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The Protect College Sports Act is gaining more traction. But who exactly is this protecting?
Why do we keep losing marquee non-conference games? The latest to pull out of some big game is Georgia. George is upset, because it wasn’t that long ago Kirby Smart was talking like these games wouldn’t go away.
The defending national champs might be on the verge of improving their roster. Kellan Wyatt and Stephen Daley were granted an injunction and could see the field. But what makes this different than what happened at LSU?
Mobile quarterbacks look good, but why doesn’t that always mean success at the end of the day.
Before you make your bets this weekend, George has all you need to know about some big games.
One of the biggest games this weekend is in the Big Ten with Oregon heading to L.A to take on USC and George chats with Ryan Dyrud to preview the game.
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College football coaches have turned into unscripted WWE superstars, and it's the reason the SEC is destroying the Big Ten right now. George Wrighster breaks down the attention economy, the GW Top 25, the Week 4 watch list and three full game breakdowns.
Lane Kiffin, Curt Cignetti and Deion Sanders all understand the attention economy, and why promos live forever when you lose. And why the SEC is crushing the Big Ten in visibility, and IU, USC, Nebraska and Penn State aren’t helping the Big Ten.
NIL squashed teams stock piling talent which means coaching has never been more important, and the SEC is finally hiring innovators and not just recruiters.
The AP Poll is out, and George has some issues with it.
The full Week 4 watch list:
Oregon at USC
Northwestern at Indiana
Texas A&M at LSU
West Virginia at Oklahoma State
Ole Miss at Florida
Iowa at Michigan
Nebraska at Michigan State
Oklahoma at Georgia
UCLA at Maryland
Texas at Tennessee
Colorado at Baylor
Plus, full five-keys breakdowns for Oregon at USC, Texas at Tennessee and Iowa at Michigan.
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College Football Week 3 Reaction. Lane Kiffin's return to Oxford went completely wrong, Kentucky pulled off the biggest upset of the day at Kyle Field, and George Wrighster breaks down every game that mattered.
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Miami Hurricanes are moving back to Nike and Kirk Herbstreit had an interesting response that had people wondering...did he get hacked? Plus, The hidden reason this is huge for Nike, including the 2000 Oregon Ducks team meeting where George asked Phil Knight why Oregon didn't have the most uniform combinations, and Tinker Hatfield agreeing that Miami did. Why Nike's demise has been greatly exaggerated, and the real reason Nike went after Miami.
The Athletic released its roster spending graphic, and the single word doing all the heavy lifting: estimated. And, why George wants a hard salary cap with unlimited NIL, and the difference between NIL value and pay-for-play value explained through Aaron Donald. Plus, spending questions for Nebraska, Rutgers, Iowa, Vanderbilt and Florida State
Sam Leavitt listed as doubtful for LSU, why the line only moved one point, what lying on an SEC injury report actually costs. And, why the real damage lands on a quarterback's NFL draft stock. The latest chaos around LSU football and Ole Miss football, including the governor of Louisiana talking trash and the reported details from the new Lane Kiffin book
A radical idea to fix the bowl system: move bowl sponsors onto College Football Playoff rounds and regular-season games, the way FIFA handles stadium naming.
Arch Manning apologizing for the impact of the Holly Rowe meme, and why the distinction between apologizing for the joke and apologizing for the impact actually matters. Plus, the dumpster fire at UNC is only getting worse
Plus, 5 games of the week: Michigan State at Notre Dame, West Virginia vs. Virginia, Virginia Tech at Maryland, Colorado at Northwestern, and LSU at Ole Miss
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Oregon suffered a bad loss on Saturday to Oklahoma State. Was Oregon just bad, or were they tipping their plays? And how far back has this been happening?
There's a new AP Poll out, and George has an issue with how voters are treating Ohio State. Some people are going all in on the Protect College Sports Act. Just how much money will be wasted on this?
Lane Kiffin is now at LSU and faces his former team when they head to Ole Miss on Saturday. Lane Kiffin thinks all the pressure is on Ole Miss, but George says to pump the brakes.
Week 3 Watch List:
Fans are amazing, but we need to pump the brakes on overreactions and calling for people's jobs. It's Week 3; the season isn't over just because your team lost already.
FSU is looking to upset Alabama for the second consecutive year, and George has five things to look for in this game. In Oxford, Lane Kiffin makes his return, and how he is treated will be interesting to watch. In the ACC, Louisville has another big game when they play SMU. One thing Louisville will find out is if they have finally found their guy at QB.
