The Solid Verbal College Football

In this episode, we each picked eight transfers — four on offense, four on defense, one quarterback max — that we find most interesting heading into the 2026 season. Why these guys? It comes down to situation, scheme fit, prior production, and in some cases, just a gut feeling that something's about to click at the next stop.
We get into the players following their coaches to new destinations, the quarterback pickups nobody saw coming, the edge rushers changing conferences, and the linebackers ready to take over defenses. The big themes keep coming up: how much does coaching familiarity actually matter, can G5 numbers translate to a Power 4 schedule, and what happens when a proven producer lands in a more stable situation?
Timecodes:
0:00 - Intro
5:33 - Caleb Hawkins (Oklahoma State)
11:48 - Adam Mohammed (Cal)
19:06 - Ian Strong (Cal)
22:05 - Omarion Miller (Arizona State)
26:45 - Cutter Boley (Arizona State)
31:19 - Aaron Philo (Florida)
36:39 - JJ Buchanan (Michigan)
43:29 - Ben Brahmer (Penn State)
46:52 - Damon Wilson (Miami)
50:29 - Chaz Coleman (Tennessee)
53:44 - Devan Thompkins (Alabama)
56:39 - Austin Romaine (Texas Tech)
59:44 - Sammy Omosigho (UCLA)
1:03:53 - Cade Uluave (BYU)
1:05:49 - Jontez Williams (USC)
1:08:32 - DJ McKinney (Notre Dame)
1:10:26 - Kenny Minchey, DJ Lagway, Anthony Colandrea, Darian Mensah & Colton Joseph
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Last week, win totals dropped for every Power 4 team. We did the responsible thing and polled the Verballerhood for it's initial response. In this episode, and hundreds of votes later, we broke down the totals that the community found most interesting and picked the side of the bet that we'd back now... in mid-March.
Timecodes:
0:00 - Intro
4:02 - Let's Play Over/Under
6:47 - Alabama
15:22 - Ohio State
23:30 - Texas Tech
29:32 - Clemson
35:02 - Florida State
36:36 - Ole Miss
44:11 - Penn State
51:30 - BYU
57:56 - LSU
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The second part of our Mega March Q&A is here, and we're going deep on the questions that (apparently) matter most to the Verballerhood ahead of the 2026 season. Which teams could make a surprising playoff run? Where will college football's inertia be broken next season? Has the rapid pace of change in the sport diminished our love for it? When will the NCAA stop begging for help from Congress? Plus, the greatest "big back" of all time, college football figure skating pairings, football power plays and more.
Timecodes:
0:00 - Intro
2:53 - Surprise Playoff Draft
15:03 - Breaking CFB Inertia
25:05 - Still Love CFB?
31:39 - Players As Employees?
38:33 - Favorite Big Back?
43:41 - CFB Docs?
49:03 - CFB Figure Skating Pairings
51:33 - Power Plays?
52:55 - G5 Contenders?
55:04 - QB Development?
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The Verballerhood's questions were so good that we had to split our Mega March Q&A episode into two parts. In Part 1, we look at Kalen DeBoer's future with Alabama, the value of playing time as a recruiting tool for non-blue bloods, and the college football moments over the last 25 years that we'd most like to change. Plus, we discuss whether TV networks can force teams to stop canceling marquee matchups, how the Big 12 can become a two-bid league in the CFP era, the conditions for optimal tailgating, and much more.
Timecodes:
0:00 - Intro
2:10 - Kalen DeBoer's Future at Alabama
14:17 - The Value of Playing Time
23:47 - Altering CFB History
35:04 - Canceling Marquee Matchups
44:54 - A Two-Bid Big 12
56:54 - Optimal Tailgating
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It's time for the annual college football checkup. In this episode, we put college football on the exam table and rate every major element of the sport from one to five. From conference structure and scheduling to the College Football Playoff, the TV product, on-field play, NIL, and the transfer portal, nothing escapes our stethoscope.
Timecodes:
0:00 - Intro
3:42 - Key Themes for CFB in 2026
13:28 - Conference Structure
24:50 - Scheduling
33:42 - College Football Playoff
45:18 - The TV Product
53:02 - The On-Field Product
1:02:24 - NIL
1:11:43 - The Transfer Portal
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