College Football Enquirer

We officially have an Olympian in our extended podcast family as Brooke Forde took to the pool in Japan yesterday. SI's Pat Forde takes us inside covering your child on the world stage.College football expansion talk continues to turn as the Big 12 sent a cease-and-desist letter to ESPN... there always will be lawyers. And in another unexpected event, #1 QB recruit Quinn Ewers is mulling over a decision to leave high school a year early to enroll at Ohio State to cash in on the new NIL laws. Is this the next big trend for top recruits? Finally, the Pac-12 said they could be comfortable staying with 12 teams...could we see the Big Ten doing the same? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. 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 Longhorns and Sooners have all but left the Big 12 for the SEC. Dan Wetzel and Pete Thamel take you inside the meetings this past weekend between the two schools and their scorned conference members. Is this move bad for college football? Which schools would we target if we ran the Pac-12, Big 12, Big Ten and the ACC?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. 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

Today was proof there is no offseason in college football as conference realignment talks have returned. Dan Wetzel, Pete Thamel and SI's Pat Forde have the latest surrounding Texas and OU reaching out to the SEC.The guys break down every angle including will A&M, Oklahoma State and Texas Tech allow the move? Is Texas also looking at independence and could OU do the same? And what would happen to the Big 12 if they lost their two biggest draws?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. 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 might have a new name... but it's the same ole podcast. The Olympic duo of Dan Wetzel and SI's Pat Forde recap their adventures traversing the Pacific Ocean and passing through hours of COVID-19 checks upon arrival in Tokyo, Japan. They also answer THE burning question... did either of them find beer?A growing theme out of the various conference media days has been college football splitting away from the NCAA in some form. How likely is a split, what would it look like, and is a new governing body a good idea in the first place? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. 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, Pete Thamel and SI's Pat Forde react to Big 12 officiating's decision to crack down on the horns down celebration in 2021... can we just let the kids play? Nebraska hired alumni Trev Alberts as their next athletic director this week. What does it mean for the future of fellow alum Scott Frost? The guys also dive into the SEC ahead of their annual media days circus in Hoover, Alabama. What are the biggest storylines ahead of the season? Pat, Pete and Dan also pick the over/under win totals for each team.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. 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

Ahead of Big 12 Media Days this week, Dan Wetzel, Pete Thamel and SI's Pat Forde dive into each team in the conference. Up first, the Kansas City Star uncovered yet another scandal out of Lawrence involving former coach Les Miles and the Jayhawk football program. What is next for KU? The trio asks will Iowa State finally slay OU in the Big 12 title race? Also, what will Texas look like under Steve Sarkisian? Dan then reports from the Chicken Wars front once again before spinning a tale involving Taco Bell and fireworks...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. 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

Pete Thamel joins Dan Wetzel and SI's Pat Forde from vacation because let's be honest... if he can break MAC coaching news, he can join the pod. The guys kick things off with a few name, image and likeness deals coming out of Miami, Arkansas and Michigan. Is Miami building the NIL template of the future?On the hardwood, Big Ten freshman of the year Hunter Dickinson pulled out of the NBA Draft, citing NIL rule changes. Is this a sign of the times to come with more players sticking around longer? We also take a look at Urban Meyer's first few weeks on the job in Jacksonville before highlighting Ohio State's recent successes on the recruiting trail.Finally, Dan has a litany of animal and chicken wars updates...make sure to stick around for the terror pigs.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. 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 and SI's Pat Forde celebrate the first day athletes can make money off of their name, image and likeness by listing the best deals made so far. The guys also draft which former players would have made the most money in this climate and which football programs can take a step forward in the NIL era. From everyone at Yahoo Sports, we wish you all a safe and happy 4th of July weekend.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. 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 and SI’s Pat Forde break down the NCAA’s decision to rip up two years of work for patchwork legislation ahead of the July 1st NIL date. What can we expect the world to look like on Thursday? Will the blue bloods at the top continue to dominate or can we expect more parity? Dan and Pat also have a couple of updates on our favorite ongoing sagas… See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. 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

At a time when Justices Thomas & Sotomayor probably couldn't agree on the color of the ocean or if birds could fly, the Supreme Court agreed one one thing unanimously: the NCAA's rules limiting certain kinds of compensation violate antitrust laws. As Justice Kavanaugh put it, "The NCAA is not above the law."After discussing Brook Forde's ascension to the US Olympic swimming team & a game of Where in America is Producer Sully, Pat, Pete & Dan analyze the judicial flood gates opened up by this major SCOTUS ruling.Later in the show, they discuss NCAA president Mark Emmert's name, image and likeness memo on the eve of a July 1st legal train-wreck & outgoing Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott's comments about the 12-team playoff expansion.The guys close out, as they often do, in the animal world, reporting on the latest from the mouse plague in southeastern Australia. Check out the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast family at https://apple.co/2Abi8jk or at yahoosports.com/podcasts See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. 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