The Church of Hod Football Pod

The Church of Hod gives Netflix's Quarterback series a full-on literary critique, complete with discussions of heroes, villains, redemptive arcs, Kirk Cousins' general weirdness, and Mahomes' sadly undeniable likeability. What has Quarterback got that Hard Knocks ain't got? And can Netflix duplicate the success in season 2 when no one wants to risk playing the Mariota role? Also: We fire off a flurry of steaming fantasy takes. You decide if they're steaming in the good way or steaming in the bad way.

The Church of Hod reconvenes to discuss the possibly pointless pageantry of SEC Media Days and what it says about the challenges of covering modern college football. Does Old Guard media still have a watchdog role in the Age of Content, or are they just another part of the act? And if it's all just a pageant, which coach's performance took home the tiara?  Also: Why Aaron Rodgers will be a football prince and a fantasy pauper.

The Church of Hod convenes to preach extremely cautious optimism for the biggest Georgia-Tennessee week since Casey Clausen and David Greene stalked the Hedges. Does the ESPN Hype Train have enough steam to carry the Vols to victory against the for-some-reason-third-ranked defending national champs? Can Georgia put it all together and reclaim full kaiju mode? We address all the injustice in the bizarre first round of College Football Playoff rankings and read way too much into the fallout from a surprisingly fun NFL trade deadline. 

With unsettling QB injuries and infuriating roughing calls piling up each week, the Church of Hod tackles the persistent moral unease surrounding football's most troubling injury epidemic. Sadly, we find that giving concussions a cute nickname doesn't make them any less scary. Tennessee's offense is BACK. Tennessee's defense is LESS BACK. Will SEC glam teach national audiences to once again care about Texas and Oklahoma? Also, we give you our blessing to ditch your Draft Day darlings and chainsaw-sculpt your struggling fantasy team into a playoff contender.

In this first entry into our new "sometimes" series, Brother Clint regales the congregation with a Progressive-Era tale of on-field tragedy, Presidential politics, and the rule change that changed the game.

The weekend is almost here, and the Church of Hod Football Pod is keeping it positive in a world filled with football drama. HOW positive, you ask? Let's just say that at some point someone says that anything less than a division championship will be a letdown for the Jacksonville Jaguars. THAT'S how positive. We run down what success looks like for key teams in each division and explain which week 3 fantasy breakout stars deserve a permanent spot in your roster constellation.

The Church of Hod convenes to lift up prayers for Matt Ryan, Joe Burrow, Trey Lance's ankle, and Justin Herbert's rib cartilage.  Clint wants to believe that Florida State is back, and Josh is weirdly invested in the resurgent(?) Tennessee Volunteers. We offer up some streamer picks for any fantasy football players, hypothetical or otherwise, who might be looking for some help at the QB position.

The Church convenes to soothe your gridiron soul after an absurdly turbulent week in the college football Top 10! Josh buys a ticket for the Arkansas bandwagon while Clint books Tennessee into their usual room at the Hotel Irrelevance. We rundown Week 1 in the NFL and spotlight the places where we're panicking in our fantasy lineups. Josh Crago joins us to discuss the season-long prospects of his great love, The Pittsburgh Steelers, and his slightly-less-great love, the Auburn Tigers.

College Football Week 1 is in the books and the Church of Hod is here to pick apart a respectable chunk of the action! We've got ridiculous overreactions about seasons being over and coaches being toast. We've got NFL division picks that will almost certainly be proven wrong. Also, we talk IDP strategy and check in to see where Stetson Bennett ranks on the list of all-time great mailmen after the Bulldogs' casual evisceration of the Oregon Ducks. 

The Church of Hod makes preparations for Week One by subjecting themselves to Heisman conversation and kicking Nebraska while they're down. Josh commits the cardinal sin of recommending a Patriots running back while Clint secretly considers launching the Mitch Trubisky QUEST FOR 5,000 in Pittsburgh. Somewhere along the way, there's a pretty good discussion about mega-conference realignment. 

In the continued absence of reality football, the Church of Hod turns its attention to the fantasy version! Josh is prepared to wildly overpay for a Bears wide receiver and Clint has a positively insane projection for a hotshot rookie running back. Get all the weird picks that will leave your fellow drafters feeling mildly confused, concerned for your wellbeing, and wondering if they missed something.

The Church of Hod Football Pod yawns back into action to bring you all the coldest takes concerning the biggest stories from the world of old news! Last season's CFB championship! NFL Preseason week 1! Jimbo and Nick? Think of it like a gentle stretching session so that we don't sprain something when real football starts.