Verbally Committed

This an episode where we are constantly either reminiscing or circling back to a point we made earlier.  And we realize that we are only three degrees of separation from Lebron James. Pretty, pretty cool.

- Episode 34, The Big Papi episode, our favorite Big Papi moments.

- A quick recap of The Bachelor, because of course

- Josh Heupel to Tennessee, will it work? Is there a disconnect between successful AAC coaches and power five success?

- Scott Frost might not be on a hot seat, but certainly has questions that need answering after a bad week.

- Pat Fitzgerald stays at Northwestern forever

- Gary Andersen turns down HOW MUCH MONEY?

- Is Drake basketball for real?

- How good is Ohio State basketball? How good is the Big Ten?

Honestly we are all over the place this week. College Basketball takes center stage, court? Now that football is over although there is plenty of football  still to discuss. 

- Gilli wears an insulting hat

- Connor learns what a Duvet is, because what he originally thought is DEFINITELY not that.

- Is Phillip Rivers a Hall of Famer? How exclusive of a club is it really?

- Tennessee is handing out "Happy Meals"

- Who should be the next Tennessee head coach? Sort of serious but also definitely not serious answers inside. 

- Are Gonzaga and Baylor on a collision course for the NCAA Championship this March?

- Who deserves a ring more? Gonzaga who has been knocking on the door for years? Or Chip and Joanna Gaines and the Baylor Bears?

- Way too early Final Four picks

- Kentucky, Duke and North Carolina are all down this year. Which legendary coach of those three could we see saying screw it I'm done, first?

Thanks for listening, keep tuned in for more! 

Before you start thinking it's the actual transfer portal where college kids go in one side with a screenshot of a note on their twitter page and then come out the other end with a fancy new photoshop from their new school. That's not the case here. Gilli is in real life making a big time move so tune in this week to see where he is moving to! 

Other than that, here is what we discussed

- Our thoughts from the National Championship game. Devonta Smith is pretty good, someone should give that guy an award of some kind. 

- Is Alabama the best college football team ever like Mac Jones says they are?

- How do we feel about Mac Jones at the next level? 

- Lowest TV ratings for a national championship since 2004. Has the Playoff actually sort of been a failure? How do we fix it?

- Urban Meyer has recovered from his "illness" how will he do as head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars?

- Nebraska loses a big time player to the transfer portal and why other schools might be feeling the effects of the portal more than usual after 2020.

Thanks for tuning in, give us a rating and subscribe and as always just sit back and enjoy!

Welcome to the 11th ranked podcast in the nation. What a wild week of college football we just had with the National Championship now set and the Heisman being awarded to the first non RB/QB since the 90's. 

- Dabo Swinney gets served an entire humble pie. 

- Ohio State and Justin Fields were incredible

- What is targeting anymore? We may never know.

- Alabama handles Notre Dame with ease, did we learn anything? 

- Bama vs Ohio State, who takes it all home? 

- Is Bama too good? Too electric? Too many points?

- Is Ohio State being undervalued and counted out again?

- Bowl szn has wrapped up, which conferences impressed, and which didn't

- Devonta Smith wins the Heisman, was he the right choice?

- Is Trevor Lawrence's Clemson career a failure since he never won the Heisman?

Thanks for tuning in every week, we love you and you are all special. 

The College Football Playoffs are upon us, so we bring in our resident Couch Guy Sports fans of two teams in the final four. John McCormack returns for another guest appearance as our Notre Dame specialist, and Steve Scott joins us later in the episode to break down what he thinks of his Ohio State Buckeyes.

- Haircuts, how important are they?

- Does Notre Dame stand a chance against Alabama?

- What is the game plan for Notre Dame to try and pull off the upset?

- Does Ohio State even belong in the playoff?

- Ohio State and Clemson part three, does it go how it did the first two times?

- What do we make of Dabo's comments?

Thanks for listening, and Happy New Year!

We, or more so Gilli is feeling very privileged this Christmas season. Seeing as he is someone who has never had to ride the bus in his life and gets to cut in line at gourmet coffee shops. As for the rest of us? We are focused on what the college football playoff looks like, so let's go!

- Gilli never had to ride the bus? Gets to cut in line at coffee shops? 

- Luka Garza a run away for NPOY? 

- Did the Committee get the CFP right? Are these the four teams that should be playing for a national title?

- Does the Playoff need to expand? And if the answer is yes, then why and what do you do with bowl games/the schedule?

- Nebraska and others opt out of bowl games, why that is okay. 

- What bowl games that are not the playoff, are we excited for? 

Merry, Happy Everything (Christma-kwanza-kah) and thanks for listening! 

