Brian Kelly was angry that day, my friends... After losing a heart-breaker vs. USC in Las Vegas due to mostly self-inflicted mistakes, the Brian Kelly pop year may be more of an idea than a reasonable construct. For as long as D'Anton Lynn holds up his end of the bargain, USC may be able to hold off the inevitability of Lincoln Riley. Until then, w…

Week 1 lived up to the offseason hype! While it took a half, Georgia was inevitable vs. Clemson. Carson Beck and the boys outclassed Cade Klubnik and company in a total referendum type of game for Dabo Swinney. Kirby Smart leads the best team in college football, and he knows it! A little bit south of Atlanta, Cam Ward and the Miami Hurricanes look…

We have been doing a college football podcast for one year! That's right! Season 2 of False Start is officially underway, and the boys could not be more excited about it. As John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com) and Cody Williams (Content Director, FanSided.com) revealed their preseason picks to make the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff…

First and 15 for a moment... We have arrived at the Group of Five, a sector of college football worth fighting for! As John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com) and Cody Williams (Content Director, FanSided.com) unpacked the best of the rest, they simply cannot wait for the season to start in earnest this upcoming weekend. From who definitely, maybe…

What a start to the 2024 college football season! Across the pond, the real one and not the fictitious one made of dirt John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com) and Cody Williams (Content Director, FanSided.com) often talk about, we saw the Ramblin' Wreck of Georgia Tech ... wreck Florida State's chance at back-to-back undefeated regular seasons du…

We do more than shoot hoops and turn left on this podcast. As John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com) and Cody Williams (Content Director, FanSided.com) attempted to unpack the wacky, weird and wonderful that his sure to come with the ACC this year, they came to the conclusion that they don't know nothing! The guys each have a pair of teams not na…

The Big 12 is a 16-team league now, and we couldn't be happier about it. As John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com) and Cody Williams (Content Director, FanSided.com) unpacked the Power Four conference that is too big to be small, they realized that so many things are up in the air, and they disagreed on just about everything. From who is winning …

False Start hits the century mark previewing the Big Ten for the 2024 college football season. Ohio State and Oregon appear to be head and shoulders above the conference but which other teams could challenge to make it to Indianapolis or the College Football Playoff? Plus, Dillon Gabriel and the Big Ten's Heisman candidates; Kirk Ferentz, Ryan Day,…

College football is almost here and we're starting to preview the 2024 season with, of course, the SEC. A full breakdown and preview of the conference with a look at the contenders for the College Football Playoff, predictions for the title bout, Heisman candidates that just mean more, coaches on the hot seat and much more. Plus, we dust off Just L…

Jim Harbaugh's burger-related penalties from the NCAA have come down and it's a long show-cause. Michigan might be absolutely toast now with the looming sign-stealing consequences looming. Plus, which programs have chronically underachieved in the CFP error and which can now change the narrative? We also dive into Will Howard's unintentional shot a…

When you think of Katie Ledecky, one of the first things you think of is her being a former ACC superstar ... not! As America's favorite third-place conference continues to shoot itself in the foot again, Ledecky just set another record in the 1,500-meter freestyle. Will the real Patrick Mahomes stand up? Well, the Patrick Mahomes you have at home …

RaRa Thomas is in hot water with the ACCPD again... As Georgia is about to kick off another high-profile season Between the Hedges, one of their better veteran receivers has been suspended indefinitely. The Dawgs have no choice but to embrace the next man up mentality with the suspension. Over in Charlotte, ACC commissioner Jim Phillips is more obs…

The unofficial Big Ten Preseason media poll is out and we have some qualms with Michigan, Nebraska, Rutgers and many more! Speaking of problems, maybe Ryan Day telling Ohio State players to use EA College Football 25 to scout opponents is part of the issue in Columbus. Plus, Lincoln Riley continues to underwhelm when it comes to his moxie and tough…

