False Start - College Football Podcast

<div>A college football podcast for everyone... and everyone else. <br><br>John Buhler and Cody Williams break down the biggest and littlest college football stories every week to bring the joy of this dumb, beautiful sport to every fan and could-be fan. </div>

Episode 80: Tyler Buchner is Doing WHAT now?!, Iowa Will be the Epitome of Offensive Sadness on EA College Football 25, Would You go to a Northwestern High School Stadium Game?

Tyler Buchner is absolutely in his bag, dawg.After transferring back to Notre Dame from Alabama to play lacrosse, the newest lax bro national champion wants to walk onto the Fighting Irish's football team ... as a receiver. As long as Marcus Freeman is okay with it, you do you, man. Rudy!, Rudy!If you thought about playing with Iowa in EA College Football 25, good luck. Oh, the Hawkeyes will be stellar defensively, but you will feel like you're playing with a CUSA offense otherwise.Also, Bret...

06-03
26:43

Episode 79: Josh Heupel's Unique Opportunity vs. Oklahoma, Billy Napier Addresses Jaden Rashada Lawsuit, Should the SEC Have an Injury Report?

The SEC converged in Destin over Memorial Day Weekend.Whether it was Josh Heupel dunking on his alma mater, Billy Napier addressing the Jaden Rashada-sized elephant in the room, or Steve Sarkisian hating every notion of an SEC injury report, the league's head coaches and athletic directors gave us the content we craved.Plus, Tyler Buchner is a champion ... on the lacrosse field.Also, Jim Phillips may have fallen off his rocker trying to win a game of ACC Risk with Utah as his military strongh...

05-31
01:13:24

Episode 78: Early CFB Top 25 Rankings Reactions, Gamecock Nyck Harbor is Super-Sized Tyreek Hill, Elite 11 Attendees Breakdown, RIP Bill Walton

RIP to the GOAT Bill Walton. ESPN's post-spring Top 25 college football rankings are out and Cody Williams (Senior Editor, FanSided.com) is breaking down his biggest gripes about the rankings. Plus, the shock and surprises of the EA College Football 25 tier payouts and the teams in each tier. Cody also breaks down Nyck Harbor's ridiculous speed and value for South Carolina, the Elite 11 list of attendees, the next college football coaches to watch for the 2024-25 carousel, and pays ...

05-28
45:49

Episode 77: James Franklin Controversy, Warde Manuel Costs Michigan Jim Harbaugh, Jaden Rashada Sues Florida, CFB Comps for NFL Franchises

James Franklin is in hot water at Penn State for truly awful behavior regarding players' medical situations. Florida isn't in a good spot either as former 5-star and current Georgia backup QB Jaden Rashada is suing the Gators over NIL payments that were never made. Plus, Jim Harbaugh might've stayed at Michigan if not for Warde Manuel, TNT is getting a piece of the College Football Playoff (and hopefully bringing Charles Barkley along), Florida State AD Michael Alford isn't doing the Sem...

05-25
01:19:36

Episode 76: Dabo Swinney Transfer Portal Lunacy, What CFB HCs Would Get Scottie Scheffler-ed Outside of a Stadium?, Michigan Goes From Milk to Miller Lites

We are so living in a simulation, brother.With Scottie Scheffler getting arrested outside of Valhalla Golf Glub in Louisville ahead of round two of the PGA Championship, the guys tried to figure out what college football head coaches are most likely to suffer the same fate of being so anonymous looking.Dabo Swinney would honestly probably rather die than to use the transfer portal at Clemson. His latest comments on the matter will make you want to tear all of your remaining hair out.Plus, you...

05-20
01:07:54

Episode 75: Early College Football Playoff Contenders, Big Ten Win Totals, Salty Ohio State and Asterisks w/ Alicia de Artola Castillo

Alicia de Artola Castillo joins the program to talk early College Football Playoff contenders from every Power 4 conference, Big Ten win totals for the 2024 season, and which CFB programs are living a Semi-Charmed kind of Life (baby, baby)!Plus, Buhler and Cody break down Ohio State wanting Michigan's title to have an asterisk, chaos in the ACC, and the ups and downs of the SEC on ABC reveal that will have us all quite confused to start the season. John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com...

