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False Start - College Football Podcast
Hosted by John Buhler and Cody Williams · EN
A college football podcast for everyone... and everyone else.
John Buhler and Cody Williams break down the biggest and littlest college football stories every week to bring the joy of this dumb, beautiful sport to every fan and could-be fan.
John Buhler and Cody Williams break down the biggest and littlest college football stories every week to bring the joy of this dumb, beautiful sport to every fan and could-be fan.
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Episode 281: False Start's Brainrot Show: What CFB programs are nonsensical? What is Pete Bevacqua even talking about, bruh?
1w ago01:21:24Tap to summarizeReach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up!This prompt was not written by ChatGPT...On today's episode of False Start, John Buhler (Lead Writer, FanSided) and Cody Williams (Content Director, FanSided.com) put their two brains together to see if they could overcome some major CFB brainrot on June 7.The 6/7 episode was not as cringe as they thought.After making sense of all the nonsense this sport gave them, they made sure that every Starter in their mind is at-best a Sigma, no worse than an Alpha, and most definitely not a Beta.This show was straight bussin', no cap because this is False Start!Support the show
Transcribe →Episode 280: Ferris Bueller is False Start's hero!, CFB hot seat thoughts, Manny Diaz moving on up?
2w ago01:14:31Tap to summarizeReach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up!Who said we weren't going to have any fun today?On today's episode of False Start, John Buhler (Lead Writer, FanSided) and Cody Williams (Content Director, FanSided.com) celebrated the alleged anniversary of the day Ferris Bueller, Cameron Frye, and Sloane Peterson cut class in suburban Chicago.This show may have come together quickly, but it most definitely was some 41 years in the making.The guys looked at who could be on the hot seat, as well as if Manny Diaz is ready for bigger things than Duke provides him in Durham.Don't try to roll back the odometer because this is False Start!Support the show
Transcribe →Episode 279: SEC Spring Meetings fallout!, Brendan Sorsby is gone, Mike Leach to CFB HoF?
2w ago00:55:48Tap to summarizeReach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up!When in Destin...On today's episode of False Start, John Buhler (Lead Writer, FanSided) and Cody Williams (Content Director, FanSided.com) sorted through all the sense, and all the nonsense, that came out of the SEC Spring Meetings along the Gulf of Mexico.They shared their thoughts on other college football people's thoughts like there was no tomorrow.While there is no tomorrow for Brendan Sorsby in the college game, there appears to be a brighter tomorrow in the College Football Hall of Fame.Mike Leach will be on the ballot!Like Coach Leach, you can afford to be super late to your meetings because this is False Start!Support the show
Transcribe →Episode 278: False Start goes back to school with Billy Madison, Lane Kiffin stirs the pot again, What CFB teams were better in 1974?
3w ago01:09:29Tap to summarizeReach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up!There's something important I was supposed to do today...On today's episode of False Start, John Buhler (Lead Writer, FanSided) and Cody Williams (Content Director, FanSided.com) watched some pickles race down the outside glass of a diner on this Billy Madison-themed show!With the help of this 1995 cinematic masterpiece, the guys looked at some quarterbacks who are too hot for a penguin, if Lane Kiffin prefers shampoo or conditioner, or if these randomly-selected college football teams are better now than they were in 1974.Help us celebrate National Bus Driver Day by stealing 30 bagged lunches because this is False Start!Support the show
Transcribe →Episode 277: Remembering Dudes, Songs, and Other Things on Memorial Day, What P4 Teams Do We Need to Give More Love to?
