Purple Theory

After some technical difficulties, this episode is back up! Parker and Grant kick around some of the news of the offseason since they last spoke, including:

-- TCU basketball

-- Gary Patterson's heel turn

--NIL fun and games

-- A revealing interview with Garrett Riley in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram (shoutout Drew Davison)

-- An all-too-quick schedule rundown

-- Listener questions

Follow Parker on Twitter @statsowar and Grant @grantmcgalliard. As always, thanks for listening, and go Frogs. 

Parker and Grant chop it up about a myriad of things, including:

-- TCU basketball

-- Gary Patterson's heel turn

-- A very interesting Garrett Riley interview (shoutout Drew Davison of the FWST)

-- A quick TCU schedule rundown

Follow Parker @statsowar and Grant @grantmcgalliard on Twitter, and as always, thanks for listening! 

They said it couldn't be done, but here we are! Parker and Grant reunite in a punch-drunk offseason episode on a wide range of topics, including:

--Auburn being weird

--TCU's recruiting woes

-Joe Gillespie's defensive scheme

--TCU's roster's deficiencies

--Listener questions

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Parker and Grant banter about recruiting for a bit before delving into Big 12 bowl watchability. Topics include:

- The dumbest segment in the history of this podcast

- How TCU isn't filling needs in recruitment

- Potential strategies Sonny Dykes is pursuing 

- Mike Leach takes on Texas Tech

- Oklahoma's Bowl History: A Study 

- Clemson v. Iowa State, like we all predicted 

- Other various and sundry bowl interests

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Parker and Grant take a look at the season that was for TCU football. As you expect, it gets somber. Topics include:

-- Parker has hit 10K Twitter followers

-- A look at the strong and weak points on TCU's roster

-- Boy, the offensive line was bad

-- Assigning a niche country song to each game on TCU's schedule

-- MVPs on both sides of the ball

-- Oh right, TCU hired a defensive coordinator 

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Parker and Grant tackle the big news of the day -- namely, the return of Turnpike Troubadours -- before turning their attention to coaching once again. Brian Kelly is at LSU, but the major topic is Sonny Dykes' official announcement as the new TCU head coach. Topics include:

-- What Dykes brings to the table as a staff

-- The #Vibes

-- The very not good hiring of Kaz

-- Baylor-Oklahoma State preview

-- Other conference championship talk

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The college football world decided to go absolutely insane this weekend. Parker and Grant spend a good time on the various coaching changes, especially Lincoln Riley's departure to USC, before diving in to a couple of interesting games from the weekend. Topics include:

-- Lincoln Riley gaslighting Oklahoma

-- Parker throwing out Derek Mason's name again for some reason

-- Grant's treatise on why you should never hire a former Houston Texans coach

-- Various dominoes that could fall

-- What on earth LSU might do

-- An honest appreciation of Michigan football

-- Mike Gundy's masterpiece

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Parker and Grant channel all the hate in their heart for the innocent denizens of Ames. Hopefully this will not be the last preview episode of the Purple Theory pod this season, but who can say! Topics include:

-- Various and sundry coaching rumors

-- Boy, ISU has really gone downhill

-- An offense that does a lot to do little

-- Thanksgiving dish criticisms and appraisals

--  A whiparound of Big 12 and national games

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Parker and Grant reluctantly talk about the trap game of all trap games for TCU against the Kansas Jayhawks this weekend. After that, the podcast eschews Big 12 predictions for coaching predictions nationwide. Topics include:

-- Parker quoting the Drive-By Truckers in the first 30 seconds

-- Just how much the Kansas-Texas game was an outlier 

-- A realization that the Jayhawks, while they did beat Texas, are a very bad team

-- Who is left to play quarterback for TCU

-- A Michael Collins update

-- Predictions on who will fill a variety of open coaching jobs

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Grant and Parker indulge in some coaching search talk before spending a cursory amount of time on the TCU-Oklahoma State game. Then a general assessment of the Big 12 takes place before we get into listener submissions. Topics include:

-- A potential new name atop the totem pole

-- Boy, TCU's rush defense is bad

-- Chandler Morris's trip on the Max Duggan Experience

-- Texas lost to Kansas (in football)

-- Is any team in the Big 12 good? 

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