Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast
Episodes
The 2025 CFB Time Capsule Prediction Special
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comAfter an offseason and preseason of talking, it’s time to answer: ...
Week 1 CFB Tasting Menu: Time to Eat
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Johnson and Alex Kirshner preview the first week of the 2025 season, with notes on dozens of games that will make your Week 1 more interesting...
Which FBS Teams Will Lose FCS Games? Let's Draft.
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This season, FBS teams will play 126 games against FCS opponents. Most years, anywhere between five-ish and 10-ish FBS teams will lose those games. Th...
Why, Exactly, Is Arch Manning Good?
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comYahoo Sports’ Nate Tice joins Richard in this new episode of “Sc...
College Football Previews 2025: SEC
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Richard and Alex preview the SEC for the 2025 season: * Texas has everything it needs to make a deep playoff run * Georgia has a few more questions, e...
College Football Previews 2025: Big Ten
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alex, Richard, and Rodger Sherman preview the Big Ten for 2025. This nearly two-hour episode runs through all 18 teams, in this order:* Penn State fac...
The Michigan Sign-Stealing Scandal Ends With a Whimper
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comThe NCAA’s big decision on Michigan’s sign-stealing operation is...
College Football Previews 2025: American
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Richard and Godfrey preview 2025 in the newly renamed American Conference. In a recent episode, we touched on this league’s long-term difficulties. ...
Split Zone Duo's Guide to the 2025 Homefield Can't Miss Kickoff Tour, presented by Modelo
09 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our partners at Homefield have seen a lot of you on the road in recent years. They’re getting back on the trail this fall for the Homefield Can't Mi...
College Football Previews 2025: Mountain West
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Richard and Alex preview the Mountain West in 2025, starting with the same team that’s favored every year and then going in no particular order: * B...
College Football Previews 2025: The ACC
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Richard and Alex preview 2025 in the Atlantic Coast Conference, discussing the league in the following order: * Clemson, now with a light sprinkling o...
Why Do You Love College Football?
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why do you love college football? It's a simple question with a not so simple answer, but we asked it of you, our listeners, as well as some special g...
An American Identity Crisis
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comThe American Athletic Conference was by far the best non-power confe...
College Football Previews 2025: Conference USA
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Richard and Alex preview Conference USA, as the league adds Delaware and Missouri State. In this episode:* Liberty remains the favorite, even with a d...
The Schemes That Will Define 2025, Feat. Coach Dan Casey
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comDan Casey, coach and founder of the Play Caller’s Club, joins Rich...
Full Interview: Steve Baker on Miami University
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comListen to Alex’s extended-cut interview with Miami University play...
Dead Letters: Miami University
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Miami University went on an unprecedented run of hiring coaches: Woody Hayes, Ara Parseghian, Bo Schembechler, and many more: . By 2003, with Ben Roet...
Collectives 1, NCAA 0
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comThe House settlement was supposed to create a clear line between “...
College Football Previews 2025: Big 12
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shehan Jeyarajah, college football writer for CBS Sports, returns to the show to join Alex and Richard for a meaty preview of the Big 12. You may enjo...
CFB Lunch Break: Why Can't Memphis Get a Realignment Bite?
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comLeave us a voicemail telling us why you love college football. Detai...
College Football Previews 2025: The MAC
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Conference previews continue with the MAC. Alex and Richard break down every team in the league, including new entrant UMass:* Toledo still has the be...
College Football Previews 2025: Pac-12 and Independents
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Split Zone Duo’s conference previews for 2025 keep rolling along with a two-parter: the Pac-12 and the FBS independents, whose ranks have thinned.* ...
Why You're Always Bad: ULM
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comGodfrey joins Alex and Richard for the third installment in our offs...
College Football Previews 2025: The Sun Belt
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Season previews are back! Richard and Alex go alphabetically through the whole Sun Belt, picking out one rose, one bud, and one thorn for all 14 schoo...
Picking the Defining Team of Every Decade of College Football
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comFor the Fourth of July, we look all the way back to the founding of ...
The 2025 CFB Coach Firing and Retirement Confidence Ranking
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Around 20 FBS coaches will retire or get fired by the end of this season, but which ones will they be? Alex and Richard pick out 23 names and rank the...
