Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast

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The Single Wing: How coaches gossip, Bad Auburn, Better Bowls, and SMOKERS Sep 12, 2024

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com

Godfrey's talking about Hugh Freeze because YOU made him, and we'll check in on messy situations at Kentucky, Cincinnati and elsewhere. Also, what's the ACC Network worth, really? And why are so many good games on weeknights this week? This episode is for paid subscribers, but everyone can hear a preview.

Production: Anthony Vito

ALSO THIS WEEK FROM SPLIT ZONE DUO

* The Week 3 Tasting Menu, previewing the weekend

* Overtime: What a surprising AD firing says about the job

* Sunday: The Sunday Hurry-Up, recapping the games

Week 3 Tasting Menu: Apple Cup dance Sep 11, 2024

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Week 3 is light on blockbusters but heavy on rivalry games, including the newly relocated Apple Cup, the game formerly known as the Civil War, and the Backyard Brawl. The weeknight slate has a couple of great games, starting with Arizona State’s visit to Texas State. In this show, Alex, Richard, and Steven take you through dozens of games they think will be interesting.

Producer: Anthony Vito.

THE NOKIAN TYRES ROAD TRIP OF THE WEEK: Every week all season, head to NokianTyres.com/SZD and enter your pick for the most compelling CFB road trip of that week. When you do, you’ll be entered into a monthly drawing for free tires. This week’s Road Trip of the Week: the Apple Cup in Seattle.

SPLIT ZONE DUO SHIRTS FOR THE BOLING FAMILY: One of our great friends is Wes Boling, the man responsible for our Nokian partnership. This season, 100 percent of the profits from SZD shirt sales at Homefield will go toward a fund to help Wes and his family deal with an extremely difficult and expensive medical situation. More details are here, and our collection of shirts is at homefieldapparel.com/szd. And if you’ve never ordered from Homefield before and are shopping around the whole catalog, use our code SZD20 for 20 percent off your first order.

MORE EPISODES COMING THIS WEEK:

* Overtime, a weekly bonus show for paid subscribers, where the SZD crew goes deeper on a topic we think you’ll be interested in

* The Single Wing Q&A with Steven Godfrey for paid subscribers

* The Sunday Hurry-Up for everyone, recapping the weekend’s action in the longest 30 minutes you’ve ever heard in your life

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.splitzoneduo.com/subscribe

Week 2 Hurry-Up: The suck of the Irish Sep 08, 2024

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Alex and Richard take you through Week 2 of the college football season. NIU wrecks a promising Notre Dame season, Texas State crushes rival UTSA, Iowa State deals a major blow to Iowa, and much, much more.

Production: Anthony Vito.

THE NOKIAN TYRES ROAD TRIP OF THE WEEK: Every week all season, head to NokianTyres.com/SZD and enter your pick for the most enticing CFB road trip of that week. When you do, you’ll be entered into a monthly drawing for free tires. This week’s Road Trip of the Week: Arkansas at Oklahoma State.

SPLIT ZONE DUO SHIRTS FOR A CAUSE NEAR AND DEAR TO OUR HEARTS: One of our great friends is Wes Boling, the man responsible for our Nokian partnership. This season, 100 percent of the profits from SZD shirt sales at Homefield will go toward a fund to help Wes and his family deal with an extremely difficult and expensive medical situation. More details are here, and our collection of shirts is at homefieldapparel.com/szd. And if you’ve never ordered from Homefield before and are shopping around the whole catalog, use our code SZD20 for 20 percent off your first order.

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.splitzoneduo.com/subscribe

The Single Wing: One-Week Data, Miami's Window, Noticing Nevada, and Learning Grace Sep 05, 2024

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Godfrey's going rapid fire over y'all's week one reactions, most of which need to simmer and absorb some more info. We talk about Miami, Clemson, Nevada, Georgia Southern, Boise, Memphis, Virginia Tech, UNLV, A&M and a bunch more.

Producer: Anthony Vito.

Overtime: Week 1 overreactions and a history of the art form Sep 04, 2024

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com

The modern Week 1 schedule means that one Sunday night game and one Monday night game get the whole sport’s attention. That also means they’re liable to produce overreactions. What did we really learn about USC, LSU, Florida State, and Boston College? What are the greatest Week 1 overreactions of our era? And which team’s early showing is likeliest to be a trick this time around?

This episode is for paid subscribers, but everyone can hear a free preview.

Producer: Anthony Vito.

SPLIT ZONE DUO SHIRTS FOR A CAUSE: One of our great friends is Wes Boling, the man responsible for our Nokian partnership. This season, 100 percent of the profits from SZD shirt sales at Homefield will go toward a fund to help Wes and his family deal with an extremely difficult and expensive medical situation. More details are here, and our collection is at homefieldapparel.com/szd. And if you’ve never ordered from Homefield before and are shopping around the whole catalog, use our code SZD20 for 20 percent off your first order.

