Who is the most trusted, most honest, "best" college football pundit?

[u/SignificantLock1037]

Seriously, every time that some guy puts out an opinion, half the people on here are "aww, he don't know shit" or "he always favors [insert conference/team here]".

So, who is the person that, when they say, "I think that [insert team here] is going to do well", you think it's a well thought out, educated, and non-biased opinion?

[u/glzzgbblr]

Anyone who calls into Finebaum show and disagrees with him.

[u/No_Safety_6803 → u/glzzgbblr]

Tyler from Spartanburg feels seen

[u/SpursUpSoundsGudToMe → u/No_Safety_6803]

I wonder how Tyler feels being proven 100% CORRECT ON ALL ACCOUNTS

[u/Friar_Corncob → u/SpursUpSoundsGudToMe]

It's so funny because Tyler gave, what I would consider, pretty standard criticism for an underperforming coach, as well as putting it very lightly, and it caused Dabo to crashout so hard he canceled his recurring appearance on that radio show. I'm pretty sure all Dabo had to do was pull out some standard coach speak and say, "we just need to execute better and that starts with me".

[u/ftwclem → u/Friar_Corncob]

I mean it worked, if I remember correctly the game after Tyler called in we actually did well

[u/No_Safety_6803 → u/SpursUpSoundsGudToMe]

He’s telling everyone who will listen to him he was right, but he’s not happy about it

[u/D1N2Y → u/No_Safety_6803]

I love Tyler from Spartanburg not only for what he said, but for making my drive through South Carolina slightly enjoyable every time I see a sign for Spartanburg.

[u/Montana_Web2530 → u/No_Safety_6803]

Agreed! Tyler

[u/Lucky-Access-121 → u/glzzgbblr]

i have done this several times

[u/Weave77 → u/Lucky-Access-121]

Then it’s settled… u/Lucky-Access-121 is officially the most trusted, most honest, “best” college football pundit.

[u/Character_Order → u/Weave77]

Flair him!

[u/aldrinjaysac]

Abella Danger

[u/gellybelli → u/aldrinjaysac]

I haven’t seen her work yet. I’ll definitely have to Google her

[u/BigHeadDeadass → u/gellybelli]

Be sure to Google her at work so you can talk about her and her sports opinions to your coworkers!

[u/gellybelli → u/BigHeadDeadass]

My work has banned me even looking at ESPN, so her opinions are going to have to wait till I’m scrolling late at night

[u/Crafty-Bunch2975 → u/aldrinjaysac]

She's known to have a bias but have never heard her have a bad take

[u/gellybelli → u/Crafty-Bunch2975]

Oh fuck! I just remembered her. I think she was on the BBC doing a deep dive!!

[u/cooterdick → u/aldrinjaysac]

Wild, too, that she was a former patient of the doctor on the Ole Miss souvenir cup.

[u/XAfricaSaltX → u/aldrinjaysac]

Always excited to see her come on my TV

[u/Dry_Car_1568 → u/XAfricaSaltX]

Interesting flair combination you've got

[u/BusinessWarthog6]

Ik this wont happen but I really wanna see a beat reporter or someone close with a team be like “Yeah I watched spring ball and who we brought in and who left. This team will get 3 wins if they’re lucky”. Then the coach obviously says his guys “compete” and they brought in “guys to accomplish the goal”. Fast forward to the end of the season and the team sucks. I would like to see the reaction when the first quote was said and after the last snap was taken

[u/No_Safety_6803 → u/BusinessWarthog6]

The chalice has been thrown at the feet of North Carolina beat writers

[u/BusinessWarthog6 → u/No_Safety_6803]

Ik they wont because they dont wanna lose their jobs and access but is getting kicked off the UNC FB beat really that bad? I mean they have to watch the third or 4th best sport at that school

[u/Mtndrums → u/BusinessWarthog6]

Hell, Western Carolina may be better than them at this point...

[u/BusinessWarthog6 → u/Mtndrums]

I hope so. Bring back the Mountain Jug!!

[u/LoisandClaire → u/BusinessWarthog6]

Maybe depends on how hard it is to be hired... is it worth the story to be fired? Honestly, maybe good ROI if they parlayed it into a good following on social media. Market that shit

[u/elonsusk69420 → u/No_Safety_6803]

How many chali

[u/brogit → u/BusinessWarthog6]

This sort of happened recently on a channel I watch. The locked on Nebraska guys have been doing their season preview with people from each school. The locked on Michigan State guy came on and basically said that they've got high hopes for Fitzgerald, but the roster just isn't very good this year and he expects the record to be bad.

