Week 1 Helmet Games and the Future of Non-Con (B1G Scared?)
Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast
Richard Johnson and Alex Kirshner
4.9 • 916 Ratings
🗓️ 11 February 2025
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
In one of Steven Godfrey’s favorite early-offseason traditions, the SZD crew glances ahead at the Week 1 schedule many months from now. Not just so there’s something to look forward to as the long offseason gets going, but because the story of Week 1 matchups is increasingly the story of how athletic directors are approaching scheduling. Let’s dive into:
* Why 2025’s season-opening schedule will give you more to look forward to than the equivalent slate in 2024
* The most obvious Anxiety Bowl in the history of Week 1
* Sonny Dykes’ latest season opener against a celebrity head coach
* Is USC a canary in the coal mine for the Big Ten’s retreat from marquee non-con spots? And if so …
* Could an SEC/Big Ten scheduling partnership reverse that tide?
* News analysis: Georgia Southern extends Clay Helton, for some reason
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Hosts: Richard Johnson, Alex Kirshner, Steven Godfrey
Producer: Anthony Vito
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| 0:00.0 | We're coming, and we ain't backing down. |
| 0:02.1 | We don't need a bunch of cats in here. |
| 0:03.6 | Looking in the mirror. |
| 0:04.8 | Everybody just do your job. |
| 0:07.0 | You understand that? |
| 0:07.9 | Hey, will you shut up? |
| 0:08.9 | I'm bitterly disappointed with the officiating today. |
| 0:11.4 | Guys being dudes. |
| 0:12.6 | And they run through our like a shit through a ten horn, man. |
| 0:14.9 | Ah, fuck it. |
| 0:16.8 | Thank you, Lee. |
| 0:18.3 | Thank you, Richard Johnson. |
| 0:19.8 | Thank you, Stephen Godfrey. |
| 0:22.4 | Folks, our host, Emeritus. |
| 0:23.9 | We told you he wasn't gone, gone. |
| 0:24.5 | I'm not dead. |
| 0:25.4 | Stephen, how are you? |
| 0:26.0 | I'm not dead. |
| 0:27.8 | Why are you trying to talk about it? |
| 0:29.5 | I'm right here. |
| 0:32.0 | I'm looking at the will. |
| 0:33.2 | Yeah, like he never left. |
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