Shows / Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast
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.
www.splitzoneduo.com
Episodes
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastCan These Doomed CFB Coaches Turn It Around?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Alex, Richard, and host emeritus Steven Godfrey identify 10-ish head coaches…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastHopefully the last show we do about Brendan Sorsby
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com This episode is for paid subscribers, but everyone can hear a free preview…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastWhat worries you the most about your CFB team in 2026?
As the season gets closer and closer, the hypotheticals start to inch closer to reality. Will the good vibes that your favorite team captured this offseason…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastOur 26 Most Interesting Transfers of 2026
Transfer portal season is over. The actual college football season is almost here. With the dust (probably) settled on everyone’s roster, Richard and Alex pick…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastDid Brendan Sorsby Just Win? Here's an Expert
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Brendan Sorsby has his temporary injunction, and the field is open for Texas…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastCongress *Might* Actually Reform College Football
Subscribe to our new YouTube channel just for episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@collegefootballpodcast Alex, Richard, and Matt Brown get back together for the…
Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast2026's Year 2 Coach Vibe Check: Who's Already Heading for Trouble?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Is your head coach going to succeed? Most of the time, you’ll know by Year…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Realignment That Wasn't: The Big 12 in 2016
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Host emeritus Steven Godfrey joins Richard and Alex for a look back at the…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastShould Black Athletes Boycott SEC Schools?
Richard is joined by Joel Anderson, host of The Ringer Tailgate and The Press Box podcasts, for a conversation about the NAACP’s Out of Bounds campaign and the…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastHot Seats and Hot Grills: CFB Holiday Mailbag
Alex, Richard, and host emeritus Steven Godfrey turn a Memorial Day subscriber mailbag into a holiday-travel episode, starting with an either/or question about…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastShould UCLA Have Your Attention?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com SUBSCRIBER EPISODE: Alex and Richard start with the surprise of UCLA…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastLane Kiffin's Insincerity and 24-Team Playoff Game Theory
Alex and Richard use Richard’s trip to ACC meetings as a window into the big college sports fight of the hour: how many teams will be in the College Football…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastRevisiting "Is Bama Doomed?" Two Years Post-Nick Saban
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Subscriber episode: Steven Godfrey joins Alex and Richard to do a two-year…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastDoes the Big 12 Even Want This Sack of Cash?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Extra Points publisher Matt Brown joins Alex and Richard for this subscriber…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastWhat Returning Production Says about 2026, Feat. Bill Connelly
ESPN’s Bill Connelly joins Alex and Richard to talk about his returning production rankings for the 2026 college football season. The power leagues are…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastBrendan Sorsby's Gambling Has Texas Tech In Crisis
Want a video version of this episode? Find it on YouTube right here. Subscribe to our new @collegefootballpodcast channel to get video versions of all our free…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastFive Offseason CFB Stories Ranging from Weird to Transformative
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com SUBSCRIBER EPISODE: Richard, Alex, and host emeritus Steven Godfrey bounce…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastBill Barnwell on the NFL's Lack of Improvement in Drafting College Football Players
NFL teams have more data and scouting resources than ever. Yet they haven’t gotten better at picking the best college football players. Why not? ESPN senior…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe 2026 NFL Draft QB Tiers Special
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com SUBSCRIBER EPISODE: Longtime pals Ben Solak of ESPN and Derrik Klassen of…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastUtah and the Folly of the Coach-in-Waiting: April CFB Mailbag
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com SUBSCRIBER EPISODE: Richard and Alex take subscriber questions! As the…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastOne of College Football's Biggest Deals Ever (?)
In this latest SZD/Extra Points Sports Business Hour with guest Matt Brown, Alex and Richard talk about several things you’ve seen in the news. Find Matt at…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastGroup of 6 Offseason Vibe Check: Memphis, Memphis, Memphis
Richard and Alex discuss how the offseason is going across the Group of 6 college football conferences. In this episode: * 1:52: A fresh way to talk about the…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastDabo's Decline and the History of CFB's Guy After the Guy
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Godfrey joins Richard and Alex for a discussion about college football…
Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast"The Most Interesting Program in CFB in 2026"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Virginia Tech has had a rough decade. Has the cavalry finally arrived to…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastSEC Offseason Vibe Check: Kiffin Money and Chicken Money
How are things going for all 16 teams in the SEC? Let’s discuss which way the arrow is pointing. Alex and Richard head to the Southeast on this latest…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastDoes Baseball Explain CFB's Future? Feat. Joe Sheehan
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Alex talks with the wise baseball scribe (and USC football fan) Joe Sheehan…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastACC Offseason Vibe Check: Just How Pre-Fired Is Mike Norvell?
The ACC Offseason Vibe Check is here. Alex and Richard check in with all 17 ACC football schools and throw in Notre Dame as well. In this episode … * 1:31…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastWhat Makes a College Town? Lucy Rohden Has Figured It Out
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Lucy Rohden has spent the past few college football seasons visiting dozens…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastBig 12 Offseason Vibe Check: Houston, You Have a Quarterback
Our offseason wellness check on all 16 teams in the Big 12. Richard and Alex discuss a league with a few teams trending upward and a lot more teams just trying…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastLou Holtz (1937-2026)
Alex and Richard go through the one-of-a-kind football life lived by Lou Holtz, who died on March 4 at age 89. In this episode, we discuss: * 1:46: Holtz’s…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastWhich of College Basketball's Problems are Its Own, and Which are Football's?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Quick note! This is a subscriber episode of Split Zone Duo. You can…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastBig Ten Offseason Vibe Check: Ohio State's President Makes It Weird
Offseason vibe checks return for 2026, starting with the Big Ten. This is our way of checking in on how the offseason is going for every team in the league…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Most Interesting Coordinator Moves (and Non-Moves) of 2026
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Host emeritus Steven Godfrey is back to join Richard for a whip-around of…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastHow to Spot a Great (or Terrible) Athletic Director in 2026
Matt Brown joins Richard and Alex for the latest SZD/Extra Points Sports Business Hour. In this episode, the group talks about how the job of an athletic…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastAnatomy of a Coaching Carousel: 2012
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com In this subscriber episode, Godfrey, Richard, and Alex revisit 28 head coach…
Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast24 Points to Change College Football Forever
Your mission is simple, should you choose to accept it: By awarding or subtracting 24 points from a handful of old college football games, how much can you…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Carousel Spins Again: Mailbag Part 2
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com This is a subscriber episode of Split Zone Duo, but everyone can listen to a…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Diciest FBS Move Ever Attempted?
Richard and Alex talk about a handful of college football news stories, headlined by Sacramento State’s geographically and financially absurd move to the MAC…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastLane Kiffin Has to Coach Now: Mailbag Part 1
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Subscriber episode: Richard and Alex answer questions from our subscribers…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Many Angles of NDSU's Jump to FBS
The greatest program in FCS is moving to the Mountain West, effective this upcoming season. North Dakota State won 10 of the past 15 FCS national titles and…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Big Ten's Empire Runs into Resistance
The Big Ten’s commissioner, Tony Petitti, spent much of this season trying to do two things: 1) Expand the Playoff to his liking, and 2) Get his member schools…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastCFB Time Capsule Review: What We Learned from a Stunning 2025
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Before the season, Godfrey, Richard, and Alex made a bunch of predictions…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastOur 2025 College Football Awards Special
It’s time to review the 2025 college football season, with our annual awards special, the Zonies. Rodger Sherman joins Alex and Richard to dole out some…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastEnd of Season Vibescast: How We're Feeling About CFB
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Welcome to the rest of the college football calendar, the part when games…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastNational Championship Hurry-Up: Hoosier
The best turnaround in the history of college football concludes with a 16-0 season and a national championship. Richard and Alex talk about Indiana’s 27-21…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastScheme School: Miami vs. Indiana, Feat. Michael Felder
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com THIS IS A SUBSCRIBER EPISODE: Thanks so much to the thousands of people (!)…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastMiami vs. Indiana: The Big Preview
Richard and Alex look ahead to the College Football Playoff National Championship, with some thoughts on the schematics and then the unique circumstances…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastHow to Spot the Next Cignetti or Die Trying
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Every athletic director and search firm in college sports would love to find…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastIndiana and Miami Set a Date with Destiny: Playoff Hurry-Up
The College Football Playoff National Championship is set. Alex and Richard react to a mixed pair of semifinal games, with Miami outlasting Ole Miss and…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastInstitutional Inertia vs. the Playoff Semifinalists
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com SUBSCRIBER EPISODE: Once upon a time, Ole Miss picked segregation over being…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastCFP Semifinal Preview + the Messiest FCS Championship
Richard and Alex talk about the absurd FCS Championship that ended with Montana State claiming the national title over Illinois State. Then it’s time to…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastCFB Playoff Quarterfinal Hurry-Up: A New Day
Richard (from the Sugar Bowl) and Alex (from the Rose Bowl) break down the College Football quarterfinal bowl games in this order: * Ole Miss 39, Georgia 34 *…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastPlayoff Quarterfinals Tasting Menu: The Indiana Information Gap
The College Football Playoff quarterfinals are here. Alex, Richard, and guest host Rodger Sherman dive into all of these games: * Miami-Ohio State at the…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastQuick Emergency Show: Michigan Hires Kyle Whittingham
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Alex and Richard spend 23 minutes talking about Michigan’s holiday hiring of…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe 2025 College Football Holiday Mega-Mailbag
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com For your holiday listening, Alex and Richard take on dozens of questions…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastAre CFB's Bowls Screwed, or Are We Just Old?
These are difficult times for the college football bowl games that aren’t part of the Playoff system. Player opt-outs were already a thing, and now entire…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastCFB Playoff Round 1 Hurry-Up: Miami Ice
Richard and Alex dive into the results from first round of the College Football Playoff, in the following order: Miami over Texas A&M, Alabama over Oklahoma…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastWe Figured Out the Perfect Analogy for Curt Cignetti at Indiana
In 2024, Indiana got good at football. In 2025, it got serious as a national championship contender. The Hoosiers enter the Playoff as the best team in the…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastOhio State is Good at Football Again. Surprise!
Ohio State was supposed to be a little bit worse this year. That’s technically true, sort of, as the Buckeyes enter the Playoff at a mere 12-1 after a missed…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe 2025-26 CFB Coach Carousel Superlatives
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com SUBSCRIBER EPISODE: Godfrey joins Richard and Alex for an awards show: The…