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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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4:52

The Job: Colorado State

Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast ·

2025/10/24

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comIn the latest episode of “The Job,” our subscriber series about open FBS head coaching jobs, we head to Fort Collins, Colorado. The Rams fired Jay Norvell and are (again) looking for a head coach who can fulfill what many people in college football believe is a lot of potential. We discuss:* Why some people are enamored with this job* The Rams’ NIL situation* A (probably) helpful move to the new Pac-12* How long a

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14:46

The 34 Coaches Who Will Define CFB's Carousel

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2025/10/23

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comSUBSCRIBER SPECIAL: Godfrey stops by to talk with Richard and Alex about a big list of coaches whose uncertain futures will shape the coach carousel over the next few months. Broken down into groups, we’ve got:* The Fired Guys (James Franklin, Billy Napier, etc.)* The Out-of-Work Guys (Ed Orgeron, Jimbo Fisher, Pat Fitzgerald, etc.)* The Power Four Poach Candidates (Lane Kiffin, Matt Rhule, Eli Drinkwitz, etc.)* The

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74:57

Week 9 CFB Tasting Menu: Vanderbilt Dynasty

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2025/10/22

Alex and Richard preview Week 9 of the college football season. Among the many games previewed on this episode are: * Not one but TWO major FCS games: No. 1 NDSU at No. 2 SDSU, plus Montana at Sacramento State in a game that’s become narratively dramatic * Kansas State at Kansas: Is this finally the Jayhawks’ time? * Ole Miss at Oklahoma: Why are we so worried for Ole Miss? * USF at Memphis: Someone from this game will probably play for the American conference championship. Who? * Auburn at

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13:39

Emergency Episode: Florida Fires Billy Napier, Finally

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2025/10/20

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comSUBSCRIBER SPECIAL: More than a year after he first looked doomed to be fired, Billy Napier finally got the axe in Gainesville. After a day of making phone calls on this, Richard talks with Alex about the Gators’ big move:* Napier had a solid plan for this job. Why didn’t it work?* DJ Lagway’s 2025 season is a tale of how a head coach can get himself into REAL trouble with this one simple trick* Florida AD Scott

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42:27

Week 8 CFB Hurry-Up: Unbeatens Beaten

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2025/10/19

Welcome to the Week 8 Sunday Hurry-Up, presented by Dad Water! Rodger Sherman joins Richard to share notes and observations on all the games that caught our eye this weekend, from Louisville’s upset of Miami on Friday (which Richard covered live) through the end of Saturday’s action. Producer: Anthony Vito. Thanks to our partners and subscribers20% off Dad Water: https://drinkdadwater.com/discount/SZDVisit Homefield at https://www.homefieldapparel.com/Enter to win airfare and lodging for a trip to

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17:03

The Job: Stanford, Oregon State, UAB, Kent State

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2025/10/16

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comThe latest episode of THE JOB, our subscriber series about the ins and outs of open college football coaching jobs, features four schools. * Stanford: A once-great Pac-12 program has fallen like a rock as it’s transitioned to the ACC. But the Cardinal are amid a serious fundraising push, and this bad job could become a good job once again. * Oregon State: No program in college football has had a harder past two years

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74:36

Week 8 CFB Tasting Menu: Seats Are Hot

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2025/10/15

The Week 8 college football schedule features tests for a handful of coaches who sure look like they need a win to keep their jobs for the long term. In addition to those angsty situations, we’ve got a few big helmet games and potential conference race deciders in the Sun Belt and Mountain West. A few of the games covered in this episode include: * Louisville at Miami: A possible trap for the Canes, but if they’re what we think they are, they’ll be fine * Washington at Michigan: Can the Huskies keep

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8:56

Emergency Show: James Franklin Out at Penn State

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2025/10/13

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comSUBSCRIBER EPISODE: The first proper emergency show of the 2025 coach carousel arrives. Penn State fired James Franklin after an unthinkable weeks saw the Nittany Lions go from national championship contenders to one of the biggest disasters in recent college football history. Alex and Richard discuss how this got out of hand so quickly, how the Franklin era changed Penn State for the better, and where the program and

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46:58

Week 7 CFB Hurry-Up: Indiana Stones

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2025/10/12

Welcome to the Week 7 Sunday Hurry-Up, presented by Dad Water! This week, Alex and Richard start with Indiana’s statement win at Oregon and move from there, covering dozens of games from the midpoint week of the season:* Indiana 30, Oregon 20* Ohio State 34, Illinois 16* USC 31, Michigan 13* Iowa 37, Wisconsin 0* UCLA 38, Michigan State 13* Washington 38, Rutgers 19* Nebraska 34, Maryland 31* Northwestern 22, Penn State 21* Texas 23, Oklahoma 6* Tennessee 34, Arkansas 31* Georgia 20, Auburn 10* LSU

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12:56

Belichick's UNC Circles The Drain

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2025/10/09

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comSUBSCRIBER EPISODE: Richard spent a lot of this week making calls about the North Carolina situation for a CBS Sports report on the situation. In this show, he talks with Alex about how Belichick’s tenure got this toxic this quickly:* What he’s gotten wrong in his first foray into college football* How the business of Bill and the business of UNC have diverged, repeatedly, and why that will make his eventual exit ugly*

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80:57

Week 7 CFB Tasting Menu: Get Hardy

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2025/10/08

Our college football Week 7 preview, with notes on a bunch of games as the season hits its halfway point. Just a few of the games in here:* USF at North Texas, a potential Game of the Year in the American with playoff implications on both sides* Ohio State at Illinois, a potential test for the Buckeyes but probably just another chance to flex how good they are* Alabama at Missouri, where at least one of us thinks the Tigers can do it* Texas vs. Oklahoma: Will Texas be able to block for Arch Manning

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7:00

Overtime: What Now, Penn State?

