Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast

The Week 10 college football slate turned out to be light on classics, but it was heavy on impact. Alex and Richard go through dozens of games, including: 1:35: Notre Dame 31, Miami 246:00: Georgia 42, Ole Miss 77:34: Alabama 31, LSU 1313:18: Texas 34, Missouri 2017:52: UCLA 34, Minnesota 2019:53: Oregon 41, Ohio State 2823:26: Michigan State 15, Michigan 625:56: Penn State 28, Washington 2527:50: Utah 28, BYU 2032:05: Texas Tech 53, West Virginia 4846:26: Boise State 64, Colorado State 38Producer: Anthony VitoBUY THINGS FROM OUR PARTNERS10% off Nokian Tyres with code SPLITZONEDUO Enter to win a set of Nokian TyresShop at Homefield 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

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comMACtion is back as of this week, and the Toledo Rockets are once again right there in the mix to win the conference. How did the most consistent program in the Mid-American get that way? And what challenges has it needed to overcome to stay there? There are a lot of them. Inside this episode: 4:20: The Cignettification of Toledo 6:38: Mike Jacobs and the small-college coaching pipeline15:38: Remembering Toledo coaches, from Nick Saban to Jason Candle20:04: Giant-killing and the Glass Bowl24:38: The university, the city, and the challenges of MACtion34:07: Can anybody else in the MAC do this?Producer: Anthony Vito

Become a paid subscriber today to get every SZD episode. Richard and Alex look ahead to one of the juiciest weekend schedules college football has seen in years. First, a quick discussion of the midterm elections’ effect on the college football landscape, and then dozens of games, including:- 10:34: Virginia Tech at SMU- 14:04: New Mexico at Nevada- 18:15: BYU at Utah- 23:46: Texas at Missouri- 31:38: Texas A&M at South Carolina- 34:25: Alabama at LSU- 40:14: Oregon at Ohio State- 52:39: Georgia at Ole Miss- 58:05: Miami at Notre Dame (note: recorded before we heard Malachi Toney’s status is uncertain) - 1:05:43: Oklahoma at FloridaProducer: Anthony VitoTHANKS TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS AND PARTNERS* Quo, a business phone service! 20% off your first six months using this link* Enter to win a set of Nokian Tyres* Shop for college sports apparel at Homefield 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

Guest host Jessica Smetana joins Alex to talk through the first College Football Playoff rankings reveal of the season. This episode first aired as a live stream on YouTube and has been spruced up lightly by our producer, Anthony Vito, to go into your podcast feeds now. In this episode: * Running through the opening 1-25* What the committee says it’s doing differently this year * Our biggest beefs with the committee (Alabama, hello again lol) * The committee’s crush of the week * The team at risk of being dropped from the group chat * Jessica Smetana’s Notre Dame Discourse Corner * The sneaky good win (or loss) of the week. Hi, Oregon? Thanks for listening, and especially thank you if you were one of the people who joined us live and waited for us during some early technical glitching! 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

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comFlorida State is open. Richard and Alex give the whole job market an overview but focus most of this episode on the Noles, who are still (for most people) the best available gig on the market. In this episode:3:01: Richard walks Alex through the backroom and infrastructural changes FSU has already made (and the ones fans still want)12:50: Where exactly did Mike Norvell’s tenure go wrong?22:59: Where will this job sit in the pecking order of available gigs?25:24: Names who might make sense in Tallahassee30:29: NC State’s apparent pursuit of Philip Rivers and what we see in it, plus a bit more on on Baylor and Sam HoustonProducer: Anthony Vito