Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! The unofficial Big Ten Preseason media poll is out and we have some qualms with Michigan, Nebraska, Rutgers and many more! Speaking of problems, maybe Ryan Day telling Ohio State players to use EA College Football 25 to scout opponents is part of the issue in Columbus. Plus, Lincoln Riley continues to underwhelm when it comes to his moxie and toughness, James Franklin has new students at the Penn State driving school that could help him, Kalen...
Jul 27, 2024•1 hr 4 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! SEC Media Days have come and gone. As Lane Kiffin challenged Paul Finebaum on the set of his show, Nick Saban may have not-so-subtly gaslit his former team by not picking Alabama to make the SEC Championship Game. Meanwhile, Kirby Smart is over the moon about not needing to have a credential. As for Sam Pittman, he wants us all to embrace the hog. Also, who knew that Quinn Ewers still disliked that Team From Up North? Also, several important c...
Jul 23, 2024•1 hr 7 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! Florida State is going to need a miracle, or a total ACC collapse, to be able to join either the Big Ten or the SEC. While nobody likes the Seminoles, Carson Beck foretold the story of the Stadium of the Damned, better known as Jordan-Hare to those like Jackson Arnold, who are not in the know just yet. At the end of another lost highway, but sure to hit Texas with a good, old-fashioned Horns Down, because that is allowed in the SEC. As Paul Fi...
Jul 19, 2024•38 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! We're just two guys in our 30s at summer camp acting like 17-year-olds. It's a Wet Hot American Summer episode of False Start with talk on another Georgia driving incident, Deion Sanders going after recruiting services, Travis Hunter cooking his own offensive line with the Buffs, Power 4 college football coaches who could leave for other P4 jobs, plastic coyotes being the ultimate goose crap deterrent and another batch of legendary logos. John...
Jul 16, 2024•1 hr 13 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! Mike Gundy had everyone up in arms again after his comments about Oklahoma State RB Ollie Gordon II's DUI arrest. But was the mullet actually just trying to deflect from his players? Meanwhile, Deion Sanders and Colorado got a little extra off the top to be the first to join the Big 12 of the Four-Corners schools. Plus, Paul Finebaum thinks Lincoln Riley is toast after the 2024 season at USC -- do we agree? Five head coaches with massive buyou...
Jul 14, 2024•1 hr 24 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! All USC has to do is this one thing... Unpacking Colin Cowherd's latest dialogue with Joel Klatt is all about the Trojans and their chances of making the expanded College Football Playoff for the first time. Can they do it? Matt Rhule's definition of the word "desperate" is akin to a former President's definition of the word "is". It is getting so hard to root for Nebraska under him. Also, Jalen Milroe might make the proverbial leap into stard...
Jul 09, 2024•1 hr 7 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! It's a holiday weekend and which college football coaches would we want to spend it with? We break down the best and worst hangs for the Fourth of July before then breaking down ESPN's Matt Miller's early 2025 NFL Mock Draft... and we have some QUESTIONS! Plus, Shane Beamer is Cocky, Horns Down is meant for the SEC, and Arch Manning is the plucky young QB we're rooting for apparently. But let's not forget to remember some dudes too! John Buhle...
Jul 07, 2024•1 hr 10 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! Welcome to a new era of college football! With July 1 having come and gone, several Power Five teams have switched leagues to become the Power Four. Not everyone is going to love their new place. Some may end up regretting it... One of those teams changing leagues is Texas. Longhorns QB Quinn Ewers has a bold take in that Texas will be everybody's biggest game of the season in the SEC. Nobody likes them some Texas quite like Texas, aight. Also...
Jul 02, 2024•1 hr 14 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! The False Start crew is joined by Scott Rogust (Editor, FanSided.com) to talk 2024 college football quarterbacks and who we should like -- or dislike, along with drafting programs to start Dynasty Mode with in EA College Football 25 and some CFB comparisons for Metallica songs. Plus, Blue-Chip Ratio for 2024 is out meaning these 16 teams can win the national championship this year. Which college football coaches could leave for rivals? And Mat...
Jun 30, 2024•1 hr 30 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! It's easier to fly solo when you don't have to cross the pond... From above, you can see why BYU had its way with Louisiana, how absurd Brent Venables' new Oklahoma contract is, and why now is the time to be all about The U! John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com) mans this rocking ship, as Cody Williams (Senior Editor, FanSided.com) serves as a first mate on a cross-country flight he is not even taking part of. False Start has no choice but ...
Jun 24, 2024•41 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! The legendary Phil Steele released his Top 40 college football rankings for the preseason and we have some questions. A lot of questions, in fact. Ryan Day is facing questions too and his predecessor, Urban Meyer, is ramping up the pressure. Plus, Lincoln Riley has been trying to duck LSU and is just an unserious coach, we unpack Brad Crawford's SEC win projections, Greg McElroy has some concerns about Georgia and we give our Heisman favorites...
Jun 21, 2024•1 hr 22 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! Don't be made at Coach Prime for ruining the story ... and possibly the entire evening. Regardless of if it happened or not, the fact we cannot immediately refute the entire Colorado football team being forced to watch Shedeur Sanders open up for Lil Wayne against their will is the reason John Buhler and Cody Williams were put on Earth to make this podcast. In this Step Brothers -themed episode, the guys remembered some dudes with the help of ...
Jun 18, 2024•1 hr 21 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! Which college football quarterbacks should be top of mind coming into the 2024 season? And which will be by the end of the year? We break down the stars, the can-be stars, and even some also-rans with upside. Plus, Eli Drinkwitz was shredding in a Brian Kelly-esque recruiting video, Ryan Day is a "walking excuse", which CFB coaches would pull a Dan Hurley to stay at their programs, a retrospective on our time at Homer Hickam High in Statesvill...
Jun 15, 2024•1 hr 20 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! Paul Finebaum is an absolute legend! His meticulously calculated, but visceral takedown over Urban Meyer when compared to Nick Saban was about as good as it gets. Well done, sir! You cooked him, bruh. As the remnants of Meyer continue to cook in a Runza parking lot, Lane Kiffin says you can't spell Citrus Bowl without U-T. Yes, the Ole Miss head coach smothers his former employer with a bottle of delicious, vinegary French's mustard. Also, Tro...
Jun 11, 2024•1 hr 17 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! Who are the locks to make the 2024-25 College Football Playoff? The almost locks? The wild cards? And which coach who isn't among the three active head men with a national championship will be the next to earn some hardware? Plus, Kadyn Proctor opened up about his brief return home to Iowa before transferring back to Alabama, Bryan Harsin offered unsolicited confidence and support for Florida HC Billy Napier, the new CFP schedule is intriguing...
Jun 09, 2024•1 hr 27 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! Tyler Buchner is absolutely in his bag, dawg. After transferring back to Notre Dame from Alabama to play lacrosse, the newest lax bro national champion wants to walk onto the Fighting Irish's football team ... as a receiver. As long as Marcus Freeman is okay with it, you do you, man. Rudy!, Rudy! If you thought about playing with Iowa in EA College Football 25 , good luck. Oh, the Hawkeyes will be stellar defensively, but you will feel like yo...
Jun 03, 2024•27 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! The SEC converged in Destin over Memorial Day Weekend. Whether it was Josh Heupel dunking on his alma mater, Billy Napier addressing the Jaden Rashada-sized elephant in the room, or Steve Sarkisian hating every notion of an SEC injury report, the league's head coaches and athletic directors gave us the content we craved. Plus, Tyler Buchner is a champion ... on the lacrosse field. Also, Jim Phillips may have fallen off his rocker trying to win...
May 31, 2024•1 hr 13 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! RIP to the GOAT Bill Walton. ESPN's post-spring Top 25 college football rankings are out and Cody Williams (Senior Editor, FanSided.com) is breaking down his biggest gripes about the rankings. Plus, the shock and surprises of the EA College Football 25 tier payouts and the teams in each tier. Cody also breaks down Nyck Harbor's ridiculous speed and value for South Carolina, the Elite 11 list of attendees, the next college football coaches to w...
May 28, 2024•46 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! James Franklin is in hot water at Penn State for truly awful behavior regarding players' medical situations. Florida isn't in a good spot either as former 5-star and current Georgia backup QB Jaden Rashada is suing the Gators over NIL payments that were never made. Plus, Jim Harbaugh might've stayed at Michigan if not for Warde Manuel, TNT is getting a piece of the College Football Playoff (and hopefully bringing Charles Barkley along), Florid...
May 25, 2024•1 hr 20 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! We are so living in a simulation, brother. With Scottie Scheffler getting arrested outside of Valhalla Golf Glub in Louisville ahead of round two of the PGA Championship, the guys tried to figure out what college football head coaches are most likely to suffer the same fate of being so anonymous looking. Dabo Swinney would honestly probably rather die than to use the transfer portal at Clemson. His latest comments on the matter will make you w...
May 20, 2024•1 hr 8 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! Alicia de Artola Castillo joins the program to talk early College Football Playoff contenders from every Power 4 conference, Big Ten win totals for the 2024 season, and which CFB programs are living a Semi-Charmed kind of Life (baby, baby)! Plus, Buhler and Cody break down Ohio State wanting Michigan's title to have an asterisk, chaos in the ACC, and the ups and downs of the SEC on ABC reveal that will have us all quite confused to start the s...
May 18, 2024•1 hr 49 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! The dang vidya games... Yes, EA Sports has given us an EA College Football 25 deluxe edition cover to talk about, one that may or may not have the right six college stars prominently featured on it. If you look hard enough, you can see Noah Fifita right in front of Carson Beck, as well as Bill Walton and Big Bird leading the way out of the tunnel. As UCLA reluctantly left the Pac-12 for the Big Ten, the Bruins now have to pay Cal some alimony ...
May 13, 2024•1 hr 17 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! Episode 73 calls for a celebration of the 1973 Almost Famous Tour with Stillwater. John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com) and Cody Williams (Senior Editor, FanSided.com) pay homage to Cameron Crowe's cinematic classic featuring their doppelgängers Russell Hammond and Jeff Bebe and a true masterpiece. How does Almost Famous help us talk about Lane Kiffin being the hunted, middling college football programs, Deion Sanders and Brian Kelly on th...
May 10, 2024•1 hr 27 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! Nobody likes you when you're 23. But when you turn 33, and enter your Jesus year, the world is your oyster, brother. As Cody Williams (Senior Editor, FanSided.com) becomes clearer than Larry Bird in Space Jam, John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com) helped him make sense of all the nonsense they did to entertain themselves in the first week of May in college football. From college football rev share, to putting Shedeur Sanders on a team, bruh...
May 06, 2024•1 hr 14 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes are the lightning rod in a hurricane of the college football offseason and the transfer portal, with the social media receipts to prove it. Meanwhile, former Florida State and now-Bills receiver Keon Coleman is blaming... checks notes... Georgia (?) for the Seminoles' hapless plight in the CFP. Plus, the spring transfer portal window in college football is hard to figure out, Matt Rhule is singing on st...
May 03, 2024•1 hr 11 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! We could stomach one last slice of pumpkin pie. While Mel Kiper Jr. can never get his fill of pumpkin pie filling for breakfast, the guys tied a bow on what was an eventful 2024 NFL Draft for everyone involved. In a shocking twist of fate, Nick Saban got to see one of his kickers get drafted while devouring his second of two oatmeal creme pies for breakfast, or an afternoon snack in this case. In between shoveling shepherd's pie down their gul...
Apr 30, 2024•1 hr 14 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! The first round of the 2024 NFL Draft is now in the books and we're breaking down the our favorite picks in the Top 32 along with our head-scratchers and a whole category of its own going to Buhler's Atlanta Falcons leaving everyone shocked and appalled by picking Michael Penix Jr. at No. 8. Plus, Jaden Rashada portaled to Athens as the Georgia QB in waiting. Then we're joined by the great Adam Weinrib to talk NFL Draft memories, Antonio's Spr...
Apr 26, 2024•1 hr 46 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! A promise is a promise. Jim Harbaugh is a man of his word, and got the cheapest Michigan 15-0 championship tattoo $110 can buy. He may be a champion, but Jerry Kill has better arm ink, bruh. Deion Sanders is getting lapped by Joey McGuire in the Big 12 recruiting race. The man won't leave Boulder, resulting in his sons to recruit players over social media in the transfer portal. As Kadyn Proctor walks back to Alabama with his tail between his ...
Apr 23, 2024•1 hr 4 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! You've been served, Michigan! The attention you ordered was a grease-soaked bag of hamburgers carrying a three-year probationary period. Just wait until the monkey's out of the bottle with regards to the sign-stealing scandal. Pandora doesn't go back in the box, Coach Prime. He only comes out! More and more players are getting out of Dodge in Boulder like somebody pulled the plug on the groovy tunes, man, at a South Park Music Festival. What d...
Apr 19, 2024•34 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! The Spring Transfer Portal window is open in college football, and Kalen DeBoer has to have Alabama working the lines in the worst way for the Crimson Tide to compete atop the SEC. And in the Big Ten, Ryan Day thinks Ohio State is closer to glory than they've actually been -- maybe he's just making excuses? Plus, the SEC lied to Texas A&M and little brother is not happy, might Yell Practice about it. Ole Miss had Joey Chestnut and mountain...
Apr 17, 2024•1 hr 20 min
