Always College Football with Greg McElroy

Lane Kiffin has a BIG QB competition to sort out this spring - and a new DC to help build off that. Matt Rhule has a fresh start at Nebraska. Louisville and Purdue have new Head Coaches and Baylor looks to bring back some of the 2021 bravado. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alabama starts an important spring practice with a new OC, a new DC while looking for a new QB1 - but they still have Nick Saban. Texas A&M starts spring with A LOT of questions that Jimbo Fisher (and Bobby Petrino) need to answer. Plus Oklahoma State, Syracuse, UCF and West Virginia get spring going. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tennessee must replace Hendon Hooker, Oklahoma must find a defense, TCU looks to replicate a Cinderella season and so many other spring storylines. Plus McElroy gives his top 5 FAVORITE plays since 2000 (hint the Kick-6 is not one of his favorites) | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Georgia will have a new QB as they look for an unprecedented 3-peat - can they do it? Penn State won their 1st Rose Bowl since 1994 - will the momentum carry over? Plus McElroy goes on IN on why the NCAA Tourney should not be compared to the CFP | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

LSU is looking to repeat as SEC West champs and might have everything in place to do it. Kansas State hopes to reload, Arkansas and Oregon State hope to take the next step plus the MAILBAG | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is Florida State ready to take the next step and be “the hunted”? Can Ohio State just plug and play a new QB (probably)? Is Washington the PAC 12’s best playoff chance? So many spring storlines plus the MAILBAG | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Texas has a great QB room but can they take the next step in there last season in the BIG 12. Clemson is starting fresh on offense, UNC has the best QB in the ACC (country?) and BYU is jumping up to the BIG 12. So many spring storylines plus the MAILBAG | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Florida and Miami start spring practice hoping to rebound after disappointing seasons while USC starts the spring hoping to take the next step and make the CFP. NC State, Boston College and Indiana also start practice and McElroy is here to tell you what to look for and make some BOLD predictions. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Auburn starts spring practice with new head coach Hugh Freeze while Michigan starts again after back-to-back CFP appearances. Houston, Kansas, Missouri and Vanderbilt are also starting spring practice and McElroy is here to tell you what to look for and makes a few BOLD predictions. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ohio State canceled a series with Washington and the PAC 12 has been visiting other schools like SMU. What does this mean for the future of the conference. Plus McElroy answers mailbag questions on Florida NIL, the AAC schedule and unhappy transfers | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

McElroy ranks his top 5 SEC coaches (hint Alabama and Georgia are near the top), answers if the Big 10 can close the gap on the SEC and looks into proposed rules changes that could have a profound impact on the game in the future | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Clemson HC Dabo Swinney joins Greg McElroy to give some candid thoughts on changes he would like to see in College football and the College Football playoff. Coach also shares why he hired Garrett Riley and his favorite REGULAR season moment as Head Coach of Clemson | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Texas, Oklahoma to the SEC and USC and UCLA to the BIG 10 - will either be successful? McElroy looks back at Penn State, Nebraska, Miami, Florida State, TCU, Virginia Tech and others who have changed conferences in the last 30 years and how they have fared and the ONE thing the successful teams have had in common. Plus McElroy breaks down Georgia, Miami and Notre Dame’s new Offensive Coordinators | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Luke Fickell joins McElroy to discuss why Wisconsin is the perfect job for him right now. What Phil Longo will bring on to the Badgers offense, why Camp Randall Stadium is the bet place in college football AND why the Big 10 and SEC will move away from everyone else. Plus we hit the mailbag with questions about Nebraska and Wisconsin changing things in the Big 10 and what is happening with Notre Dame’s OC search | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oklahoma and Texas will leave the Big 12 early. McElroy breaks down what it means for both schools and what it means for the SEC and the Big 12. Plus we look into a new contract at Iowa, a big hire in Miami and the retirement of a legend. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How good will Matt Rhule and Luke Fickell do in the Big 10? Can Hugh Freeze make an instant impact at Auburn? Will Coach Prime bring Colorado back to respectability immediately? McElroy goes through and grades all the new coaches and tells you what impact that can have in year 1. Plus we hit the mailbag and make Super Bowl predictions. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

McElroy looks back at the 1st year coaches and hands out grades for their year 1 performance. Brian Kelly, Sonny Dykes, Kalen DeBoer and others with an A+ job. Notre Dame and Oregon with B’s and some work to do. Oklahoma and Miami with F’s and one fan asking if Mario Cristobal is the new Scott Frost - yikes | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nick Saban has his new OC and DC in Tuscaloosa - what does that mean for the Tide in ‘23. Dabo Swinney came out and spoke the truth about fans needing to enjoy the journey so that got us thinking - which coaches are under the most pressure year in and year out | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Big 12 schedule is out and the Big 12 did NOT crush Texas and Oklahoma like some thought they might. TCU however will have to prove last year was not a fluke and the conference welcomes in 4 new members. Plus Jaden Rashada picked his school - McElroy tells you why it was the right choice. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Georgia and Alabama top the recruiting rankings - no surprise there, but what is being built at Texas, LSU, Notre Dame and Oregon might surprise people. Plus who will take over the Big 12 once Texas and Oklahoma leave for the SEC - McElroy’s answer might surprise you. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices