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Week 10 Overreaction: Georgia beats down Tennessee, Notre Dame shocks Clemson & Alabama doesn’t seem like themselves Nov 06, 2022

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Dan Wetzel, SI’s Pat Forde, & SI’s Ross Dellenger react to the madness that took place in Week 10 of college football.

Brian Kelly got his first statement win as the head coach of LSU by beating the Alabama Crimson Tide in overtime. Is this just a hot LSU team or have Nick Saban & company have lost their touch this season? The College Football Playoff standings will be getting a shake-up after Georgia beat previously ranked #1 Tennessee with authority in Athens, Georgia. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish stomped the Clemson Tigers, essentially eliminating their chances to make the playoff.

The guys discuss whether the Big Ten should consider not partaking in a championship game as it can do no good for the true CFP contenders. North Carolina State & Dave Doeren haven’t quit on the season when many expected them to, which leads to the premise of Doeren being offered a bigger head coaching job.

As always, the guys close out the show with their Small Sample Heisman awards, as well as Say Something Nice.

1:55 Brian Kelly & LSU upset Alabama in Death Valley, giving Kelly his statement win of the year

15:17 The Georgia Bulldogs beat the Tennessee Volunteers handily in a very loud environment in Athens, GA

28:20 The Clemson Tigers are all but eliminated from CFP contention after losing to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish

43:20 The Illinois Illini have fallen out of the CFP race after losing to Michigan State

46:13 The NC State Wolfpack still haven’t quit on their season after a nice win against Wake Forest

48:48 Small Sample Heisman

55:00 Say something Nice

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Race for the Case Week 10: Louisville gets off scot-free in IARP ruling & Tennessee faces Georgia Nov 03, 2022

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Dan Wetzel, SI’s Pat Forde, & SI’s Ross Dellenger pick the biggest college football games against the spread that Week 10 has to offer. Before the official picks are given out, there was an official ruling on the Louisville basketball team by the IARP, which left the show in great frustration.

We also get an update on Wetzel the horse & his latest performance on the track.

This week’s slate of games are headlined by the #1 ranked Tennessee Volunteers heading to Athens, GA to face the Georgia Bulldogs. #24 ranked Texas faces off against the #13 Kansas State Wildcats in a Big 12 matchup, while there is another major SEC rivalry game taking place this weekend between the #6 ranked Alabama Crimson Tide and the #10 ranked LSU Tigers. #21 ranked Wake Forest and #22 ranked NC State square off in a big ACC matchup, while another ACC member, the #4 ranked Clemson Tigers will play the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in South Bend. As always, the show closes out with their Lock of the Week.

1:45 The IARP is still dysfunctional after their ruling on Louisville basketball

24:42 Wetzel the horse raced this week at Mahoning Valley

29:35 #1 ranked Tennessee Volunteers @ #3 ranked Georgia Bulldogs

33:20 #24 ranked Texas Longhorns @ #13 ranked Kansas State Wildcats

37:15 #6 ranked Alabama Crimson Tide @ #10 ranked LSU Tigers

40:45 #21 ranked Wake Forest Demon Deacons @ #22 ranked NC State Wolfpack

44:00 #4 ranked Clemson Tigers @ Notre Dame Fighting Irish

47:15 Lock of the week

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First College Football Playoff rankings, Big 12 gets new media deal & SEC's huge upcoming weekend Nov 02, 2022

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Dan Wetzel, SI’s Pat Forde, & SI’s Ross Dellenger give their thoughts on the first College Football Playoff rankings for the 2022 season. Along with reacting to who got snubbed and who got helped, the guys preview a few big SEC matchups including the Tennessee Volunteers facing off against the Georgia Bulldogs & the Alabama Crimson Tide facing off against the surging LSU Tigers.

Outside of the SEC, the Clemson Tigers go up against college football’s x-factor team, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Meanwhile, the Big 12 secured a new media rights deal under newly appointed commissioner Brett Yormark. Wrapping up the show, the Stanford mascot got suspended by the school and there is a new national mullet champion.

3:00 The first edition of the college football playoff rankings are released for the 2022 college football season

16:30 The Tennessee Volunteers are looking to make a statement against the reigning national champion Georgia Bulldogs this weekend

26:36 The Alabama Crimson Tide will battle it out vs the LSU Tigers in Death Valley this Saturday

34:06 The Clemson Tigers face the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, who could be looking to play spoiler

39:35 The Big Twelve conference has agreed to a new media rights extension under new commissioner Brett Yormark

50:20 The Stanford University mascot has been suspended indefinitely

55:40 The 2022 United States national mullet champion has been crowned

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More fallout from the Michigan-Michigan State brawl, Bryan Harsin is let go & who will be the next head coach for the Auburn Tigers? Nov 01, 2022

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Dan Wetzel, SI’s Pat Forde & SI’s Ross Dellenger have an emergency podcast following all of the breaking news in college football on Monday.

Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh, as well as Michigan State head coach Mel Tucker, made additional statements regarding the post-game fight between the two teams' players. Attorney Tom Mars has gotten involved with the situation, furthering the discussion of whether criminal charges will be to the Michigan State players.

Meanwhile in the SEC, Auburn let go of their coach Bryan Harsin with a buyout price tag of about $15 million, leading to a debate about who has the best chance to be the next head coach for the Tigers out of candidates like Lane Kiffin, Deion Sanders, and Hugh Freeze. The guys also feel for Mississippi State who just had their athletic director, John Cohen, leave for Auburn.

4:15 The brawl in the Big House has seen further developments with statements made from Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh and Michigan State coach Mel Tucker

19:15 Michigan State fans believe that Michigan incited the scrum with an excess amount of trash talk

26:05 The Auburn Tigers relieve head coach Bryan Harsin of his duties and owe him a sum of $15 million dollars.

35:53 Potential head coaching candidates to replace Bryan Harsin at Auburn

54:17 Mississippi has lost its 3rd straight athletic director to another SEC school

58:51 The Auburn head coach candidate lightning round

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Week 9 Overreaction: The postgame scrum in Ann Arbor, Lane Kiffin gets the last laugh & Oklahoma State doesn’t get off the bus Oct 30, 2022

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Dan Wetzel, SI’s Pat Forde & SI’s Ross Dellenger are back to recap a wild Week 9 of college football action.

There was a scary scene at the Big House following the Michigan/Michigan State game where players from both teams were involved in a brawl. The Penn State Nittany Lions tried to hold on against the Ohio State Buckeyes in an important Big Ten matchup on Saturday but ultimately came up short. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are starting to pick themselves up off the mat after beating the Syracuse Orange, while the nightmare season for Jimbo Fisher and Texas A&M continues by falling to Ole Miss. The Oklahoma State Cowboys got blanked by a red hot Kansas State team led by their backup quarterback Will Howard while the Miami Hurricanes & Virginia Cavaliers produced one of the more unique overtime games of the season.

Later the guys break down the monumental Week 10 matchup between the Georgia Bulldogs and the Tennessee Volunteers. Plus they give out their Small Sample Heisman winners & as always, Say Something Nice.

1:00 The Michigan Wolverines and Michigan State Spartans brawl in the Michigan tunnel after the game

14:22 The Ohio State Buckeyes and Michigan Wolverines are on a collision course to give each other their sole loss

21:32 The Notre Dame Fighting Irish get off the mat with a big road win vs the Syracuse Orange

26:08 The Oklahoma State Cowboys no-show in a 48-0 loss to the Kansas State Wildcats

31:57 The nightmare season continues for the Texas A&M Aggies as they lose to the Ole Miss rebels

36:40 The Miami Hurricanes beat the Virginia Cavaliers in 4 overtimes without scoring a touchdown

41:07 The upcoming game between Tennessee and Georgia looks even more fun after both teams dominate the Kentucky Wildcats & Florida Gators this weekend

47:30 There was some dicey officiating in the PAC Twelve matchup between the USC Trojans and Arizona Wildcats

49:30 Small sample Heisman

53:00 Say Something Nice

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Week 9 Race for the Case: Can Michigan State hang with Michigan & will Penn State fare better against Ohio State? Oct 27, 2022

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Dan Wetzel, SI’s Pat Forde, & SI’s Ross Dellenger are back to pick the biggest week 9 college football games against the spread. Before the picks we get a College Football Playoff committee update from Ross, George Kliavkoff's statements about the Pac-12's future without UCLA and USC & new developments from the Kirk Ferentz vs. Doug Lesmerises saga.

The guys break down the Illinois Illini heading to a reinvigorated Nebraska team as well as a game that could get out of control quickly in Texas A&M vs Ole Miss and there is a mandatory edition of People’s Court on the passing of the dirtiest man alive.

After, the guys pick the #2 ranked Ohio State Buckeyes at the #13 ranked Penn State Nittany Lions, the #9 ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys at the #22 ranked Kansas State Wildcats, the #19 ranked Kentucky Wildcats at the #3 ranked Tennessee Volunteers, the Michigan State Spartans at the #4 ranked Michigan Wolverines & the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at the #16 ranked Syracuse Orange.

1:30 The show tests out a new Texas Longhorns fight song

4:10 The CFP expansion committee has three major factors to work through before solidifying a start date.

17:30 PAC Twelve Commissioner George Kliavkoff spoke on the departure of the USC Trojans and UCLA Bruins

24:22 The Kirk Ferentz vs Doug Lesmerises saga continues

29:30 The Illinois Illini head to Lincoln, Nebraska to face a reinvigorated Cornhuskers team

37:50 The Texas A&M faithful are getting impatient with the team & could turn toxic during their bout with Ole Miss

42:43 The People’s Court

50:00 #2 Ohio State @ #13 Penn State

54:23 #9 Oklahoma State @ #22 Kansas State

56:54 #19 Kentucky @ #3 Tennessee

59:30 Notre Dame @ #16 Syracuse

1:04:15 Michigan State @ #4 Michigan

1:07:55 Lock of the week

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NIL market will start regulating itself, Steve Sarkisian apologizes for not singing & The Big Ten has another boring weekend Oct 26, 2022

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Dan Wetzel, SI’s Pat Forde, & SI’s Ross Dellenger are back again with a full episode discussing all of the latest breaking news in college football. Jimbo Fisher and Texas A&M suspended more members of their historic freshman class ,which leads to the revelation that the NIL market will begin to regulate itself. The guys chime in on LenDale White’s comments about getting paid during his time at USC. Steve Sarkisian had to issue an apology after not singing The Eyes of Texas after their last game. The Big Ten has another slate of boring games, but is filled with drama surrounding Taylor Swift and Kirk Ferentz lashing out at a reporter. The game formerly known as the World’s Biggest Cocktail Party will be taking place this weekend in Jacksonville while Kentucky is trying to play spoiler vs Tennessee.

Outside of football, the chess cheating saga took an odd turn to legality & Dan shares a story about drinking with a professional strongman.

1:30 The Texas A&M Aggies suspend 3 freshmen furthering the experiment of paying high schoolers millions of dollars in NIL money

12:47 Former USC Trojan LenDale White reveals that he once received $150,000 cash in a bag during his time at college

17:20 Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian had to apologize after skipping the singing of The Eyes of Texas

26:18 The Big Ten has another weekend of painful games, but their miscellaneous drama keeps them entertaining

38:42 The Florida Gators and Georgia Bulldogs square off this weekend in the game formerly known as The World’s Biggest Cocktail Party

45:06 The Kentucky Wildcats will try to play spoiler to the Tennessee Volunteers this Saturday

47:31 Hans Niemann issues a $100 million dollar lawsuit

49:50 Dan once had a drink with a professional strongman

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Week 8 Overreaction: Bo Nix rolling at Oregon & Clemson has questions at quarterback Oct 23, 2022

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Dan Wetzel & SI’s Pat Forde are here to overreact to all of the biggest news from college football’s slate of games in week 8.

Clemson’s DJ Uiagalelei was pulled from the game in favor of freshman Cade Klubnik while Bo Nix is thriving at Oregon. The TCU Horned Frogs have yet another ranked win in the Big 12, whereas Texas A&M couldn’t muster a victory against South Carolina. Elsewhere in college football, there was controversy over the officiating during the Texas - Oklahoma State game on Saturday, while the Big Ten had a weekend with very little excitement and Brian Kelly started 1-0 vs Lane Kiffin. As always the guys close out the show with their Small Sample Heisman awards & Say Something Nice.

