Josh Pate's College Football Show

On this episode of Josh Pate's College Football Show, Josh is joined by Solid Verbal Podcast hosts Ty Hildenbrandt and Dan Rubenstein to break down the latest headlines and to preview the upcoming season. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this episode of Josh Pate's College Football Show, Josh breaks down the latest happenings in the world of College Football and what is happening with the show in the future. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Danny Kanell joins the show to break down the latest news at Big Ten Media Days and give a Big Ten conference preview for the upcoming season, plus a discussion on CFP expansion. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cole Cubelic joins to break down the latest news at SEC Media Days and give an SEC conference preview for the upcoming season. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Josh Pate’s College Football Show Ep 643 features Josh Pate discussing potential chaos scenarios this season. Could the Big Ten become the SEC in a sense of no teams like Ohio State, Oregon, Michigan, or Penn State emerging as elite? Could the league get a team left out like Alabama last season? What are the biggest lies we hear in College Football? Tonight we expose them…again. Bold prediction season has returned with you calling your shot. Which teams will be better and which teams will be worse this year than they were in 2024? Tonight we take a look at Ole Miss, SMU, Nebraska, and Iowa State. Josh also takes a look at who the face of sports media is in 2025. All that plus the truth about Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Josh Pate’s College Football Show Ep 643 features Josh Pate discussing potential chaos scenarios this season. Could the Big Ten become the SEC in a sense of no teams like Ohio State, Oregon, Michigan, or Penn State emerging as elite? Could the league get a team left out like Alabama last season? What are the biggest lies we hear in College Football? Tonight we expose them…again. Bold prediction season has returned with you calling your shot. Which teams will be better and which teams will be worse this year than they were in 2024? Tonight we take a look at Tennessee, USC, Florida State and Kansas State. Josh also takes a look at who the face of sports media is in 2025. All that plus the truth about Oklahoma's Brent Venables and whether Arch Manning is good enough to lead Texas to being a top team in 2025. Be sure to let us know what you think, SUBSCRIBE to the channel, and CLICK THE BELL for notifications as we bring you multiple live shows per week! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Josh Pate’s College Football Show Ep 642 features Josh Pate discussing potential chaos scenarios this season. Could the ACC see things go off the rails as early as week 1? Bold prediction season has returned with you calling your shot including UGA, Texas, Penn State, Clemson, Notre Dame, and SMU all returning to the College Football Playoff. What about Drew Allar winning the Heisman or Missouri winning 10 or more games? Which teams will be better and which teams will be worse this year than they were in 2024? Tonight we take a look at Michigan, Arizona State, Florida, and Georgia Tech. Josh also takes a look at the latest recruiting news including big weeks for UGA, Alabama, Notre Dame, and more. Does recruiting feel different this cycle? To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Josh Pate’s College Football Show Ep 641 features Josh Pate discussing potential chaos scenarios this season. Could the SEC cannibalize itself again this season? What if the USC backslide continues? Bold prediction season has returned with you calling your shot including Ole Miss vs Florida in the SEC Championship Game, Jeremiah Smith setting records at Ohio State, Mike Norvell getting fired at FSU, and South Carolina making the College Football Playoff. Which teams will be better and which teams will be worse this year than they were in 2024? Josh also takes a look at the toughest places to play including UGA, Oregon, Penn State, Alabama, Ohio State, and more To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Josh Pate’s College Football Show Ep 640 features Josh Pate discussing potential chaos scenarios this season. Could Oklahoma exit their showdown with Texas 6-0 while Steve Sarkisian’s team is reeling? What if FSU, Miami, and Florida collectively stumble this season? Bold prediction season has returned with you calling your shot including UGA winning every home game, Michigan and USC making the CFP while Texas and Ohio State miss it, TCU defeating Texas Tech in the Big12 title game and more. What are the best weight rooms Josh has worked out in on the Pate State Speaker Series Tour? All that plus discussion about Texas A&M and Penn State. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Josh Pate’s College Football Show Ep 639 features Josh Pate taking a look at massive changes in the College Football world and the SEC vs Big Ten fight over things like the Transfer Portal and College Football Playoff. What do we make of the Dan Lanning vs Kalen DeBoer debate that appeared in the comments? Which head coach will win a national title first? Have we seen the last of the elite teams at the top of College Football? Bold prediction season has returned with you calling your shot including Oklahoma being a top 8 CFP seed, Penn State rushing for 200+ vs Ohio State, the ACC runnerup not making the CFP, and three Big12 teams making the Playoff. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Josh Pate’s College Football Show Ep 638 features Josh Pate taking a look at massive changes in the College Football world over the past week and what they mean. Next we take a look at the SEC schedule release including key primetime matchups like Alabama vs UGA and Texas vs Florida. The Big Ten QB picture looks very unclear after a few returning players. Tonight Josh ranks the Big Ten QBs for the 2025 season. Can Bill Belichick succeed at North Carolina this year and beyond? Will his way work in College Football? Bold prediction season has returned with you calling your shot AND we get a full recap of Josh’s honeymoon week in Saint Lucia. Be sure to let us know what you think, SUBSCRIBE to the channel, and CLICK THE BELL for notifications as we bring you multiple live shows per week! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Josh Pate’s College Football Show Ep 637 features Josh Pate continuing to discuss the growing discord amongst fans and administrators over the future of the College Football Playoff. What is the best format? Where are things headed? Will the SEC and Big Ten get their way? Bold prediction season has returned with you calling your shot including Texas vs Oklahoma for the SEC Championship, Miami making the final 4 with Carson Beck in the Heisman conversation, and Memphis winning the most games of any Tennessee team. What are Josh’s honest thoughts on the future for Mike Norvell and FSU? What is the hierarchy of SEC QBs this season? To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Josh Pate’s College Football Show Ep 636 features Josh Pate looking at the SEC Spring Meetings and a ton of heat being thrown at the conference and Commissioner Greg Sankey. Should the SEC have as much power as it does to call the shots? Bold prediction season has returned with you calling your shot including Florida going 10-2, Indiana winning a CFP game, the SEC and Big Ten getting every at-large bid, and Syracuse making the CFP. Which head coaches are facing make-or-break seasons this year? We also take a look at the truth about SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey. That plus a ton of conversation about National Signing Day and what happened to the importance of the first Wednesday in February. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Josh Pate’s College Football Show Ep 635 features Josh Pate discussing job approval ratings for several College Football head coaches. How do Miami fans feel about Mario Cristobal? Where are things for Mike Norvell at FSU and Sherrone Moore at Michigan? Josh also looks at Lincoln Riley at USC and Dan Lanning at Oregon. Bold prediction season has returned with you calling your shot, including Clemson blowing out LSU, Notre Dame winning the CFP, Mississippi State tanking, and UGA vs Penn State in the national title game. What is the truth about the Transfer Portal? We also take a look at the biggest games each week of the 2025 College Football season. That plus a ton of pushback on the current state of College Football and where the sport is headed. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Josh Pate’s College Football Show Ep 634 features Josh Pate discussing job approval ratings for SEC head coaches. How do Alabama fans feel about Josh Heupel? Where are things for Mike Elko at Texas A&M and Hugh Freeze at Auburn? Josh also looks at Sam Pittman at Arkansas and Brent Venables at Oklahoma. Bold prediction season has returned with you calling your shot. That plus rumors of USC vs Notre Dame going away as schedules continue to be in a state of flux. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Miami head coach Mario Cristobal is the latest guest on the Pate State Speaker Series. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Josh Pate’s College Football Show Ep 633 features Josh Pate discussing job approval ratings for SEC head coaches. How do Tennessee fans feel about Josh Heupel? Where are things for Brian Kelly at LSU and Steve Sarkisian at Texas? Josh also looks at Shane Beamer at South Carolina, Kirby Smart at UGA, and Billy Napier at Florida. What is the latest intel on the College Football Playoff expanding? We also discuss the 2024 season for Miami and why in some ways it feels lost. Bold prediction season has returned with you calling your shot. Tonight we take a look at the possibility LSU has multiple losses in the first 6 weeks of the season along with multiple non-QB Heisman finalists and 3 Texas teams winning their conference. That plus rumors of College Football regular season games one day becoming major pay-per-view events. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Florida head coach Billy Napuer is the latest guest on the Pate State Speaker Series. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Josh Pate’s College Football Show Ep 632 features Josh Pate admitting College Football may have a Big Noon problem. Despite his personal love for noon kickoffs, is it time to address the issue being caused by Big Ten teams continuing to be denied primetime kickoffs in their biggest games? Also tonight Josh is discussing College Football officials taking a look at a 16-team College Football Playoff model and major pushback they’re receiving from leagues and coaches. Josh’s personal rankings following spring ball have created a ton of pushback. Where do teams like UGA, Ohio State, Texas, Auburn, Alabama, Penn State, Notre Dame, Oregon, and LSU fall? Bold prediction season has returned with you calling your shot. Tonight we take a look at the latest batch. That plus a revisiting of comments on this show about Michigan’s ongoing NCAA investigation and where things could be headed To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Josh Pate’s College Football Show Ep 631 features Josh Pate discussing College Football officials taking a look at a 16-team College Football Playoff model. What would be the pros and cons of moving to a structure where conferences like the SEC and Big Ten are guaranteed 4 spots apiece? What are Josh’s personal rankings following spring ball. Where do teams like UGA, Ohio State, Texas, Auburn, Alabama, Penn State, Notre Dame, Oregon, and LSU fall? Bold prediction season has returned with you calling your shot. Tonight we take a look at the odds the SEC gets 5 teams in the CFP. What would it take for Mike Norvell and FSU to make the ACC title game at 10-2? What about USC winning 10+ games en route to a CFP berth? That plus all conference winners lose in the quarterfinal round again. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices