🚨 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

🚨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

🚨 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

🚨 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...

🔮 TY-POTHETICALS A look at plausible 2026 scenarios and how the Clemson, Virginia Tech, Alabama, Baylor, South Carolina, Colorado, Nebraska, and Michigan State fan bases would react 🔗 Listen & watch: buff.ly/SRbf8Dc

🔎 SPRING INTEL From QB battles to big questions about the trenches, a collection of the spring storylines from around college football that have our attention 🍎 Apple: buff.ly/I2YrsRq 🟢 Spotify: buff.ly/S1X1XR5 📺 YouTube: buff.ly/lheWGQK

In today's newsletter, a look at the evolving QB "Bench Tax" from @wafflehousebear.bsky.social. Dropping this morning at 9:30 AM ET, sign up for free at quickslants.solidverbal.com/subscribe

🏌️ T H E M A S T E R S Debating the list of elite coaches, QBs and "losers" in college football & looking at teams with an "Amen Corner" on their 2026 schedules. 🍎 Apple: buff.ly/ymHacwW 🟢 Spotify: buff.ly/249JoeF 📺 YouTube: buff.ly/6F5kO7G

Kennesaw State went from 10 losses in 2024 to 10 wins and a CUSA title in 2025. Head Coach Jerry Mack stopped by to explain how the Owls pulled off the incredible turnaround 🍎 Apple: buff.ly/SdmkyQv 🟢 Spotify: buff.ly/sxjVBiN 📺 YouTube:

Let's play a game of Transfer Portal trivia...

Friends, if you listen to the latest @solidverbal.com, you’ll hear me talk about college sports business, why Milwaukee kicks ass, and maybe speak our new point and click adventure game, “Leisure Suit Larry Scott” into existence

Nine years ago, we dropped an off-topic episode about the everyday things that are, secretly, garbage. Today, it's time for the Secret Garbage Bracket of 2026. 🍎 Apple: buff.ly/agHaKce 🟢 Spotify: buff.ly/uEj5YD1 📺 YouTube: buff.ly/bzP8QKq

Our annual CFB business update with @mattbrown.bsky.social, talking through the SCORE Act, stadium experiences, hidden revenue & the joys of Milwaukee 🍎 Apple: buff.ly/9UWhFi0 🟢 Spotify: buff.ly/NIKL6k8 📺 YouTube: buff.ly/hjGmTpP

Today's newsletter on shadow transfers by @wafflehousebear.bsky.social drops in 30 min. Sub here (it's free): quickslants.solidverbal.com/subscribe

QUESTION: What can't your team seem to fully figure out year after year? Post your answers at this link 👇 www.patreon.com/posts/questi...

Reliving the games and moments that broke the most hearts in 2025. 👇 🍎 Apple: buff.ly/iOqg6ah 🟢 Spotify: buff.ly/NcKUtlr 📺 YouTube: buff.ly/4Jaq6gu

With your help, we put together a list of our 16 most interesting transfers for the 2026 college football season 👇 🍎 Apple: buff.ly/tAU36wH 🟢 Spotify: buff.ly/8oYYVc2 📺 YouTube: buff.ly/IiGOGrJ

We asked for your thoughts on the Power 4 win totals that dropped last week. Here's an episode dedicated to the ones you said were the most interesting... 🍎 Apple: buff.ly/AR3OoXO 🟢 Spotify: buff.ly/1xsLZ86 📺 YouTube: youtu.be/Mxp8rwlqJnI

Help us out... We put together a quick poll with some of the 2026 win totals that dropped this week. We need input from the Verballerhood, details here: www.patreon.com/posts/your-k...

If we’re being honest, college football is healthy as a horse when it comes to drama. But… everything else? New ep: We graded the health of the whole sport top to bottom. Conferences, scheduling, CFP, TV product, on-field quality, NIL/revenue sharing, and portal chaos. Listen & watch links 👇

ICYMI, I wrote about successful MAC coaches struggling to land bigger jobs at the P4 level for @solidverbal.com:

🔟 Interesting Coordinators for 2026 Picking out the 10 most interesting coordinator hires to track next season and discussing what they need to fix: 🍎 Apple: buff.ly/62yHpxN 🟢 Spotify: buff.ly/duV8Uyp 📺️ YouTube: buff.ly/Rzn8oam

COACH DRAFT! Who's (hypothetically) the best guy to fix the worst 14 teams in the Power 4? We conducted a pseudo-draft to figure it out. 🍎 Apple: buff.ly/qdyqGpD 🟢 Spotify: buff.ly/SJNOfxS 📺 YouTube: buff.ly/wLl2ZYv

🚨 NEW EP! Joined by the great Chuck Klosterman to chat about his new book, his deep CFB nostalgia, the effects of the portal and NIL, the sport's chaotic future & much more. 🍎 Apple: buff.ly/GZBlASn 🟢 Spotify: buff.ly/MBd6qiG 📺️ YouTube: buff.ly/RYzTxU8

Sac State to the MAC, SEC Scheduling Turmoil & First Year Coach Grades Listen & Watch: 🍎 Apple: buff.ly/lq7KCyJ 🟢 Spotify: buff.ly/mCAepVy 📺 YouTube: buff.ly/HVlfWME

My latest for @solidverbal.com: What would happen if the world's biggest YouTuber decided to turn his hometown ECU Pirates into a $100M CFB content machine? I wrote about MrBeast, Wrexham, and the dumbest CFB publicity stunt idea in recent memory. #CFB #collegefootball

📣 THE STATE OF THE BIG 12 (feat. @jlkurtz.bsky.social ) Digging into the Big 12's credit score, why BYU-ND is such a big deal, what Collin Klein's return means for K-State & more! 🍎 Apple: buff.ly/soOvsNg 🟢 Spotify: buff.ly/HuRToow 📺 YouTube: buff.ly/nnCfYe5

🦬 NDSU GOES FBS + 6 TEAMS ON TREND WATCH The Bison are making the FBS jump, a new book is making waves in Nebraska, and 6 trending teams for 2026 🍎 Apple: buff.ly/D1cvDVW 🟢 Spotify: buff.ly/p7quMIm 📺 YouTube:

THE 2025 CFB STORIES YOU LOVED... From Kenny Dillingham staying put to Wisconsin's bucket of wrenches, these are the stories the Verballerhood loved the most last season 🍎 Apple: buff.ly/sdkbg7x 🟢 Spotify: buff.ly/njUdRJw 📺 YouTube: buff.ly/fvoT1xr

What was it like to cover the Sherrone Moore news? How did Kyle Whittingham end up at Michigan? We asked @danwetzel.bsky.social & Sean O'Connell for the details on a crazy December. 🍎 Apple: buff.ly/nVw0qyk 🟢 Spotify: buff.ly/h0o588t 📺 YouTube: buff.ly/RY4rPpD

🏈 THE WILD 2025 SEASON (PT2) From ND's media blitz to byzantine tiebreakers, ten (more) things that defined a wacky 2025 college football season. 🍎 Apple: buff.ly/k8xJuzm 🟢 Spotify: buff.ly/0BdffzS 📺️ YouTube: buff.ly/cFpHRaF

🏈 THE WILD 2025 RIDE From Lane Kiffin's LSU saga to Indiana's title run, we're talking through the 17 things that made the 2025 season so unique 🍎 Apple: buff.ly/EJ84e72 🟢 Spotify: buff.ly/g88048F 📺 YouTube: buff.ly/xwJPrkW

🏆 INDIANA WINS! Our full reaction to Indiana's 27-21 win over Miami and the program's first (football) national championship 🍎 Apple: apple.co/49UdlDc 🟢 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/36zh... 📺 YouTube: youtube.com/live/A7CeOTW...

The miraculous Cignetti Speed Run is officially complete quickslants.solidverbal.com/p/the-cignet...

🏆 CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW It's Indiana vs Miami for all the marbles. Our 7 big questions, keys for each team, the chances of Michael Irvin drawing a penalty flag & more! 🍎 Apple: buff.ly/aGpSYNV 🟢 Spotify: buff.ly/CDvF3Rh 📺 YouTube: buff.ly/Zk6p3qZ

🔄 PORTAL INTEL EP Chatting with @maxolson.bsky.social about the soaring value of QBs, how Texas Tech and Indiana are winning in the Portal & more 🍎 Apple: buff.ly/xBL8Rh7 🟢 Spotify: buff.ly/p9mQfy9 📺 YouTube: buff.ly/EO7WjHu

🍑 PEACH BOWL RECAP Indiana annihilated Oregon 56-22. Here's our recap, our struggle to put the Hoosiers in historical context, and a chance for Dan to rant. 🍎 Apple: buff.ly/YJNtLe3 🟢 Spotify: buff.ly/lEa61cT 📺 YouTube: buff.ly/YJNtLe3

🎉 FIESTA BOWL REACTIONS Miami wins a wild one and advances to play for the natty at home. Our reactions to a great game... ⤵️ 🍎 Apple: buff.ly/TxhDjds 🟢 Spotify: buff.ly/AVSYsAJ 📺 YouTube: buff.ly/m8Aa5fx

🔮 QUARTERFINAL PREVIEWS A 90-min ep talking through all 4 CFP quarterfinal matchups + the news that Kyle Whittingham will be the next coach at Michigan 🍎 Apple: buff.ly/BX2IX6I 🟢 Spotify: buff.ly/1pMWFx6 📺 YouTube: buff.ly/iNqMdjC

Gonna be doing a live CFP Quarterfinal Preview right here in about 5 min: youtube.com/live/lY0Bti9...

🚨 NEW EP!! Joined by the great @espnbillc.bsky.social to discuss the biggest risers and head-scratchers, the G5 Playoff Debate, being part of a tiebreaker, non CFP bowls & more! 🍎 Apple: buff.ly/gKdVCYz 🟢 Spotify: buff.ly/eOkxzxx 📺 YouTube: buff.ly/UmTKK08

Happy Festivus! As is annual tradition, it's time to air your college football grievances. Reply below ⤵️

🏆 CFP ROUND ONE REAX Bama's comeback, Miami's slugfest, Oregon & Ole Miss roll + The Great G5 Playoff Debate 🍎 Apple: apple.co/4s5TlFE 🟢 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/56U8... 📺 YouTube: youtube.com/live/Ou5Ik_G...

🚨 NEW EP! Checking in with the great Brandon Huffman to get the recap from the Early Signing Period, biggest recruiting storylines, the death of the NLI and much more. 🍎 Apple: buff.ly/pFXtBVm 🟢 Spotify: buff.ly/X5Uc2FX 📺 YouTube: buff.ly/PeehXJw