3:10 The Clemson Tigers have a quarterback controversy after DJ Uiagalelei was pulled from Saturday’s game vs the Syracuse Orange

11:33 Bo Nix and Dan Lanning are finding their rhythm with the Oregon Ducks after out-Chipping Chip Kelly and the UCLA Bruins

18:00 The TCU Horned Frogs & Sonny Dykes stay hot after beating the Kansas State Wildcats

24:00 Was the fix in during Oklahoma State’s win over the Texas Longhorns?

28:53 The South Carolina Gamecocks beat the Texas A&M Aggies with some classic Beamer ball

39:35 The BIG Ten had a very boring slate of games on Saturday

46:35 The LSU Tigers beat the Ole Miss Rebels giving Brian Kelly bragging rights over Lane Kiffin in the SEC

49:50 Small sample Heisman

54:06 Say Something Nice

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Week 8 Race for the Case: Alabama fans are taking the Tennessee loss hard & can Lane Kiffin and Ole Miss take the next step? Oct 20, 2022

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Dan Wetzel, SI’s Pat Forde, & SI’s Ross Dellenger pick the biggest week 8 college football games against the spread in our weekly Race for the Case episode.

The guys discuss the major matchup between the Ole Miss Rebels & LSU Tigers, while in other SEC news, Alabama fans have been taking the loss to the University of Tennessee very hard by accusing officiating conspiracy. We have an update on the Little Blessings preschool saga & Dan prepared a trivia game inspired by the University of Miami Ohio. There was a sandwich throwing scandal at halftime between Michigan and Penn State last weekend that resulted in a full breakdown.

Plus, the guys pick #18 ranked Syracuse Orange at the #4 ranked Clemson Tigers, the #20 ranked Texas Longhorns at the #11 ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys, the #11 ranked UCLA Bruins at the #12 ranked Oregon Ducks, the #17 ranked Kansas State Wildcats at #8 ranked TCU Horned Frogs, the #7 ranked Ole Miss Rebels at the LSU Tigers & as always, Pat, Dan & Ross close out with their locks of the week.

2:54 The #7 ranked Ole Miss Rebels visit the LSU Tigers in a prove-it game for Lane Kiffin and Brian Kelly

18:00 The Little Blessings childcare teachers that intentionally scared the children have been arrested for child abuse by the state of Mississippi. Felony charges across the board for the teachers.

22:17 Alabama Crimson Tide fans have taken the loss to the Tennessee Volunteers very poorly

29:49 Dan’s University of Miami Ohio inspired trivia

37:40 Nashville is possibly getting a dome stadium which could open up a lot of College Football Playoff game possibilities

40:07 At halftime of Penn State vs Michigan, Penn State players threw PB&Js at the Michigan players in the shared tunnel

46:21 #18 ranked Syracuse @ #4 ranked Clemson

48:29 #20 ranked Texas @ #11 ranked Oklahoma State

51:10 #11 ranked UCLA @ #12 ranked Oregon

54:00 #17 ranked Kansas State @ #8 ranked TCU

56:24 #7 ranked Ole Miss @ LSU

59:48 Lock of the week

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Utah player offered $1 million from NIL collective to transfer & can Illinois disrupt the College Football Playoff? Oct 18, 2022

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Dan Wetzel, SI’s Pat Forde, & SI’s Ross Dellenger are back with another packed episode of bears, money & playoff logistics.

The College Football Playoff committee is meeting again this week to determine when the expanded playoff will take place, leading to a discussion on the importance of becoming a top 2 seed and the other challenges the committee may face logistically. We are starting to get a better look at this year’s College Football Playoff picture, so the guys speculate on which teams that are currently on the outside looking in have a shot at breaking into the top 4.

Later, Pat gives a breakdown from what he observed at UCLA’s practice & the guys talk about the Utah player who was offered one million dollars to transfer to another school from a NIL collective. Finally, Pat, Ross & Dan close out the episode with a brand new People’s Court out of Mississippi, as well as a new bear story.

1:55 The next CFP expansion committee meeting is taking place this Thursday in Dallas

30:33 The College Football Playoff Race is starting to take shape heading into week 8

45:20 Pat attended an impressive UCLA Bruins practice lead well by head coach Chip Kelly

46:52 The University of Utah’s Athletic Director stated that one of their players was offered $1 million dollars by a NIL collective to transfer out of Utah

58:00 The People’s Court

1:02:55 Two college wrestlers in Wyoming fought off a grizzly bear while on a hunting trip

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