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The Solid Verbal College Football
College football in all its glory. Ditch the mainstream and break the huddle with The Solid Verbal. Since 2008, Ty Hildenbrandt and Dan Rubenstein have been shaking up the college football podcasting scene with their fun and unique blend of commentary. Whether you're a diehard or a casual observer,...
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Big Ten Preview: Part 2 - Oregon’s Now-Or-Never Moment, Ohio State’s New Look and Indiana’s Encore | College Football
In this college football podcast episode, we continue our three-part 2026 Big Ten preview with a closer look at nine teams, beginning with the three p...
Big Ten Preview: Part 1 - Contender Tiers, The Big Three & Sweet Lady Schedule | College Football
In this college football podcast episode, we open our three-part 2026 Big Ten preview by zooming out before diving into the individual team breakdowns...
Mike Lombardi’s Leave, Quotes from Media Days and the QB Battles to Watch | College Football
In this college football podcast episode, we briefly step out of preview mode for a college football news reset. While we were working through the ACC...
Big 12 Preview: Part 3 - Utah’s Identity Question, Houston’s Rise & Oklahoma State’s Reboot
In this episode, we finish our Big 12 preview with the conference’s final eight teams: Utah, Houston, TCU, Arizona, Arizona State, Oklahoma State, UCF...
Big 12 Preview: Part 2 - Texas Tech’s Encore, BYU’s Challenge & Kansas State's New Era
In this episode, we continue our 2026 Big 12 preview with the first full batch of team-by-team breakdowns. Texas Tech enters as the reigning conferenc...
Big 12 Preview: Part 1 - Contender Tiers, Dark Horses & the Monster Middle Class | College Football
In this episode, we begin our three-part Big 12 preview by taking a conference-wide look at the contenders, challengers and mystery teams shaping the...
ACC Preview: Part 3 - Clemson’s Crossroads, Virginia Tech’s Reboot & NC State Hope | College Football
In this college football podcast episode, we finish our three-part preview of the ACC by turning our attention to the defending conference champions a...
ACC Preview Part 2: Miami’s Title Push, SMU’s Next Step, Mike Norvell's Hot Seat & Notre Dame
In this college football podcast episode, we continue our 2026 ACC preview with conversations about eight conference teams and Notre Dame. Is this fin...
ACC Preview: Part 1 - Contender Tiers & What Happens After Miami?
In this college football podcast episode, we begin our three-part 2026 ACC preview by zooming out and attempting to make sense of the conference as a...
G6 Previews: Part 2 - Pac-12, Mountain West & CUSA + UConn
In this college football podcast episode, we continue our 2026 Group of Six conference previews by breaking down the resurrected Pac-12, the new-look...
G6 Previews: Part 1 - The American, Sun Belt & MAC Conference Previews
In this episode, we kick off our 2026 conference preview series with Part 1 of our Group of Six rundown, covering the American, Sun Belt and MAC. With...
Intro to the 2026 College Football Season
In this episode, we officially welcome ourselves back to college football with a full 2026 season primer. Before preview season begins in earnest, we...
July Q&A: Surprise Contenders, New Coach Leashes & Ice Cream Sundaes
In this July Q&A episode, we open up the mailbag and tackle a wide-ranging batch of offseason questions. Which teams could become this year’s surprise...
Chris Fallica on Weird Stats, the Transfer Portal & Letdown Lookahead Sandwiches
In this episode, we welcome Chris Fallica of Fox Sports, Big Noon Kickoff and Bear Bets to talk through college football from the perspective of a res...
Brendan Sorsby's Exit + Message Board Madness
In this college football podcast episode, we react to the latest and likely final twist in the Brendan Sorsby saga, as the now-former Texas Tech quart...
Teeter Teams: Florida, Arizona State, Wisconsin & Teams Living On The Edge
In this episode, we examine the most interesting college football teams hovering around the bowl eligibility line in 2026. With win totals sitting at...
Sark Tank 3.0: Investing in Texas Tech, USC, G6 Newbies & More
In this episode, we return to the board room for Sark Tank 3.0, our annual exercise in college football emotional investing. Ty brings the pitches, wh...
Too Much CFP, Not Enough Weirdness with Richard Johnson
In this episode, we welcome back our friend Richard Johnson from CBS Sports and Split Zone Duo for a conversation about the college football topics we...
