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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 PodcastOffseason Vibe Checks 2025: The MAC
Alex and Richard break down offseason happenings in the Mid-American Conference, which saw lots of coach carousel turnover. * Ohio: Tim Albin to Charlotte, OC…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe 2025 NFL Draft QB Tiers Special
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Renewing our annual NFL Draft week tradition, Richard is joined by ESPN’s…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastCFB Lunch Break: What Does an Ohio State "Down Year" Even Mean?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Alex and Richard take a bunch of questions from Split Zone Duo subscribers…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastWhat We Think (And Don't) About Nico Iamaleava
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Alex and Richard react to Nico Iamaleava’s split from Tennessee. We’re less…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastOffseason Vibe Checks 2025: The AAC
Rodger Sherman returns for our offseason check in with the American Athletic Conference, along with Alex and Richard. The group discusses how things have been…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastUnpacking College Sports Business Turmoil with Matt Brown
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Matt Brown, publisher of the Extra Points college sports business…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastInterview: App State Coach Dowell Loggains on a Unique CFB Job
Alex interviews Dowell Loggains, the recently hired Appalachian State head coach who was most recently at South Carolina after a long run as an NFL assistant…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastCFB Lunch Break: The Big East is a Window Into the Future
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 preview. If…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastOffseason Vibe Checks 2025: The Big Ten
Rodger Sherman joins Alex and Richard for a checkup on all 18 teams in the beefy Big Ten, as our Offseason Vibe Check series rolls on: * Ohio State won the…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastStanford Is a Bad Job Now
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Andrew Luck fired Stanford coach Troy Taylor after off-field investigations…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastWhen The Supreme Court Imploded College Football
The NCAA had complete control of college football TV. The association decided which games the public could watch, and where, and when, and how much money every…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastDid Oregon Just Make Itself Poach-Proof?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Dan Lanning signed an extension with Oregon that makes it impossible for all…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastOffseason Vibe Checks 2025: CUSA
Alex Kirshner, Richard Johnson, and Dave Campbell’s Texas Football senior writer Mike Craven discuss the state of the offseason in Conference USA, a league…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastCFB Lunch Break: ACC Settlement, Eddie George, and More
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Alex and Richard take subscribers’ college football questions in this live…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastOffseason Vibe Checks 2025: The Big 12
Alex Kirshner, Richard Johnson, and Dave Campbell’s Texas Football senior writer Mike Craven discuss how the offseason is going for every team in the Big 12…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastOffseason Vibe Checks 2025: The ACC
The Offseason Vibe Check series continues with the ACC, as Rodger Sherman joins Alex and Richard to talk about the state of the league. It's not a 2024 recap…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastCFB Lunch Break: Michigan, LSU, Coaching Trees, and More
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Alex and Richard take live and pre-submitted subscriber questions in this…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastWhy You're Always Bad: Kent State
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com The history of the Kent State Golden Flashes is full of missed…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastOffseason Vibe Checks 2025: The Sun Belt
Split Zone Duo’s “Offseason Vibe Check” series rolls on with the Sun Belt. It's not a 2024 recap, and it's not a 2025 preview. It's a check-in with every team…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastOffseason Vibe Checks 2025: The SEC
Welcome to Split Zone Duo’s “Offseason Vibe Check” series. It's not a 2024 recap, and it's not a 2025 preview. It's a check-in with every team in every FBS…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastAnatomy of a Coaching Carousel: 2001
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com The coaching carousel before the 2001 season transformed college football…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastAn NIL Agent Explains How The Sausage Gets Made
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Alex Kirshner, Richard Johnson, and Split Zone Duo subscribers have some…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastWeek 1 Helmet Games and the Future of Non-Con (B1G Scared?)
In one of Steven Godfrey’s favorite early-offseason traditions, the SZD crew glances ahead at the Week 1 schedule many months from now. Not just so there’s…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Gump Report: Angst and Opportunity in Alabama
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com 2024 was a weird (read: bad) year for a lot of college football teams in the…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastLIVE in Atlanta with the Shutdown Fullcast and Homefield
On January 18, SZD and our old friends at the Shutdown Fullcast combined for a live show in Atlanta, presented by Homefield. We now present the recording…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastYour Guide to the 2025 CFB Offseason
Alex Kirshner, Richard Johnson, and Steven Godfrey discuss the stories they are most interested to watch unfold between now and September. In this show: *…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Accountability Episode: What We Learned In 2024
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Godfrey, Richard, and Alex made a lot of preseason predictions back in…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastChampionship Hurry-Up: A Good Day
Richard Johnson and Alex Kirshner put a bow on the national championship game, a 34-23 win for Ohio State over Notre Dame: * How the Buckeyes did it * Notre…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Xs and Os of Ohio State-Notre Dame
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com In this subscriber episode, Ross Fulton, Ohio State analyst for Buckeye…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastNational Championship Preview Show Feat. Shehan Jeyarajah
CBS Sports national college football reporter Shehan Jeyarajah joins Alex and Richard for a preview of Ohio State vs. Notre Dame. Shehan and Richard were at…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe 2024 Split Zone Duo CFB Awards Special
Richard, Godfrey, and Alex name their winners in the 2024 Split Zone Duo college football awards, aka “The Zonies” aka “The Splitty Ds.” * Team of the Year…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastSingle Wing: Who Let Saban Loose In Heritage Hall?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Godfrey's back from a variety platter of holiday family illnesses to play…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastSemifinal Hurry-Up: 83 Yards Through the Heart of Texas
The College Football Playoff semifinals are in the books. Alex Kirshner and Richard Johnson share notes on Ohio State over Texas and Notre Dame over Penn…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastSo, What Is Up With Penn State?
