The Preferred Walk-On: The People's College Football Show

Matt Vitzthum never set out to climb the coaching ladder. He just kept showing up and doing the work. A Division III football player at Wartburg College, Vitzthum learned early that the game gives you far more than it asks in return. He stuck around after his playing days, sat quietly in the back of meeting rooms, and filled notebooks with lessons learned, absorbing everything he could. Nearly two decades later, he's the head football coach at the University of South Dakota. Vitzthum joins Se

Is Notre Dame overrated? Can Indiana knock off Ohio State? And is anybody buying Texas as a top-10 team? It's a PYA (Plant Yo' A**) Saturday on The Preferred Walk-On Show, and Seth and James are breaking down one of the most loaded college football slates of the season. The fellas are making picks for Ohio State–Indiana, Notre Dame–BYU, Alabama–Tennessee, Georgia–Auburn, Florida–Texas, Missouri–Ole Miss, Wisconsin–UCLA, Oklahoma State–Houston and Mississippi State–LSU. Plus, Indiana's undefeat

Saturday gave us another reminder that nothing in college football stays settled for long. George Somerville of The College Chaps joins Seth for the first Sunday Walk-Through to unpack a weekend that reshaped the conversation around several teams. Alabama walked into Starkville and overwhelmed one of the hottest stories in the sport, with Keelon Russell making his own case for the spotlight. Missouri brought Florida crashing back to earth with a dominant performance in Columbia. Kentucky erase

Is a 24-team College Football Playoff inevitable? And if expansion is coming, does anyone actually have a plan for what college football should look like when it gets here? Seth and James dive into the latest CFP expansion conversation, including automatic bids, the future of conference championship games, the G6, an FCS-style postseason model and the larger problem facing the sport: college football keeps changing, but its structure hasn’t caught up. Then the boys turn to the field after anot

Texas somehow found a way. Seth and James open Week 3 by breaking down Texas’ comeback win over Ohio State - and why the final score doesn’t necessarily erase the questions surrounding Arch Manning. Did Ohio State get too conservative? Should Ryan Day have taken the points early? And what happens when Texas faces another elite defense? Then the guys try to figure out what exactly happened to Oregon in Stillwater. After escaping Boise State and falling to Oklahoma State, are the Ducks simply wo

College football is back — and so is James, back alongside Seth as The Preferred Walk-On Show kicks off its seventh season. Before the first full Saturday of the season, we’re putting some early 2026 takes on tape: the teams nobody is talking about enough, potential conference disruptors, a Group of Six playoff sleeper and our picks for 10 of the most interesting games on the Week 0 slate. Could Syracuse make noise in the ACC with a healthy Steve Angeli? Is Houston a legitimate Big 12 title co