FootballScoop

The FootballScoop Staff understood the assignment. Each man gets One BOLD prediction. Doug Samuels predicts a surprisingly bad season for the Ohio State Buckeyes. John Brice predicts the Iowa Hawkeyes find a way into the College Football Playoff. Scott Roussel predicts a quarterback who has never thrown a pass in college football will lead Notre Dame to their first National Championship in nearly 40 years.Zach Barnett predicts pre-season #1 Texas will miss the College Football Playoff. 

The FootballScoop Staff gathers to discuss the Week Zero games and the overall football situation at Stanford; oh and Pat Fitzgerald is ready to lead once again 

College football experts Zach Barnett and John Brice join Scott Roussel to discuss teams we expect to over and under perform expectations for this 2025 season. 

The FootballScoop Staff is back for Season 5 of the Pod! Scott Roussel is joined by college football experts Zach Barnett, John Brice and Doug Samuels to share stories and insight in the beauty that is college football. In this episode we discuss the intriguing storylines as the season draws near. 

FootballScoop's John Brice and Zach Barnett participated in the National Football Operations meetings last week in Dallas. Topics discussed included how to deal with NIL agents, the future of the NFL draft and more. 

FootballScoop's Zach Barnett and John Brice talk through major college football recruiting in 2025 with two coaches who each have a son going through the process right now. We thank Warren McCarty and Rick Feinberg for sharing their time, their insight and expertise with all of us. 

The FootballScoop Staff dives into how the transfer portal, the pending House Settlement and the almighty dollar are impacting high school recruiting at all levels of college football. 

The FootballScoop Staff explores all the "Spring football" questions. 

The FootballScoop Staff explains how the expanded College Football Playoff should work. Note to everyone, don't be soft. 

The FootballScoop Staff shares thoughts in insight into the offensive coordinator hires of the 2024-25 cycle. 

The FootballScoop Staff discusses the market for college defensive coordinators in the context of Ohio State's search and elsewhere. 

The FootballScoop Staff shares quick thoughts on each and every FBS head coaching hire of this cycle. 

The FootballScoop Staff weighs in on the state of college football, Bill Belichick at North Carolina, Chip Kelly's move to the Raiders, Penn State, the Super Bowl and more. 

The FootballScoop Staff took a brief break from writing to record a quick update on some of the current head coaching openings. 

Folks, Week 13 is in the books. Chaos has found the playoff rankings. Let's dig in. 

The FootballScoop Staff discusses Indiana at Ohio State, Army vs Notre Dame and all sorts of other great games coming this weekend. 

Friends, things are getting good. We have three more weeks of regular season football and every game matters. Let's dive in!

Ole Miss got'er done...with their defense. Alabama embarrassed LSU. Things finally caught up with Miami, the Big Ten keeps rolling and more. 

The FootballScoop Staff starts with Georgia at Ole Miss, discusses the greatness of an Alabama / LSU night game in Tiger Stadium and more, so much more. 

Ohio State got the best of Penn State. Georgia hung on. Oregon went into the Big House and left victorious. Indiana keeps rolling. Those and so much more...on the FootballScoop Podcast. 

Ohio State at Penn State, Oregon at Michigan, Florida vs Georgia, A&M at South Carolina and more, so much more...

Week 9 of college football was a beauty. Boise State took care of business. The Big Ten continues to impress. The SEC is beating each other up. Miami looks good. Notre Dame has found its footing. Oh, and there is more. So much more.... 

Folks, Week 9 is filled with greatness. Ready yourselves for a special few days of college football beginning tonight and running throughout Saturday. G5 has potential glory as Boise State lines up with UNLV Friday night in Las Vegas and then Saturday Navy plays Notre Dame. The Top 25 slate is loaded, oh and we've got some FCS magic coming as well. Dive in! 

Georgia went into Austin and did that. The Vols got Bama. LSU is playing well. Oh, and there is great ball being played outside the SEC too! 

Georgia is at Texas. Huge ballgame. But wait, there's more.... 

Zach Barnett, John Brice and Doug Samuels recap Week 7 of the 2024 college football season.

Zach Barnett, John Brice and Doug Samuels recap Week 7 of the 2024 college football season. 

Folks, we've got a great slate this week. This Saturday is clear proof that God loves college football. 

Oh, folks, we've got a dandy. Week 6 went off the rails and this podcast is here for it. JB, Zach, Doug and Scott dive in, head first into the glory that was Week 6 in college football. 

The FootballScoop staff (minus Scott this time) discuss what we expect to be a surprisingly interesting weekend of college football. 

The FootballScoop staff discusses the greatness that was on display in college football Week 5. 

The FootballScoop staff discusses all of the best games on the Week 5 schedule. 

Scott Roussel, Zach Barnett and Doug Samuels offer insight and thoughts on the situation at UNLV and in college football in general. 

The FootballScoop Staff discusses all the best games from this past weekend. 

The FootballScoop staff discusses all of the best games coming this weekend!

FootballScoop's Scott Roussel invited ESPN's Rece Davis on to discuss the Group of 5 Coaches Poll 

The FootballScoop Staff shares quick thoughts on all the best games from the weekend. 

The FootballScoop Staff discusses the full slate of Week 3 games and the Pac-12 (?) making their move. 

Athlon Sports Dan Lyons joins the FootballScoop crew as we discuss the latest G5 Coaches Poll and games affecting the Top 15 ranked G5 programs in Week 3. 

The FootballScoop Staff discusses all the action from Week 2 in college football. 

Week two has a couple of blockbusters and more than a handful of sneaky great games. Have a listen as the FootballScoop staff shares thoughts across the board. 

The FootballScoop Staff discusses all the action we witnessed in Week One. 

College football is back! The FootballScoop Staff discusses the expectations, the storylines, the news and notes as we head into the Week One games. 

The show we have all been waiting for. One BOLD prediction from each of the FootballScoop Staff. 

The FootballScoop staff shares thoughts and insight into the coaching storylines as we head into the 2024 season. 

The FootballScoop Staff discusses the coaching storylines in the Power 4 conferences heading into the 2024 season. Did Doug say...Nebraska? 

For different reasons, several Power 4 college football teams Need better results this season. Scott Roussel speaks with college football experts to discuss Florida, Arkansas, South Carolina, Penn State, Ohio State, Nebraska, Baylor, Miami, North Carolina, Pitt, Virginia and more. 

The FootballScoop staff is back with thoughts and insight into new head coaches at the FBS level. Zach Barnett, John Brice, Doug Samuels and Scott Roussel share their thoughts on Curt Cignetti, Willie Fritz, Scotty Walden, Jeff Lebby and more. 

The FootballScoop crew discusses teams we believe will surpass expectations and those that might fall well short of expectations during this 2024 season. Ole Miss Rebels, you are on the clock.... #PennState #Clemson #UCLA #Missouri #Michigan

The FootballScoop Podcast is back! Season 4 featuring Scott Roussel, John Brice, Zach Barnett and Doug Samuels will keep every college football fan filled with scoop, nuggets and behind the scenes stories of what is truly happening in college football. 

John Brice and Doug Samuels join Scott Roussel to discuss how recruiting, the portal and NIL all play into the timing of coaching searches.