College Football Enquirer

Dan Wetzel is joined by SI's Pat Forde & Ross Dellenger on the eve of Week 1 college football action. The guys spend most of the episode discussing their most anticipated storylines from week 1, including the pressure on Ryan Day & Marcus Freeman to earn wins in the key matchup between Ohio State and Notre Dame on Saturday.They also discuss some storylines coming out of Utah/Florida, Oregon/Georgia, FSU/LSU & more. Dan, Pat & Ross close out the pod discussing the Big 12's acceleration of their next media deal, oncoming death of the NCAA's IARP & the case of 20 stolen briskets in Austin, Texas.3:55 Notre Dame - Ohio State14:40 Utah - Florida18:40 Oregon - Georgia20:05 FSU - LSU23:15 Purdue - Penn State26:30 Other interesting Week 1 games: North Carolina-Appalachian State, East Carolina-NC State, Cincinnati-Arkansas, Army-Coastal Carolina & more36:55 Big 12 begins early media rights extension negotiations45:00 RIP IARP46:55 People's Court: Stolen brisketsStay up to date with the latest college football news and coverage from Yahoo Sports on Twitter @YahooSportsCFB.Follow Dan @DanWetzelFollow Pat @ByPatFordeFollow Ross @RossDellengerCheck out the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast family at https://apple.co/3zEuTQj or at yahoosports.com/podcasts Subscribe to the College Football Enquirer on your favorite podcast app:🎧 Apple Podcasts🎧 Spotify🖥️ YouTube📢 Check out the Yahoo Sports podcast network or yahoosports.tv

Dan Wetzel is joined by SI's Pat Forde & Ross Dellenger to react to Nebraska's nail-biting loss to Northwestern in the Week 0 kickoff game in Dublin, Ireland. With things already headed south for the Cornhuskers, could Frost be out of a job by October?The guys also talk about the Michigan Wolverines settling on a two-QB plan for Weeks 1-2, the battle for QB1 at Texas A&M and Auburn firing their athletic director Allen Greene.Finally, the guys close out the show discussing the now infamous story of "Cock Commander," the potential nickname for South Carolina's rooster mascot & the Pennsylvania man with an emotional support animal.2:00 Nebraska-Northwestern16:55 Michigan QB update26:25 Texas A&M QB battle30:05 Auburn fires AD Alan Greene43:55 Will South Carolina rename Sir Big Spur as Cock Commander?56:45 Emotional support alligatorsStay up to date with the latest college football news and coverage from Yahoo Sports on Twitter @YahooSportsCFB.Follow Dan @DanWetzelFollow Pat @ByPatFordeFollow Ross @RossDellengerCheck out the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast family at https://apple.co/3zEuTQj or at yahoosports.com/podcasts Subscribe to the College Football Enquirer on your favorite podcast app:🎧 Apple Podcasts🎧 Spotify🖥️ YouTube📢 Check out the Yahoo Sports podcast network or yahoosports.tv

Dan Wetzel is joined by SI's Pat Forde & Ross Dellenger to kick off Week 0 by zeroing in on the Cornhusker state. With Nebraska & Northwestern set to kick off college football action in Dublin, Ireland this weekend, the guys have a long chat about where things have gone wrong with Scott Frost's Nebraska team, and why even a lukewarm 8-win season could save his job come December.Later in the show they talk about Illinois' outlook ahead of their Week 0 tilt against Wyoming, how two ex-USC QBs will likely start Pitt & West Virginia's ignited Backyard Brawl & whether Nick Saban's multi-million dollar extension in Alabama is worth it.Closing out the show, the guys talk chicken wings and kick off this year's Race for the Case.0:30 Nebraska & Scott Frost30:55 Wyoming @ Illinois37:00 Pitt/WVU set to star two ex-USC QBs43:55 Washington QB Michael Penix Jr45:20 Saban inks extension in Alabama53:20 Race for the Case Week 061:40 Chicken wing price droppingStay up to date with the latest college football news and coverage from Yahoo Sports on Twitter @YahooSportsCFB.Follow Dan @DanWetzelFollow Pat @ByPatFordeFollow Ross @RossDellengerCheck out the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast family at https://apple.co/3zEuTQj or at yahoosports.com/podcasts Subscribe to the College Football Enquirer on your favorite podcast app:🎧 Apple Podcasts🎧 Spotify🖥️ YouTube📢 Check out the Yahoo Sports podcast network or yahoosports.tv

Dan Wetzel is joined by SI's Pat Forde & Ross Dellenger to rehash the story of Manti Te'o and Lennay Kekua nearly one decade after the bizarre college football story elevated the Notre Dame linebacker into the national conversation. On the heels of Netflix's documentary Untold, the guys discuss how the media should have handled the reporting differently, what it was like covering Te'o at the time and the sympathy they have for him now.In the second half of the show, Dan, Pat & Ross analyze the QB battles at Texas, Michigan & LSU, discuss some gross-out comments from Nebraska's Scott Frost and speed through some other miscellaneous stories like the butter cow proposal in Iowa and the California funeral that turned into a 20-person family brawl.0:20 The Manti Te'o story: Ten years later33:15 Texas, Michigan & LSU QB battles40:15 Nebraska & Scott Frost41:40 Corrections to previous podcast episodes44:20 Bryce Young joins Dr. Pepper's Fansville46:40 Oklahoma's fake championship trophy51:20 Man proposes in front of Iowa state fair's butter cow53:30 Family erupts into 20-person fight a mother's funeralStay up to date with the latest college football news and coverage from Yahoo Sports on Twitter @YahooSportsCFB.Follow Dan @DanWetzelFollow Pat @ByPatFordeFollow Ross @RossDellengerCheck out the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast family at https://apple.co/3zEuTQj or at yahoosports.com/podcasts Subscribe to the College Football Enquirer on your favorite podcast app:🎧 Apple Podcasts🎧 Spotify🖥️ YouTube📢 Check out the Yahoo Sports podcast network or yahoosports.tv

What was widely reported last week is now official. The Big Ten announced a new media rights deal with FOX, CBS & NBC worth a reported $7 billion that will air its three marquee games on the broadcast networks at the 12pm, 3:30pm and 7:30pm window, respectively.Dan Wetzel is joined as always by SI's Pat Forde & Ross Dellenger to break down what this huge contract means for the future of conference realignment, the College Football Playoff, the basketball landscape, the Pac-12, Notre Dame's independence and more.At the end of the podcast, Dan highlights the latest battle in the Chicken Wars, where McDonalds is reportedly testing out a chicken Big Mac. Pat then recounts former CFE host Pete Thamel's wedding from last weekend in which Dan may or may not have paid off some unknowing parties in order to win a bet about Pete's dance moves. (53:35)Stay up to date with the latest college football news and coverage from Yahoo Sports on Twitter @YahooSportsCFB.Follow Dan @DanWetzelFollow Pat @ByPatFordeFollow Ross @RossDellengerCheck out the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast family at https://apple.co/3zEuTQj or at yahoosports.com/podcasts Subscribe to the College Football Enquirer on your favorite podcast app:🎧 Apple Podcasts🎧 Spotify🖥️ YouTube📢 Check out the Yahoo Sports podcast network or yahoosports.tv

We are less than two weeks away from some actual real college football action. On today's podcast, Dan Wetzel is joined by SI's Pat Forde & Ross Dellenger to draft the 18 non-conference games they're looking forward to most. From a selection of Notre Dame games (because every Notre Dame game has the special distinction of being technically non-conference) to the rebirth of an old rivalry to Coach Prime's big spotlight game at Hard Rock Stadium in Week 1.Later in the pod, the guys revisit the beef between Kentucky football coach Mark Stoops & basketball coach John Calipari. UK AD Mitch Barnhart weighed in and essentially told the fussing Coach Cal that if he wanted a new facility so bad, he should go out and win more games. (41:55)Finally, Dan, Pat & Ross close out the podcast diving into the sick, twisted world of Bama Rush & why pledging to join a sorority at the University of Alabama is a carnival of horrors, treachery and suspicion. Stay up to date with the latest college football news and coverage from Yahoo Sports on Twitter @YahooSportsCFB.Follow Dan @DanWetzelFollow Pat @ByPatFordeFollow Ross @RossDellengerCheck out the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast family at https://apple.co/3zEuTQj or at yahoosports.com/podcasts Subscribe to the College Football Enquirer on your favorite podcast app:🎧 Apple Podcasts🎧 Spotify🖥️ YouTube📢 Check out the Yahoo Sports podcast network or yahoosports.tv

It's okay, mommy & daddy still love you, but ESPN will be living with someone else for right now. Yes, the shocking split that no one (or everyone) saw coming– the Big Ten and ESPN are reportedly calling it quits, with the conference's Saturday slate reportedly to be split three ways between FOX, CBS and NBC by time-slot.Dan Wetzel is joined by SI's Pat Forde & Ross Dellenger to dive deep into the ramifications of Big Ten football (and basketball) no longer being on the worldwide leader. They discuss why it's a good thing for the Pac-12, why it's bad for the state of college basketball and how Notre Dame should be feeling about the whole ordeal.Later, Pat breaks in with news about Kentucky's John Calipari and Bob Stoops bickering over football vs. basketball exceptionalism in Lexington. (43:30)The guys close out the podcast diving into a Loch Ness sighting that turned out to be more ordinary in nature & the Japanese man arrested for dating too many women. (51:10)Stay up to date with the latest college football news and coverage from Yahoo Sports on Twitter @YahooSportsCFB.Follow Dan @DanWetzelFollow Pat @ByPatFordeFollow Ross @RossDellengerCheck out the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast family at https://apple.co/3zEuTQj or at yahoosports.com/podcasts Subscribe to the College Football Enquirer on your favorite podcast app:🎧 Apple Podcasts🎧 Spotify🖥️ YouTube📢 Check out the Yahoo Sports podcast network or yahoosports.tv

