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The Athlon Sports Cover 2 College Football Podcast previews and reviews every aspect of the greatest sport on the planet.

Join Athlon’s editorial team every week of the preseason, regular season, postseason and offseason for a breakdown of the entire circus that is college football.

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The Athlon Sports Cover 2 College Football Podcast previews and reviews every aspect of the greatest sport on the planet.

Join Athlon’s editorial team every week of the preseason, regular season, postseason and offseason for a breakdown of the entire circus that is college football.

    Conference Races Come Into Focus

    Conference Races Come Into Focus

    Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football.
    Temp Check:
    Iowa is shutout, Penn St keeps maturing Wazzu beats Our Beavers Utah at Oregon St 2-Point Conversation:
    What did Ohio St's win over Notre Dame mean? More things change, more they stay same in SEC Why is Florida St and the ACC disrespected? A dividing line in the Big 12 Week 5 Progression:
    Kansas at Texas Notre Dame at Duke Florida at Kentucky LSU at Ole Miss Georgia at Auburn USC at Colorado Bets against the Spread, G5 Checkdown, Leftovers: Illinois over Purdue, Tennessee hosts South Carolina, playoff contenders on the road, Washington's dominance, Cuse-Clemson and more.

    • 1 hr 28 min
    Huge Show for a Huge Weekend

    Huge Show for a Huge Weekend

    Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football.
    Temp Check: Beavers at Wazzu, Iowa at Penn St
    2-Point Conversation:
    Mel Tucker is out, where does Michigan st go? Is there a clear No. 1 team this year? Is there a defensive renaissance taking place? Proof of concept wins for LOTS of coaches Week 4 Progression:
    Florida St at Clemson Ohio St at Notre Dame Ole Miss at Alabama Colorado at Oregon UCLA at Utah Auburn at Texas A&M G5: UTSA, SMU and Memphis Bets Against the Spread:
    Braden: 3-2 LW, 8-5 YTD Lasso: 2-2 LW, 5-6 YTD Leftovers: Bizarro Big 12, Texas and OU on the road, do or die wins across the country and playoff teams holding serve.

    • 1 hr 42 min
    SEC West, Big Ten West, West Coast

    SEC West, Big Ten West, West Coast

    Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. 
    Temp Check: Oregon St, Wazzu and Iowa's offense
    2-point Conversation:
    SEC West reevaluation, Bama's dynasty Texas domination, Big 12's upper crust What exactly is the Pac-12? Big Ten West questions Week 3 Progressions: Tennessee-Florida, LSU-Miss St, Washington-Mich St, Kansas St-Mizzou, Penn St-Illinois, Backyard Brawl
    G5 Check Down: Rocky Mountain Showdown, South Alabama-Oklahoma St
    Week 3 Bets Against the Spread:
    Braden: 2-2 LW, 5-2 YTD Lasso: 3-1 LW, 3-4 YTD Leftovers: When can we talk about Georgia, Ohio St and Michigan? The ACC-Big Ten challenge.

    • 1 hr 25 min
    Championship QB Data Collection

    Championship QB Data Collection

    Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. What did we learn about QBs in Week 1 and their chances at winning championships? Texas-Bama, SEC road trips, old rivalries and more highlight Week 2. Oregon State and Iowa temp checks. The Big 12's rough first week and chances at rebounding week 2 with big tests. Colorado leads a highlight first weekend for the Pac-12 but needs to prove itself again in Week 2.

    • 1 hr 9 min
    FOOTBALL!

    FOOTBALL!

    Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. 
    2-pt conversation: USC's defense, Vandy's progress, Notre Dame and an injury. 1st Read: LSU-FSU, Carolina-Carolina 2nd Read: Boise-Washington, Prime-TCU 3rd Read: WVU-Penn St, Clemson-Duke  Check Down: UTSA vs. Houston, USA vs. Tulane New QBs for Bama, Ohio St, UGa Power 5s on the road against G5s Conference Leftovers

    • 1 hr 9 min
    2023 College Football Playoff Receipts

    2023 College Football Playoff Receipts

    Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. We make our official and final playoff predictions for 2023. Everyone has to have the receipts for the end of the year. What are all of the paths for all the contenders and what would a 12-team playoff look like in 2023?

    • 1 hr 2 min

Customer Reviews

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538 Ratings

538 Ratings

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Realignment

New conference PAC-12 name is Pacific Mountain Conference.

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Crap

I left this podcast for year and tried it again just now. But in the first 90 seconds I was reminded of how garbage is. Disparaging remark about the newly named X website. I'm sure the host was fine with it before hand when they were censoring all sorts of differing opinions.

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Arrogance

Take away Gall and it’s a 5 star rating…

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