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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 PodcastDEAD LETTERS: The Florida A&M Dynasty
Jake Gaither built a college football powerhouse at FAMU in the 1940s, '50s, and '60s. The Rattlers towered over their HBCU competition and struck fear in…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastBig Ten, Big Mad
Godfrey, Richard, and Alex talk about college football news of the week: USC and Michigan both let guys resign who shouldn't have had their jobs in the first…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastHalf of the ACC has heat
Steven Godfrey and Alex Kirshner start this episode with reminders about some SZD events and a hearty endorsement of your participation in the EDSBS Charity…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastGambling, FSU hype, and a big May mailbag
Richard and Alex start this week's show by talking about the very different gambling stories in Alabama and Iowa, and to what extent college sports could be…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Year 2 coach check-in + ND game theory
After Godfrey unloads some college-centric draft notes, Alex wants to talk about Notre Dame's upcoming TV negotiation with NBC and how the Big Ten's new…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastDeion drama and the draft through a CFB lens
After a quick chat about clock rules changes that are now official, Alex, Richard, and Steven talk about Deion Sanders' roster purge at Colorado. It's…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastNebraska's different now (plus Jimbo, Canada, and Kliff)
The big stories on this week's episode, though not necessarily in order: Nebraska has already changed (46:48) some significant things under Matt Rhule. Richard…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastHugh Freeze might be right?
Steven Godfrey, Alex Kirshner, and Richard Johnson debate Hugh Freeze's idea of staging inter-squad spring games between in-state schools. Is it condescending…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastDo the Northwestern NIMBYs have a point?
After a quick check-in on the state of April recruiting, Alex, Richard, and Godfrey tackle six stories from around college football. 1. Why Frank Solich coming…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastMichigan and SDSU: Doing good! The NCAA: Doing bad!
Richard and Alex talk about San Diego State's increasing momentum as a Pac-12 expansion candidate and go over what it means, or doesn't mean, that Michigan is…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastWe accidentally did basketball
Godfrey, Richard, and Alex tackle a few topics this week that deal with how college football is playing with other sports: The NFL plans to encroach further on…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastSZD did not take public money to record this podcast
Richard Johnson, Steven Godfrey, and Alex Kirshner go through some news of the week in college football. The Pac-12 closes in, probably, on a TV deal. UNC adds…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastAn offseason six-pack: Texas coaching game theory
Godfrey and Alex have six short stories to tell you this week about college football-related stories that have caught their eye over the last week or two. 1)…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastRules changes and CFB west of the Rockies
Richard, Alex, and Godfrey start this week's show by egging on (most) of the ideas about changing the rules to make games a bit quicker. Then it's time to…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Big 12 and C-USA reviews, plus an all-time lie
This episode contains the 2022 conference review episodes, with roses, buds, thorns, and all, for the Big 12 and Conference USA. It also features Godfrey…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Big Ten reviewed, Bama coordinators, and the MAC
Richard, Alex, and Godfrey start this week's show with some discussion of Alabama's wholesale coordinator changeover, Texas and Oklahoma being stuck in a Big…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastSchedule fun + ACC and AAC conference reviews
Richard and Alex talk through some notable nuggets from recent conference schedule drops for 2023, before going back in time and reviewing the 2022 seasons in…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe celebrity HBCU coach and SEC 2022 review
Richard, Godfrey, and Alex talk through Ed Reed becoming, then un-becoming, the head coach at Bethune-Cookman, and how the entire situation fits with a Deion…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastUF's collective mess, B1G commish, and Sun Belt review
Yes, we reserve the first 7:19 for Richard to talk about the Jags (but also about the beauty of football fandom). Then, to humble him, Alex and Godfrey make…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastHow do you put a bow on 65-7?
