Rundown: (0:40:00) Taylor McHargue, CBS Sports (1:00:00) Craig Smoak’s “Big 12 Mojo Rankings” (2:05:00) Zach Gelb, Infinity Sports Network (2:20:00) Paul’s “Top 5”/Super Chat’s/Wheel/Quizzes/Poll Results Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Paul Catalina, Craig Smoak, and David Smoak are joined by Zach Gelb, Host on Infinity Sports Network, to react to Michigan’s shocking decision to fire Sherrone Moore for cause and the chaos it ignites across college football. Zach breaks down why Kenny Dillingham should be Michigan’s first call, whether the Wolverines will finally step outside the “Michigan Man” bubble, and how long the administration may have known trouble was coming. The conversation also dives into the wild coaching carousel, comparisons to the NBA-style drama overtaking the sport, the Notre Dame playoff debate, Lane Kiffin rumors, and the broader dysfunction shaping the postseason. #collegefootball #cfb #cfp #acc #big12 #bigten #sec Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
365 Sports is joined by Taylor McHargue, CBS Sports Analyst and Former Rice Quarterback, to break down a wild turn in the college football world as Michigan abruptly parts ways with Sherrone Moore. Taylor discusses the timing, the off-field issues reportedly tied to the decision, potential coaching candidates, the ripple effects across the sport, and how the broader postseason landscape continues to shift. They also dive into bowl opt-outs, transfer-portal chaos, BYU’s playoff frustrations, and Texas Tech’s rise in the Big 12. #collegefootball #cfb #cfp #acc #big12 #bigten #sec #michigan #bigblue Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Paul Catalina closes out his multi-day series Paul Catalina’s Top Five with presenting guest Flag & Anthem, Official Sponsor of the Top Five Series. In this final installment of his college football structural fixes, Paul shifts to the philosophical side—urging leaders to listen to fans, give coaches a real seat at the table, unite the conferences, live in present-day reality, and finally establish a calendar that won’t collapse every time a rule changes. Flag & Anthem continues its role as the featured partner for the segment as Paul brings the series home. #collegefootball #cfb #cfp #top5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Paul Catalina returns with Paul Catalina’s Top Five, joined once again by presenting guest Flag & Anthem, Official Sponsor of the Top Five Series. In Volume Two of his college football structural fixes, Paul breaks down five more changes he believes the sport must make—from building a legally viable enforcement system to rethinking media deals, partnering with pro player unions, ending conference-specific officiating, and finally settling on a long-term playoff format. Flag & Anthem continues its role as the featured partner for this multi-day series. #collegefootball #cfb #cfp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Paul Catalina breaks down his latest edition of Paul Catalina’s Top Five with guest Flag & Anthem, the presenting sponsor of the segment. In this episode, Paul walks through how he would structurally fix college football — from redefining the Power Four and Group of Six relationship to creating universal conference procedures, admitting players are employees, and ultimately installing a true commissioner to lead the sport. Flag & Anthem Co. continues its role as the official partner for the series. #collegefootball #cfb #cfp #top5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this crossover edition of Catalina’s Cowboys Corner, Paul Catalina is joined by Tanner Carlson, Cowboys Analyst for 365 Sports, to break down the suddenly shifting NFC East race and the Cowboys’ surprising path back into the playoff picture. With the Eagles stumbling and Dallas gaining momentum, Paul and Tanner dive into what it will take for the Cowboys to win out, where the real challenges lie, and why December football may define this team’s identity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rundown: (0:40:00) Ari Temkin, Big 12 Radio on Tune-In (1:00:00) Shehan Jeyarajah, CBS Sports (1:25:00) Brett McMurphy, On3 Sports (1:45:00) Craig Smoak’s “Off the Radar” (2:20:00) Paul’s “Top 5”/Super Chat’s/Wheel/Quizzes/Poll Results Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Brett McMurphy, National College Football Insider for On3 Sports, joins the show to break down one of the most chaotic and controversial weeks college football has ever seen. Brett reacts to Notre Dame opting out of its bowl game, the SEC’s frustration with the Irish, and why their public complaints have angered nearly everyone outside South Bend. He explains how the Irish enjoyed every benefit of independence — yet now want exceptions when the system doesn’t break their way. #collegefootball #cfb #cfp #acc #big12 #bigten #sec #notredame Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Shehan Jeyarajah, National College Football Writer for CBS Sports, joins the show to break down Baylor’s surprising hire of Doug McNamee as athletic director and what it signals about the school’s priorities in a rapidly changing college athletics landscape. Shehan explains why McNamee’s lack of recent college athletics experience raised eyebrows, how his deep Waco ties and fundraising background won over key decision-makers, and why revenue generation may now matter more than traditional AD credentials. #collegefootball #cfb #cfp #acc #big12 #bigten #sec #notredame #baylor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
SiriusXM Big 12 Radio’s Ari Temkin joins the show to break down a pivotal moment for Baylor, the Big 12, and the future of college athletics. Ari shares his first impressions of Baylor’s new athletic director Doug McNamee, why the modern AD role is now driven by revenue and business building, and how McNamee steps into an unusually complicated timeline with Dave Aranda entering what appears to be a lame-duck season. #collegefootball #cfb #cfp #acc #big12 #bigten #sec #baylor #sicem Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode of Paul Catalina’s Top Five, Paul Catalina, Host of Paul Catalina’s Top Five, delivers his five biggest ideas to save bowl season as college football’s postseason faces its most dramatic identity crisis yet. With opt-outs rising, fan interest shifting, and the traditional bowl model collapsing under modern realities, Paul lays out creative — and blunt — reforms that could actually revive the sport’s long-standing December tradition. #collegefootball #cfb #cfp #bowlgames #bowls #top5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rundown: (1:25:00) Dave Bartoo, CFB Matrix (1:45:00) CFB Coaching Carousel (2:05:00) Phil Bennett, College Football Analyst (2:20:00) Paul’s “Top 5”/Super Chat’s/Wheel/Quizzes/Poll Results Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
College football chaos is everywhere, and Phil Bennett, Former Baylor Defensive Coordinator and longtime college football coach, joins the show from WaterColor, Florida to break down the wildest week of the season. Bennett shares his honest thoughts on the coaching carousel, including Matt Campbell’s move to Penn State, Texas Tech’s rise to the Big 12 summit, and Indiana’s stunning defensive turnaround on championship weekend. #cfb #cfp #collegefootball #acc #big12 #bigten #sec Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this in-depth breakdown, Dave Bartoo, College Football Matrix, joins the show to explain why Alabama’s final playoff ranking is the single most subjective placement in the past 12 years of committee history. Dave walks through his regression of 240 top-20 teams, revealing how Alabama became the biggest statistical outlier of the playoff era and why the committee’s decision deviated sharply from its own long-established metrics. #collegefootball #cfb #cfp #acc #big12 #bigten #sec Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today’s edition of Paul Catalina’s Top Five, Paul Catalina, Host of 365 Sports, breaks down the Top Five Reasons Notre Dame Is Wrong in their reaction to the newest playoff format and bowl landscape. Paul lays out why the Irish misread the situation, how their own decisions helped create this exact postseason puzzle, and why cultural ripple effects inside a locker room matter more than bowl prestige. #collegefootball #cfb #cfp #notredame #irish #top5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rundown: (0:25:00) Zach Barnett, FootballScoop.com (1:10:00) Pat Smith, 3ManFront (1:35:00) Riley Nelson, Former BYU Quarterback (2:00:00)Blake Horvath, Navy Senior Quarterback (2:20:00) Paul’s “Top 5”/Super Chat’s/Wheel/Quizzes/Poll Results Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Paul Catalina, David Smoak, and Craig Smoak are joined by Riley Nelson, Former BYU Quarterback and BYU Football Analyst, for a candid, energetic, and highly detailed breakdown of the Big 12 Championship rematch between BYU and Texas Tech. Speaking from an aerobics room at the gym — tank top and all — Riley dives straight into what went wrong in Lubbock, what changes with a neutral-site environment, and why BYU’s offensive identity will look dramatically different this time. #collegefootball #cfb #cfp #big12 #byu #big12championship Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
David Smoak and Paul Catalina are joined by Pat Smith, Longtime SEC Radio Host and College Football Analyst, for a deep and candid conversation on the shifting balance of power across the SEC and the national landscape. Pat breaks down why Alabama’s grip on the league has loosened, how Georgia’s dominance has changed expectations, and why programs like Texas, Oklahoma, and even rising mid-tier SEC schools now see a real path to contention. #collegefootball #cfb #cfp #sec #coachingcarousel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Paul Catalina, David Smoak, and Craig Smoak are joined by Zach Barnett, National College Football Writer for FootballScoop, for one of the most fast-moving and informative coaching carousel conversations of the year. Zach breaks down the wildest week in recent memory — Auburn, Florida, Penn State, and multiple other major jobs all in play — and explains why this cycle feels unlike anything he’s covered before. #collegefootball #cfb #cfp #coachingcarousel #acc #big12 #bigten #sec Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Paul Catalina, 365 Sports Host and Creator of Paul Catalina’s Top Five, breaks down the biggest keys to the Big 12 Championship rematch between BYU and Texas Tech — a game with playoff stakes, high emotion, and two teams that know each other extremely well. Paul explains how BYU can disrupt Baron Morton, why Texas Tech must start fast, and how Kalani Sitake’s return to the sideline after a dramatic week could fuel the Cougars. #collegefootball #cfb #cfp #byu #texastech #big12 #big12fb #top5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Paul Catalina, 365 Sports Host and Creator of Paul Catalina’s Top Five, breaks down the five best candidates to replace Matt Campbell at Iowa State after Campbell reportedly moves toward taking the Penn State job. Paul evaluates each potential hire through the lens of scheme fit, recruiting philosophy, player development, and how each coach would maintain or elevate the foundation Campbell built in Ames. #collegefootball #cfb #cfp #big12 #coachingcarousel #iowastatecyclones #mattcampbell #top5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rundown: (0:30:00) Sam Khan, TheAthletic.com (1:00:00) Max Olson, ESPN (1:25:00) CFB Picks (2:05:00) Shiel Wood, Texas Tech Defensive Coordinator (2:20:00) Paul’s “Top 5”/Super Chat’s/Wheel/Quizzes/Poll Results Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
David Smoak, Paul Catalina, and Craig Smoak are joined by Max Olson, Senior College Football Writer for ESPN, for an insightful and fast-paced conversation covering championship weekend chaos, the transfer portal’s biggest winners, and the future of conference title games. Max shares the incredible journey of Texas Tech star Jacob Rodriguez, from overlooked walk-on to Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year, and explains why Rodriguez’s story is one of the most remarkable transformations in college football. #collegefootball #cfb #cfp #acc #big12 #bigten #sec Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
David Smoak, Paul Catalina, and Craig Smoak are joined by Sam Khan Jr., Senior College Football Writer for The Athletic, for a wide-ranging and timely conversation on the most chaotic era the sport has ever seen. Sam breaks down how the nonstop calendar — transfer portal windows, early signing periods, coaching changes, and conference realignment — has turned college football into a true 12-month operation, leaving coaches, players, and administrators scrambling for solutions. #collegefootball #cfb #cfp #acc #big12 #bigten #sec Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
David Smoak sits down with Blake Horvath, Navy Midshipman Quarterback and Future Naval Aviator, for one of the most heartfelt and revealing conversations of the year. Horvath shares what the Army–Navy game truly feels like from the inside — the intensity of rivalry week, the pranks across service academies, the pressure of representing thousands of midshipmen, and the emotion of stepping onto the field surrounded by classmates who will soon serve around the world. #collegefootball #cfb #cfp #navy #midshipmen #army #military #annapolis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Paul Catalina, 365 Sports Host and Creator of Paul Catalina’s Top Five, breaks down exactly how Penn State ended up in one of the most embarrassing coaching searches in modern college football. Paul unpacks the fractured relationship between James Franklin and athletic director Pat Kraft, why firing a successful coach in-season backfired, and how unrealistic expectations from a fanbase still living in the shadow of Joe Paterno created the perfect storm. #collegefootball #cfb #cfp #coachingcarousel #bigten #pennstate #nittanylions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
David Smoak sits down with Shiel Wood, Texas Tech Defensive Coordinator, for an extensive and insightful conversation on the Red Raiders’ remarkable surge into the Big 12 Championship Game. Wood breaks down how Joey McGuire’s leadership transformed the program, why the locker room’s culture and love for one another became Tech’s “secret weapon,” and how a roster built from every direction — high school recruits, returning veterans, and key transfers — blended into one of the nation’s most disciplined, connected defenses. #collegefootball #cfb #cfp #big12 #texastech #wreckem Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rundown: (0:40:00) Dave McCann, Deseret News/BYUtv (1:25:00) Dave Bartoo, CFB Matrix (2:05:00) Zach Gelb, Infinity Sports Network (2:20:00) Paul’s “Top 5”/Super Chat’s/Wheel/Quizzes/Poll Results Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Paul Catalina and David Smoak are joined by Zach Gelb, National Radio Host for CBS Sports Radio, for a fiery and unfiltered breakdown of Penn State’s chaotic and increasingly embarrassing coaching search. Gelb explains how the Nittany Lions whiffed on their first wave of candidates — including Matt Rhule, Joe Moorhead, Kenny Dillingham, and others — before scrambling toward names like Brian Daboll, Jeff Brohm, or an NFL assistant as the process devolved into confusion. #collegefootball #cfb #cfp #acc #big12 #bigten #sec Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
