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College Sports Now

College Sports Now

A podcast for college sports fans by college sports fans. Stephen Hartzell hosts along with the rotating cast of Roddy Jones, Wayne Cook, and Michael Felder as they provide analysis of all the latest news and developments in the world of college athletics.  Follow College Sports Now on Twitter @CSNowTweets!

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College Sports Now 4-22-21

Schass and Surbs talk greatest baseball video games of all time, how the SEC is already college baseball's Super Leage, but what if it meant EVEN MORE? We do 3 up and 3 down, should Coach Eric Taylor have let East Dillon finish their first game in season 4 of Friday Night Lights? We promise this is about college baseball.

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2021-04-22
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College Sports Now 4-16-21

Schass and Surbs recap a week on the diamond that saw #1 Vandy knocked off by UGA opening the door for the Hogs rise to the top spot, while out west Oregon and Stanford solidified their positions atop the Pac-12 standings. Surbs has a moment and we discuss completely eliminating midweek games, also 4-game conference series across the board is the only future we want to be a part of.

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2021-04-16
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College Sports Now 4-12-21

It's finally time to recap the Natty!

-Hartzell and Norlander discuss what went wrong for the Zags and the importance of this title for Baylor

-The coaching carousel continues to spin, if Pastner has a shot at the Zona gig, should he go?

-Now Spinning and summer plans to wrap the show.

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2021-04-12
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College Sports Now 4-8-21

Schass and Surbs recap the past week on the diamond, plus how they each hit for the real-life cycle last weekend. We discuss UGA's chances to turn things around heading into Nashville before they hit the easiest stretch in their schedule. We get into some PAC-12 talk, including UCLA losing 2 of 3 to Washington, can they turn it around and get hot against Stanford this weekend as the Cardinal looks to take over the top spot in the conference. We do 3 up and 3 down and Schass does a quick oral history on the fall of Rice baseball before he takes in Game 1 vs LA Tech this weekend.

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2021-04-08
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2021 CSN Masters Pool

Hartzell, Roddy, Wayne, and Surbs continue a tradition unlike any other: THE CSN MASTERS SNAKE DRAFT. Roddy has some stuff to get off his chest about college basketball so you can likely skip the first 20 minutes, then the boys make their picks and finish up on some light NFL Draft talk.

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2021-04-07
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College Sports Now 4-4-21

NATTY PREVIEW

Okay, Jalen Suggs really did that, wow. Hartzell and Norlander discuss Baylor's dominant win over Houston, but Zags-Bruins takes the spotlight here. The crew drops their official picks, but let's be real this game is going to be awesome, who cares who we pick?

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2021-04-05
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College Sports Now 4-2-21

Hartzell and CBS Sports' Matt Norlander talk about the coaching carousel that added the best job in college basketball in the last 24 hours. Plenty of UNC and Texas talk in the first 25 minutes of the show, then the guys break down the Final Four on Saturday. Baylor vs Houston and Gonzaga vs UCLA. Come and get it!

2021-04-02
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College Sports Now 4-1-21

PING!

Kyle Schassburger and Michael Surber deliver CSN's first baseball pod of the season after things were cut short last year. Schass and Surbs discuss Vandy's 1-2 punch from Rocker and Leiter, can they go 1-2 in the draft as well? Arkansas' Robert Moore hit for the cycle, is there another comparable sports achievement? No, but we hit for the cycle in everyday life all the time (GAINZ). We cue up the sounds of the season so far, and go 3 up and 3 down to discuss who's in a slump and who's going streaking up through the quad and into the gymnasium (everybody's doing it). Hoops Natty picks to wrap the show for fun.

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2021-04-01
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College Sports Now 3-31-21

Hartzell and Norlander recap the Elite 8, take a quick trip around the coaching carousel, plus a tease for Friday's big episode previewing the Final Four.

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2021-03-31
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College Sports Now 3-26-21

Let's preview the Sweet 16, shall we?

-Hartzell and Norlander discuss Lon Kruger's retirement and the coaching carousel

-Norlander ranks the Sweet 16 matchups

-Surber makes a shocking entrance deep into the show

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2021-03-26
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College Sports Now 3-23-21

The Sweet 16 is set! Hartzell and Norlander break down all the madness from the first two rounds of the Tourney. Eastern Washington is a team of DUDES... and potentially Malcolm Gladwell's long lost son. Norlander discusses bracket regrets from last minute changes he made (Nova), Surbs and Hartzell give him music recs for his long road trip to Indy, plus why he's stocking up on water for the hotel room.

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2021-03-23
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College Sports Now 3-18-21

March Madness has officially begun! With the First Four on tap tonight; Hartzell, Norlander, and Surber discuss their brackets region-by-region. Norlander ranks all 32 first round games from worst to first. Surber is shooting too many shots with bracket upsets. Also is Umphrey's McGee more talented that Phish?