Richard and Alex try their best to sum up what Georgia did to TCU on Monday night. The Dawgs had a great plan, and they also had an otherworldly ability to…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe natty preview and New Year's Six referenda
Richard, Godfrey, and Alex talk about the coming matchup between TCU and Georgia: Do the Frogs have enough skill weapons to cause gameplan problems for the…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastDead Letters: A Tulane Football Story
Please enjoy this Split Zone Duo Patreon special from our miniseries "Dead Letters." Initially released in July 2022, the three-episode series is a…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Playoff and 13 more bowls, previewed
Alex, Godfrey, and Richard preview the Playoff semifinals with some scheme and narrative flavor, then move onto the rest of the New Year's six and all the…
Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast2023 coaching concepts and more bowls
Richard, Godfrey, and Alex run through the 24 coaching changes in FBS so far and sort out what they say about the hiring schools' strategies. Plus some…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastHow we'll remember Mike Leach
Richard, Godfrey, and Alex talk about the towering, complicated, far-reaching legacy Mike Leach left in college football. After that, a run through this week's…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastSZD's 2022 awards extravaganza
Welcome to Split Zone Duo's 2022 awards presentation. Let's call them The Zonies? Alex, Richard, and Godfrey pick the best P5 teams, G5 teams, plays, games…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastChamps Weekend reaction and quick-take bowl previews
Godfrey, Richard, and Alex react to conference championship games, led by the Big 12 and Pac-12. Then let's take a first glance at Georgia-Ohio State and…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Freeze image machine and Champs Weekend
Godfrey, Richard, and Alex dive into the rehabilitation of Hugh Freeze's public image, and how Freeze's camp, Liberty, Auburn, and helpful media helped land…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Week 13 Hurry-Up beats all rivals
Richard Johnson and Alex Kirshner take you through the longest 30 minutes of your week: A debriefing on college football's Rivalry Week, including news and…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Thanksgiving tasting menu for Rivalry Week
Godfrey, Richard, and Alex give you a detailed preview of the best week on the college football calendar. Let's go game-by-game through dozens of games…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Week 12 Hurry-Up survives an upset bid
Richard Johnson and Alex Kirshner lead you on a 30-ish-minute debriefing from college football Week 12, which featured one big upset, a bunch of…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe state of the conferences
Richard, Godfrey, and Alex start this week's show by addressing the devastating shooting at the University of Virginia for about eight minutes. The group then…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Week 11 Hurry-Up fights through adversity
Alex Kirshner and Richard Johnson debrief you on a packed college football weekend, from the Washington-Oregon and TCU-Texas blockbusters to UConn beating…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastLSU and Notre Dame revisited, Bama woes, and Roll Wave
The Brian Kelly-Marcus Freeman coaching musical chairs game in late 2021 was one of the biggest carousel stories ever. After some shakiness for LSU and some…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Week 10 Hurry-Up wins in the trenches
Richard Johnson and Alex Kirshner take you on a 40-ish-minute debrief of one of the best weekends of the college football season so far. Georgia stuffed…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastA November megapack of good college football games
Richard, Alex, and Godfrey bounce around on a number of topics (a Utah TV dustup, Michigan/Michigan State, and the Big 12's TV deal) before talking about the…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Week 9 Hurry Up Had An Incredible Defensive Stat Line
Godfrey subs in to spell Alex and we go from Ohio State to Toledo running through the Week 9 games (that's longer than you'd think): Tennessee's defense, Wake…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastA&M, Miami, and the price of perception
Godfrey, Richard, and Alex aim for a levelheaded discussion about what's wrong with Texas A&M on the field, and whether there's any way to fix it off the field…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Week 8 Hurry-Up keeps a low turnover margin
A 30ish-minute debriefing on the college football weekend with Alex Kirshner and Richard Johnson. Clemson and TCU continue to get away with it. LSU has the…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastRunning the "5-5-2" on good and bad surprises
