46 episodes
Kings of the North THE Media LLC
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4.9 • 125 Ratings
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Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis discuss college football's best Northern teams and topics. Get the latest news and analysis on teams such as Ohio State, Michigan, Oregon, Notre Dame, Nebraska, and more every week.
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From Penn State to Iowa State to Notre Dame, a shocking draft of best Northern Big 4's
How good are the skill players at Iowa State, Penn State, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oregon, Syracuse and other Northern schools, including ... Rutgers?On this Kings of the North, Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis draft the Top 10 Big 4's of their 26 Northern teams. The Big 4 parameters -- it's a QB and three skill players from any combination of running backs, receivers and tight ends.You might be surprised at some teams picked in the Top 10 and equally surprised by some very good teams left out....
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Is College Football Getting Better or Worse? Money battles, conference fights and big-time Saturdays
Is college football getting better or worse? On this Kings of the North, Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis are joined by two special guests to discuss that.Adam Rittenberg of ESPN and Amanda Christovich of Front Office Sports give their views as KOTN examines the past, present and future of college football.Doug, Bill and Adam discuss:• Whether the regular season is better or worse (01:30)• Whether determining a national champion is better or worse (12:00)• Whether the treatment of players is b...
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Is Ohio State Natty of Bust this season? Inside all-in college football seasons
Are the Ohio State Buckeyes in National Championship or Bust mode for the 2024 college football season? Is that what the Michigan Wolverines were, and lived up to, in 2023?On this Kings of the North, Doug Lesmerises investigates the recent history of Natty or Bust teams and figures out whether Ohio State fits the bill. He checks into:• The 6 teams with the most NFL Draft picks in a year, who all won a title with those players• The 4 parameters to make a Natty or Bust team• The 11 teams in the...
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Ohio State-Michigan, Nebraska-Colorado, Alabama-Wisconsin: Drafting the North's best TV games
What college football games in the North will draw the most TV viewers this year? TV is controlling and reshaping college football, so on this Kings of the North, Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis try to think like TV execs (like it or not) while drafting the Top 20 Northern college football TV games for this season.First, they dig into seven Northern CFB topics, including a huge recruit visit for Indiana, a new player at Purdue, some confused head coaches, the new EA Sports college football co...
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From Dillon Gabriel to Julian Sayin to Rocco Becht: A wild Northern QB Draft
Northern college football is in a bridge year for the 2024 season when it comes to quarterback play. Of the 26 Northern teams discussed on Kings of the North, 14 have projected starting QBs in their last years of eligibility.Here's the good news -- a ton of Northern teams have young backup quarterbacks ready to take over in 2025.On this episode, Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis run through all that, and then they finish the show with a draft of 16 quarterbacks based on the winning, awards...
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Washington, Wisconsin, BYU and final Northern Spring Football reactions
Spring football is a wrap, and Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis run through five final Northern teams on this episode, meaning they have now covered all 26 of their Northern teams after spring football.First up is Washington, which held its spring game on Friday night. Reflecting and rebuilding is the name of the game for the Huskies, who did get interesting QB play and showcased a possible young receiver breakout.Then it's to the four Northern teams that didn't hold public spring games:Doug a...
Customer Reviews
Here for Doug and Bill
I was SO sad when I heard Doug was leaving Buckeyetalk, I felt like I was losing a part of day. When I found out Doug was jumping to THE Podcast, I was ecstatic. Doug and Bill are FANTASTIC together. To be honest, the idea of KOTN is interesting, but I’d enjoy even more a full view of college football. I know, I know, the south can cram it, but I just enjoy listening to these two, and would love an even more national view on college football, especially with the expanded playoff. So in short, the south can cram it, but I want to hear about what’s going on there more so I can more roundly and fully appreciate cramming it.
Great concept, great execution
This show provides great context on the northern half of the sport at a time when college football feels increasingly polarized along those lines. And as a son of the north, I love the passion!
The premise is horrible
I like Doug and Bill. Been a fan of then since the BAD podcast. But the premise of the show is so bad.
Trying to listen to them stretch to talk up Cuse, Boston College or Maryland or Minnesota is comical. The majority of their audiences Ohio State fans as am I. As Ohio State fans we are not part of northern college football culture. Our fan base is far more of a “southern” fan base than it is a Northern fanbase. The North does not recruit hard they don’t invest in football and most of their fanbases don’t care. I think Doug cares more about Illinois football than any Illinois fan I’ve ever met. We’ve been carrying the North for 100 years. Listening to a college football show they just excludes the south is about the most boring thing I can possibly listen to. Even from two hosts that I actually like. I would love to listen to them do a college football show to a company King of Columbus. Just a regular college football show without some goofy twist that excludes 70% of the good football in the country. Maybe someday.
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