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Kings of the North College Football

Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis discuss college football’s best Northern teams and topics. Get the latest news and analysis on teams such as Ohio State, Michigan, Oregon, Notre Dame, Nebraska, and more every week.

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Latest Episodes:

Huge Michigan-Texas breakdown | Is KOTN Anti-Michigan? | Michigan-Texas as big money bluebloods Sep 04, 2024

Show notes

Michigan vs. Texas is the huge Week 2 showdown and Kings of the North dives into the Wolverines and the matchup in every way on this episode.
First, Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis answer the big question -- are they anti-Michigan? They outline their five foundational thoughts on the Wolverines.
Then it's a huge Big Game Breakdown on Michigan-Texas on both sides of the ball.
Finally, Steven Godfrey of Split Zone Duo stops by to talk about the place Michigan and Texas hold in the sport when it comes to history, winning and money.
Thanks for joining Kings of the North.
Chapters:
• Are Doug and Bill anti-Michigan? (01:40)
• Bill's five feelings about Michigan (19:55)
• Doug's five feelings about Michigan (23:35)
• Texas vs Michigan breakdown (34:10)
• Steven Godfrey joins the show (1:02:10)

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Boston College's big win | Transfer QB solutions | Syracuse Rises | Notre Dame's playoff path Sep 03, 2024

Show notes

Boston College upset Florida State on Monday night, and after an offseason visit to BC, Kings of the North has a handle on that big Northern win. Plus, what's the right way to handle quarterbacks in the transfer portal? On this KOTN, Doug Lesmerises is joined by Dan Wetzel to talk out all the offseason QB movement and which teams got it right. Plus our Punt and Block of the Week, the Overrated Southern Team of the Week, and interviews on Syracuse's big chance, Notre Dame's playoff path and Northwestern's new stadium.
Thanks for joining Kings of the North.
Chapters:
• Dan Wetzel joins the show to talk about Boston College and transfer QB situations (01:50) and (18:22)
• Brent Axe of Syracuse.com interview (39:55)
• Matt Fortuna reporting on Notre Dame interview (56:53)
• Bill's block and punt of the week (1:13:40)
• Overrated southern team of the week (1:17:00)
• Matt Shelton reporting on Northwestern interview (1:22:40)

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Week 1 Stars, Surprises | Pitt, Purdue, Illinois, Notre Dame impress | Ranking Top 11.5 CFB Teams Sep 02, 2024

Show notes

From Notre Dame and Penn State to Iowa and Pitt, from Purdue and Illinois to Maryland and Colorado, Week 1 brought plenty of stars and surprises for Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis to discuss on this episode of Kings of the North.
The guys will touch on every Northern team, and give their rankings of the top 11 1/2 teams in the country.
Thanks for joining Kings of the North, both new friends and old ones, as KOTN rolls into a second week of bringing you live college football talk five days a week from a Northern point of view
Chapters:
• Top 11.5 team rankings (07:30)
• Other college football news from week 1 (15:30)
• Categories of the week - team, player, most exciting game, etc (18:40)
• Doug's sword shopping experience (57:24)
• One thing from week 1 about each team (1:00:44)
• Five minutes about the group of 5 (1:26:00)
• What else you got? (1:30:40)

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Week 1 Reaction: Penn State-West Virginia | Notre Dame-Texas A&M | Michigan, Ohio State debut Sep 01, 2024

Show notes

Penn State dominated West Virginia, Notre Dame pulled out a huge win over Texas A&M, Oregon had a weird night and close game as a 50-point favorite, Ohio State dealt with a slow start and some offensive line issues, and Michigan has lingering quarterback questions after a win over Fresno State.
All that is covered on KOTN Late Knight, as Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis kick back and run through the biggest games in Northern football.
They also discuss ponies and what Playoff Quarterback shows they would greenlight as scripted shows.
Thanks for joining Kings of the North, and see you for a full live wrapup on Monday.

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Big money Notre Dame bet | Washington-Oregon parlay | 4 other Best Bets: Bets of the North Aug 30, 2024

Show notes

It's time to make a real money $500 college football bet on Bets of the North, and Doug Lesmerises and Tyler Shoemaker have zeroed in on their Week 1 target. The Plus Money Swing of the week looks to a West Coast Northern parlay, and TShoe and Doug suggest other best bets on a MAC team, a new quarterback and an old offseason favorite.
Thanks for joining Bets of the North on Kings of the North.

