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Has a top tier separated itself?

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Nov 8, 2023

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Nov 8, 2023

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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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Playoff Narratives and Predictions with Mitch Light: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall are joined by former Cover 2 host Mitch Light of TheAthletic.com to react to the final '22 Final Playoff rankings and matchups? Did committee get it right? Pressure on Ryan Day, Ohio St OSU offense vs. UGa defense TCU's... by Cover 2 College Football pod
53 min listen
Encore West of the Mississippi: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. Who is the No. 1 team in college football? Then we preview Week 8 and offer picks against the spread. UCLA at Oregon Texas at Ok-State Kansas St at TCU Ole Miss at LSU Syracuse at Clemson... by Cover 2 College Football pod
60 min listen
Week 4: History and Psychology: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. The guys have a few reminders for fans as it pertains to coaching searches before previewing Week 4 and offering their picks against the spread. Florida-Tennessee Arkansas-Texas A&M USC-Oregon... by Cover 2 College Football pod
74 min listen
Final Playoff Predictions: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. We announce our in-season schedule with some new twists. What does the new contract with the Big Ten mean for fans? We make our Final College Football Playoff Predictions and give you our top win... by Cover 2 College Football pod
64 min listen
Future of coaching decisions (and Week 6): Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. The guys analyze how the changing landscape of college football is impacting athletic department decision making. Which jobs are valuable? Which jobs are overrated? Which jobs could come open soon?... by Cover 2 College Football pod
75 min listen
Biggest Week of the Year: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. What is happening at Auburn, Louisville and Stanford and does Matt Rhule return to college football? Then the guys preview a huge Week 7 and offer picks against the spread. Alabama at Tennessee... by Cover 2 College Football pod
65 min listen
The Playoffs are here!: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. The playoffs are here! Coaching pressure, implications TCU's house money, nothing to lose Michigan's unfinished business Jim Harbaugh's QB gamble Lack of turnovers Offensive lines CJ Stroud vs.... by Cover 2 College Football pod
60 min listen
Mike Leach's genius and stubbornness: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. Mike Leach's legacy Personality vs. Scheme Authentic stubborness Most influential schemes of the era Spread, zone read, RPO, four-wide Mississippi St tabs Zach Arnett Purdue finds Jeff Brohm's... by Cover 2 College Football pod
89 min listen
Week 3: Still collecting data: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football, preview Week 3, talk about Nebraska's coaching search and offer up picks against the spread. Miami at Texas A&M Penn St at Auburn BYU at Oregon Michigan St at Washington Mississippi St at LSU... by Cover 2 College Football pod
59 min listen
Midseason Apology Tour & Rankings PSA: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall take mid-season stock of the 2022 college football season. How do we measure excitement and greatness? How should "rankings" be consumed and how should they be viewed? Does the committee deserve more (or less) credit? We... by Cover 2 College Football pod
61 min listen
West Coast takes center stage: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. The guys break down the third set of Playoff rankings, preview Week 12 and try to keep picking winners. Cause that's all they do now. USC at UCLA Utah at Oregon TCU at Baylor Oklahoma State... by Cover 2 College Football pod
70 min listen
Week 5: Unknown unbeatens: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall preview Week 5 of the college football season and offer their picks against the spread. This week's Sacko Bowl! NC State-Clemson Bama-Arkansas Michigan-Iowa Ok State-Baylor Kentucky-Ole Miss Texas A&M-Mississippi St... by Cover 2 College Football pod
60 min listen
Coaching drama and gauranteed playoff spots: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. The penultimate rankings are out - there are no surprises - and a bunch of power five jobs got filled. Shouldn't TCU be treated like Georgia, Michigan? Is USC the most dangerous team in the... by Cover 2 College Football pod
70 min listen
Week 1-a-palooza!: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall preview week 1 of the college football season and make official picks against the spread: Utah at Florida Oregon vs. Georgia Notre Dame at Ohio St Florida St vs. LSU Cincinnati at Arkansas NC State at East Carolina Boise... by Cover 2 College Football pod
58 min listen
Are we about to learn who is No. 1?: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. The guys preview Week 9, talk through the grind of October and offer up their top bets against the spread. Ohio St at Penn St Oklahoma St at Kansas St Kentucky at Tennessee Cincinnati at UCF Utah... by Cover 2 College Football pod
72 min listen
Championship Weekend Scenarios: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football, preview championship weekend and predict what will happen in Sunday's final playoff rankings. Utah vs. USC Kansas St vs. TCU UCF at Tulane Purdue vs. Michigan LSU vs. Georgia Clemson vs. North... by Cover 2 College Football pod
57 min listen
QB Draft Outliers and Primetime Spring Storylines: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. Pac-12 non-answer answer Deion Sanders doing it his way Nature of our system now QB outliers in the NFL Draft Five-star recruits going pro Two wide receivers we love Spring storylines that matter... by Cover 2 College Football pod
60 min listen
Auburn Drama and Top 10 Showdowns: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. Auburn has decided to out-Auburn itself but doing the most Auburn things possible. What could it mean for the coaching dominoes? Then the guys preview Week 10 and offer up picks against the spread. ... by Cover 2 College Football pod
70 min listen
Understand the ranking process: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football and the first playoff rankings of the season. Predicting how the committee works Secret SEC playoff committee conspiracy How close losses should be viewed Why Bama is ahead of TCU Tennessee's... by Cover 2 College Football pod
36 min listen
Let's find out about TCU, Clemson and Ole Miss: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. The guys preview Week 11 and offer up their picks against the spread. TCU at Texas Alabama at Ole Miss LSU at Arkansas Georgia at Mississippi St Washington at Oregon Kansas St at Baylor Purdue at... by Cover 2 College Football pod
59 min listen
Sneaky good Week 2: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall preview week 2 of the college football season and make official picks against the spread: Baylor at BYU Bama at Texas Kentucky at Florida Tennessee at Pitt The CyHawk Trophy Oregon St at Fresno St South Carolina at... by Cover 2 College Football pod
56 min listen
Big Ten, SEC Scheduling Fun by Cover 2 College Football pod
68 min listen
Looking in the wrong one-loss direction: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall breakdown the second edition of college football rankings - even though we really don't love what it does to our brains. So we did it our way. Who are you not where are you ranked Clemson's chances at getting back... by Cover 2 College Football pod
50 min listen
Who's consistently overrated? How often? And why?: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. We take a deep dive into the most overrated preseason teams of the last 25 years since the advent of the BCS. How many times are top 10 teams finishing with losing records? Who is overrated? And why... by Cover 2 College Football pod
64 min listen
Expansion Tension Rising (or not?): Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. EA Sports video game takes step Personal video game records, history ACC meetings lead to expansion drama The most desirable brands in the ACC? Which league would want which teams? Does anything... by Cover 2 College Football pod
55 min listen
Winners and Losers: Portal, Draft, Coordinators: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. The $9 million club Lessons and blame with Jaden Rashada Boosters and ROI market forces Clemson makes bold move The ripple effect at TCU, Arkansas Ole Miss with a monster week Alabama's coaching... by Cover 2 College Football pod
55 min listen
Emergency Family Expansion Meeting: Big Pros, Huge Cons: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall breakdown the new playoff format for college football. Why is expansion good for the game? Will it actually devalue the regular season? Six automatic bids, six at-large bids How they're determining seeding if... by Cover 2 College Football pod
58 min listen
Jim Harbaugh's Lane Kiffin moment: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. Heisman Finalist: Did they get it right? Just best players on best teams? Best non-QBs in the game are... who? Jim Harbaugh's Lane Kiffin moment What has Michigan done differently? Can Deion... by Cover 2 College Football pod
69 min listen
Thanksgiving Feast-Cast: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football, rivalry week and Thanksgiving football! We talk coaching rumors, video games, playoff rankings, championship Saturday implications and offer our picks against the spread. Michigan at Ohio State... by Cover 2 College Football pod
100 min listen
