The Solid Verbal College Football
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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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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...
2026 Win Totals Are Out and The Verballerhood Has Thoughts: Alabama, Ohio State, LSU, and Beyond
Last week, win totals dropped for every Power 4 team. We did the responsible thing and polled the Verballerhood for it's initial response. In this epi...
Mega March Q&A: Part 2 - Surprise Playoff Teams, College Football Inertia, and the Greatest Big Backs
The second part of our Mega March Q&A is here, and we're going deep on the questions that (apparently) matter most to the Verballerhood ahead of the 2...
Mega March Q&A: Part 1 - Kalen DeBoer's Future, Two-Bid Big 12 & Optimal Tailgating
The Verballerhood's questions were so good that we had to split our Mega March Q&A episode into two parts. In Part 1, we look at Kalen DeBoer's future...
College Football's Annual Checkup: Grading The Sport From Head To Toe
It's time for the annual college football checkup. In this episode, we put college football on the exam table and rate every major element of the spor...
Home Improvement: The Most Intruiging Coordinator Hires For 2026
The 2026 college football offseason has brought a fascinating wave of coordinator changes at some of the sport's most prominent programs. In this coll...
Coach Draft: Who Fixes the 14 Worst Power 4 Programs in College Football?
With inspiration from a popular post on the /r/CFB subreddit, we take a look at the 14 worst (statistical) teams in the Power 4 and conduct a hypothet...
Chuck Klosterman on Blue Bloods, Nostalgia & College Football's Chaotic Future
Chuck Klosterman has written about music, pop culture, and the nature of reality... but football is a different level of obsession. In today's episode...
Sac State joins the MAC, SEC Scheduling Turmoil & First Year Coach Grades
In today's episode, Dan returns from his travels as we dive into Sacramento State's curious move to the MAC and the newest SEC scheduling controvery....
The State of the Big 12: From CFP Credibility to Kansas State's Reboot (with John Kurtz)
In this episode, we're joined by John Kurtz of the Open For Business podcast and newsletter to talk about the state of the Big 12 conferenced heading...
North Dakota State Goes FBS, Nebraska Palace Intrigue & Six Teams on Trend Watch
In today's episode, we break down North Dakota State's historic move to FBS and the Mountain West, including the financial details, the NCAA's probati...
Kenny Dillingham Stays Put, Wisconsin's Bucket of Wrenches & the 2025 College Football Stories You Loved
With Valentine's Day around the corner, we take a look at the 2025 storylines we secretly loved. Whether scrappy teams held things together with gum a...
Super Bowl LX Preview: The College Football Fan's Guide
For years, you've asked us to do a Super Bowl preview. We finally did it, but with the only spin that makes sense for a college football podcast: look...
The Sherrone Moore Saga & How Kyle Whittingham Ended Up at Michigan
The year ended with an absolute whirlwind for Michigan and Utah football. First, the Wolverines fired Sherrone Moore for an inappropriate relationship...
17 Things That Made 2025 Weird, Wonderful, and Uniquely College Football (Part 2)
After covering seven major items in Part 1, we're back with 10 more things that defined the 2025 college football season. In this episode, we run the...
17 Things That Made 2025 Weird, Wonderful, and Uniquely College Football (Part 1)
The 2025 college football season is in the books, and it was... a lot. Join us as we attempt to catalog the moments, storylines, and characters that m...
Way-Too-Early Top 12s & Duke Sues Darian Mensah | College Football
With the national championship in the rearview mirror, we turn our focus to 2026 with our first official podcast of the preseason. In this episode, we...