The Jordan Addison saga As college football coaches and administrators ponder and fret over things like NIL and the transfer portal, one of the best receivers in the nation dropped a spring bombshell on the sport. Pitt All-American Jordan Addison jumped into the transfer portal with speculation swirling about him landing at USC. Nicole Auerbach from The Athletic joins AP’s Ralph Russo from conference meetings being held in Scottsdale, Arizona. In a typical year, spring meetings are a cha...

Who’s No. 1? Previewing the NFL Draft. This week’s NFL Draft is a rare one in which the No. 1 pick is a bit of a mystery. It looks like it will be a pass rusher, but which one? Aidan Hutchinson from Michigan or Travon Walker from Georgia? Eric Edholm from Yahoo Sports joins AP’s Ralph Russo to preview a draft that lacks star quarterbacks but is loaded with guys who sack quarterbacks and protect them. How does Eric rank the top edge rushers in the class? Over/under 5 ½ wide receivers in t...

The (near) future of college football on TV Over the next four years three Power Five conferences will sign new media rights deals that will alter the landscape of college football on television. The Big Ten is first up and what networks it decides to partner with, outside of Fox which is already a done deal, will help determine the market for the Pac-12 and Big 12 to follow. Andy Staples of the Athletic joins AP’s Ralph D Russo to program college football on television for the com...

What’s next for the Big 12? To understand where the Big 12 goes from here as it looks for a new commissioner to replace the retiring Bob Bowlsby, you need to understand where the conference has been. ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg joins AP’s Ralph Russo to talk about Bowlsby’s legacy, the Big 12’s unique and challenging dynamics and what the conference could be looking for in its next commissioner. Plus, how Purdue is the latest Big Ten West school to invest in stability. And, in what has become...

UF coach Billy Napier and how the Sunshine State powers rise again.Florida coach Billy Napier is trying to turn around the Gators with an army of football staffers and a blueprint developed coaching in the Sun Belt and for Nick Saban at Alabama. Napier joins AP’s Ralph Russo to talk about what it will take to make Florida a challenger to Georgia and Alabama in the SEC – both through recruiting and the transfer portal. Then Steven Godfrey, co-host of the Split Zone Duo Podcast, joins the show ...

QB battles and who are college football’s Blue Bloods. College football fans should expect a post-spring practice wave of players heading into the transfer portal as teams get a better idea of who fits where. Especially, at the quarterback position.The Athletics’ portal king, Max Olson, joins AP’s Ralph Russo to update who is on the move and what we type of movement we might expect after spring ball concludes.Max and Ralph talk about some of the most interesting quarterback competitions ...

Urban Meyer was fired after 13 games as an NFL coach, going 2-11. Why was Meyer, who won 85% of his games as a college coach, so disastrously bad in the NFL? And can he still be a good college coach? Would he even want to be a college coach again? What schools might give him an opportunity? Paul Myerberg of USA Today joins AP’s Ralph Russo to talk about the things that made Meyer so great in college and why they didn’t work in the NFL. Plus, could NIL be a way to create a little more parity a...

Who are the best 25 coaches in college football right now? Stewart Mandel from The Athletic and Bruce Feldman from Fox Sports join AP’s Ralph Russo to discuss their rankings and help Ralph work out his list. The top two are still easy calls. Stew and Bruce have a clear consensus on No. 3, though Ralph is not so sure. Jim Harbaugh is up. James Franklin is down. Bruce takes more of a long view with his list. Stew is more focused on what have they done lately. Who made the cut? Bruce’s list...

After more than a decade as a well-regarded assistant coach, Brent Pry became the new head coach at Virginia Tech. Pry joins AP’s Ralph Russo to talk about why he believes he is the right fit to bring Beamer-era success back to Blacksburg. Then Dusty Dvoracek from SiriusXM Radio and ESPN joins Russo to talk about the latest tweaks to targeting, how to stop defenses from faking injuries and Jayden Daniels’ transfer from Arizona State to LSU.Email the show at [email protected]

At 36-years old, Marcus has made a meteoric rise in coaching to become the head coach at Notre Dame. Freeman joins AP’s Ralph Russo to talk about the whirlwind couple of days during which he went from defensive coordinator to the man leading the Irish back in December. How is he preparing for maybe college football’s toughest job? Then Ari Wasserman of The Athletic joins to the show to talk about the implosion of College Football Playoff expansion talks. Ari wrote about why four is enough in ...