Bookstore Brew

Trent McGee
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Bookstore Brew with Trent McGee is a Tuesday/Wednesday/Friday morning show for college football, the best (worst) of social media, and whatever else is happening that day — all over a cup of coffee and a rotating cast of way too many college mugs. Trent (also of Kirkwood & Dunn) does the doom scrolling so you don't have to, then breaks down the football and the day's biggest storylines to go with your coffee. New episodes every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday morning. Bookstore is part of Kirkwood and Dunn.

  1. 1d ago

    Curt Cignetti Wants a Complete Game and Nebraska Is Next in Line

    Friday morning edition of Bookstore Brew, Nebraska week. Trent opens with a programming note on Friday scheduling before jumping into Iowa at Washington tonight and why he still backs Iowa on the road in Seattle. From there he gives genuine credit to the Nebraska fan base after a week of online back-and-forth — loyal, loud, and worth a trip to Lincoln. He ranks his top three places in the city and breaks down why Lincoln is one of the best college towns in the Big Ten. Trent then walks through a Curt Cignetti coach’s show clip: Indiana has been preparing all week for crowd noise, and Cignetti has been direct that his team has not put together a complete four-quarter game yet. That is the standard he is chasing at Nebraska. Three questions for the weekend: Can the Red River Shootout find any life with a total at 39.5? Can the Penn State-USC Anxiety Bowl tell us something real about both programs? And does the Georgia-Alabama Hurricane Bowl mean anything meaningful with both teams likely heading to the playoff regardless? Trent’s three picks heading into Saturday are in the episode, including a parlay. Plus fan comment review from Ep. 29 and Kirkwood and Dunn Ep. 164, a College Football 27 live stream reminder tonight at 4 PM Eastern, and a post-game show Saturday win or lose. Music licensed through Soundstripe. Code: RTXUWPTTZFGRLPP0

  2. 3d ago

    Indiana's on Every Upset List This Week — Here's Why That Might Be Right

    Trent tackles the most polarizing question of Nebraska week: is Indiana actually on upset alert? The experts say yes — and Trent isn't here to dismiss them. He breaks down why the pick is rational, then lays out his own five games to watch this weekend, including his real upset pick for the slate. The Hate Watch Rankings return with coaches, analysts, and one entire fan base making the list for all the right wrong reasons. Plus: the UMass scheduling drama, a Barstool spoof video that bombed on Instagram, and fan comment reactions from the Rutgers postgame and Bookstore Brew Ep. 28. Tune into Kirkwood and Dunn Thursday for the full Nebraska week preview with Tim and Trent. Music licensed through Soundstripe. Code: RTXUWPTTZFGRLPP0

  3. 4d ago

    Prove It Week | Nebraska Week | Time to Silence the Doubters | Indiana 5-0 |

    Indiana is 5-0, Nebraska week is here, and it is time to silence the doubters. One tweet, 92 replies from Nebraska fans insisting they were not lashing out — and prove it week is officially open. A Kansas State grad who grew up with Nebraska as a rival, Trent knows exactly how to get under their skin. Indiana heads to Lincoln as a 7.5-point favorite against an undefeated Nebraska team with Anthony Colandrea at quarterback, Big Noon Kickoff in town, and the loudest road environment the Hoosiers have faced all season. Trent covers his prove-it game watch list: Indiana at Nebraska, Georgia vs. Alabama, Texas Tech vs. Arizona State (fraud alert), and UCLA vs. Oregon. Plus: Jim Mora fires his defensive coordinator mid-game at Colorado State, Josh Pate takes heat after Florida gets handled by Missouri, the Big Ten snub debate, fan comment review from last week, and why Dylan Raiola ended up at Oregon while Matt Rhule is rolling with Anthony Colandrea in Lincoln. Nebraska fans will find this episode. Trent is ready. Music licensed through Soundstripe. Code: RTXUWPTTZFGRLPP0

  4. Oct 2

    Cignetti Message to Indiana Fans, Fan Anxiety Rankings & Week 5 College Football Questions

    Cignetti had his coaches show Thursday night and delivered a completely different message than last week — instead of telling fans to stop complaining about a 38-0 win, he acknowledged that it's okay to have anxiety when games get tight and compared this team's development timeline to the 2025 squad. The key: a lot of new transfers who didn't play together in the spring. It takes time. He's not saying everything is fine — because he never does — but it's a notably different posture. Then Trent builds a fan base anxiety ranking for five programs whose fans should be genuinely anxious right now — not ready to fire coaches, but anxious about where things are headed. One is stuck in no-win territory. One has spent more money without return than arguably any fan base in college football. One is watching a promising hire start to look like a cautionary tale. The full list is on screen — drop yours in the comments. Three big questions headed into week five: is Florida for real after beating Ole Miss or does Missouri catch them in a letdown spot? Is Michigan a fraud or quietly getting dangerous — Bryce Underwood against Minnesota and Drake Lindsey is the test. And can Kamario Taylor beat Alabama alone? If he does it, he's the Heisman frontrunner. Trent's picks: Georgia minus 25.5, Ohio State/Iowa over 45.5, Kentucky plus 3 against a South Carolina program in chaos after the Dylan Stewart suspension. Listener comments include Wayne coming to YouTube to monitor Tim, DG making the case Hoover is pitching risk-averse and hasn't let it cook, and Walnut getting a respectful but firm pushback on the AJ Harris comment. Find Bookstore Brew on Spotify and Apple — search Bookstore Brew with Trent McGee. Follow Trent @STMcGee and find Kirkwood and Dunn everywhere @KirkwoodandDunn. 🎵 Music licensed through Soundstripe.Code: 5PRXH8A4N6UXBW6X

  5. Sep 30

    AP Poll Broken Debate, Hate Watch Rankings Week 5 & Dylan Raiola Should Start for Oregon

    Shannon Dawson of Miami called out the AP poll this week and Trent uses it to ask the real question: is it actually broken or is Indiana just the outlier that exposes its flaws every few years? Last year Indiana was ranked 11th at this point and won the national championship. Duke and Pitt are undefeated with power four wins and aren't ranked. Missouri lost to Mississippi State and is still in the top 25. The dirty little secret: the AP poll is opinion and the college football playoff committee is the only ranking that matters — and that's a closed-door invitational. Then week five picks — five games, one upset, a Matt Campbell bounce-back game Trent thinks goes wrong, and the Kamario Taylor watch game of the week. Hate Watch Power Rankings get a major update: a new entry at ten for one of the most predictable losses of the season, a coach joins the list for blaming his quarterback instead of himself, and Lincoln Riley takes number one with no time zone restrictions — everywhere, all the time. Then the case for starting Dylan Raiola over Dante Moore when he returns — Raiola's YOLO personality matches Dan Lanning and Oregon's athlete-heavy roster better than Moore's caretaker style. The Drew Bledsoe-Tom Brady moment is right in front of Dan Lanning. Trent doesn't think he has the stomach to make the call but he should. And Tim's viral "Standard" clip gets defended — he never said Indiana would lose, he said they could still go 16-0, and Cignetti himself said in the press conference they aren't meeting the standard. Indiana gained 100 YouTube subscribers from the controversy. Find Bookstore Brew on Spotify and Apple — search Bookstore Brew with Trent McGee. Follow Trent @STMcGee and find Kirkwood and Dunn everywhere @KirkwoodandDunn. 🎵 Music licensed through Soundstripe.Code: 5PRXH8A4N6UXBW6X

  6. Sep 29

    Lincoln Riley USC Hot Seat, Dante Moore Dirty Hit Reaction & College Football Hot Seat Coaches Week 4

    Oregon dominated USC without Dante Moore — who left in the first quarter after a dirty hit from USC linebacker Stephens. Lincoln Riley's postgame response when asked why Stephens stayed on the sideline: "Because he's on our football team." No empathy. No accountability. Arrogant and defensive. And the numbers are damning: 39-19 through 58 games — the exact same record Clay Helton had. Five and fifteen against AP Top 25 opponents. Two and five against Big Ten opponents in 2025 and 2026. A $70 million buyout. The LA Times is now asking whether USC needs to make the same expensive decision Indiana made with Tom Allen in November 2023. Dan Lanning drops the postgame shot: come to Oregon to win football games. Go to USC for Chris Brown concerts. Then it's hot seat coaches after week four — Shane Beamer looks done at South Carolina, Mike Locksley is somehow still employed at Maryland, Greg Schiano feels like the end of an era at Rutgers, and Trent wants your picks in the comments. Kyle Whittingham is righting the Michigan ship — their defense is a dog and the Zeke Barry personal foul may have cost them the Iowa game. Texas beat Tennessee on the strength of their defense but Sarkisian's refusal to give up play calling is the real story — Arch Manning is only good for one or two drives a game and the game may have passed Sarkisian by as an offensive mind. John Sumrall and Florida are for real. Jeremiah Smith was so good against Illinois that the defensive coordinator quit at halftime. And Trent wants to know who Alabama has actually played before the AP poll puts them above Indiana. Find Bookstore Brew on Spotify and Apple — search Bookstore Brew with Trent McGee. Follow Trent @STMcGee and find Kirkwood and Dunn everywhere @KirkwoodandDunn. 🎵 Music licensed through Soundstripe.Code: QZOWJAPXFJPINVGV

  7. Sep 25

    Indiana Game Day, Sarkisian Excuse Watch, CFP New Metric & Oregon USC Week 4 Preview

    It's Friday September 25th — Indiana football game day — and Trent is already ignoring work emails. Three questions headed into the weekend. Steve Sarkisian is already at a press conference claiming Mario Cristobal's headset went out in the fourth quarter of the national championship, which he's crediting for Jamari Sharpe's pick that sealed Indiana's win. Cignetti addressed it unprompted on Don Fischer's show — without breaking a sweat, without raising his voice, and without needing to. That's what shoving someone into a locker looks like when you've won a national championship. Sarkisian opens the excuse factory before the game even starts. The CFP just added a strength of conference metric for late November — Trent reads the SEC fingerprints all over it. They've earned the benefit of the doubt this year after winning on the field, but adding a subjective data point right when you need it most is exactly how the BCS died. Nebraska is quietly building a resume under Matt Rhule — if they go into October 17th undefeated, the biggest game in recent Nebraska history might be against Indiana or Oregon. And Oregon vs USC is the game Trent forgot on Wednesday and is making up for today — Dan Lanning is under more pressure because it's Oregon's fault they're in this spot, Lincoln Riley is quoting himself about not caring what roster he inherits while underperforming at every stop since Norman, and Trent thinks Oregon gets right tonight. Parlay: Ohio State minus 27.5, UCLA minus 1.5 at Maryland, under 38.5 Iowa at Michigan. Listener comments, a Northwestern fan predicting the upset, and upper sixties with clear skies at Memorial Stadium tonight. Let's go Hoosiers. Find Bookstore Brew on Spotify and Apple — search Bookstore Brew with Trent McGee. Follow Trent @STMcGee and find Kirkwood and Dunn everywhere @KirkwoodandDunn. 🎵 Music licensed through Soundstripe.Code: RNVNUSHANQ0CFGJP

  8. Sep 23

    5 Week 4 College Football Games to Watch, Iowa Upsets Michigan Pick & Indiana Fan Reaction Mailbag

    Week four has five games that will define the season — and Trent somehow left out what might be the most obvious game of the entire weekend. He noticed it after recording. It is embarrassing. Drop your guess in the comments before you listen and see if you get it. The five he did pick: the trap game nobody sees coming — a team riding an emotional high walks into a quietly dangerous stadium. Trent's upset pick — a Big Ten dog Tim has been pounding the table on all season against a team already thinking about next week. The Desperation Bowl — two one-loss playoff hopefuls, one blinks first. A massive road test for one of college football's most hyped quarterbacks. And a Big Ten opener that tells us more about Indiana than any non-conference game has — Aiden Chiles and Chip Kelly have unlocked something at Northwestern and people keep sleeping on it. Then the bleep episode fallout: Rob is furious about the childish censorship, the beep is officially retired — it was a one-episode joke and Tim bleeping the name thirty times didn't help — Yogi Roth's hard analysis on NBC may have been the main reason the fanbase went after the quarterback online, comparing three-game Hoover to full-body-of-work Mendoza is idiocy, and Kirk Ferentz gets removed from the Hate Watch list after Iowa looked offensively functional — which for a Ferentz team is genuinely saying something. Find Bookstore Brew on Spotify and Apple — search Bookstore Brew with Trent McGee. Follow Trent @STMcGee and find Kirkwood and Dunn everywhere @KirkwoodandDunn. 🎵 Music licensed through Soundstripe.Code: XUY1DXUTLA1BJNWG Kirkwood and Dunn Store TikTok: @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠kirkwoodanddunn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ X: @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠kirkwoodanddunn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠kirkwoodanddunn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠kirkwoodanddunn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Spotify: @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠kirkwoodanddunn ⁠ Facebook: ⁠Kirkwood and Dunn⁠

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Bookstore Brew with Trent McGee is a Tuesday/Wednesday/Friday morning show for college football, the best (worst) of social media, and whatever else is happening that day — all over a cup of coffee and a rotating cast of way too many college mugs. Trent (also of Kirkwood & Dunn) does the doom scrolling so you don't have to, then breaks down the football and the day's biggest storylines to go with your coffee. New episodes every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday morning. Bookstore is part of Kirkwood and Dunn.

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  • Creator
    Trent McGee
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    30
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Trent McGee
  • Show Website
    Bookstore Brew

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