Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast
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Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast
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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Notre Dame, UConn, and Pac-12 Previews 2026
Richard and Alex preview the two remaining FBS independents, Notre Dame and UConn, before diving into the reconstituted Pac-12. Teams in order:
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From the Vault: Anatomy of a Coach Carousel, 2001
This is a wider re-release of a 2025 episode for Split Zone Duo’s paid subscribers, who make this show possible. We’re sharing it widely to show more...
Story of a College Football Season: 2001
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Content note: This episode includes an extended...
The 2026 College Football Fired Coach Draft
Alex and Richard conduct the second annual Coach Firing/Retirement/Departure Confidence Draft, assigning point values to 27 FBS coaches based on how l...
Why You're Always Bad: Northwestern
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Rodger Sherman joins Alex and Richard for the n...
ACC Preview 2026: Miami and Who?
Join us for Relaunch Week! Welcome to our first conference preview of the 2026 season, where Alex and Richard discuss the ACC’s 17 teams. This episode...
The "Best CFB Games of the Century" Draft, on Hard Mode
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A quarter of the way (and change) into the 21st...
The EA CFB Revolt, Big 12 Infighting, and Michigan in Limbo
Matt Brown of Extra Points joins Richard and Alex to talk about the major college sports business stories of the moment. In this latest SZD/Extra Poin...
'CFB 27' Deep Dive with EA Sports' Principal Game Designer
EA Sports College Football principal game designer Ben Haumiller joins Richard and Alex to answer their questions (and many of our subscribers’ questi...
The Worst Head Coach Firings of the 21st Century
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Alex, Richard, and Godfrey spend this subscribe...
What Can World Cup Expansion Tell Us About the CFP?
Mike Goodman, cohost of soccer podcast The Double Pivot, joins Richard and Alex to talk about a subject that’s been on our minds a lot lately: tournam...
Can These Doomed CFB Coaches Turn It Around?
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Alex, Richard, and host emeritus Steven Godfrey...
Hopefully the last show we do about Brendan Sorsby
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This episode is for paid subscribers, but every...
What worries you the most about your CFB team in 2026?
As the season gets closer and closer, the hypotheticals start to inch closer to reality. Will the good vibes that your favorite team captured this off...
Our 26 Most Interesting Transfers of 2026
Transfer portal season is over. The actual college football season is almost here. With the dust (probably) settled on everyone’s roster, Richard and...
Did Brendan Sorsby Just Win? Here's an Expert
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Brendan Sorsby has his temporary injunction, an...
Congress *Might* Actually Reform College Football
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Alex, Richard, and Matt Brown get back...
2026's Year 2 Coach Vibe Check: Who's Already Heading for Trouble?
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Is your head coach going to succeed? Most of th...
The Realignment That Wasn't: The Big 12 in 2016
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Host emeritus Steven Godfrey joins Richard and...
Should Black Athletes Boycott SEC Schools?
Richard is joined by Joel Anderson, host of The Ringer Tailgate and The Press Box podcasts, for a conversation about the NAACP’s Out of Bounds campaig...
Hot Seats and Hot Grills: CFB Holiday Mailbag
Alex, Richard, and host emeritus Steven Godfrey turn a Memorial Day subscriber mailbag into a holiday-travel episode, starting with an either/or quest...
Should UCLA Have Your Attention?
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SUBSCRIBER EPISODE: Alex and Richard start with...
Lane Kiffin's Insincerity and 24-Team Playoff Game Theory
Alex and Richard use Richard’s trip to ACC meetings as a window into the big college sports fight of the hour: how many teams will be in the College F...
Revisiting "Is Bama Doomed?" Two Years Post-Nick Saban
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Subscriber episode: Steven Godfrey joins Alex...
Does the Big 12 Even Want This Sack of Cash?
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Extra Points publisher Matt Brown joins Alex an...
What Returning Production Says about 2026, Feat. Bill Connelly
ESPN’s Bill Connelly joins Alex and Richard to talk about his returning production rankings for the 2026 college football season. The power leagues ar...
Brendan Sorsby's Gambling Has Texas Tech In Crisis
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Five Offseason CFB Stories Ranging from Weird to Transformative
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SUBSCRIBER EPISODE: Richard, Alex, and host eme...
Bill Barnwell on the NFL's Lack of Improvement in Drafting College Football Players
NFL teams have more data and scouting resources than ever. Yet they haven’t gotten better at picking the best college football players. Why not? ESPN...
The 2026 NFL Draft QB Tiers Special
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SUBSCRIBER EPISODE: Longtime pals Ben Solak of...
Utah and the Folly of the Coach-in-Waiting: April CFB Mailbag
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SUBSCRIBER EPISODE: Richard and Alex take subsc...
One of College Football's Biggest Deals Ever (?)
In this latest SZD/Extra Points Sports Business Hour with guest Matt Brown, Alex and Richard talk about several things you’ve seen in the news. Find M...
Group of 6 Offseason Vibe Check: Memphis, Memphis, Memphis
Richard and Alex discuss how the offseason is going across the Group of 6 college football conferences. In this episode:
* 1:52: A fresh way to...
Dabo's Decline and the History of CFB's Guy After the Guy
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Godfrey joins Richard and Alex for a discussion...
"The Most Interesting Program in CFB in 2026"
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Virginia Tech has had a rough decade. Has the c...
SEC Offseason Vibe Check: Kiffin Money and Chicken Money
How are things going for all 16 teams in the SEC? Let’s discuss which way the arrow is pointing. Alex and Richard head to the Southeast on this latest...
Does Baseball Explain CFB's Future? Feat. Joe Sheehan
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Alex talks with the wise baseball scribe (and U...
ACC Offseason Vibe Check: Just How Pre-Fired Is Mike Norvell?
The ACC Offseason Vibe Check is here. Alex and Richard check in with all 17 ACC football schools and throw in Notre Dame as well. In this episode …
What Makes a College Town? Lucy Rohden Has Figured It Out
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Lucy Rohden has spent the past few college foot...
Big 12 Offseason Vibe Check: Houston, You Have a Quarterback
Our offseason wellness check on all 16 teams in the Big 12. Richard and Alex discuss a league with a few teams trending upward and a lot more teams ju...