The Solid Verbal College Football Show

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College football in all its glory. Ditch the mainstream and break the huddle with The Solid Verbal. Since 2008, Ty Hildenbrandt and Dan Rubenstein have been shaking up the college football podcasting scene with their fun and unique blend of commentary. Whether you're a diehard or a casual observer, the show taps into your fandom with spirited debates, fresh perspectives, and segments you won't hear anywhere else. Recognized as trailblazers in the podcasting world, The Solid Verbal isn't just another college football show—it's America's College Football Podcast. Become a Verballer today and join thousands of others who don't just love college football, they live it! Follow The Solid Verbal College Football podcast on your favorite app today and download everything you need to know this offseason.

  1. 11h ago

    College Football Week 6 Reactions: Oklahoma Shocks Texas, Oregon Implodes & Georgia Takes No. 1

    College football Week 6 delivered a little bit of everything, including a new No. 1 team, a stunning upset in the Red River rivalry, and another brutal Saturday for Oregon. With Dan away, Ty welcomes Tim Murray from VSiN to sort through the biggest results and what they mean for the rest of the season. We start with Oklahoma's win over Texas and the questions surrounding the Longhorns' offense, then turn to Georgia's hard-fought victory at Alabama and the race for the top of the AP poll. UCLA's upset of Oregon raises even bigger questions about the Ducks, and Dan checks in from the wedding with his own reaction. Plus, Indiana escapes Nebraska, Kentucky pulls off another overtime thriller against LSU, and we try to figure out which teams are actually moving in the right direction. We also hit USC's win at Penn State, Missouri's rout of Texas A&M, Florida's sudden slide, Wake Forest's rise in the ACC, and Oregon State's impressive run. Then it's your Week 6 Reverbs, Dude Alerts, and a spirited debate over Ty's preliminary AP Top 25 ballot. Support the show!: https://www.patreon.com/solidverbal See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    College Football Week 6 Reactions: Oklahoma Shocks Texas, Oregon Implodes & Georgia Takes No. 1

  2. 3d ago

    College Football Week 6 Picks: Georgia-Alabama, Red River & Growing Suspicions

    College Football Week 6 is packed with matchups that could confirm everything we think we know about the 2026 season, or force us to reconsider. We preview Georgia-Alabama in Tuscaloosa, where two SEC heavyweights face a major test, and Texas-Oklahoma in a Red River rivalry featuring plenty of questions about both offenses. Can Indiana keep rolling against an improved Nebraska team? Is UCLA ready to challenge Oregon in Eugene, especially with questions surrounding the Ducks' quarterback situation? And what happens when USC travels to Penn State for a White Out with both teams looking for answers? We break down the matchups, debate what matters most, and make our picks against the spread. Plus, we run through more than 20 games across the weekend, including Texas A&M-Missouri, LSU-Kentucky, Ole Miss-Vanderbilt, Iowa-Washington, Florida State-Louisville, and Iowa State-BYU. We've also got our Quad Fathers picks, under-the-radar games, locks of the week, and the Window of Opportunity. Don't forget to enter Run The Board this week for a chance to win a $500 gift card to Bass Pro Shops! Support the show!: https://www.patreon.com/solidverbal See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    College Football Week 6 Picks: Georgia-Alabama, Red River & Growing Suspicions

  3. 5d ago

    What Can We Trust? Bill Connelly + College Football’s Biggest QB Problems

    Five weeks into the 2026 college football season, the easy answers are disappearing. We unveil the latest Verballer Top 12, clean up a few things we missed from Saturday night, and then bring in ESPN’s Bill Connelly to help us figure out what we can actually trust as the season moves into October. How good is Missouri? What does the top of the Big 12 actually look like? Who belongs behind Miami in the ACC? Is there a clear second tier in the Big Ten behind Ohio State and Indiana? We also ask Bill about the teams and units outperforming expectations, the ones falling short, the Group of Six picture, and how this season’s early chaos compares with some of college football’s stranger years. Then we turn to the quarterbacks. In honor of October, every situation gets one of two confidence levels: full-size candy bar or Milk Duds. Tennessee has a decision to sort through. Michigan has to figure out what it has in Bryce Underwood. Penn State’s passing game is under pressure. Oregon suddenly has an interesting Dylan Raiola question while Dante Moore works his way back. And Oklahoma heads into Red River with John Mateer, Ben Arbuckle and a season that could move in a very different direction depending on what happens next. Support the show by signing up at Verballers.com/join. Support the show!: https://www.patreon.com/solidverbal See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    What Can We Trust? Bill Connelly + College Football’s Biggest QB Problems

  4. Oct 4

    College Football Week 5: Missouri Destroys Florida, Alabama Looks Scary & New Ryan Field

    College Football Week 5 gave us another reminder not to get too comfortable with anything we thought we knew in September. We start with Missouri’s emphatic win over Florida and what it means for both teams after a month of wildly shifting expectations. Then we get into Alabama’s dominant performance against Mississippi State, another ridiculous day from Keelon Russell, Ohio State handling Iowa, and Northwestern’s statement win over Penn State in the debut of its new stadium. From there, we run through the rest of a strange Saturday: Notre Dame finding something on the ground, Minnesota taking back the Little Brown Jug, Florida State showing signs of life, Wake Forest pouring it on, USC surviving Washington, Kentucky winning a thriller, and one of the strangest in-game coaching changes we can remember. Plus, Reverbs, Dude Alerts and the increasingly challenging task of putting together our AP Top 25 ballot after five weeks of college football. Support the show!: https://www.patreon.com/solidverbal See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    College Football Week 5: Missouri Destroys Florida, Alabama Looks Scary & New Ryan Field

  5. Oct 1

    College Football Week 5 Picks: Alabama-Mississippi State, Ohio State-Iowa & Searching for Water

    College Football Week 5 is here, and a bunch of teams are trying to figure out whether the good vibes are real or just another mirage. We make our picks for Alabama-Mississippi State in Starkville, Ohio State-Iowa in Iowa City, Florida-Missouri, Miami-Clemson and a pair of fascinating Friday night games with Pitt-Virginia Tech and Penn State-Northwestern. Can Mississippi State prove it belongs in the SEC race? Is Iowa’s offense actually evolving? How much should we trust Florida after its breakout win over Ole Miss? And can Clemson make things uncomfortable for Miami under the lights in Death Valley? Then we work through the rest of the Week 5 slate with Michigan-Minnesota, Notre Dame-North Carolina, Auburn-Tennessee, Virginia-Florida State, Louisville-NC State, Kentucky-South Carolina, BYU-TCU, Washington-USC, Baylor-Arizona State and more. Plus, our Locks of the Week, the Quadfathers, Under-The-Radar games and a very important discussion about finding water. Join us at Verballers.com for ad-free episodes, bonus shows, our Run the Board pick’em game and more. Support the show!: https://www.patreon.com/solidverbal See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    College Football Week 5 Picks: Alabama-Mississippi State, Ohio State-Iowa & Searching for Water

  6. Sep 29

    Step-tember: College Football Risers, Fallers & Playoff Dark Horses

    September is almost over, which means we finally have enough evidence to start wondering who has actually taken a meaningful step forward, who has gone backward, and which teams are still making us wait for a real answer? We run through a wide range of teams that have changed the conversation around themselves over the first month of the season, including Texas A&M, Wisconsin, Virginia Tech, Kentucky, Iowa, UCLA, West Virginia and Missouri. Some have found new life. Others have made their early optimism much harder to defend. And a few are still sitting in the uncomfortable middle, where one good or bad weekend could change the entire read. We also catch up on the biggest news we missed after Saturday night, talk through the latest Verballer Top 12, and answer a few listener questions about College Football Playoff dark horses, how much head-to-head results should matter in the polls, and whether offensive continuity still means what it used to in the transfer portal era. Then, because we somehow forgot them on Saturday night, Dude Alerts return with the standout performances from Week 4. And, as promised, an extended cut of Reverbs for our esteemed Patreon community. Shout out to Shae for putting these together! Support the show!: https://www.patreon.com/solidverbal See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Step-tember: College Football Risers, Fallers & Playoff Dark Horses

  7. Sep 27

    Florida’s Arrival, Oregon’s Survival, Iowa's Stunner & Our New AP Top 25 After Week 4

    College Football Week 4 gave us the kind of Saturday that starts changing how the season looks. We start with Florida’s emphatic win over Ole Miss and what it means for a Gators team that suddenly has to be taken seriously in the SEC race. Then we turn to Oregon’s wild road win at USC, where an early injury changed the entire shape of the game and forced the Ducks to find a very different way to win. Iowa stunned Michigan at the gun, Texas stymied Tennessee in Knoxville, and several teams that entered the weekend with real expectations now have much harder questions to answer. From there, we run through the scores that made us ask, “Am I hearing correctly that…?” Wisconsin erased a 17-point deficit at Penn State, Mississippi State moved to 4-0, Wake Forest pulled off a road upset at Louisville, Cincinnati kept pounding people on the ground, and Northwestern pushed Indiana far harder than expected. Finally, we sort through a major reshuffling of our AP Top 25 ballot. Six teams drop out, six new teams move in, and the middle of the rankings gets messy fast as we try to separate résumé, projection and what we actually believe after four weeks of football. Plus, Week 4 Reverbs, listener reactions and all the usual late-night chaos. Support the show by signing up for our Patreon at https://www.verballers.com/join. Support the show!: https://www.patreon.com/solidverbal See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Florida’s Arrival, Oregon’s Survival, Iowa's Stunner & Our New AP Top 25 After Week 4

  8. Sep 24

    College Football Week 4: Texas-Tennessee, Oregon-USC & 20+ Games to Watch

    College Football Week 4 is absolutely loaded, and we’re breaking down as much of it as humanly possible. We start with Texas traveling to Tennessee for its first true road test, then turn to Oregon-USC and a major prove-it game for both programs. Plus, why Ole Miss-Florida has all the makings of the mother of all letdown games, whether Michigan can create enough offense against Iowa, and what to make of Oklahoma State-West Virginia. Then we bring back the Quadfather to rip through the rest of a massive slate, including Oklahoma-Georgia, Utah-Iowa State, Wisconsin-Penn State, Texas A&M-LSU, Missouri-Mississippi State, South Carolina-Alabama, Clemson-Cal and much more. Plus: our Week 4 picks, locks of the week, the Window of Opportunity and the games flying under the radar.  Support the show by signing up for our Patreon at verballers.com/join. Support the show!: https://www.patreon.com/solidverbal See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    College Football Week 4: Texas-Tennessee, Oregon-USC & 20+ Games to Watch
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College football in all its glory. Ditch the mainstream and break the huddle with The Solid Verbal. Since 2008, Ty Hildenbrandt and Dan Rubenstein have been shaking up the college football podcasting scene with their fun and unique blend of commentary. Whether you're a diehard or a casual observer, the show taps into your fandom with spirited debates, fresh perspectives, and segments you won't hear anywhere else. Recognized as trailblazers in the podcasting world, The Solid Verbal isn't just another college football show—it's America's College Football Podcast. Become a Verballer today and join thousands of others who don't just love college football, they live it! Follow The Solid Verbal College Football podcast on your favorite app today and download everything you need to know this offseason.

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