"The Grey Zone" College Football Podcast by Grey Thompson, painter, muralist & photographer for Fête, the #1 magazine in Greenville, SC. Co-host of Fête Greenville TV. Sláinte!
RELEASE THE GPI: The 2026 College Football Preview Begins!Nobody can handle the preseason predictions & polls. We know that. It's not enough to stop us from the relentlessly fun thought experiment that is the preview season, & today we're debuting results from The Greyzone Power Index featuring teams "ranked" 51-60. Even the triggers are triggered, so let's get into it! *Thanks again to Davey McNight, without which the GPI wouldn't exist. #thegreyzones
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes! The 2025 Edition. What's new in college football for 2025?Rules? Check.Coaches? Check.Star players? Check.New meaning to the term, "injury time-out?" Check! #GVLMedia
Earth, Wind & Fire (& the ACC) ft. Davey McNight#GVLMedia
The CFBSE: "Buy, Sell or Hold" B1G Edition: Legacy Teams (i.e., part 2) ft. Davey McNightThe College Football Stock Exchange is a splinter in your mind, a thought experiment blanketing your brain from stem to skull. Who do you buy? Who do you sell? Who do you keep? We're diving into part one of the biggest conference you've ever seen. Prepare your portfolio's expansion accordingly!#GVLMedia
The CFBSE: "Buy, Sell or Hold" B1G Edition: Legacy Teams (i.e., part 1) ft. Davey McNightThe College Football Stock Exchange is a splinter in your mind, a thought experiment blanketing your brain from stem to skull. Who do you buy? Who do you sell? Who do you keep? We're diving into part one of the biggest conference you've ever seen. Prepare your portfolio's expansion accordingly!#GVLMedia
The CFBSE: "Buy, Sell or Hold" ACC Edition Volume 2! ft. Davey McNightThe College Football Stock Exchange is a splinter in your mind, a thought experiment blanketing your brain from stem to skull. Who do you buy? Who do you sell? Who do you keep? We're diving into part two of the #1 conference since the written word, The ACC of course! #GVLMedia
The CFBSE: "Buy, Sell or Hold" ACC Edition! ft. Davey McNightThe College Football Stock Exchange is a splinter in your mind, a thought experiment blanketing your brain from stem to skull. Who do you buy? Who do you sell? Who do you keep? We're diving into part one of the #1 conference since the written word, The ACC of course! #GVLMedia
Clemson & Notre Dame news, plus The CFBSE: SEC Part 2 with Davey McNight
"The Blind Spot" & The SECSE: Buy, Sell, or Trade with Davey McNightThis UNC story goes deeper than the Pacific. We're also starting a new series this week, the Stock Exchange. Who do you buy? Who do you sell? Who do you keep? We're starting with half the SEC this week & this was a blast! #GVLMedia
The Tiers of Unfathomable Sadness w/Davey McNightDon't cry, have hope! These are TIERS, not "tears," & they're all hopeful if not likely to make the College Football Playoff or even content for a national title in 2025. Is it early? Yes. Is it better than talking about the Derby & Bill Belichick? Well, yes, but we do that, too. #GVLMedia
The Nico Song: Platinum Edition w/Davey McNightNFL Draft analysis, why not?Transfer portal info#thegreyzones #GVLMedia
If only there was a league called the BIG12 that actually had 12 teams, we could have done this in one go.Instead, we gotta split it up. Today, it's the Hateful Eight of the BIG12. This is the last of all the power-four groups, & we've covered them all! It's been a great thought experiment for sure, & we're still gonna do at least the MAC. Here come your grades!#thegreyzones #GVLMedia
If only there was a league called the BIG12 that actually had 12 teams, we could do this in one go.Instead, we gotta split it up. New Money BIG12, here come your grades.#thegreyzones #GVLMedia
B1G New Money: The 2024 Review with Davey McNightWho was the B1G this year? Well, for one thing, they were far too big to cover in a single episode (BIG20 has a nice ring to it), so we're going with "the old money" this time, those the blue bloods & bordertown Midwesterners, plus Purdue exists.#thegreyzones#GVLMedia
B1G New Money: The 2024 Review with Davey McNightWho was the B1G this year? Well, for one thing, they were far too big to cover in a single episode (BIG20 has a nice ring to it), so we're going with "the new money," those former-PAC-12 teams & nouveau riche alike. This was fun! #thegreyzones#GVLMedia
NOTRE DAME HAS ENTERED THE CHAT...Welcome to the 2024 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Report card!This episode was recorded on St. Patrick's Day (of course), in Irish accents, drinking Irish whisky, co-hosted by an Irishman from South Ben & with both of us speaking in Irish accents. Like the Irish, this episode is explicit (for authenticity's sake). What a season, though. Erin go bragh! #thegreyzones#GVLMedia
The ACC 2024 Report Card with Davey McNightGimme an "A!"Gimme a "C!"Gimme another "C!"Now gimme an FSU, a BCDee, some tremendous moments of brilliance with a side of extra credit & you've got one hell of a report card worth talking about. Let's go coast-to-coast for the Atlantic Coast Conference 2024 report card! #thegreyzones
SEC's 2024 Report Card with Davey McNightUh oh...