SEC Media Days have come and gone. As Lane Kiffin challenged Paul Finebaum on the set of his show, Nick Saban may have not-so-subtly gaslit his former team by not picking Alabama to make the SEC Championship Game. Meanwhile, Kirby Smart is over the moon about not needing to have a credential. As for Sam Pittman, he wants us all to embrace the hog. …

Florida State is going to need a miracle, or a total ACC collapse, to be able to join either the Big Ten or the SEC. While nobody likes the Seminoles, Carson Beck foretold the story of the Stadium of the Damned, better known as Jordan-Hare to those like Jackson Arnold, who are not in the know just yet. At the end of another lost highway, but sure t…

We're just two guys in our 30s at summer camp acting like 17-year-olds. It's a Wet Hot American Summer episode of False Start with talk on another Georgia driving incident, Deion Sanders going after recruiting services, Travis Hunter cooking his own offensive line with the Buffs, Power 4 college football coaches who could leave for other P4 jobs, p…

Mike Gundy had everyone up in arms again after his comments about Oklahoma State RB Ollie Gordon II's DUI arrest. But was the mullet actually just trying to deflect from his players? Meanwhile, Deion Sanders and Colorado got a little extra off the top to be the first to join the Big 12 of the Four-Corners schools. Plus, Paul Finebaum thinks Lincoln…

All USC has to do is this one thing... Unpacking Colin Cowherd's latest dialogue with Joel Klatt is all about the Trojans and their chances of making the expanded College Football Playoff for the first time. Can they do it? Matt Rhule's definition of the word "desperate" is akin to a former President's definition of the word "is". It is getting so …

It's a holiday weekend and which college football coaches would we want to spend it with? We break down the best and worst hangs for the Fourth of July before then breaking down ESPN's Matt Miller's early 2025 NFL Mock Draft... and we have some QUESTIONS! Plus, Shane Beamer is Cocky, Horns Down is meant for the SEC, and Arch Manning is the plucky y…

Welcome to a new era of college football! With July 1 having come and gone, several Power Five teams have switched leagues to become the Power Four. Not everyone is going to love their new place. Some may end up regretting it... One of those teams changing leagues is Texas. Longhorns QB Quinn Ewers has a bold take in that Texas will be everybody's …

The False Start crew is joined by Scott Rogust (Editor, FanSided.com) to talk 2024 college football quarterbacks and who we should like -- or dislike, along with drafting programs to start Dynasty Mode with in EA College Football 25 and some CFB comparisons for Metallica songs. Plus, Blue-Chip Ratio for 2024 is out meaning these 16 teams can win th…

It's easier to fly solo when you don't have to cross the pond... From above, you can see why BYU had its way with Louisiana, how absurd Brent Venables' new Oklahoma contract is, and why now is the time to be all about The U! John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com) mans this rocking ship, as Cody Williams (Senior Editor, FanSided.com) serves as a f…

The legendary Phil Steele released his Top 40 college football rankings for the preseason and we have some questions. A lot of questions, in fact. Ryan Day is facing questions too and his predecessor, Urban Meyer, is ramping up the pressure. Plus, Lincoln Riley has been trying to duck LSU and is just an unserious coach, we unpack Brad Crawford's SE…

Don't be made at Coach Prime for ruining the story ... and possibly the entire evening. Regardless of if it happened or not, the fact we cannot immediately refute the entire Colorado football team being forced to watch Shedeur Sanders open up for Lil Wayne against their will is the reason John Buhler and Cody Williams were put on Earth to make this…

Which college football quarterbacks should be top of mind coming into the 2024 season? And which will be by the end of the year? We break down the stars, the can-be stars, and even some also-rans with upside. Plus, Eli Drinkwitz was shredding in a Brian Kelly-esque recruiting video, Ryan Day is a "walking excuse", which CFB coaches would pull a Dan…

Paul Finebaum is an absolute legend! His meticulously calculated, but visceral takedown over Urban Meyer when compared to Nick Saban was about as good as it gets. Well done, sir! You cooked him, bruh. As the remnants of Meyer continue to cook in a Runza parking lot, Lane Kiffin says you can't spell Citrus Bowl without U-T. Yes, the Ole Miss head co…

