Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast

Week 14 CFB Tasting Menu: The Rivalry Feast

Nov 25, 2025

Bill Landis, an Ohio State football reporter and co-host of "Bill and Doug on Ohio State Football," shares insights into the Buckeyes' challenging season. He discusses their quest to end a four-year losing streak against Michigan and highlights key players like Jeremiah Smith and Carnell Tate. The conversation touches on Ohio State's defensive strengths and game matchups, while also addressing the emotional stakes of the rivalry. Expect plenty of tension and excitement as Ohio State prepares for this pivotal matchup!

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Rivalry Week Is More Than Rankings

Rivalry Week matters beyond standings because many games carry cultural and emotional stakes.
Split Zone Duo frames this week as a tasting menu of varied meaningful matchups.

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Egg Bowl Trends Favor Ole Miss

Ole Miss historically wins Egg Bowls in seasons when they're truly good, often by large margins.
Alex expects Ole Miss to be the better team regardless of Lane Kiffin distractions.

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Texas Is Backed As Home Underdog

Hosts pick the Dadwater Home Dog of the Week as Texas to upset Texas A&M at home.
They stress Texas needs an explosive passing day and a standout performance from Arch to have a chance.

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Richard Johnson and Alex Kirshner guide you through the coming Rivalry Week in college football, going through dozens of games with 1) playoff stakes, 2) conference championship stakes, and 3) none of those stakes at all, because many of these week’s games don’t need them to be fascinating. Among the many, many games that we discuss on this episode:

* The Egg Bowl: “Distractions” shouldn’t matter here. Right?

* Georgia vs. Georgia Tech: Why we’re not discounting the Yellow Jackets, despite their defense falling off a cliff lately

* Texas A&M at Texas: At least half of this podcast thinks the Longhorns are about to pull the upset at home. Why?

* Miami at Pitt: A bad matchup for the Panthers, but could Carson Beck gift them a chance at an upset?

* Clemson at South Carolina: Which fanbase would be more despondent?

* Kentucky at Louisville: Have the trajectories here flipped?

* WKU at Jacksonville State: Will the Gamecocks prove harder for WKU’s defense to stop than LSU’s offense was?

* Vanderbilt at Tennessee: Why are we a little nervous about the Dores?

* The Iron Bowl: Again, why does at least half of this podcast think the home team is going to pull the upset?

* And finally, in THE MAIN COURSE presented by Modelo, we’ve got Bill Landis of “Bill and Doug on Ohio State Football” in the house. Bill gets us up to speed on this Ohio State season and talks about the Buckeyes’ path to ending their four-year drought against Michigan.

And much, much more. Producer: Anthony Vito

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