Always College Football with Greg McElroy

With the NFL draft around the corner and recruiting never stopping McElroy looks at what school is at the top for each offensive position. Alabama, Ohio State, Oklahoma are all well represented but don’t sleep on Notre Dame, USC, Michigan, Iowa and North Carolina | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It doesn’t matter if it’s Auburn, USC or anyone in between - spring football games ALWAYS get fans fired up. McElroy is here to give you the 8 rules for fans as get ready for the first real college football they have seen since early January | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It can be tough being a college football fan, the ups and downs and the passion that always stays with you. McElroy sits back and gives some honest feedback to fans from Penn State, Texas, North Carolina, Washington and Florida on how they should really feel about the future of their programs. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Michigan had a great weekend with Jadyn Davis committing and holding their spring game. Plus the Wolverines are the only team that finished in the top 7 that is NOT replacing a QB next season - how will the new QBs be at Alabama, Georgia, Ohio State, Tennessee, TCU and Penn State . | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Will no divisions help the SEC and the BIG 10? McElroy breaks down why it will benefit both. Plus now is the time for the PAC 12 (or BIG 12) to take San Diego State and April Fool’s Day is here - McElroy looks back at the biggest, and worst, fooled you moments in College Football | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dan Lanning and Oregon start spring with big goals while Luke Fickell and Wisconsin start their first spring together. Michigan State, Maryland, Minnesota and UCLA start spring off with BIG (10?) expectations. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Marcus Freeman and Notre Dame start spring with high expectations. Kyle Whittingham and Utah look for PAC 12 3-peat. Can Texas Tech surprise in the Big 12? Iowa, Iowa State and Duke also start off spring ball with high expectations. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Some big moves at Miami, Clemson, Arkansas, Texas A&M and TCU with new offensive coordinators named - what impact will they have? Will Georgia be looking for a new OC and who will Saban hire? Plus who can claim Jalen Hurts Oklahoma or Alabama? | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Who is under more pressure to win in 2023 Alabama and Nick Saban or Ryan Day and Ohio State. Will NIL deals cost a coach their job? Can the Big 12 win a National Title without Texas OR Oklahoma? McElroy answers all of these plus looks ahead to the G5 in 2023. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Is Florida State the favorite in the ACC heading into 2023 or can Clemson keep their stranglehold on the conference? There were A LOT of quarterbacks that transferred out (some stayed in) of the ACC - what to make of that position looking ahead. Can Notre Dame take the next step with their best quarterback since Brady Quinn? McElroy breaks it all down | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coach Prime and Colorado, USC’s returning Heisman Trophy winner, the back to back conference champs in Utah, DJ U is a Beaver and Dan Lanning has Oregon trending up. The PAC 12 is going to be phenomenal in 2023, and McElroy is here to give an early look. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kansas State is the defending conference champion. TCU became the first Big 12 team to win a playoff game - and the conference welcomed in 4 new teams. 2023 is going to be crazy in the Big 12. Can Texas and Oklahoma improve play from last season and take over the conference before they leave? McElroy takes an early look. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

McElroy looks at what the Big 10 has coming back for the 2023 season. Ohio State has some questions, Penn State looks to build on a fantastic season. Can Fickel and Rhule elevate Wisconsin and Nebraska to be contender’s in year 1? | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

McElroy looks at what the SEC has coming back for the 2023 season. Alabama has A LOT of questions, LSU in year 2 under Kelly and Tennessee looking to build on a fantastic season. Will middle of the pack teams - Florida, Texas A&M, Ole Miss and Auburn - elevate their games or will Georgia keep their edge. Plus CJ Stroud turns pro and Clemson has a new OC. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

McElroy and Matt Barrie discuss what we learned from the 2022 season. Is Clemson’s dominant run in the ACC over? Did the PAC 12 show they might have a playoff team or 2 in the future? Can the Big 12 and Big 10 recover from playoff losses? Will anyone challenge Alabama or Georgia in the SEC? | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

So there was a blowout in the National Title - so what. There have been blowouts in Super Bowls and NCAA Tournament finals. McElroy tells us why 1 game shouldn’t define a sport even if it was on its biggest stage. Plus Michigan, Utah, South Carolina and Florida State get some star power coming back in 2023. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Greg McElroy on the Georgia Bulldogs becoming the first team to win back-to-back titles in the CFP era. Greg reacts to the historical context of Georgia’s dominant win. Where does Stetson Bennett rank among Georgia’s GOAT & odds on Georgia to 3-peat in 2023. Plus, we preview what is to come for the rest of the year for the show during the CFB offseason | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Georgia put on a performance for the ages against an overmatched TCU team. Everything was clicking and McElroy is here to tell you watchout because Georgia might not be done. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

McElroy sits down and goes in depth with Joey Galloway and Jordan Rodgers about the Georgia vs TCU National Championship. Plus McElroy, Jesse Palmer, Tim Tebow, Desmond Howard and others share their favorite National Championship game memories. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

McElroy sits down and goes in depth with David Pollack and Sam Acho about the Georgia vs TCU National Championship. What would it mean for UGA to go back to back. How can the TCU defensive line hold up against Georgia? Is there a surprise brewing in Los Angeles | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

McElroy gives his in depth breakdown of the National Title. Plus we go through some of the best Prop Bets for the TCU/Georgia game - Max Duggan as any ANYTIME TD scorer, Stetson Bennett over/under 1.5 TDs. There is money to be made. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Where would a TCU win rank in ALL-TIME sports upsets? Can a “non-blue blood” win a National Title and change the perception of College Football heading into an expanded playoff? What would it mean for perception of other teams heading INTO a season? | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kirby Smart is looking to join Nick Saban, Knute Rockne, Bear Bryant, Tom Osborne, Bud Wilkinson and a few select others as back-to-back National Champs. What would that mean to Georgia AND Kirby? Plus new (QB) faces in new places. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TCU Head Coach Sonny Dykes joins Always College Football ahead of the National Championship to about the great win over Michigan, preparing for Georgia and the culture that they have to give them an edge in the Natty. Plus McElroy recaps an amazing Cotton Bowl and other bowl games | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An unbelievable weekend of semifinal games saw TCU and Georgia move on to the National Championship. McElroy looks back at the games, tells you how they were won and what to expect in the Natty. Plus a look back at Bryce Young and a game of low hanging fruit | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

McElroy picks Georgia and Michigan to move on to the National Championship and tells you why. Plus Chris ‘The Bear’ Fallica gives his picks for the rest of the weekends games | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

McElroy looks back at Ohio State’s season and tells you why the Buckeyes can win it all. Plus, Alabama looks dangerous, USC looks vulnerable, Utah looks primed and who will take the ORANGE Bowl? | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

McElroy previews a plethora of bowl games over the next couple of days and dives into the mailbag to answer some questions. Will the Ohio State faithful show up in droves in Atlanta? Which quarterback in the CFP would you rather have leading your team? Also, McElroy shares why bowl games matter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Twas the night before Christmas Eve and all through the house only McElroy and Bear are here to help you make money for your spouse (or yourself - whatever). The guys breakdown a few of the bowl games to old you over during the holiday weekend. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

McElroy recaps TCU’s season and dives into how the Horned Frogs managed to go 12-1 in Sonny Dykes’ first year. How did Max Duggan, a guy who didn’t start Week 1, become a Heisman finalist? How many comeback wins did TCU actually have? A lot. McElroy also previews the pair of bowl games on Friday in the Gasparilla Bowl and the Independence Bowl and makes his picks. | Always College Football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices