Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast

Feb 04 2025 399 ep. 56 mins 445

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An independent college football podcast that eats the whole hog. Plus a newsletter. All with Steven Godfrey, Richard Johnson, and Alex Kirshner.

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LIVE in Atlanta with the Shutdown Fullcast and Homefield

Feb 04 2025 102 mins

On January 18, SZD and our old friends at the Shutdown Fullcast combined for a live show in Atlanta, presented by Homefield. We now present the recording, featuring a whole bunch of FOOTBALL DISASTERS and a round of CFB family feud featuring friends of the program like Homefield founder Connor Hitchcock, Matt Brown, Jessica Smetana, Amanda Mull, and Joel Anderson. Producer: Anthony

Your Guide to the 2025 CFB Offseason

Jan 29 2025 53 mins

Alex Kirshner, Richard Johnson, and Steven Godfrey discuss the stories they are most interested to watch unfold between now and September. In this show: * Podcast update: Godfrey is becoming host emeritus and will take a lighter load as he works on other things, but you’ll still hear him on SZD regularly. * Richard is tracking a series of potential changes to the postseason and e

The Accountability Episode: What We Learned In 2024

Jan 29 2025 20 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comGodfrey, Richard, and Alex made a lot of preseason predictions back in August. Some of them worked out well. (Everyone had Ohio State winning the national title.) Some of them worked out terribly. (Florida State and Michigan in the playoff: Nice job, fellas!) Let’s see how everyone did, and then let

Championship Hurry-Up: A Good Day

Jan 21 2025 37 mins

Richard Johnson and Alex Kirshner put a bow on the national championship game, a 34-23 win for Ohio State over Notre Dame: * How the Buckeyes did it * Notre Dame’s attempt to stop them, including that late third down * Ryan Day’s unique legacy * And more odds and ends from the title gameThanks so much for listening this season, our fifth as a podcast. We’ll be back next week

The Xs and Os of Ohio State-Notre Dame

Jan 17 2025 10 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comIn this subscriber episode, Ross Fulton, Ohio State analyst for Buckeye Huddle, joins Richard to talk about the schematic chess match of OSU vs. Notre Dame for the national championship. Let’s go in depth on how these teams will approach the other and the schematic battles that will determine the ch

National Championship Preview Show Feat. Shehan Jeyarajah

Jan 16 2025 52 mins

CBS Sports national college football reporter Shehan Jeyarajah joins Alex and Richard for a preview of Ohio State vs. Notre Dame. Shehan and Richard were at the two semifinals, and now everyone gathers to frame up the title game: * When Ohio State has the ball * When Notre Dame has the ball * Why a lot of our analysis of Notre Dame’s chances keeps coming back to “what if this w

The 2024 Split Zone Duo CFB Awards Special

Jan 15 2025 81 mins

Richard, Godfrey, and Alex name their winners in the 2024 Split Zone Duo college football awards, aka “The Zonies” aka “The Splitty Ds.” * Team of the Year (not the best team, but the one that we most enjoyed watching or became most interested in going forward) * Moment of the Year * Proof of Concept of the Year, for coaches showing good signs * Minority Coach of the Week o

Single Wing: Who Let Saban Loose In Heritage Hall?

Jan 12 2025 28 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comGodfrey's back from a variety platter of holiday family illnesses to play some hypothetical coaching games, like Fran Brown to LSU (?!) and why USC needs to clean its house like 2000s-era LSU. Also, let's talk about spoons. A lot.Producer: Anthony VitoAlso in the past few days from SZD* The post-Playo

Semifinal Hurry-Up: 83 Yards Through the Heart of Texas

Jan 10 2025 38 mins

The College Football Playoff semifinals are in the books. Alex Kirshner and Richard Johnson share notes on Ohio State over Texas and Notre Dame over Penn State, plus pay tribute to North Dakota State’s win over Montana State in the FCS Championship. Producer: Anthony Vito. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus epi

So, What Is Up With Penn State?

Jan 07 2025 39 mins

Daniel Gallen covers Penn State for 247Sports. He joins Alex to talk about the Nittany Lions’ long road to the doorstep of the national title game, including: * How the university responded to James Franklin’s request for more investment in the football program * The relationship between the coach and the fanbase * An athletic director swap in the middle of Franklin’s tenure*