Subscriber Q&A: Ben Haumiller on the New EA Sports College Football Game
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Part 2 of our conversation with EA Sports College Football principal game designer Ben Haumiller. Ben takes a bunch of subscriber questions on the upc...
Inside College Football 26 with EA Sports’ Principal Game Designer
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Part 1: EA Sports College Football principal game designer Ben Haumiller joins Alex and Richard for a discussion of the upcoming CFB video game, with ...
Will the House Settlement Bring Bagmen Back? Plus More Offseason News
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alex and Richard discuss a handful of offseason stories:* The Pac-12’s expansion efforts are coming to a head, and Texas State—not Sacramento Stat...
CFB Lunch Break: How to Know If Your FBS Transition Has a Chance
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comRichard and Alex take subscriber questions on: * How to assess if a ...
CFB's Year 2 Coaches for 2025: Who's Good, and Who's Already Dicey?
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comWe believe in an old college football theory: If a coach is going to...
The 25 Most Interesting Non-QB Transfers in College Football
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fall camp approaches. Let’s talk about the most consequential transfer portal moves of the offseason that weren’t quarterbacks and, in a lot of ca...
So, What Can We Expect From Belichick ON the Field?
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comCody Alexander of MatchQuarters joins Richard to discuss how the foo...
Can There Be an Ashton Jeanty in 2025?
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A running back from Boise State helped define the 2024 season. Does CFB have an RB waiting in the wings to make a similar imprint in 2025? Probably no...
CFB Lunch Break: Off, Wisconsin?
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comIn this week’s CFB Lunch Break, Alex and Richard answer live quest...
Anatomy of a Coaching Carousel: 2010
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comFor live show tickets in Raleigh on 8/23: https://www.etix.com/ticke...
How to Build a Modern CFB Front Office
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comSplit Zone Duo State is the newest startup FBS program. We've got ou...
CFB Lunch Break: Lincoln Riley, Rivalry Killer?
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comRichard and Alex take live questions from our Split Zone Duo subscri...
The 8 Ways to Smoke Out a Fake National Title Claim
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
College football history is loaded with BS national championship claims, as well as some non-consensus claims that AREN’T ridiculous. How do we tell...
Saban's Presidential Commission + CFB Biz Lightning Round, with Matt Brown
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sports Podcast Festival tickets: https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/78691649/the-2nd-annual-sports-podcast-festival-raleigh-the-rialto Extra Points publis...
Why You're Always Bad: Rice
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comThe Rice Owls have had 36 winning seasons since 1914. They once lost...
Offseason Vibe Checks 2025: The Mountain West
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Johnson and Alex Kirshner close out SZD’s Offseason Vibe Check series with the Mountain West. How has everything gone for this conference an...
How Big a Deal is Bill Belichick's Mess?
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comBill Belichick’s relationship with Jordon Hudson is the stuff of s...
Pac-12 and Indy Vibe Checks + The State of Special Teams Development
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Part 1 of this week’s episode is the continuation of SZD’s “Offseason Vibe Checks” series, checking in on the Pac-12 and the FBS independents....
CFB Lunch Break: Shedeur Shunned
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comIn this live recording, Alex and Richard answer a handful of subscri...
The Rent Comes Due On 2022's Blockbuster Coaching Cycle
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comSteven Godfrey, Richard Johnson, and Alex Kirshner check in on how t...
Offseason Vibe Checks 2025: The MAC
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alex and Richard break down offseason happenings in the Mid-American Conference, which saw lots of coach carousel turnover. * Ohio: Tim Albin to Charl...
The 2025 NFL Draft QB Tiers Special
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comRenewing our annual NFL Draft week tradition, Richard is joined by E...
CFB Lunch Break: What Does an Ohio State "Down Year" Even Mean?
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comAlex and Richard take a bunch of questions from Split Zone Duo subsc...
What We Think (And Don't) About Nico Iamaleava
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comAlex and Richard react to Nico Iamaleava’s split from Tennessee. W...
Offseason Vibe Checks 2025: The AAC
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rodger Sherman returns for our offseason check in with the American Athletic Conference, along with Alex and Richard. The group discusses how things h...
