👉 BIG TEN TEAM PREVIEWS Taking a closer look at Ohio State, Oregon, Indiana, Iowa, Washington, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Rutgers and Purdue 🔗 Listen & Watch: buff.ly/sBk1JSQ

New for @solidverbal.com: I wrote about LSU, Lane Kiffin assembling a squad full of hired guns and pondered how his time in Baton Rouge might end. Spoiler: It'll end how it always does for coaches at LSU. Read and subscribe for free. #CFBsky

Lane Kiffin Has Assembled The Expendables

LSU is hunting a College Football Playoff berth with a veteran crew of hired guns.

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ACC FIXER-UPPER 🛠️ Miami and Notre Dame look ready for the final reveal. SMU and Louisville want to upsize. Florida State and North Carolina need much heavier renovations. Virginia, Wake & Pitt have interesting nooks and crannies. 👉 Listen/watch Part 2 of our ACC Preview: buff.ly/9T9kJLd

MIAMI, THEN A TRAFFIC JAM 🌀 ACC preview Part 1... about the obvious favorite, the messy contender tiers behind it and a league where the QB and line questions are everywhere. Who do you trust most after Miami? 👉 Listen/watch: buff.ly/9T9kJLd

🏈 GROUP OF SIX PREVIEWS Our 2026 previews begin with the American, Sun Belt and MAC, where the contenders are real, the questions are obvious, and the middle is *extremely* meaty. 👉 Listen/watch: buff.ly/tv66Ak3

🏈 WELCOME TO THE CFB SEASON Kicking off our preview series with a quick primer for the 2026 season. New coaches and rules, mega transfers and the big storylines to follow. 👉 LISTEN/WATCH: buff.ly/tv66Ak3

WEIRD STATS AND LETDOWN LOOKAHEAD SANDWICHES 🐻 Chris "The Bear" Fallica joins us for a conversation about the numbers that matter, the portal chaos that makes preseason projections harder, and the schedule spots that turn college football into a weekly trap door. 👉 Listen/watch: buff.ly/Uk2LktJ

New for @solidverbal.com: I wrote about Florida State football, Mike Norvell and the quiet misery of a program too broke to move on and too broken to move forward. ⬇️ Read and subscribe for free #cfb #CFBsky quickslants.solidverbal.com/p/the-long-w...

The Long Wait in Tallahassee

On Mike Norvell and the quiet misery of being neither good nor gone.

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Cal kept JKS. That was the hard part. Now Tosh Lupoi has to protect him, upgrade the pieces around him, and see if the Bears can become a real player in a crowded ACC. Read @tylerschustercfb.bsky.social's full newsletter on the job ahead for Lupoi and Cal: buff.ly/Z7JrqYi

TEETERING ON THE EDGE 🫣 Florida, ASU, Kentucky, Minnesota, Virginia Tech, TCU and Wisconsin all feel like they could land on either side of 6-6. Which teams are headed up, and which ones are we selling? 👉 Listen/watch: buff.ly/oUMjRGV

JUMP INTO THE SARK TANK 🦈 Ty brings the college football pitches, Dan and guest sark Andy Staples decide where to spend their emotional capital. In which CFB storylines are you investing? For which are you fully OUT? 👉 Listen/watch: buff.ly/Sx1as44

Alex Golesh brought Byrum Brown with him, and is betting on tempo, decisiveness, the QB run game, and a whole lot of built-in trust from Day 1. Today's newsletter from @tylerschustercfb.bsky.social on whether familiarity can outrun an SEC gauntlet Read & sub: buff.ly/uoTYwpZ

What are we talking about too much/too little in college football? Joined by the great Richard Johnson of @splitzoneduo.com for an audit of the offseason discourse: CFP fatigue, Congress, the Arch Manning media cycle, UCLA, Michigan, a plea for more weird bowls & more Listen/watch: buff.ly/Sx1as44

If you're a college football fan who only checks in on soccer every four years, this one's for you. @espnbillc.bsky.social joins us to put the World Cup in CFB terms: USMNT's CFB comp, expansion weirdness, and which teams have real Indiana energy. 👉 Listen/watch: buff.ly/z2s5eRu

Collin Klein learned Kansas State football from Bill Snyder. Now he’s back trying to restore it in a transfer portal, NIL, 12-team Playoff world. In today’s newsletter, @wafflehousebear.bsky.social wonders whether the “Snyder Way” can still work in modern college football. buff.ly/fnHqJJ3

We opened up the mailbag for a June Q&A. Stop by for summer love teams, portal spending risk, Cignetti vs Saban/Kirby and the programs we are already talking ourselves into before preview season fully arrives. Also, somehow, Brendan Fraser as... Dwight Eisenhower? Listen/watch: buff.ly/z2s5eRu