LATELY FROM SPLIT ZONE DUO

* The Week 2 Tasting Menu, covering dozens of games

* The Sunday Hurry-Up recap of Week 1

Week 2 Tasting Menu: Go big (red or orange) or go home Sep 04, 2024

Show notes

Godfrey, Richard, and Alex preview Week 2 of the 2024 college football season (14:10) after discussing one of Week 1’s hot topics: the state of College GameDay and Kirk Herbstreit’s dog in the broadcast booth. In Week 2: Texas and Michigan play a blockbuster that may not live up to it on the field, K-State and Tulane might have the game of the day, UTSA and Texas State have legit Playoff implications, Iowa and Iowa State might play a slightly more offensive game than usual, NC State needs to remember that Tennessee can also run the ball, and Colorado and Nebraska play a game with lots of storylines. Plus, why the week’s testiest game might be ULM against UAB.

Producer: Anthony Vito.

MORE EPISODES COMING THIS WEEK:

* Overtime, a weekly bonus show for paid subscribers, where the SZD crew goes deeper on a topic we think you’ll be interested in

* The Single Wing Q&A with Steven Godfrey for paid subscribers

* The Sunday Hurry-Up for everyone, recapping the weekend’s action in the longest 30 minutes you’ve ever heard in your life

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.splitzoneduo.com/subscribe

Week 1 Hurry-Up: The pluck of the Irish Sep 01, 2024

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The Split Zone Duo Sunday Hurry-Up returns! Alex and Richard take you on a 30-ish-minute jaunt through everything that was interesting in the first week of the 2024 college football season. Miami demoralized Florida, Notre Dame’s offensive line came through when Texas A&M’s QB did not, Georgia reiterated that it’s in a different class than Clemson, Penn State and Tennessee got exciting QB showings, Vanderbilt did something fun, Arizona might have the best QB-WR tandem anywhere, Boise State got an all-time running back performance, Sam Houston had a breakthrough, and much, much more.

NOKIAN TYRES ROAD TRIP OF THE WEEK: Enter your pick for Week 2 and be entered in a monthly drawing at nokiantyres.com/szd.

Production by Anthony Vito.

We’ll see you on Wednesday for the Week 2 Tasting Menu and bonus show.

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.splitzoneduo.com/subscribe

The Single Wing: Bridge Coaches, Billy Napier and Refining Spite Aug 29, 2024

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com

In this show, Godfrey answers questions from SplitZoneDuo.com subscribers. Godfrey is neither 1) good at predicting things nor 2) claiming to be, but the results are decent-ish, at least when it comes to K-State. Maybe Florida? Let's talk about how to better hate your rival, when to DVR a CFB weekend and go do something else, and how to find a job you don't hate.

Producer: Anthony Vito.

Also this week!

* The Week 1 Tasting Menu

* Overtime, Week 1: Bonus show on CFB roster subterfuge

* 2024 kickoff with Ty Hildenbrandt of The Solid Verbal

Overtime: CFB depth chart subterfuge Aug 28, 2024

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com

Auburn lists 37 defensive starters. Georgia won’t release a depth chart, so Clemson won’t. Several teams with obvious starting quarterbacks will not acknowledge reality. CFB lineup secrecy has gotten ridiculous, but there’s a more troubling piece of it in 2024: the lack of uniform injury reporting. Why is it such a problem? Not exactly for the most commonly stated reason.

Producer: Anthony Vito

THE NOKIAN TYRES ROAD TRIP OF THE WEEK: Every week all season, head to NokianTyres.com/SZD and enter your pick for the most enticing CFB road trip of that week. When you do, you’ll be entered into a monthly drawing for free tires. (We all use them and have found them to be great wheels.)

LATELY FROM SPLIT ZONE DUO

* The Week 1 Tasting Menu

* 2024 kickoff with Ty Hildenbrandt of The Solid Verbal

Week 1 Tasting Menu: We're so back Aug 28, 2024

Show notes

Alex, Richard, and Godfrey take a long, detailed trip through the Week 1 schedule, from NDSU-Colorado to Clemson-UGA to JMU-Charlotte to USC-LSU and beyond. Congrats on making it through the offseason. Let’s talk ball.

Producer: Anthony Vito

THE NOKIAN TYRES ROAD TRIP OF THE WEEK: Every week all season, head to NokianTyres.com/SZD and enter your pick for the most enticing CFB road trip of that week. When you do, you’ll be entered into a monthly drawing for free tires. (We all use them and have found them to be great wheels.)

SZD SHIRTS FOR A GOOD CAUSE: One of our great friends is Wes Boling, the man responsible for our Nokian partnership. This season, 100 percent of the profits from SZD shirt sales at Homefield will go toward a fund to help Wes and his family deal with an extremely difficult and expensive medical situation. More details are here, and our collection of shirts is at homefieldapparel.com/szd

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.splitzoneduo.com/subscribe