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The contenders and pretenders were separated on Saturday, and George Wrighster breaks down every game that mattered. Ohio State was up 23-3 on Texas but ended up losing. Did OSU blow it, or did Texas win the game? A week after a near-disastrous loss, Michigan showed up and knocked off Oklahoma thanks to Bryce Underwood making plays with his feet. But how sustainable is this for them going forward? Oregon got embarrassed at Oklahoma State. Were they really tipping their run plays? Arizona State had Texas Tech on upset alert, and then the wheels fell off. Kentucky had Alabama fans nervous, but in the end, Alabama was too much. If you're a Kentucky fan, did you leave Saturday encouraged? Arizona was unable to stay with BYU. Unfortunately for Georgia Tech, Alberto Mendoza isn't as good as his brother Fernando. Utah dominated Arkansas, who is simply a bad team right now. Iowa got a big win over rival Iowa State, but what is Iowa's ceiling if they continue to struggle on offense?
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After weeks of lawsuits, injunctions and expulsion threats, the SEC and LSU standoff ended with two roster spots quietly filled and nobody ever firing a shot. George Wrighster breaks down what it means for Lane Kiffin, why Lane Kiffin is college football's Aaron Burr, why Michigan failed Bryce Underwood twice, and the next blue blood coaching target nobody is naming yet.
00:00 Best Thing I Saw: Curt Cignetti's Prayer
01:00 The LSU And SEC Standoff Is Over
03:19 What Expulsion Would Have Actually Meant
05:50 Lane Kiffin Is College Football's Aaron Burr
09:23 What If Kiffin Actually Wins It All?
10:58 Michigan Set Bryce Underwood Up To Fail
11:48 A Freshman Season With No QB Coach
12:36 The Numbers Behind The Criticism
14:22 Play Young Quarterbacks When They're Ready
15:59 Why Poise At The Podium Matters
19:28 Bob Chesney Is The Next Blue Blood Target
21:51 Can UCLA Football Actually Keep Him?
24:20 3 Assistant Coaches You Need To Know
28:56 Jim Mora And The Bronze Boot
30:00 The Wyoming Player Who Shoved Fans
33:37 Lane Kiffin's Alleged Halftime Speech
35:24 Nobody Hates LSU's Backup Left Guard
37:15 Do Halftime Speeches Actually Matter?
38:02 Story Time: Jack Del Rio In Jacksonville
40:00 Kalshi Trades Of The Week
41:40 Missouri At Kansas
44:55 Wake Forest At Purdue
47:48 Arizona At BYU
50:18 Tennessee At Georgia Tech
55:13 Old Dominion At Virginia Tech
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The SEC is threatening to expel LSU altogether, and Thursday's meeting could decide the fate of the program. Dabo Swinney's Clemson is unraveling in ways that echo the final, disastrous stretch of Les Miles's career. And a blown clock call in the Michigan-Western Michigan finish has fans questioning whether they can trust the refs at all. George Wrighster tears into it all, then unveils his full Week 2 AP Top 25 – along with the email from the Football Writers Association questioning his ballot – before previewing eight games that matter for eight completely different reasons, with full five-key breakdowns for Oklahoma-Michigan, Oregon-Oklahoma State, and Ohio State-Texas. George and Ralph Amsden close it out with the week's best college football memes.
03:50 If LSU Got Booted, Who Would Take Them?
06:23 Is Dabo Swinney Becoming Les Miles?
16:55 Big Ten explains the magic clock at Michigan
27:06 My Week 2 Top 25
37:08 Boise State Paid For The Michigan Protest
43:49 Most To Lose: Oklahoma At Michigan
47:27 Heisman Watch: Ohio State At Texas
49:09 Narrative Buster: Arizona State At Texas A&M
50:04 Show Me Something: Oregon At Oklahoma State
51:53 Upset Alert: Alabama At Kentucky
53:55 Are We Relevant: San Diego State At UCLA
55:31 Sickos Game: Memphis At Boise State
57:10 Oklahoma At Michigan: 5 Keys
01:00:41 Oregon At Oklahoma State: 5 Keys
01:05:33 Ohio State At Texas: 5 Keys
01:11:37 College Football Memes Of The Week
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George releases the full Big Ten football coach rankings. Next, Notre Dame football is becoming one of the scariest roster-building operations in college football under Marcus Freeman, why Texas Tech football's upcoming Paramount+ docuseries better tell the full Brendan Sorsby story, and why the Oregon Ducks Tokyo push proves Oregon football may be the most professional operation in the sport. George explains how Marcus Freeman is recruiting at a level Brian Kelly never reached at Notre Dame, why Texas Tech cannot pretend the Sorsby drama was just a side plot, and why Oregon’s Dante Moore billboard, Japan showcase, and international branding play show a business-minded approach that other schools will eventually try to copy. Then George responds to fan backlash over his Top 10 college football quarterback rankings.
Mike Locksley (Maryland) to Curt Cignetti (Indiana football), with Ryan Day (Ohio State football), Dan Lanning (Oregon Ducks), Lincoln Riley (USC football), Kirk Ferentz (Iowa Hawkeyes), Kyle Whittingham (Michigan football), and others all landing in a loaded conference hierarchy.
Chapters
00:00 Intro: Big Ten Coach Rankings, Notre Dame, Texas Tech, Oregon, And More
01:16 Best Thing George Saw Today
01:36 Why Notre Dame Should Scare College Football
03:29 Brian Kelly Notre Dame Recruiting Excuses Look Worse Now
07:21 Why Notre Dame football Could Be Headed For A Real Breakthrough
10:37 Texas Tech’s Paramount+ Docuseries Has One Job
11:32 If Brendan Sorsby Is Missing, Don’t Release It
14:26 Did The Cameras Affect Texas Tech’s Decisions?
15:30 Oregon Ducks Tokyo Push Is Bigger Than It Looks
18:42 Dante Moore’s Tokyo Billboard And Heisman Push
21:22 George Responds To QB Ranking Backlash
22:49 Why Dante Moore And CJ Carr Belong At The Top
28:03 George’s Full Big Ten Coach Rankings Begin
29:17 No. 18 Mike Locksley
29:54 No. 17 David Braun
30:32 No. 16 Barry Odom
31:48 No. 15 Greg Schiano
32:27 No. 14 Bob Chesney
34:16 No. 13 PJ Fleck
35:29 No. 12 Luke Fickell
36:43 No. 11 Pat Fitzgerald
37:14 No. 10 Matt Rhule
38:45 No. 9 Matt Campbell
40:43 No. 8 Jed Fisch
42:02 No. 7 Bret Bielema
43:19 No. 6 Kirk Ferentz
45:27 No. 5 Lincoln Riley
47:10 No. 4 Dan Lanning
49:13 No. 3 Ryan Day
51:24 No. 2 Kyle Whittingham
53:35 No. 1 Curt Cignetti
57:37 George Plays The College Football 16-0 Challenge
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Texas Tech QB Brendan Sorsby is left with nowhere to play with the NFL supplemental draft not happening, George explains why Oregon Ducks taking Dante Moore and the Oregon football brand to Tokyo, Japan is a massive NIL and business lesson for the rest of college football, and says college football analyst David Pollack is right that too many families are letting youth sports steal summers that should still belong to childhood. He also breaks down why the NCAA reportedly canceling waiver requests instead of deciding them could send even more athletes back to court.
Ranking the best college football quarterbacks for the 2026 season based on one question: if you had a national championship roster, who do you trust most to win it all? George puts Dante Moore at No. 1, followed by CJ Carr, Darian Mensah, Julian Sayin, and Trindad Chambliss, while also breaking down where Arch Manning, Gunner Stockton, Nico Iamaleava, Byron Brown, Noah Fifita, and others land. He explains why this is not an NFL Draft ranking, but a trust ranking built around production, decision-making, toughness, recovery, and who has shown the ability to handle real pressure.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro: Top 2026 QBs, Sorsby, Oregon To Tokyo, And More
01:22 Best Thing George Saw Today
02:00 Brendan Sorsby: No NFL Supplemental Draft
04:32 David Pollack Is Right About Youth Sports And Summers
07:10 Why Youth Sports Culture Manipulates Parents
10:26 NIL Is Bigger Than Just Pay-For-Play
12:12 NCAA Waiver Requests May Be Headed Back To Court
15:32 The NCAA Needs A Process Worth Respecting
16:08 Oregon Takes Dante Moore And The Ducks Brand To Tokyo
19:20 Why International Branding Could Change College Football
20:38 Toosii Leaves LSU To Resume His Rap Career
21:39 Jake Paul Should Stay Away From College Football
22:42 Stop Falling For Parody Accounts
25:18 George’s Top 12 Quarterbacks In College Football
25:57 No. 1 Dante Moore
27:15 No. 2 CJ Carr
29:11 No. 3 Darian Mensah
29:51 No. 4 Julian Sayin
31:08 No. 5 Trindad Chambliss
32:21 No. 6 Arch Manning
33:37 No. 7 Gunner Stockton
34:17 No. 8 Nico Iamaleava
35:42 No. 9 Byron Brown
36:19 No. 10 Noah Fifita
37:48 No. 11 Drew Mestemaker
38:28 No. 12 Jaron Keawe-Sagapolutele
39:19 First Five Out: Hoover, Maiava, Damond Williams, Sellers, Leavitt
40:21 The Rest Of George’s QB Rankings
41:00 Final Takeaways On The 2026 QB Trust List
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