Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! The coaching carousel has taken a turn. In the wake of the regular season winding down, a slew of marquee college football jobs have been filled. Bill Belichick takes over at North Carolina, while Rich Rodriguez returns to West Virginia. Also, it seems as though Dan Mullen will be getting back into coaching at UNLV. John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com) and Cody Williams (Content Director, FanSided.com) reacted to some of the wildest coachi...
Dec 12, 2024•1 hr 27 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! College Football Playoff teams are cheaper by the dozen, aren't they? John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com) and Cody Williams (Content Director, FanSided.com) shared their thoughts on the College Football Playoff field being set. While they power rank the 12 teams slightly differently on their chances of winning a national title, they see eye-to-eye on the handful of contenders, as well as the plethora of pretenders. Meanwhile, the coaching...
Dec 09, 2024•1 hr 29 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! Conference Championship Weekend did not disappoint. Cody Williams (Content Director, FanSided.com) flew solo like a cup with Three Yards and a Cloud of Punt over on False Start, while John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com) was probably out celebrating Georgia and Arizona State's big wins. Yes, the Dawgs and the Devils are projected to get first-round byes after winning the SEC and Big 12 Championships. However, the final two of the night lea...
Dec 08, 2024•25 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! It all comes down to this... With it being conference championship weekend and all, we will know what teams will be playing in the first 12-team College Football Playoff, as well as which teams will be playing in ... other bowl games... While teams like Georgia, Oregon, Penn State and Texas will be getting in no matter what happens in their conference championship games, other teams like Arizona State, Boise State, Clemson and Iowa State need ...
Dec 05, 2024•1 hr 28 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! We only have one more set of rankings after this. The penultimate College Football Playoff rankings came out on Tuesday night to much fanfare. While the bulk of the teams vying for playoff berths can almost taste them, others' could be ripped away at the last second. For a team like South Carolina, is there any hope of getting in? Why is the Selection Committee so high on Miami? And why are they giving Alabama another chance? While Cody Willia...
Dec 04, 2024•28 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! We cannot wait for the penultimate College Football Playoff rankings on Tuesday night! As John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com) and Cody Williams (Content Director, FanSided.com) prepare for the unexpected with Tuesday night's rankings, they believe helmets like Alabama and Ohio State will get the benefit of the doubt over better teams this season in SMU and South Carolina. What the Selection Committee decides will almost certainly shape wh...
Dec 02, 2024•1 hr 25 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! Rivalry week was even crazier than expected. After the chaos that was Week 13, the final week of the regular season did not disappoint either. Memphis beat Tulane. Georgia needed eight overtimes to defeat Georgia Tech. Ohio State cannot stop Michigan for the life of them. South Carolina stunned Clemson in The Palmetto Bowl, only to get to Charlotte anyway because Miami somehow lost to Syracuse. As John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com) and C...
Dec 01, 2024•48 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! One more for the road! It is rivalry week not only at FanSided, but on False Start as well. As John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com) gets ready for some Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate, Cody Williams (Content Director, FanSided.com) lives in a house divided with the NC State Podcast. With one more week left in the regular season, the guys tried to forecast what all could happen in the most unpredictable sport on the planet. It requires great skil...
Nov 28, 2024•1 hr 26 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! They are just making up as they go, aren't they? Make it make sense! While John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com) sat this one out to prepare for his brain to be broken ahead of Thanksgiving, Cody Williams (Content Director, FanSided.com) did his best to make sense of the nonsense that was the latest College Football Playoff rankings. Whether the Selection Committee was too hot on teams like Penn State, too cold on teams like Georgia or just...
Nov 27, 2024•25 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! Everybody gets one more shot to improve their playoff resume this week. With it being rivalry week and all, teams like Indiana, Tennessee and Texas are sitting pretty heading into Selection Sunday. Teams like Alabama, not so much... John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com) and Cody Williams (Content Director, FanSided.com) further unpacked the Week 13 madness before diving into rivalry week on another episode of False Start. False Start is nev...
