Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. Temp Check:  The most Iowa ending of all-time Does Wazzu still belong? Beavers in the Spook-tober desert  2-Point Conversation:  Big Ten power structure: Ohio St's resume, James Franklin's big-game record, Michigan's scouting "scandal" What happened in Week 8? Why did so many high-quality teams struggle? USC crumbles and Bama rises to the occasion: Who is likeable in college football? SEC Hot Seat: Arkansas, Texas A&M;, Auburn, Mississippi St, South Carolina, Vandy  Week 9 Progression:  Oregon at Utah Oklahoma at Kansas Florida-Georgia Duke at Louisville Tennessee at Kentucky Ohio St at Wisconsin  Bets Against the Spread:  Braden: 5-2 LW, 17-15 YTD Lasso: 5-1 LW, 20-17-1 YTD  Group of 5 Checkdown looks at great races in the American, Mountain West and Sun Belt. 

A Week of What-ifs and Almosts

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Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. Which teams are on the top tier in each major conference - who are the conference contenders we are debating during magazine production? What is the one big roster question about each of these championship contenders?

Biggest Roster Concerns for Contenders

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. We take a deep dive into the 31 new head coaches, what are expectations, which program did the best job hiring a headman, which names could be busts and which could be stars. We also talk Colorado, the NFL Draft and the FSU-ACC lawsuit.

Grading The 31 New Head Coaches

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. We head out on our SEC dream road trip for 2024. With two new teams, no divisions, a deep crop of contenders, lots of new rivalries (and some old ones) and no Nick Saban, the SEC 2024 schedule appears to be loaded with monster games. You have to see all 16 teams, can't see any team more than twice and can't repeat a stadium. Let's go!

Monstrous SEC Dream Road Trip 2024

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. One question and one observation about college sports before we head out on our long, winding, strange dream road trip through Big 12 country. The most unpredictable and possibly most balanced league in America will make for some awesome and bizarre match-ups in 2024.

Long Strange Big 12 Dream Road Trip

Steven Lassan and Braden Gall take their 2024 ACC Dream Road Trip this week. This fall, the new ACC could feel very old with lots of historic and nostalgic rivalry dotting the schedule. How will SMU fare? Who will challenge Florida St and Clemson? A fascinating second-tier of teams will keep things very interesting deep into November as well.

A Week of What-ifs and Almosts

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