Hour 2 - Elimination Game

Carlin and Joe debate if LSU-Alabama is an elimination game and play a little CFP good bet, bad bet. Plus, the Bengals should have done more at the trade deadline and we eliminate a bunch of teams from playoff contention. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hour 3 - Playoff Problems

Carlin and Joe discuss the issues facing non-SEC and Big Ten conferences when it comes to getting multiple teams in the 12-team playoff. Plus, Jason McCourty stops by to tell us about the hardest hit he ever had playing football. Sorry, DBut! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hour 1 - First Rankings

Carlin and Joe react to the first College Football Playoff rankings of the season and Paul Finebaum tells us why he doesn't think the best teams will make the playoff in the end. Plus, who should be the next coach of the Dallas Cowboys? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hour 1: Little Dude

Hembo & Q Myers react to the first CFP rankings, including the SEC & Big Ten dominance in the Top 12. The guys pick their trade deadline superlatives and play a baseball-themed Sneaky Hembo Trivia. Is Juan Soto going to join a cross-town rival? The hour wraps up with yet another year of inaction by the Giants midseason. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hour 2: What Are You Saying Right Now?

Hembo & Q Myers discuss the NBA suspending Joel Embiid for three games after shoving a reporter for an article invoking his dead brother. Is this already a lost season for the 76ers? Cole Cubelic joins the show to break down his biggest takeaways from the first CFP rankings including if a three-loss SEC team can crack the Top 12 and why it might be better NOT to get a bye week for one team. The show ends with two teams on a collision course to be proven either contenders or pretenders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Joe Fortenbaugh's best bet for Alabama-LSU (1:43)
Finebaum's team outside the top 12 that could make the CFP (0:46)

College Football rankings are out and McElroy breaks down what they got right, who should be ranked higher and if BYU and SMU should be concerned

The first College Football rankings are in and McElroy is here to give you his full breakdown. Not much of a surprise in the Top 10 but some questions about Texas and Penn State’s best wins and should BYU be worried about their first reaction. Should Clemson, and Army even be ranked, will Notre Dame hold inside the Top 10 and if you are an SMU fan should you be worried? Plus we play a game of “what if” with Miami, Texas and Notre Dame. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The story of the Williams family growing up on the gridiron (3:54)
Previewing heavyweight matchup of No. 3 Georgia vs. No. 16 Ole Miss (3:14)
What to watch for as No. 11 Alabama takes on No. 15 LSU (2:54)
What separates Ohio State and Georgia in first CFP rankings? (1:19)
No. 1 Oregon sits atop the first College Football Playoff rankings (1:42)

Hour 3: Carlin vs. Joe vs. The Committee

Chris Carlin and Joe Fortenbaugh give their final CFP Rankings before the committee releases theirs. The Cowboys are not selling. Plus the guys continue to react to the NFL Trade Deadline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hour 2: Dinich Season

Chris Carlin and Joe Fortenbaugh continue to react to the NFL Trade Deadline. ESPN CFB Reporter Heather Dinich joins the show. Plus the MVP and Coach of the Year races in the NFL are tight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Drinkwitz says Mizzou will have 'hands full' with surging Oklahoma (1:19)