

Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast
Richard Johnson and Alex Kirshner
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
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Oct 3, 2021 • 43min
Week 5: Eat the whole Skyline Chili bowl
Alex and Richard take you on a 30-minute journey through Week 5, which winds up being more like 40 minutes this week. There are no rules. Subscribe to our Patreon at splitzoneduo.com. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.splitzoneduo.com/subscribe

Sep 29, 2021 • 1h 38min
Who's your ACC bae?
After a few minutes talking about Wednesday's big college athlete news at the NLRB, Alex, Richard, and Godfrey take turns evaluating potential candidates to be the best team in the ACC now that Clemson is no longer the slam-dunk choice. Then, a conversation about Arkansas, including how people should react if and when Georgia sits on them on Saturday, and what lessons ADs *should* but won't take from the success of the Sam Pittman hire. Plus, why UTSA should be ranked, and what it says about the AP Poll that the Roadrunners are not. Then, a tasting menu and some vested interests for the week ahead. Subscribe to our Patreon at splitzoneduo.com. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.splitzoneduo.com/subscribe

Sep 26, 2021 • 36min
Week 4: We told you to short Clemson and Oklahoma
Alex and Richard take you on a 30-ish-minute journey around the interesting things from the college football weekend. Clemson and Oklahoma looked faulty before, and they look worse now –– Clemson in particular. Arkansas is worth celebrating, Boston College might have an offense, Dave Aranda is out of the dog house, Arizona showed a flicker of life, TCU is backwards, and Charlotte might be a chaos agent. Subscribe to our Patreon at splitzoneduo.com. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.splitzoneduo.com/subscribe

Sep 22, 2021 • 1h 30min
How to short Oklahoma and Ohio State (and Clemson too!)
Godfrey, Richard, and Alex discuss the apparent vulnerability of some of CFB's most elite programs, and the good signs shown by others. Plus, who's rising to the top of the G5 and who isn't, followed by vested interests and a weekend tasting menu. This show has somewhat detailed talks about Clemson, Oklahoma, Ohio State, Michigan, Iowa, Oregon, Utah, BYU, Fresno State, UAB, ECU (eek), Nevada, Marshall, and Georgia Southern. Subscribe to our Patreon at splitzoneduo.com, and thanks for supporting this show during its first year. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.splitzoneduo.com/subscribe

Sep 19, 2021 • 42min
Week 3: Penn State's back, Florida's solid, and Fresno rules
Godfrey and Alex take you on a 30-ish-minute trip through Week 3. (OK, this week went a little long.) The group is impressed with Penn State, liked Auburn and Florida in losing efforts, sees mild progress at Nebraska, and thinks Michigan State might be back to its old tricks. Plus, Fresno State is straight-up good (no worries, UCLA), Seth Littrell enters the Mark Hudspeth Zone, and Pitt is eventually going to have to fire Pat Narduzzi. Subscribe to our Patreon at splitzoneduo.com. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.splitzoneduo.com/subscribe

Sep 16, 2021 • 1h 34min
What 2 weeks say about 8 teams
College football is a small-sample size sport, so let’s make it even smaller. Which teams have changed how we see them through two weeks, and which require reserving judgment? Plus, let’s talk about the bizarre, public mess happening right now at Navy, as well as the entirely foreseeable mess at Colorado State. This episode also includes a beefy testing menu and some vested interests. Subscribe to our Patreon at splitzoneduo.com.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.splitzoneduo.com/subscribe

Sep 12, 2021 • 31min
Week 2: OSU and Iowa State *didn't* have the worst losses
Alex and Richard take you on a 30-minute journey through Week 2. Listen to a dejected FSU radio call, and then hear Richard (with much regret) discuss the Noles' failure. We talk about how Oregon dissected Ohio State's defense with RPOs, why ISU never had a chance, why Washington didn't either, how Toledo's coach messed everything up, how Arkansas beat down Texas, why these are very bad times at Navy, and a whole lot more. Subscribe to our Patreon at splitzoneduo.com. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.splitzoneduo.com/subscribe

Sep 8, 2021 • 1h 27min
Week 2 is so good we talked realignment (and UConn)
Alex, Richard, and Godfrey start out with a discussion of Randy Edsall's UConn departure and which kind of coach might theoretically still want that job. The coaching carousel is (technically) now in motion. Plus, what makes a good expansion candidate in 2021, and how did that inform both the Texas/Oklahoma move and the Big 12's decisions in replacing them? Then some Q&A, including why Army made Georgia State madder than any team in all of Week 1. Subscribe to this podcast's Patreon at splitzoneduo.com. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.splitzoneduo.com/subscribe

Sep 5, 2021 • 46min
Week 1: Georgia’s beef, Richard eats crow, and the Big Sky reigns
Alex and Richard run through a whole lot of Week 1 games, from the top of the country to the bottom. We cover everything we found interesting this weekend, except we forgot about Oklahoma and Tulane. Our thoughts on that game are that Oklahoma should have won by more points. This podcast is presented by PrizePicks, and you can subscribe to our Patreon at splitzoneduo.com. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.splitzoneduo.com/subscribe

Sep 2, 2021 • 1h 31min
The whole-hog Week 1 preview, from Charlotte to Berkeley
Our Week 1 preview show runs through the games that are likely to cause angst no matter who loses, the games that *shouldn’t* cause angst to whoever losses, and the games we just think are plain interesting. Split Zone Duo is brought to you this season by PrizePicks, and our Patreon page is at splitzoneduo.com. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.splitzoneduo.com/subscribe