05-18
01:49:12

Episode 74: Did EA College Football 25 Get the Cover Athletes Right?, Here She Come Now Saying Calimony!, Pete Lembo Goes to Oozefest

The dang vidya games...Yes, EA Sports has given us an EA College Football 25 deluxe edition cover to talk about, one that may or may not have the right six college stars prominently featured on it. If you look hard enough, you can see Noah Fifita right in front of Carson Beck, as well as Bill Walton and Big Bird leading the way out of the tunnel.As UCLA reluctantly left the Pac-12 for the Big Ten, the Bruins now have to pay Cal some alimony for their UC Regents divorce. Five annual payments o...

05-13
01:17:03

Episode 73: Lane Kiffin's Most Dangerous Game, Most Middling CFB Programs Think-Piece, Deion Sanders Is Uncool, The 1973 Almost False Start Famous Tour

Episode 73 calls for a celebration of the 1973 Almost Famous Tour with Stillwater. John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com) and Cody Williams (Senior Editor, FanSided.com) pay homage to Cameron Crowe's cinematic classic featuring their doppelgängers Russell Hammond and Jeff Bebe and a true masterpiece. How does Almost Famous help us talk about Lane Kiffin being the hunted, middling college football programs, Deion Sanders and Brian Kelly on the recruiting trail, and the early college foo...

05-10
01:27:00

Episode 72: What's CFB Rev Share Going to Look Like? What's Cody's Age Again? 32 for 33 Larry Bird Clears Some Things Up in Yams' Jesus Year

Nobody likes you when you're 23.But when you turn 33, and enter your Jesus year, the world is your oyster, brother.As Cody Williams (Senior Editor, FanSided.com) becomes clearer than Larry Bird in Space Jam, John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com) helped him make sense of all the nonsense they did to entertain themselves in the first week of May in college football.From college football rev share, to putting Shedeur Sanders on a team, bruh, they've got you scattered, smothered and covered, m...

05-06
01:14:22

Episode 71: Deion Sanders and Colorado Become Twitter Warriors, Keon Coleman Blaming Georgia, Matt Rhule Karaoke Means Nebraska's Back!

Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes are the lightning rod in a hurricane of the college football offseason and the transfer portal, with the social media receipts to prove it. Meanwhile, former Florida State and now-Bills receiver Keon Coleman is blaming... checks notes... Georgia (?) for the Seminoles' hapless plight in the CFP. Plus, the spring transfer portal window in college football is hard to figure out, Matt Rhule is singing on stage at concerts and vibes are high for Nebras...

05-03
01:10:48

Episode 70: One Last Slice of Pumpkin Pie for the 2024 NFL Draft, Nick Saban Finally Got a Kicker Drafted, Aight, Dublin is About to Farmageddon It Come 2025

We could stomach one last slice of pumpkin pie.While Mel Kiper Jr. can never get his fill of pumpkin pie filling for breakfast, the guys tied a bow on what was an eventful 2024 NFL Draft for everyone involved.In a shocking twist of fate, Nick Saban got to see one of his kickers get drafted while devouring his second of two oatmeal creme pies for breakfast, or an afternoon snack in this case.In between shoveling shepherd's pie down their gullets, Dubliners need to have the Busch Light ready fo...

04-30
01:13:31

Episode 69: NFL Draft First Round Reactions to Michael Penix Jr. Debacle, Vikings Big Haul, Marvin Harrison Jr. and More, Draft Memories and Super Nice Santeria w/ Adam Weinrib

The first round of the 2024 NFL Draft is now in the books and we're breaking down the our favorite picks in the Top 32 along with our head-scratchers and a whole category of its own going to Buhler's Atlanta Falcons leaving everyone shocked and appalled by picking Michael Penix Jr. at No. 8. Plus, Jaden Rashada portaled to Athens as the Georgia QB in waiting. Then we're joined by the great Adam Weinrib to talk NFL Draft memories, Antonio's Spring Break, and our college football connectio...

04-26
01:45:48

Episode 68: Jim Harbaugh's Sad 15-0 Michigan Tattoo, Deion Sanders' Bad Recruiting Plans, People Going Mad Over Arch Manning's Spring Game Performance

A promise is a promise.Jim Harbaugh is a man of his word, and got the cheapest Michigan 15-0 championship tattoo $110 can buy. He may be a champion, but Jerry Kill has better arm ink, bruh.Deion Sanders is getting lapped by Joey McGuire in the Big 12 recruiting race. The man won't leave Boulder, resulting in his sons to recruit players over social media in the transfer portal.As Kadyn Proctor walks back to Alabama with his tail between his legs, we wonder where guys like Jaden Rashada, Damien...

