Five Wide Podcast

What an unbelievable week of college football we just had! Points and close games galore. We break down TCU hanging on against Michigan, and Georgia's remarkable late comeback against Ohio State. We also go over all the other big bowl games, and break down our thoughts on the upcoming National Championship. #StayWide Follow us on Twitter @FiveWidePod Music by Ed Napoli

Episode 110! Bowl Season has disappointed so far, but we've got a feeling it's about to RAMP UP. We talk Transfer QBs, go over our bowl picks to this point, and preview all the big games in the week ahead, including the College Football Playoff. Come for the analysis, fade the picks. You know how we do. #StayWide Follow us on Twitter @FiveWidePod Music by Ed Napoli

Episode 109! Bowl Season is in full swing, and Lane is fed up. We talk about our early bowl takeaways including a disappointing UF performance, and Troy's 12-win season. We also look at the most recent transfer news, and preview the 2nd week of bowl season. #StayWide Follow us on Twitter @FiveWidePod Music by Ed Napoli

Episode 108! New segment, new special guest, new T-shirts, same 3 Amigos. We preview the first round of bowl season, and give our thoughts on all the huge College Football news that has happened since we have been away. RIP Mike Leach. #StayWide Follow us on Twitter @FiveWidePod Music by Ed Napoli

Episode 107! We recap Rivalry Week and give our thoughts on the new hires at Nebraska, Wisconsin and Auburn. We also get you ready for Conference Championship Week with our best bets, including a Mega Money Munch special from Jonny. #StayWide

Episode 106! Rivalry Week is here, we dive into all the exciting matchups ahead including UF-FSU, OSU-Michigan, ND-USC and more. We recap Week 12 with saw the death of Tennessee, and the PAC-12 Championship Semi-Finals deliver in a big way. We finish up with our Locks as always, including an interesting strategy by Ol' Scoops. Happy Thanksgiving everybody. #StayWide. Follow us on Twitter @FiveWidePod Music by Ed Napoli

Episode 105! The Three Amigos are back, and breaking down all the latest news and action in College Football. We also delve into a few other topics such as the difficulties of purchasing Taylor Swift Tickets, the punishment for gambling sins, and the Push Club. We preview what should be a big week in the PAC-12, and give out our best bets for Week 12. Only a few more weeks left, enjoy her before she's gone. #StayWide Follow us on Twitter @FiveWidePod Music by Ed Napoli

Episode 104! Coming off one of the wildest College Football weekends in recent memory, we discuss all the fallout. Alabama and Clemson look to be on the outside of the Playoff discussion for once and Tennessee got a reality check in Athens. We also preview Week 11, give out our best bets, and take a deep dive into how the conference races are shaping up. #StayWide Follow us on Twitter @FiveWidePod Music by Ed Napoli

Episode 103! The 1st College Football Playoff Rankings are out for 2022 and we start the show by breaking them down for you. We then get into all the top Week 9 action before previewing a LOADED Week 10 slate which includes Tenn-UGA, Bama-LSU and FSU-Miami. We also give out our locks of the week, and do anything we can to help Thebaut out of his funk. #StayWide Follow us on Twitter @FiveWidePod Music by Ed Napoli

Episode 102! The three true warriors of the pod show up to discuss an Uneventful Week 8 in College Football. We talk about TCU's path to a Big 12 Championship getting wider and wider, have a discussion on who is the best team in the PAC-12, and discuss the dumpster fire in College Station that needs to be put out. All that, plus our Week 9 Picks. #StayWide Follow us on Twitter @FiveWidePod Music by Ed Napoli

Episode 101! DOWN GOES BAMA! Rocky Top is making waves in College Football and their upset of the Crimson Tide was the story of the weekend. We recap that game along with the whole Week 7 slate. We also preview the Week 8 schedule and give out our Best Bets for the weekend after a rousing speech from Thebaut to get the boys going. #StayWide Follow us on Twitter @FiveWidePod Music by Ed Napoli

Episode 100! 100 times we've done this, 100 times you've listened. We discuss Week 6 and preview Week 7. Giving out winners as always, except for Lane of course. #StayWide Follow us on Twitter @FiveWidePod Music by Ed Napoli

Episode 99! On the precipice of a century's worth of episodes, the lads get together to discuss all of the Week 5 CFB fallout, including Georgia's scare in Columbia, Wisconsin firing Paul Chryst and some potential replacements, and Ole Miss pulling out a close win over Kentucky. We also preview Week 6, and give out our locks of the week, including a little more added incentive for Lane's wallet on whether or not we get them right. #StayWide Follow us on Twitter @FiveWidePod Music by Ed Napoli

Episode 98! Another week in the books, and we discuss all the best action, including an upset in South Florida, TAMU stealing one from Arkansas, and a big win in Knoxville. We also preview the Week 5 slate, and give out our best bets for the week. #StayWide Follow us on Twitter @FiveWidePod Music by Ed Napoli

Episode 97! Week 3 was a real respite from the craziness and upsets of the early season, but it did mean the end of the Herm Edwards Era at Arizona St and the continued rise of the program in Tallahassee. We discuss all the top games and news from the weekend, and also preview the week ahead. We close it out with our Week 4 Best Bets. #StayWide Follow us on Twitter @FiveWidePod Music by Ed Napoli

Episode 96! What a crazy, stupid sport we love. It was a mistake-laden, upset-filled Saturday that made Texas A&M and Notre Dame fans very worried about the future of those programs, and saw the end of an era at Nebraska. We discuss all the biggest games and news from the weekend, and give out our Week 3 Locks. #StayWide Follow us on Twitter @FiveWidePod Music by Ed Napoli

Episode 95! Week 1 was insanity, the top of CFB looks as strong as ever with Alabama, Georgia and Ohio State all impressing. It was also a huge week for the state of Florida, with the Gators and Seminoles grinding out tough wins against marquee opponents. We cover all the top Week 1 Action, and preview the Week 2 Slate, along with our best bets and locks of the week. #StayWide

Episode 95! Week 1 was insanity, the top of CFB looks as strong as ever with Alabama, Georgia and Ohio State all impressing. It was also a huge week for the state of Florida, with the Gators and Seminoles grinding out tough wins against marquee opponents. We cover all the top Week 1 Action, and preview the Week 2 Slate, along with our best bets and locks of the week. #StayWide

Episode 94! Week 0 was a nice step in the right direction, but we are ready for a full slate...and IT'S COMING. We discuss Nebraska-Northwestern, as well as Florida State and Vanderbilt's impressive performances. Week 1 has a ton of great games, and we talk through the full slate, while giving out our Week 1 Locks. #StayWide Follow us on Twitter @FiveWidePod Music by Ed Napoli

Episode 93! It's officially game week, and loyal Five Wide listeners know what that means. It's Draft Pool Time. We spend this episode going through 130 of the 131 teams and drafting them for total wins for the season. After the draft, we give out our season predictions, including conference champions, heisman winners, and playoff picks. Finally, we end with our Week 0 Picks and our Five Wide Parlay. Follow us on Twitter @FiveWidePod Music by Ed Napoli

Episode 92! The finale of our team previews include Oklahoma, Michigan, Georgia, Alabama and Ohio State. We discuss their outlooks for the season, which ones are locks for the playoff, and even sneak in one last round of Five Wide Trivia. #StayWide Follow us on Twitter @FiveWidePod Music by Ed Napoli

Episode 91! The Season is almost here, and the boys are talking through teams 10-6 in the Preseason Power Poll. Wisconsin, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Notre Dame and Clemson. Over/Unders, Trivia, it's all here. #StayWide Follow us on Twitter @FiveWidePod Music by Ed Napoli

Episode 90! Season Previews continue with Mississippi State, Miami (FL), Penn State, Utah and Cincinnati this week. Almost there folks, stay strong. #StayWide Follow us on Twitter @FiveWidePod Music by Ed Napoli

Jonny-Gate. Trivia Round 2. Kentucky, Pitt, NC State, Ole Miss, Michigan St Previews. Follow us on Twitter @FiveWidePod Music by Ed Napoli

The 2022 Season Preview kicks off with a new format, but your same old idiots on the mic's. Will BYU continue their ascent under Kalani Sitake? Does Oregon take a step forward with Bo Nix and Dan Lanning? Can the Gators have a big year one under Billy Napier? Does Bryan Harsin make it through the year at Auburn? Can PJ Fleck get over the hump and get Minnesota to the Big 10 Title game? Those questions answered, plus a little Five Wide Trivia. #StayWide Follow us on Twitter @FiveWidePod Music by Ed Napoli

WE BACK. TALKIN DRAFT. 2022 1st Round Mock Time. Follow us on Twitter @FiveWidePod Music by Ed Napoli

The boys are back from an extended break and ready for the culmination of a wild 2021 CFB season. Bama vs Georgia should be a competitive final after two semi-final duds, and we are here to give you a comprehensive preview of what we expect to see. Props, Totals, Sides and all of our favorite plays for the last game of the season. #StayWide Follow us on Twitter @FiveWidePod Music by Ed Napoli

Episode 85! Back from our hiatus to discuss all of the CFB news that's hot on the stove. Thebaut, Lane and Billy discuss their thoughts on some hirings and firings, and also dive into the 1st part of bowl season. We give out picks and a parlay to get you through the pre-Christmas bowl grind. #StayWide Find us on Twitter @FiveWidePod Music by Ed Napoli

