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Come Fan with UsMonday, June 22, 2026

PODCAST AIN’T PLAYED NOBODY: We *almost* had triple option in the Pac-12 :(

Ifs, buts, candy, nuts, etc.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: DEC 27 Foster Farms Bowl Arizona v Purdue
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: DEC 27 Foster Farms Bowl Arizona v Purdue
Photo by Samuel Stringer/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

Let’s mourn almost-hires and celebrate the best games of 2017!

Topics:

  • WE ALMOST HAD TRIPLE OPTION IN THE PAC-12
  • Has Noel Mazzone ever coached a true running QB?
  • This week’s Derek Dooley reference
  • The first two volumes of this year’s Top 100 Games list (100-71, 70-41)
  • Pitt’s depressing lead up to its uplifting Miami upset
  • Dwayne Haskins, Tua Tagovailoa, and security blankets
  • In the Big 12, you will get sucked into shootouts no matter what
  • Memphis was screwed by the schedule-maker and still thrived
  • UNLV’s nutty year
  • Nov. 4 was quietly an AMAZING day of college football
  • 11-on-10
  • When playing the odds goes wrong
  • Poor EMU
  • Never go back to Indianapolis, Wisconsin fans
  • Seriously, though, Northwestern-Nebraska is awesome every year
  • West Coast coaching culture (and the shift from “My wife can go to the grocery store here!” to “I can’t get enough support”)
  • Football major? No, but what about a coaching major?
  • Georgia Southern’s unstable future
  • #AskPAPN

(Note: We recorded this before news of Tyler Hilinski’s death emerged late yesterday evening. So that’s why it doesn’t get brought up when we discuss a Wazzu game on the top 100 list.)

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