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2021-03-18
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College Sports Now 3-16-21

For the first time in two years we have a bracket, and on today's show Hartzell & Norlander are breaking it down. The guys are joined by Brandon Gaudin of Westwood One to discuss the B1G tournament, Indianapolis, and what it's like being in the NCAA bubble. There is also ample thicc Josh Pastner talk, including what's going on with those sideburns?! Also Bridgerton references, and Hartzell's first round ATS lock of the year which is sure to lose.

2021-03-16
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College Sports Now 3-12-21

It's been a hell of a week, and we ain't done yet!

-Hartzell and Norlander discuss Duke having to exit the ACC Tourney and end their season

-Norlander explains how the NCAA is going handle similar situations in the Big Dance

-Oh Virginia announced they have a COVID positive test during the show...

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2021-03-12
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College Sports Now 3-9-21

Hartzell and Norlander preview one of the greatest weeks in college sports. Conference Tourney week is here!

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2021-03-09
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College Sports Now 3-5-21

PALM SZN!

-Jerry Palm joins Hartzell and Norlander to talk bracket updates

-Surber, please stop derailing the show, it's March.

-Controversial music takes to wrap up the show

2021-03-05
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College Sports Now 3-2-21

Hartzell and Norlander get hyped for the final week of the regular season.

-Extended "Guess the Line" convo as we run through the week's slate

-Is it rude to call Josh Pastner "Thicc"?

-We complete our "Best Album of the Decade" series with the 2010's

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2021-03-02
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College Sports Now 2-26-21

The NCAA finally released their contingency plan for the Tournament if teams are unable to play. Hartzell and Norlander break that down, plus a look toward this weekend's slate.

-Bart Torvik joins the show to discuss his rankings as we inch closer to March Madness.

-How the hell is this Tourney gonna work?

-Hartzell makes Norlander play "guess that chord" since Surber had his guitar out.

2021-02-26
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College Sports Now 2-23-21

Hartzell and Norlander recap the weekend!

-Shannon Ryan from the Chicago Tribune joins the show to talk Illini, Loyola Chicago and Big Ten hoops!

-Hartzell once again makes us college basketball's premier Georgia Tech podcast

-The crew gets into the best albums of the 00's in Now Spinning (Surber Nerd Alert)

2021-02-23
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College Sports Now 2-19-21

Hartzell joins Matt Norlander from an ice storm as Surber comes and goes while the lights flicker, but we've got a weekend of college hoops to preview!

-John Fanta joins the show to discuss a crazy season of calling games and the wild and wonderful Big East

-Hartzell is locked into the Weather Channel, don't let anyone convince you otherwise

-We get to best albums of the 90's and Hartzell redeems himself by picking some hometown heroes while Surber and Norlander geek out about one of their favorite decades for music

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2021-02-19
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College Sports Now 2-16-21

Stephen Hartzell and Matt Norlander recap the weekend on the hardwood!

-The voice of Michigan Basketball, Brian Boesch, joins the show to discuss the Wolverines coming off an extended break, plus their upcoming showdown with their hated rival from Columbus

-Hartzell started the weekend by watching Clemson snatch GT's sould on Friday night, ya hate to see it

-Norlander discusses the initial Top 16 revealed by the Selection Committee over the weekend

-We Finally discuss our top albums of the 80's. SPOILER: Hartzell does a bad job

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2021-02-16
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College Sports Now 2-12-21

Hartzell and Norlander send you into the weekend talkin' hoops!

-Brandon Gaudin from Fox Sports joins us to break down what he's seen on the hardwood this season

-Hartzell and Norlander discuss tip times in the NCAA Tourney, how the hell is that gonna work?

-We push best record of the 80's again to discuss the Rock and Rock Hall of Fame nominees this year.

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2021-02-12
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College Sports Now 2-9-21

Hartzell and Norlander recap the weekend on the hardwood

-ESPN's Jeff Borzello drops in to talk hoops, including the Baylor-Gonzaga vs the Field convo we continue to have, as well as some heady EDM talk

-Hartzell doubts Norlander's ability to fit in at a sportsbook

-Surber earns us the "E" rating when we talk Super Bowl

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2021-02-09
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College Sports Now 2-5-21

David Cobb from CBS Sports joins Hartzell and Norlander to talk hoops headed into the weekend!

-Hartzell doesn't want to talk about the college football video game, so Norlander and Surber make him talk about it.

-David Cobb runs through the weekend slate to discuss which games intrigue him most, including a sneaky good appetizer to Sunday's Super Bowl.

-The crew picks their favorite album from the 70's in Now Spinning to close the show

2021-02-05
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College Sports Now 2-2-21

Hartzell claims to have a Royal Flush of cereals in his pantry, Norlander and Surber vehemently disagree.

