Saturday Down South Podcast

The Playoff field is set! The guys react to a surprising top 12 with early thoughts on all of those matchups. They dig into the scariest teams, who got the best draw, what to make of Alabama-Oklahoma and more. Plus, the guys discuss what in the world Alabama did to get demolished by Georgia in the SEC Championship. They close with some Heisman Trophy thoughts and revisit Connor's nightmare travel experience. Chapters: (00:00:05) Playoff Selection Reaction (00:19:00) SEC Championship Reaction (00:30:22) SEC Playoff Previews (01:10:22) Heisman Preview Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a fully stacked midweek pod! The guys clean up some SEC Coaching Carousel things with takeaways from the 6 new coaches in the conference. They preview the SEC Championship and discuss who'll win in yet another Alabama-Georgia showdown in Atlanta. Georgia legend Aaron Murray joined the show to discuss the coaching carousel, Georgia's offense and the Year 2 slump for Ryan Williams. The guys close with Lad of the Week! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In perhaps our most stacked pod ever, we had coaching hires made at LSU, Auburn, Florida AND Arkansas. The guys dig into all the Lane Kiffin drama, as well as the trickle-down effect of those 3 programs who filled vacancies. They dig into all of the SEC Rivalry Week games including what the SEC Championship outlook will be for Alabama and Georgia yet again. The guys closed with a prediction of the CFP Top 12. Chapters: Lane Kiffin to LSU (00:00:00) Jon Sumrall to Florida (00:12:08) Alex Golesh to Auburn (00:19:53) Ryan Silverfield to Arkansas (00:24:34) Alabama / Auburn (00:29:18) Texas A&M / Texas (00:44:25) Arkansas / LSU (01:00:33) Vandy / Tennessee (01:09:17) Georgia / Georgia Tech (01:18:53) Clemson / South Carolina (01:25:08) Louisville / Kentucky (01:31:38) Mizzou / Arkansas (01:34:37) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rivalry Week is here! Connor is solo today, but he breaks down every SEC matchup in a loaded slate to close the regular season. The Next Round's Jim Dunaway joins the show to talk all things Iron Bowl and the Auburn vacancy. Connor closes things out with Lad of the Week! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was a sleeeeeeepy Week 13 slate in the SEC, but the guys have plenty of takeaways, including why Brent Venables took on something that Lincoln Riley couldn't, Diego Pavia solidified his status as a legitimate Heisman Trophy contender, Tennessee finally won in The Swamp and Texas waited until late November to turn on the offensive gas. The guys closed with the CFP Top 12 prediction and some Lane Kiffin thoughts. Chapters Oklahoma / Mizzou (00:04:34) Kentucky / Vandy (00:24:11) Tennessee / Florida (00:42:16) Texas / Arkansas (00:58:29) Predicting Playoff Rankings (01:11:34) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Somehow it's the 4th Saturday of November. The guys have a loaded pod ahead of Cupcake Week in the SEC. They discuss the 4 Power Conference matchups (Mizzou-Oklahoma, Arkansas-Texas, Vandy-Kentucky and Tennessee-Florida), plus, Lock of the Week. CBS Sports' Shehan Jeyarajah joined the show to discuss the weird developments on the College Football Playoff, the coaching carousel and Texas Tech's rise. The guys close with Lad of the Week! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Week 12 was a wild one in the SEC. The guys dig into all the matchups, including Oklahoma handing Alabama its first home SEC loss of the 2020s, Kirby Smart still owning Steve Sarkisian, A&M's baffling 60 minutes against South Carolina, Lane Kiffin getting an ironic win vs. Florida, Ahmad Hardy's historic night and a perfectly fitting interim bowl between Arkansas and LSU. The guys closed by prediction the CFP Top 12. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Week 12 has arrived and there are some massive stakes in the SEC. The guys dig into all the games in a pivotal week, including South Carolina-Texas A&M, Arkansas-LSU, Oklahoma-Alabama, Florida-Ole Miss, Texas-Georgia and Mississippi State Mizzou, plus Lock of the Week. LSU legend Jacob Hester joined the show to discuss the vacancy in Baton Rouge, Garrett Nussmeier and SEC running backs. The guys close with Lad of the Week! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Week 11 delivered us ... blowouts. The guys dig into the entire SEC slate, including LSU benching Garrett Nussmeier against Alabama, A&M rolling in CoMo, Vandy winning a thriller in a Diego Pavia-Cam Coleman shootout, Georgia flexing in a 2010s way and Kentucky dominating a lost Florida, who benched DJ Lagway. The guys close by predicting the Playoff top 12. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Week 11! The guys discuss the first Playoff Poll of 2025. Plus, they have 5 SEC matchups to break down (Georgia-Mississippi State, Texas A&M-Mizzou, Auburn-Vandy, LSU-Alabama and Florida-Kentucky) and Lock of the Week. The Next Round's Ryan Brown joined the show to discuss all things Auburn, Jon Sumrall and Ty Simpson The guys close with Lad of the Week! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We got breaking news that Hugh Freeze was fired at Auburn, That headlined Week 10. The guys dig into Brent Venables' big-time win at Tennessee, Texas holding off Vandy's wild comeback, Georgia surviving Florida with another late rally, South Carolina fired Mike Shula after a dreadful showing at Ole Miss, Mississippi State finally got an SEC win and the guys closed with the Freeze discussion and who could replace him. Chapters: Oklahoma/Tennessee (00:00:43) Vandy/Texas (00:29:49) Georgia/Florida (00:46:55) Ole Miss/South Carolina (01:05:18) Miss State/Arkansas (01:15:53) Hugh Freeze/Kentucky/Auburn (01:22:10) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Week 10 is here! The guys have a full breakdown of their August Draft of SEC teams. They preview all the storylines heading into the first Saturday of November with predictions for Vandy-Texas, Florida-Georgia, South Carolina-Ole Miss, Mississippi State-Arkansas, Oklahoma-Tennessee and Kentucky-Auburn. Florida legend Chris Doering joined the show to talk all things Cocktail Party, the Florida vacancy & some SEC WR trends. The guys close with Lad of the Week! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the stunning news on Sunday night that Brian Kelly is out at LSU, the guys recorded an emergency podcast. They recap what went wrong for Brian Kelly. Also, who should replace him? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Week 9 was another electric week in the SEC. The guys dig into all the matchups, including A&M's statement win in Death Valley, Alabama surviving at South Carolina, Vandy grinding out another top-15 win, Ole Miss rallying late to beat Oklahoma, Texas pulling off a miraculous comeback, Auburn finally getting a QB decision right and Josh Heupel continuing his dominance of Mark Stoops. Chapters: A&M/LSU (00:03:30) Alabama/South Carolina (00:16:20) Mizzou/Vandy: (00:27:48) Ole Miss/Oklahoma (00:39:39) Texas/Miss State (00:54:13) Auburn/Arkansas (01:09:32) Tennessee/Kentucky (01:17:03) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a fully stacked Week 9 in the SEC. We've got 7 conference games, many of which have massive SEC Championship ramifications. Who takes care of business to keep a path to Atlanta alive? The guys discuss all of those matchups. CBS Sports' Brad Crawford joined the show to discuss the Shane Beamer-Virginia Tech drama, as well as who Florida should hire and an interesting national championship hypothetical. The guys close with Lad of the Week! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We got breaking news that Billy Napier is out in the midst of Year 4 at Florida. The guys discuss that at the end of the episode. They break down all of the Week 8 SEC action, which had 6 1-score games. Is Georgia just inevitable? Does Alabama's win vs. Tennessee erase the last remaining Kalen DeBoer skeptics? Plus, A&M is the last remaining unbeaten, Texas is too casual and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a full slate of SEC games in Week 8 without any byes or nonconference games, so the guys discuss each matchup with thoughts and predictions on LSU-Vandy, Oklahoma-South Carolina, Ole Miss-Georgia, Texas A&M-Arkansas, Mississippi State-Florida, Texas-Kentucky, Tennessee-Alabama and Mizzou-Auburn. Jesse Simonton joined the show to discuss a bunch of midseason storylines in college football with some predictions for latter half of the year. The guys close with Lad of the Week! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was a fascinating week in the SEC with all sorts of takeaways. Texas made a Red River statement with a blowout win of John Mateer-led Oklahoma. The guys discussed Ty Simpson playing his tail off in an impressive road win at Mizzou, and why Kalen DeBoer just accomplished a remarkable feat. A controversial play flipped everything between Georgia and Auburn while LSU fended off South Carolina, A&M cruised late vs. Florida and Tennessee avoided a Bobby Petrino stunner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a loaded Week 7 in the SEC. We've got a full Week 7 preview with picks for Alabama-Mizzou, Oklahoma-Texas, Arkansas-Tennessee, A&M-Florida, Georgia-Auburn and South Carolina-LSU. Laura Rutledge joined the show on behalf of Honey Baked Ham to discuss all things Florida, SEC Nation, early-season SEC takeaways and more. The guys close with Lad of the Week! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Week 6 had some fireworks, especially in The Swamp, where Florida delivered a statement win vs. Texas. The guys discuss what that actually meant for Billy Napier, and perhaps why it felt more significant for the Longhorns. Alabama got its revenge on Diego Pavia, though it wasn't a picnic for the Tide. The guys discuss A&M grinding through a slow offensive start vs. Mississippi State and Georgia keeping Kentucky in the SEC basement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices