Hardware Pod: Real College Football Talk For Real People

After lengthy vacations and moves, Jackson and Omar are back like Texas to preview the Heisman race and focus on players to watch in the Heisman race. Some of these names might surprise you and if we missed mentioning your favorite player let us know in the comments or on Twitter or Instagram!

Friend of the pod, Scott joins us to talk about the East-West Shrine Bowl's move to Las Vegas and it's impacts. Scott helped us gain our best viewer/listenership ever and looks to top this achievement in a colorful podcast.

Marshall and Omar discuss the big losers of CFP expansion and the impacts of a 12 team playoff in the Group of Five. They also discuss NIL and other college football hot topics.

Another week, another guest, as Duane Nash from the Yard HBCU Sports talks about last week's news of Howard's game at Audi Field against Hampton and whether this could set the stage for a continuation of the Georgetown-Howard rivalry. We also talk about the future of the MEAC and other HBCU topics. You won't want to miss it.

Scott from Western College Football Talk (@WesternCFBTalk on Twitter) joins us to talk about what the future holds for college football after the Supreme Court ruling on Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) as well as a discussion on the Mountain West's marketability and TV selections for 2021. 

Link to Scott's Newsletter and Podcast:  https://linktr.ee/westerncfbtalk

Omar hopped on the phone with Kevin from the FCS Nation Radio Show. We discuss whether the CAA is in trouble with their TV deal, the Big Sky's new ESPN deal and other FCS topics. Don't miss Omar trading jokes with Kevin, a Citadel graduate, in good military college/academy spirit.  Here's the link to FCS Nation's Twitter and Podcast! 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/FCSNationRadio1 

Podcast: https://www.stitcher.com/show/fcs-nation

Jackson and Omar put a bow on an entertaining FCS Spring Season and discuss Phil Steele's recently released FCS All-American Team! Find out who got snubbed and who the best pics were!

John from the Big Northeast Pod joins me to discuss the recent trend of historic Northeastern programs in the Patriot League scheduling their old-time rivals. At the forefront, we discuss Holy Cross-BC and Colgate-Syracuse. Later on, we discuss Buffalo's losses to the transfer portal and what that means for other Group of Five programs.

Friend of the pod, James from As For Football and Brigade Review, joins to discuss whether Army joining the MAC and competing for the New Year's Six has long-term viability. Later on, we also compare Navy and Army's triple option systems and screw around discussing ballpark football.

In 1994, the greatest conference title race commenced in the Southwest Conference. Thanks to Texas A&M recruiting infractions, five teams, including Rice won a share of the conference crown. Would an outright Rice title have been enough to catapult them into the Big 12? Marshall and Omar look at the potential effects this would have on the college football landscape.