The Solid Verbal: College Football Podcast

Ty and Dan react to the spiciest takes from around the Verballerhood and invite their favorites to join the campfire on the Ol' Zesty Ranch. Will Lincoln Riley turn USC into the next Alabama? Is Ryan Day a secret bust? Does Sean Clifford have a Heisman run in him? Could Kentucky win the SEC? Also, Ty's takes put his Ranch status in question.

Ty and Dan conclude their advanced look at college football schedules by taking a look at the SEC slate in 2022. How do things set up for Georgia's run at another title? Does it matter that Alabama's schedule looks sort of difficult? Could Arkansas have a shot at 10 wins? Does LSU have a good, bad schedule or a bad, good schedule? And, uhhh, what's gonna happen to South Carolina this year?

Ty and Dan continue their investigation of college football schedules in advance of the 2022 season and pop the hood on the slates in the ACC and Big 12. Does Clemson's schedule look primed for a bounceback year? Is Florida State going to make a bowl? Why does Tony Elliott have the highest thread count in the ACC? Plus, the path ahead for Brent Venables and Steve Sarkisian headed into 2022, and a sneaky team in West Texas.

Ty and Dan do a deep dive of the schedules in the Big Ten and Pac-12 and figure out which teams were rewarded by the scheduling gods, where the trap games might be hiding, which schools have Secret Cake schedules, and more. Plus, Ty forgets that November exists.

Ty and Dan continue with their impromptu Beef Week by discussing some of college football biggest rivalries, debating the status of each series, and arbitrarily measuring how much meat juice (?) is associated with each match-up.

Ty and Dan rejoice as Nick Saban and Jimbo Fisher enter into a hot war of words over recruiting, NIL, collectives and the future of college football. Are you Team Saban or Team Jimbo? More importantly, how does the Saban-Fisher dust-up rank against other notable coaching beefs over the last 20 years in college football? Plus, conferences start ditching their divisions!

Ty and Dan leaf through an overflowing inbox and answer college football questions from the Verballerhood about tasty non-conference matchups, Scott Frost's future, this year's Kenny Pickett, unattainable coaches, the fusion of playcalling schemes and identities, and much more. The second part of this Q&A episode is available to Patreon subscribers at Verballers.com.

Ty and Dan react to early college football betting lines for all 13 weeks of the 2022 season. Which teams are being overvalued and undervalued? Which point spreads look out of whack? What are the best bets at this ridiculously early juncture in mid-May?

Ty and Dan welcome back Matt Brown to get an up-to-the-minute perspective on the effect NIL is having on college football and figure out where the marketplace will take the sport next. Amid the news of Jordan Addison's transfer away from Pitt, the NCAA's renewed focus on collectives, the looming presence of the EA Sports video game, and predictions for the END OF THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL WORLD, we examine where things *actually* stand and whether Matt's opinion has changed since his last visit in February.

Ty and Dan walk back through the programs that went 5-7 in 2021, figure out why and wonder how each can improve in 2022. Should Jordan Travis be the guy at Florida State? What is TCU's identity? How close is Texas to being "back"? Were Cal and Syracuse secretly decent?

Ty and Dan dig back into spring games at five more big schools. What does Georgia's roster look like after having 15 players drafted? Can we draw any conclusions from an abnormal Tennessee spring game? Is THIS the year Wisconsin finally revamps its offense? Is Washington in danger of being left behind? Who's playing quarterback for North Carolina?

Ty and Dan dive in and discuss what college football fans learned watching the spring football games at Alabama, Florida, Ohio State, Michigan State and Virginia Tech. Is Jahmyr Gibbs set for a monster season in Tuscaloosa? What were the impressions of Florida's debut under Billy Napier? Is Ohio State's first team already set? Are Michigan State and Mel Tucker poised for a big leap forward? Where should Brent Pry start as he tries to reboot the Hokies?

Ty and Dan continue their recap of a loaded weekend of spring football games by taking a closer look at Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas Tech, Ole Miss, and Virginia.

Ty and Dan take a look back at some of the weekend's big spring football games and determine what's in focus and what remains blurry for a handful of prominent teams. Should LSU's quarterback derby be a cause for concern given Brian Kelly's track record? Will USC's defense be better under the Lincoln Riley regime? Will Penn State and Iowa be better at running the ball in 2022? And, a quick chat with Tyson Alger from the I-5 Corridor about what we learned in Oregon's premiere under Dan Lanning.

Ty chats with Larry Williams of TigerIllustrated.com to get the latest on the state of the Clemson football program in light of mass coaching turnover, a "down" season in 2021, Dabo Swinney's philosophy of college football, a potential quarterback race, and much more.