3w ago01:18:50Tap to summarizeReach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up!Do you remember?On this episode of False Start, John Buhler (Lead Writer, FanSided) and Cody Williams (Content Director, FanSided.com), celebrated Memorial Day together by remembering a whole bunch of stuff pertaining to college football.They obviously remembered some dudes, as well few songs centered around memories for JLN, as well as trying to remember the Power Four teams they rarely talk about.This episode was unique, mostly because it is False Start!Support the show
Transcribe →Episode 276: The Return of Coach O to LSU!, Jamie Pollard crashes out over Big Ten/SEC, Alex Golesh remains the greatest Josh Heupel disciple
4w ago01:01:53Tap to summarizeReach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up!Hold that tiger!On today's episode of False Start, John Buhler (Lead Writer, FanSided.com) and Cody Williams (Content Director, FanSided.com) celebrated the triumphant return of Coach O to LSU!Having Ed Orgeron back in our lives was such a pleasant surprise.To be quite frank, so was Iowa State AD Jamie Pollard losing his mind over the Big Ten and the SEC not exactly being cooperative parties in the CSC...All the while, Josh Heupel remains the greatest Josh Heupel disciple known to mankind.We're crawling out of Lake Pontchartrain like Hexxus out of a smokestack because this is False Start!Support the show
Transcribe →Episode 275: False Start walks off with Zoolander, CFB almost hot seats, Teams who could make CFP for first time in 2026-27
4w ago01:13:33Tap to summarizeReach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up!There is more to life than having a really, really, ridiculously good-sounding podcast!On today's episode of False Start, John Buhler (Lead Writer, FanSided) and Cody Williams (Content Director, FanSided.com), put on their best makeup and strutted down the runway as the two best college football male models the podcasting space has ever seen on this Zoolander-themed show.From trying to figure out who in the college football world be right at home in this 2001 cinematic masterpiece, to using its many premises to help fuel the fire of hot seat talks and playoff discussions, the guys unleashed Magnum for all the world to see!Keep pulling the sweater, eventually the whole thing will unravel because this is False Start!Support the show
Transcribe →Episode 274: Lane Kiffin vs. everyone, Notre Dame-USC talks, CFB HCs getting ejected
May 1601:04:19Tap to summarizeReach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up!We didn't start the fire!On today's episode of False Start, John Buhler (Lead Writer, FanSided) and Cody Williams (Content Director, FanSided.com) broke down all the heat Lane Kiffin has been under recently, as well as the Notre Dame-USC rivalry kind of, sort of, almost being back on some day soon-ish...The guys then finished up the show by trying to figure out what college football head coaches would be the best at getting ejected from a game like the late, great former manager of the Atlanta Braves, Bobby Cox (RIP).It is never the wrong time to get too fired up because this is False Start!Support the show
Transcribe →Episode 273: 24-team CFP shenanigans!, Penn State optimism, Tennessee concerns
May 1101:06:30Tap to summarizeReach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up!More is always greater!On today's episode of False Start, John Buhler (Lead Writer, FanSided) and Cody Williams (Content Director, FanSided.com) took a look at what a 24-team College Football Playoff could have looked like with last year's field.The results were hilarious!From there, they looked at Nick Saban's well-thought-out plan for an NIL salary cap, if Penn State will be better than expected under Matt Campbell, and if we have seen the best out of Tennessee under Josh Heupel.Don't count your chickens before they hatch because this is False Start!Support the show
Transcribe →Episode 272: Dan Radakovich "retires", Mark Cuban "bought" Fernandomania, Cody is acting VERY presidential
May 700:57:57Tap to summarizeReach out to Cody and Buhler to tell them what's up!Hail to The Starters!On today's episode of False Start, John Buhler (Lead Writer, FanSided) helps usher in a very presidential birth year for one Cody Williams (Content Director, FanSided.com).Together, they shared the big wholesale changes they would make if they were in charge of college football as commissioners, directors, supreme overlords, and whatnot.They later touched on Dan Radakovich "retiring" at Miami and Mark Cuban "buying" Fernandomania for Indiana, all before ending the show with some Graphic Design Is My Passion and some Luke Combs JLN to ring in the new Cody year.Pour one out for Ted Turner (RIP) because this is False Start!Support the show
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