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Aug. 28, 2025

2025 SEC Football Preview | QB Questions, Anxiety In Athens, Potentia…

The SEC always delivers drama, but 2025 feels ripe with it. With so few returning starters at quarterback, the league looks more unpredictable than ever. This week on Preferred Walk-On , we dig into: ❓ Quarterback Uncertainty...

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Aug. 25, 2025

2025 Big 12 Football Preview | Potential Parity Abounds, Texas Tech's…

The Big 12 feels more balanced than ever in 2025 — but who’s really ready to take control? This week on Preferred Walk-On, we break down a conference full of intrigue: ⚡️ Parity Watch: Why the Big 12 might be the most wide-op...

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Aug. 20, 2025

2025 Big Ten Football Preview | Players to Watch, Impact Transfers, C…

The Big Ten is loaded in 2025 — but who really has what it takes to make it to Indianapolis? This week on Preferred Walk-On , the Deacon Board for the Church of Tailgate breaks down: 🔥 Players to Watch — breakout stars and NF...

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Aug. 19, 2025

2025 ACC Football Preview: Impact Transfers, Returning Players to Wat…

The ACC is up for grabs in 2025 — and we’ve got thoughts. In this episode of Preferred Walk-On , we’re breaking down everything you need to know about the upcoming ACC football season : 🏈 Top players to watch — from impact tr...

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Aug. 18, 2025

Offseason Mayhem: NIL, Roster Chaos & Titans of the Tailgate

College football kicks off this weekend, and it was an offseason to remember. In this episode of Preferred Walk-On, we’re recapping one of the more conseqential offseasons in college football history: 🏛️ The NIL House Settlem...

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May 29, 2025

2025 College Baseball Postseason Preview with Dawgs247's Olivia Sayer…

In this episode of the Preferred Walk-On Show, we sit down with Olivia Sayer from Dawgs247, breaking down the college baseball postseason, the Road to Omaha, the Georgia Bulldogs' impressive season, and predictions for this y...

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May 15, 2025

Jayson Werth: World Series Champion, Competitor, and His Second Act i…

In this wide-ranging interview, we sit down with Jayson Werth, former MLB All-Star, World Series champion, Washington Nationals Ring of Honor inductee, and owner of Icon Racing for an engaging conversation about his professio...

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May 1, 2025

Campus Icons Series: Eskimo Joe's - Stillwater - Oklahoma State Unive…

We're romantic about a college town. Whether it's Athens, GA, Madison, WI, Ann Arbor, MI, or Lawrence, KS, college towns all have a certain je ne sais quoi. And one of the driver's behind that are the establishments that live only in that town. They are one of one. They're iconic. The Campus Icons …

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Dec. 20, 2024

College Football Playoff: First Round Preview

It’s the weekend before Christmas and there are no visions of sugar-plums dancing in our heads, just 12 personnel and four on-campus first round playoff games. Will the Horseshoe become Neyland North? Are the Hoosiers fixin’ ...

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Dec. 19, 2024

Campus Icons Series: Nick's English Hut - Bloomington - Indiana Unive…

We're romantic about a college town. Whether it's Athens, GA, Madison, WI, Ann Arbor, MI, or Lawrence, KS, college towns all have a certain je ne sais quoi . And one of the driver's behind that are the establishments that liv...

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Dec. 3, 2024

Conference Championship Week Preview with SEC Unfiltered's Chris Phil…

Chris Phillips of SEC Unfiltered joins the show this week to dissect Dawgs-Horns II for all the SEC marbles and the rest of the championship weekend slate, recap his epic fall on the SEC Football Tour, and give his thoughts o...

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Dec. 3, 2024

"We Gave Up - You Did Too": The Dawgs Survive and It's Rivalry Saturd…

“I gave up, you did too. We were out of it and gone. Miracle.” Cardiologists all across Georgia thought they were going to have a peaceful Thanksgiving weekend, and then 8 overtimes happened in Clean, Old Fashioned Hate, prec...

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Dec. 3, 2024

Let Rivalry Weekend Begin - LIVE from Camp Randall Stadium

Your favorite co-hosts are on-site at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin as the Badgers and Golden Gophers face off in a battle for Paul Bunyan's Axe. The fellas are barking about the commencement of their B1G rivalry...

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Nov. 21, 2024

Week 13 College Football Preview with Taylor McGregor

Only two weeks left in college football’s regular season (say it ain’t so!), and ESPN’s Taylor McGregor joins the show to breakdown a triumvirate of matchups with postseason implications: Indiana-Ohio State at the Horseshoe, ...

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Nov. 15, 2024

Week 12 Preview: Win or Go Home

The eyes of the college football world turn to the Classic City this weekend for this year's rendition of Georgia and Tennessee. It's "My God, A Freshman", it's "Hobnail Boot", and this year for the Dawgs, it's do-or-die. Com...

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Nov. 7, 2024

Week 11 Preview: An SEC Showdown In Oxford

The initial CFP rankings were released this week and Lawd, are the next five weeks gonna be electric! Seth and James are barking on what the first set of rankings say about Army, BYU, and Indiana, preview an SEC showdown in O...

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Oct. 31, 2024

Cocktail Party and Week 10 Preview with Laura Rutledge

It's our favorite week of the year - it's Cocktail Party week! Nobody better to help us preview the annual Soiree on the St. John's River than SEC Nation and NFL Live host Laura Rutledge. Laura is truly one of college footbal...

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Oct. 26, 2024

Week 9 Preview: College Football Is Undefeated

We live in a world where Indiana, Army, and Navy are all undefeated and in the Top 25 - college football is the absolute best. Make sure your tray tables and seat backs are in their upright and locked position and enjoy this ...

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Oct. 17, 2024

Week 8 Preview: G's Up, Horns Down

This college football season is the gift that keeps on giving. Saturday night, the stars at night, are big and bright, deeeeeeep in the heart of Texas as the Dawgs and Horns face off in a matchup ripe with intrigue. Seth and ...

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Oct. 16, 2024

Week 7 Preview with Uncle Frank

2 vs. 3 in Eugene, Red River Shootout at the Cotton Bowl, and Rebels-Tigers under the lights in Death Valley - what a week!! Seth’s oldest brother, Frank, joins the show to bark about it all, including why it feels like the 1...

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Oct. 5, 2024

Week 6 Preview w/ Jake Crain of Crain & Company

Just like that, it's Week 6 of the college football season, don't blink! Nobody better to help us preview the first week of October football than our buddy Jake Crain of Crain & Company. We recapped the Game of Thrones tussle...

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Sept. 26, 2024

College Football's Ali-Frazier: Previewing Dawgs-Tide w/ George Somer…

It's the game of the year on Saturday night with the Dawgs and Tide tangling in Tuscaloosa. Nobody better to help us preview college football's Ali-Frazier than our buddy George Somerville of The College Chaps Podcast. The fe...

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Sept. 20, 2024

Week 4 Preview with Jon Smith of Speakeasy Sports

Might be a bye week for the Dawgs, but there was plenty to bark about with one of our favorite return guests, Jon Smith of Speakeasy Sports. The fellas looked back on Georgia's close call against Kentucky, peeked ahead at the...

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Sept. 13, 2024

Week 3 Preview: It's Bluegrass Whippin' Season

It's Friday and your hosts are in an excellent mood. The Dawgs travel to Lexington to take on a Kentucky team with two very familiar faces. The boys are barking about their Top 5 non-Sanford college football stadiums to visit...

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