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PODCAST AIN’T PLAYED NOBODY: Archie Griffin was overrated! Cam Newton was underrated! Let’s fight!

Arguing about the present tense is easy. Let’s argue about the last 50 years.

Mississippi State v Auburn
Mississippi State v Auburn
Photo by Butch Dill/Getty Images

Everybody say hello to Mitch Light! Athlon’s managing editor joined us for today’s PAPN.

Topics:

  • What it takes to publish a magazine hilariously early while missing as little as possible
  • The glory of fact checkers
  • USC vs. Washington
  • Auburn and the SEC West that is slowly going insane
  • The 50 best players of the last 50 years: let’s argue about Cam Newton! And Archie Griffin! And Charles Woodson! And Danny Wuerffel! And ... Darren Sproles? (~37:30)
  • What you learn as a sideline reporter
  • There’s a reason why head coaches probably don’t get much sleep
  • Vandy and the strange evenness of the SEC East
  • The funnest projected bowl matchups (least fun: Wake Forest-Michigan State)
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