Kings of the North College Football

It's Ohio State vs. Oregon on this Kings of the North, as the No. 2 Buckeyes visit the No. 3 Ducks on Saturday night.
Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis offer a huge Big Game Breakdown on the game, with run game and pass game breakdowns on both sides of the ball, from Dillon Gabriel, Jordan Burch and Tez Johnson for Oregon to Jeremiah Smith, Caleb Downs and Quinshon Judkins for Ohio State.
Also, watch for huge defensive line battles on both sides.
To open the show, Steven Godfrey of Split Zone Duo joins Doug to break down the two head coaches -- Ryan Day and Dan Lanning -- who both could use a big game win for the resume.
Plus Whatcha Watching, Eating and Thinking on Kings of the North.

Chapters:
• Steven Godfrey joins KOTN (01:30)
• How Ryan Day is viewed (20:40)
• How Dan Lanning is viewed (27:30)
• Oregon passing vs Ohio State defense (47:00)
• Oregon rushing vs Ohio State defense (1:02:20)
• Ohio State passing vs Oregon defense (1:08:30)
• Ohio State rushing vs Oregon defense (1:19:00)
• Score predictions (1:30:00)
• Whatcha watching, eating, thinking (1:41:00)

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What rivalries matter the most to this college football season? With Texas-Oklahoma on the schedule this week, Doug Lesmerises and Dan Wetzel look at the 10 rivalries that will have the greatest impact on the full season. You've got to dislike each other and both be good.
Plus Audrey Snyder of The Athletic stops by to talk about Penn State and how the Nittany Lions might be different this season. Doug runs through five hot truths about the college football playoff race to this point, Bill Landis has his Punt and Block of the Week, and Doug gives you his Overrated Southern Team of the Week.
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College football went crazy in Week 6, especially in the South. There were a lot of great wins in The North, too, and from Minnesota and Nebraska to Iowa State and Washington, from Pitt and Syracuse to Ohio State and West Virginia, Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis dive into all the best of Northern football — and decide how hard The South should cram it. Thanks for joining KOTN.

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Alabama went down in a huge upset to Vanderbilt on Saturday, while Ohio State, Nebraska, Penn State, Oregon, West Virginia, Pitt, Syracuse and Indiana were among the Northern teams that won in Week 6.
On this KOTN Late Knight, Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis run through the best and most interesting Northern games, and all the ways the South can cram it.
Thanks for hanging with Kings of the North

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A late-night touchdown with 19 seconds to play by Washington State last week sent Bets of the North to another win on a $500 bet, as the bank roll is now up more than $1,800 on the season. Add in the Alabama moneyline play, and it was a huge week for Bets of the North.

Doug Lesmerises and Tyler Shoemaker are back and getting after it with an Ohio State bet, some wild upset possibilities in the state of Florida, and six more underdogs to like in Best Bets.

Thanks for joining us on Bets of the North. Let's have some fun and cash some bets.

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Iowa at Ohio State gets the Big Game Breakdown treatment among the picks and previews for 14 Northern college football games on Kings of the North. Washington-Michigan, Oregon-Michigan State, Nebraska-Rutgers, West Virginia-Oklahoma State, Syracuse-UNLV and Indiana-Northwestern are among the other games that get long looks from Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis.
Plus Boston College star edge rusher Donovan Ezeiruaku, who leads the nation with eight sacks, stops by and explains how he did it on all three of his sacks against Western Kentucky last week and what's it like on campus with the Eagles at 4-1 going into Saturday's game at Virginia.
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Chapters:
• First set of game picks including Michigan at Washington (04:00)
• Boston College defensive end Donovan Ezeiruaku interview (39:00)
• Ohio State vs Iowa big game breakdown (58:07)
• Final game picks (1:20:05)
• Doug and Bill fantasy picks (1:41:00)

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How are the 5-0 Indiana Hoosiers doing this, is it sustainable, do they have real playoff hopes, and could other teams learn from this? On this Kings of the North, Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis dive into those question with some IU help.
First Doug and Bill discuss if other teams should be looking for a Curt Cignetti. Then it's an interview with Indiana center and sixth-year Hoosier Mike Katic. That's followed buy a talk with Taylor Lehman, who covers the Hoosiers from the statistical side of things and tells us the data says this could keep going. 
Finally, it's Whatcha Watching, Eating and Thinking on breakfast burritos, diet nightmares, bands with an '80s sound, soggy fries, and more.
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Time to update College Football Playoff picks on Kings of the North, as Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis revisit and adjust their playoff predictions for the first time since the preseason. What happens to Michigan, Notre Dame, Utah, Kansas State, Iowa State, Oregon, Ohio State, Pitt and Penn State in the new brackets?
Then Dan Wetzel stops by to join Doug for a discussion about the meeting between the Big Ten and the SEC. They run through six topics that are on the minds of the two major conferences as they think about the future of college football.
Then it's Bill's Punt and Block of the Week, Doug's Overrated Southern Team of the Week and some final thoughts about Northern ball.
As always, thanks for joining Kings of the North.

Chapters:
• Doug and Bill make their new final playoff predictions (09:00)
• Dan Wetzel joins the show to talk about if the Big Ten and SEC should work together? (35:00)
• Bill's block and punt of the week (1:17:44)
• Overrated southern team of the week (1:20:00)

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From Rutgers to Iowa State, from BYU to Ohio State, from Indiana to Pitt, college football fanbases across The North should be excited about their teams' start to the season.
One-third of the way into the season, Kings of the North is ranking all 28 teams of The North by Fanbase Happiness Ratings, as Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis run from the ecstatic to the hopeless.
That includes teams like Michigan, Washington and Notre Dame floating somewhere in the middle, and teams like Wisconsin, Kansas and Purdue foundering at the bottom.
Plus, The South Cram-o-meter. Thanks for joining Kings of the North

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A huge week of college football for The North includs a tight primetime showcase for Penn State and Illinois; big wins for Notre Dame, Kansas State, Indiana andColorado; tight escapes for Michigan, Boston College and BYU; and more.
But it's also part of The North to tell The South to cram it -- and there are a lot of reasons to do that this week.
Ole Miss showed up as a fraud in a loss to Kentucky.
And the air of Georgia invincibility was popped by Alabama.
Ohhhh, what a night for The North. You'll want to be here.

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