The 2024 College Football Season Is Over: A Requiem with Davey McNight Everyone but The Ohio State University fans are sad. That's no reason not to do a show & a recap of the national championship, though! @ColorofGrey on Twitter @ColorofGreyStudio on Instagram #TheGreyZones #FeteGreenville www.GVLmedia.online
DATA NERRRRDS: An Anal-yitical Breakdown for the CFP Championship with Davey McNight If you like data, you're never alone! Bring on the last game of the 2024 college football season, & savor every snap! @ColorofGrey on Twitter @ColorofGreyStudio on Instagram #TheGreyZones #FeteGreenville www.GVLmedia.online
TWO ENTER, ONE LEAVES: The 2024 CFP Semifinals Review & National Championship Preview with Davey McNight Clemson is hiring! Well, not for long, but still. A classic Orange Bowl, who had any doubt? "Rudy 2: The Reckoning" has a nice ring to it. Bring on the last game of the 2024 college football season, & savor every snap! @ColorofGrey on Twitter @ColorofGreyStudio on Instagram #TheGreyZones #FeteGreenville www.GVLmedia.online
Playoffs & Mayo Baths & Software Security, OH MY! The 2024 College Football Playoff Review, Preview & Bowl Game Reviews with Davey McNight. Just as it's always darkest before the dawn, perhaps it's always brightest just before total darkness for 8 months? Think about it. @ColorofGrey on Twitter @ColorofGreyStudio on Instagram #TheGreyZones #FeteGreenville www.GVLmedia.online
I Suppose We Have To Talk About the Playoff: The College Football Playoff Round 2 Preview THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE. @ColorofGrey on Twitter @ColorofGreyStudio on Instagram #TheGreyZones #FeteGreenville www.GVLmedia.online
“Smokey This Is Not 'Nam, This Is Bowling, There Are Rules!” The 2024 College Football Bowl Season Record-breaking performances? History-making players? The life and death of a Pop-Tart? Are you not entertained?! It's bowl season! @ColorofGrey on Twitter @ColorofGreyStudio on Instagram #TheGreyZones #FeteGreenville www.GVLmedia.online
PLAYOFFS! The 2024 College Football Playoff Round 1 Review with Davey McNight Question: How can you talk about no more than four games for over two hours? Answer: Listen... @ColorofGrey on Twitter @ColorofGreyStudio on Instagram #TheGreyZones #FeteGreenville www.GVLmedia.online
Playoffs? PLAYOFFS?! Yes, Playoffs! The College Football Playoff Round 1 Preview with Davey McNight Without spoiling anything, the best advice we can generally agree on is simply this: don't bet on bowl games... @ColorofGrey on Twitter @ColorofGreyStudio on Instagram #TheGreyZones #FeteGreenville www.GVLmedia.online
Awards Season: A Requiem for 2024 with Davey McNight If you don't want to know more about the Heisman & other awards, maybe listen to Jason Bateman, I guess? @ColorofGrey on Twitter @ColorofGreyStudio on Instagram #TheGreyZones #FeteGreenville www.GVLmedia.online
Let's Celebrate a Brilliant Regular Season: The 2024 College Football Championship Review with Davey McNight The Playoff is set (now stop saying "playoffs") & we're happier than a pig in mud. The 2024 regular season was a stamp on everything that makes college football so great, imperfect, passionate & amazing. As a TV show, you could never script it better or ask for anything more. As a post-season, we're tremendously excited. But for a conference championship weekend, it felt like a stamp on what makes college football the greatest sport with the shortest season & we're gonna celebrate it! @ColorofGrey on Twitter @ColorofGreyStudio on Instagram #TheGreyZones #FeteGreenville www.GVLmedia.online
Nine football games. Just nine. No team in any of them is favored by more than 4 points. Surely you can find time for at least 8 of the championship games, no? Who will win? What will a loss mean? Who's in the "playoff?" Who cares, we still have football! Savor every snap. @ColorofGrey on Twitter @ColorofGreyStudio on Instagram #TheGreyZones #FeteGreenville www.GVLmedia.online
WHA' HAPPENED?! The Week 14 College Football Review Show with Davey McNight Wivalwy Week certainly did not disappoint in being relentlessly entertaining, if nothing else. No football on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday this week means you've got plenty of time to listen to a jam-packed review of a wild wivalwy weekend! @ColorofGrey on Twitter @ColorofGreyStudio on Instagram #TheGreyZones #FeteGreenville www.GVLmedia.online
