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Richard and Alex take live questions from our Split Zone Duo subscribers. Topics covered in this episode include:

* The slightly messy ending between Jim Knowles and Ohio State

* What we’re most excited about in the 2025 season

* More developments in Bill Belichick/Jordon Hudson

* Rapid scheme turnover, like Washington State will see this year

* Playoff expansion’s effect on SEC expansion

* Lincoln Riley and USC say they want to preserve their Notre Dame rivalry game, but Riley’s old words and current actions say different

* Duke as an ACC dark horse

* How cooked is Virginia Tech?

* New athletic director at Michigan State: Why?

* Maryland’s business-ish approach to filling the AD chair

* Likelier to get fired or win their conference? Mike Gundy, Brian Kelly, Lincoln Riley, and Mike Norvell

College Football Lunch Break is a recurring live call that we have at 12 p.m. ET on many Tuesdays in the Substack app. Subscribers get a recording afterward.

Producer: Anthony Vito