The Solid Verbal College Football Show

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THE VALENTINE'S DAY SPECIAL: College Football Coaches, Players, and Trends We Loved Last Season - College Football Podcast Feb 13, 2025

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Happy Valentine's Day! In this college football podcast episode, we give love a chance and reflect on our favorite coaches, players and trends from last college football season and hand out the requisite Valentines. From weird coaching fashion sense to surprise quarterbacks, dominant freshmen, Army football, Megatroll Bret Bielema and much more -- let's call out the college football things that got our blood pumping last season.

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FIXING COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Bad Refs, Noon Games & Picking A Commissioner - College Football Podcast Feb 11, 2025

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Know what really grinds our gears? In this college football podcast episode, we go through our list of college football things that need fixing. From bad officiating and instant replay to noon games, overtime rules, the need for a commissioner, towels on the field, and much more!

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Who Passed, Who Flunked? Grading Every First-Year College Football Coach - College Football Podcast Feb 06, 2025

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Time for report cards! In this college football podcast episode, we look back at the new coaches during the 2024 season and hand out our official grades, from Curt Cignetti to Kalen DeBoer, Sherrone Moore, Jeff Lebby and many others.

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Coordinator Carousel + The 2025 Verbie Awards - College Football Podcast Feb 04, 2025

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We're back with new about coordinators and the next installment of our one-of-a-kind awards presentation. In this episode, we talk through Chip Kelly's move back to the NFL, Jim Knowles' jump to Penn State, Marcus Freeman's hire of Chris Ash, the reunion between Kalen DeBoer and Ryan Grubb, and Brent Venables effectively hiring himself as defensive coordinator at Oklahoma. And then, a modified version of our world-famous Verbie Awards, featuring some old categories and some new ones, handed out to very specific teams, players and situations from this past college football season.

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Portal Talk with ESPN's Max Olson - College Football Podcast for 1/30 Jan 30, 2025

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Let's talk transfer portal! In this college football podcast episode, we welcome Max Olson from ESPN back to the show to get the goods on all things Transfer Portal. What are the behind-the-scenes mechanics? Are there any guard rails on the system? How are smaller programs dealing with the constant threat of losing players? Which teams are the biggest winners and losers, so far, of the portal era? And which player-team unions seem to be the best fit going into 2025?

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College football has been our passion since we started The Solid Verbal College Football Podcast back in 2008. We don't just love college football, we live it!

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Bruce Feldman On Ryan Day's Turbulent Triumph & Intel From Around CFB Jan 28, 2025

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In this college football podcast episode, Dan chats with Bruce Feldman of The Athletic and Fox Sports about turbulent triumph for Ohio State head coach Ryan Day during the Buckeyes' national championship run. He also talks trends inside coaching circles, issues surrounding LSU's Brian Kelly and USC's Lincoln Riley, the ascendance of Arizona State's Kenny Dillingham, the struggles of Wisconsin's Luke Fickell, the possibility of burnout surrounding coaches like Oregon's Dan Lanning, Georgia's Kirby Smart, and Texas's Steve Sarkisian, the elixir of desperation and alignment at places like Ole Miss, and much more.

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Our Top Non-Playoff Things from 2024 and Way-Too-Early Top 25s Jan 23, 2025

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In this college football podcast episode, we reflect fondly on the players, teams, and happy circumstances that made the 2024 college football season so much fun. From Diego Pavia's folk hero status to Travis Hunter's two-way wizardry to an even wackier Big 12 than we initially thought, last season was one to remember. Plus, a quick chat through way-too-early top 25s from On3 and ESPN.

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CFP National Championship Recap: Ohio State beats Notre Dame 34-23 - College Football Podcast Jan 21, 2025

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Congrats to the Ohio State Buckeyes, college football's newest National Champion! In this college football podcast episode, we talk back through Ohio State's big win, an outstanding game for Will Howard, an enormous game-clinching play for Jeremiah Smith, and the redemption arc for head coach Ryan Day. We discuss Notre Dame's late surge to get within striking distance, the impact of Riley Leonard, another huge game for Jaden Greathouse, and the curious case of Marcus Freeman's decision to kick a late game field goal. Plus, a chat about the takeaways from the first 12-team CFP, the way-too-early odds for 2025, and Ty's opportunity, after several years, to watch a big Notre Dame game with Mama H.

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College Football National Championship Preview & Predictions: Notre Dame vs. Ohio State Jan 16, 2025

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There's just one big one left! Join us as we delve into the College Football National Championship showdown between Notre Dame and Ohio State. In this college football episode, we take a look back at the domino effects that got each team to this moment, the key players and matchups to watch, the questions the Irish and Buckeyes need to answer, the homework assignments for each team, and our predictions for the final game of the college football season.

0:00 - Intro

02:17 - How We Got Here

23:48 - Five Big Questions

40:58 - Team Homework Assignments

1:06:09 - Predictions

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College football has been our passion since we started The Solid Verbal College Football Podcast back in 2008. We don't just love college football, we live it!

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January Q&A: SEC Dominance, Freshmen Starting Quarterbacks & Notre Dame as America's Team? - College Football Podcast Jan 14, 2025

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In this college football podcast episode, we open up the inbox and answer questions from around the Verballerhood. Is the era of SEC dominance over? Are true freshmen starting quarterbacks a thing of the past? Is "killer instinct" a real thing, and how can James Franklin learn it? How is Riley Leonard winning games, and is Notre Dame slowly becoming America's team?

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Our college football show is also available on YouTube. Subscribe to the channel at: https://www.youtube.com/@solidverbal

College football has been our passion since we started The Solid Verbal College Football Podcast back in 2008. We don't just love college football, we live it!

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Support the show!: https://www.patreon.com/solidverbal

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