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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 PodcastThe 2021 indy preview and FCS Upset Draft show
We've got a packed house this week, as the Shutdown Fullcast's Jason Kirk joins for a special episode with Godfrey, Richard, and Alex. The group discusses the…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe 2021 ACC and AAC preview show
Richard and Alex are joined by their new co-host to finish the preview series with two of the more unwieldly geographic footprints in college sports. They talk…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe 2021 SEC, Big 12, and C-USA preview show
Justin Ferguson, Southern college football luminary and publisher of the Auburn Observer, joins Alex and Richard for a variety pack of 2021 season previews of…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe SEC realignment and 2021 Sun Belt preview show
Steven Godfrey joins Alex Kirshner and Richard Johnson for a two-part show this week. We were going to preview the 2021 season in the SEC and Sun Belt, but ……
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe 2021 Pac 12 and MWC preview show
Steven Godfrey joins an Alex-less show to In-n-Out or Salt and Straw the most pressing questions for our friends on the West Coast including: Is this a…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe 2021 Big Ten and MAC preview show
Alex Kirshner, Richard Johnson, and Steven Godfrey talk through a series of questions about FBS’ two Midwestern conferences, then take a big list of questions…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastWhat futures tell you about the CFB season
Yes, the season is approaching way faster than you think. With 7ish weeks left, Alex, Richard, and Steven Godfrey take a look at some of the most intriguing…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastGameday homes, Dak, and Starkville real estate
This episode is an example of the bonus episodes we regularly publish on our Patreon, which you can subscribe to at splitzoneduo.com. Patrons will see another…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastHow the Supreme Court shut out the NCAA
Mr. Emmert went to Washington and came back with a big fat L. Amateurism isn’t dead, but it is most certainly in poor health after a unanimous decision put a…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastMichigan, and how we talk about football coaches
Steven Godfrey, Richard Johnson, and Alex Kirshner discuss the story surrounding sexual abuse at Michigan and how Bo Schembechler factors into the…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe longest dead period is over. Now what?
Old friend and 247Sports expert Bud Elliott joins Richard and Alex for a discussion of how the pandemic interrupted recruiting (hint: severely), what it will…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastAll the hot Power 5 gossip fit to print
Alex and guest Steven Godfrey go into detail on why a permanent spring FCS season is a bad idea. Then, Godfrey shares anonymous coach gossip on a bunch of…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe incredible demise of South Carolina’s president
Steven Godfrey joins the program this week for detailed discussions of three topics: 1) Week 1’s suite of big TV games, 2) the challenges facing new Pac-12…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastWhat happens in CFB while nothing is happening
May is the most boring month on the college football calendar. Why is it so quiet, and what's happening during this period of relative calm? Steven Godfrey…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Grapes of CFB's Wrath
Alex Kirshner, Richard Johnson, and Steven Godfrey discuss the 2020 census and how certain population shifts might affect college football in the long run, as…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastAn NFL Draft preview for the college football fan
Our friend Charles McDonald of USA TODAY and For The Win joins the show this week. If you haven’t followed the NFL Draft news cycle closely, or if you have, we…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe college football Super League
Richard and Alex explain how the same undercurrents that fueled a few European soccer clubs’ breakaway gambit might show up in college football realignment in…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastIt’s April. Let’s talk Week 1 and THE NOLES
Alex and Banner Society’s Steven Godfrey talk in detail about Mike Norvell’s project at Florida State, how the Noles are currently perceived in the coaching…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastBarry Alvarez and the end of the AD-coach
Banner Society’s Steven Godfrey joins Alex and Richard for a chat about the career of retiring Wisconsin AD (and former coach) Barry Alvarez: His impact on…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe state of the HBCUs, with Steven Gaither
This is a special episode to mark the launch of our Patreon page (splitzoneduo.com) where we'll place bonus episodes at least twice a month, as well as offer…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastTEXAS TRIVIA with SZD, Fullcast, and Bomani Jones
Listeners of the Shutdown Fullcast and Split Zone Duo raised more than $15,000 for Texas mutual aid organizations charities during February's ice storms. To…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastVanderbilt: the Fresno of the South?
Banner Society reporter Steven Godfrey joins Richard Johnson and Alex Kirshner for in-depth check-ins on the Kansas AD and coach searches (they're different…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastHow the American explains America
The Nebraska-Oklahoma kerfuffle is the perfect offseason CFB story, but does it also say anything about how business is done in the sport today? Plus…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe mess at LSU and Kansas
Alex, Richard, and Banner Society's Steven Godfrey talk about the disgraceful mismanagement of Les Miles at two universities, LSU and Kansas. Then, a…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe ides of Texas
Wait until you find out which extremely dislikable coach has to play North Dakota State one week after the Bison lost their 39-game winning streak. Plus, an…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastGus to Disney + the big FCS spring preview
Richard, Alex, and Banner Society’s Steven Godfrey talk through UCF’s hire of Gus Malzahn: Why UCF might’ve done it, how the fit looks, and why 2021 might be a…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastHow players get paid
Banner Society’s Steven Godfrey joins the show to talk recruiting nuts and bolts, from McDonald’s bags to poker chips. Why the transition away from signing…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastIt’s in the game
Yes, college football video games are coming back. Here’s how it’ll work, what still needs to happen, and what an eventual EA Sports College Football game…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastTennessee settles on the Heupe train, and 5 more conference REviews
Alex and Richard are joined by Banner Society's Steven Godfrey to talk about the Vols hiring a coach. While Josh Heupel got the gig, it's not for lack of…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastTennessee and 5 FBS conferences, reviewed
Richard and Alex go in depth on Tennessee’s expedient dismissal of Jeremy Pruitt, which feels like a deeply cynical move. Then, season reviews for five FBS…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastContextualizing Saban’s Alabama
A dive into how Bama took Ohio State to the woodshed, a discussion of the 2020 Tide’s place in history, how the program’s 2017 recruiting class helped change…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastChampionship preview! Coach carousel reboot!
Alex, Richard, and Banner Society’s Steven Godfrey preview the Playoff National Championship between Ohio State and Alabama, and plot out what Ohio State needs…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastTexas's Tom Herman-Steve Sarkisian swap
Alex, Richard, and Banner Society's Steven Godfrey go over Texas's decision to fire Tom Herman and immediately replace him with Steve Sarkisian. Why now?…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Playoff preview, Notre Dame, and coach carousel
Steven Godfrey, Richard Johnson, and Alex Kirshner preview the College Football Playoff semifinals and have an extended discussion about Notre Dame's place in…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastMore Auburn search + plus blind bowl watchability
Banner Society's Steven Godfrey joins the show to talk about the wild coaching search that's unfolded at Auburn, and what it says about how business is done in…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Playoff committee's crime against the G5
The 2020 Playoff might be the starkest example yet of the selection committee's outright dismissal of teams from outside the Power 5. This is a reaction show…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastAuburn speeds up the 2020 coach carousel
Banner Society reporter Steven Godfrey joins Alex and Richard for a long talk about coaching situations at: Auburn, Auburn, Auburn, Virginia Tech, Arizona…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastSwamp: Drained
A 30-ish-minute run through the weekend in CFB. Florida had a lot of chances not to lose to LSU because a guy threw a shoe. College football in LA might be…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastHow every Playoff contender can lose
Pro Football Focus’s Seth Galina joins the show and talks in depth about the strengths and weaknesses of every team left in the Playoff discussion (plus…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastCollege football runs through Myrtle Beach
Alex, Richard, and Banner Society’s Steven Godfrey go in depth on that awesome BYU-Coastal game, then go through the rest of the weekend in college football…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastLet’s talk pools, pipelines, and minority coaches
Banner Society’s Steven Godfrey joins Richard and Alex to talk about the coaching industry: the reported new hire at Southern Miss, the new opening at…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastNotre Dame passes a test (and more!)
Richard and Alex chat with Banner Society’s Steven Godfrey about college football’s Diet Rivalry Week. Why Notre Dame isn’t just winning games, and how the…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastCollege football's utterly hateful week
Banner Society's Steven Godfrey joins Alex and Richard for a discussion about the Egg Bowl and its many political implications. The group discusses the Iron…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastBONUS: Behind our book, ‘The Sinful Seven’
Alex, Richard, and their three co-creators of “The Sinful Seven: Sci-Fi Western Legends of the NCAA” (Spencer Hall, Jason Kirk, and Tyson Whiting) take…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastWhat is the opposite of Bedlam?
It's about time for Oklahoma State to fire Mike Gundy, per Alex Kirshner. From here on out, teams have to play their way into this podcast. In this…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe coaching carousel starts to spin
Richard, Alex, and Banner Society’s Steven Godfrey assess the South Carolina coaching search: why Will Muschamp got fired now, whether this is a good job, who…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastFire Jim Harbaugh, not James Franklin
A 30-minute-ish sprint through the weekend in college football. Alex, Richard, and Banner Society's Steven Godfrey talk through the (big) differences between…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastWill offense ever not rule CFB? (#AskSZD)
Alex and Richard take reader questions ahead of a dry week on the schedule. Topics include BYU and Cincinnati’s Playoff paths, Ohio State’s potential problem…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastNo luck, all Irish
A 30-minute-ish sprint through one of college football’s most exciting weekends of the year. Notre Dame’s win over Clemson was entirely legit. Florida put it…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe World’s Largest Outdoor Pac-12 Preview
Banner Society’s Steven Godfrey joins Richard and Alex for 90 minutes on something less stressful than the state of the world. This episode includes a Pac-12…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastWhy Michigan is now both USCs
Alex, Richard, and Banner Society’s Steven Godfrey sprint through the weekend in college football. Here’s what Michigan, fresh off another bad loss, has in…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe only MAC football preview podcast
Alex, Richard, and Banner Society’s Steven Godfrey start with a 30-minute preview of the MAC, which returns before our next show. Then: Let’s size up the race…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastGod’s favorite team in Indiana
Alex, Richard, and Banner Society’s Steven Godfrey sprint through the busiest weekend of college football yet in 2020. Including: Indiana’s win over Penn State…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe only Big Ten preview podcast
Alex, Richard, and Banner Society’s Steven Godfrey preview both the Big Ten and Mountain West, with rousing rounds of “Sbarro or Culver’s” and “Patagonia or…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastAlabama is just better
Alex, Richard, and Banner Society’s Steven Godfrey run through the week in college football. Bama squeezes the life out of Georgia, plus detailed thoughts on…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastRank Coastal Carolina
Alex, Richard, and Banner Society’s Steven Godfrey report on how the NCAA’s impending rules changes on name, image, and likeness might affect the future of EA…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastWeek 6 Whip-around: The Total Mike Leach Experience
Banner Society’s Steven Godfrey joins Alex and Richard to talk about the week that was: Oklahoma’s survival against Texas, Clemson’s destruction of Miami…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastIs Tennessee actually gonna do it this time?
Alex thinks Navy might be capsized. Richard disagrees and is ready to eat the pancakes Tennessee is serving up against Georgia. He’s also less concerned about…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastWeek 5 CFB Whip-around: Muschamped
Time is a social construct for the South Carolina Gamecocks. Plus, figuring out what's wrong with Oklahoma and Texas (hint: tackling), how Georgia manhandled…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastBYU is going undefeated. Will it matter?
Alex, Richard, and a special guest talk about new impressions of the SEC (Ole Miss, Florida, Alabama, Auburn, and Georgia in particular), whether BYU is going…