Unpacking College Sports Business Turmoil with Matt Brown
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comMatt Brown, publisher of the Extra Points college sports business ne...
Interview: App State Coach Dowell Loggains on a Unique CFB Job
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alex interviews Dowell Loggains, the recently hired Appalachian State head coach who was most recently at South Carolina after a long run as an NFL as...
CFB Lunch Break: The Big East is a Window Into the Future
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comThis episode is for paid subscribers, but everyone can hear a previe...
Offseason Vibe Checks 2025: The Big Ten
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rodger Sherman joins Alex and Richard for a checkup on all 18 teams in the beefy Big Ten, as our Offseason Vibe Check series rolls on:* Ohio State won...
Stanford Is a Bad Job Now
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comAndrew Luck fired Stanford coach Troy Taylor after off-field investi...
When The Supreme Court Imploded College Football
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The NCAA had complete control of college football TV. The association decided which games the public could watch, and where, and when, and how much mo...
Did Oregon Just Make Itself Poach-Proof?
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comDan Lanning signed an extension with Oregon that makes it impossible...
Offseason Vibe Checks 2025: CUSA
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Kirshner, Richard Johnson, and Dave Campbell’s Texas Football senior writer Mike Craven discuss the state of the offseason in Conference USA, a...
CFB Lunch Break: ACC Settlement, Eddie George, and More
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comAlex and Richard take subscribers’ college football questions in t...
Offseason Vibe Checks 2025: The Big 12
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Kirshner, Richard Johnson, and Dave Campbell’s Texas Football senior writer Mike Craven discuss how the offseason is going for every team in th...
Offseason Vibe Checks 2025: The ACC
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Offseason Vibe Check series continues with the ACC, as Rodger Sherman joins Alex and Richard to talk about the state of the league. It's not a 202...
CFB Lunch Break: Michigan, LSU, Coaching Trees, and More
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comAlex and Richard take live and pre-submitted subscriber questions in...
Why You're Always Bad: Kent State
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comThe history of the Kent State Golden Flashes is full of missed oppor...
Offseason Vibe Checks 2025: The Sun Belt
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Split Zone Duo’s “Offseason Vibe Check” series rolls on with the Sun Belt. It's not a 2024 recap, and it's not a 2025 preview. It's a check-in w...
Offseason Vibe Checks 2025: The SEC
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Split Zone Duo’s “Offseason Vibe Check” series. It's not a 2024 recap, and it's not a 2025 preview. It's a check-in with every team i...
Anatomy of a Coaching Carousel: 2001
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comThe coaching carousel before the 2001 season transformed college foo...
An NIL Agent Explains How The Sausage Gets Made
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comAlex Kirshner, Richard Johnson, and Split Zone Duo subscribers have ...
Week 1 Helmet Games and the Future of Non-Con (B1G Scared?)
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In one of Steven Godfrey’s favorite early-offseason traditions, the SZD crew glances ahead at the Week 1 schedule many months from now. Not just so ...
The Gump Report: Angst and Opportunity in Alabama
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com2024 was a weird (read: bad) year for a lot of college football team...
LIVE in Atlanta with the Shutdown Fullcast and Homefield
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On January 18, SZD and our old friends at the Shutdown Fullcast combined for a live show in Atlanta, presented by Homefield. We now present the record...
Your Guide to the 2025 CFB Offseason
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Kirshner, Richard Johnson, and Steven Godfrey discuss the stories they are most interested to watch unfold between now and September. In this sho...
The Accountability Episode: What We Learned In 2024
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comGodfrey, Richard, and Alex made a lot of preseason predictions back ...
Championship Hurry-Up: A Good Day
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Johnson and Alex Kirshner put a bow on the national championship game, a 34-23 win for Ohio State over Notre Dame: * How the Buckeyes did it *...
The Xs and Os of Ohio State-Notre Dame
17 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comIn this subscriber episode, Ross Fulton, Ohio State analyst for Buck...
National Championship Preview Show Feat. Shehan Jeyarajah
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
CBS Sports national college football reporter Shehan Jeyarajah joins Alex and Richard for a preview of Ohio State vs. Notre Dame. Shehan and Richard w...