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Week 1 Game Picks | West Virginia-Penn State Big Game Breakdown | Fantasy Player Showdown Aug 29, 2024

Show notes

College football Week 1 features 27 games involving Northern teams from the Kings of the North family, and Doug Lesmerises are previewing and picking all of them on this Thursday episode.
From Colorado-North Dakota State on Thursday night to Boston College-Florida State on Monday, to Notre Dame-Texas A&M, Michigan-Fresno State and more in between, the guys run through every single game and pick scores for their teams.
The Big Game Breakdown, a deeper dive into both sides of the ball, will be a part of this show every week, and for Week 1 that treatment goes to Penn State-West Virginia.
Plus Doug and Bill each pick a Northern quarterback and skill player for a weekly head-to-head Fantasy football competition.
Thanks for joining Kings of the North.
Chapters:
• Thursday and Friday games and picks (03:00)
• Big game breakdown of Penn State vs West Virginia (21:20)
• Saturday and Monday games and picks (55:25)
• Week 1 fantasy picks (1:38:30)

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College Football Playoff Picks | North vs. South playoff debate | Whatcha Watching, Eating, Thinking Aug 28, 2024

Show notes

Ohio State? Notre Dame? Kansas State? Utah? Penn State? Michigan? Georgia? Texas? College Football Playoff Picks will be revealed on this Kings of the North as Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis each pick their 12-team bracket and their national champion.
Then Connor O'Gara from Saturday Down South joins to discuss North playoff contenders vs. South playoff contenders.
Plus news on quarterback battles and Whatcha Watching, Eating and Thinking.
Thanks for joining Kings of the North.
Chapters:
• Top 4 CFP seeds (03:00)
• College football news (10:06)
• CFP 5-12 picks (32:00)
• CFP semifinals and championship picks (46:00)
• Connor O'Gara joins the show (52:05)
• Whatcha watching, eating, thinking (1:18:50)

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Connor Stalions reaction | Overrated Southern team | Experts on WVU, Minnesota, North Dakota State Aug 27, 2024

Show notes

The Netflix documentary "Sign Stealer" about Connor Stalions and Michigan dropped on Tuesday, and Kings of the North welcomes one of the primary voices of that doc, Dan Wetzel of Yahoo Sports, to the show to talk all about it.
Plus our KOTN All-North preseason team is revealed, we introduce our Overrated Southern Team of the Week segment, and experts covering West Virginia (Jeremy Phoenix of The Raspy Voice Kids), North Dakota State (Jeff Kolpack of Inforum.com) and Minnesota (Ryan Burns of 247sports.com) drop by to talk about the big games for those teams in Week 1.

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KOTN is Live | Southern College Football Villains | Northern College Football Royalty Aug 26, 2024

Show notes

Kings of the North is fresh and live, as Northern college football from Ohio State and Oregon to Notre Dame and Syracuse to Utah and Michigan finds a home on KOTN.
Now going live five days a week, including Monday through Thursday at noon and Saturday at 11 PM, Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis explain their 28 teams on this show. Who are they, and why are they?
Then it's the 20 Most Important People for Northern football in 2024, and the 5 Southern Villains who could stand in the way of Northern football this season.
Tell a friend The North is here! Thanks for joining us on Kings of the North.

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Ohio State-Michigan to Georgia-Alabama, betting early lines on Games of the Year: Bets of the North Aug 23, 2024

Show notes

Bets of the North finishes this show with a big announcement of how it will be betting this season. But first, Tyler Shoemaker and Doug Lesmerises talking betting early lines, watching line movement, and live betting.
Doug seems to understand it, but still loses money at it.
Among the early games where the guys check the lines and discuss whether making a bet now makes sense are Iowa State-Iowa, Nebraska-Colorado, Alabama-Wisconsin, Georgia-Alabama, Ohio State-Oregon, Kansas State-Colorado and Ohio State-Michigan.
Thanks for joining Bets of the North on Kings of the North and come back next Friday for best bets on real games in Week 1.

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