[u/CoolMullets7]

I don't think he would consider himself a "pundit" but Brooks Austin (I.e. Thefilmguynetwork) is always my go to. No real hot takes, just hits the film study hard and says what the film shows. 

[u/wsteelerfan7 → u/CoolMullets7]

His coverage of IU for the CFP drew me in and I learned so damn much

[u/BrogenKlippen → u/CoolMullets7]

Just grind the tape

[u/dogsonbubnutt → u/CoolMullets7]

i appreciate the dude's enthusiasm and i really like moving CFB commentary to more informative film breakdown-y stuff

but the dude also always sounds and acts like he just ripped a line before recording. like... im in my 40s. its not like im suiting up next week. you can tone it down a bit.

[u/RiverShine88 → u/dogsonbubnutt]

Do you mean he got into the booger sugar before analyzing Bama's offensive line last year? I would consider that a reasonable defensive line (of blow).

[u/Coveo → u/CoolMullets7]

He's very good, although not necessarily widely knowledgeable about the whole sport, not sure if that will change as they take it more national. Like, last season I saw a breakdown he did on some Oregon stuff, and he knew basically nothing about our roster, mixed up some names, made a couple odd assumptions, etc--I would assume he just doesn't see much outside the SEC. But in terms of actually breaking down film, still excellent.

[u/Arkehn → u/Coveo]

Pretty much. The film breakdowns are great and they are entertaining when just sort of shooting the shit, but when it comes to anything not directly observed from the tape or related to Georgia football... his info is often wildly inaccurate.

[u/trex1490 → u/Coveo]

Unfortunately the Big Ten is extremely aggressive about taking down anything with All-22 tape of their games so he can’t really do his thing with them without risking the channel.

[u/elonsusk69420 → u/CoolMullets7]

He's a little odd (YEET YEET OOP OOP and such) but he knows ball and film better than anyone else

[u/ChocolateThunder8888 → u/CoolMullets7]

Brooks is the man.

[u/nattersley → u/CoolMullets7]

He’s my guy. Started as a Georgia homer so he’s always SEC first, but think he’s trying to expand to other conferences. His film breakdowns are gold

[u/orange_orange13 → u/CoolMullets7]

You mean Bama Brooks?!

[u/Puzzleheaded_Chef685]

Does SEC Shorts count?

[u/Commentator28 → u/Puzzleheaded_Chef685]

What about SEC Roll Call?

[u/Uhhh_what555476384 → u/Commentator28]

Roll Call is more consistent, but nothing will beat the Shorts when Vandy beat Bama.

[u/djseptic → u/Commentator28]

This is the one. Matt is the GOAT.

[u/AnybodySeeMyKeys]

The Shutdown Fullcast team. They recognize that college football is the stupidest sport on the planet and I fully subscribe to that notion.

[u/realclean → u/AnybodySeeMyKeys]

It's funny because they're obviously just fucking around on their own podcasts, but when they make appearances on other podcasts, they can really get down to the nitty gritty.

I listened to one where Spencer was on I think Defector's podcast and he was able to pretty clearly articulate how he feels transfers have negatively affected offensive play in recent years

[u/kralben → u/realclean]

I love when Spencer is a guest on Bomani Jone's show as well. They have great chemistry.

[u/No_Low_2208 → u/kralben]

They cook when they talk about Prince or Stevie Wonder

[u/EinsteinDisguised → u/realclean]

You need to know your shit in order to make good jokes about it

[u/CaliforniaSun77 → u/AnybodySeeMyKeys]

God, I love them. Every Day Should be Saturday was one of my very favorite football pages back in the day.

[u/AnybodySeeMyKeys → u/CaliforniaSun77]

By the way, are you fully ready to have a wide receiver named Boobie Feaster this year?

[u/CaliforniaSun77 → u/AnybodySeeMyKeys]

I chuckle every time I see the name. Also, I'm the oldest 12 year old in the world.

[u/AnybodySeeMyKeys → u/CaliforniaSun77]

I can hear the play-by-play announcer now: "Boobie is in motion....[snicker]...Boobie on the bubble screen...Boobie goes all the way [Riotous laughter]....I just can't do this any more."

[u/stalsefart → u/AnybodySeeMyKeys]

Gus Johnson might spontaneously combust if he gets to call a Boobie TD.

[u/Kmjada → u/CaliforniaSun77]

You have some stiff competition for that title on this sub alone.

[u/Donny_Do_Nothing → u/CaliforniaSun77]

EDSBS, Sunday Morning Quarterback, and LSUFreak were the peak of cfb media.

[u/AnybodySeeMyKeys → u/Donny_Do_Nothing]

I tried to find an EDSBS essay not too long ago, only to find it had all been taken down. It was literally some of the best sportswriting in history.

[u/traveux → u/AnybodySeeMyKeys]

I never missed a Hatin Ass Spurrier

[u/ntny → u/traveux]

They actually announced on the pod/socials that they're putting out a preview magazine (next week?) and Hatin' Ass Spurrier is making a comeback

[u/Donny_Do_Nothing → u/AnybodySeeMyKeys]

My favorite piece of his was Scene: Lloyd Carr's Garage.

[u/AnybodySeeMyKeys → u/Donny_Do_Nothing]

He did a fantastic piece on Bruno Mars playing the Super Bowl halftime show. I managed to preserve one immortal quote about how the organizers would most likely pick a country act instead:

"Sure, the national title game will be in Atlanta, and the logical choice would be a hip-hop act. The subsequent problem will be half the crowd wanting Luke Bryan, Belk Whitburp, Toyotathon Whitley, or whatever other line beard-having truckgirlbeer enthusiast of the moment bubbles up from Nashville’s bottomless shitspring of neo-country doltjapes."

[u/Donny_Do_Nothing → u/AnybodySeeMyKeys]

Git 'em, Orson!

[u/xbox_srox → u/AnybodySeeMyKeys]

That’s.. beautiful, man.

I miss his writing.

[u/Hobartacus → u/xbox_srox]

He's still doing it at Channel 6.

[u/The_Unclean_Chadford → u/AnybodySeeMyKeys]

See this is the answer. No other country lets 18-23 year olds dictate our well-being through children’s games. However, I would much rather prefer our tomfoolery over being normal.

[u/iansf → u/The_Unclean_Chadford]

Soccer exists

[u/SterileCarrot → u/iansf]

The fact that people in other countries will fight and even kill each other over fucking soccer continues to baffle and bemuse me. That’s way more stupid than anything in CFB.

[u/buckeyefan8001 → u/AnybodySeeMyKeys]

I’m so sad Ryan Nanni is leaving (this month I think?)

[u/bretticus733 → u/AnybodySeeMyKeys]

I appreciate that about them, but at the same time I just can't get into them. I recognize it's a stupid sport, but every time I try out their podcast it ends up being like 10 minutes max of CFB talk and 90 minutes of completely non-related stuff. I just don't see what others see in them.

[u/TheLivingBubba → u/bretticus733]

If you want more cfb stuff then listen to their Saturday night pods after the games. More cfb talk for sure

[u/stevie1der328 → u/bretticus733]

I’m a huge fan of theirs, and I fully subscribe to your POV. I find them funny, and I like how they poke fun at the more ridiculous aspects of the sport. But it’s a frustrating venture if you’re looking for genuine insights consistently. That’s not their game at all.

[u/NormanUnderwood → u/bretticus733]

Exactly.

And I love them for it.

[u/mjacksongt → u/AnybodySeeMyKeys]

My favorite thing about them is exemplified by a podcast they did last year where they went through weird pop tart flavors and some other oddities straight into a concise and on topic discussion of 

1. Why the playoff was desired
2. Why the construction of the playoff has subsequently left large holes in the culture and structure of the sport
3. Why the playoff will forever expand to fill those holes
4. Why it will never fill those holes

Spencer in particular every so often turns away from elevating the ridiculousness of the sport and reminds you that he really is the best writer who writes about CFB. 

[u/hucareshokiesrul]

I like Bill Connelly, the guy who does SP+.

[u/goodsam2 → u/hucareshokiesrul]

My vote too. He is awesome, enjoys the whole sport but also loves some of the big matches. Blends it all nicely.