The College Football Fan's Guide to the World Cup with Bill Connelly
In this episode, we step slightly outside our usual college football lane for a 2026 World Cup preview with ESPN’s Bill Connelly. With the tournament...
June Q&A: Summer Loves, Cignetti vs Saban and Portal Panic
In this June Q&A episode, we open up the Verballer mailbag and start looking ahead to preview season with some early college football summer loves. Wh...
Kickoff Yearning: The College Football Things We Still Love
In this episode, we take a break from the usual offseason doom loop and focus on the things that still make college football worth getting excited abo...
Which College Football Narratives Still Hold Up in 2026?
In this episode, we introduce a new game called “Bed or Built,” where we take some of college football’s most repeated narratives and decide whether i...
Tony Petitti’s Playoff Pitch and an ACC Vibe Check
In this episode, we react to Tony Petitti’s public push for a 24-team College Football Playoff and try to sort through what it actually means for the...
Big Ten Vibe Check: What Mayyyyy Happen in 2026
We’re midway through May, which means it’s time to start talking ourselves into, and out of, what the 2026 college football season could become. In th...
Ranking the 2026 College Football Schedule: The Best Weeks, Trappy Valleys & When To Book Surgery
We’re taking an early look at the 2026 college football schedule and doing a public service for the Verballerhood: figuring out which Saturdays deserv...
May Q&A: Part 2 - Pat Fitzgerald, QB-Coach Pairings & the Great CFB Fan Exodus?
We’re back for Part 2 of our May Q&A, which means the offseason conversation gets both bigger and weirder. We start off with College Football Playoff...
May Q&A: Part 1 - Big 12 Contenders, SEC Hypotheticals & College Football in 2035
In Part 1 of our big May Q&A, we dig into some of the biggest questions hanging over college football right now, starting with Brendan Sorsby’s uncert...
Post-Spring Questions with Bill Connelly: Wildcard Conferences, G6 Sleepers & the SEC Logjam
Bill Connelly from ESPN.com stops by to walk us through the post-spring college football landscape, fresh off turning in 7,000 words on the MAC and ki...
Brendan Sorsby News + Jason Moore of The Fantasy Footballers on 2026 Rookies
Just as we hit record, news broke that Texas Tech's Brendan Sorsby, one of the highest-paid quarterbacks in the transfer portal this cycle, is checkin...
SEC Vibe Check with Cole Cubelic
In this episode, we're joined by Cole Cubelic (SEC Network, McElroy and Cubelic in the Morning, The Cube Show) for an SEC vibe check. It's not a previ...
2026 NFL Draft Preview with Nate Tice of Yahoo Sports
It's time for one of our favorite traditions: Our annual NFL Draft preview with Nate Tice of Yahoo Sports. Nate walks us through why the 2026 class sh...
TY-POTHETICALS: Vibe Checks for Clemson, Alabama, Nebraska & More
It's time for an offseason thought experiment! In this episode, we run through eight "Ty-potheticals" — plausible scenarios for the 2026 season — and...
Spring Intel: QB Battles, Line Questions, and Offseason Buzz
Spring football is ongoing, and the quarterback battles are starting to tell us what 2026 might look like. In this episode, we work through a few of t...
The Masters of College Football: Elite QBs, Coaches, Losers & Schedule Gauntlets
While the golf world turns its gaze to The Masters, we take a look at the truly elite in college football. In this episode, we debate the top quarterb...
Coach Jerry Mack on Roster Building, Culture, and Kennesaw State's Future
Coach Jerry Mack led the Kennesaw State Owls from a 2-10 season in 2024 to a Conference USA championship in his first year in 2025, flipping the roste...
The Return of the Secret Garbage Bracket
Today, we're taking a rare break from college football and dropping a long, off-topic episode to the feed. It's been nine years after the original Sec...
The Annual College Football Business Update with Matt Brown
It's time for our annual college football business update, and we couldn't think of anyone better than our friend Matt Brown from Extra Points (ExtraP...
Missing Pieces: What Your College Football Team Can't Seem To Fix
What's the one thing your college football team just can't figure out? In this episode, we work through listener submissions on the recurring issues t...
The Wiggum Scale: Rating 2025's Most Heartbreaking Moments
March Madness has a way of bringing old feelings back to the surface, and for college football fans, there's plenty of unresolved heartbreak left over...
Our Most Interesting Transfers of the 2026 College Football Season
In this episode, we each picked eight transfers — four on offense, four on defense, one quarterback max — that we find most interesting heading into t...