Chris Vannini and David Ubben are back to talk spring practice and what we're seeing and hearing across the country.

0:00 Intro
4:45 Spring practice will probably change next year
8:34 Alabama's QB battle gets interesting
12:41 New head coaches moving up to the SEC
16:03 The Lane Kiffin honeymoon
18:57 Is Indiana going to start a dynasty?
23:23 Is SMU the biggest threat to Miami?
27:03 Who is the next Vanderbilt or Texas Tech?
30:01 Oregon replacing both coordinators
33:17 Better upside: Deion's Colorado or Belichick's UNC?
40:00 Will there really be no spring portal?
42:55 Michigan's overhaul
45:50 Remember Some Guys: SMU, Texas, Miami

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Chris Vannini and David Ubben are back, and David's on edge after a strange neighborhood situation. The guys get into the future of conference championship games, the Big Ten overlords, Big 12 infighting and more.

0:00 Intro
8:38 The end of the SEC championship game?
22:15 Why the Big Ten is REALLY so dominant now
29:15 Final Fours in football stadiums
37:04 Cody Campbell vs. Brett Yormark
45:34 Executive orders and possible eligibility changes
50:54 Remember Some Guys: Michigan, Wake Forest, Ohio State

Restaurant Gap Relationships story

SEC championship game story

Big 12 bickering story

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Chris Vannini and David Ubben are joined by New Mexico coach Jason Eck to talk about his unbelievable turnaround at New Mexico, playing at Wisconsin, the legend of the Kibbie Dome and more.

0:00 Intro
1:45 Eck's dance move
2:48 Being forced to move from football coach to golf course assistant
5:17 Pushing through the low points
9:30 Walking on at Wisconsin
12:34 Playing in a Rose Bowl
14:12 Barry Alvarez lessons at Wisconsin
15:47 Informing his wife he was fired while she was going into labor
17:15 Not knowing your future as an assistant
20:05 Kibbie Dome memories
24:55 Should move schools drop down to FCS like Idaho?
28:10 Why he took the New Mexico job
32:30 How he turned New Mexico around in one year
38:03 Mountain West computer tiebreaker
40:02 Appreciating the offensive line
41:39 Rapid Fire
47:03 Remember Some Guys

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Chris Vannini is back from vacation, so he joins David Ubben to dive back into a slew of college football topics, from Pete Golding's response to tampering allegations, new transfer rules, new targeting rules, new CFP committee members and more.

Chris' story on Duke becoming less hateable

New spring transfer penalties

New on-field rules for 2026

0:00 Intro, vacation and bar TVs
7:15 Pete Golding responds to Dabo's tamper allegations
12:46 New spring transfer penalties
17:50 New on-field rules for 2026
24:02 Trump executive order on Army-Navy
27:30 The 2027 season could move up to Week 0
29:58 Three new CFP selection committee members
34:35 Chandler Morris and Owen Heineke sue NCAA for extra years
39:29 Ubben's visits to South Carolina and NC State
44:34 CFB needs NFL owner meetings
48:48 Chris addresses the Duke hate story response
57:30 Final Four picks
59:59 Remember Some Guys: WKU, South Carolina, Alabama

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Chris Vannini and David Ubben are joined by Nicole Auerbach to discuss our favorite parts of the NCAA Tournament so far and preview the second weekend

Nicole's NBC story on Cinderellas

0:00 Intro
2:10 Favorite moments from the first weekend
9:35 Bracket check-in
12:35 Why there are fewer Cinderellas and why it's not just NIL/portal
23:07 Sweet 16 and Elite 8 picks
34:35 Remember Some Guys

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Chris Vannini and David Ubben are joined by The Athletic's Brendan Marks to preview everything in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, from the best teams to upsets and trends to keep an eye on.

What to know about all 68 teams

Are Cinderellas doomed?

0:00 Intro
4:03 Final Four picks
8:05 Should we be concerned about Duke/Michigan injuries?
11:32 Are Cinderellas going away?
16:25 The Miami (Ohio) Discourse
23:15 The role of metrics
25:39 Should the tournament expand?
30:48 Who could make a big run outside of Duke/Michigan/Arizona?
37:42 Teams we don't trust
43:50 First-round upset picks
50:03 National title picks
53:09 Remember Some Basketball Guys: Northern Iowa, Gonzaga, Villanova, Michigan State

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Chris Vannini and David Ubben are back for a news episode. Can the SEC make its own rules? Was the White House roundtable a waste of time? And what did the guys learn about Duke basketball and Oklahoma football from their visits? Plus they remember Lou Holtz.

0:00 Intro + Bunch Formation Bowl IV
3:23 David's trip to Duke-UNC
12:47 Greg Sankey says the SEC might make its own rules?
23:15 Trump roundtable fallout, did this matter?
36:50 Chris' takeaways from visiting Oklahoma
48:46 Louisiana Tech suing Conference USA to leave early
53:26 Remember Some Guys: Lou Holtz, Muggsy Bogues, Penn State

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Chris Vannini and David Ubben are joined by new Colorado State coach Jim Mora. The guys talk about Mora growing up the son of a famous coach, the PLAYOFFS?? family tie, how he turned UConn around, stories from UCLA (like the Josh Rosen hot tub) and his plans at Colorado State.

0:00 Mora reacts to David's CFB26 disaster
1:11 Mora plans to scale 54 mountains in Colorado
3:45 No longer being called "Jim Mora Jr."
5:20 How Mora's dad is doing (leg-pressing 220 pounds at 90 years old)
7:20 How Jim was involved in his dad's "PLAYOFFS!" press conference
8:45 Moving around a lot as a coach's kid
9:58 Wanting to become a coach
12:00 Most impressive thing he saw Mike Vick do
14:48 Why take the UConn job?
19:30 How he turned around UConn
21:00 He doesn't think UCLA should've fired him
22:28 The limitations at UCLA
24:28 What it's like to get fired
25:55 The Josh Rosen dorm hot tub
27:48 How his NFL experience has helped in college football
29:57 Why take the Colorado State job
32:22 The new Pac-12
34:22 Why Colorado State is viewed as a sleeping giant
37:40: Rapid fire: TV binge, favorite food, last book, pet peeve, vacation spot, best football player, David's defensive calls

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