Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast The 2025-26 CFB Coach Carousel Superlatives
SUBSCRIBER EPISODE: Godfrey joins Richard and Alex for an awards show: The 2025-26 Coach Carousel Superlatives. Split Zone Duo hands out the following sought-after honors:
* The Trent Dilfer Award for Bungled Hiring Process
* The Deion Sanders Award for Celebrity Coach Hiring
* The Ed Orgeron Award for Interim Coach Promotions
* The Curt Cignetti Award for Best Hire from the Group of Five or FCS
* The Indiana Football Award for a Program’s Demonstration of Newfound Seriousness
* The Retread of the Year
* The Todd Graham Award for Sleaziest Departure from a Job
* The “It’s Definitely Gonna Work” Hire
* The “It’s Definitely Not” Hire
Some eligibility notes: For obvious reasons, we are excluding Michigan from these superlatives. Also, the carousel never really stops now. But much like the Oscars, if the movie didn’t come out by a certain point, it can’t win that year’s award. These are two awards shows of similar stature, we feel.
Producer: Anthony Vito.
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