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It's Week 3 on The Mike Blitz Show, and the ranked matchups are stacked: No. 24 Houston at No. 13 Texas Tech, No. 17 SMU at No. 23 Louisville, and No. 7 LSU at No. 9 Ole Miss headline a full night of college football picks.

Punt or Go For It (5 debates):

• Is the Group of 6 playoff race already down to just North Dakota State and Boise? (Mike goes for it; Darren and Mark punt)
• Texas Tech won't make the Big 12 title game (Mike and Darren go for it; Mark punts)
• One of Pitt, Missouri, Utah, or Iowa wins their conference as a dark horse (Mike goes for it; Darren and Mark punt)
• No quarterback wins the 2026 Heisman (Mike and Darren go for it, both betting on a wide receiver; Mark punts)
• Oregon misses the College Football Playoff entirely (Mike and Mark go for it; Darren punts)

Ten games, picks, and betting angles, including LSU–Ole Miss (Magnolia Bowl) as the marquee homer pick, Texas Tech vs. Houston, Louisville vs. SMU, Florida at Auburn, Clemson vs. North Carolina, Florida State at Alabama, Mississippi State at South Carolina, Arizona State at Kansas, Virginia Tech at Maryland, UVA vs. West Virginia in the Duke's Mayo Classic, Iowa vs. Northern Iowa, and Tennessee vs. Kennesaw State — plus a nine-leg parlay of the week.

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Ohio State led 23-3 going into the fourth quarter and lost 24-23. Texas 
scored 21 unanswered, took the AP No. 1 spot, and the Buckeyes dropped to 
sixth without a single first-place vote.

Mike Wade, Mark Franzen and Darren Steadman go through the entire Week 2 
board: what actually went wrong in Austin, why Oregon's loss at Oklahoma 
State was a total team failure and not just a coordinator problem, and 
whether anybody at this desk deserves to feel good about being 2-0.

Also in this episode:
- Arch Manning threw for 195 yards with a 22-yard long — and Texas still 
  won it
- The Jeremiah Smith problem: what does Ohio State do if he misses a month?
- Oregon gave up 237 rushing yards and 39 points in Stillwater
- Michigan beats Oklahoma 17-10 — 40 rushes to 23 passes, and DeBoer's 
  seat cools off
- Alabama trailed 17-13 at Kentucky and outscored them 32-0 after the break
- BYU handles Arizona and Darren's preseason take ages nicely
- Mississippi State 38, Minnesota 13 — Kamario Taylor is about to get paid
- Boise State and North Dakota State are in a tier by themselves in the G6
- Virginia Tech rolls ODU 44-21 and James Franklin has raised the floor
- Tennessee 45, Georgia Tech 24 — and Georgia Tech might be a lemon
- LSU wins by 31 while playing unfocused, plus a Princewill Nworje stat 
  nobody's talking about
- Iowa wins the way Iowa wins: 16-13 on a last-second field goal
- UVA, JMU and Norfolk State — the Virginia desk checks in

QUICK SIX — Week 2 results and Week 3 questions:
Will UTEP score a touchdown at Michigan? Which game puts up more points, 
LSU-Ole Miss or SMU-Louisville? Does Oregon cover 21.5 against Portland 
State? Will Texas still be AP No. 1 next week? Plus the Virginia Tech vs. 
UVA scoring question.

Vote with us in the Discord. Quick Six returns Tuesday night with the Week 
3 preview and Punt or Go For It.

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Is LSU a top-three team right now, even ranked eighth in the country? Mike Wade, Darren Steadman, and Mark Franzen open Week 2 with Punt or Go For It — five bold claims including LSU's case for the top three, whether Bryce Underwood gets benched at Michigan before October 1st, Dabo Swinney's job security at Clemson, whether Pete Golding is actually a good head coach at Ole Miss, and USC as the national title dark horse nobody's talking about.

Then it's a full Week 2 preview and picks: Oregon at Oklahoma State, Oklahoma at Michigan, Ohio State at Texas, Arizona at BYU, Mississippi State at Minnesota, Arizona State at Texas A&M, Alabama at Kentucky, Cal at Syracuse, and Memphis at Boise State — plus homer picks on Tennessee-Georgia Tech, UVA, Virginia Tech, the Cy-Hawk rivalry (Iowa-Iowa State), and LSU-Louisiana Tech. The guys build an 8-leg parlay off their favorite lines from the week.

