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by 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.
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- Today1h 27m
Big 12 Preview 2026: Texas Tech and the Chasers
Our 2026 conference preview series rolls on with the Big 12. Alex and Richard pick out one thing they like, one thing they don’t, and one thing that makes them curious about all 16 teams in this league, in reverse standings order:- 1:16: Texas Tech- 11:44: BYU- 15:03: Utah- 20:50: Houston- 24:20: Arizona- 30:08: Arizona State- 34:57: Iowa State- 39:02: Kansas State- 43:06: TCU- 49:14: Cincinnati- 55:20: Baylor- 1:01:44: Kansas- 1:05:10: UCF- 1:09:56: West Virginia- 1:12:16: Colorado- 1:20:37: Oklahoma State- 1:22:53: Preseason superlatives and conference honorsProducer: Anthony VitoThank you to our partners, Homefield and Nokian Tyres. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.splitzoneduo.com/subscribe
- 2 days ago1h 23m
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:* 5:57: Notre Dame, featuring Jessica Smetana of The Echoes* 26:45: UConn* 34:30: Moving to the new Pac-12 and refreshing you on the new membership and competitive format of the league* 40:29: Boise State* 48:21: San Diego State* 51:35: Fresno State* 58:41: Utah State* 1:01:42: Washington State* 1:09:25: Oregon State* 1:12:50: Texas State* 1:17:06: Colorado State* 1:19:39: Pac-12 superlatives and preseason honorsProducer: Anthony Vito This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.splitzoneduo.com/subscribe
- 5 days ago1h 14m
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 people what our subscriber shows are like, and because it’s a natural fit with our new episode on the 25-year anniversary of the 2001 season.The coaching carousel before the 2001 season transformed college football. Some programs set themselves up for national championship (or even dynastic) runs. Some screwed themselves. Some set the stage for the next several decades of the top tiers of the SEC and Big Ten. In this episode, Alex Kirshner, Richard Johnson, and Steven Godfrey take a fine-toothed comb through the consequential coaching cycle at the end of 2000:9:07: The hires that worked out well (Gary Patterson to TCU, Pete Carroll to USC, Jim Tressel to Ohio State, Rich Rodriguez to WVU, and many more)23:20: The hires that fell flat (hello, UNC and Arizona)26:45: The hires that shaped college football to this day29:06: The what-if scenarios that nearly made it all different40:03: A reevaluation of Larry Coker?54:32: Ohio State and Georgia shopping for upgrades55:45: Class superlatives, including the Ellis Johnson Southern Miss Award for missed opportunities, the Coaching Carousel Global Impact Award for the most profound ripple effects, and Hire of the YearProducer: Anthony Vito This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.splitzoneduo.com/subscribe
- 6 days ago31 min
Story of a College Football Season: 2001
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comContent note: This episode includes an extended discussion of the September 11 attacks and their connection to college football.For Relaunch Week, Alex and Richard revisit the 2001 college football season, a year flattened in memory into the dominance of an all-time Miami team but very, very strange below the surface. September 11 halted the sport and jumbled its schedule; a chaotic December put Nebraska in the national championship game after Colorado had beaten the Huskers by 26; Florida and Tennessee settled the SEC East in December; Oregon got left out; and a landmark coaching class signaled that the sport’s next era had already begun. This subscriber episode tells the story of the season in about 100 minutes, including archival audio of Lee Corso condemning the SEC’s initial plan to play four days after the attacks. In this episode:- 0:17: How Miami’s dominance hides a lot of weirdness in the history books- 15:04: September 11’s effect on the season, including …- 33:59: How the BCS race became unlike any other - 56:37: An absurdly good crop of new head coaches that reshaped the sport - 1:02:21: Rex Grossman vs. Eric Crouch- 1:15:24: The many eras that were butting against each other here
- 1 weeks ago47 min
