Épisodes

  • Conference Championship Picks! New Coach Hires + Penn State???
    Dec 4 2025

    Chris Vannini and David Ubben are back to talk conference championship games, more coaching hires and your mailbag questions.

    Chris' Wednesday update story on coaching searches

    0:00 Intro
    7:55 Leftover CFP ranking thoughts on BYU, Notre Dame/Miami and the ACC
    16:52 Steve Sarkisian threatens to stop playing big nonconference games
    New coaches
    20:38 UCLA hires Bob Chesney
    23:40 Kentucky hires Will Stein
    26:17 Stanford hires Tavita Pritchard
    28:31 Cal expected to hire Tosh Lupoi
    32:00 Chris Klieman retires at Kansas State, Collin Klein expected to replace
    38:36 North Texas hires Neal Brown
    42:42 USF hires Brian Hartline
    46:36 Oregon State hires JaMarcus Shephard
    48:33 Open job latest: Penn State, Tulane, JMU, Memphis, UAB, Coastal Carolina, UConn
    59:55 Mailbag: How we travel to games, Notre Dame's independence advantage?
    1:08:38 Ohio State vs. Indiana
    1:14:04 Our picks records
    1:14:50 Georgia vs. Alabama
    1:17:12 Texas Tech vs. BYU
    1:20:43 Virginia vs. Duke
    1:23:58 North Texas at Tulane
    1:26:02 Troy at James Madison
    1:28:08 UNLV at Boise State
    1:30:08 Kennesaw State at Jacksonville State
    1:31:39 Miami (Ohio) vs. Western Michigan
    1:34:50 Remember Some Guys: Indiana, Duke and Florida

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    1 h et 39 min
  • CFP Reaction: Alabama Safe, Miami's One Shot, Two G5s??
    Dec 3 2025

    Chris Vannini and David Ubben went live during Tuesday night's penultimate CFP reaction show. They discuss Alabama's strange jump over Notre Dame, the one narrow path Miami might still have, if Oklahoma will host a home game and how the Group of 5 suddenly has a good shot at two spots with James Madison.

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    30 min
  • Major Coaching Changes! Rivalry Week Reactions! Lane Kiffin + CFP Fallout
    Dec 1 2025

    Chris Vannini and David Ubben are back for a LOADED show. We've got coaching changes galore and rivalry games and CFP fallout to measure. (Apologies for a brief choppy audio issue from around 1:19:00 to 1:21:30)

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    Chris' story with Jon Sumrall

    Chris' column from Texas

    David's column from Vanderbilt

    Chris' preseason story on New Mexico

    0:00 Intro and David as Charles Barkley
    3:27 Poney
    6:26 Lane Kiffin goes to LSU and angers everyone
    15:38 The calendar problems
    19:11 Ole Miss promotes Pete Golding
    25:51 Florida hires Jon Sumrall
    31:45 Auburn hires Alex Golesh
    38:00 Arkansas hires Ryan Silverfield
    40:25 David's take on Arkansas' SEC problem
    45:34 Michigan State fires Jonathan Smith and hires Pat Fitzgerald
    50:50 Coastal Carolina fires Tim Beck
    54:12 Texas beats Texas A&M (Chris was there)
    1:01:25 Georgia beat Georgia Tech
    1:02:18 Alabama holds on against Auburn
    1:05:14 Oklahoma escapes LSU
    1:07:22 Vanderbilt wins at Tennessee (David was there and met Nate Bargatze)
    1:12:40 Kentucky gets demolished by Louisville (and Mark Stoops is fired during recording)
    1:14:25 ACC Madness: Virginia, SMU-Cal and Duke (poor Miami and woof FSU)
    1:17:46 Big Ten chalk: Ohio State, Indiana and Oregon, plus November Nebraska
    1:19:00 Apologies for a couple minutes of choppy audio here
    1:21:07 Big 12: Arizona, Texas Tech, BYU (again, sorry for some bad audio, it resolves at 1:21:30)
    1:22:00 Group of 5 corner
    American: Tulane and North Texas
    Mountain West; Boise State and UNLV, plus an awesome scene at New Mexico
    Sun Belt: Troy wins to face James Madison, who now has a CFP shot
    Conference USA: Jax State and Kennesaw State
    MAC: Western Michigan and Miami (Ohio)
    1:27:30 Helmet Stickers: Yale and Auburn
    1:29:46 Remember Some Guys: Texas and Vanderbilt
    David's Tyrone Swoopes video

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    1 h et 37 min
  • Rivalry Week Picks, Coaching Search Latest, CFP Controversy + More!
    Nov 26 2025

    Chris Vannini is joined by special guest host Sam Khan for a LOADED episode. CFP ranking controversy! New coaches hired! Rivalry games and seasons on the line!

    Chris' latest update on coaching searches

    Story on Georgia Tech giving away the rivalry home game

    0:00 Intro
    2:44 CFP drama with Miami/ND and Vanderbilt/Texas
    11:54 Why Oklahoma State hired Eric Morris from North Texas
    16:56 Why Colorado State hired Jim Mora from UConn
    19:44 Latest on Lane Kiffin, LSU, Florida, Auburn, Ole Miss, Arkansas, Cal and everything else
    35:30 Game picks, record updates
    SEC
    36:42 Texas A&M at Texas (Friday)
    44:48 Alabama at Auburn
    47:52 Georgia vs. Georgia Tech (Friday)
    51:00 Ole Miss at Mississippi State (Friday)
    53:10 LSU at Oklahoma
    54:45 Vanderbilt at Tennessee
    Big Ten
    57:29 Ohio State at Michigan
    1:02:46 Oregon at Washington
    1:05:19 Iowa at Nebraska (Friday)
    ACC
    1:07:30: SMU at Cal
    1:10:00 Virginia Tech at Virginia
    1:11:56 Miami at Pitt
    1:14:50 Notre Dame at Stanford
    Big 12
    1:15:45 Arizona at Arizona State (Friday)
    1:17:35 Texas Tech at West Virginia, BYU at UCF, Utah at Kansas
    Group of 5 Corner
    1:20:30 American: Tulane, North Texas and Navy
    Sun Belt
    1:24:23 Troy vs. Southern Miss (winner plays JMU)
    Mountain West
    1:26:17 San Diego State vs. New Mexico (and the many other scenarios)
    MAC
    1:27:34 Four teams compete to face Western Michigan
    Conference USA
    1:29:00 Western Kentucky vs. Jax State, plus Kennesaw vs. Liberty
    FCS
    1:31:41 Harvard at Villanova, Yale at Youngstown State, Tennessee Tech vs. North Dakota
    1:33:39 Highest over/unders
    1:34:58 Remember Some Guys: Michigan, Houston, Colorado

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    1 h et 42 min
  • Week 13: Why FSU Kept Norvell and Cal Fired Wilcox + Game Reactions
    Nov 24 2025

    Chris Vannini and David Ubben are back to talk coaching news at Cal, Florida and Ole Miss. Then they react to Week 13 and who's still alive for the College Football Playoff and conference races. Oh, and David tells the story of his email getting hacked.

    0:00 Intro and David's hacked email
    4:55 Welcome to Poney, a new show sponsor — Download Poney
    7:15 Tuesday live show, reviews
    9:20 Florida State is keeping Mike Norvell
    16:58 Cal fires Justin Wilcox
    21:03 Lane Kiffin's waiting game
    25:56 Big Ten- Oregon beats USC, Lincoln Riley gets mad at question
    34:45 Ohio State and Michigan handle Rutgers and Maryland
    36:45 ACC games
    Pitt upsets Georgia Tech
    SMU pounds Louisville
    Miami beats Virginia Tech
    Notre Dame destroys Syracuse
    Duke beats UNC late with a fake field goal
    43:02 SEC games
    Oklahoma beats Missouri ugly
    Vanderbilt dispatches Kentucky
    Texas beats Arkansas to stay alive
    48:30 Arkansas job latest
    50:40 Big 12 games
    BYU gets past Cincinnati
    Utah runs past Kansas State
    53:50 K-State coach Chris Klieman says he deserves more respect
    Arizona State beats Colorado
    Arizona handles Baylor
    1:03:50 Group of 5 corner
    Tulane beats Temple
    UTSA beats East Carolina
    North Texas dispatches Rice
    James Madison gets past Washington State
    1:07:47 Other games of note
    UNLV beats Hawaii, give Dan Mullen more credit
    FIU beats Jax State to get bowl-eligible
    UConn escapes FAU
    USF beats UAB - UAB player arrested for stabbing two teammates
    1:12:30 Hot seat watch: Michigan State
    1:15:44 Helmet stickers: North Texas and Vanderbilt
    1:18:00 Remember Some Guys: Stanford, San Diego State, Northwestern

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    1 h et 27 min
  • Week 13 After Dark: ACC, Oregon, Hot Seat Watch, Oklahoma + More
    Nov 23 2025

    Chris Vannini and David Ubben went live on the Bunch Formation YouTube page on Saturday night to talk about some of the day's games. Topics include the ACC (Pitt, SMU, Virginia and more), Oregon's win vs. USC, Lane Kiffin, Oklahoma, Vanderbilt, the Group of 5, hot seat watch for Sunday and more.

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    48 min
  • Week 13 Picks! SEC Coward Week, USC-Oregon Eliminator + Lane Kiffin Latest
    Nov 20 2025

    Chris Vannini and David Ubben are back for Week 13 picks, CFP eliminators, and some more talk about Lane Kiffin, Steve Sarkisian and the SEC's SoCon Saturday.

    0:00 Intro
    2:45 Lane Kiffin's contentious teleconference
    9:09 Steve Sarkisian says he's not leaving
    11:45 Sam Leavitt not expected to return to Arizona State
    17:32 David defends the SEC-FCS challenge
    22:08 Picks record update
    23:48 USC at Oregon
    28:37 Pitt at Georgia Tech
    30:30 Missouri at Oklahoma
    33:20 BYU at Cincinnati
    35:27 Kentucky at Vanderbilt
    38:38 Arkansas at Texas
    40:27 Louisville at SMU (Chris will be there)
    42:01 Miami at Virginia Tech
    45:00 Duke at North Carolina
    47:00 Kansas State at Utah
    48:29 Washington State at James Madison
    49:50 American Corner
    North Texas at Rice
    Tulane at Temple
    East Carolina at UTSA
    54:16 Hawaii at UNLV (Friday)
    Hot Seat Watch
    55:00 Florida State at NC State
    57:45 Baylor at Arizona
    59:10 Michigan State at Iowa
    1:01:00 Sam Houston at Middle Tennessee
    1:01:18 Highest/lowest over/unders
    1:03:00 Remember Some Guys: USC, BYU, Iowa

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    1 h et 10 min
  • CFP Reaction, Lane Kiffin Latest + James Franklin Fits At Virginia Tech
    Nov 19 2025

    Chris Vannini and David Ubben went live after the College Football Playoff ranking show. Are Miami and Alabama too low? Vandy too high? What Tulane's ranking says about the G5 path. Then the guys get into what's happening with Lane Kiffin and why James Franklin is a great fit at Virginia Tech

    0:00 CFP reaction
    22:36 Lane Kiffin latest
    37:37 James Franklin and Virginia Tech

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    54 min