The Mike Blitz Show

Four hot takes for college football's biggest week. Is Indiana's 7th-year backup QB the Big Ten's only hope? Is Texas' offensive line about to cost them the playoff?

Mike brings the takes. Mark and Darren wear the headsets and make the call: punt or go for it.

THE TAKES
1. If Darian Mensah wins at Notre Dame, he wins the Heisman. (Darren: punt. Mark: go for it, because the Heisman is a quarterback award.)
2. Indiana backup Grant Wilson is the Big Ten's only chance at an elite team. (Both go for it.)
3. Texas misses the playoff with two more losses, at Missouri and at LSU, because of its offensive line. (Both go for it.)
4. Utah exposes BYU and knocks them out of the Big 12 title game and the playoff. (Darren tries to plead the Fifth, then goes for it. Mark goes for it.)

Plus: is Jeremiah Smith the best player in college football even if he can't win the Heisman, and when did a wide receiver last go No. 1 in the NFL Draft?

CHAPTERS
0:00 Cold open
0:29 Punt or Go For It, Week 10
1:38 Take 1: Beat Notre Dame and Mensah wins the Heisman
6:36 Take 2: Indiana's 7th-year backup QB
14:26 Take 3: Texas misses the playoff
19:14 Take 4: Utah knocks BYU out
24:44 Is the Heisman just a QB award?
29:07 Wrap

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Our Week 10 college football parlay: Miami +6.5 at Notre Dame, LSU over Alabama, Missouri over Texas, and five more picks for the biggest Saturday of the season.

The first College Football Playoff rankings dropped 90 minutes before we recorded, so we start there: Notre Dame at 11 (and what that means for Saturday night), UCLA at 8, and Texas jumping to 7. Then we build one ticket across seven ranked matchups.

THE MIKE BLITZ PARLAY, WEEK 10 (lines as read Tue Nov 3)
1. Miami +6.5 (alt) at Notre Dame
2. Georgia -3.5 at Ole Miss
3. BYU at Utah UNDER 48.5
4. Missouri moneyline vs. Texas
5. Oregon +7.5 at Ohio State
6. Boise State at Colorado State OVER 68.5
7. New Mexico -9.5 at Nevada
8. LSU -5.5 vs. Alabama
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Stay-aways: Kentucky at Tennessee, Iowa at Northwestern. Virginia Tech at SMU: no bet (we don't bet Virginia schools), but Mike lays out the Hokies' path to the upset.For entertainment only. Must be 21+. Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER

CHAPTERS
0:00 Cold open
0:45 Week 10 is here
3:12 First CFP rankings: Notre Dame at 11, UCLA at 8, Texas at 7
10:28 Miami at Notre Dame
19:47 Georgia at Ole Miss
24:12 The Holy War: BYU at Utah
31:03 Texas at Missouri
34:11 Oregon at Ohio State
36:13 Boise State at Colorado State
38:30 New Mexico at Nevada
40:23 Alabama at LSU
46:42 Kentucky at Tennessee
49:53 Virginia Tech at SMU
55:59 Iowa at Northwestern
1:00:31 The final 8-leg ticket

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Week 10 is the best Saturday of the college football season. Mike Wade, Mark Franzen and Darren Steadman make their picks on four questions in the Four Downs game show.

1st down: Holy War. Which quarterback runs for more yards per carry, Utah's Devon Dampier or BYU's Bear Bachmeier?
2nd down: Can Oregon State's Jesse Legree outgain Miami's Malachi Toney and Ohio State's Jeremiah Smith combined?
3rd down: Alabama at LSU and Miami at Notre Dame. Which two quarterbacks post the best QBR?
4th down: Air Force at Army. Who runs for more?
Plus how we did on Week 9's questions, and Mike ties Darren for the lead.

Chapters
0:00 Cold open
0:32 The Week 10 slate
3:38 Week 9 results and standings
7:53 1st down: Holy War quarterbacks
13:16 2nd down: Legree vs. Toney and Smith
22:09 3rd down: big-game quarterbacks
29:01 4th down: Air Force at Army
35:37 Wrap

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Ohio State falls to 11th, Notre Dame's résumé takes a beating, and Utah keeps rolling. Mike Wade, Mark Franzen and Darren Steadman break down what we learned in college football Week 9.

Four quarters of takeaways:
• Mike: the worst Big Ten in years, and why a 10-2 Notre Dame shouldn't make the playoff
• Darren: four title contenders and none from the Big Ten, plus sell your BYU stock
• Mark: rushing the field is bad luck for next week
• Mike: Morgan Scalley for Coach of the Year, and Georgia is the most complete team in the country
Plus our worst parlay ever (1 for 8), Florida State fires Mike Norvell, and the homer check: Iowa 30, Wisconsin 0.

Chapters
0:00 Cold open
0:45 Halloween hangover
4:08 Parlay debrief: 1 for 8
6:09 Discord wins and Lindenwood
10:45 Florida State fires Mike Norvell
13:51 1st quarter: the worst Big Ten in years?
19:23 1st quarter: four contenders, zero Big Ten
23:11 2nd quarter: a 10-2 Notre Dame stays home
27:03 2nd quarter: sell your BYU stock
30:30 3rd quarter: do JMU coaches still rule?
34:47 3rd quarter: Morgan Scalley for Coach of the Year
38:06 4th quarter: rush the field, lose next week
39:39 4th quarter: teams outgrowing the letdown spot
45:14 4th quarter: Georgia is the most complete team
49:08 Homer check: Iowa 30, Wisconsin 0
52:21 Wake Forest 51, Virginia 7
56:58 Wrap

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Only three FBS teams are still unbeaten: Miami, Utah and UCLA. Mike Wade says none of them gets through the regular season at 12-0. Mark and Darren have the headsets, and they decide whether to punt or go for it on five takes:

1. Three teams with three losses make the playoff
2. Nobody goes 12-0 this year
3. Jeremiah Smith is bad-quarterback proof: over 150 yards at USC this week
4. No SEC coach gets fired in 2026
5. Teams that get games canceled on them should get credit in the polls and seeding

Plus Darren’s Thursday-night over, and Mark goes looking for the biggest total of the last 10 years.

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Ohio State goes to the Coliseum with a true freshman at quarterback, and we’re laying the points anyway. Mike Wade, Mark Franzen and Darren Steadman go through the Week 9 slate and build an 8-leg parlay, keeping only the games all three of us agree on.

On the board:

• Georgia vs. Florida, the cocktail party in Atlanta
• A Big 12 eliminator: Arizona at Texas Tech
• Ohio State at USC
• Northwestern at Oregon
• Miami vs. North Carolina
• Utah’s trap spot at Cincinnati
• SMU at Syracuse
• Notre Dame vs. Navy
• Mississippi State at Texas, plus more

Then the homer games: Wisconsin at Iowa and Virginia at Wake Forest. Darren’s yellow highlighter shows up again, and so does Cocktober.

The parlay, as locked on air: Arizona +3.5 · Ohio State -6.5 · Northwestern/Oregon Under 46.5 · Cincinnati +7.5 · SMU -9.5 · Auburn/Ole Miss Under 56.5 · Notre Dame -17.5 (1st half) · Mississippi State/Texas Under 50.5. A $10 bet pays $1,599.55 as read on air. Odds move.

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The Quick Six is now Four Downs: four questions about the weekend ahead, and Darren calls the plays. First, the final Quick Six standings and how we did on Week 8’s questions, including who got fired first.

This week’s four downs:

1. Wisconsin at Iowa: will either team score 20?
2. Can Jadan Baugh get 100 total yards against Georgia?
3. With no Julian Sayin, does Ohio State’s quarterback throw for 200 at USC?
4. Halloween on College GameDay: will anyone on set dress up as Mike Ditka?

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Week 8 was more eventful than it had any right to be. Mike Wade, Mark Franzen and Darren Steadman break down what we actually learned. Texas beat No. 7 Ole Miss 34–27 but lost three of its best NFL prospects to injury. Utah had to rally past Houston 21–13. And BYU fell right into the big-win letdown spot we’ve been warning about all season.

In this episode:

• The parlay debrief: 5 of 8, with two legs lost by the hook
• Four quarters of takeaways: Michigan’s QB crisis, why the national champ won’t come out of the Big Ten, a playoff race with 25+ teams still alive, missing the Pac-12, the coaching hot seat, Bear Bachmeier’s Heisman hit, BYU still the class of the Big 12, and LSU as the team nobody wants to play
• Darren’s homework assignment: is 2026 shaping up like 2007?
• Homer check: Duke 19, Virginia 16 · Virginia Tech 20, Clemson 16 · LSU 38, Auburn 17 · South Carolina 27, Tennessee 24 · Minnesota 13, Iowa 10
• Plus the post-game hang

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Mike Wade plays the overanxious quarterback, Mark Franzen and Darren Steadman are the head coaches, and all three hosts go for it on every hot take. Each call is either a punt (bad take) or a go for it (great take).

Tonight's four takes:

1. Bear Bachmeier goes to New York as the most blue-collar Heisman finalist ever.

2. Oregon, Texas and Texas Tech, the preseason favorites in their conferences, all miss the 2026 playoff.

3. Georgia is the best team in the country if it can just hold on to the football.

4. James Madison finishes as the only undefeated team in the country.

Play along in the comments: punt or go for it?

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Mike Wade says he's betting with his heart this week, and Mark Franzen and Darren Steadman have to decide whether to ride along. Miami is the new No. 1, BYU is No. 2, Indiana's 22-game win streak is over, and Auburn, fresh off beating Georgia, hosts LSU. The crew goes through the Week 8 slate game by game and builds an eight-leg parlay.

Games covered: Ole Miss at Texas, Houston at Utah, Pitt at Miami, BYU at UCF, Indiana at Michigan, Vanderbilt at Kentucky, Texas A&M at Alabama, USC at Wisconsin, Boise State at Washington State, Iowa State at Arizona, plus homer picks and the G6 games, including North Dakota State at New Mexico.

The final parlay, with lines as read on air Tuesday, Oct. 20: Ole Miss +3.5, Utah -5.5, Vanderbilt-Kentucky over 51.5, Texas A&M-Alabama under 50.5, USC-Wisconsin under 49.5, Boise State -13.5, Arizona -9.5 and New Mexico -4.5. Lines move, so check current numbers.

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