🔮 TY-POTHETICALS
A look at plausible 2026 scenarios and how the Clemson, Virginia Tech, Alabama, Baylor, South Carolina, Colorado, Nebraska, and Michigan State fan bases would react
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🔎 SPRING INTEL
From QB battles to big questions about the trenches, a collection of the spring storylines from around college football that have our attention
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In today's newsletter, a look at the evolving QB "Bench Tax" from @wafflehousebear.bsky.social.
Dropping this morning at 9:30 AM ET, sign up for free at quickslants.solidverbal.com/subscribe
🏌️ T H E M A S T E R S
Debating the list of elite coaches, QBs and "losers" in college football & looking at teams with an "Amen Corner" on their 2026 schedules.
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Kennesaw State went from 10 losses in 2024 to 10 wins and a CUSA title in 2025.
Head Coach Jerry Mack stopped by to explain how the Owls pulled off the incredible turnaround
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Let's play a game of Transfer Portal trivia...
Friends, if you listen to the latest @solidverbal.com, you’ll hear me talk about college sports business, why Milwaukee kicks ass, and maybe speak our new point and click adventure game, “Leisure Suit Larry Scott” into existence
Oh man, that's wild. We don't have a ton of control over when some of those programmatic ads run, what incredible timing!
Nine years ago, we dropped an off-topic episode about the everyday things that are, secretly, garbage. Today, it's time for the Secret Garbage Bracket of 2026.
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Our annual CFB business update with @mattbrown.bsky.social, talking through the SCORE Act, stadium experiences, hidden revenue & the joys of Milwaukee
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Today's newsletter on shadow transfers by @wafflehousebear.bsky.social drops in 30 min. Sub here (it's free): quickslants.solidverbal.com/subscribe
QUESTION: What can't your team seem to fully figure out year after year?
Post your answers at this link 👇
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Reliving the games and moments that broke the most hearts in 2025. 👇
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With your help, we put together a list of our 16 most interesting transfers for the 2026 college football season 👇
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We asked for your thoughts on the Power 4 win totals that dropped last week. Here's an episode dedicated to the ones you said were the most interesting...
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(also, you don't have to sign up for anything to vote in this, we just need your kneejerk reactions)
Help us out...
We put together a quick poll with some of the 2026 win totals that dropped this week. We need input from the Verballerhood, details here:
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If we’re being honest, college football is healthy as a horse when it comes to drama. But… everything else?
New ep: We graded the health of the whole sport top to bottom. Conferences, scheduling, CFP, TV product, on-field quality, NIL/revenue sharing, and portal chaos.
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ICYMI, I wrote about successful MAC coaches struggling to land bigger jobs at the P4 level for @solidverbal.com:
🔟 Interesting Coordinators for 2026
Picking out the 10 most interesting coordinator hires to track next season and discussing what they need to fix:
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COACH DRAFT!
Who's (hypothetically) the best guy to fix the worst 14 teams in the Power 4? We conducted a pseudo-draft to figure it out.
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This was a ton of fun. Pick up Chuck's book here: a.co/d/076DslJW
🚨 NEW EP!
Joined by the great Chuck Klosterman to chat about his new book, his deep CFB nostalgia, the effects of the portal and NIL, the sport's chaotic future & much more.
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Right now, they're aligning to what they think makes sense financially. Our next shot is probably about 4-5 years away.
you just need to start thinking about the MAC as America's Seatbelt Conference and then it only kinda works
Sac State to the MAC, SEC Scheduling Turmoil & First Year Coach Grades
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My latest for @solidverbal.com:
What would happen if the world's biggest YouTuber decided to turn his hometown ECU Pirates into a $100M CFB content machine?
I wrote about MrBeast, Wrexham, and the dumbest CFB publicity stunt idea in recent memory. #CFB #collegefootball
📣 THE STATE OF THE BIG 12 (feat. @jlkurtz.bsky.social )
Digging into the Big 12's credit score, why BYU-ND is such a big deal, what Collin Klein's return means for K-State & more!
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