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College Football Overnight
Home of the College Football Overnight Podcast. Short podcasts weeknights during the season. Longer recaps Sunday night.
Going through all the bowl gamesA long discussion on the playoff semifinals and a brief preview of next week's title gameSpending some time on the other New Year's 6 GamesQuick hits on everything else
First Half of the Show - Tribute to Mike LeachSecond Half of the Show - Coaching news including some interesting coordinator hires.
A long and detailed run through everything we know on the college football head coaching big board of names, games and jobs
Running through all the conferences and a brief championship game preview.
Also coaching news. Lots of it.
Podcast news at the top..Final episode of College Football Overnight, coming January. New Variety show in February.
The Sun Belt, SEC, ACC, Big Ten and Big 12 are easy to figure out The other leagues? Use our guide so you don't have to figure out who will be playing next weekend.
College Football Review Week 9 - Tennessee Explodes and WTF Oklahoma State by College Football Overnight
Trust us, This week stinks. Great that it's Halloween and if you are stuck going to a fall wedding, this is the week you want it on.
Running through all 10 FBS leagues Including finally recording after the weekend firing of Charlotte's Will Healy!
Short previews of Oregon-UCLA, Clemson-Syracuse, Kansas St-TCU and others. A MAC Title Game Preview The only remaining game of value in the Mountain West before the championship game
Whipping around the country as fast as we can Tennessee-Alabama is everything we love about the sport Michigan can run the dang ball, possibly against anyone Georgia looks bored Auburn still has a coach despite losing Michigan St wins despite a clock CATASTROPHE TCU shows their toughness Oklahoma LIVES! On offense USC should kick themselves for the next 2 weeks because of this
Previewing College Football Week 7 Undefeateed upstarts take their shots at one of the kings in the Big Ten and SEC Oklahoma State and TCU vie for Big 12 supremacy for now USC faces its toughest test so far at Utah, where it hasn't won with a crowd present since 2012 Syracuse tries to prove 5-0 isn't a mirage
Recapping Week 6 What the Hell was that Oklahoma? UCLA smokes Utah USC grinds out another one Alabama survives...and is in danger
Since we hadn't covered it, we took a look at the 6 currently open jobs in FBS football (don't forget about UAB, being coached all season by an interim).
And then ventured into the land of rumors and heresay to talk about 15 other coaches who might be on an unfortable hotseat with a quick losing streak.
Previewing College Football Week 6 Brief mentioning of the firings of the week (sad we've reached that point) Utah and USC attempt to setup a mega matchup next week against live underdogs Kansas and TCU get College Gameday San Jose St. and UNLV face off for Mountain West surpremacy on Friday night CBS chose to televise murders over Tennessee-LSU
Once again, we recorded and a coach got fired in between recording and post time. This time it was two coaches...Paul Chryst at Wisconsin and Karl Dorrell at Colorado.
UCLA stakes a claim to Pac-12 supremacy Oklahoma eats dirt in Fort Worth Auburn derps away another one Clemson just solidly wins Georgia survives in worrisome fashion
Editor's Note: this podcast was recorded before games were officially moved because of Hurricane Ian Washington travels to Los Angeles for a battle of undefeateds on Friday night at the Rose Bowl A deep and varied morning slate on the cards again with a top 15 SEC Game on the 3rd most important network Florida State plays its most prominent game in years against Wake Forest Clemson vs NC State is the only game worth watching in primetime unless you think a combination of Jordan-Hare voodoo and LSU-Auburn wackiness are going to make that a game worth checking out.
Running through Week 4 The Pac-12 is amazing to watch this season Marshall and App St. Big wins and overrated Colorado and Colorado St probably wish they had scheduled each other this year Ohio St finds high gear Kansas St sinks Oklahoma...again
Previewing College Football Week 4 Thursday Night is good. Congrats you who are boycotting Amazon, there's still good football to watch Friday Night is Movie Night, no need to watch Get the remote or the 6-screen setup ready for the morning shift and the afternoon shift Primetime sucks. Your option are watching Ohio St. commit murder or suffering through the either the Texas A&M or Iowa offenses again. Why oh why is Oregon St. vs USC on the Pac-12 Network. Enjoy Utah vs Arizona St. or Washington vs Stanford to get in game highlights for it.
EDITOR'S NOTE - While we covered situations about Georgia Tech's Geoff Collins and Auburn's Bryan Harsin, we neglected Herm Edwards. Oops. He was fired in between recording time and post time.
The Sun Belt had a rough follow up Harsin reaches the end at Auburn. It's only a matter of time now. Collins the same at Georgia Tech. Texas A&M and Miami played an important game but man was that a tough watch. Arizona of all teams breaks the long North Dakota St. winning streak against FBS opponents.
We're watching so you don't have to: Cal at Notre Dame and Penn St. at Auburn
As for the rest, the top 25 matchups are bad, the late night FOX kick will be fun and somebody put Nebraska on Big Noon :(
EDITOR's NOTE - This was recorded about an hour before Scott Frost was fired at Nebraska.
The Sun Belt has a moment in the sun Tennessee wins on defense? Alabama played the Iron Bowl from last year a second time...sorry Texas Eastern Kentucky tries a WR Screen Hook and Ladder to the Right Tackle to the short side of the field in 5OT WTF was that UCF?
We go through the week 2 games
Note: Kevin's internet cut out midway through the show. This is a chopped together mess of a show because we didn't have time to re-record and the last 30-40 minutes are completely intact.
Running through all the conferences Georgia and Alabama absolutely nuked their opposition The Pac-12 playoff hopes are basically USC, already Thursday night included a fun pair of FCS upset attempts Charlotte is in deep trouble EDITOR'S NOTE - This was recorded before the bonkers LSU-Florida St game.
Unpacking a week 0 with not many good games and a couple of storylines Will Scott Frost last the season? How bad is Hawaii? We play Over/Under 2 wins
Week 1 Welcome back Backyard Brawl Notre Dame is being led to the gallows Lots of G5 fun Watch the Utah/Florida game
Running through the Week 0 Games Picking every conference championship game and the playoff. Alabama, Ohio State and Georgia fans gets to be happy if we're right
Talking a bit about the new Big Ten rights package before jumping head first into season previews with questions about some teams we find intriguing.
We're back. Covering the Big 10 taking USC and UCLA (we're sad as UCLA fans, at least as secondary) What does the Pac-12 do next Please Cal go away. Nobody wants you around in this sport anymore. Please Big 12 fans, just shut up. It's like you took UCF and their fans infected you.
Parsing 24 years of data to figure out who has been best since the inception of the BCS in 1998.
Figuring out how screwed Bryan Harsin is, then covering the coaching hires made after our early December coaching show.
A little bit of news meandering around the country. Then Letter Grades for each conference in 2021. G5 Mostly Good Pac-12 Tragic Kingdom
We spend the first 20 minutes dancing around the game. Don't blame us. One of the hosts went to Auburn and would prefer a meteor strike. This game is entirely dependent on what Georgia learned and installed since the first game. Final Picks
We loved the New Year's Six We hated the playoff semifinals (as usual) We're bored of SEC hegemony Good luck next year upstarts
A Look at the New Year's Six non-playoff games - Can Pitt throw on Michigan St. without Kenny Pickett? - Notre Dame needs to win this one - Does Ohio St. care and does it even matter? - Both seems have something to play for in New Orleans Playoff Questions - Can Alabama win on the outside? - Can Alabama run the ball at all? - Can Cincinnati block Will Anderson? - Can Desmond Ridder beat pressure with his arm? - What mental state are Michigan and Georgia in? - Can either of them move the ball in their preferred manner?
Is your favorite bowl sponsored by a war crime? Transfer QBs part 2 Could COVID Really screw the playoff up?
A trip through Championship Saturday The playoff 4 was obvious and easy this year USC at Cal was the Sickos Game of the Century (though props to the Cal fanbase for showing up)
Looking at all 10 conference title games Making our playoff picks now that we know what the rankings look like going into the last weekend Cal and USC set to play the saddest game The ultimate chaos scenario (Iowa and Oregon aren't done yet)
Brian Kelly leaves Notre Dame for LSU. Reaction from a Notre Dame backer who happens to co-host the show.
What a day of college football Michigan finally gets it done Auburn doesn't get it done Oklahoma St does, finally, just like Michigan Wisconsin bites the dust bad (Iowa wins the division) Air Force doesn't throw a pass Sonny Dykes gets booed like a pro wrestling heel at his final home game for SMU.
Letting you know every game you should be watching and not watching over the Thanksgiving weekend smorgasboard.
Reviewing the week in the sport SEC-SoCon Saturday gives us nothing this year Oregon humiliated Michigan St. too Michigan has a chance against Ohio St. Auburn suddenly dislikes Bryan Harsin greatly Florida is coachless
Previewing all of this week's games. Michigan St. and Ohio St. headline the morning but you should watch Clemson vs Wake Forest instead Alabama vs Arkansas is the big afternoon game but you should watch Pitt vs Virginia instead Everyone needs to watch Oregon vs Utah in Primetime
Taking a stroll through the most important items of the weekend What is God's Name was that Auburn? Pitt thanks the weather gods Wake keeps it on the tracks Kansas beat Texas...LOL Florida gave up 42 in a half to Samford Baylor clubs Oklahoma
ALERT...We have a live Thursday game Skip Friday for your own sanity Big 12 and Big Ten Big games for Big Noon Georgia's defense faces its biggest test so far A&M vs Ole Miss is a huge game? Oregon on upset alert against Wazzu
Taking a stroll through the top 25 and beyond Jimmy Lake and Dan Mullen's seats are flaming hot now The Pac-12 still can't get out of its own way Meep Meep mfers Alabama doesn't look right
We don't lie to you on this show. Week 10 is garbage. Hope you like upper midtier SEC Ball. 'Cause that's all we got for you.
Picking every conference and the playoff Cincinnati is in good shape but not great...we think We don't want to tell Gary Patterson he's done (Gary Patterson is not officially done since we recorded this) Playing Taps for the Pac-12 looking at what Oregon has ahead of it
Previewing Week 9 Skip the weeknight games. Unless you are a sicko like us. Michigan-Michigan St. is the game of the day. So of course it's at Noon. This still isn't working Fox. Iowa-Wisconsin play for B1G West supremacy (along with Minnesota). Also at Noon...Dammit Cocktail Party might be the last stand of not on the hotseat Dan Mullen. Recommendation Florida...Don't get blown out. Auburn vs Ole Miss prepare to shoot it out on the Plains. Ohio St. is going to make Penn St. soufflés. The best Late Night of the season so far
Coastal Carolina goes down Lots of teams play terrible in the noon window Oregon survives UCLA We have a consensus between us. The playoff will be Georgia, Ohio St., Oklahoma and Some poor sacrifice in the Number 4 slot.
Previewing this weeks games Washington St. is coachless We're stretching to convince you to watch a Colorado St. game on Friday night. The morning isn't good. Pittsburgh plays for everything in the afternoon. UCLA and Oregon battle for Pac-12 supremacy The Primetime games are terrible in every way possible What happened to Late Night this week?
LSU and Florida play something so stupid a scriptwriter would get rejected for it (so like almost every game between the triangle of LSU-Florida-Auburn). Then the winning coach got fired. Tennessee's fans lost their damn minds and Lane Kiffin has a golf ball souvenir and another win. Iowa got Iowa'd on their homefield by personal kryptonite Purdue The Pac-12 continued to eat the Pac-12 for every meal you can think of.
Syracuse vs Clemson Friday Night might be your thing if you like your scores 17-13 Oklahoma St vs Texas is the big one in the morning Georgia is going to kill Kentucky, so what else should you be following in the afternoon? There are a lot of good games and no great ones in Primetime Is Arizona St. for real or will they lose at Utah and prove themselves just another Pac-12 team.
Alabama loses everything...except their end of season goals Zach Calzada had an out of body performance Georgia commits another murder Oregon St. Pac-12s itself Red River Shootout has never been more apt Nebraska predictably finds a new way to lose
The Friday Night games are intriguing this week. Hopefully Stanford doesn't continue to shit can the rest of the Pac-12 at Arizona St. Red River on Saturday morning. Always good. Penn St.-Iowa and Auburn-Georgia in the afternoon. One will be good. The other not. I'll let you figure out which is which. Primetime stinks...thanks Texas A&M Latenight is worse (the good Pac-12 Night game is on Friday this week)
We were at UCLA-Arizona St. It was fun. And Arizona St. looked amazing in the second half. WAR EAGLE. Auburn wins at LSU for the first time since 1999. Alabama and Georgia commit murder Oregon's tendency to play down to the level of the competition burns them Florida finally failed to rip Kentucky's heart out 7 Ranked Teams lost. That's a lot.
Previewing all of week 5 Iowa visits trouble at Maryland How good really is Arkansas? We'll know after the trip "Between the Hedges" Can Lane Kiffin finally be the former Saban assistant to beat the master? Kentucky and Florida face off for 2nd place behind Georgia in the SEC East Auburn and LSU get together with coaching question marks swirling...as usual We will be at UCLA vs Arizona St. at the Rose Bowl. Enjoy the games.
Notre Dame blows out Wisconsin, except not really The afternoon was incredible Auburn has a quarterback controversy Clemson is truly dead and buried Oklahoma has issue WTF USC?
Not gonna lie, this schedule ain't good Wisconsin vs Notre Dame from Soldier Field in Chicago should be interesting Arkansas has its best chance in years to beat Texas A&M The best game in the Big 12 is the one on ESPN+ not ABC Pac-12 After Dark circles the drain this week
Reviewing Week 3 College Football (a bit late because of production issues) Man Alabama-Florida was a good game Alabama doesn't get bossed around like that often Penn St shows 2020 was a fluke. Auburn is ahead of schedule under Bryan Harsin UCLA and Fresno St play a late night classic while the Pac-12 lights itself on fire after dark
Clay Helton finally got toasted Miami vs Michigan St. headlines a strange morning slate Florida vs Alabama in the Swamp Auburn visits Penn St for a White Out BYU faces the toughest of its three Pac-12 tests to open the season
Editor's Note... Recorded before USC fired Clay Helton.
The Pac-12 is worse than ever, but has teams at the top papering over the cracks. Clemson doesn't have a good enough schedule to make the playoff What the Hell was that Florida St?
Week 2 Preview You can find a big Pac 12 game in every Saturday time slot Oregon at Ohio St in the morning Colorado vs Texas A&M and Cal at TCU in the afternoon Washington at Michigan in Primetime Stanford vs USC and Utah vs BYU in Late Night.
Will the Pac 12 rehab its image or go the way of the ACC?
Looking at each conference... Woe to the ACC Iowa is incredibly good Oklahoma is going to be fine Egads Washington...What the Hell was that? There are no problems in the SEC Congrats to the SIX FCS Winners
Previewing Every Week 1 Game by a simple metric: IN a vacuum where the game is on alone in it's time slot, would we watch the game?
Picking the Power 5 Conferences
Making our playoff picks
Editor's Note - Recorded before UCLA beat the tar out of Hawaii. Delayed by computer issues.
Previewing the G5 The Sun Belt has three very good teams...and a completely unbalanced set of divisions. Is Boise losing their grip on the fiefdom before they leave in a few years? The MAC is wide open without a clear favorite Everyone hates the CUSA Cincinnati isn't the lock you think they are.
A meandering run through the Oklahoma and Texas to the SEC craziness including advice for journalists on how to piece together stories in reverse, what the SEC should do for scheduling, where do the leftovers go from here and a look back at the last 3 realignment instances.
In light of the Coach K retirement announcement we take a look at retirement prospects for long tenured college football coaches...Iowa it's your turn soon.
Looking at the first quarter of the 2021 season through the lens of television. Week 0 - Please don't attend UCLA's first game in person. You'll bake yourself Week 1 - There are some truly weird games...looking at you Stanford vs Kansas St. in Dallas Week 2 - The Greatest Late Night Shift Ever Week 3 - Weeks like this are what we missed last year
Checking in on college football during the doldrums of May - We have tv times for Week 1 Games - Your humble show hosts will be missing the best game of week 1 (for a good reason at least) - Who is George Kliavkoff and Why Should You Care? - The Pac-12 Has a Long Road Back. Shack Up with TNT/TBS?
Looking back at the Championship Game - Devonta Smith is on another level...poor Tuf Borland - Steve Sarkisian called an incredible game for the Alabama offense - Ohio St. just doesn't have the receivers to play Alabama's game
September 2021 non-conference showdowns - Clemson vs Georgia to open?!? - Auburn and Penn St. try to figure it all out - Does Oregon have the quarterback to win at Ohio St.?
Evaluating the coaching hires in a slower year than normal. Auburn hired the BOISE ST coach? Nothing you hear matters. There is no such thing as a coaching slam dunk. Arizona makes a befuddling decision.
Ranting about the lack of inclusion for Cincinnati, especially since neither Notre Dame or Texas A&M deserved it Does the committee even watch the damn games? No seriously? How does Cincinnati rank 8th? In this season?
Going through all the bowls we knew at recording time
Florida loses everything in the most absurd way possible. USC and UCLA play the best Pac-12 game of the season by every definition imaginable. Adios Gus Malzahn Playoff Picks with 1 week to go
The Pac-12 stinks (this was recorded before USC destroyed Washington St) What the hell was that Marshall? Alabama exacts a pound of flesh Ohio St vs ???
2020 Strikes again The former Championship Saturday looks awful Watch the Friday Night Sun Belt clash. It will be good. The morning shift appears plague like - Watch Auburn-Texas A&M if you insist The afternoon shift has a good game marred by the Michael Penix Jr injury last week Coastal Carolina and Liberty play in the game of the week (Editor's note: Liberty is out because of Covid since recording time. BYU is in and the game is even better) Primetime sucks. Play boardgames with your family. There's a Sunday game worth watching. Also, Joseph rants eloquently about the Sarah Fuller/Vanderbilt thing (and in favor of Vandy/Fuller).
Reviewing Thanksgiving Weekend The Pac-12 Immolated itself...again We start treating said Pac-12 and the Big 12 as equal to G5 leagues this week The afternoon games were terrible A&M-LSU was unwatchable and I pissed off a bunch of Aggies fans. Might as well lean into it.
Note: This podcast was recorded before the Nick Saban COVID positive Thanksgiving is awful for college football this year Black Friday is home to very few games of note but the good ones are really good Anyone watching the Penn St.-Michigan game on ABC needs to be put on a degenerates watchlist. Watch Indiana-Maryland on ESPN2 instead. IRON BOWL...also watch the score of Clemson-Pitt just to see if God-tier Pitt makes one of its few season appearances. Primetime is to be spent with your family unless Oklahoma-West Virginia somehow excites you.
Previews of the week's games Indiana plays its biggest game in over 50 years Wisconsin-Northwestern for all the marbles UCLA is playing Oregon? OK Pac-12 (Game ended up in the afternoon shift) Bedlam
The Will Muschamp era at South Carolina brings his head coaching career to a merciful end. Western Michigan wins on a fake spike (seriously) Washington commits special teams malpractice...9 times in one play
Seriously. Just watch the masters. And then the Northwestern Purdue game. Nothing else other than Oregon and USC's woebegone quest in the limited season Pac-12 matters.
Taking a trip through all the conferences over the last weekend MAC - Toledo has a defense Mountain West - Gary Andersen out already, Boise Poleaxed CUSA - Marshall on cruise control. Everyone else on COVID control. Sun Belt - Coastal Carolina vs App St in 2 weeks might be the biggest game ever in the Sun Belt American - Cincinnati is amazing Pac-12 - The league needs Oregon and USC to meet as undefeateds. Step 1 complete...barely Big 12 - Fun games with no substance Big Ten - Penn St. has packed it in. Rutgers is fun to watch. SEC - Stop hiring Saban defensive assistants! ACC - Notre Dame vs Clemson 1 is the game of the year so far.
MACtion is back Don't bother with the Thursday Mountain West games The best Friday night maybe ever Why is there a Pac-12 game in the morning shift? Cocktails anyone? Clemson vs Notre Dame Round 1
Pac12AfterDark
Figuring out what to watch instead of the Halloween parties that hopefully aren't happening this year (I know better but let me dream)
The weeknight games are ... not good Saturday morning is worse (thanks Sparty) Saturday afternoon is great Saturday Primetime is too Latenight is one more week of BYU connected flotsam
Nothing shows the influx of a real season quite like multiple games in a Friday timeslot. Sure Ohio St. is back but it's only Nebraska Oklahoma St. and Iowa St. face off for a near guaranteed spot in the Big 12 Championship Game Michigan and Minnesota give us the first big game in the B1G Cincinnati vs SMU...G5 Game of the year
Editors note: This was recorded before Florida-LSU was postponed and before Nick Saban tested positive. Technical difficulties prevented it from being uploaded earlier in the week.
Previewing the weeks games for October 10 Oklahoma vs Texas is in the morning and it is the 3rd Best Game? How bad is the Big 12? Is Tennessee Back? I mean really this time Clemson vs Miami for all the marbles in the ACC
Texas can make any game entertaining Texas A&M is about to get processed Prepare for a Primetime Rockfight in The Deep South's Oldest Rivalry (Georgia vs Auburn)
The SEC is back. Still doesn't help Primetime this week. Florida vs Ole Miss has high entertainment potential. Auburn vs Kentucky has high horrible car crash potential. Welcome back to the SEC Mike Leach...enjoy the defending champs Does Oklahoma St have an offense this year? Cincinnati vs Army is a great non-Power 5 game, As expected, a game has been canceled after recording: Unexpectedly, it was Houston's opponent for the fourth consectuive week and fifth time overall.
Previewing Week 3 of College Football
We finally get a game in the previously cursed Friday Night slot. Baylor and Houston have put together a game at the last possible second. Georgia Tech tries to kill the UCF dream now Louisville vs Miami is a good game
Also the Big Ten will be back in late October. And the Pac-12 continues to wander the wilderness
For those who've never heard this show before, we go through every televised game and ask if you should watch it or not.
Needless to say this is going to take on a different tone this season, especially this week when none of the Power 5 are playing.
College Football Overnight is going on hiatus. Time to go out with a BANG. Discussing what is happening with the show (Joe is off to do cycling primarily along with some other items). The morals of playing in a pandemic when the players aren't getting paid The systemic issues of racism in coaching and the way coaches use it, often unknowingly How to learn when people make racist statements despite not being racists...at least overtly and openly.
Continuing the program changing defeats series with an in-depth look at UCLA's modern end against Miami in 1998 and the symptoms of Arkansas's rot and craven green (Petrino says hi!)
The beginning of a series about the times when one loss changed a program for the worse...forever or for a serious length of time (at least a decade) Part 1 is two games from 2001: Tennessee losing to LSU in the 2001 SEC Championship Game and Nebraska losing to Colorado.
Discussing who would have made the playoff in the first half of the BCS. Kevin gets an education in 2001 (he started watching in 2003) The wonky formula of the past gets discussed The two most controversial years (2000 and 2004) get easy to figure
Picking our playoff from 2006-2013, starting with 2013 and going backwards. Next week will be 1998-2005. Enjoy your 2008 National Title Texas.
We're back!!! What have we been doing during quarantine? A Wrestlemania Preview Vinland Saga is a great anime Kevin catches up on the Arrowverse The Season probably isn't starting on time Go watch the 1998 SEC Championship Game on youtube Back to normal football content next week.
Mel Tucker is off to Michigan St. Where does Colorado turn now? How does the Pac-12 get back on equal footing? A female minority athletic director in the SEC???
Dissecting the retirement of Michigan St. head coach Mark Dantonio.
Also, the failure of USC in recruiting and the failure of the rest of the Pac-12 to take advantage
Our Top 25 Games of the 2010s decade: The Kick Six game is not number 1 9-6 made the list Lots of SEC Lots of ACC Lots of high stakes regular season affairs
Counting Down the 25 best games of the 2019 season. From Memphis vs Tulsa at 25 to the Iron Bowl at number 1
Breaking Down the LSU National Championship victory over Clemson The story of in game adjustments LSU's athletes are just better, especially on the outside The game that turned on a dime Where does LSU rank in the all-time team rankings? Where does Joe Burrow rank among all-time quarterback seasons Pick next season's playoff Thank you for listening all season.
Previewing the College Football Playoff Championship Game Position by position comparison The onus of proof is on the defenses How does Clemson's defense attack the LSU offense Stopping Clemson starts with stopping Travis Etienne
Also, a brief look at the two open Power 5 coaching jobs (Baylor and Mississippi St.)
Reviewing Everything from Bowl Season We're back after illness and holidays kept us away LSU's blowout of Oklahoma holds meaning against Clemson Chris Petersen with more talent against a variant of his scheme was always going to be ugly USC without Kedon Slovis was tragic Virginia Tech - Kentucky and Indiana - Tennessee were the best games of bowl season Take a pilgrimage to the Rose Bowl. You have 6 years until it gets damaged irreparably
Merry Christmas and Happy Playoff Season Oklahoma's hopes hinge on CeeDee Lamb going off Can Jalen Hurts exploit the LSU run defense? How good is the Oklahoma defense? Not as good as Auburn, Florida or Georgia? That's gonna be a problem. With all the stars in all the facets of Clemson-Ohio St, the game comes down to one matchup: Clemson's relatively untested defensive line vs the Ohio St. offensive line. Whoever wins that wins the game.
Previewing all the non-playoff bowls for watchability, Florida-Virginia is a better game than it's being given credit for. Auburn-Minnesota has much higher potential than Alabama-Michigan on New Year's morning Indiana-Tennessee has a chance to be a great bowl game The Camellia Bowl's history makes it a must watch, sight and matchup unseen.
Evaluating the new head coaching hires. Mike Norvell is re-hiring his lost assistants at Florida St. Lane Kiffin at Ole Miss is an amazing heel turn Arkansas is in for more long seasons UNLV has an improving reputation and just hired a very good coach.
Reviewing Championship Weekend Pac-12 fans suffered a massive wound to their psyche Oklahoma's struggle with a Baylor team that had no business being close portends doom Georgia is still the same unwatchable offenseless team we saw all season Clemson is still probably the best team in the country.
Previewing Championship Saturday There is no way Oregon is beating Utah without defensive and/or special teams scores Baylor vs Oklahoma is a bad matchup. Everything Oklahoma did in the 2nd Half of the first game feels sustainable and now CeeDee Lamb is playing Georgia needs to use the Auburn blueprint, but needs a differently reffed game than that was Enjoy your moment Virginia The Big Ten will be a snuff film
Discussing all the college football coaching news Chris Petersen steps down at Washington...WHAT? Ole Miss overreacts to the Egg Bowl...Again Florida St. is running a really smart search, can it stick teh landing? It seems clear Mike Norvell is leaving Memphis, but to where? Where does UNLV turn now? And Clay Helton is Still Employed???
Reviewing Rivalry Week "Watch the Egg Bowl because you'll see something you've never seen before" - Joseph, Monday night preview podcast. Check. Watch the Iron Bowl because you'll see something you've never seen before and it will be good. Alabama is dead. How many players will skip the bowl game? Utah vs the Big 12. Who's #4?
Going through all the games of Rivalry Week A quick diversion to a crazy basketball finish Watch the Egg Bowl. Something dumb you've never seen before will occur. Virginia-Virginia Tech (Commonwealth Cup) is appointment viewing. Winner dies against Clemson next week. G5 Race comes down to Black Friday afternoon. Michigan/Ohio St. is the morning game, of course 2 TVs needs for Auburn-Alabama and Wisconsin-Minnesota If you haven't watched Utah, you have a moral imperative to do so.
Reviewing College Football Week 13 Oregon sinks the Pac-12 in the desert, like usual Ohio St is the best team in college football Why Do You Have to Do it Like This Georgia? Jalen Hurts didn't experience this in the SEC Virginia Tech is rolling into its rivalry shot at Virginia The Conference USA Title Race is convoluted mess with one game to play.
Week 13 College Football Preview The Weeknight games don't matter...again Penn St. is going to get slaughtered Pick from a wide variety of fun in the afternoon Go on a date, don't watch primetime Watch Boise play without the Smurf Turf
Reviewing Week 12 College Football Nothing changes in the Title Race other than Baylor's elimination from it Watching Georgia is a chore, a boring, boring chore Minnesota still has everything in front of it Utah looks Playoff worthy Discussing Tua's injury
Week 12 Preview If only Indiana's quarterback had not gotten hurt Why you should watch Notre Dame-Navy: The Notre Dame fan co-host is worried Auburn and Georgia prepare for a rock fight UCLA tries to steal the Pac-12 South
Week 11 Review LSU Finally Beats the Demon Minnesota Is For Real Illinois is Going Bowling How Far Should Alabama Fall Welcome to the Top 25 Indiana Will Muschamp Needs to Go Chad Morris Has Gone
Week 11 Viewer's Guide Don't bother with the weeknight games Minnesota vs Penn St owns the morning Alabama vs LSU is the afternoon pick, but there are other good games at the same time Primetime is rather weak with Oklahoma vs Iowa St the headliner Latenight in Boise should be fun.
