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In this subscriber episode, Richard and Alex trade observations about a handful of recent hires in the college football coach carousel, including:

* Scott Frost to UCF, where prior success doesn’t tell us a lot about how the Knights will operate going forward

* Matt Entz to Fresno State, Bronco Mendenhall to Utah State, and what their contracts tell us about Pac-12 realignment

* Barry Odom to Purdue, where he might be fighting gravity

* Matt Drinkall to Central Michigan, which follows the rule: “You’re a MAC school. Be different.”

* Bryan Harsin to Cal, a funny culture fit with good football rationale behind it but a big transfer portal problem already

* Two new coordinators to Nebraska, which needs to get things together on offense without letting the strength of the team fall apart

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Free for all: We interviewed Nick Carparelli, the executive director of Bowl Season, the umbrella group that advocates for bowl game operators. We wanted to get his thoughts on the state of the bowl system, how the bowls interact with the playoff, and where he thinks bowl games are going. We hope you find this one to be an informative back-and-forth on the CFB postseason.

Also, for subscribers, Richard and Steven Godfrey shared their reporting and analysis on a handful of hirings and coach searches.

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Producer: Anthony Vito