-We do actually talk hoops, including Duke's gross loss to Miami on Monday night

-The voice of the Bears, John Morris, joins the show to discuss #2 Baylor's undefeated run and their Tuesday night matchup with #6 Texas.

-The crew discusses their favorite albums of the 1960's for Now Spinning this week.

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2021-02-02
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College Sports Now 1-29-21

Hartzell and Norlander are back talkin' ball as the stock market gets turned upside down, or not?? We welcome in Caroline Darney from SB Nation for some heavy ACC hoops talk! We start a series of Now Spinning segments where Hartzell, Surbs, and Norlander list their favorite album from each decade with a consensus all-star from 1959 shining bright this week. We start rollin' out 2 shows a week starting next Wednesday! Follow College Sports Now on Twitter @CSNowTweets!

2021-01-29
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College Sports Now 1-22-21

Hartzell and Norland recap the past week on the hardwood!

-Adam Jardy from the Columbus Dispatch comes on to discuss Buckeyes and Oasis as we include a guest on the Now Spinning portion of the episode

-Norlander breaks down his latest Hey 19 Power Rankings

-Card Corner briefly invades CSN after Hartzell poo poo's a potential top 3 NBA Draft pick

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2021-01-22
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College Sports Now 1-15-21

Hartzell and Norlander go all in on the hoops talk as the dust settles from College Football's championship.

-Kyle Boone from CBS Sports joins the show to discuss the Big XII following Texas' loss earlier this week

-We take a brief tangent to discuss the ridiculous James Harden trade and inevitably basketball cards are mentioned, bear with us.

-A look ahead to this weekend's slate before some brief guitar talk in Now Spinning to wrap up

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2021-01-15
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College Sports Now 1-12-21

Hartzell, Felder, Roddy, and Wayne break down last night's Natty win for Bama, plus a look back at the weirdest season of college football we'll ever see!

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2021-01-12
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College Sports Now 1-8-21

We wrap up our preview week of the Natty on a Felder Friday

-Chris Vannini joins the show to discuss the coaching carousel

-Felder 5

-Official Natty predictions from Hartzell, Felder, and Surbs.

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2021-01-08
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College Sports Now 1-7-21

Yesterday was a dark day. Hartzell, Wayne, and Surbs discuss their thoughts on what transpired at the Capitol, then we shift gears to football and the looming national championship. Phil Steele joins us for our final chat of the season until he digs into the 2021 magazine prep.

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2021-01-07
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College Sports Now 1-6-21

Hartzell and Norlander kick it and talk hoops.

-The Voice of the Zags, Tom Hudson, joins the show to discuss a red hot top ranked Bulldogs team

-How in the hell are we gonna pull off the whole Tourney taking place in Indy

-Norlander talks top records of 2020 in 'Now Spinning" to close the show

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2021-01-06
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College Sports Now 1-5-21

Hartzell, Roddy, and Surbs recap the college football playoff semi-finals.

-Is Ohio State gonna get worked by Bama in the Natty?

-We discuss the O-Line issues at Clemson this season

-Texas moved on from Tom Herman for, Sark. WHY?

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2021-01-05
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College Sports Now 1-1-21

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

-We kick off the year with a FELDER FRIDAY

-We do the Felder 5

-Reaction to Florida's abysmal effort against Oklahoma

-Hartzell, Felder, and Surbs give their official playoff predictions

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2021-01-01
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College Sports Now 12-31-20

Wayne admits Hartzell was right as he admits bowl games suck.

-The Godfather, Phil Steele, joins us to run through the New Year's 6 and College Football Playoff

-Wayne discusses the potential for Clemson-Ohio State to impact the NFL Draft in a few months

-With less than a week until the ceremony we talk Heisman

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2020-12-31
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College Sports Now 12-30-20

Let's talk HOOPS!

Matt Norlander joins Stephen Hartzell for our first basketball show of the seasonWe take a look back at the sudden end to last season before diving headlong into what has been the wildest start to a regular season in recent memoryNorlander gives a quick shortlist of teams he expects to make the dance from each of the major conferencesNow Spinning to wrap up the show, just like old times!

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2020-12-30
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College Sports Now 12-29-20

-Hartzell, Roddy, and Surbs catch up after a brief Christmas break

-Hartzell botches the open again, probably on purpose.

-A run through of the week's bowl matchups, including the CFP

-Surber and Roddy decide to derail the show multiple times with heavy nerd culture discussion

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2020-12-29
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College Sports Now 12-23-20

It's a CSN CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA!!! Hartzell and Surbs get the whole family together as Felder, Wayne, and Roddy dish on the College Football Playoff, Disney+, Hamilton, and the SEC getting FIVE TEAMS WITH LOSING RECORDS INTO A 2020 BOWL GAME! Merry Christmas to you and yours, here's 2 of our finest hours of football talk we've ever released!

