Synopsis
PAPN is the unholy union of Bill Connelly, the inventor and proprietor of the S&P+ Analytics System, and senior writer Steven Godfrey, who probably, unfairly, hates your school. Together, through analysis and sourcing, they give listeners insight into college footballs biggest games, hires and trends.
Episodes
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A blank Baylor slate, dumb Tom Herman story lines, and ... a good hire at Purdue?
15/12/2016 Duration: 01h02sBill and Godfrey reunite after a week apart to grade coaching changes (Baylor's restart, a great Purdue hire, and ... holy smokes, did recruiting in Florida just get a lot hire), preview an underrated weekend, and answer reader questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Playoffs, Piesmen, holiday movies, and walk-on hosts
07/12/2016 Duration: 01h10minBill and guest hosts Alex and Morgan chat about the College Football Playoff matchups, the vaunted Piesman, college football origin stories, the Quick Lane Bowl (aka the only bowl that matters), and, naturally, holiday movies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Your one-stop College Football Playoff rankings recap and bowl schedule reaction
04/12/2016 Duration: 37minBill and Godfrey run down the S&P+ and CFP top 25 and discuss oddities before running down an exciting batch of bowl pairings. The CFP committee gets an A-. The bowl slate: A+. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Best vs. Most Deserving and Boise State vs. Idaho
30/11/2016 Duration: 01h21minAre you a "best" person or a "most deserving" person when it comes to College Football Playoff selection? Also: The fun-to-analyze Big Ten title game, Mike Gundy's quarter-title, and the state of Boise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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THE HOT TEAMS PLAYOFF: Bama, USC, Penn State ... Clemson? Uh, Vandy?
27/11/2016 Duration: 38minThere is no upper middle class in college football, Washington is *probably* safe in the CFP race, LSU should get the SEC's Sugar Bowl bid, and Alabama might be the best team since 1945 Army. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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On Wisconsin, hypothetical playoffs, and sweet, sweet baked goods
23/11/2016 Duration: 01h28minTalking CFP rankings, counting the ways that Texas is botching its coaching situation, and going deep on Wisconsin, Boston College, and RIVALRY WEEK's slate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Who do you trust: Ohio State or Michigan? (The correct answer is Ohio State.)
21/11/2016 Duration: 30minBill and Godfrey run down the latest S&P+ rankings (which didn't feature many changes at the top) and begin to weigh the Game of the Century of the Coming Week: Ohio State-Michigan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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CFP rankings are dumb, and we're dumb for reacting to them. But here we are!
16/11/2016 Duration: 01h18minLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Alabama and the chaos beneath the surface
13/11/2016 Duration: 34minEverything changed and nothing changed in college football's Week 11 action. One on hand, almost every title contender looked vulnerable and hinted at chaos on the horizon. On the other hand ... Alabama. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Washington, Strength of Record, and hot young coaches with nowhere to go
09/11/2016 Duration: 01h15minBill and Godfrey are here for your post-election distraction! This week's PAPN covers the new CFP rankings, Strength of Record, pod scheduling, the AAC, and a bunch of hot, young coaches without a lot of job openings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Wait, Ohio State's not going to leap Washington in the CFP rankings now, right?
07/11/2016 Duration: 37minBill and Godfrey run down of college football's best teams after 10 weeks, discuss Ole Miss' injury issues, and predict the top of the new CFP rankings. Ohio State's not going to leap Washington now ... right? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Strength, schedule strength, the CFP, and what happens if LSU beats Bama?
02/11/2016 Duration: 01h24minBill and Godfrey complain about the College Football Playoff committee's overthinking, reminisce on one of the sport's great butterfly effects (2011 Iowa State-Oklahoma State), give Troy some love, and look for a mid-major to adopt in 2017. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Best vs. most deserving: Will the CFP committee rank Michigan or Clemson No. 2?
30/10/2016 Duration: 25minBill and Godfrey review week 9, stay on brand by gushing about Appalachian State and talking Ole Miss, then attempt to guess the top 6 in Tuesday's first College Football Playoff rankings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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SOURCES: Your school is either hiring a likable Lane Kiffin or a rich man's Darrell Hazell. Congrats!
27/10/2016 Duration: 01h20minBill and Godfrey talk about Charlie Strong's performance, the "Big 12 doesn't play defense" narrative (false, except for when it's true), Fresno State, Lane Kiffin's sudden likability, coach candidate lists, Tom Herman, realistic Oregon expectations, and the ultimate MAC road trip. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Penn State and Auburn have been building toward this for a while
23/10/2016 Duration: 31minBill and Godfrey review Week 8 and check out the new S&P+ ratings. We should have seen Penn State and Auburn coming, and ... we need a new way of talking about Alabama's dominance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Teasing Houston, hating Texas, and ... yes ... talking about Purdue
20/10/2016 Duration: 01h30minBill and Godfrey talk about the Big 12's most ridiculous leap into non-expansion yet, relive Missouri's move to the SEC, discuss what Purdue should be looking for in a new head coach, look back at Ohio State-Wisconsin, and debate Wazzu's lot in life. Typical Thursday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jalen Hurts is still making freshman mistakes, and Alabama's a killing machine anyway
16/10/2016 Duration: 30minA rundown of the S&P+ top 25 after seven weeks. While most of the country's best teams were doing anything they could to survive and advance, Alabama destroyed Tennessee in almost every possible way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The SEC's sloppiness, the underrated Week 7 slate, and LET'S TALK NUMBERS
12/10/2016 Duration: 01h25minBill and Godfrey discuss the postponed/canceled LSU-Florida game and its repercussions, an underrated slate of Week 7 contests, and the theories and numbers behind S&P+. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Alabama's trendy offense and the inevitability of Ohio State-Michigan
09/10/2016 Duration: 28minThis weekend recap edition of PAPN focuses on Penn State's fantastic showing against Maryland, Navy Navying the hell out of Houston, Alabama winning shootouts with a trendy offense, and the inevitability of Ohio State-Michigan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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If you're only going to give Charlie Strong 2 1/3 years, you shouldn't have hired him
06/10/2016 Duration: 01h09minBill and Godfrey talk about Boise sass, the magnet of West Lafayette, Louisville-Clemson as game of the year, Georgia Tech (the football ouroboros), Narrative Saturday, and CAN WE TALK ABOUT GAMES AND NOT COACHING CHANGES, PLEASE? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices