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Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast
An independent college football podcast that covers the whole sport, led by Richard Johnson and Alex Kirshner. Free episodes each week (twice per week in season), plus frequent subscriber episodes. Featuring co-host emeritus Steven Godfrey and friends.
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Episodes
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastTeam of the Week: Is This New Mexico’s Moment? Eck Yeah, Brother
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com The New Mexico Lobos have a long and mostly bleak football history. A former…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastWeek 9: Trick or Treat Menu
Alex and Richard break down the Week 9 of the college football season, including Lincoln Riley’s uphill climb against Ohio State, and the Cody Campbell rants…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastIs Roster Budget an Excuse?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Cohost emeritus Steven Godfrey joins Richard and Alex on this episode for a…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastWeek 8 CFB Hurry-Up: The Big 12 Has the Goods
Richard Johnson and Alex Kirshner take you on a 30-ish minute journey through yet another really wild weekend in college football. This episode covers 43…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastMaryland Fires Up the Coach Carousel: What a Terp Thinks About This Job
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Coach firing season is upon us, and the first ouster of the year comes from…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastWeek 8 CFB Tasting Menu: A Coach Gets Fired In the Middle of This Show
Week 8 preview! Richard and Alex start this episode with a quick football digression about Manchester City and then get into the mega-preview of this week in…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastTeam of the Week: Did Utah’s Big Gamble Work?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Utah placed a big, risky bet when it nudged away Kyle Whittingham so that it…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Week 7: Hurry-Up: One of CFB’s Wildest Weeks Ever + Chompin’ Texas
Richard Johnson and Alex Kirshner break down one of college football’s wildest weeks ever, in which five of the top seven teams in the country lost and another…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastEmergency Subscriber Show: Let’s Process a 24-Team Playoff Together
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com To get this episode, make sure you’re a paid subscriber. Richard and Alex…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastTeam of the Week: Oregon State Rose from the Ashes
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com College football forgot about Oregon State. But Jesse Legree, Braden…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Week 7 CFB Tasting Menu: The Second Wednesday In October
Richard and Alex take you on a preview of Week 7, starting with the weeknight grab bags and continuing through various blockbusters in places like Columbus and…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastJames Madison is American + CFB’s Backup QB Crisis (?)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Steven Godfrey joins Richard and Alex to talk about some stories we’d…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Week 6 CFB Hurry-Up: Stockton Up
Richard Johnson and Alex Kirshner guide you through the best college football week yet this year, led by Georgia’s big win in Tuscaloosa and a Red River upset…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastMailbag: Why Are Lincoln Riley’s Defenses Bad? What Can Penn State Do? Will the Senate Bill End Portal Kings?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Subscriber mailbag, with questions brought to you by the listeners at…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Week 6 CFB Tasting Menu: Can YOU Afford a Buyout This Week?
Week 6 preview! Richard and Alex talk about what’s interesting to them in the big college football weekend to come, while stopping to cover a handful of big…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastTeam of the Week: Charlotte (Let Us Explain)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Subscriber episode! Join us to hear the whole thing. The Charlotte 49ers are…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Week 5 CFB Hurry-Up: Florida is Not Back
Richard and Rodger Sherman take you on a 30(ish)-minute journey through Week 4 of the college football season. We begin with Missouri beating Florida to a pulp…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Sooners and the Senate (Subscriber Mailbag)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Mailbag time! Alex and Richard answer subscriber questions on three broad…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastNine Teams That Stunned Us in the First 33% of the College Football Season
The regular season is somehow one-third finished. Host emeritus Steven Godfrey joins Richard and Alex for a discussion about nine teams that have really…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Week 5 CFB Tasting Menu: Florida Back? Iowa vs. Ohio State + Colorado Collapse
Week 5 preview time! Richard and Alex look at dozens of games and also talk about some messes around college football: 6:28: Two good Friday night games…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastTeam of the Week: At Mississippi State, It Has to Be Now
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com The Mississippi State Bulldogs have the most exciting young QB in college…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Week 4 CFB Hurry-Up: Ducks Fly Together
Richard and Alex take you on a 30(ish)-minute journey through Week 4 of the college football season. We begin with Iowa’s stunning win at the Big House and…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Week 4 CFB Tasting Menu: Big SEC Weekend + USC/Oregon + Clash In Kalamazoo
Our big preview of Week 4, with little notes and things to watch in dozens of games that we find interesting. Included but not limited to: Clemson faces a…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastTeam of the Week: Arkansas is a Highly Unusual Kind of Mess
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Three games into Ryan Silverfield’s coaching tenure, Arkansas fans are in…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Week 3 CFB Hurry-Up: Ole Don’t Miss Him
Richard and Alex recap a busy Week 3 in college football, starting with Ole Miss’ cathartic win over Lane Kiffin’s LSU and continuing through 48 more games…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastTeam of the Week: Oklahoma State Hits Oil Again
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Rodger Sherman guides Alex through our latest “Team of the Week” episode…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Week 3 CFB Tasting Menu: Apocalypse Lane Kiffin
Richard and Alex preview Week 3 of the college football schedule, headlined by Lane Kiffin’s return to Oxford but featuring dozens of matchups. They include: *…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastWhy Did College GameDay Do *That* Ted Cruz Interview?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com It was the College GameDay interview heard around the world, if only because…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Week 2 CFB Hurry-Up: Hooked ‘Em
The Sunday Hurry-Up goes just a little over 30 minutes this week, as Richard Johnson and Alex Kirshner take you through a stacked Week 2 in college football…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Week 2 CFB Tasting Menu: The Game of the Century of the Year
Richard and Alex preview Week 2 on the college football schedule but take a few detours, first stopping to review the Sunday and Monday games from Week 1 and…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastTeam of the Week: UMass
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Not even a year ago, Rodger Sherman joined Alex for a deep dive into how the…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Week 1 CFB Hurry-Up: 0:01
The Sunday Hurry-Up makes its triumphant return. Rodger Sherman is again in the hot seat with Richard Johnson to break down a Week 1 that was anything but…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Week 1 CFB Tasting Menu: We Made It
Guest host Rodger Sherman joins Richard for the first weekend preview of the season, running through dozens of games. They touch on about 38 games, including…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastTeam of the Week: North Dakota State
New series! It’s the Split Zone Duo TEAM OF THE WEEK, a weekly episode in which guest host Rodger Sherman joins Alex and/or Richard to talk in detail about one…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastFootball Arithmetic 2026, feat. Justis Mosqueda
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Richard is joined by Justis Mosqueda, an Acme Packing Co. writer and Oregon…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastOur 2026 CFB Prediction Extravaganza
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com It's a part-subscriber, part-free episode. Host emeritus Steven Godfrey…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastNew Project Announcement!