Nov 25, 2024•1 hr 26 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! We did not see it coming... College football was on one in Week 13. Several ranked teams lost, including Alabama, Colorado, Ole Miss and Texas A&M getting upset by unranked teams. John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com) and Cody Williams (Content Director, FanSided.com) reacted to the wild Week 13 in the only way they know how with Three Yards and a Cloud of Punt. Just when we thought we knew for sure what teams were going to make the pla...
Nov 24, 2024•43 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! Saturday will be Indiana's day of reckoning. If the Hoosiers beat Ohio State, they will be making the playoff. A close loss and a win over their awful arch rival of Purdue probably gets them in as well. Ohio State cannot afford to overlook the Hoosiers, as the Buckeyes have arch rival Michigan up next. This led to many interesting discussions about the latest College Football Playoff rankings between John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com) an...
Nov 21, 2024•1 hr 25 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! And so it goes... On the latest episode of False Start, John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com) flew solo like a cup for some Playoff Goldilocks. It was his turn to host the Tuesday night solo show after the latest College Football Playoff rankings, and he did not disappoint. While he was thrilled to see his beloved Georgia Bulldogs back into the 12-team playoff field, it became more and more evident as the show went on that Buhler was not ov...
Nov 20, 2024•32 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! Indiana may have thrown a wrench in everything, but Texas is messing everything up! With the return of John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com), Cody Williams (Content Director, FanSided.com) was not entirely ready with what was about to come down the pipeline. While Buhler did not have the stones to keep Texas out of the College Football Playoff picture like his hero Andy Staples of On3 did, the guys did wonder about if Texas really does belo...
Nov 18, 2024•1 hr 16 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! What a day, what a day, what a day! Week 12 of the 2024 college football season was wilder than we expected. While Georgia held serve at home to beat rival Tennessee to keep its playoff dreams alive, BYU suffered its first loss of the season to a much-improved Kansas team. With LSU losing to Florida, Scott Stricklin looks smart for keeping Billy Napier around, while we have to wonder how hot is Brian Kelly's seat getting. Cody Williams (Conten...
Nov 17, 2024•30 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! Have you ever been to California? Even if you were not born in the same state that none of the members of Red Hot Chili Peppers were born in either, but love to sing about, this episode of False Start is probably for you! In the wake of Cody Williams (Content Director, FanSided.com) doing a marvelous job with College Football Playoff Goldilocks on Tuesday night, John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com) had his chance to respond to whatever the...
Nov 14, 2024•1 hr 21 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! We can't believe what we just saw! False Start was back with some College Football Playoff Goldilocks on Tuesday night ahead of Week 12. While Cody Williams (Content Director, FanSided.com) flew solo like a cup, surely John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com) was crying into his Dooley-Munson-Walker shrine over Georgia not being in the playoff field. Cody definitely had thoughts beyond just UGA in the latest CFP rankings, including a team that...
Nov 13, 2024•25 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! I am not the problem, you're the problem! Mike Norvell pointed the finger at his assistants for being so deplorably bad at Florida State. The Seminoles are now without Adam Fuller, Alex Atkins and Ron Dugans going forward. Kennesaw State AD Milton Overton may have fumbled the bag trying to move on from Owls HC Brian Bohannon. It was clunky and now they have a 20-something leading the newest team in FBS for the rest of the way. And before they ...
Nov 11, 2024•1 hr 33 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! We are straight-up not having a good time, bruh. As John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com) is in utter shambles after seeing Ole Miss wipe the floor with Georgia, Cody Williams (Content Director, FanSided.com) was there to keep this installment of Three Yards and a Cloud of Punt of False Start from going into the ditch. The SEC was the league of consequence this week with Alabama, Ole Miss, Texas and even Missouri getting huge wins. While th...
Nov 10, 2024•51 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! We're so glad you made it! On Thursday's episode of False Start, Cody Williams (Content Director, FanSided.com) had it in him to break John Buhler's brain again (Staff Writer, FanSided.com). In between dishing out their second takes of the initial College Football Playoff rankings cold like revenge, the SEC was where it was at this week as the league of consequence. Alabama at LSU feels like a playoff elimination game, while Georgia at Ole Mis...
Nov 07, 2024•1 hr 26 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! With the help of a nursery rhyme, you too can pass the time! As Cody Williams (Content Director, FanSided.com) was doing more serious work things, John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com) flew solo like a cup to bring you our first College Football Playoff Rankings Reaction Show, Goldilocks style! Buhler first reacted to the top 25 rankings, followed up by the 12-team playoff bracket before picking apart the Selection Committee's logic. He pic...
Nov 06, 2024•31 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! We planned to say other things in the postgame press conference... While James Franklin is only one loss away from leading a 10-2 driving school at Penn State, we have to wonder if Nittany Lion Nation deserves better than their current head coach. John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com) and Cody Williams (Content Director, FanSided.com) examined what all has gone wrong in Happy Valley under Franklin's watch, as well as revealing their latest ...
Nov 04, 2024•1 hr 21 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! What a weekend it was in college football! The upsets we have been craving returned in a big way with teams like Clemson, Texas A&M and Iowa State all going down, in addition to Penn State losing to Ohio State once again. This was one of those Saturdays where clarity started to emerge when it comes to the College Football Playoff picture. Of course, we can never take our eyes off The Live Dog Diego Pavia for even one second. The Vanderbilt...
Nov 03, 2024•1 hr 11 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! What do you think of this? While John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com) dressed like Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, he had to navigate the whimsical nature of Cody Williams (Content Director, FanSided.com) dressed as Dr. Alan Grant from Jurassic Park on this extra spooky Halloween episode of False Start! Not only was it Beetlejuice themed, we had to go to Albuquerque for Wyoming at New Mexico so Antonio could meet up with his mentor of living...
Oct 31, 2024•1 hr 28 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! The AP Top 25 may foreshadow what the College Football Playoff becomes. The Selection Committee will have its work cut out for it when the 13-something individuals have to put together their 12-team playoff field. While Texas A&M looks like the Aggies will very much be a part of it, what about BYU potentially separating from the rest of the pack in the Big 12? The Cougars were a major point of discussion between John Buhler (Staff Writer, ...
Oct 28, 2024•1 hr 12 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! We have found our third College Football Playoff lock out of the SEC! After seeing Texas A&M make a quarterback change, the Aggies beat rival LSU at Kyle Field to stay unbeaten in SEC. They join Georgia and Texas in the CFP lock category in their league. As for LSU, the Bayou Bengals have to beat Alabama. Across the Power Four, the guys think Oregon could potentially go undefeated en route to winning it all. However, they remain skeptical ...
Oct 28, 2024•1 hr 4 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! C'mon, fire me up with some False Start! The Rocket Boys didn't disappoint. While they still don't really know what an auk is, they have the aux and decided to Armageddon It with some Carmageddon for Northwestern at Iowa. John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com) and Cody Williams (Content Director, FanSided.com) previewed the Week 9 slate with the help of Def Leppard and plenty of October Sky references that you and I and no one wanted. The SE...
Oct 24, 2024•1 hr 33 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! Brent Venables may not be the right head coach to lead Oklahoma in the SEC. After getting his pants pulled over his head by former OU assistant Shane Beamer's South Carolina Gamecocks, why on god's green earth is Venables the most well-compensated state employee in Oklahoma? While John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com) will be rooting against Lincoln Riley in every game he coaches for USC going forward, Cody Williams (Content Director, FanSi...
Oct 21, 2024•1 hr 25 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! And down goes Texas! It was a bludgeoning at DKR on Saturday night, as Georgia handed the Longhorns their first defeat of the season. While it may have been a terribly officiated game, both teams are feeling comfortable about their chances of making the playoff. As for Alabama, not so much... The Crimson Tide fell to 5-2 on the year by losing the Third Saturday in October in back-to-back trips to Neyland. Close, but no cigar. While the SEC rem...
Oct 20, 2024•41 min
Reach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up! The Wayward Son has RETURNED! John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com) welcomes back to the program his delightful co-host Cody Williams (Content Director, FanSided.com) after various travels and slight misfortunes. Cody arrived just in time to be too late to convince Buhler that Georgia is going to beat Texas in Austin. Buhler calls it an emo hedge, while Cody remains ride or die with Quinn Ewers, no matter what. As the guys turned their atte...
Oct 17, 2024•1 hr 22 min
