Ball State Oscar winners, REALIGNMENT TALK, the independent state of BYU, Jimbo Fisher and Chad Morris carving out an SEC West niche, Syracuse and competitiveness, Tee Martin and equity, Rudi Johnson!, and UAB leaving the darling phase.

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Obama talked at Sloan, football is behind in the analytics race, what the Sun Belt's new ESPN deal means for the Sun Belt and ESPN, why Skip Holtz should stay at Louisiana Tech, and why the Big Ten DESPERATELY needs pod scheduling.

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Les Miles' future (and that of aging coaches in general), Herm Edwards' role as the exception to every rule, Brent Venables and guys with Bill Snyder coaching DNA, the interview process, global warming, and really hard jobs (like UTEP).

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Joe Moglia's story is still cool, Bill did Finebaum, Godfrey's family has a fun team to root for, there were almost no G5 head coaches plucked away by bigger schools this year, and is Nebraska-Wisconsin going to be the new Oregon-Stanford?

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Those in charge of college athletics have no idea how to fix college athletics, the 2018 preview series has begun, (weight room) size matters, and Trace McSorley might be the best returning QB in college football.

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It's the #AskPAPN mailbag show! Steve Ensminger's résumé is amazing! Amazon, streaming, and the future of realignment! Data scraping! Parking and transportation bests and worsts! And what happens when Nick Saban retires?

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Perusing the 2018 Conference USA and ACC schedules, reviewing the best and worst games of 2017, and watching a room full of coaches root against Alabama.

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We almost got Ken Niumatalolo a P5 job, head coaches love security blankets, the West Coast Coaching Culture is a thing, and never go back to Indianapolis, Wisconsin fans.

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College football had itself another fantastic title game, but this sport still has all sots of soul searching to do. Also: Mizzou's 2018 schedule is rough, Mike Gundy is very tan, and it's time to go to coaching school.

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"Auburn just didn't get up for UCF," Arizona's sudden change, reliving the Rose Bowl, Adult Butthead, Notre Dame hype, impatient Utah State fans, and UCF's middle-finger shaped national title banner.

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