An episode that nearly never happened (or nearly was a solo effort). Fletch is joined by long-time stateside friend, Chris, to review week 1 slate and preview week 2. Lots of football, lots to talk about...

FOOTBALL IS SO BACK.

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Top of the mornin' to you all. Fresh from their trip to Dublin, Fletch, Nick and Gary are joined again by Egg, fresh from his trop to... Asda? To talk some REAL LIFE FOOTBALLLLLLL.

Some Might Say, that Gary is a bit disappointed after watching his beloved Seminoles fall 0-1 after a walk-off FG sealed a victory for Georgia Tech. But this is the life of a football fan. So, Little By Little, he's learning to Roll With It.

Not only do the lads share their thoughts on the CFB Kickoff, they also talk about how Delaware State travelled Half the Word Away, only to be beaten by Hawai'i, how Montana State didn't let anybody get in their way (especially not an FBS team) as they also caused an upset against New Mexico State and SMU could feel the warning signs as they nearly fell short against Nevada.

Then, we move on to previewing the week 1 slate of games. There are some almost Supersonic games to sink your teeth into this weekend.

So, Stand By Me, (well, us) as we take you through the things you need to know. If you're Married With Children, then you might want to start preparing them now as with football being back - you won't see them for months. Make the most out of it, you won't Live Forever. If they don't like it - they can just Stop Crying their Heart Out.

I'll stop now.

FOOTBALL IS BACKKKKKKK.

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COMPETITIVE FOOTBALL IS BACK BABY. Fletch & Nick preview the week 0 matchups with, of course, a huge focus on FSU and Georgia Tech but special mentioned to Montana State @ New Mexico, SMU @ Nevada and Delaware State @ Hawai'i.

They'll take a crack at predicting the results, the spreads, players to watch and much, much more.

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With only a week to go until week 0, we take a look at players you need to keep your eye on for the 2024 college football season. Whether it's Heisman Candidates, Draft hopefuls, other award winners too. Each conference comes with their own unique talents. We also take a look at the best names too.

With all of this going on, Nick brings us our trivia question in the form of a 10 question quiz.

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This week, LA Chargers (former Michigan) HC Jim Harbaugh was handed a 1-year-suspension and 4-year show-cause order by the NCAA. This isn't the first time Jim has landed himself in hot water with the NCAA either.

Fletch, Egg and Gary explain what those situations are and why it's Coach Harbaugh taking the blame.

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We take a look this week at some of the teams we feel are going to be hopeful of not just making the top 25, but also making the playoffs.

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First up, apologies for the additional length and slightly naff editing. We had some technical difficulties throughout and the way it ended up being exported & edited was a bit odd. It also happened on the worst weekend for it where we couldn't devote the additional resources into editing, sadly.

Anyway, the gang this week take on the SEC & the Big12. Predicting champions, key matchups, players to watch and much, much more.

SEC: is this Georgia's title to lose or are Sam's Texas Longhorns going to push them all the way? Is Billy Napier going to be looking for a job in December or does the schedule give him one more pass at a losing season?

BIG12: Colorado taking the media but due to Deion Sanders' heavy transfer portal activity, is it way too early to make any real predictions? Kansas, Kansas State and Utah, a 3 way fight for the BIG12 Title?

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The gang take on the ACC & the Big10 this week. Predicting champions, key matchups, players to watch and much, much more.

ACC: can Gary's FSU reclaim the conference after losing a lot of off-season pieces? Will the season be tarnished by off-field proceedings? Can Miami's recruiting successes lead them to ACC successes?

BIG10: How can Fletch's Michigan respond to a National Championship winning season? Ohio State's conference to lose? Will any of the new additions turn up and give the big boys a run for their money?

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Fletch I joined by Sam and Nick this week to talk about the Group of 5 conferences, projecting winners and who the ones to watch will be.

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First off, let me apologise for the length of this episode. A more severe edit would've been done but honestly, Ben's interview was as good as a full episode and we couldn't water down Ben's contribution. It's too valuable and I fully recommend fully listening to Ben's interview if nothing else.

Anyway, we were delighted to be joined by one of the UK's most prominent faces in Gridiron this week in podcaster, journalist, AUTHOR and all round champion of the game, Ben Isaacs to cover the 2024 season. Ben's interview follows a very similar format to Joe's from the week previous.

Fletch is also joined by all 3 of your favourite faces this week in Gary, Nick AND Sam to talk this weeks news and of course, mostly College Football 25.

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