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2025/10/05

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comPenn State just took one of the worst losses any team has taken in years. The preseason No. 2 team may already be out of the playoff race by early October, and we’re questioning everything we thought we knew about them. What do you do now, though? Alex and Richard discuss Penn State’s options, which boil down to: 1) Win out, 2) Pay a $50 million buyout, 3) Hope James Franklin takes another job, or 4) Just move forward

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40:07

Week 6 CFB Hurry-Up: Trouble is Bruin

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2025/10/05

In the Week 6 Sunday Hurry-Up presented by Dad Water, Richard and Alex break down a college football weekend that turned out to have a bit of everything: * UCLA 42, Penn State 37* Washington 24, Maryland 20* Michigan 24, Wisconsin 10* Nebraska 38, Michigan State 27* Illinois 43, Purdue 27* Ohio State 42, Minnesota 3* Alabama 30, Vanderbilt 14* Florida 29, Texas 21* Georgia 35, Kentucky 14* Texas A&M 31, Mississippi State 9* Miami 28, Florida State 22* Clemson 38, North Carolina 10* Virginia 30,

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10:33

The Job: Arkansas

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2025/10/03

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comOur subscriber series on open FBS coaching jobs visits Fayetteville. Arkansas fired Sam Pittman and then admitted outright that the school did not put him in the financial position to succeed. The school has unique challenges stemming from its commitment to being good in basketball and baseball. Arkansas has a handful of rich, famous boosters, who own things like Walmart and the Dallas Cowboys. But how much money is

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90:24

Week 6 CFB Tasting Menu: The U May Actually Be Back

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2025/10/01

The Week 6 college football schedule is light on blockbusters, but that only makes the Split Zone Duo Tasting Menu’s job more important. Lets’ talk about what’s interesting to us this week, jumping from game to game, starting with the lone Thursday nighter and continuing through last call on Saturday:* WKU at Delaware, providing real intrigue in CUSA* Army at UAB, where Trent Dilfer continues to fight for his job* Kansas State at Baylor, where someone will remain a Big 12 contender* Wisconsin at

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15:35

The 8 Tiers of Midseason Coach Firings

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2025/10/01

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comDespite a busy few weeks in 2025, college football teams fire fewer coaches at midseason than you might expect. But when they do, there are usually some through lines: The firing after the death knell loss, or the guy who gets canned in September instead of on “Black Sunday” after Thanksgiving. Richard and host emeritus Steven Godfrey roll through the past five years of coach carousels to find out just what went into

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41:57

Week 5 CFB Hurry-Up: A Sad State

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2025/09/28

In THE SUNDAY HURRY-UP PRESENTED BY DAD WATER, Richard and Alex discuss Week 5 of the college football season: Oregon 30, Penn State 24Ohio State 24, Washington 6Indiana 20, Iowa 15Illinois 34, USC 32Northwestern 17, UCLA 14Alabama 24, Georgia 21Texas A&M 16, Auburn 10Tennessee 41, Mississippi State 34Vanderbilt 55, Utah State 35Ole Miss 24, LSU 19 UVA 46, FSU 38Notre Dame 56, Arkansas 13Louisville 34, Pitt 27Georgia Tech 30, Wake Forest 29Duke 38, Syracuse 3Cal 28, BC 24Virginia Tech 23, NC State

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16:35

The 7 Kinds of Interim Coach

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2025/09/26

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comThe interim head coach is a feature of every college football season. As of publication of this episode, there are more interim coaches (five) than there have been weeks in the season (four). How do schools decide who should take over when a head coach gets fired? What patterns can we detect in how they make these choices? What are the many archetypes of interim coach, and what do they suggest about schools’ goals

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90:06

Week 5 CFB Tasting Menu: If Not Now for Penn State,...

Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast ·

2025/09/24

Our overview of the Week 5 college football schedule, with notes, questions, and some predictions on dozens of games. Here’s a non-exhaustive list of games:* Army at ECU* FSU at Virginia (upset??)* TCU at Arizona State* USC at Illinois* UCF at Kansas State* Louisville at Pitt* Notre Dame at Arkansas* Auburn at Texas A&M* LSU at Ole Miss (Kiffin vs. Kiffin?)* Ohio State at Washington* UCLA at Northwestern (don’t watch this)* NMSU at New Mexico* Tennessee at Mississippi State* Appalachian State at

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9:03

The Job: Oklahoma State

Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast ·

2025/09/24

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comSUBSCRIBER SERIES: Oklahoma State finally cut ties with Mike Gundy. That wasn’t a surprise, but the timing was. Now the Pokes look forward. Alex and Richard discuss the Oklahoma State job post-Gundy:* Why did the program rot over the past two seasons?* What is unique about Oklahoma State’s financial challenges?* How did money problems materialize on the field?* Who’s actually in charge? Recent events make that a fair

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