The 2024 Split Zone Duo CFB Awards Special
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Richard, Godfrey, and Alex name their winners in the 2024 Split Zone Duo college football awards, aka “The Zonies” aka “The Splitty Ds.” * Tea...
Single Wing: Who Let Saban Loose In Heritage Hall?
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comGodfrey's back from a variety platter of holiday family illnesses to...
Semifinal Hurry-Up: 83 Yards Through the Heart of Texas
11 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The College Football Playoff semifinals are in the books. Alex Kirshner and Richard Johnson share notes on Ohio State over Texas and Notre Dame over P...
So, What Is Up With Penn State?
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Gallen covers Penn State for 247Sports. He joins Alex to talk about the Nittany Lions’ long road to the doorstep of the national title game, ...
The 2024 Playoff Semifinal Preview Show
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Richard and Alex preview the CFP semifinals: * Notre Dame-Penn State at the Orange Bowl* Ohio State-Texas at the Cotton BowlThe matchups we’re looki...
Your Repeat Coach Hire Probably Won't Work
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comScott Frost is back at UCF, and Rich Rodriguez is back at West Virgi...
CFP Quarterfinal Hurry-Up: Ohio State Is a War Machine
03 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Kirshner and Richard Johnson share their thoughts on the quarterfinals of the College Football Playoff, in reverse chronological order: * Notre D...
The Playoff Quarterfinal Preview 2024, Plus Bowls
29 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Johnson and Alex Kirshner preview the College Football Playoff quarterfinal games in order: * Penn State vs. Boise State, where everyone is sk...
The SZD 2024 Holiday Subscriber Mailbag
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comRichard, Godfrey, and Alex answer questions from SZD’s paid subscr...
Playoff Hurry-Up: CFB Is a Blowout Sport
22 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Alex and Richard discuss the first-round College Football Playoff games, which followed the playoff tradition of being very lopsided:* Ohio State crus...
The Playoff First-Round Preview Show + Weekend Tasting Menu
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Johnson, Steven Godfrey, and Alex Kirshner discuss the first-round College Football Playoff games and more on this week’s show: * Indiana at...
Single Wing: Sumrall and the SEC in '26?
14 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comIn this solo Q&A show, Steven Godfrey answers SZD subscriber questio...
Belichick to Carolina, Explained by UNC Football Alum Michael Felder
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Felder, college football media wizard and a former cornerback at North Carolina, joins Richard to expand on Bill Belichick’s hiring:* The hi...
Emergency Episode: Belichick to UNC
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comRichard Johnson and Alex Kirshner discuss Bill Belichick’s hiring ...
Observations on 6 CFB Hires: Stay Frosty
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comIn this subscriber episode, Richard and Alex trade observations abou...
The State of the Bowls, Feat. Bowl Season's Nick Carparelli
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Carparelli is the executive director of Bowl Season, the group that represents the interests of CFB’s many bowl games. Alex and Richard intervi...
The Eyes List: Resolution Sunday
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comRichard and Godfrey update you on the state of the coach carousel wi...
The CFB Playoff Bracket Reaction Show
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The College Football Playoff bracket is set. Richard, Alex, and Godfrey discuss: * The committee getting it right this time * First-round matchups and...
The Ryan Day Decision Point
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comThanks to the 12-team playoff, Ryan Day’s current situation at Ohi...
Week 15 Tasting Menu: Champs Are Here
04 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Alex, Richard, and Steven preview Championship Weekend, in order: * WKU at Jacksonville State * Tulane at Army* UNLV at Boise for a playoff spot * Mia...
The Eyes List: Black Sunday SitRep
01 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comBlack Sunday arrived. Steven Godfrey goes through his reporting note...
Week 14 Hurry-Up: You Had A Bad Day
01 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A detailed but brisk recap of Week 14 in college football, including: * Ohio State’s inexplicable collapse * Texas’ dominant return to College Sta...
The Single Wing: Dad Drive Survival Edition, Part 2
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comStill on the road? Yeah, us too. Let's explore the college athlete e...
The Single Wing: Dad Drive Survival Edition, Part 1
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comCongrats on making it to America's best and only holiday: Thanksgivi...