False Start - College Football Podcast
A college football podcast for everyone... and everyone else.
John Buhler and Cody Williams break down the biggest and littlest college football stories every week to bring the joy of this dumb, beautiful sport to every fan and could-be fan.
John Buhler and Cody Williams break down the biggest and littlest college football stories every week to bring the joy of this dumb, beautiful sport to every fan and could-be fan.
Episodes
116 episodes since 2023
Episode 109: The Great Texas QB Debate Between Quinn Ewers And Arch Manning, Michigan Wishes It Had Texas' Emerging Problem, It Has Hit The Fan In Tallahassee
While Michigan does not appear to have a quarterback, Texas may have two.As Alex Orji overtakes Davis Warren on the Michigan depth chart, Arch Manning is creeping ever closer to the talented, but often-injured Quinn Ewers.Texas ...
September 16, 2024
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1:17:59
Three Yards And A Cloud Of Punt: Week 3, 2024: It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's Arch Manning!, Georgia Survives Lexington Shenanigans, LSU And Oklahoma Might Be Fraudulent
Great things happen when you don't forget your student ID!While Quinn Ewers got hurt (again...), we got to see what all the hype was about regarding his high-profile Texas backup Arch Manning. He looked like a Manning, but with the whee...
September 15, 2024
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Episode 108: The Pac-12 Lives!, Upsets On The Horizon In Trap Game Week?, What Are You Even Doing, Billy Napier?
The Pac-12 is back from the dead!When everyone was getting ready for sleep, the Pac-12 will go from two teams to six teams in a few years with Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State and San Diego State joining Oregon State and Washin...
September 12, 2024
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1:09:36
Episode 107: Can Oregon Be Trusted After Two Weeks?, It's Getting Hot In Herre For These Head Coaches, Buhler Birthday Week Commences With Some Graphic Design Is My Passion
In the wake of Kansas and Notre Dame falling, how good is Oregon really?As John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com) and Cody Williams (Content Director, FanSided.com) examined the latest AP Top 25 Poll and forecasted their up-to-date, 1...
September 09, 2024
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1:18:09
Three Yards And A Cloud Of Punt: Week 2, 2024: Notre Dame Upset By NIU, Texas Dog Walks Michigan, What Do We Know About Alabama And Utah?
Week 2 gave us the upsets our college football souls crave.While Kansas did fall to Illinois, who saw Notre Dame losing to Northern Illinois?After seeing Texas embarrass Michigan in The Big House, the SEC has started to separate...
September 08, 2024
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Episode 106: Florida State Is On Fire, Billy Napier Is Cooked, Michigan May Be Screwed, None Of Which Are Better Than Ezra, All Of Which Would Strive To Live In Sunnyvale
The Ain't No Sunshine Showdown could be coming to a TV set near you in late November!As Florida State stares 0-2 overall, and in ACC play, down the barrel, it has been a barrel of monkey business for Billy Napier at Florida. With their ...
September 05, 2024
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1:19:33
Episode 105: Brian Kelly Embarrasses His LSU Family In Las Vegas, USC Might Have A Defense Now, Do We Know Anything About Ohio State?
Brian Kelly was angry that day, my friends...After losing a heart-breaker vs. USC in Las Vegas due to mostly self-inflicted mistakes, the Brian Kelly pop year may be more of an idea than a reasonable construct.For as long as D'A...
September 02, 2024
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1:25:58
Three Yards And A Cloud Of Punt: Week 1, 2024: Georgia Crushes Clemson In Dabo Swinney Transfer Portal Referendum, Cam Ward Is All About The U In Gainesville, The ACC Might Be Hellaciously Bad
Week 1 lived up to the offseason hype!While it took a half, Georgia was inevitable vs. Clemson. Carson Beck and the boys outclassed Cade Klubnik and company in a total referendum type of game for Dabo Swinney. Kirby Smart leads the best...
September 01, 2024
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Episode 104: College Football Playoff Projections, Preseason Heisman Trophy Ballots, Which Coaches Will Be Gone ... Eventually?!
We have been doing a college football podcast for one year!That's right! Season 2 of False Start is officially underway, and the boys could not be more excited about it.As John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com) and Cody Willia...
August 29, 2024
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1:23:18
Episode 103: Group Of Five Preview: Who Are The Playoff Contenders?, Who Could Be Eyeing Bigger Jobs Next Year?, Phil Collins, Take Us Home!
First and 15 for a moment...We have arrived at the Group of Five, a sector of college football worth fighting for!As John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com) and Cody Williams (Content Director, FanSided.com) unpacked the best o...
August 26, 2024
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1:13:00
Three Yards And A Cloud Of Punt: Week 0, 2024: It's Not All About DJ U, As Georgia Tech Stings Florida State In Dublin
What a start to the 2024 college football season!Across the pond, the real one and not the fictitious one made of dirt John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com) and Cody Williams (Content Director, FanSided.com) often talk about, we saw ...
August 24, 2024
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Episode 102: ACC Preview: Clemson And Florida State Are OVERRATED? Kyron Drones Might Be A Dude, Notre Dame Could Be A Final Four Team
We do more than shoot hoops and turn left on this podcast.As John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com) and Cody Williams (Content Director, FanSided.com) attempted to unpack the wacky, weird and wonderful that his sure to come with the A...
August 22, 2024
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1:11:24
Episode 101: Big 12 Preview: Who's Going To Arlington? What Coaches Are Getting Cooked Like Lincoln Riley Easter Brisket On The Hot Seat?
The Big 12 is a 16-team league now, and we couldn't be happier about it.As John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com) and Cody Williams (Content Director, FanSided.com) unpacked the Power Four conference that is too big to be small, they ...
August 19, 2024
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1:09:31
Episode 100: Big Ten Preview: Ohio State-Oregon Then Who?, Dillon Gabriel for Heisman, Hot Seat Watch, Celebrating 100 Freakin' Episodes
False Start hits the century mark previewing the Big Ten for the 2024 college football season. Ohio State and Oregon appear to be head and shoulders above the conference but which other teams could challenge to make it to Indianapolis or the Co...
August 16, 2024
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1:27:24
Episode 99: SEC Football Preview: CFP Contenders, Heisman Candidates, Hot Seat Watch, One-Hit Wonders
College football is almost here and we're starting to preview the 2024 season with, of course, the SEC. A full breakdown and preview of the conference with a look at the contenders for the College Football Playoff, predictions for the title bou...
August 14, 2024
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1:18:24
Episode 98: Jim Harbaugh Gets Whopper of a Show-Cause, Pitbull Stadium (Dalé!), Playoff Underachievers and Narrative Changers, Will Howard's K-State Shot, SEC Mandatory Injury Reports
Jim Harbaugh's burger-related penalties from the NCAA have come down and it's a long show-cause. Michigan might be absolutely toast now with the looming sign-stealing consequences looming. Plus, which programs have chronically underachieved in ...
August 09, 2024
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1:05:36
Episode 97: Katie Ledecky Was Definitely An ACC Superstar, Dylan Raiola Is The Patrick Mahomes You Have At Home, Potential Clarity On The Michigan Sign-Stealing Situation
When you think of Katie Ledecky, one of the first things you think of is her being a former ACC superstar ... not!As America's favorite third-place conference continues to shoot itself in the foot again, Ledecky just set another record ...
August 02, 2024
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Episode 96: RaRa Thomas Suspended Indefinitely By Georgia, Jim Phillips Is All About Third Place, Grayson McCall's Alabama Waterfall Is Absolutely Glorious
RaRa Thomas is in hot water with the ACCPD again...As Georgia is about to kick off another high-profile season Between the Hedges, one of their better veteran receivers has been suspended indefinitely. The Dawgs have no choice but to em...
July 30, 2024
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1:20:52
Episode 95: Big Ten Media Poll Takedown, CFB Coaches' Olympic Calling, Video Game Scouting at Ohio State, Lincoln Riley Hates Thunderstorms
The unofficial Big Ten Preseason media poll is out and we have some qualms with Michigan, Nebraska, Rutgers and many more! Speaking of problems, maybe Ryan Day telling Ohio State players to use EA College Football 25 to scout opponents is part ...
July 27, 2024
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Episode 94: Lane Kiffin Is SEC Media Days' Most Serious Groundhog, Nick Saban Is The Master Of Gaslighting, There's A Deep Throw By Castellanos...
SEC Media Days have come and gone.As Lane Kiffin challenged Paul Finebaum on the set of his show, Nick Saban may have not-so-subtly gaslit his former team by not picking Alabama to make the SEC Championship Game.Meanwhile, Kirby...
July 23, 2024
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Episode 93: Nobody Likes You, Florida State, Carson Beck Tells Jackson Arnold The Tale Of How Cursed Jordan-Hare Really Is, Paul Finebaum Wants To Fire Lincoln Riley Yesterday
Florida State is going to need a miracle, or a total ACC collapse, to be able to join either the Big Ten or the SEC.While nobody likes the Seminoles, Carson Beck foretold the story of the Stadium of the Damned, better known as Jordan-Ha...
July 19, 2024
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Episode 92: Georgia's Got a Fast Car and a Real Problem, Colorado Remains a Circus In Every Way, CFB Coaches Leaving for Other P4 Jobs, Our Wet Hot American Summer
We're just two guys in our 30s at summer camp acting like 17-year-olds. It's a Wet Hot American Summer episode of False Start with talk on another Georgia driving incident, Deion Sanders going after recruiting services, Travis Hunter cooking hi...
July 16, 2024
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Episode 91: Mike Gundy's DUI Comments and Controversy, Colorado's Big 12 Special Treatment, Lincoln Riley's Last Year at USC, Tales From the Mines, Reaching Nirvana
Mike Gundy had everyone up in arms again after his comments about Oklahoma State RB Ollie Gordon II's DUI arrest. But was the mullet actually just trying to deflect from his players? Meanwhile, Deion Sanders and Colorado got a little extra off ...
July 14, 2024
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Episode 90: What USC Has To Do To Make The CFP, Matt Rhule's Redefines Desperation, What Coaches Are Getting Fired First?
All USC has to do is this one thing...Unpacking Colin Cowherd's latest dialogue with Joel Klatt is all about the Trojans and their chances of making the expanded College Football Playoff for the first time. Can they do it?Matt R...
July 09, 2024
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1:06:33
Episode 89: Best and Worst CFB Hangs for Fourth of July, 2025 Mock Draft Ridiculousness, Horns Down in the SEC, Arch Has His ID and a Good Attitude
It's a holiday weekend and which college football coaches would we want to spend it with? We break down the best and worst hangs for the Fourth of July before then breaking down ESPN's Matt Miller's early 2025 NFL Mock Draft... and we have some...
July 06, 2024
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