Episode 84! A wild week in CFB both on and off the field. Lincoln Riley to USC, Brian Kelly to LSU and all of the Conference Championship Previews you could hope for. We review Rivalry Week, and cover as much as possible of the hectic 24-hour news cycle that is College Football right now. The gang's all here for the first time in awhile, and boy did we find a good week to get back in our groove. #StayWide Follow us on Twitter @FiveWidePod Music by Ed Napoli

Episode 83! We celebrate Lane's birthday without him as we discuss the Dan Mullen firing, the FSU hot streak and the latest playoff rankings. We're realistically down to Alabama. Ohio State, Georgia, ND, Cincinnati, Michigan and the Big 12 Champ in terms of the playoff picture, and this episode is a lot of talk about the different potential matchups we may see. We also give out our Week 13 Best Bets and try to break out of our recent cold streak. #StayWide Follow us on Twitter @FiveWide Music by Ed Napoli

Episode 82! Another week, another playoff contender down. Oklahoma loses to Baylor and the Big 12 is now another Power 5 Conference that looks like it may get left out of the CFB Playoff. The Georgia and Alabama dominance continued while Ohio State seems to be peaking at the perfect time. And finally, Connor celebrates another huge win by the Florida State Seminoles before we give out another batch of winners. #StayWide Follow us on Twitter @FiveWidePod Music by Ed Napoli

Episode 81! Another week down, and more teams in the top 10 getting upset. We say goodbye to Michigan St and Wake Forest, as teams with playoff chances keep dropping one after another. We discuss some of the hirings and firings around the country, and spend way too much time discussing the future of Florida football after a humiliating loss to South Carolina. Picks and previews for Week 11 as well. #StayWide Follow us on Twitter @FiveWidePod Music by Ed Napoli

Episode 80! After a Bye Week for the pod, the boys are back in full force. Well, 3 of them at least. Along with giving out live CFP Rankings Reactions, we talk through all the Week 9 Action and Preview Week 10. We discuss Dan Mullen's excuse-laden loss streak, Michigan St's huge win over Michigan and Oklahoma's chances of winning the Big 12. We also give out our best bets for Week 10 and even end the episode by allowing Lane and Jonny to make a "friendly" World Series wager. #StayWide Follow us on Twitter @FiveWidePod Music by Ed Napoli

Episode 79! Tons to talk about on Billy's last episode as a single man. Florida is in shambles after a loss to an LSU team who fired their coach after the big win, does anyone want to be #2?, and is the Big 12 back now that Oklahoma found a new QB? We talk through all the big Week 7 action, preview this week's matchups and give out our best bets. Even Week Magic, you know what to do. #StayWide Follow us on Twitter @FiveWidePod Music by Ed Napoli

Episode 78! Another week, another parlay winner to brag about. We go over all of the top action from Week 6, including Alabama's loss to TAMU, Iowa's comeback victory over Penn State, and a couple shootouts in Dallas and Oxford. As always, we finish off the episode with our best bets for the upcoming week of games. #StayWide Follow us on Twitter @FiveWidePod Music by Ed Napoli

Episode 77! It's a week of doom-and-gloom on the Podcast as we talk Florida's loss to Kentucky, Notre Dame's loss to Cincinnati and a horrific week for our best bets. We talk about the rest of the CFB landscape as well, and try to look forward to the Week 6 slate. Existence is pain, but we will do our best to bounce back. #StayWide Find us on Twitter @FiveWidePod Music by Ed Napoli

Episode 76! Another winning week on the Five Wide Parlay has the boys fired up as they discuss the Week 4 action. We break down Arkansas's hot start to the season, express varying levels of concern over Oklahoma and Clemson, and evaluate what Notre Dame's win over Wisconsin means about the state of both programs. We also preview the Week 5 Slate while giving out another piping hot batch of freshly-baked winners. #StayWide Follow us on Twitter @FiveWidePod Music by Ed Napoli

Episode 75! We have a full crew in the house to properly discuss our takeaways from an exciting Week 3 in the CFB landscape, including Florida's close loss to Alabama, disappointing performances from Clemson, Oklahoma and Ohio St, and some questionable refereeing decisions from around the country. We also give out some more winners for Week 4 and put Lane to the coals for a disgusting 0-5 performance in Week 3. #StayWide Find us on Twitter @FiveWidePod Music by Ed Napoli

Episode 74! After an impromptu bye week, the boys are back celebrating our 2nd ever Five Wide Parlay Winner. Lot to discuss this week including an Alabama-Florida preview, FSU's horrific collapse against Jacksonville St, and the USC coaching search now that Clay Helton is out the door. Bunches of winners and game previews for Week 3 as well. #StayWide