It's our first football conference championship week on Verbally Committed. A couple of weeks later than usual but hey at least there is one right? We put on a pot of coffee and dive right into the important questions this week. 

- Where would humanity be without coffee? Not sure, and we are not ready to get that deep today into that. More just how we like our coffee and our favorite coffee places. Is ordering just straight black coffee efficient, consistent or lazy?

- Florida lost to LSU. A bad, bad, bad, terrible loss for the Gators. AWFUL some would say. And yet we are devising ways for Florida to still somehow get into the CFP. We think it's possible. 

- Early Signing day, who won, who lost and Georgia lost a top recruit to who?

- Does the ACC championship game really matter? What does an Ohio State team who has only played in six games need to do to assure a seat at the table

- Gilli gives us a quick run down of college basketball including how impressive Iowa and Luke Garza have been. And their upcoming matchup against Gonzaga. 

- Also are college coaches done with wearing suits? COVID has taken a lot from us, and now it's taking away men's tailors livings.

- Previewing all the major conference championship games, what we expect to happen. And as always our locks just like every week. 

- Florida State gets a nice shout out from Connor for once for recruiting UCF transfer QB, McKenzie Milton. 

As always, listen, rate and enjoy the show!

What a week in the college sports landscape. Football is starting to wind down as we near conference championship week and we are starting to get a feel for certain teams on the hardwood and whether or not it could be a disappointing season for some bigger names in the sport. Lots to talk about and as always we got it covered for you. 

- Ohio State gets to play in the B1gG Championship game against Northwestern. The Big Ten finally made a right decision which is very 2020-ish. 

- Nebraska was right all along, but if no apologies will be accepted if you weren't on that train from the beginning

- LSU gives itself a 2021 post-season bowl ban. At the end of a terrible year for them. Don't pat yourself on the back too hard there...

- Texas A&M being ranked #5 is cruel by the CFP Committee. The Aggies have a very improbable path to the playoff but yet are somehow also right on the cusp

- Kentucky sucks, Duke is struggling, is UNC even good anymore? Are once dominant college coaches like Calipari, Coach K and Roy Williams actually washed up or is it just a weird year?

- The Big Ten is really, really, really good

- Previewing this week with our locks, the Army/Navy game, Virginia/VT, UCLA/USC and more! 

- And looking ahead to the early betting lines for Conference Championship week, getting a head start on some big locks. 

Listen, rate, subscribe but most of all just sit back and enjoy. 

Things are in full swing, basketball is a week old, football is getting down to the wire. And as always we are here to break it all down!

- Foreign language lessons, how to say 26 in French because why not?

- First impressions from the opening week of college basketball

- Bill Walton is hilarious, best comments he's made during opening week. 

- Ohio State drama: Michigan can't or won't play Ohio State? Kirk Herbstreit said what now? Should the Buckeyes be in the CFP if they're not B1G champs? 

- It's the most wonderful time of the year and no we aren't talking about Christmas. We are talking about Playoff hypotheticals. When you scout teams future games, opponents and play the game "Should a one loss SEC team be considered better than an undefeated Cincinnati?"

- Who would win: 2020 Cincinnati vs 2017 UCF

- Locks, we are on fire as the season draws to a close

Listen, follow, subscribe, rate and as always enjoy! 

One of our longest episodes to date, but we had an incredible amount of topics to cover. It's Thanksgiving, it's rivalry week, the first CFP poll dropped and college basketball is officially back! Let's break it all down. 

- What makes a perfect Thanksgiving meal dish? Are you team stuffing or team Mac and cheese? There are no wrong answers here but there is certainly a right one. 

- First CFP poll dropped this week. Right now the top four are Bama, Notre Dame, Clemson and Ohio State. In a weird year like 2020 has been who could have imagined we would see these four teams at the top... Cincy gets ranked 7th which is a sign of respect where as BYU a top ten team in every other poll is ranked (checks notes) 14th! 

- Breaking down last weeks big games, Ohio State and Oregon survive scares. Northwestern basically wins the B1G West division, Bedlam goes poorly for Gilli and Cincy and UCF goes down to the wire. 

- Previewing the 2020 College Basketball season. Gilli breaks down every one you need to keep an eye on for POTY 

- We also break down many conferences, teams to watch, sneaky picks, and players to keep an eye on. We talk about the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, Big East, SEC and A-10. 

- Locks and previews for rivalry week. Usually Thanksgiving weekend consists every everyone playing their rival but not so much the case this year. We get some big rivalry games like Oregon/Oregon State and both the Iron Bowl and Egg Bowl but still missing a few good ones. Never the less we are here with some picks for you. 

Again a long episode but just so much to talk about this week! We hope you enjoy and of course Happy Thanksgiving!