Episode description
In a complete edition of the College Football News Podcast, Nick Shepkowski and Pete Fiutak get you ready for the upcoming season by talking at-length about the big dogs, having one of the biggest media names in the college game join them, talking talent tiers with a draft expert and debut their Power 5 segment which gives a quick look at some of the story lines in the 5 biggest conferences.
0:00-11:15: Alabama/Clemson. Are we headed to round 5 and a few what if's over the last few years.
11:15-26:30: Paul Finebaum of ESPN joins the show and discusses what Clemson's blowout of Alabama last January means for 2019, how long Nick Saban will keep doing this, what is wrong with the current makeup of the College Football Playoff and what realistically might change with it in the not-so-distant future.
26:30-40:33- Eric Edholm, the NFL Draft expert at Yahoo! Sports stops by to discuss the outlook in terms of players and talent levels in 2019. Are Clemson and Alabama really that much better than everyone else in the nation? Michigan has a lot working for them against Ohio State this year - is talent one of them? And how great might this class of quarterbacks be at the next level?
40:33-End: Power 5: A big question from each of the Power 5 conferences discussed. We know who might win the SEC - who might not win at all there? What does Lovie Smith need to do in order to stay at Illinois? Can the Pac 12 finally win a big one again? Big XII: Oklahoma, Texas - and then what? And what was with the hiring at North Carolina, was it truly awesome or truly awful?
Something for just about every college football fan here. Take a listen, enjoy and feel free to rate before you share with your buddies.