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Come Fan with UsWednesday, June 24, 2026

PODCAST AIN’T PLAYED NOBODY: Auburn, Penn State, and fit vs. making a splash

Ambition and splashes are good. Making the right move is better.

Allstate Sugar Bowl - Auburn v Oklahoma
Allstate Sugar Bowl - Auburn v Oklahoma
Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images

Two weeks into the offseason, and we’re already leaning heavily on reader mail. Please keep it coming.

Topics:

  • Failed feature pitches
  • Auburn vs. Penn State and fit vs. trying to make a splash.
  • The power of adaptability
  • Looking for a better way of reacting to Week 1 results (hint: just don’t freak out one way or the other)
  • The Mountain West’s branding problems — bad TV deals, the wrong programs struggling, and big-city programs not acting like big-city programs
  • Hawaii’s future and the opportunities for tickling Larry Scott’s creative side (hint: JAPAN)
  • (Um, Godfrey’s mic randomly starting to echo. Sorry. It doesn’t last long.)
  • The Pac-12’s schedule is out! And it looks like (perhaps misguided) ambition!
  • Recruiting, development, and deployment: Which coaches are the best at each
  • Why a young coach can make his bones the most quickly in the recruiting department
  • PAPN: the official blog of the Chengdu Pandaman
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