The SI College Football Podcast

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Andy and Lindsay are talking brackets, baby. Which No. 1 seed has the easiest path? Which one has the toughest? Andy also tries to do the impossible and make you feel sorry for Duke. Plus, Lindsay's interview from earlier this season with Gonzaga big man Przemek Karnowski.

Sexual assault survivor and activist Brenda Tracy joins Lindsay and Andy to discuss her new campaign, "Set the Expectation," a pledge she's asking coaches and players to sign where they agree that playing sports is a privilege, not a right, and understand that not only is physical violence and sexual violence never OK, but that as public figures they are held to a higher standard. "Sexual assault does not discriminate," Tracy says. "This is a human issue."

Andy interviews Trevor Moawad, a mental coach who has worked with various college football programs (including Alabama and Florida State) and pro athletes (including Russell Wilson). Moawad explains the difference between positive thinking and non-negative thinking and why some of the smallest things matter for some of the best college football programs.

Recovering lawyer and current SB Nation wonk Ryan Nanni joins Lindsay and Andy to discuss the NCAA’s latest allegations against Ole Miss. What more might the Committee on Infractions do? What happens to Hugh Freeze? Wasn’t it all worth it just for Katy Perry and the corn dog?

Andy, Lindsay and SBNation’s Dan Rubenstein deliver an homage to the excellent How Did This Get Made podcast with a full show discussing the greatest (Editor’s Note: This is highly debatable) college football movie ever made. So take a trip back in time to an age when Scott Bakula and Sinbad could lead a ragtag band of walk-ons to gridiron glory. A tie against Kansas constitutes gridiron glory, right?

Andy chats with Kobe Buffalomeat, the Illinois State signee who became a national sensation on National Signing Day.

Georgia coach Kirby Smart joins to talk about the Bulldogs’ highly ranked recruiting class. Also, Andy and Lindsay discuss the pitfalls of being a recruit who starts National Signing Day in jail.

Former Clemson LB Ben Boulware discusses the pre-draft process, the placement of his national championship tattoo and the one endorsement deal he dreams of snagging.

In the wake of the scandal at Oregon in which multiple players were hospitalized after an off-season workout, former Oklahoma offensive lineman Ty Darlington joins hosts Andy Staples and Lindsay Schnell to give a player's perspective on strength training.

Andy & Lindsay recap a crazy CFP championship game, chat briefly about the coaching carousel that's still turning & Lindsay talks with with Willie Taggart about his newest rebuilding project.

Cole Cubelic of ESPN and the SEC Network join Andy and Lindsay to talk about offensive line play in the National Championship Game, defensive line play in the National Championship Game, and on field hijinks.

Adam Jude of The Seattle Times joins Lindsay and Andy to talk about the underdog Huskies, and how all this dynasty talk about Alabama might just be playing into Washington's hands. Plus, the other times the unbeatable college football team got beat, and semifinal predictions.

Ten years ago, the Broncos of Boise State shocked the college football world when they upset Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl using three trick plays at the end of regulation and overtime to slay Goliath. A decade later, their victory still resonates.

Lindsay and Andy talk college football and interview Clemson linebacker Ben Boulware.

Martin Rickman of UPROXX Sports joins Lindsay and Andy to give insight into the Wake Forest scandal, and FAU coach Lane Kiffin talks with Andy.

Bruce Feldman of Fox Sports joins Andy and Lindsay to talk about the recent hires of Willie Taggart at Oregon and Matt Rhule at Baylor. The gang also discusses the most down-to-earth coaches in college football and somehow manages to let the conversation veer into an economic discussion of site selection for prostitutes.

Edward Aschoff of ESPN.com joins Andy and Lindsay to talk about the Alabama-Washington Peach Bowl Semi and how anyone, and IF anyone, can beat the mighty Crimson Tide. Plus, Aschoff gives his best restaurant and sight-seeing tips to ATL tourists. Lindsay and Andy also discuss if the playoff committee got it right, and look ahead to the Ohio State-Clemson match up in the Fiesta Bowl.

Joel Klatt of Fox Sports joins the show to discuss the latest CFP rankings and headaches, plus potential chaos after championship weekend. Then Lindsay and Andy debate Oregon's firing of Mark Helfrich and discuss the coaching carousel and their favorite conspiracy theories.

The First Lady of Ohio State Football: Shelley Meyer, the wife of Ohio State coach Urban Meyer, joins Lindsay and Andy to discuss Thanksgiving, the game against the school the Buckeyes aren't allowed to name and how Urban showed off his shaved ankles the first time they met.