The Preferred Walk-On: The People's College Football Show

It’s Week 7, and the storylines are everywhere.

Host Seth Saunders is joined by Anna Ruth Riggins to break down the latest in college football — from coaching rumors to rivalry showdowns.

In this episode of Preferred Walk-On:

🐐 Bill Belichick’s Carolina Situation — is he on his way out?

🏈 Ohio State, Alabama, and Texas — where the elite programs stand halfway through the season

🔥 Week 7 Matchups:

USF vs. North Texas

Texas vs. Oklahoma (Red River Shootout)

Auburn vs. Georgia (Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry)

Indiana vs. Oregon

🎯 Eric Morris: The Quarterback Whisperer — from recruiting and developing Mahomes and Ward to mentoring Drew Mestemaker

🎧 From blue bloods under pressure to rising programs making noise, we cover it all — plus the playoff picture taking shape.

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College football’s 2025 season just keeps getting wilder — and this week on Preferred Walk-On, host Seth Saunders is joined by Jack DeLongchamps (Pencil Talk Pod, 11.7 College Baseball, D1 Baseball) to make sense of it all.

Together they discuss:

💰 The impact of NIL & the transfer portal on rosters, chemistry, and team identity

📊 Key Week 6 Matchups:

Texas vs. Florida

Alabama vs. Vanderbilt

Miami vs. Florida State

Virginia vs. Louisville

🏈 FCS Spotlight — North Dakota State vs. Illinois State, and the beauty of FCS football

🎲 The unpredictability of 2025 — why this season feels unlike any other

🎧 From blue bloods under pressure to rising programs making noise, we cover it all — plus the playoff picture taking shape.

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What. A. Weekend. Seth and James recap a thrilling slate of college football action, full of surprises, shakeups, and storylines that define the season.

We’re breaking down:

🔥 Sam Pittman Fired at Arkansas — what it means for the Hogs moving forward
🐶 Georgia’s Struggles vs. Alabama — is the Dawgs’ dynasty slipping?
🦆🦁 Oregon vs. Penn State — instant classic with playoff implications
🎬 The Trinidad Chambliss Story — why it feels like a Disney movie waiting to happen
💰 NIL & Transfer Portal — the ever-growing impact on team chemistry
🤔 Returning QBs’ Inconsistency — why ballyhooed veterans aren’t living up to the hype

College football remains unpredictable, thrilling, and unlike anything else in sports — and this week proved it again.

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Week 5 is loaded — and Seth and James are here with the full preview.

In this episode of Preferred Walk-On, we cover:

🍊 Classic Rewind: UVA vs. FSU 1995

🐸 TCU vs. Arizona State: Big 12 clash in Tempe

✌️ USC vs. Illinois: West Coast newcomer vs. Big Ten grit

⚡ Ohio State vs. Washington: "Know My Name Game" - Demond Williams Jr.

🐯 LSU vs. Ole Miss: Lane Kiffin, LSU defense, and a viral IG subplot

🤍 Oregon vs. Penn State: White Out magic in Happy Valley for an epic Big 10 showdown

🐘🐶 Alabama vs. Georgia: SEC powers collide Between the Hedges

🏆 FCS Game of the Week: Idaho vs. Montana in the Battle for the Little Brown Stein

From playoff implications to rivalry bragging rights, we’re breaking down the games that matter most.

Plus: We’re on the hunt for College Football's Tailgate All-Americans. From Athens to Ann Arbor, Madison to Baton Rouge — we want to see whose the cream of the tailgate crop from coast-to-coast.

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This week on Preferred Walk-On, Seth is joined by Emily Grace McWhorter, sports journalist with Cover Crimson and Yea Alabama, for a deep dive into Alabama vs. Georgia Between the Hedges — one of the most anticipated games of the 2025 season.

Together they explore:

🐘 Alabama’s early season struggles — and how the team has showed resiliency since the opening game loss to FSU

🐶 Georgia and Alabama's strengths and keys to victory

🧠 The importance of mental resilience in championship-level football

🌎 The evolving landscape of college football, including the wide-open Big 12 race

✍️ EG's first-hand experiences in sports journalism

They also preview a loaded Week 5 slate of games teaming with playoff implications:

✨ USC vs. Illinois

🐶 Ohio State vs. Washington

☘️ Notre Dame vs. Arkansas

🐯 LSU vs. Ole Miss

🦆 Oregon vs. Penn State

🐘🐶 Alabama vs. Georgia (Game of the Week)

🎧 From blue bloods under pressure to rising programs making noise, we cover it all — plus the playoff picture taking shape.

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Week 4 is here, and the matchups are 🔥. Seth and James break down the biggest games of the week, what’s at stake, and how it all shapes the playoff race.

This episode covers:

🌵 Texas Tech vs. Utah: Statement opportunity out West

🐗 Arkansas vs. Memphis: Programs trying to prove themselves

🍳 SMU vs. TCU (Iron Skillet): Rivalry bragging rights on the line

🐅 Auburn vs. Oklahoma: SEC battle with big implications

🌊 Tulane vs. Ole Miss: G5 vs. SEC showdown with playoff stakes

⚠️ Michigan & South Carolina struggles: What’s going wrong?

🏈 FCS Spotlight: Incarnate Word vs. Northern Arizona, our game of the week

🎧 From blue bloods under pressure to rising programs making noise, we cover it all — plus the playoff picture taking shape.

Plus: We’re on the hunt for College Football's Tailgate All-Americans. From Athens to Ann Arbor, Madison to Baton Rouge — we want to see whose the cream of the tailgate crop from coast-to-coast.

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This week on Preferred Walk-On, we’re joined by Chris Fallica (“The Bear”), of Fox’s Big Noon Kickoff and the Bear Bets Podcast, to break down the state of college football as we head into Week 4.

We cover:

⚡️ Surprises of the season so far — which teams are ahead of schedule and who’s stumbling

💰 NIL & Transfer Portal Dynamics — how roster building has forever changed

🏈 Week 4 Matchups & Bear's Predictions:

Texas Tech vs. Utah

Michigan vs. Nebraska

Auburn vs. Oklahoma

Miami vs. Florida

And so many more

🔥 Historic Rivalries — why these games still carry meaning in the modern era

🌍 The Evolving Landscape — what the future of the sport looks like

🎧 It’s analysis, tradition, and storytelling — straight from the pulpit of the Church of Tailgate.

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On today’s episode of Preferred Walk-On, we’re taking a road trip with John T. Edge — host of TrueSouth and author of the brand-new book, House of Smoke, releasing today.

John T. takes us on a journey through:

📺 The Origins of TrueSouth — how the show began and what it’s become

📖 House of Smoke — why he wrote it and the stories behind it

👨‍👦 Carrying His Father’s Name — what it means to him and the pride he takes in it

🍽 His Perfect Last Day of Eating — from first bite to final toast

This is storytelling at its best — where food, family, and Southern culture meet. It’s an episode that connects the stories we tell at the table with the culture we celebrate on Saturdays.

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Week 3 DELIVERED — instant classics, epic upsets, and season-defining wins.

We’re joined by George Somerville of The College Chaps Podcast to break it all down:

🐯 George's first-ever Saturday Night in Death Valley 

🎙 Inside Brian Kelly’s postgame rant — what it was like to be in the press room

🐝 Georgia Tech upsets Clemson — how the Jackets upset the ACC apple cart

☘️ Texas A&M beats Notre Dame — Mike Elko’s signature win in South Bend

🐶 Georgia vs. Tennessee — an instant SEC classic

🔮 Alabama vs. Georgia Preview — an early look ahead to a monster SEC showdown Between the Hedges

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College football never disappoints and the Week 3 docket is full of intriguing matchups — and we’re previewing and picking them all.

This week on Preferred Walk-On:

📊 10 of the top games against the spread — ATS locks, upsets, and bold calls

🐶 Georgia vs. Tennessee — it's My God A Freshman, it's Hobnail Boot, it's a battle on the banks of the Tennessee River for poll positioning in the SEC race

🌴 USF vs. Miami — upstart South Florida rolls into Hard Rock stadium looking to keep their early season run going against Carson Beck and The U 

☘️ Texas A&M vs. Notre Dame — a heavyweight non-conference showdown under the gaze of Touchdown Jesus

🌾 North Dakota vs. Montana — two FCS giants go head-to-head in our FCS matchup of the week

🔵 Duke vs. Tulane — sneaky-good battle in an ACC-G5 clash as Darian Mensah returns to Nawlins as Duke's signal-caller

It’s Saturdays, it’s tailgates, it’s college football — there's nothing better.

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