Sac State joins the MAC, SEC Scheduling Turmoil & First Year Coach Grades
The Solid Verbal College Football
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4.8 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 19 February 2026
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
In today's episode, Dan returns from his travels as we dive into Sacramento State's curious move to the MAC and the newest SEC scheduling controvery. Plus, we take a look at some of the most prominent new coaches from 2025 and decide whether they're more likely to be a problem for opponents or for their current schools.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
4:34 - Sacramento State joins the MAC
13:47 - SEC Scheduling Controversy
28:44 - Scott Frost & UCF
38:34 - Bill Belichick & North Carolina
46:50 - Jake Dickert & Wake Forest
51:28 - Rich Rodriguez & West Virginia
58:44 - Barry Odom & Purdue
1:05:27 - Frank Reich & Stanford
1:10:28 - Other Coach Grades
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.3 | Welcome to the solid verbal. |
| 0:08.1 | The solid verbal. |
| 0:09.1 | Come after me. |
| 0:10.7 | I'm a man. |
| 0:11.8 | I'm 40. |
| 0:12.6 | I've heard so many players say, well, I want to be happy. |
| 0:15.1 | You want to be happy for a day? |
| 0:16.7 | Eat a steak. |
| 0:17.6 | It's that woo-woo. |
| 0:19.2 | And now, down and tie. |
| 0:22.8 | Dan Rubinstein, welcome back. |
| 0:25.2 | My good friend. |
| 0:27.0 | Yes. |
| 0:27.5 | How you doing today? |
| 0:28.5 | How was your trip? |
| 0:29.8 | Good trip. |
| 0:30.5 | Good trip. |
| 0:30.8 | Got a little bit of rain out on the West Coast, but otherwise, really fun. |
| 0:34.4 | Saw a bunch of people I enjoy and got some outside time cannot complain always good |
| 0:40.4 | to get to the west coast tie how are you doing I'm good I'm good how is the weather out there |
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