Where do you land on LSU's ranking? Let us know in the comments or the Discord.

Timestamps (approximate — verify against Descript waveform before publishing)

• 0:00 – Cold open
• 1:00 – Check-in, AP Poll talk
• 4:00 – SMU upsets FSU, Norvell watch
• 5:00 – Punt or Go For It: Is LSU a top-3 team?
• 7:00 – Bryce Underwood benched before October 1st?
• 13:00 – Dabo Swinney's seat at Clemson
• 15:00 – Is Pete Golding actually good at Ole Miss?
• 19:00 – USC: the national title dark horse
• 22:00 – Bonus: Oklahoma State gets pounded by Oregon, still competes for Big 12
• 24:00 – Week 2 Preview begins (Oregon–Oklahoma State)
• 26:00 – Oklahoma–Michigan
• 30:00 – Ohio State–Texas
• 33:00 – Arizona–BYU
• 37:00 – Mississippi State–Minnesota
• 43:00 – Arizona State–Texas A&M
• 45:00 – Alabama–Kentucky
• 49:00 – Cal–Syracuse
• 52:00 – Memphis–Boise State
• 57:00 – Akron's viral fan-OC promo
• 1:00:00 – Homer picks: Tennessee–Georgia Tech
• 1:03:00 – UVA–Norfolk State
• 1:04:00 – Virginia Tech–Old Dominion
• 1:06:00 – Iowa–Iowa State (Cy-Hawk)
• 1:09:00 – LSU–Louisiana Tech
• 1:11:00 – 8-leg parlay recap

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Week one was supposed to ease you in. It kicked the door down instead.

Lane Kiffin's LSU debut was a 51-10 beatdown of an unranked Clemson team — Mike, Mark, and Darren dig into whether the Tigers just found a new gear or Clemson quit before kickoff. Virginia Tech's defense didn't just beat VMI, they smothered them to 83 total yards. Michigan needed a miracle Hail Mary to escape Western Michigan, and the guys break down why Bryce Underwood's stat line is more mirage than breakout. Plus: the greatest punt in college football history, Iowa's quarterback carousel, and a full slate of Sunday fireworks out of Ole Miss–Louisville, Boise State–Oregon, and more.

Darren also grades last week's Quick Six picks and rolls out six brand-new questions for Week 2 — Michigan-Oklahoma, Oregon at Oklahoma State, Pitt-UCF, and a sneaky-good Mississippi State-Minnesota tilt. Play along in the Discord.

Do you think LSU's defense is actually that good, or was Clemson just that bad? Let us know.

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Week 1 is here and we may have gotten a little ahead of ourselves.

After hitting a 16-1 parlay in Week 0, the guys go back to the well and build a nine-leg monster that pays $4,078 on a ten dollar bet. LSU-Clemson, SMU at Florida State, Ole Miss-Louisville, Oregon-Boise State and five more.

Also this week: a brand new segment called Punt or Go For It, where Mike lays five bold takes on the table and Mark and Darren have to plant a flag. And a Discord listener who graduated from VMI sends in a scouting report on his own football team ahead of Virginia Tech. It's the best thing we've read all year.

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Four legs. All four cashed.

We opened Week 0 by cashing the parlay, and this
week we're looking back at how each one got there.
UNC pulled the upset over TCU. USC and San Jose State
went over. Memphis took care of the moneyline. And
North Dakota State covered the number.

Mike Wade, Darren Steadman, and
Mark Franzen break down what actually happened in
each of those games, what it tells us heading into
Week 1, and where the Picks Ledger stands after the
first week on the board.

Plus Quick 6 with Darren, and Mike's Signature Wager.

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Two hundred thirty-eight days. That's how long it's been since a college football game meant anything — and Saturday it finally ends. Eight games, one day, and the biggest one on the board got yanked out of Rio de Janeiro and dropped in Charlottesville.

Mike Wade, Darren Steadman, and Mark Franzen break down the entire Week 0 slate, debut a brand-new segment, and lock in the first Mike Blitz parlay of the 2026 season.

The Quick 6 debuts. Darren's new six-question game — no sides, no totals, just the weird stuff around the matchups. Who starts at QB for Memphis when Charlie Huff won't tell anybody? Does Florida State cover after three quarters? Will USC play a second quarterback? And will the crew get visual confirmation of DJ Diesel — that's Shaquille O'Neal — anywhere in Charlottesville on Saturday? There's a prize on the line, and listeners can play along in the Discord.

Picks and previews. UNC–TCU in a Dublin bog. North Dakota State's first-ever FBS game in the Fargodome. Memphis at UNLV, a game Mike is calling a CFP eliminator before September. Plus Darren's admitted heart-play against Florida State that nobody else would touch.

Homer time: UVA vs. NC State. Bo Pribula, CJ Bailey, and whether the Hoos have the explosiveness to match a rebuilt offensive line.

The parlay. Four legs, roughly 16-to-1. Linked in the Discord if you want to tail it.

In this episode:
00:00 — 238 days: the Week 0 cold open
01:49 — Whatchu drinkin' (and Mike loses a fight to a three-year-old)
04:31 — The Quick 6 debuts
05:35 — Q1: Who starts at QB for Memphis?
09:35 — Q2: Florida State after three quarters
14:22 — Q3: Does USC play a second quarterback?
16:43 — Q4: Pribula and Bailey combined rushing yards
22:39 — Q5: Does either team hit 28 in Dublin?
26:40 — Q6: The DJ Diesel sighting
31:08 — Picks and previews: the Week 0 slate
43:20 — Homer time: UVA vs. NC State
48:59 — The four-leg parlay
50:09 — What's coming Sunday

Back Sunday with the Week 0 autopsy and a first look at Week 1 — LSU–Clemson and Louisville–Ole Miss headline.

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Join the Discord to play the Quick 6 and tail the parlay.

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Three hosts. One season. Zero accountability — until December, when we pull this episode back up and see exactly how wrong we were.

We go conference by conference through the 2026 college football season: every Power 4 champion, the full 12-team Playoff field, the Group of 6 bid, the Heisman, and the win total over/unders on our own teams. Plus the bold takes we're willing to put our names on.

What we get into:

- The bold takes — Alabama's losing streak, 12+ in-season firings, and whether a backup QB makes the Playoff
- Coaching hot seats — we're unanimous on who gets fired first, and we disagree hard about Bill Belichick at UNC
- Conference champs — Big Ten, Big 12, ACC, and SEC picks, on the record
- The Group of 6 bid under the new highest-ranked-team rule
- National championship pick — and why it came down to two teams
- Heisman frontrunners plus the sleepers nobody's on yet
- Win totals for LSU, Tennessee, Virginia Tech, Virginia, and Iowa — where the homers get exposed
- Top 10 teams that fall out, and unranked teams that crash in

Chapters:

Intro
Bold Predictions
Coaching Hot Seats
Big Ten
Big 12
ACC
SEC
Group of 6
National Championship
Heisman
Win Totals
Homer Time

Tell us we're wrong. Send us your own bold prediction, and we'll read the best ones on the next episode.

New episode every week through the College Football Playoff. Follow the show so you don't miss the Week 1 reaction.

The hosts:

Mike Wade — LSU
Darren Steadman — Virginia Tech
Mark Franzen — Iowa

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Imagine a place....where the beer flows like wine.....we're talking about... the offseason!

On this episode, our hosts take you through the 4 course odyssey of flavor that is the College Football Offseason 2024. Mike, Mark, and Darren breakdown all of the small (drinks), medium (apps), and big (entrees) story lines that will tell you everything you need to know to be ready for the new season. They also dip their toes in a little Homer Time (gotta leave room for dessert!) getting you caught up on Tennessee, LSU, Virginia, Virginia Tech, and Iowa going into September.

Bon Appetit, Blitzers! 

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Mike & Mike Check-in & a little personal catch up from 2025

Preason Picks
-Bold Predictions 2025
-Hot Seat Coaches
-P4 Conference Champs
-National Champ Picks
-G5 Playoff Pick
-Heisman Winner
-UR to  Top 10 & Top 10 to UR
-O/U Homer Teams Win Totals

Week 0 Preview & TMB Bet of the Week


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