Can College Football "Be Saved?"

The Bill Barnwell Show

ESPN

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4.4 • 647 Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Bill and ESPN's Bill Connelly discuss College Football through the lens of his new book "Forward Progress". What can the history of the CFB tell us about its potential future? Plus, could conference realignment actually be a good thing? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:28.1	Insights with IBM Watson X.
0:33.9	Hey guys, welcome to the Bill Barnwell show.
0:40.1	I am Bill Barnwell.
0:41.4	Today, I am very excited to have someone I have been working with off and on for how long?
0:47.9	15 years?
0:49.0	17 years.
0:49.6	I think you might have edited a football outsider's piece of mind in 2008.
0:54.8	17 years that would make it.
0:56.8	This man's book starts with going back and watching a USC Texas game from right around
1:01.1	that very time frame, which feels like yesterday and feels like so long ago at the same time,
1:07.2	which is true for our relationship and our friendship as well.
1:10.2	I feel like I have known
1:11.0	you forever, and yet it is always a pleasure to feel like I can call upon your expertise, your
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