The College Football Chaps

On this epsiode we meet up with our good buddy Chris Marler from the 4th & Wrong podcast, Locked On South Carolina, 1045ESPN Louisiana & Cover Crimson (he is a busy guy!) to talk...

• Alabama v Georgia : did we experience the best college football game ever? 
• What did we learn about the Tide & the Dawgs?
• UNLV are ranked! Are they a better team with their QB2?
• Lane Kiffin is under pressure. Could Ole Miss “miss” a play off berth? 
• Army & Navy both 4-0 and sit atop the AAC. Could the triple option appear in the CFB Play Off?
• Tix under Twenty is back and bigger than ever!

On this episode the Chaps talk with Saturday Down South's Connor O'Gara to talk...

• what benching Jackson Arnold means for the Sooners playoff chances
• what on earth is happening in Auburn
• Are Mack Brown's days numbered in Chapel Hill
• Georgia v Alabama preview
• Group of 5 prospects and play off contenders
• Tix under $20 is back and chaotic.... 

On this episode the Chaps have the honor of speaking with Lieutenant Gneral Rich Clark who is also the Executive Director of the College Football Play Off Committee. On this episode the Chaps talk to Rich about...

• His time as an Air Force pilot and being involved in fly overs at college football games
• His hugely successful time at Air Force Academy football 
• Could a service academy repeat that feat and be truly competitive in todays ever changing game?
• What are the biggest challenges that the CFB Play Off Committee faces this year as the format changes from four to 12 teams?
• Has conference realignment complicated the play off commitee's job of picking the best 25 teams this season?
• Can more than one Go5 team make it into the College Football Playoff this year?
• How does the Play Off committee maintai the integrity of Bowl Games as the Play Off expands?
• What does success look like for the Committee at the end of the season?

On this episode its week 3, so the Chaps ask What have we learned so far? 

• How have the Conferences fared so far? 
• Who are the teams contending : Texas, Georgia, Ohio State?
• Teams pretending : Oregon, Michigan?
• Is Nebraska back?
• Is Tennessee a contender?
• What about Miami?
• The Bill O’Brien effect in Chestnut Hill…..
• Time for Tix under $20!

On this episode the Chaps are joined by Next Round Live's Auburn & Alabama reporter, Emily Grace McWhorter. We talk,

• Key takeaways from Auburn, Alabama fall camps
• What does an acceptable season for the Tigers look like?
• Tigers confidence that PaytonThorne can step up to the next level
• Can Auburn be a play off team?
• Changes at Alabama under new head coach, Kalen DeBoer
• How will the Alabama defense shape up this season?
• Tix under Twenty is back! 
• Prediction time : Notre Dame @ Texas A&M

With just a week until the Kansas Jayhawks kick off the 2024 season, the Chaps sit down with Head Coach, Lance Leipold to talk

• his thoughts and desires about playing Kansas Jathawks games internationally
• the new faciiities being built in Lawrence and the challenges this brings in 2024
• how his time coaching in the MAC at Buffalo prepared him for a job in the BIG XII
• the challenges ahead this season in a new look conference, a very different schedule, technological changes and a supersize CFB Play off
• the best stadium atmospheres he has played and the road games he is most looking forward to
• updates on his superstar QB, Jalon Daniels and expectations for the new season

On this episode the Chaps have the remarkable opportunity to chat with the head coach of the Sewanee Tigers, Andy McCollum. In what is a hugely motivational episode the Chaps talk to Coach about,

• what led him to Sewanee to take charge of Tigers football
• Coach McCollum's hopes and expectations for the new season
• After 43 years coaching, what motivates Coach to continue into the new season
• What success looks like for the Tigers this year
• How the Tigers schedule compares this year
• How his first year in charge compared with his expectations

This is a fantastic episode!

On this episode The Chaps talk to author, Colby Newton about his latest book "SEC Football: How a regional league became a national obsession".

We chat with Colby about,

• how the idea for the book came about
• how conference expansion made the SEC more popular
• what might the next 30 years look like for the SEC
• the impact of recruiting on the growth of the league
• sliding door moments that changed the course of history
• and given Colby's experience working in Bowl games, we get him to talk about his favourite memories from Bowl games

It's been a few weeks since the Chaps last caught up so with less than 4 weeks to go until the season starts, the Chaps chat about..

• media days round up
• who is likely to be the dark horse for the season and unexpectedly secure a CFB Playoff spot?
• who is being overhyped?
• which teams schedule is likely to put its head coach on the hot seat?
• who is good enough to win the Natty?

It's officially talkin' season and on this episode the Chaps talk with special guest Andy Staples to discuss...

• Texas & Oklahoma join the SEC! Breath of fresh air for the conference or tough year ahead for the rookies?
• What are we most excited about for the new season ahead?
• We appoint a new CFB commissioner - what should be his opening season kick off game?
• Which program is flying under the radar at this point?
• Are we buying or selling stock in Hugh Freeze, James Franklin and Lincoln Reilly?