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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National Championship Hurry-Up: Hoosier
The best turnaround in the history of college football concludes with a 16-0 season and a national championship. Richard and Alex talk about Indiana’s...
Scheme School: Miami vs. Indiana, Feat. Michael Felder
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THIS IS A SUBSCRIBER EPISODE: Thanks so much to...
Miami vs. Indiana: The Big Preview
Richard and Alex look ahead to the College Football Playoff National Championship, with some thoughts on the schematics and then the unique circumstan...
How to Spot the Next Cignetti or Die Trying
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Every athletic director and search firm in coll...
Indiana and Miami Set a Date with Destiny: Playoff Hurry-Up
The College Football Playoff National Championship is set. Alex and Richard react to a mixed pair of semifinal games, with Miami outlasting Ole Miss a...
Institutional Inertia vs. the Playoff Semifinalists
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SUBSCRIBER EPISODE: Once upon a time, Ole Miss...
CFP Semifinal Preview + the Messiest FCS Championship
Richard and Alex talk about the absurd FCS Championship that ended with Montana State claiming the national title over Illinois State. Then it’s time...
CFB Playoff Quarterfinal Hurry-Up: A New Day
Richard (from the Sugar Bowl) and Alex (from the Rose Bowl) break down the College Football quarterfinal bowl games in this order:
* Ole Miss 3...
Playoff Quarterfinals Tasting Menu: The Indiana Information Gap
The College Football Playoff quarterfinals are here. Alex, Richard, and guest host Rodger Sherman dive into all of these games:
* Miami-Ohio St...
Quick Emergency Show: Michigan Hires Kyle Whittingham
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Alex and Richard spend 23 minutes talking about...
The 2025 College Football Holiday Mega-Mailbag
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For your holiday listening, Alex and Richard ta...
Are CFB's Bowls Screwed, or Are We Just Old?
These are difficult times for the college football bowl games that aren’t part of the Playoff system. Player opt-outs were already a thing, and now en...
CFB Playoff Round 1 Hurry-Up: Miami Ice
Richard and Alex dive into the results from first round of the College Football Playoff, in the following order: Miami over Texas A&M, Alabama over Ok...
We Figured Out the Perfect Analogy for Curt Cignetti at Indiana
In 2024, Indiana got good at football. In 2025, it got serious as a national championship contender. The Hoosiers enter the Playoff as the best team i...
Ohio State is Good at Football Again. Surprise!
Ohio State was supposed to be a little bit worse this year. That’s technically true, sort of, as the Buckeyes enter the Playoff at a mere 12-1 after a...
The 2025-26 CFB Coach Carousel Superlatives
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SUBSCRIBER EPISODE: Godfrey joins Richard and A...
Georgia Became a Machine Again in Time for the Playoff
For a while, this was a weird UGA season. The quarterback looked shaky, and the defense didn’t look good enough to drag him to a championship. All of...
The College Football Playoff Round 1 Tasting Menu
The College Football Playoff arrives. Alex and Richard preview the four first-round games, zeroing in on some interesting dynamics to watch and then m...
Inside the Brawl of the Wild with Kevin Van Valkenburg
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Every rivalry has a story, and the one between...
How Texas Tech Delivered Return on Investment
Texas Tech got a big sack of oil cash and spent it on football players, but there was still work to be done for the Red Raiders to dominate the Big 12...
The Big Thing Oregon Fixed for This Playoff Run
In this episode of our 2025 College Football Playoff Preview presented by Modelo, we focus on No. 5 Oregon. Last year’s Ducks got blown out by Ohio St...
Ole Miss' CFB Playoff Run is About to be Absolutely Surreal
The weirdest circumstance ever around a College Football Playoff team? That’s probably this year’s Ole Miss Rebels. After Lane Kiffin rolled out of to...
Can Texas A&M Win the Whole Playoff? The Argument for and Against
Our 2025 College Football Playoff Preview presented by Modelo rolls on with Texas A&M. This is a team that Alex thinks could win the whole tournament...
How Far Can Oklahoma's Defense Drag the Offense in the Playoff?
Oklahoma has taken on the defensive identity of its head coach, Brent Venables. Unfortunately, the offense hasn’t figured things out all season. Can t...
Why We Don't Think Alabama Can Win the Playoff
Next up in our 2025 CFP Preview, presented by Modelo, we’ve got the Alabama Crimson Tide. It’s been a weird year, and neither of us thinks Alabama can...
Miami Isn't a Typical Double-Digit Playoff Seed
Split Zone Duo previews every team in the 2025 College Football Playoff. Next on the list: The No. 10 Miami Hurricanes. Can these guys win a national...
The Michigan Emergency Show: Sherrone Moore's Ouster and What's Next
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There is a lot that we still don’t know about M...
How Tulane Became a Group of 5 Power and Made the Playoff
Tulane, a program that left the SEC and spent decades in the college football wilderness, has found its way back to the sport’s biggest stage for at l...
CFP Team Previews 2025: James Madison
Welcome to Split Zone Duo’s College Football Playoff Preview, presented by Modelo. We’re running short previews to get you acquainted with all 12 team...
How CFB's Calendar Got Like This and How We'd Fix It
Richard and Alex start this episode with a discussion of this week’s mostly one-sided war of words between Notre Dame and the ACC after the Irish were...
Coach Carousel Cleanup: The Penn State Aftermath
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The 2025 CFP Bracket Reaction Show: The Alabama Disagreement
The College Football Playoff bracket is out. Richard Johnson doesn’t think it’s a big crime that Alabama was included. Alex Kirshner does. The hosts h...
Miami or Alabama?
Here’s a quick solo episode from Alex, taking you through the big debate on the Playoff selection committee’s hands before Selection Sunday: Alabama o...
The 2025 CFB Championship Weekend Tasting Menu
Championship Weekend! Alex and Richard break down the FBS conference title games, with notes on a few lower-level playoff games as well. Starting with...
The I-Formation: How to Read a Coaching Search (Mailbag)
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SUBSCRIBER EPISODE: Richard got hundreds of que...
Black Sunday Blow-by-Blow: Lane Kiffin and the Coach Carousel in Real Time
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SUBSCRIBER EPISODE: Richard spent Sunday on hi...
Week 14 CFB Hurry-Up: Iron Sharpens Alabama
Alex and Richard recap dozens of Rivalry Weekend college football games, taking you through the most interesting events from Week 14:
Texas ass...
Week 14 CFB Tasting Menu: The Rivalry Feast
Richard Johnson and Alex Kirshner guide you through the coming Rivalry Week in college football, going through dozens of games with 1) playoff stakes,...
The Black Sunday Coaching SitRep, Six Days Out
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SUBSCRIBER EPISODE (join here): The coaching ca...
Week 13 CFB Hurry-Up: ACC 3D Chess
Alex and Richard guide you through dozens of Week 13 college football games, from Oregon’s depth-driven win over USC to an all-time ending in the Divi...