Godfrey, Richard, and Alex pick out some teams doing really well, then some teams doing poorly, and talk about them through a short-term, medium-term, and…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Week 7 Hurry-Up covers the day of the year
Richard Johnson and Alex Kirshner take you on a 30-ish-minute debrief of one of the best college football Saturdays in memory. Subscribe for bonus episodes and…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe CFB season's biggest week so far, Rhule, and Q&A
BOXOFFICE is the code for the Homefield sale mentioned in this show (linked down below). Week 7 is full of blockbusters on the college football schedule. Alex…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Week 6 Hurry-Up would've just thrown a fade
Richard Johnson and Alex Kirshner take you on a 35-ish-minute journey through the college football weekend, with observations, minutiae, and numbers on dozens…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastLet's frame up what's happening at Auburn
Richard and Alex start the show by talking about the recent coach firings at Colorado and Wisconsin. Justin Ferguson, publisher of the Auburn Observer, joins…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Week 5 Hurry-Up plays up to its recruiting ranking
Alex Kirshner and Richard Johnson shuttle you through a packed weekend in college football in a roughly 40-minute debrief. Subscribe to our Patreon for more…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastWhat Georgia Tech says (or doesn't say) about Atlanta
Richard, Godfrey, and Alex start this episode with an extended discussion of Georgia Tech, a job that says a lot (but also leaves a lot unsaid!) about both…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Week 4 Hurry-Up moves at a deliberate pace
Richard Johnson and Alex Kirshner debrief you on the week that was in college football. Adrian Martinez gave Oklahoma a world of hurt. Clemson looked like…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastCollege Football Show-and-Tell
It's a big show this week to commemorate SZD's second birthday. This show starts with some talk about the Arizona State coach search to come, then continues…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Week 3 Hurry-Up finishes before 3 a.m.
Richard Johnson and Alex Kirshner take you on a roughly 40-minute sprint through another packed weekend in college football, with observations and analysis on…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastEarly narratives: Buyer beware
The college football season is, somehow, one-sixth going on a quarter complete. After talking about Nebraska for a few minutes to open the show, Godfrey…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Week 2 Hurry-Up wears a fashionable Belt
Richard Johnson and Alex Kirshner take you on a 44-minute, detail-packed trip through a loaded Week 2 in college football. This show starts with some…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastA post-Week 1 tone reset on a bunch of teams
College football is a small sample size sport, so let's take stock of how our impressions of a handful of teams did (and did not) change in Week 1. This…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Week 1 Hurry-Up, from Ohio State to St. Francis
Richard and Alex take you on a lean but detailed journey through Week 1 in college football. Ohio State does business the old way. Anthony Richardson might be…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastA beefy Week 1 preview and some reactions to the last week
Before getting into a substantial preview of Week 1, Godfrey, Richard, and Alex talk about a few stories away from the field. The episode starts with a…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe Big Ten and MAC 2022 preview episode
We think this might be the longest episode in SZD history. Conference preview season concludes with college football's Midwestern and "Midwestern" conferences…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe 2022 Pac-12 and Mountain West preview show
Alex and Richard take you on an almost entirely realignment-free journey through the Pac-12 and then the Mountain West. Has Utah changed, or has the Pac-12…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe 2022 FCS Upset Draft and FBS independents preview
Defending FCS Upset Draft champion and Shutdown Fullcast host Jason Kirk joins the podcast to pick FCS winners over FBS opponents for 2022. Then the whole…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastThe SEC and Sun Belt 2022 preview show
Godfrey, Richard, and Alex preview FBS' two Southeastern conferences, one after the other. Topics include whether either Georgia or Alabama will take a gap…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastAmerican indifference and ACC anxieties: Smoke 'em if you got 'em
Alex is out of office so Godfrey immediately hijacked the conference season preview format to talk about cigarettes and media parties. Let's explore the…
Split Zone Duo: College Football PodcastSZD presents Dead Letters, Episode 1: Tulane
Tulane University built one of the most powerful football programs in the American South. The Green Wave had a spot in the SEC and a history of winning a lot…