An Unprecedented Monday Night: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football, previewing the national championship game between Georgia and TCU. Bobby Petrino lands at Texas A&M Jim Harbaugh is flirting with the NFL No tailgating at 430 pm local time The setting for the... by Cover 2 College Football pod
59 min listen

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Grading The 31 New Head Coaches: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. We take a deep dive into the 31 new head coaches, what are expectations, which program did the best job hiring a headman, which names could be busts and which could be stars. We also talk Colorado,... by Cover 2 College Football pod
63 min listen
Monstrous SEC Dream Road Trip 2024: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. We head out on our SEC dream road trip for 2024. With two new teams, no divisions, a deep crop of contenders, lots of new rivalries (and some old ones) and no Nick Saban, the SEC 2024 schedule... by Cover 2 College Football pod
60 min listen
Long Strange Big 12 Dream Road Trip: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. One question and one observation about college sports before we head out on our long, winding, strange dream road trip through Big 12 country. The most unpredictable and possibly most balanced... by Cover 2 College Football pod
60 min listen
ACC Dream Road Trip (+ random spring ball thoughts): Steven Lassan and Braden Gall take their 2024 ACC Dream Road Trip this week. This fall, the new ACC could feel very old with lots of historic and nostalgic rivalry dotting the schedule. How will SMU fare? Who will challenge Florida St and Clemson? A... by Cover 2 College Football pod
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Big Ten Dream Road Trip 2024: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. We take our annual dream road trip to the conferences in 2024 (now that they are huge). You have to see all 18 teams and can only see a team a maximum of two times while going to a different stadium... by Cover 2 College Football pod
47 min listen
QB Battles, Lawsuits and 2028: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. The SEC and Big Ten have successfully strong-armed a new playoff format, TV contract and revenue sharing model into place. Packaged with a new ACC lawsuit, what does it all mean for college... by Cover 2 College Football pod
68 min listen
Most Unpredictable Teams of 2024: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. The SEC-Big Ten negotiating tactics are on full display currently as we debate 12 or 14 teams. Where it will land seems obvious. Then we look at the most unpredictable teams in each major conference... by Cover 2 College Football pod
73 min listen
No Clue who Is QB1: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. We look at who the All-Conference and All-American quarterbacks could be in 2024. There is no clearcut No. 1 player in the country under center. So who is in the discussion? Which league is the... by Cover 2 College Football pod
67 min listen
Playoff Format, Rule Changes, EA Sports (for real tho): Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. A newsy week of action as the Playoff has settled on a tournament format just weeks after agreeing to a $7.8 billion contract. There are two new rule proposals that we actually like. EA Sports... by Cover 2 College Football pod
51 min listen
How to read recruiting rankings?: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. Another round of coaching changes at Boston College, Ohio St and UCLA may finally end the carousel. Then how has money and NIL impacted recruiting? How should we evaluate team rankings in the new... by Cover 2 College Football pod
68 min listen
Asking the right questions: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. Unions, employment status, NCAA investigations, the Big Ten-SEC Advisory Group and private equity. The chaos of the game has never been greater so asking the right questions about the future of the... by Cover 2 College Football pod
56 min listen
NCAA Warning, New Coaching Ranks: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. Jim Harbuagh has officially left Michigan - what's his legacy, what are expectations in 2024 and what should fans learn about the future of coaching? The NCAA seems to be trying to prove its... by Cover 2 College Football pod
66 min listen
Preliminary Preseason Top 25 for 2024: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall take a look at what the preseason Top 25 rankings could be after coaching changes, portal news and most of recruiting. This is obviously going to change but here is where our preseason rankings for 2024 sit currently. by Cover 2 College Football pod
72 min listen
The Saban-Harbaugh Seismic Shift: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. Nick Saban has retired and Jim Harbaugh is looking to leave Michigan for the NFL. The chain of events these decisions have and will set off in college football entering a new era of alignment and... by Cover 2 College Football pod
48 min listen
Hail to the Harbaugh: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall break down Michigan's win in the national championship game over Washington. Many things are true: Michigan was great and Michael Penix was not. The game was close and dramatic but also a blow out. Jim Harbaugh's legacy... by Cover 2 College Football pod
37 min listen
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Playoffs deliver once again: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall recap the Rose Bowl as Michigan defeated Alabama in overtime and the Sugar Bowl as Washington outlasted Texas. It wasn't perfect but the Wolverines topped the Tide in perfect setting out West. Meanwhile, Michael Penix and... by Cover 2 College Football pod
39 min listen
Four-Team Era Comes to an End: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk College Football Playoff era, what we learned and what the last 10 years has taught us about the game. One of us is talking themself into picking Michigan and no one has a clue what is going to happen in the... by Cover 2 College Football pod
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Free Agency vs. Recruiting: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. Recruiting rankings have always been the north star of national championships but the portal and NIL have changed the way teams manage their rosters. Can the upper middle class now compete for... by Cover 2 College Football pod
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How to fix the Heisman: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football playoff, the first week of bowl games, Jayden Daniels' Heisman Trophy win, how to make the award more inclusive, which defensive players should be mentioned, big time portal commitments at the QB... by Cover 2 College Football pod
58 min listen
TV Ratings, Portal Madness, New Subdivision: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. Just ignore the conspiracy theories and realize that this year is what it is. The TV ratings in 2023 paint an incredibly impressive and sad picture of the Pac-12. The portal is open and it's even... by Cover 2 College Football pod
57 min listen
An Era Ends: Did they piss off the right teams?: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. The last-ever rankings were the most controversial and chaotic in the 10-year history of the four-team playoff. Did they get it right? Did they ask the right questions? Did the right teams get left... by Cover 2 College Football pod
34 min listen
Brand New Type of Carousel, Pt. 1: Michigan State, Texas A&M, Mississippi State, Oregon State, Syracuse and San Diego State have all hired coaches. What do we think of the moves that have been made in college football over the last few weeks? And how has the coaching carousel... by Cover 2 College Football pod
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Championship Weekend Playoff Rankings: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. The penultiumate rankings are out and two teams are wildly underrated. But who should be moved down? The committee has extremely tough decisions to make this weekend. Ryan Day and Hugh Freeze's... by Cover 2 College Football pod
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Greatest Weekend of the Year: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. Championship scenarios across the country dominate the storylines heading into a huge rivalry weekend. Playoff hopes hang in the balance for Florida State, Louisville, Texas, Oregon, Washington and,... by Cover 2 College Football pod
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Week 12 Preview and Heisman Debate: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. The Heisman predicament: Jayden Daniels Heisman chances hinge on extraordinary play - in less than extraordinary games. Who else is on the top platform? The guys preview Week 12 as top ranked teams... by Cover 2 College Football pod
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Jim Harbaugh and the Coaching Carousel (Pt. 1): Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. The future of the Pac-12 could fall to Oregon St and Washington St after winning the first round of court cases out West. Many teams are getting bowl eligible - which ones deserve credit and which... by Cover 2 College Football pod
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A Week of What-ifs and Almosts: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. Temp Check: The most Iowa ending of all-time Does Wazzu still belong? Beavers in the Spook-tober desert 2-Point Conversation: Big Ten power structure: Ohio St's resume, James Franklin's big-game... by Cover 2 College Football pod
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Celebrating the Game, Seek the Truth: Steven Lassan and Braden Gall talk college football. Why TV negotiations matter Oregon-Washington was perfect Our Beavers and Iowa's exhaustion Debunking lazy troupes and talking points We all can put in more effort Penn St at Ohio St Tennessee at... by Cover 2 College Football pod
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