Breaking down college football week 10 Oregon killed USC Utah and Oregon played the exact same game at Washington All the top teams did not play What happens if Auburn beats Georgia and Georgia then wins the SEC Championship Game
Discussing the very high-profile firing of Willie Taggart at Florida St.
How screwed is Clay Helton at USC after being crushed by Oregon?
Is Chad Morris going to get a 3rd year at Arkansas because there isn't anyone better who will take the job?
Looking at College Football Week 10 There's not much to bother with on the Weeknight shift (though an impassioned defense of Appalachian St vs Georgia Southern was attempted) The Morning stinks. Sleep in or Housework. The afternoon gives a choice of Big Pac-12 Game or bigger but less entertaining SEC Game. Primetime gives a choice of Pac-12 or AAC Don't bother with late night.
Through the conferences We have only jokes left to describe the ACC The Big 12 is taking notes from the ACC (this isn't a good thing) Who has the worst offense in the Big Ten? Oh God. UCLA controls it's destiny in the Pac-12 and suddenly looks like a good team. Why Auburn should have been humiliated by LSU
Game by Game through the TV Schedule SMU plays to setup up a huge game next week The morning looks bleak if you believe Ohio St. is going to murder Wisconsin. The afternoon has more depth and LSU-Auburn, while a possible blowout is more likely than Ohio St.-Wisconsin to be competitive. Why you watch the beginning of Alabama-Arkansas If Michigan beats Notre Dame, do the goalposts move? Watch the Mountain West over the Pac-12 in the late night shift.
Conference by Conference through all of college football in a week where we learned a lot. ACC - Overtimes and Could Clemson actually lose? American - Welcome to the Big Time SMU Big Ten - Wisconsin has lost control Big 12 - Baylor is the 2nd best team right now (do better Texas) CUSA - Enjoy the chaos of a 7 team race MAC - What happened to Toledo? Mountain West - Ouch Boise, ouch Pac-12 - No National Title implications, but compelling and entertaining football every week from multiple games Sun Belt - It's Apps world, even under a new coach SEC - That's Why You're Tennessee
Looking Back on all the coaching hires of 2016 and 2017 and determining if they will still be with their schools by the beginning of the 2021 season (Pro-tip: the firing line is coming)
Traveling through Week 8's Games ESPN can't be blamed for UCLA-Stanford's lack of quality Go do something non-football related on Friday (and keep an eye on the Ohio St. score) Saturday morning is...not good Saturday afternoon representatives: Washington vs Oregon (Pac-12) and SMU vs Temple (AAC) Saturday Primetime representatives: Utah vs Arizona St. (Pac-12) and Tulane vs Memphis (AAC) Saturday Late Night: Why in the world is Tennessee vs Alabama in the #Pac12AfterDark Time Slot?
Week 7 Review How Kirby Smart failed his team, in many different ways LSU is our top-ranked team Alabama is great and has flaws on defense the likes of which we haven't seen under Saban Notre Dame is both lucky and unlucky in the same week Clemson might not deserve to make the playoff, even if undefeated
Walking through all the week's games: Friday night headlined by Oregon vs Colorado Saturday morning lead by Oklahoma vs Texas Saturday afternoon has Alabama vs Texas A&M (which we don't recommend watching) Saturday Primetime has Florida vs LSU Saturday Latenight has Hawaii vs Boise St.
Our New Top 25 Alabama Clemson LSU Ohio St Georgia Oklahoma Wisconsin Florida Notre Dame Penn St Auburn Texas Oregon Utah Arizona St SMU Boise St Virginia Baylor Michigan Minnesota Iowa Memphis Missouri Wake Forest
Looking at the schedule structure of the Power 5 Leagues and how each got to their current point. Starting with the SEC and following through the Pac-12, Big Ten, Big 12 and a small blurb about the ACC (who just copy the SEC model when possible).
Week 6 Preview Auburn vs Florida is the clear best game of the week. Beyond that this is a week to wait for close games to develop. Too bad Cal has to start Devon Modster because of injury. It ruins what should be the main primetime option (Cal at Oregon)
Game by Game Through the College Football Weekend, By Conference ACC - Is Clemson in Trouble? Big 12 - Who's the 3rd Best Team? Big 10 - James Franklin's forever grudge against Maryland Pac-12 - All Unbeatens Gone...Already SEC - Oh My Word Auburn G5 - Charlie Strong Needs an Escape Hatch
Previewing Week 5 A good Friday Night slate Either Sleep in or go our to lunch depending on where you live Washington/USC and Notre Dame/Virginia headline a deep afternoon slate Primetime is weak this week (Auburn-Mississippi St is the best game)
Pac12AfterDark is the rebound bowl (Wazzu-Utah)
College Football Overnight Rankings Why Does Joseph have Florida all the way down at 16? Is Cal really the best team in the Pac-12? Georgia's passing game needs work before the November gauntlet Understanding the UCLA comeback against Washington St. Hyperbole from Kevin and a trip down memory lane
College Football For Dummies Week 4 How does travel and weather affect play? What is a bye week and how manky of them are there? A brief digression into rivalry politics.
What to Watch in Week 4 Utah at USC for Pac-12 South Supremacy on Friday Michigan at Wisconsin as FOX continues to make us happy with good morning games Auburn at Texas A&M leads a stacked afternoon slate Notre Dame at Georgia in Primetime, until the Irish get firebombed Avoid the late night unless you want to watch a good G5 game.
Reviewing Week 3 Most Important Revelations From the Week Things that seems important that won't matter by seasons's end Best and Worst Games of the Day Looking Ahead to Week 4 Updated Playoff Picks.
College Football For Dummies Week 3 The Rules of Substitution Penalties. Everything about Penalties. So you have game tickets. Why is the game time TBA on the ticket?
Previewing Week 3 - Why is there no Thursday game at all? - Friday has two fun games...and also a Kansas game - Saturday morning is time for sleep on the West Coast and brunch on the East Coast -Saturday afternoon has a lot of decent games. Watch USC-BYU though. - Saturday Primetime is good, as long as you avoid ABC and FOX - Latenight is Texas Tech-Arizona and if it goes bad, just go to bed
College Football Week 2 in Review - The best games of the weekend Why can't we play Colorado vs Nebraska every year? Figure out which Texas school had the best loss. - The worst games of the weekend Who at Bowling Green though putting the 2012 Auburn coaching staff back together was a good idea? Michigan St.'s uniforms are as bad as it's offense normally is
College Football For Dummies Week 2
Explaining Rankings - Why Do Teams Move Up and Down the Way They Do? - What Should People Look At Beyond the AP Poll - How Does Non-Conference Scheduling Affect the Rankings
What is the Triple Option and how Does it Affect this week's Michigan vs Army game
A quick trip around the college football to find something for the neutral college football fan in every time slot for Week 2.
Noon ET / 9AM PT Cincinnati at Ohio St. 3:30 ET / 12:30 PT Texas A&M at Clemson 7:30 ET / 4:30 PT LSU at Texas 10:00 ET / 7:00 PT Stanford at USC
A quick rant about the lack of big games in week 1 as only the Auburn/Oregon game carried two team with national rankings and a look back at the significantly better schedules on the first week in the playoff era.
We review Week 1 Best and Worst Performances of the week Best Games of the Week (Auburn vs Oregon and North Carolina vs South Carolina) Worst Games of the Week (San Diego St. vs Weber St. and Penn St. vs Idaho) Looking ahead to Oklahoma vs Houston, Louisville vs Notre Dame and then Week 2's best games.
New Subshow with new co-host - College Football For Neophytes Why is everyone picking Alabama over Clemson for the National Title? When is the best time for players to transfer? Understanding early season scheduling?
Reviewing Week 0 Florida's Offense is Putrid So is Miami's That was still a fun game Hawaii-Arizona was the wild shootout almost everyone wanted (except curmudgeon co-host Kevin who rated the game a 4/10)
Discussing the Preseason AP Top 25 Who in the top 10 will finish unranked? Which unranked team will finish in the top 10? What fanbase did Joseph call a bunch of jackasses? Oregon overrated?
A brief look at why nobody seems to care about the upcoming season. And also why the BCS was better than the playoff.
Hint: Teams can lose a game without repercussion, at least in certain cases.
Welcome to Version 2.0 of CFB Overnight. It's been a couple of years since this show was a consistent presence so here we go with the hot takes.
Who picked Utah for the playoff? Does anyone have any hope of stopping Alabama-Clemson 5? Why Penn St. has a real shot in the Big Ten
Joe is on Post-surgery NORCO Everybody sacked Jarrett Stidham Clemson wasn't that much better. Kirby Smart is still a work in progress, but he is better than close game loser Brian Kelly. Ohio St. has major issues in the passing game and secondary...and Oklahoma exploited them both. If USC is merely adequate on the lines, the skill guys kill everyone.
We're back!!!!
NFL Draft review looking at quarterbacks, draft surprises and who is best positioned to recover from heavy draft losses.
Also random tangents on the Terrance Edwards drop in the 2002 Georgia-Florida game and the San Diego Chargers moving to Los Angeles :(
First Edition of the College Football Overnight Podcast. It also doubles as our season preview.