This week, Split Zone Duo celebrates a major milestone: welcoming Six Zone Duo. This episode explains what we’re doing. Find it here: * Subscribe to the…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastBig Ten Preview 2026: The 18-Team Deep Dive
Our last conference preview of 2026 is one of our beefiest episodes ever: Richard and Alex preview the 18-team Big Ten, going in the following order: - 2:12…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastSEC Preview 2026: The 16-Team Breakdown
Richard and Alex go into detail on all 16 teams in the SEC, as we wind toward the end of conference previews. In order: - 6:00: Ole Miss - 10:35: Georgia -…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastMountain West Preview 2026: New Guys
Hello! This episode is free for everyone, but to get our full catalog of shows this season and beyond, we’d love it if you became a paid subscriber. Paid…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe 2026 FCS Upset Draft Special
Richard, Alex, and Steven Godfrey discuss the state of FCS football ahead of a year of transformation. Then, it's time to make picks in our annual "FCS Upset…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastMAC Preview 2026: Wait, Someone's Rich Now?
Conference previews continue with a (mostly) business-free preview of the MAC, focused on the actual football. We’ve got something good, something bad, and…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastSun Belt 2026 Preview: Is James Madison Vulnerable, or Not?
Our conference preview series rolls on with the Sun Belt. Alex and Richard have something to be excited about, something to be worried about, and a point of…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastIn Defense of the AP Poll, feat. Ralph Russo
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Ralph Russo spent many years as a college football writer for the AP and an…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastConference USA 2026 Preview: Liberated?
Richard and Alex preview the 2026 season in Conference USA. Last year, the richest school in the league went 4-8, while a recent FCS team that looked like a…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastMailbag: A Different Kind of Superleague?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com In our preseason mailbag, Alex and Richard take a bunch of questions from…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastAmerican Conference 2026 Preview: Reset
The American had a great 2025. The reward? The top of the league all needed new coaches, and almost all of the top player talent went either to the NFL or the…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Conference Commissioner Performance Review
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Host emeritus Steven Godfrey joins Alex for this subscriber episode. College…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastBig 12 Preview 2026: Texas Tech and the Chasers
Our 2026 conference preview series rolls on with the Big 12. Alex and Richard pick out one thing they like, one thing they don’t, and one thing that makes them…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastNotre Dame, UConn, and Pac-12 Previews 2026
Richard and Alex preview the two remaining FBS independents, Notre Dame and UConn, before diving into the reconstituted Pac-12. Teams in order: * 5:57: Notre…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastFrom the Vault: Anatomy of a Coach Carousel, 2001
This is a wider re-release of a 2025 episode for Split Zone Duo’s paid subscribers, who make this show possible. We’re sharing it widely to show more people…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastStory of a College Football Season: 2001
Content note: This episode includes an extended discussion of the September 11 attacks and their connection to college football. For Relaunch Week, Alex and…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe 2026 College Football Fired Coach Draft
Alex and Richard conduct the second annual Coach Firing/Retirement/Departure Confidence Draft, assigning point values to 27 FBS coaches based on how likely…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastWhy You're Always Bad: Northwestern
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Rodger Sherman joins Alex and Richard for the newest installment of “Why…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastACC Preview 2026: Miami and Who?
Join us for Relaunch Week! Welcome to our first conference preview of the 2026 season, where Alex and Richard discuss the ACC’s 17 teams. This episode has a…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe "Best CFB Games of the Century" Draft, on Hard Mode
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com A quarter of the way (and change) into the 21st century, the occasion calls…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe EA CFB Revolt, Big 12 Infighting, and Michigan in Limbo
Matt Brown of Extra Points joins Richard and Alex to talk about the major college sports business stories of the moment. In this latest SZD/Extra Points Sports…
Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast'CFB 27' Deep Dive with EA Sports' Principal Game Designer
EA Sports College Football principal game designer Ben Haumiller joins Richard and Alex to answer their questions (and many of our subscribers’ questions)…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Worst Head Coach Firings of the 21st Century
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Alex, Richard, and Godfrey spend this subscriber episode reopening some of…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastWhat Can World Cup Expansion Tell Us About the CFP?
Mike Goodman, cohost of soccer podcast The Double Pivot, joins Richard and Alex to talk about a subject that’s been on our minds a lot lately: tournament…