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Come Fan with UsTuesday, August 4, 2026

PODCAST AIN’T PLAYED NOBODY: A fait accompli finale, and a Bowdening for our times

UCF’s still good, Bama-Clemson IV is on the way, and Mark Richt needs to stop trusting people named Richt.

Miami v Duke
Miami v Duke
Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images

The finale to the 2018 college football season feels pre-ordained, but we’re going to entertain ourselves all the same.

Today’s topics:

  • S&P+ will never give up on OSU, Miami, and App State, apparently
  • Mark Richt is close to Bowdening himself (and is a Joe Moorhead from having a top-10 team)
  • Mizzou is a literal two plays from 7-2
  • Never saying anything nice about Iowa or Utah again
  • Michigan, Penn State, and a revenge game for a revenge game
  • At some point, we need to talk about how disappointing Stanford is this year
  • Scott Frost coached a horrible game, and it saved Ohio State
  • God, UCF-Temple was fun (and so was OU-Tech)
  • By the way, UCF really isn’t any worse than last year (or not much, anyway)
  • Ian Book’s passed a lot of tests
  • Our bar is really high for the UGA offense
  • Goodness, Kyler Murray is fun to watch
  • Bama and Clemson are both frustratingly exhilarating to watch
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