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2020-12-23
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College Sports Now 12-17-20

UCLA blew a huge lead in the Coliseum on Saturday, so this is fun.

Hartzell and Wayne get in a little recruiting talk after a sleepy early signing dayPhil Steele runs through the championship weekend slateWe discuss FOX's handsome Saturday pregame show and Wayne gets uncomfortable

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2020-12-17
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College Sports Now 12-15-20

Championship week is here!

-Hartzell and Roddy recap a wild weekend to kind of(?) close out the regular season.

-Wild speculation regarding who will be in the College Football Playoff

-Wild speculation regarding who will win games this weekend from Hartzell and Rodstradamus himself. Pro Tip, if they agree on a game, stay away.

2020-12-15
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College Football Rewind 12-13-20

On the season finale of the "College Football Rewind" a playoff contender goes down late, a top-10 team gets whacked in record fashion, the Pac-12 South comes down to the wire, and we re-live Army-Navy from a foggy Michie Stadium. All that and more from the final Saturday before championship week!

2020-12-13
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College Sports Now 12-11-20

One of our final Felder Fridays of the year!

-Stephen Hartzell and Michael Felder discuss "things" being knocked in the dirt, along with their usual hits

-Angelique Chengelis joins the show to discuss the fallout of the Ohio State-Michigan cancellation

-Felder 5

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2020-12-11
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College Sports Now 12-10-20

Salty Hartzell and Dial-up Internet Wayne discuss the College Football Playoff prospects for the top 8 with a little over a week until championship Saturday.

-Phil Steele joins the show for his weekly run through the slate of games on deck

-Wayne talks Crosstown Rivalry and brags about seeing Vince Young break USC's heart in person

-Happy Hanukkah!

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2020-12-10
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College Sports Now 12-8-20

Hartzell and Roddy recap the weekend in style...

-Long-time friend of the program, Jerry Palm from CBS Sports, joins the show to discuss the wild world of Big Ten Football

-Lengthy discussion about the Heisman and Surber kicks Joe Burrow while he's down

-RODSTRADAMUS, also tales from the 2009 ACC Championship game, which might not have officially occured

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2020-12-08
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College Football Rewind 12-6-20

It's December, and that means the stakes are higher than ever. Texas A&M went to Jordan-Hare to face an angry Auburn team... could the Aggies stay in the playoff hunt? Indiana's dream season continued with a defensive struggle at Camp Randall. And in a very 2020 move, the much-hyped Coastal Carolina and BYU contest -- which came to life on Thursday! -- lived up to expectations. All that and more on the season's penultimate episode of the "College Football Rewind"!

2020-12-06
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College Sports Now 12-4-20

FELDER FRIDAY, SUP?

-We needed to talk Conway, South Carolina, so David Hale joins Stephen Hartzell and Michael Felder as the world's foremost expert on the greater Dirty Myrtle Metro Area.

-Felder 5

-Hartzell's got Uggs

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2020-12-04
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College Sports Now 12-3-20

Hartzell finds out how curfew is affecting our guy out west, Wayne Cook.

-Phil Steele runs through the weekly slate

-Wayne discusses the challenges in the PAC-12 following Governor Newsome's imposed 10 pm curfew

-We get off the rails talking Wayne's bad taste in movies

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2020-12-03
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College Sports Now 12-1-20

Hartzell and Roddy take a look back... wait no it's all about Hamilton to start....

-Steven Godfrey from Banner Society joins the show to talk coaching carousel now that things are heating up in the SEC... again.

-Accidental college baseball talk, we apologize, but in our defense we were trying to talk Vandy football and it just sort of happened to us.

-Hartzell was wrong about UNC-ND... Who saw that coming?

-Surber earns the "E" rating, but Hartzell started it.

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2020-12-01
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College Football Rewind 11-29-20

Happy Thanksgiving! As usual the show is stuffed better than the juiciest of turkeys. Notre Dame's defense clashed with UNC's offense. Iowa State is a step closer to ending a century-long drought... barely. And the Pac-12's playoff hopes may have dissipated with the fog at Reser Stadium on Friday. All that plus Trevor Lawrence's return, the Iron Bowl, and everything else from the weekend on the Thanksgiving edition of the "College Football Rewind".

2020-11-28
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College Sports Now 11-25-20

Special Pre-Thanksgiving episode with Hartzell, Felder and Wayne!

-Felder joins the madness that is a podcast taping with Wayne

-Phil Steele joins us to run through this week's slate of games

-Felder 5

-The crew discusses their top Thanksgiving eats!

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2020-11-25
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