Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comRodger Sherman guides Alex through our latest “Team of the Week” episode, featuring the Oklahoma State Cowboys. This subscriber special is our weekly look at one team in college football that is truly trying to do something different from every other program in the sport. In this episode, we talk about Oklahoma State from the following angles:* 0:26: Going from losing to Tulsa to beating Oregon* 3:40: Importing the North Texas offense behind Eric Morris* 8:25: Morris’s absurd QB development history, from Baker Mayfield to Drew Mestemaker with a whole lot in between* 21:59: A program of unusual highs and lows* 26:53: What T. Boone Pickens built, and why he was a different kind of megabooster than we typically see* 33:40: Can the Morris model last in the Big 12? What does OKST need to do to give it a long-term chance?Producer: Anthony Vito

Richard and Alex preview Week 3 of the college football schedule, headlined by Lane Kiffin’s return to Oxford but featuring dozens of matchups. They include:* 11:19 Houston at Texas Tech* 27:19 North Texas at Texas State* 32:41 Florida State at Alabama* 45:28 SMU at Louisville* 49:35 Mississippi State at South Carolina* 55:46 Florida at Auburn* 1:01:00 LSU at Ole MissAnd many, many more games featured inside. Producer: Anthony VitoTHANKS TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS AND PARTNERS* Quo, a business phone service! 20% off your first six months using this link* 10% off a set of Nokian Tyres with code SPLITZONEDUO* 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

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comIt was the College GameDay interview heard around the world, if only because it was forced down your ears. Richard and Alex talk with Extra Points publisher Matt Brown about what we think went into ESPN’s decision to have Senator Ted Cruz on College GameDay (a reasonable choice) for a barely-interrupted stump speech in support of the bill being pushed by noted GameDay panelist Nick Saban. Is this a big corporate influence operation, something simpler, or much ado about nothing? We cover that and a handful more topics on this version of the Extra Points/SZD Sports Business Hour, a recurring feature around here:* 0:52: Why did ESPN lend its time to Cruz and decline to check any of his claims as he took up 10 of the most valuable minutes in sports TV?* 16:53: A lot of FCS buy games feel even uglier than normal right now, and there’s probably an economic reason for that. Is this tenable?* 28:03: Rutgers obviously needs to split with Greg Schiano, but … can they afford it? Let’s discuss an outrageously bad financial situation* 32:36: Florida State fires its athletic director. What do we make of that?Producer: Anthony Vito

The Sunday Hurry-Up goes just a little over 30 minutes this week, as Richard Johnson and Alex Kirshner take you through a stacked Week 2 in college football. We touch on all of these games in the following order:Texas 24, Ohio State 23Georgia 70, Western Kentucky 20Texas A&M 48, Arizona State 20LSU 45, Louisiana Tech 14Alabama 45, Kentucky 17Florida 52, Campbell 3South Carolina 45, Towson 9Vanderbilt 35, Delaware 26Michigan 17, Oklahoma 10USC 49, Louisiana 30Washington 16, Utah State 14Iowa 16, Iowa State 13Duke 31, Illinois 27Michigan State 35, Eastern Michigan 7Mississippi State 38, Minnesota 13Wake Forest 38, Purdue 36UCLA 28, San Diego State 10Oklahoma State 39, Oregon 31BYU 28, Arizona 17Utah 43, Arkansas 10Missouri 38, Kansas 21Kansas State 34, Washington State 7Miami 77, Florida A&M 7Tennessee 45, Georgia Tech 24Boston College 28, Rutgers 21Clemson 22, Georgia Southern 7Pitt 12, UCF 7California 21, Syracuse 18Virginia Tech 44, Old Dominion 21Penn State 27, Temple 9USF 28, Army 24App State 27, East Carolina 24FAU 38, Navy 30North Texas 44, UNLV 6Tulane 28, South Alabama 24UAB 26, UL Monroe 20North Dakota State 38, Air Force 32Montana State 20, Nevada 7Illinois State 28, Northern Illinois 24Akron 45, Robert Morris 10Ohio 29, Jacksonville State 27 (4 OT)Western Michigan 49, Monmouth 14James Madison 87, Wagner 3Georgia State 31, Kennesaw State 17Liberty 24, Gardner-Webb 23Tulsa 23, Sam Houston 17Texas Tech 35, Oregon State 24Boise State 38, Memphis 20Fresno State 49, Sacramento State 3UTSA 31, Texas State 26Worcester Polytechnic Institute 22, University of New England 21THANKS TO OUR PARTNERS* 10% off a set of Nokian Tyres with code SPLITZONEDUO at: https://www.tires-easy.com/brands/nokian-tires* 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

Richard and Alex preview Week 2 on the college football schedule but take a few detours, first stopping to review the Sunday and Monday games from Week 1 and later closing the book (hopefully) on the WMU-Michigan situation. We cover dozens of games in this episode, including the ones below:* Missouri at Kansas* App State at East Carolina* Arizona State at Texas A&M* Oklahoma at Michigan* Wazzu at Kansas State* Alabama at Kentucky* Arizona at BYU* Cal at Syracuse* Mississippi State at Minnesota* UTSA at Texas State* Memphis at Boise State* Tennessee at Georgia Tech* Iowa State at Iowa* North Dakota State at Air Force* Oh yeah sure we’ll talk about Ohio State at TexasProducer: Anthony VitoTHANKS TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS AND PARTNERS* 10% off a set of Nokian Tyres with code SPLITZONEDUO at: https://www.tires-easy.com/brands/nokian-tires* 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