Episode 73! It's the draft episode for the 2021 version of the Five Wide Total Win Pool and we lay out our picks and explain our rationale. Jonny also takes his victory lap after Illinois's big win over Nebraska in Week 0, while Lane waxes poetically about Jake Haener and Fresno State. Finally, we go through our Week 1 Best Bets and get excited about the fact that in just a few short days we will have a full slate of games to watch and gamble upon. The best time of year has arrived. #StayWide

We've finally made it! The finale of the 2021 preview episodes is here, and we are talking PAC-12. It's an interesting year out west with a healthy amount of teams looking to breakthrough and get the conference back into the College Football Playoff. We break it all down and give out our win total predictions for the conference. We've also got the Week 0 Five Wide Parlay that (hopefully) contains nothing but winners. There are real live CFB games this Saturday folks, strap up and #StayWide Follow us on Twitter @FiveWidePod Music by Ed Napoli

Big 10 West Preview! An episode filled with hot takes and bold predictions should always be expected when Jonny gets to talk about his beloved Illini, but this one has even more than normal. The less glamorous half of the Big 10 has a lot of teams at the top with similar styles in Wisconsin, Iowa and Northwestern, but one seems to stand out above the rest in 2021. Win total predictions for every team and some 2020 bowl trivia as well. #StayWide Follow us on Twitter @FiveWidePod Music by Ed Napoli

Big 10 East Preview! Ohio State is the clear class of the division (and conference) but Indiana and Penn State are hoping that the uncertainty of the QB situation in Columbus allows them a chance to contend for the crown. Michigan is always a fun, rational discussion, especially when Lane is involved, and we dive into Jim Harbaugh's future in Ann Arbor. There's trivia, there's over/unders, find it all here. We're ready for the season to start. #StayWide Find us on Twitter @FiveWidePod Music by Ed Napoli

The full crew is back for the 2021 Big-12 Preview. Iowa St and Oklahoma are the picks to battle at the top of the conference, while a new era at Texas has Longhorn fans excited for their potential to be a dark horse contender. We give out our Win Total Predictions for every team and try (and fail) to keep the 69 jokes to a minimum. #StayWide Follow us on Twitter @FiveWidePod Music by Ed Napoli

After a week-long illness break, we've got a few of the boys back on the mic's talking about the ACC Atlantic. While Clemson has won 6 straight ACC titles, there are some interesting teams in the division that could make some noise in 2021. We also look at FSU going into Year 2 of the Norvell Era and try to identify some of the ways they can get back to relevancy. #StayWide Follow us on Twitter @FiveWidePod Music by Ed Napoli

The ACC Coastal has been the most up for grabs division in CFB the last decade, with all 7 teams winning it at least once. This years version looks like a battle at the top between UNC and Miami. We go through the entire division anyway giving out team breakdowns and over-unders on win totals, all while our gambling expert enjoys a nice little beach vacation. #StayWide Follow us on Twitter @FiveWidePod Music by Ed Napoli

SEC East time! Lane has an unexcused absence as we go in depth on the 2021 version of the Florida-Georgia rivalry that should determine the division this season. Also, there are new coaches in Knoxville, Columbia and Nashville and all are looking to turn around programs coming off abysmal 2020's. What will the SEC East look like in 2021? Tune in and find out. #StayWide Find us on Twitter @FiveWidePod Music by Ed Napoli

Season 3 kicks off with the same old idiots giving you their takes on the 2021 version of the SEC West. The strongest division in College Football has produced the national champion in each of the last two seasons, will they make it 3 in a row? We also discuss our thoughts on the 12-team playoff concept and test our knowledge on the 2020 season with a new segment, Five Wide Trivia. Feels so damn good to be back. #StayWide Follow us on Twitter @FiveWidePod Music by Ed Napoli

Episode 64! Back on the mics after a 3-month hiatus to bring you another Five Wide NFL 1st Round Mock Draft. We have a loyal listener and special guest come on to help us out, as we go pick-by-pick through the 1st Round creating our own version of how we believe Thursday night will play out. #StayWide Follow us on Twitter @FiveWidePod Music by Ed Napoli

Episode 63! The Season 2 finale of the Five Wide Podcast is here. We recap our best and worst predictions of the year, conference by conference, and hand out the 2020 Dingus of the Year trophy. We finish the episode off with some vocal stylings as punishment from predictions gone wrong. Thanks for your support all year long, see ya in 2021! #StayWide Follow us on Twitter @FiveWidePod Music by Ed Napoli

Episode 62! The culmination of the strangest season in CFB history ends with a couple familiar faces in the title game. #1 Alabama vs #3 Ohio State. We cover the game from all angles before giving our thoughts on our favorite player props, as well as the spread and the total. There's going to be a lot of points so get your popcorn ready. #StayWide Follow us on Twitter @FiveWidePod Music by Ed Napoli