Kings of the North College Football

No. 3 Penn State vs. No. 4 Ohio State gets the Big Game Breakdown as Kings of the North opens with Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis diving into this Top-5 Big Ten matchup and investigating both sides of the ball and the two head coaches, PSU's James Franklin and OSU's Ryan Day.
The guys pick that game and then move through other Northern previews and picks including Pitt-SMU, Indiana-Michigan State, Iowa State-Texas Tech, Kansas State-Houston, Nebraska-UCLA, Illinois-Minnesota, Iowa-Wisconsin, Northwestern-Purdue and more.
Plus the battle for the Dragon Statue.
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Chapters:
• Ohio State vs Penn State big game breakdown (03:15)
• Paul Finebaum talks about Doug Frenchbaum (48:50)
• Other game predictions (52:35)
• Fantasy picks for week 10 (1:37:15)

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The College Football Playoff race is even more wild than you might imagine. With chain restaurant gift cards at stake, Bill Landis and Doug Lesmerises are joined by Ari Wasserman to make 12-team playoff predictions for the end of the year that they are all willing to bet on. They do the same with the Heisman Trophy race, and pick lots of Northern names.
Plus Doug and Bill start with a Big Game Breakdown of Oregon-Michigan, and they wrap up with Whatcha Watching, Eating and Thinking.
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Chapters:
• Oregon vs Michigan big game breakdown (01:30)
• Ari Wasserman joins to give final college football playoff predictions (35:50)
• Whatcha watching, eating, thinking (1:43:25)

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The College Football Playoff race is in the final month and Kings of the North runs through the 10 most important games of the regular season that will affect the race.
Then Doug Lesmerises and Dan Wetzel look at the playoff committee and the first rankings that will come out in a week. Is this the best way to do this?
Then it’s Punt and Block of the Week, Overrated Southern Team of the Week and news on some Northern QBs.
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Chapters:
• Playoff hopefuls (03:30)
• Top 25 teams with no ranked games remaining (09:30)
• Ten most important playoff race games remaining (15:00)
• Dan Wetzel on all things college football playoffs (35:00)
• Overrated southern team of the week (1:12:40)
• Bill's block and punt for week 9 (1:14:55)
• Northern news (1:17:00)

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BYU, Pitt and Colorado put college football on notice with weekend wins, while the Ohio State-Nebraska game produced a winner with questions and a team in defeat that showed why it was proud of itself.
On this Monday Kings of the North, Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis investigate the most interesting parts of Northern college football, including a possible quarterback change at Iowa, a Michigan response in a rivalry, Oregon continuing its roll and a Minnesota quarterback dropping dimes.
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Ohio State barely survived against Nebraska on Saturday, holding on 21-17 in Ohio Stadium. Elsewhere in the Big Ten race, Oregon dominated Illinois in a Top-25 matchup and Indiana (with a backup QB) handled Washington. In a primetime showdown, Penn State quarterback Drew Allar was forced to leave the game against Wisconsin with a knee injury.
So on this KOTN Late Knight, Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis run through those games and reset the Big Ten race.
Notre Dame also put up a big win against Navy in another Top-25 game, and BYU (somehow as an underdog) stayed undefeated with a smooth win at UCF.
Plus Kansas-Kansas State, Michigan-Michigan State and more on Kings of the North.

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Which college football teams are the best against the spread the season? Army at 6-0-1 is the only FBS team undefeated on the betting lines, and they only pushed last week because Doug Lesmerises noticed it and jinxed them.
On this Bets of the North, Doug and Tyler Shoemaker run through the best teams vs. the spread and talk about what to do with winning teams like Indiana, BYU, Illinois, Navy and Iowa State.
Then it's on to their $500 real money bet on Penn State-Wisconsin (and why they are adjusting the line), plus a moneyline parlay and other best bets including on Cincinnati, Ohio State and Oklahoma.
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Pitt's defense picked off Syracuse quarterback Kyle McCord four times in the first half Thursday night, returning three of them for touchdowns, as the Panthers dominated this major Northern football and ACC matchup.
Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis were on the scene and react live from Acrisure Stadium to Pitt moving to 7-0 on the season.

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Notre Dame-Navy is unexpectedly a Top-25 matchup on Saturday, and it joins Oregon-Illinois and Boise State-UNLV in getting the Big Game Breakdown treatment from Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis on this Week 9 Picks and Previews show on Kings of the North.
Among the other games of interest are Michigan-Michigan State, Kansas-Kansas State, Penn State-Wisconsin, Indiana-Washington, Rutgers-USC and BYU-UCF.
Plus check Wednesday's show for major breakdowns of Pitt-Syracuse and Colorado-Cincinnati.
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Chapters:
• First set of game picks including Penn State at Wisconsin, Nebraska at Ohio State, and Michigan State at Michigan (06:05)
• Notre Dame vs Navy big game breakdown (36:15)
• Illinois vs Oregon big game breakdown (48:30)
• Boise State vs UNLV big game breakdown (56:53)
• Final game predictions for week 9 (1:09:25)
• Fantasy picks for week 9 (1:29:30)

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A major Group of 5 game looms on Friday night between UNLV and Boise State, plus there are huge and underrated games this week in the race for the ACC and Big 12 titles between Pitt and Syracuse on Thursday night and Cincinnati and Colorado on Saturday night.
On this Kings of the North, Doug Lesmerises welcomes Steven Godfrey of Split Zone Duo to talk about Boise-UNLV and the hopes for the G5 in the 12-team playoff.
Then Doug and Bill Landis break down Syracuse at Pitt and Cincinnati at Colorado and how positioned the winners of those games might be to make a run at their conference titles.
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Chapters:
• Boise State vs UNLV preview (08:00)
• Could Boise State beat Georgia? (19:11)
• When will a 12 seed beat a 5 seed in the CFP? (25:00)
• Syracuse vs Pitt big game breakdown (47:15)
• Cincinnati vs Colorado big game breakdown (1:21:20)

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National champion Michigan and modern dynasty Alabama are a combined 9-5 under first-year head coaches a year after making the College Football Playoff. On this Kings of the North, Doug Lesmerises and Dan Wetzel compare the issues in Ann Arbor and Tuscaloosa and discuss how much we should expect new playoff teams in the 12-team playoff era.
While looking at Sherrone Moore and Kalen DeBoer, Doug also examines all the first-year head coaches in FBS, from Indiana's Curt Cignetti to Michigan State's Jonathan Smith to Syracuse's Fran Brown and gives them a thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs sideways.
There's also the Punt and Block of the Week from Bill Landis, Doug's Overrated Southern Team and some news from around Northern college football.
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Chapters:
• Best and worst coaching hires (03:00)
• Thumbs up coaching hires (07:30)
• Thumbs sideways coaching hires (22:00)
• Thumbs down coaching hires (26:00)
• Michigan vs Alabama problems (34:45)
• What 12-team playoff would have been in 2023 (58:45)
• New playoff teams (1:02:30)
• Bill's block and kick of the week (1:11:20)
• Overrated southern team of the week (1:13:40)
• Northern college football news (1:17:30)

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