5-star QBs, share favorite recruiting stories, and try to predict where Arch Manning will play in college.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller give their college football program power rankings, and debate the differences between their ballots.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller share their top 5 college football games of the 2021 season. They also discuss Jim Harbaugh's contract extension, the newest SP+ preseason top 10 projections, and answer the age-old question: do star ratings matter?
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller first discuss the Bryan Harsin/Auburn fiasco, then answer a listener question about Notre Dame joining a conference and whether or not they would have made the College Football Playoff in 2021 had they been in the ACC.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller give their winners and losers from National Signing Day. They also react to Caleb Williams committing to USC and predict how 1st-year coaches will finish in Class of 2023 recruiting.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller discuss which teams have made good gains via the Portal this year and which teams are hurting because of it. They also give several leanings for their "darling" teams in 2022.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller react to a composite of 10 Way-too-early Top 25 lists for 2022, and give their opinions on which teams should be ranked higher or lower.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller recap Georgia's 33-18 win over Alabama in the National Championship Game.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller react to Georgia's and Alabama's convincing semifinal wins over Michigan and Cincinnati. They also share their thoughts on the title game rematch, the other New Year's Six Bowl games, and the possibility of Caleb Williams transferring to Georgia.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller react to an eventful Day 1 of Early Signing Period 2021, headlined by Texas A&M's incredible class and by Travis Hunter's surprising flip.
Ashton Overholt grade the hires of Brent Venables by Oklahoma, Dan Lanning by Oregon, and Mario Cristobal by Miami. They also preview the upcoming major bowl games.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller react to an entertaining slate of conference championship games. They also share their playoff predictions, react to Notre Dame's hiring of Marcus Freeman, and grade the new coaching hires.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller react to the shocking news that Brian Kelly is leaving Notre Dame for LSU and Lincoln Riley left Oklahoma for USC. They also preview the upcoming conference championship games.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller react to an absolutely bonkers rivalry weekend, headlined by Michigan upsetting Ohio State and Oklahoma State beating Oklahoma.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller preview Rivalry Week, which is headlined by The Game (Ohio State at Michigan), Bedlam (Oklahoma at Oklahoma State), The Egg Bowl (Ole Miss at Mississippi State), and The Iron Bowl (Alabama at Auburn). They also make suggestions and predictions for head coaching vacancies, both current and expected.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller react to Week 12 of the college football season, headlined by Ohio State's destruction of Michigan State and Oregon losing for a 2nd time, effectively eliminating the Pac-12 from Playoff contention. They also react to the news of Florida firing Dan Mullen.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller preview the upcoming Week 12 slate of college football games, headlined by Michigan State at Ohio State and Oregon at Utah.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller react to a great week 11 of college football, headlined by Baylor's defeat of Oklahoma and Georgia and Ohio State dominating decent opponents. They also predict what the College Football Playoff field will look like.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller preview an impressive Week 11 slate of college football games, highlighted by Purdue/Ohio State, Notre Dame/Virginia, Texas A&M/Ole Miss, and Oklahoma/Baylor.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller react to an exciting Week 10 of college football filled with upsets and even more near-upsets.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller preview a deep, loaded slate of Week 10 college football matchups, headlined by Auburn at Texas A&M, Liberty at Ole Miss, and Tennessee at Kentucky.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller react to the first College Football Playoff rankings, as well as a full slate of Week 9 games, headlined by wins by Michigan State, Georgia, and Ohio State.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller preview an excellent Week 9 of college football, highlighted by Michigan/Michigan State, Georgia/Florida, Ohio State/Penn State, and more.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller react to the Week 8 college football outcomes, including impressive wins by Pitt, Alabama, Notre Dame, and Ohio State.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller preview Week 8 of the college football season. There are a lot of interesting lines, including Pitt being favored against Clemson and 2 top-10 teams (Oregon & Oklahoma State) being underdogs to unranked teams.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller react to a big slate of Week 7 college football games, as well as the "firing" of Ed Orgeron and the potential QB battle at Georgia.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller preview Week 7 of the college football season, headlined by the Kentucky/Georgia showdown. Can Kentucky win the SEC East?
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller react to a mind-blowing series of Week 6 results, including a loss by Alabama, an Iowa win over Penn State, and much more.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller preview a great slate of Week 6 college football games, headlined by Penn State at Iowa, Texas vs Oklahoma, Arkansas at Ole Miss, and Georgia at Auburn.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller react to a huge slate of Week 5 games, highlighted by Alabama, Georgia, and Cincinnati all scoring big wins.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller preview an absolutely loaded slate of Week 5 college football games. The headliners are #8 Arkansas at #2 Georgia, #7 Cincinnati at #9 Notre Dame, and #12 Ole Miss at #1 Alabama.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller are first joined by recurring guest Troy Overholt to discuss Clemson's loss to NC State and their future as a program, then they react to the rest of an exciting slate of Week 4 games.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller preview Week 4 of the college football season. The headliners are Notre Dame vs Wisconsin and Texas A&M vs Arkansas, but there's also a lot of other decent games!
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller react to a pretty fascinating slate of Week 3 games, including the Penn State/Auburn white-out and the Alabama/Florida showdown in The Swamp.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller discuss a crazy Week 2 and Preview Week 3 of the college football season. They also react to Clay Helton's firing by USC.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller recap a wild Week 1 and preview the upcoming Week 2 slate of college football.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller respond to what they saw in Week 0. They then preview a great slate of Week 1 games, and are joined by friend of the pod Troy Overholt to preview the Georgia/Clemson game. They finish up with Playoff picks and some Heisman thoughts.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller preview the 2021 SEC football programs and predict how many games each of them will win.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller discuss the upcoming 2021 Pac-12 football season and predict win totals for each team. They also discuss where the Pac-12 stands in relation to the other P5 conferences and if they'll have a playoff appearance soon.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller predict the win totals for each Big 12 teams as well as some of the top Group of 5 teams in 2021.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller predict the win totals for each of the Big Ten teams and discuss Quinn Ewers' reclassification from 2022 to 2021.
Ashton Overholt and Vince Miller share their win totals picks for the ACC and Notre Dame in 2021, then further discuss the changes and future potential changes in college football.
Vince Miller and Ashton Overholt discuss the shocking news that Texas and Oklahoma are joining the SEC and the potential ramifications of the move.
Ashton and Vince draft their top 20 coaches in college football today. Let us know at thezoneblitzpodcast@gmail.com who did a better job!
Ashton and Vince start the podcast with short introductions of who they are and where their biases lie. They then discuss the proposed 12-team playoff, potential NIL ramifications, the program health of the top SEC teams, and whether or not they believe Dabo Swinney is genuine.