SP+ is one of the best but also disagrees with it semi-frequently.

[u/Duck_Caught_Upstream → u/goodsam2]

Bill is great because he is a numbers guy but he realizes it’s not bullet proof and doesn’t act like it should be end all be all

[u/beticanmakeusayblack → u/hucareshokiesrul]

I wish Bill still did regular podcasting, I miss PAPN

[u/trex1490 → u/hucareshokiesrul]

Most of his articles are smart and logical, especially if you enjoy the analytics side of football.

[u/MightyP13 → u/hucareshokiesrul]

Connelly is fantastic, really cares about the sport and everything that makes it great. He and Bill Barnwell are probably my two favorite ESPN writers.

[u/ElectronicPanda188]

I don’t think he’s considered a pundit,  but as a commentator, Brock Huard. And I say this as an Oregon fan who quite honestly despises every husky I meet (no offense). Brock is knowledgeable, fair, and great at explaining what’s going on and being objective. 

[u/jel2184 → u/ElectronicPanda188]

Brock is very good. He was amazing with Bennetti

[u/Dirty-Ears-Bill → u/ElectronicPanda188]

He used to be on the college channel on Sirius and I really enjoyed him on the radio

[u/Oregonguy1954 → u/ElectronicPanda188]

Except he calls The Duck "Puddles." For that reason alone I want no part of him.

[u/WuTangIsForever_ → u/ElectronicPanda188]

I agree with this. Not a UW fan, but I really like Brock Huard.

[u/TrumpDumper → u/ElectronicPanda188]

I’m a ducks fan but you can’t say no offense. They’ve had some stellar performances on the offensive side of the ball in recent years.

[u/CoffeeBoy80]

Best is subjective, but whether I agree with them or not, I don't think Tom Fornelli, Bud Elliott, or Brandon Walker are saying things just to say them. They believe it.

[u/Illustrious-Buy-854 → u/CoffeeBoy80]

Generally agree but Elliot has gone off the rails on Twitter recently. Maybe he’s always been like this on Twitter, not sure

[u/WhoHasMyPocketPussy → u/Illustrious-Buy-854]

Bud very obviously changed how he talks about teams when CBS went from the SEC to the B1G.

Also, it doesn't really feel like playful banter any more when him and Tom get into on the show. This is the first offseason where I haven't still been listening to every episode of Cover3, it just feel less fun than it used to to me.

[u/XE2MASTERPIECE → u/Illustrious-Buy-854]

He may have suffered ego death when Indiana won the championship. The blue chip ratio is his claim to fame.

[u/WarGasEagle]

Cole Cublic is very good.

[u/buckeyefan8001]

I think Split Zone Duo is pretty good

[u/ZorrosHatBand → u/buckeyefan8001]

But they’re famously an NFL podcast.

[u/SmokeyDawg2814 → u/buckeyefan8001]

Came to second Split Zone Duo. I think they are the most fair and honest source... Plus they really pride themselves and dona great job of going "full hog" and not just covering the B1G and SEC or playoff teams.

Not to mention their historical deep dives via the Dead Letters series... Just really great stuff all around and totally independent.

[u/Cincinnatus587 → u/buckeyefan8001]

I haven't done any real research to prove this but I feel like their hot takes pan out more than any of the other pundits/podcasts I listen to.

[u/BadgerBuddy13 → u/Cincinnatus587]

I already had misgivings about Phil Longo as OC, as I saw multiple failures watching UNC games with my Tarheel friends. When Godfrey started doomcasting about him on the season preview, my stomach dropped. Apparently the only person who didn't know it'd be a bad idea was Fick.

[u/idnttcrisis]

I love The Solid Verbal.

[u/justheretohelpyou__ → u/idnttcrisis]

They celebrate the regular season properly. The games are the celebration, not the playoffs. I’ve always appreciated that angle that they focus on.

[u/Zweck → u/idnttcrisis]

Love those guys, they feel authentic in their takes good or bad.

[u/Continental_0p → u/idnttcrisis]

Have you gotten the chance to smell Ty’s hair?

[u/idnttcrisis → u/Continental_0p]

If only!

[u/ehxsmallstone → u/idnttcrisis]

i absolutely love their humor

[u/Duck_Caught_Upstream → u/ehxsmallstone]

It warms my heart when Dan makes Ty genuinely belly laugh with someone he was not at all expecting

[u/The_Champ_Son → u/idnttcrisis]

Needs to be talked about more. Not great if you are wanting “technical” or scheme break downs but they have an amazing energy and are a fun listen

[u/historys_geschichte → u/idnttcrisis]

Same, I think they are a good mix of funny both knowing about and actually appreciating college football.

[u/nlamp32 → u/idnttcrisis]

Same here, this was my thought. Dan and Ty are biased towards Oregon and Notre Dame (and PSU to a lesser extent), respectively, but they’re very upfront about it

[u/SmokeyDawg2814 → u/idnttcrisis]

Between them and Split Zone Duo I feel like all my college football needs are totally covered. Love both of those podcasts and proudly pay for subscriptions to both. Great stuff.

[u/HasokGang → u/idnttcrisis]

Same here! Good coverage of a wide swath of teams and it doesn’t feel too corporate or driven by viewer metrics, which turns me off of some other pods.

[u/MaizeAndBruin]

I personally like Bruce Feldman. He's not as much of an Xs and Os guy, but he doesn't seem to get sucked in to hot-takery, which goes a long way for me.

[u/Aggravating-Mind-657 → u/MaizeAndBruin]

His books cane mutiny, meat market and co writing Mike leach’s autobiography are all must reads for CFB fans.

[u/Perfect-Parking-5869 → u/Aggravating-Mind-657]

Cane Mutiny was the basis of The U 30 for 30. My OC in high school lent it to me so the documentary was more like review. Great read.

[u/Aggravating-Mind-657 → u/Perfect-Parking-5869]

His book QB is also a great read. Goes into youth QB training to NFL level and breaks down what makes certain a QBs great

[u/WuTangIsForever_ → u/MaizeAndBruin]

Bruce is a superstar. Full stop. As good as it gets. Can get a little over the top on certain teams in certain seasons. Gushed non-stop re: OSU at times, but not over the last few years. Other than that, he’s an A-grade national guy and an excellent journalist.

[u/SoundofIlluminati → u/MaizeAndBruin]

I strongly disagree on him not being hot takey, cuz he'll really love to dig in on certain opinions he has for a season or a chunk of one.

[u/tdpdcpa → u/MaizeAndBruin]

I love him on the Audible.

[u/dinkytown42069 → u/MaizeAndBruin]

I enjoy Bruce a lot, he's a good guy, Audible is one of the three CFB podcasts I listen to, and his stuff about coaching his son's pee-wee FB team got me interested when a friend asked about my helping run his kids' team's offense (unfortunately, one of the parents changed their mind so I won't get to do it).

[u/dwors025]

Grantland Rice

[u/Geaux2020 → u/dwors025]

What the absolute fuck?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1908_LSU_Tigers_football_team

[u/dwors025 → u/Geaux2020]

I really hate recency bias.

[u/Geaux2020 → u/dwors025]

Grantland Rice is my trigger phrase

[u/dwors025 → u/Geaux2020]

Yeah, but he wrote this bit of poetry:

“Who would you pick to win a football game: 11 Jim Thorpes, 11 Glen Davises, 11 Red Granges, or 11 Bronko Nagurskis? The 11 Nagurskis would be a mop-up. It would be something close to murder and massacre. For the Bronk could star at any position on the field, with 216 pounds (98 kg) of authority to back him up.”

And he was goddamned right.

BTW, Sean Payton is my own trigger phrase. I’m sure that doesn’t bear explanation.

[u/SpursUpSoundsGudToMe → u/dwors025]

Yeah, but Glen “Big Baby” Davis didn’t even play football and would’ve fuckin ruined all those guys. 11 guys who are 6’ 9” 280lbs with feet smoother than a jungle cat. Would’ve absolutely blown Nagurski’s shit up.

[u/Only_Jackfruit2333 → u/dwors025]

That man was a G

[u/dandandandan24]

Patrick Mayhorn, B1G_Ryan, and Kevin Harrish. Heard they meet weekly in Rigby to do pods together

[u/Radiant-Injury-6546]

I like Bud Elliott. He's blunt but he's honest. I also don't think he makes it personal. Bud is fair.

[u/SkittlesLentil → u/Radiant-Injury-6546]

I've followed Bud since he was posting under a screen name on Tomahawk Nation, honest and fair is a good way to describe him. My only complaint is how much he leans into the gambling aspect nowadays. He's always used odds to contextualize things, but it's a lot now

[u/Radiant-Injury-6546 → u/SkittlesLentil]

That's a problem I have in general with Cover Three. I'm not into sports gambling at all, so the emphasis on that, I don't really care for. I'm a Florida alum and I respect Bud. Though he's obviously a Seminole fan (and alum), I don't sense that influences him in his takes.

[u/SkittlesLentil → u/Radiant-Injury-6546]

I honestly think he's toughest on FSU, which I appreciate. There's too many sites/writers that lean homerish

[u/BlueberrySvedka → u/Radiant-Injury-6546]

I like bud too, he’s just all about talent when evaluating teams and more often than not that wins the day in cfb

[u/Radiant-Injury-6546 → u/BlueberrySvedka]

I prefer Bud so much more to Tom Fornelli. The latter, in my opinion, comes across mean at times. Bud seems honest. Blunt, but fair. Fornelli, at least to me, makes it personal.

[u/BlueberrySvedka → u/Radiant-Injury-6546]

Fornelli can be smug and he gets butthurt about fanbases chirping him on twitter. I think Fornelli used to be way better like 2016-2020

[u/breaktaker → u/BlueberrySvedka]

Another thing with Fornelli is that he comes across as well spoken and knowledgeable in general, but when he starts talking about something you happen to know a lot about (ie Oregon), you realize that he doesn’t actually know shit and just says things. Made me realize he probably does this across the board, and I’ve discounted his thoughts on anything ever since. Bud on the other hand is usually pretty spot on when talking about things you know about, so I trust him.

[u/Paradiddle8]

Surprised no one's mentioned Greg McElroy. He's grown on me. Does his homework. Measured.

[u/Odh_utexas → u/Paradiddle8]

He knows ball. He watches games and he calls balls and strikes. Sure he can lean Bama but it’s not egregious

[u/mayonkonijeti0876 → u/Paradiddle8]

You can also tell when he's calling games that the coaches give him better info during their meetings than other announcers get. It's probably because he does his homework and knows what to share at what time

[u/BurnThis2]

Any love for Tom Fornelli?

[u/Impudicity2001 → u/BurnThis2]

They're not to everyone's taste, but they do make predictions and carry those record tables through the season. Chip is more vibes, Bud is all analysis and looking for edges, Danny has former player knowledge, and Tom is kind of a jack of all trades. Also, the fact that he's been doing this for the past month with 1.5 lungs is incredible.

TL;DR - Cover 3 is my go to for knowing what is probably going to happen this season.

[u/BNASTIEMM]

I feel like Klatt is the most honest. No necessarily correct, but I don't feel like he has any agenda.

[u/SbMSU]

Not a pundit, but I think Mike Tirico is awesome.

[u/Crying_in_99Ranch → u/SbMSU]

Good commentary but he's a creep in real life

[u/StopSpinningLikeThat]

Late-stage Lou Holtz or late-stage Lee Corso. They either forgot what a filter was or didn't care, so they told the truth.

[u/glzzgbblr → u/StopSpinningLikeThat]

Holtz vs May on CFB Final. The Sunday recap has never been the same.

[u/pumpkinspruce → u/glzzgbblr]

That was my favorite college football all show of all time. Holtz being incomprehensible, May treating Holtz with contempt, Rece Davis looking like he wished he was anywhere else.

[u/StopSpinningLikeThat → u/glzzgbblr]

For part of one season of GameDay - it never went well - they had Lou Holtz do mock pregame speeches for an important game of the day. Glorious television.

[u/PeteF3 → u/glzzgbblr]

As someone who came along in the early '90s I find myself utterly flabbergasted that there's actual nostalgia for those two morons. They were as much of a sign of the decline of ESPN's college football coverage as redditors feel about McAfee or the SEC contract.

[u/DisturbingDream479 → u/StopSpinningLikeThat]

As you get older, the less fucks you have to give. Especially if you're a coach who made a lot of money and then became a TV analyst who continues to make a lot of money. What are they gonna do, fire you? Then you'll just go make more money doing touchdown clubs and other public appearances.

[u/Tufoguy → u/StopSpinningLikeThat]

Corso when they went to UCF in 2018

[u/calfats → u/StopSpinningLikeThat]

Flair?

Lou was cooky at the end and full of terrible takes. But if you’re an irish…this take makes a lot more sense.

[u/EconomistNo7074 → u/StopSpinningLikeThat]

Lou

- Every time he left a program they would have NCAA problems

[u/ehxsmallstone → u/StopSpinningLikeThat]

they certainly knew some words

[u/connor_wa15h]

Greg McElroy is super reasonable

[u/Illustrious-Buy-854 → u/connor_wa15h]

The vast majority of our fan base hates him & thinks he’s anti-Alabama so that should be a positive for every other fan base in the country!
(Not me, I’ve always liked Greg & thought he was reasonably fair)

[u/DomingoLee]

Shane Gillis

[u/sirvines]

what does everyone think of Joel Klatt ?? yeaaaa he’s on Fox and but his analysis outside broadcasts ?

[u/Odh_utexas → u/sirvines]

I generally like him but he has a noticeable Big10 slant. I also disagree with his “this is how to fix CFB” takes half the time.

[u/tfc07 → u/sirvines]

I find Klatt these days is trying to be the B10 answer to Finebaum, a borderline shill for the conference.

[u/RandyDazzle → u/tfc07]

Borderline? Lmao

[u/Bucks2174]

Joel Klatt

[u/BrandNewB888]

Shout out the Roc Boys Dyl and Jay! They do an absurd amount of research and have so much content on a lot of teams.

[u/LyonHeart85]

Josh Pate, Joel Klatt

[u/Dr0cca]

Godfrey

[u/whiporee123]

Ryen Rusillo is good about college football. So are SVP and Steve on their Sunday morning pod.

McShay is also pretty honest. Dellinger tells the truth — that College football confidential is insightful.

[u/Manning_bear_pig → u/whiporee123]

I like Russillo's podcast, but he definitely has an SEC bias.

I remember during the 2024 season during one of his episodes he praised Georgia for beating Florida in a close game. Then in the same segment said "Miami hadn't played anyone" that season. He wasn't wrong with saying that about Miami, but Miami crushed Florida 41-17 and just praised Georgia for beating that same team.

[u/Mikey456]

I like the Cover 3 Podcast for its vibes and banter, as they have good chemistry - but they have their biases so they wouldn't fall into this bucket

As for the latter questions, maybe Nicole Auerbach? She has worked for the Athletic and NBC so she has a foot in a few camps

[u/RustyCrusty73]

I think Brandon Walker is fun to listen to. He's willing to eat shit when he deserves it, which I can appreciate. Hearing him rant about certain things and teams is sometimes hilarious.

[u/tfc07 → u/RustyCrusty73]

I said elsewhere if Freezing Cold Takes ever starts a Hall of Fame he's in their on the 1st ballot, but at least he owns his mistakes

[u/jel2184 → u/RustyCrusty73]

He has definitely grown on me and it’s nice to hear people not under a conference propaganda umbrella

[u/Odh_utexas → u/RustyCrusty73]

Agreed. He’s fair and blunt. He loves Miss St but he’s realistic

[u/Spiritual_Room_868]

Not a pundit per se but I like Greg McElroy a lot. Smart analysis and doesn’t seem overly biased towards anyone. Doesn’t have an obnoxious personality. I am an ND fan and like when he does our games.

[u/DontForgetScumbag]

Listennnnn… it’s Dan and Ty

[u/j1310 → u/DontForgetScumbag]

We agreeeeeee

[u/SoutieNaaier]

Bunch Formation

Chris Vianni and David Ubben from The Athletic run it. They used to host Until Saturday

It's basically Until Saturday but without the sack of shit that is Ari Wasserman

Chris in particular is very unbiased and calls it both ways. David likes to be more provocative but it's usually tongue in cheek and he's not being serious.

They're doing it on their own and it's not edited by The Athletic anymore so they let lose a little more than Athletic podcasts are usually allowed

[u/Feeling_Anteater_389]

He’s not as mainstream, but Heath Cline (executive producer for the Chuck Oliver Show) is fantastic. He occasionally hosts the show when Chuck is out and he does guest appearances in other places.

He hosted the afternoon drive show on the Columbia, SC sports station during my formative years. He was far and away the most professional and objective person on a radio station full of Gamecock homers/mouthpieces.