Who are the locks to make the 2024-25 College Football Playoff? The almost locks? The wild cards? And which coach who isn't among the three active head men with a national championship will be the next to earn some hardware? Plus, Kadyn Proctor opened up about his brief return home to Iowa before transferring back to Alabama, Bryan Harsin offered u…

Tyler Buchner is absolutely in his bag, dawg. After transferring back to Notre Dame from Alabama to play lacrosse, the newest lax bro national champion wants to walk onto the Fighting Irish's football team ... as a receiver. As long as Marcus Freeman is okay with it, you do you, man. Rudy!, Rudy! If you thought about playing with Iowa in EA College…

The SEC converged in Destin over Memorial Day Weekend. Whether it was Josh Heupel dunking on his alma mater, Billy Napier addressing the Jaden Rashada-sized elephant in the room, or Steve Sarkisian hating every notion of an SEC injury report, the league's head coaches and athletic directors gave us the content we craved. Plus, Tyler Buchner is a ch…

RIP to the GOAT Bill Walton. ESPN's post-spring Top 25 college football rankings are out and Cody Williams (Senior Editor, FanSided.com) is breaking down his biggest gripes about the rankings. Plus, the shock and surprises of the EA College Football 25 tier payouts and the teams in each tier. Cody also breaks down Nyck Harbor's ridiculous speed and…

James Franklin is in hot water at Penn State for truly awful behavior regarding players' medical situations. Florida isn't in a good spot either as former 5-star and current Georgia backup QB Jaden Rashada is suing the Gators over NIL payments that were never made. Plus, Jim Harbaugh might've stayed at Michigan if not for Warde Manuel, TNT is getti…

We are so living in a simulation, brother. With Scottie Scheffler getting arrested outside of Valhalla Golf Glub in Louisville ahead of round two of the PGA Championship, the guys tried to figure out what college football head coaches are most likely to suffer the same fate of being so anonymous looking. Dabo Swinney would honestly probably rather …

Alicia de Artola Castillo joins the program to talk early College Football Playoff contenders from every Power 4 conference, Big Ten win totals for the 2024 season, and which CFB programs are living a Semi-Charmed kind of Life (baby, baby)! Plus, Buhler and Cody break down Ohio State wanting Michigan's title to have an asterisk, chaos in the ACC, a…

The dang vidya games... Yes, EA Sports has given us an EA College Football 25 deluxe edition cover to talk about, one that may or may not have the right six college stars prominently featured on it. If you look hard enough, you can see Noah Fifita right in front of Carson Beck, as well as Bill Walton and Big Bird leading the way out of the tunnel. …

Episode 73 calls for a celebration of the 1973 Almost Famous Tour with Stillwater. John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com) and Cody Williams (Senior Editor, FanSided.com) pay homage to Cameron Crowe's cinematic classic featuring their doppelgängers Russell Hammond and Jeff Bebe and a true masterpiece. How does Almost Famous help us talk about Lane…

Nobody likes you when you're 23. But when you turn 33, and enter your Jesus year, the world is your oyster, brother. As Cody Williams (Senior Editor, FanSided.com) becomes clearer than Larry Bird in Space Jam, John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com) helped him make sense of all the nonsense they did to entertain themselves in the first week of May…

Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes are the lightning rod in a hurricane of the college football offseason and the transfer portal, with the social media receipts to prove it. Meanwhile, former Florida State and now-Bills receiver Keon Coleman is blaming... checks notes... Georgia (?) for the Seminoles' hapless plight in the CFP. Plus, the spr…

We could stomach one last slice of pumpkin pie. While Mel Kiper Jr. can never get his fill of pumpkin pie filling for breakfast, the guys tied a bow on what was an eventful 2024 NFL Draft for everyone involved. In a shocking twist of fate, Nick Saban got to see one of his kickers get drafted while devouring his second of two oatmeal creme pies for …

