Archive - Split Zone Duo

'CFB 27' Deep Dive with EA Sports' Principal Game Designer

Gamers, this is for you. Non-gamers, we hope this is ALSO for you, because we talk about how the game fits into the broader college football world.

Jul 2 • Alex Kirshner and Richard Johnson

1:14:20

June 2026

The Worst Head Coach Firings of the 21st Century

SUBSCRIBER EPISODE: Let's discuss some cautionary tales before we all start trying to get coaches fired in a few months.

Jun 30 • Alex Kirshner, Richard Johnson, and Steven Godfrey

52:53

CFB Newsletter: My Soccer Team is Tennessee

This week at Split Zone Duo: crossover football talk.

Jun 26 • Hector Diaz

What Can World Cup Expansion Tell Us About the CFP?

The biggest sporting event in the world got 50 percent bigger this year. How is that going, and what could CFB's leaders learn from it?

Jun 25 • Alex Kirshner and Richard Johnson

57:55

Can These Doomed CFB Coaches Turn It Around?

A case-by-case analysis of tenures that have gone south or gone stale.

Jun 23 • Alex Kirshner, Steven Godfrey, and Richard Johnson

1:05:25

Which NFL team will pick Brendan Sorsby in the supplemental draft?

So long to the biggest story of the college football offseason.

Jun 19 • Hector Diaz

Hopefully the last show we do about Brendan Sorsby

Our long CFB national nightmare is over (I think)

Jun 17 • Richard Johnson

25:45

What worries you the most about your CFB team in 2026?

It's time for some offseason therapy.

Jun 16 • Richard Johnson and Alex Kirshner

1:32:53

Our 26 Most Interesting Transfers of 2026

We continue to march toward the football season with this dive into teams' portal additions.

Jun 10 • Alex Kirshner and Richard Johnson

1:05:42

Did Brendan Sorsby Just Win? Here's an Expert

What does everyone do now?

Jun 9 • Alex Kirshner

35:46

The Most Interesting Testimony From That Senate College Sports Hearing

Yeah, yeah, yeah, a big bill to govern college sports. But did you catch the part where Nick Saban recited Bama's roster budgets under oath?

Jun 5 • Hector Diaz

Congress *Might* Actually Reform College Football

Listen now | The latest Sports Business Hour focuses on a bill that, finally, exists.

Jun 5 • Alex Kirshner and Richard Johnson

1:16:08

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