Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast

Is Roster Budget an Excuse?

Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast

Show Notes

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com

Cohost emeritus Steven Godfrey joins Richard and Alex on this episode for a discussion what the player pay market has done to coach expectations. 5:07: The price of the brick (or of Jesse Legree or Kamario Taylor) goes up: What does a mid- or low-budget program do when a superstar emerges? 13:47: How much longer can coaches use NIL as an excuse? 22:01: Why different people in the same program will give you a different number for their roster spend 32:36: If coach pay isn’t going down, what does that say about what we can reasonably expect from coaches without a ton of roster cash? 43:23: Dissecting the season’s three big-budget disasters so far: Oregon, Michigan, and Texas A&M. Producer: Anthony Vito

More from Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast

Oct 28, 2026

Alex and Richard break down the Week 9 of the college football season, including Lincoln Riley’s uphill climb against Ohio State, and the Cody Campbell rants that should have Texas Tech fans concerned. Florida Atlantic University at North Texas (00:02:37) Baylor at UCF (00:06:08) Arizona at Texas Tech (00:09:50) Notre Dame at Navy (00:19:32)Wisconsin at Iowa (00:24:06) Florida at Georgia (00:31:22)Miami at North Carolina (00:52:40)Ohio State at USC (01:00:28) Those are just a handful out of the dozens of games we cover this week. Produced by Anthony Vito. THANKS TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS AND PARTNERS * Quo, a business phone service! 20% off your first six months using this link * Enter to win a set of Nokian Tyres * Shop for college sports apparel at Homefield

Oct 25, 2026

Richard Johnson and Alex Kirshner take you on a 30-ish minute journey through yet another really wild weekend in college football. This episode covers 43 games, including: 1:25: UCF 39, BYU 31 (2OT) 3:13: Cincinnati 37, Texas Tech 24 5:27: Utah 21, Houston 13 11:02: Texas 34, Ole Miss 27 13:59: South Carolina 27, Tennessee 24 19:13: Indiana 13, Michigan 6 (OT) 25:00: Wisconsin 24, USC 7 28:23: Miami 52, Pitt 23 34:46: FAU 51, Rice 49 38:33: New Mexico 21, North Dakota State 16 Producer: Anthony Vito Thank you to our partners * Shop at Homefield * Learn more about Nokian Tyres

Oct 22, 2026

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com

Oct 21, 2026

Week 8 preview! Richard and Alex start this episode with a quick football digression about Manchester City and then get into the mega-preview of this week in CFB. We cover a bunch of games, some in a lot of detail, some quickly: * 1:41: Manchester City digression * 6:10: JMU at App State * 18:21: Indiana at Michigan * 26:45: LSU at Auburn * 35:40: Rutgers at Northwestern * 39:50: West Virginia at TCU * 46:48: Oregon at Illinois * 50:22: BYU at UCF * 1:04:20: San Diego State at Colorado State * 1:07:09: Virginia Tech at Clemson * 1:10:55: Ole Miss at Texas * 1:13:19: Mike Locksley news breaks mid-show * 1:23:56: Houston at Utah Those are just a handful out of the dozens of games we cover this week. Produced by Anthony Vito. THANKS TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS AND PARTNERS * Quo, a business phone service! 20% off your first six months using this link * Enter to win a set of Nokian Tyres * Shop for college sports apparel at Homefield

Oct 20, 2026

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.com

See all episodes →