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Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast

Richard Johnson and Alex Kirshner

An independent college football podcast that covers the whole sport, led by Richard Johnson and Alex Kirshner. Free episodes each week (twice per week in season), plus frequent subscriber episodes. Featuring co-host emeritus Steven Godfrey and friends. www.splitzoneduo.com

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46:00

Week 6 Hurry-Up: Down the Commode

Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast ·

2024/10/06

The Week 6 Hurry-Up is our recap of everything we found interesting in the college football weekend, delivered in 30(ish) minutes: * Vanderbilt flushes Alabama * The call Cal should really be mad about * Michigan does not have the pieces * Army and Navy continue to bulldoze* Iowa State continues to rise * TCU sullies itself against Houston * Tulane shows no mercy * CHARLOTTE?? And much more! Producer: Anthony Vito. SPLIT ZONE DUO SHIRTS, COMFY AND FOR A GOOD CAUSE: Our code for 20% off your first

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17:06

Single Wing: Wisconsin's big oops, Louisville's value...

Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast ·

2024/10/03

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comIt’s the latest Split Zone Duo audience Q&A with Steven Godfrey, who got a LOT of Phil Longo- and Sconnie-related angst in the inbox, so let's do that. Also, are we set up for more and better non-con games in this weird reality? Also, Godfrey is ON BOARD for Friday Night Green Lantern Lights. Producer: Anthony Vito.

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16:07

Overtime: How the SEC and Big Ten could *actually*...

Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast ·

2024/10/03

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comGodfrey wrote for the Washington Post about the SEC and Big Ten’s effort to monopolize more of the College Football Playoff. In this episode, he and Richard discuss the Power 2’s latest leverage play, which may not even help those two leagues at all but could hurt a lot of teams (including their TV partners). Producer: Anthony Vito

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80:16

Week 6 Tasting Menu: Stay woke

Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast ·

2024/10/02

Our previews of dozens of games in Week 6. Highlights include: * Things getting bleak at several ACC schools* Navy’s chance to dunk Air Force * A sneaky great SMU-Louisville matchup * Indiana is still happening* Go get ‘em, App State * Could Auburn-UGA not be a blowout? * OKST’s impending turnaround * The G5 Hipster Game of the Week * Clemson has FSU on a tee * Ashton Jeanty Heisman Watch * “The worst 5-0 team in college football” * Michigan: Run it back * Cal: the center of the CFB universe, at

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39:54

Week 5 Hurry-Up: Dawg Days

Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast ·

2024/09/29

Richard and Godfrey lead a 30-minute (ish) recap of the weekend in college football. Alabama beats Georgia in an instant classic. Oklahoma comes back on Auburn. Kansas State establishes itself as the Big 12 favorite. Tulane crushes USF. Ashton Jeanty and Travis Hunter keep making Heisman arguments. And much, much more from a busy Week 5.Programming note: We will be conducting a comprehensive investigation into who could have left Texas Tech-Cincinnati off of the rundown.Producer: Anthony Vito. THE

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12:14

OT: The truth about TV timeouts, plus the state of...

Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast ·

2024/09/26

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comAre TV timeouts really longer this year? The answer has two parts. SZD obtained years of documents outlining how media timeouts work in SEC games on ESPN. There’s been no short-term change. (That LSU-South Carolina game was just a weird one, our analysis shows.) But the long-term trend tells its own story about viewers losing more and more of their time to in-game advertising. Then, to help us parse what we’ve learned,

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84:54

Week 5 Tasting Menu: Representations were made

Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast ·

2024/09/25

Godfrey, Richard, and Alex preview Week 5, a schedule led by Georgia-Alabama but with dozens of other interesting games beyond. Plus: What should we make of undefeated UNLV’s QB leaving the program amid a payment dispute? There hasn’t been anything quite like this in the history of the sport. Let’s also talk more about Mack Brown’s bizarre week at UNC heading into a rivalry game. Producer: Anthony VitoTHE NOKIAN TYRES ROAD TRIP OF THE WEEK: Every week all season, head to NokianTyres.com/SZD and

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58:26

Week 4 Hurry-Up: UNCredible

Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast ·

2024/09/22

The Week 4 Sunday Hurry-Up! Tennessee handled business against an Oklahoma team with a QB problem. North Carolina’s defense did not defend. BYU put a dominant showing on Kansas State. Miami and Clemson flexed their muscles in the ACC. Colorado delivered a psychic blow to Dave Aranda. Appalachian State and the MAC are both in a world of pain, while Southern Miss looks like a matter of time. Plus an incredible Friday night slate when teams made a bunch of weird decisions. We cover it all in 30

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24:30

The Single Wing: FSU's actual temperature and UF's...

Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast ·

2024/09/19

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comGodfrey's dipping a bit into coach gossip, mainly because Florida State is winless and Florida's even worse. But let's poke around on a few other places, including Arkansas, of course, before stress-testing the narrative on bowl sites for playoff rounds and extolling the virtues of physical media.Producer: Anthony Vito.

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10:30

Overtime: The Pac-12, MWC, and AAC situations

Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast ·

2024/09/18

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comOregon State and Washington State lopped off the top of the Mountain West to create the beginnings of a new conference. The move has marginal benefits, but we’re skeptical it will change much about the pecking order outside the power conferences. Meanwhile, the Mountain West has limited options, and the American Athletic could find itself doing some WEIRD things. We play fantasy conference commissioner and chart some

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66:25

Week 4 Tasting Menu: Get Heuped

Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast ·

2024/09/18

Godfrey, Richard, and Alex preview Week 4. Meet some freshman running backs at Baylor and South Alabama. Prepare for the return of Josh Heupel to Oklahoma. Consider USC beating Michigan by multiple scores. Marvel at how ridiculous a Friday night Stanford-Syracuse conference game is. And try to figure out a big question: What happened to Oklahoma State’s running game? The Pokes need to figure it out quickly with Utah coming to town. Producer: Anthony VitoTHE NOKIAN TYRES ROAD TRIP OF THE WEEK: Every

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41:51

Week 3 Hurry-Up: Bottomless Pitt

Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast ·

2024/09/15

Richard and Alex give you a loaded but brief recap of everything interesting in college football’s Week 3. West Virginia blows another road Backyard Brawl, Washington State delivers some justice, FSU’s misery continues, LSU and South Carolina play a wild (and long) one, South Alabama scores 87 points, and notes from dozens more games over the weekend. Producer: Anthony Vito. THE NOKIAN TYRES ROAD TRIP OF THE WEEK: Every week all season, head to NokianTyres.com/SZD and enter your pick for the most

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23:07

The Single Wing: How coaches gossip, Bad Auburn,...

Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast ·

2024/09/12

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comGodfrey's talking about Hugh Freeze because YOU made him, and we'll check in on messy situations at Kentucky, Cincinnati and elsewhere. Also, what's the ACC Network worth, really? And why are so many good games on weeknights this week? This episode is for paid subscribers, but everyone can hear a preview. Production: Anthony VitoALSO THIS WEEK FROM SPLIT ZONE DUO* The Week 3 Tasting Menu, previewing the weekend *

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77:51

Week 3 Tasting Menu: Apple Cup dance

Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast ·

2024/09/11

Week 3 is light on blockbusters but heavy on rivalry games, including the newly relocated Apple Cup, the game formerly known as the Civil War, and the Backyard Brawl. The weeknight slate has a couple of great games, starting with Arizona State’s visit to Texas State. In this show, Alex, Richard, and Steven take you through dozens of games they think will be interesting. Producer: Anthony Vito.THE NOKIAN TYRES ROAD TRIP OF THE WEEK: Every week all season, head to NokianTyres.com/SZD and enter your

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45:39

Week 2 Hurry-Up: The suck of the Irish

Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast ·

2024/09/08

Alex and Richard take you through Week 2 of the college football season. NIU wrecks a promising Notre Dame season, Texas State crushes rival UTSA, Iowa State deals a major blow to Iowa, and much, much more. Production: Anthony Vito. THE NOKIAN TYRES ROAD TRIP OF THE WEEK: Every week all season, head to NokianTyres.com/SZD and enter your pick for the most enticing CFB road trip of that week. When you do, you’ll be entered into a monthly drawing for free tires. This week’s Road Trip of the Week:

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20:28

The Single Wing: One-Week Data, Miami's Window,...

Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast ·

2024/09/05

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comGodfrey's going rapid fire over y'all's week one reactions, most of which need to simmer and absorb some more info. We talk about Miami, Clemson, Nevada, Georgia Southern, Boise, Memphis, Virginia Tech, UNLV, A&M and a bunch more.Producer: Anthony Vito.

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15:14

Overtime: Week 1 overreactions and a history of the...

Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast ·

2024/09/04

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comThe modern Week 1 schedule means that one Sunday night game and one Monday night game get the whole sport’s attention. That also means they’re liable to produce overreactions. What did we really learn about USC, LSU, Florida State, and Boston College? What are the greatest Week 1 overreactions of our era? And which team’s early showing is likeliest to be a trick this time around? This episode is for paid subscribers,

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85:33

Week 2 Tasting Menu: Go big (red or orange) or go home

Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast ·

2024/09/04

Godfrey, Richard, and Alex preview Week 2 of the 2024 college football season (14:10) after discussing one of Week 1’s hot topics: the state of College GameDay and Kirk Herbstreit’s dog in the broadcast booth. In Week 2: Texas and Michigan play a blockbuster that may not live up to it on the field, K-State and Tulane might have the game of the day, UTSA and Texas State have legit Playoff implications, Iowa and Iowa State might play a slightly more offensive game than usual, NC State needs to

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39:00

Week 1 Hurry-Up: The pluck of the Irish

Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast ·

2024/09/01

The Split Zone Duo Sunday Hurry-Up returns! Alex and Richard take you on a 30-ish-minute jaunt through everything that was interesting in the first week of the 2024 college football season. Miami demoralized Florida, Notre Dame’s offensive line came through when Texas A&M’s QB did not, Georgia reiterated that it’s in a different class than Clemson, Penn State and Tennessee got exciting QB showings, Vanderbilt did something fun, Arizona might have the best QB-WR tandem anywhere, Boise State got an

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16:38

The Single Wing: Bridge Coaches, Billy Napier and...

Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast ·

2024/08/29

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comIn this show, Godfrey answers questions from SplitZoneDuo.com subscribers. Godfrey is neither 1) good at predicting things nor 2) claiming to be, but the results are decent-ish, at least when it comes to K-State. Maybe Florida? Let's talk about how to better hate your rival, when to DVR a CFB weekend and go do something else, and how to find a job you don't hate.Producer: Anthony Vito. Also this week! * The Week 1

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