The first round of the 2024 NFL Draft is now in the books and we're breaking down the our favorite picks in the Top 32 along with our head-scratchers and a whole category of its own going to Buhler's Atlanta Falcons leaving everyone shocked and appalled by picking Michael Penix Jr. at No. 8. Plus, Jaden Rashada portaled to Athens as the Georgia QB …

A promise is a promise. Jim Harbaugh is a man of his word, and got the cheapest Michigan 15-0 championship tattoo $110 can buy. He may be a champion, but Jerry Kill has better arm ink, bruh. Deion Sanders is getting lapped by Joey McGuire in the Big 12 recruiting race. The man won't leave Boulder, resulting in his sons to recruit players over socia…

You've been served, Michigan! The attention you ordered was a grease-soaked bag of hamburgers carrying a three-year probationary period. Just wait until the monkey's out of the bottle with regards to the sign-stealing scandal. Pandora doesn't go back in the box, Coach Prime. He only comes out! More and more players are getting out of Dodge in Bould…

The Spring Transfer Portal window is open in college football, and Kalen DeBoer has to have Alabama working the lines in the worst way for the Crimson Tide to compete atop the SEC. And in the Big Ten, Ryan Day thinks Ohio State is closer to glory than they've actually been -- maybe he's just making excuses? Plus, the SEC lied to Texas A&M and littl…

Hello, friends. And welcome to an episode unlike any other. It's Masters week, so we're comparing the favorites at Augusta to college football programs. We also dive into the spring transfer window, which already has drama with USC DL Bear Alexander and Oregon State RB Damien Martinez. Plus, big updates out of spring practice for LSU with the secon…

Are you buying what Drake Maye is selling? Maye may be Cody Williams' guy but he is one of the most polarizing quarterbacks prospects in this draft. John Buhler may not love the guy, but he's certainly no Merril Hoge. While Caitlin Clark was the best thing to ever happen to Iowa Hawkeyes' women's basketball, Brian Ferentz was the worst thing to eve…

The College Football Super League has a proposal and it's... way better than you're probably thinking. And hey, maybe that will get Washington State back into the forefront of CFB! Braulio Perez, our guest for the week, sure hopes so. Plus, DJ Burns might somehow be a legitimate NFL Draft prospect as a basketball player, Bo Nix ain't about this SEC…

Chris Low knows all the right people in all the right places. The noted ESPN college football writer got an exclusive Q&A with Georgia head coach Kirby Smart. It is certainly worth the read, as it is dissecting all the breadcrumbs he left. Michael Penix Jr. had a great Pro Day at Washington. While he should be a first-round pick, not everyone is th…

Nick Saban is retired from Alabama, but not from figuring out how to be a human being thanks to the Ten Commandments of Ms. Terry, including how to send an email. Meanwhile, another former college coach and national champion, Jim Harbaugh, is starting his Chargers career living in an RV with Greg Roman. Because of course he is. Plus, the J.J. McCar…

Why "pull an Eli" when you can do it twice? That might be the ace (or two) Deion Sanders has up his sleeve regarding his son Shedeur Sanders and fellow Colorado football star Travis Hunter's NFL futures. Eli Manning's NFL legacy is complicated, but Coach Prime reads from the Book of Eli. Bad things always come in threes, as Georgia had a no good, v…

Kadyn Proctor is heading back to Alabama after spending mere months back in the corn of Iowa, which is forecasting a potentially insane spring transfer portal window. And Kalen DeBoer is earning the bag getting Proctor back as Bama's $10 million man. Plus, J.T. Daniels is college football's Van Wilder and won't leave the sport, Troy Dannen only spe…

There is only one way to fill out a March Madness bracket. While Cody Williams (Senior Editor, FanSided.com) is a college basketball savant, having grown up in North Carolina and all, John Buhler (Staff Writer, FanSided.com) is an absolute stooge buffoon with these sort of shooty hoops shenanigans. Because they are ... them, the guys decided to fil…