The first coaches poll of the preseason dropped Monday morning and at first, there weren't many surprises. Alabama, Ohio State & Georgia make a lot of sense 1-2-3. But then you move further down the list and Texas is at 18!? Dan Wetzel is joined by SI's Pat Forde & Ross Dellenger to investigate the ridiculousness at the bottom of the AFCA's latest poll & which suspicious characters could most likely be the sad, strange culprit who voted Texas number one overall.Later, the guys break down the recent news from Norman, Oklahoma, as WR coach Cale Gundy resigned amid controversy of using racially charged words multiple times in a film session with players.Afterwards, Pat, Ross & Dan talk about the curious case of the Rutgers LB who was denied a sixth playing year due some technicalities, Rutger's surprise appearance in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl and a series of events most likely out of his control.Finally, they close out the podcast discussing the French scientist who passed off a piece of chorizo as a photo of Proxima Centauri & the Louisiana man arrested for catching too many sharks.Stay up to date with the latest college football news and coverage from Yahoo Sports on Twitter @YahooSportsCFB.Check out the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast family at https://apple.co/3zEuTQj or at yahoosports.com/podcasts Subscribe to the College Football Enquirer on your favorite podcast app:🎧 Apple Podcasts🎧 Spotify🖥️ YouTube📢 Check out the Yahoo Sports podcast network or yahoosports.tv

The College Football Enquirer welcomes a late transfer onto the squad, just in time for the football season. SI's Ross Dellenger joins the pod full time and will be your third voice of reason (or anarchy) through the year.Ross joins Dan Wetzel & SI's Pat Forde today and kicks off with a piece of original reporting from Washington, D.C. on former Auburn coach and current U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville. Joined by Democrat Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Tuberville is advancing new federal NIL legislation. Ross, Dan & Pat discuss whether this new bill, still in its infancy, has any hope to pass & debate what any NIL legislation would even be trying to achieve at this point.Later the guys talk about Texas' QB battle between Hudson Card & Quinn Ewers and the battle in South Carolina over the Gamecocks' mascot Sir Big Spur.Closing out the show, Dan, Ross & Pat dive into the hot news items of the day including the four-figure penalty for a set of undeclared McMuffin sandwiches at an Australian airport, the brush fire started by a Utah man trying to kill a spider & the Florida woman drunk-driving a golf cart down I-95.Stay up to date with the latest college football news and coverage from Yahoo Sports on Twitter @YahooSportsCFB.Follow Dan @DanWetzelFollow Pat @ByPatFordeFollow Ross @RossDellengerCheck out the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast family at https://apple.co/3zEuTQj or at yahoosports.com/podcasts Subscribe to the College Football Enquirer on your favorite podcast app:🎧 Apple Podcasts🎧 Spotify🖥️ YouTube📢 Check out the Yahoo Sports podcast network or yahoosports.tv

Dan Wetzel & SI's Pat Forde kick off this Sunday night podcast rehashing last week's press conference from Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff, who defiantly attempted to beat back the Big 12 with the proclamation, “No Pac-12 team is joining the Big 12." The guys break down the commissioner's intransigent words from the podium as the vultures seem to be circling for top schools like Washington and Oregon.Later in the show, Dan & Pat dissect some interesting comments about NIL from Rutgers coach Greg Schiano after taking a deeper look at USC, Stanford & Nebraska ahead of the 2022 season.Finally, the guys close out the podcast discussing Nick Saban apparently not knowing what a Zaxby's is despite living in the South & the People's Court hears a case about fake violin buskers.Stay up to date with the latest college football news and coverage from Yahoo Sports on Twitter @YahooSportsCFB.Follow Dan @DanWetzelFollow Pat @ByPatFordeCheck out the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast family at https://apple.co/3zEuTQj or at yahoosports.com/podcasts Subscribe to the College Football Enquirer on your favorite podcast app:🎧 Apple Podcasts🎧 Spotify🖥️ YouTube📢 Check out the Yahoo Sports podcast network or yahoosports.tv