A little kickoff yearning for the summer: entrances, preview mags, pylon cams, visor coaches, late-night chaos, that leaning-forward feeling right before kickoff & the CFB stuff we still love. 👉 Listen/watch: buff.ly/A9w2SWY

Some college football narratives have expired. Others still have teeth. We talked through which of the sport's most repeated offseason talking points are still relevant in 2026, from Matt Rhule's reputation to Clemson's adaptability & more. 👉 Listen/watch: buff.ly/A9w2SWY

Kyle Whittingham is not a Michigan Man. He might be exactly what Michigan needs. Today's newsletter drops at 9:30 AM ET. Subscribe for free: buff.ly/4OZVGoZ

🚨 NEW EP Tony Petitti wants a 24-team CFP and the ACC may be an abandoned mall with a particularly vibrant Chili's Listen/Watch: 🍎 Apple: buff.ly/LQByGfw 🟢 Spotify: buff.ly/qlxpWiV 📺 YouTube: buff.ly/QIAI149

🚨 BIG TEN VIBE CHECK EP - Ohio State mayyy miss the CFP? - UCLA mayyy... be fun? - Maryland mayyy win a game after Sept? - USC mayyybe with the worst Big Ten schedule? 🍎 Apple: buff.ly/hg87UOc 🟢 Spotify: buff.ly/z2iT67c 📺 YouTube: buff.ly/rUvmPkl

📅 CLEAR YOUR SCHEDULE... We ranked the 2026 college football schedule by watchability, trap potential and when to fake needing a surgery. (November looks ridiculous.) 🍎 Apple: buff.ly/oTdSEoA 🟢 Spotify: buff.ly/Tx86R11 📺 YouTube: buff.ly/3V6ABX4

Ranking the 2026 College Football Schedule: The Best Weeks, Trappy Valleys & When To Book Surgery

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🚨Dropping at 9:30 this morning... How Willie Fritz is doing his best work yet at Houston, written by @wafflehousebear.bsky.social Subscribe for our free weekly newsletter right here: www.solidverbal.com/newsletter

🚨 May Q&A Part 2 CFP expansion anxiety, Michigan State hiring Pat Fitzgerald, the QB/coach pairings we’re most curious about, Texas expectations in 2026, Mike Norvell’s future, wearing team gear in turbulent times, and Dan’s take on sneakers with suits. 👉 Listen/watch: start.solidverbal.com

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College football coverage you can trust. New episodes every week during the season and beyond.

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🚨 MAY Q&A: Part 1 Rethinking the Big 12 contenders, SEC hypotheticals, building rosters in 2026 and street-naming philosophies 🍎 Apple: buff.ly/Patpba1 🟢 Spotify: buff.ly/p3I4cIp 📺 YouTube: buff.ly/0kSmHyY

Today's newsletter drops at 9:30AM ET, is completely free, and tackles the question of what a Matt Cambell-less Iowa State actually looks like. Written by the great @wafflehousebear.bsky.social. Sign up here: quickslants.solidverbal.com/subscribe

♨️ POST-SPRING Q'S w/ @espnbillc.bsky.social Wildcard conferences, mid-major sleepers, Michigan's Whittingham-Underwood pairing, Texas A&M optimism & more... 🍎 Apple: buff.ly/jqn7N3g 🟢 Spotify: buff.ly/c4fsiXP 📺 YouTube: buff.ly/Qx0x7Ih

🚨 CROSSOVER POD ALERT! Joined by Jason Moore of @fantasyfootballers.bsky.social with fantasy football tips for CFB sickos + an honest critique of Ty's habit of drafting too many rookies. 🍎 Apple: buff.ly/CfRV7eg 🟢 Spotify: buff.ly/ncPKhff 📺 YouTube: buff.ly/bwuoQpM

🚨 SEC VIBES feat. Cole Cubelic The underappreciated DeBoer, Beamer's wizardry, Sark's glue guys, Lane's turbo rebuild at LSU, the case for Golesh at Auburn & more! 🍎 Apple: buff.ly/osygaRk 🟢 Spotify: buff.ly/8kqR0X4 📺 YouTube: buff.ly/zDlgc8w

SEC Vibe Check with Cole Cubelic

Podcast Episode · The Solid Verbal College Football · April 23 · 53m

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🚨 Joined by @natetice.bsky.social for our annual NFL Draft pod We talked trenches, the good-weirdness of Fernando Mendoza, Jeremiyah Love's "Avenger" status & more 🍎 Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2... 🟢 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2FcP... 📺 YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hik0...