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 likely they are to leave their jobs after the 2026 season, either because they got fired or retired. (Poachings are not included.) Last year, Alex scored a narrow victory thanks to his bold and successful pick of Kyle Whittingham to be out at Utah after the season. Can Richard fight back?The board runs in order of tenure, from Kirk Ferentz’s 28th year at Iowa to Bill Belichick’s second at North Carolina, and produces wide gaps on Joe Moorhead, Mike Norvell, Luke Fickell, and the exact meaning of a Lincoln Riley departure. In this episode, we cover these coaches in order:• 5:23: Kirk Ferentz at Iowa• 6:21: Troy Calhoun at Air Force• 7:54: Dabo Swinney at Clemson• 9:39: Dave Doeren at NC State• 11:01: Pat Narduzzi at Pitt• 12:15: Mike Locksley at Maryland• 14:27: Mike Norvell at Florida State• 15:32: Ricky Rahne at Old Dominion• 16:11: Shane Beamer at South Carolina• 18:12: Steve Sarkisian at Texas• 20:34: Sonny Cumbie at Louisiana Tech• 21:50: Joe Moorhead at Akron• 23:49: Timmy Chang at Hawaii• 24:39: Tony Elliott at Virginia• 27:01: Lincoln Riley at USC• 29:04: Sonny Dykes at TCU• 30:35: Brent Venables at Oklahoma• 31:53: Deion Sanders at Colorado• 33:43: Luke Fickell at Wisconsin• 34:40: Jamey Chadwell at Liberty• 35:35: Matt Rhule at Nebraska• 37:05: Bill O’Brien at Boston College• 38:41: Kalen DeBoer at Alabama• 40:14: Scotty Walden at UTEP• 40:50: Derek Mason at Middle Tennessee• 40:53: Dell McGee at Georgia State• 42:00: Bill Belichick at North CarolinaNote: We unintentionally omitted Baylor's Dave Aranda from this draft. We will come back to him in the Big 12 preview later this summer.Producer: Anthony Vito This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.splitzoneduo.com/subscribe
- 1 weeks ago29 min
Why You're Always Bad: Northwestern
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comRodger Sherman joins Alex and Richard for the newest installment of “Why You’re Always Bad,” focused on the program that now owns the FBS record for losses. Northwestern has also posted a winning record over the last 18 years, won six consecutive bowl games, and is preparing to open an extremely expensive new stadium. So Rodger comes prepared to challenge the premise. The group works through the Wildcats’ dark ages, occasional breakthroughs, facility-rich “Ryan family,” small fan base, and existential need to remain inside the Big Ten. In this episode. In this episode:* 4:04: Brief history of Northwestern football* 9:56: Cool players and guys you should know from program history, including Trevor Siemian, Justin Jackson, and Otto Graham. Plus, a trailblazing history of Black coaches and NFL presidents* 28:51: Awful moments in program history (there are many)* 59:33: Do they have any money (and who, exactly, are the “Ryan family”)* 1:10:09: What are their (many) non-financial difficulties?* 1:20:06: Can we find one villain to blame for their struggles?* 1:22:42: What is this program’s best-case scenario in the next 10 years?* 1:25:58: Verdict time: What happens if the Big Ten splits?Everyone can hear a free preview of this episode.To get the whole thing, become a paid subscriber today. For $10 a month (or you can get a discounted annual subscription this week only), subscribers get about twice as many Split Zone Duo podcasts, as well as our coach carousel reporting, deep dives on college football history, Q&A opportunities, and many more goodies as we think of them. You also help keep this show independent and ensure we’re making a podcast that puts our listeners, not anyone else, first.Producer: Anthony Vito
- 1 weeks ago1h 40m
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 has a rose (a good thing), a bud (a point of intrigue), and a thorn (a worry) for every team in the league. Each school is covered, and then we pick some preseason awards:- 4:28: Virginia- 10:51: Duke- 16:13: SMU- 21:49: Miami- 29:28: Pitt- 34:43: Georgia Tech- 43:28: NC State- 49:05: Cal- 52:53: Clemson- 58:48: Louisville- 1:02:47: Wake Forest- 1:08:23: Stanford- 1:11:38: Florida State- 1:17:33: North Carolina- 1:23:52: Virginia Tech- 1:28:34: Boston College- 1:32:08: SyracuseProducer: Anthony Vito. Thanks to Homefield and Nokian Tyres. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.splitzoneduo.com/subscribe
- 1 weeks ago21 min
The "Best CFB Games of the Century" Draft, on Hard Mode
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comA quarter of the way (and change) into the 21st century, the occasion calls for a proper celebration of the sport we all love before we get into 2026 in earnest. Richard and Alex compete in a draft of the century’s best games to date, but there’s a twist: years cannot be repeated, and neither drafter can use the same team more than once, whether it won or lost. We won’t spoil the picks in the episode description this time, so you’ll just have to see where they fall. Vote on the winner at www.splitzoneduo.com. Producer: Anthony Vito
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