Note: Preston (@MeetThePres0709) of Preston’s Sports Musings joined us for recording, but due to audio issues, that portion of the episode was cut. He will be back to rerecord, but apologies on references to an earlier portion of the episode not present. Also, check out his series on the 39 Most Influential College Football Programs (See link below)

Blu and Geoff discuss the University of Mississippi's trip to Baton Rouge, Purdue's trip to Champaign, ESPN's technical issues, Purdue maybe discovering an offense, a few more Big Ten conference games of varying traditional-ness, certain Ohio State decisions, Red River, KState v. Colorado, and Travis Hunter playing a dangerous and impressive amount of football.

Preston's Series on the Most Influential CFB Programs: https://meetthepressports.substack.com/s/cfb-most-influential-programs/archive?sort=new

Donations for Stick Boy Bread in Boone, NC's programs for helping the community after Hurricane Helene.

Geoff's Half Marathon Fundraising Link: https://runsignup.com/Race/166435/Donate/HWzV2l69dTBMCW6a

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Blu and Geoff discuss system failures, UCF at UF, SMU at Louisville, birds in sweaters, RU at Nebraska, Alabama at Vandy, post-game win expectancy, Mizzou at TAMU, USC at Minnesota, time zones, Michigan at Washington, JMU at ULM, Tennessee (Knoxville) at Arkansans, Duke at Georgia Tech, Miami at Cal, Miami play living on the edge, and still undefeated Army and Navy (and someone's Indiana Hoosiers).

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Blu and Geoff (plus a cameo by Geoff's cat Gizmo) discuss Geoff's trip to the Circle City Classic, Norfolk State's bad day in Indy, VT-Miami, standards of review, Illinois-Penn State, Wazzu-Boise, Ashton Jaunty for Heisman, Washington-Rutgers body clock game, Kentucky-Mississippi, USF-Tulane, and a game Geoff intentionally avoided (UGA-Alabama). Also Geoff inheriting his dad's pessimism, and the remaining undefeateds.

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Geoff and Blu do our quarter season awards, review Floyd of Rosedale, Purdue at Oregon State, Rutgers at VT, Arkansas State at Iowa State, Southern Cal at Michigan, Vandy at Mizzou, and the revolutionary nature of football (as in, it spins).

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Prof. Sam joins us again for discussions of invitations, holding good parties, Pac-12 expansion, what the next moves for the 6-Pac are, more lawsuits against the NCAA, novel approaches to statute of limitations, UNLV at Kansas, ND at Purdue, The Civil War/Platypus Trophy, the Apple Cup, and heat safety tips.

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Geoff and Blu break down all the wild and wack week 2 action including our love of burgundy and gold, Texas at Michigan, EL ASSICO, Colorado at Nebraska, Cincy at Pitt, NIU at ND, Boise St. at Oregon, Cal at Auburn, BATTLE OF THE STATES, SC State at the Citadel, and Mercyhurst at Howard.

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Blu and Geoff kickoff the season with culture shocks between fanbases, confusion between Miami footballs, Luis Saurez, more discussion of the Chicago Fire than any other college football podcast, and a plethora of games including Miami at Northwestern, Miami at Florida, UTEP at Nebraska, NDSU at Colorado, VPISU at Vandy, Boise State at Georgia Southern, Idaho at Oregon, UNLV at Houston, Goodest Boy in Illinois, Morgan State at Hampton, Norfolk State at ECU, and USC v LSU.

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Toe has met leather, and Geoff and Blu are ready to discuss our kickoff traditions, REI memberships, NEW MICROPHONES, FSU v Georgia Tech, NSU v FAMU, New Mexico v. Montana St., SMU v. Nevada (an ACC game), Delaware St. v Hawaii, our picks from the G5 into the playoff, and all sorts of things along the way.

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Beth of the Sickos Committee joined Blu and Geoff to discuss fight song lyrics, drink recipes in fight song lyrics, whether you will hear the song of the summer from a marching band this year, how long it takes to write new band arrangements, how long it takes to plan shows, what new bands people will need to learn about through conference realignment, if the West Coast Big Ten Teams will adopt Big Ten traditions, MORE NECK REVIEWS, and a quick chat about DCI Finals.

Find Beth @SickosCommittee and on the Sickos Committee Podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/4zQLV3eheXXpQ1PY96b454

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