In a special MEGA SHOW, Richard and Godfrey wrap up Week 14 by anointing LSU, Ohio State and Clemson as the realest of the real-ass playoff teams. There's also the weird fun of back-to-back Memphis vs. Cincinnati games, Iron Bowl nonsense, Utah's potential to be the most interesting No. 4 seed AND OH GOD SO MANY COACH FIRINGS AND GOSSIP THERE IS BLOOD ON THE CEILING HOW DID OLE MISS EVEN DO THAT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bud, Richard, and Godfrey pick through the holiday rivalry week and look for the quality games (A&M vs. LSU! Cincy vs. Memphis! The Commonwealth Cup!) while trying not to frame everything around that pesky playoff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On a special episode of PAPN, Richard and Godfrey interview search firm veteran Chad Chatlos of Ventura Partners. No longer a fad, these firms are now a fact of life in coaching searches. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richard and Godfrey heap praise on Michigan (this is true), make fun of Georgia's continued "offense" (this is true), enjoy a laugh on how they weren't part of the anti-Herm campaign (this is true) and rationalize Cincinnati's ability to win close games (this is false, they're lucky as hell) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richard, Godfrey and Bud pick through the especially slim SoCon Saturday and find Indiana vs. Michigan, Texas A&M and Georgia, some high quality G5 and THE RETURN OF #ASKPAPN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richard and Godfrey debate Arkansas' place in the SEC, it's value as a program outside of it and where the Hogs could go after almost a decade of bad coaching moves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richard and Godfrey can't seem to find the HUGE LOOMING MATCH-UP quality in the SEC title game despite LSU allowing a buncha points versus Ole Miss and Georgia winning a boring, defense-y game vs. Auburn. Also: Iowa will Iowa you at Iowa, Cincinnati is SUSPECT and Baylor led a big game by a particular margin that didn't hold. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richard, Bud and Godfrey sort through a Week 12 that starts strong in the morning and uh... maybe do a date night or volunteer in the evening or something. Louisiana Tech is cool, Georgia vs. Auburn will be a SEC brand of cruddy and Penn State probably won't lose to Indiana, but hey... Minnesota! We love them! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richard and Godfrey ditch the hurry-up and go long on LSU and Bama's latest game of the century, how the playoff culture is already shortchanging the football parts of good football games and whoops oh hey maybe we should've been nicer about Minnesota and Baylor. And hey, WKU got Chad Morris fired while this episode was being edited! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richard, Bud and Godfrey can't ignore the magnitude of LSU at Bama, but there's still some other stuff to pick at. Is Boston College running an all jet-sweeps offense? Will Western Kentucky's QB cause a job opening at Arkansas? Will undefeateds Minnesota and Baylor actually earn our respect? Also, yeah... LSU Bama. That one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richard and Godfrey share coaching rumors about the cratering in the Ozarks, how Greg Schiano is believed to be the only one who could undo Rutgers' mess, what USC might do with or without Urban and where the Silly Season stands as of early November. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Godfrey and Bud talk through the breaking news on Florida State's firing of Willie Taggart after just 20 games in Tallahassee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Kirshner joins Godfrey to round-up a bye-laden week that saw Oregon and Utah DO GOOD GOOD PLAYOFF CALIBER FOOTBALL THINGS. Seriously, they belong in the conversation now. Also Georgia beat Florida on third down and also on the scoring more points part, and FSU is back to being a big old mess. Memphis, you're FUN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bud, Richard and Godfrey are telling you to SKIP THE MORNING GAMES in Week 11 and dive into a bounty of Florida vs. Georgia, USC vs. Oregon, Washington vs. Utah and a host of other narrative friendly affairs. Is Pitt gonna Pitt itself? Is Miss. State vs. Arkansas a certified Anxiety Bowl? IS THAT THE AAC IN PRIMETIME? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richard and Godfrey still don't totally know what to do with Minnesota, Penn State avoided any possible Dantonioing, it's time to lament what could have been as Utah rounds into form, and Godfrey says nice things about Michigan football. Oh, and Kansas State got Oklahoma to blink, hard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bud, Richard and Godfrey pick up on yesterday's coaching discussion with a long look at what's going on with Willie Taggart and the 'Noles. Also there's at least some historical merit to worrying about Michigan State, at least if you're Penn State. Plus there's a MAC pop quiz and compliments about Georgia State! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richard and Godfrey make bets on Rutgers' pick for head coach, talk about the work needed to make Old Dominion a really good G5 gig and examine the cooling of many, many hot seats after Saturday. Temporary? Permanent? Both! Except for Arkansas, holy crap is that place going south... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richard and Godfrey (well really just Richard let's be honest) roll around in the glee of Illinois Adjusted eating Wisconsin's slow, scared decision making alive. Alabama won ugly because they lost Tua and played Jeremy Pruitt's big dumb defense. Also the Pac-12 really isn't that bad because Oregon rallied at Washington, Utah's mean as a snake and OH BOY that's the reanimated corpse of USC! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richard, Bud and Godfrey want you to watch SMU and Temple because it's a "Gameday" quality affair that dumb old Michigan had interrupt. Also there's a lot of nail-in-the-coffin losses lurking this week, plus South Carolina's gonna try to be bigger and dumber than another better opponent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richard and Godfrey look at college's football's sole opening - Rutgers - as well as the various hot and cold seats at places like USC, Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech, Ole Miss and Arkansas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Spencer Hall joins Godfrey to marvel at LSU's offensive efficiency and explosiveness, gag at Michigan State, notice Oregon's new competent style of defense and figure out how dumb the Georgia / South Carolina game was. It was real dumb. Sorry, spoilers.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bud and Richard JOIN FORCES to prepare viewing, gambling and hollerin' recommendations for a fantastic weekend of games. We're talking Florida-LSU, Red River (appropriate noun here), Bama-A&M, Hawaii-Boise, Penn State-Iowa and all the other good ones. You don't even have to watch Notre Dame and USC! It's that good!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Godfrey's on the road this week, so Ryan Nanni fills in with Richard to talk about Minnesota putting together its first non-nail biter, Washington stumbling hard against Stanford, the emotional roller coaster that was Miami-Virginia Tech, Bo Nix's Very Bad Day, USF doing what it had to against UConn, Boston College transforming into a Big 12 team, Oregon getting dragged into a Cal game and winning, and the Superfund site that is the Northwestern offense.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

The tasting menu warns you against ugly things like whatever Ohio State will do to Michigan State and tells you to spend some time with... Illinois and Minnesota? Is that right? Also Bud's just falling head over heels for the AAC (seriously).Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richard and Godfrey set the table of playoff teams, maybe playoff teams and everyone else after September. Auburn’s doing real good! Minnesota is too! So is Iowa! USF is not. (Note! This episode was recorded before Rutgers fired Chris Ash, in case you're wondering why that didn't get discussed.)Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices