140 teams 14 conferences True conference champions 24-team playoff 14 auto-bids 10 at-large Army-Navy keeps its own Saturday 2 rounds of playoffs on-campus Cotton, Sun, Fiesta, Sugar, Orange and Peach rotate quarters and semis Road to the Rose Bowl for the title game #cfb #collegefootball #cfbplayoff
College football is changing fast — and most of those changes aren't for the good. Between conference realignment, NIL, the House settlement, player compensation, TV money, playoff expansion, and the slow erosion of regional rivalries, the sport is at a crossroads. In this episode of The Preferred Walk-On Show, Seth…
The magic of college football is its regionality. Through realignment and greed, we’ve lost that. In my plan to restore college football to sanity, protecting regionality is the foundation. The Big Snow Conference would be part of that plan. The idea is simple: restore regionality, protect rivalries, create meaningful conference…
When you’ve spent your whole career on the sideline coaching, you don’t always get to see and experience college football the way we do as fans. Geoff Collins joined the show and talked about what he’s most looking forward to this upcoming fall - traveling the country, taking in the…
Former Georgia Tech and Temple head coach Geoff Collins explains the realization that shaped his coaching journey: “My value and my role was to make other people better.” A powerful lesson in leadership, teamwork, and finding purpose. Watch the full interview on The Preferred Walk-On Show. #CollegeFootball #Leadership #GeoffCollins #Coaching…
Former Georgia Tech and Temple head coach Geoff Collins explains why coaching at Division III Albright College became one of the most valuable experiences of his career. The lesson: sometimes the path forward starts with taking a step back. Watch the full interview on The Preferred Walk-On Show. #CollegeFootball #GeoffCollins…
Former Georgia Tech and Temple head coach Geoff Collins explains the walk-on mindset that shaped his entire career—from earning a scholarship at Western Carolina to leading Power 4 programs. Full interview on The Preferred Walk-On Show. #CollegeFootball #WalkOn #GeoffCollins #Leadership #CFB
Geoff Collins walked on at Western Carolina, earned a scholarship, became a three-year defensive starter — and turned that into a college coaching career spanning three decades that took him from DIII to the FCS to the head coach of multiple Power 4 programs. Seth Saunders sits down with the…
If LSU's roster really costs an $40 million and the House settlement only allows $20.5 million in direct revenue sharing - where is all of the extra money coming from? In Part 2 of our Show Me the Money series, Seth breaks down the third bucket of college football compensation:…
Coach Bobby Kennedy is Montana's 38th head football coach - he joins The Preferred Walk-On Show to talk about the opportunity to lead the Montana Grizzlies football program, the mentors who shaped his coaching philosophy, his front-row seat at the 2005 USC-Texas national championship, and why the Brawl of the…
🏈 THE PREFERRED WALK-ON SHOW — SHOW ME THE MONEY, PT. 1 How do college football players actually get paid? We break down the full money flow — from the old scholarship model to the House settlement, conference TV money, and the rise of NIL collectives. This is Part 1…
College football may NEVER look the same again. Schools are directly compensating athletes. NIL collectives are evolving. Conferences are chasing bigger TV money. And the gap between the Power 4 and everyone else may only keep growing. So what does the future actually look like? We break it all down…