Daniel Gallen covers Penn State for 247Sports. He joins Alex to talk about the Nittany Lions’ long road to the doorstep of the national title game, including…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe 2024 Playoff Semifinal Preview Show
Richard and Alex preview the CFP semifinals: * Notre Dame-Penn State at the Orange Bowl * Ohio State-Texas at the Cotton Bowl The matchups we’re looking at…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastYour Repeat Coach Hire Probably Won't Work
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Scott Frost is back at UCF, and Rich Rodriguez is back at West Virginia…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastCFP Quarterfinal Hurry-Up: Ohio State Is a War Machine
Alex Kirshner and Richard Johnson share their thoughts on the quarterfinals of the College Football Playoff, in reverse chronological order: * Notre Dame…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Playoff Quarterfinal Preview 2024, Plus Bowls
Richard Johnson and Alex Kirshner preview the College Football Playoff quarterfinal games in order: * Penn State vs. Boise State, where everyone is skeptical…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe SZD 2024 Holiday Subscriber Mailbag
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Richard, Godfrey, and Alex answer questions from SZD’s paid subscribers on a…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastPlayoff Hurry-Up: CFB Is a Blowout Sport
Alex and Richard discuss the first-round College Football Playoff games, which followed the playoff tradition of being very lopsided: * Ohio State crushes…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Playoff First-Round Preview Show + Weekend Tasting Menu
Richard Johnson, Steven Godfrey, and Alex Kirshner discuss the first-round College Football Playoff games and more on this week’s show: * Indiana at Notre…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastSingle Wing: Sumrall and the SEC in '26?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com In this solo Q&A show, Steven Godfrey answers SZD subscriber questions about…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastBelichick to Carolina, Explained by UNC Football Alum Michael Felder
Michael Felder, college football media wizard and a former cornerback at North Carolina, joins Richard to expand on Bill Belichick’s hiring: * The hiring as a…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastEmergency Episode: Belichick to UNC
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Richard Johnson and Alex Kirshner discuss Bill Belichick’s hiring at North…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastObservations on 6 CFB Hires: Stay Frosty
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com In this subscriber episode, Richard and Alex trade observations about a…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe State of the Bowls, Feat. Bowl Season's Nick Carparelli
Nick Carparelli is the executive director of Bowl Season, the group that represents the interests of CFB’s many bowl games. Alex and Richard interview him…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Eyes List: Resolution Sunday
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Richard and Godfrey update you on the state of the coach carousel with…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe CFB Playoff Bracket Reaction Show
The College Football Playoff bracket is set. Richard, Alex, and Godfrey discuss: * The committee getting it right this time * First-round matchups and who got…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Ryan Day Decision Point
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Thanks to the 12-team playoff, Ryan Day’s current situation at Ohio State is…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastWeek 15 Tasting Menu: Champs Are Here
Alex, Richard, and Steven preview Championship Weekend, in order: * WKU at Jacksonville State * Tulane at Army * UNLV at Boise for a playoff spot * Miami vs…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Eyes List: Black Sunday SitRep
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Black Sunday arrived. Steven Godfrey goes through his reporting notebook on…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastWeek 14 Hurry-Up: You Had A Bad Day
A detailed but brisk recap of Week 14 in college football, including: * Ohio State’s inexplicable collapse * Texas’ dominant return to College Station * A…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Single Wing: Dad Drive Survival Edition, Part 2
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Still on the road? Yeah, us too. Let's explore the college athlete earning…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Single Wing: Dad Drive Survival Edition, Part 1
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Congrats on making it to America's best and only holiday: Thanksgiving!…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastWeek 14 Feasting Menu: Rivalry Week
Our preview of Week 14, the final week of the regular season, including: * Hook ‘em or gig ‘em? * Can you imagine if Michigan-Ohio State did not go as planned?…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastWeek 13 Hurry-Up: OK, Sooners
A packed but brisk recap of Week 13, including: * Indiana wasn’t up to it, but saw its Playoff chances go UP * Alabama melts down in Norman * Notre Dame sits…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastWhen Notre Dame-Army Ruled The World
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Notre Dame and Army meet at Yankee Stadium in a game with national…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastWeek 13 Tasting Menu: Welcome to the Arena
Split Zone Duo previews Week 13 of the college football season, including: * Can Indiana actually do this? We’re skeptical, but here’s how. * Army gets the…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastWeek 12 Hurry-Up: Cocked and Loaded
Recapping Week 12 of the college football season, including: * South Carolina is a whole lot of fun * Georgia lives to fight another day * Oregon is the first…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Big Mess at Kennesaw State
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com Kennesaw State fired coach Brian Bohannon, who turned it from an FCS startup…