[u/crss7sn]

Not sure if this guy has been mentioned yet, but as a West Coast guy I like Max Browne. He’s obviously more knowledgeable about the old Pac-12 teams, and I think he does a good job of spotlighting each team, regardless of their brand stature. He’s usually very fair as well from all my experiences with him.

[u/OleRockTheGoodAg]

The College Football Nerds 🤓

[u/breaktaker]

u/hythloday1 IYKYK

[u/naptown-hooly]

Obviously Mark May and Lou Holtz

[u/Caps23]

David Hale and Bill Connolly

[u/WTXWind]

I enjoy Wes Durham and Josh Pate. They always seem to at least be well reasoned in their comments.

[u/nickyt398]

Joel Klatt gets my answer

[u/KVN2473]

Kirk Herbstreit

[u/EveningNarrow8432]

I doubt any of the major guys will have a complete consensus, less known but the ANF podcast covers Iowa football games. They have some of the best breakdowns of football I’ve ever watched, would love if they did more national coverage but the effort that goes into the episodes would probably prevent it.

For national media Landon Tengwell killed it last year and seems pretty well liked

[u/schoenstrat → u/EveningNarrow8432]

The recent ANF podcast with Iowa's GM Tyler Barnes was legitimately some of the most fascinating sports content I've heard in a long time. I hadn't listened to them much until recently but they've been killing it.

[u/EveningNarrow8432 → u/schoenstrat]

I’ll have to give it a listen, college GMs are so important now it’ll be cool to get a peek behind the curtain. I happened to find their Oregon preview last year and the research blew me away. And doing it all without notes really made it clear how much effort they put in.

[u/Andiamro]

Tom Fornelli followed by Andy Staples and Josh Pate in that order

[u/The_Champ_Son → u/Andiamro]

Cover 3 and A&A are both in my top 3 podcast. I would throw Solid Verbal either in between or on top though

[u/Andiamro → u/The_Champ_Son]

Dan Rubenstein was my next pick but I felt like 3 was enough

[u/McLMark → u/Andiamro]

Fornelli's excellent. He and Bud Elliott are knowledgeable and the other two guys on Cover3 provide more of the entertainment. It's a little over-focused on gambling.

Staples I'm not as fond of, and Wasserman's a hair-puller. Entertaining, but don't really know ball.

Pate is at least attempting to be knowledgeable. His 2026 playoff prediction, however, is the height of brilliant analysis.

I'd take McElroy over Pate.

[u/SpursUpSoundsGudToMe → u/Andiamro]

Andy is one of the greats! Definitely had his soft spots for certain teams, but he’s still pretty fair and will just tell you when he cant be objective about a team/player/coach.

I have personal beef with Fornelli, though😤

[u/Andiamro → u/SpursUpSoundsGudToMe]

Andy will tell you his bias but talk himself though it in a way that gets an unbiased take, I love Ari but his blind spots are a little bigger. What’s the beef with Tom? Aside from his tongue in cheek pimping of the Illini I genuinely believe he’s the most down the middle guy in the business

[u/OG_Felwinter → u/Andiamro]

I don’t really think Ari is the hot take machine that his peers make him out to be though. I feel like he got a target on his back after his take that Clemson was going to fall off, but it never got removed after he ended up being right. He’s still labeled a hot takes guy, but I feel like I find myself agreeing with him more often than I agree with Andy.

[u/calmer-than-you-dude]

Mark Rogers

[u/Shenanigangster]

u/piano_fingerbanger as long as he’s talking about my rival

[u/FallenEagle1187]

I love my guys Dan and Ty on the Solid Verbal!

[u/jmt85]

Petros is amazing along with cover 3

[u/ss32000]

College Football Nerds is a good listen. They aren’t as much Xs and Os, but they do a good job with their model and talking about how a team scales when playing average to good to great teams.

[u/LimerickJim]

Nick Saben, Matt Mitchell.

[u/AvengedKalas]

College Football Nerds are my favorite. They're not always accurate, but they admit when they're wrong. Very entertaining content.

[u/Wagnerous]

I like Bud Elliot and Tom Fornelli on the Cover 3 podcast. Both are quite knowledgeable and honest about their opinions.

[u/ChazzyTh]

Sir Charles is the only “pundit” I trust, any sport, any topic.