04-23
01:03:48

Episode 67: You've Been Served, Michigan!, Pandora Doesn't Go Back in The Box, Coach Prime, What Do You Mean, The Battery's Dead, Mario Cristobal?

You've been served, Michigan!The attention you ordered was a grease-soaked bag of hamburgers carrying a three-year probationary period. Just wait until the monkey's out of the bottle with regards to the sign-stealing scandal.Pandora doesn't go back in the box, Coach Prime. He only comes out! More and more players are getting out of Dodge in Boulder like somebody pulled the plug on the groovy tunes, man, at a South Park Music Festival.What do you mean, the battery's dead, Mario Cristobal? For ...

04-19
34:00

Episode 66: Alabama Needs the Portal To Level Up, Ryan Day's Excuses for Ohio State, Ole Miss Spring Game Party, Vibes on Route 66

The Spring Transfer Portal window is open in college football, and Kalen DeBoer has to have Alabama working the lines in the worst way for the Crimson Tide to compete atop the SEC. And in the Big Ten, Ryan Day thinks Ohio State is closer to glory than they've actually been -- maybe he's just making excuses?Plus, the SEC lied to Texas A&M and little brother is not happy, might Yell Practice about it. Ole Miss had Joey Chestnut and mountains of hot dogs at the spring game, which might be th...

04-17
01:20:13

Episode 65: CFB Program Comps for Masters Favorites, Spring Transfer Portal Drama, Ohio State QB Surprise for Spring

Hello, friends. And welcome to an episode unlike any other. It's Masters week, so we're comparing the favorites at Augusta to college football programs. We also dive into the spring transfer window, which already has drama with USC DL Bear Alexander and Oregon State RB Damien Martinez.Plus, big updates out of spring practice for LSU with the secondary, and bigger updates from Ohio State about the QB battle with Will Howard and Julian Sayin. And don't forget about Caleb Williams, because the h...

04-12
37:49

Episode 64: The Great Drake Maye Debate, Caitlin Clark Did More For Iowa Offenses in One Year Than Brian Ferentz Did in Four, John Calipari Goes Full-Blown Jimbo Fisher

Are you buying what Drake Maye is selling?Maye may be Cody Williams' guy but he is one of the most polarizing quarterbacks prospects in this draft. John Buhler may not love the guy, but he's certainly no Merril Hoge.While Caitlin Clark was the best thing to ever happen to Iowa Hawkeyes' women's basketball, Brian Ferentz was the worst thing to ever happen on the gridiron at Kinnick.And not to be outdone, John Calipari leaves Kentucky for Arkansas like he is Jimbo Fisher or something.Episode 64...

04-09
01:09:00

Episode 63: College Football Super League, DJ Burns In NFL Draft, Loose On the Palouse and Little Giants (ft. Braulio Perez)

The College Football Super League has a proposal and it's... way better than you're probably thinking. And hey, maybe that will get Washington State back into the forefront of CFB! Braulio Perez, our guest for the week, sure hopes so. Plus, DJ Burns might somehow be a legitimate NFL Draft prospect as a basketball player, Bo Nix ain't about this SEC life, Little Giants is the peak of cinema, and the New York Giants are a turning point for the 2024 draft. John Buhler (Staff Writer, Fa...

04-06
01:25:00

Episode 62: Dissecting Kirby Smart's Q&A With ESPN's Chris Low, Is Michael Penix Jr. a First-Round Lock After His Pro Day?, False Start's March Madness Bracket Was Something, Alright...

Chris Low knows all the right people in all the right places.The noted ESPN college football writer got an exclusive Q&A with Georgia head coach Kirby Smart. It is certainly worth the read, as it is dissecting all the breadcrumbs he left.Michael Penix Jr. had a great Pro Day at Washington. While he should be a first-round pick, not everyone is the biggest fan of his game. His draft status is certainly polarizing.Also, we have arrived at the Final Four of Buhler's March Madness bracket. It...

04-01
34:18

Episode 61: Saban's Ten Commandments From Ms. Terry, Will The CFP Ever Rival March Madness, Jim Harbaugh Lives In A Van Down By The PF Changs

Nick Saban is retired from Alabama, but not from figuring out how to be a human being thanks to the Ten Commandments of Ms. Terry, including how to send an email. Meanwhile, another former college coach and national champion, Jim Harbaugh, is starting his Chargers career living in an RV with Greg Roman. Because of course he is. Plus, the J.J. McCarthy hype train is getting out of control, even for two guys who think he's better than most. Does the expanded College Football Playoff ever h...

03-29
01:20:25

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