What's a Wival? The Week 14 College Football Preview with Davey McNight Gotta savor absolutely every single snap of rivalry week & the last game for many programs & players. Celebrate it! @ColorofGrey on Twitter @ColorofGreyStudio on Instagram #TheGreyZones #FeteGreenville www.GVLmedia.online
WIVALWY WEEK! The Annual Rivalry Drop-In Show from Hans & Franz What do you hate? No, I mean really hate? Your rival in football? That's nice. Apparently not everyone is into that, even this week?! Still, thankful for (alleged) Clemson fan Lord James Spivey, Gamecock superfan Gerald (G.A.), "Bulldawg" Brian Bishop & Dan Waugh who actually hates his rival, plus ever-thankful for the recording hut at Hans & Franz Biergarten. @ColorofGrey on Twitter @ColorofGreyStudio on Instagram #TheGreyZones #FeteGreenville www.GVLmedia.online
BAKER'S DOZEN: The Week 13 College Football Preview with Davey McNight & Bennett Thompson There's one more regular-season Saturday after this. BE AFRAID. In the meantime, why not eliminate your mortgage with some locks? Football on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday? November is a blessing. Savor every snap. @ColorofGrey on Twitter @ColorofGreyStudio on Instagram #TheGreyZones #FeteGreenville www.GVLmedia.online
The Week 12 College Football Review with Davey McNight Listen to Davey carry me like Johnny Appleseed and, well, a bag of apple seeds, I guess? @ColorofGrey on Twitter @ColorofGreyStudio on Instagram #TheGreyZones #FeteGreenville www.GVLmedia.online
DIRTY DOZEN: The Week 12 College Football Preview with Davey McNight Joined once again by Davey McNight, we're making some remarkably logical guesses for our picks, but the way this season is going nobody can even be sure the Earth is round & the alphabet is real. @ColorofGrey on Twitter @ColorofGreyStudio on Instagram #TheGreyZones #FeteGreenville www.GVLmedia.online
November Is for Contenders! The Week 11 College Football Review with Davey McNight Fall For Greenville kept me from (most of) the games on Saturday. Thank Christ Davey McNight can watch the greatest show on Earth to help carry me like a sack of potatoes across the nation! @ColorofGrey on Twitter @ColorofGreyStudio on Instagram #TheGreyZones #FeteGreenville www.GVLmedia.online
"You Know What We Do? We Turn It Up to (Week) 11!" The Week 11 College Football Preview with Irish Chad Filchak @ColorofGrey on Twitter @ColorofGreyStudio on Instagram #TheGreyZones #FeteGreenville www.GVLmedia.online
We'll Miss You, October. The Week 10 College Football Review with Davey McNight Hope you're enjoying the new mortgage payment & glad we could help! I sure do miss October already, though. It's kinda the best month (no committee required, please). @ColorofGrey on Twitter @ColorofGreyStudio on Instagram #TheGreyZones #FeteGreenville www.GVLmedia.online
TWINS ARE SCARY! The Week 10 College Football Preview with Bennett Thompson & Davey McNight We have a special guest! Special needs as he's left-handed, but a stunning specimen nonetheless, it's my twin brother coming to you from the central slime zone in New GOREleans, Bennett Thompson! Also joined by my favorite zombie, GRAVE-y McNIGHT! There are fewer games on this week than any since week 1 (scary!), but we're here to help double your mortgage to make up for buying the king-size candy bars for trick-or-treaters. Bobby Petrino will rise, Tennessee's wearing black 'cause they're going to a funeral, Cardinals become an endangered species, and moooooore! @ColorofGrey on Twitter @ColorofGreyStudio on Instagram #TheGreyZones #FeteGreenville www.GVLmedia.online
So Spooky! The Week 9 College Football Review with Davey McNight We did a great job on the week 9 preview last week! Great as in great radio, albeit not great in our picks. I got a few on Davey, but man, if you wanted chaos & weirdness, 2024 is for you, & the Earth is still flat. We're running out of weeks, so savor every snap! @ColorofGrey on Twitter @ColorofGreyStudio on Instagram #TheGreyZones #FeteGreenville www.GVLmedia.online
Secure your grave so you've got a place to stay when your picks die! There are few things as scary as getting your picks wrong, so we're here to help (probably). Devils, Demons, howling Huskies, oh my! Joined once again by Davey McNight, we're making some remarkably logical guesses for our picks, but the way this season is going nobody can even be sure the Earth is round & the alphabet is real. @ColorofGrey on Twitter @ColorofGreyStudio on Instagram #TheGreyZones #FeteGreenville www.GVLmedia.online
Alabama Is a Basketball School: The Week 8 College Football Review with casual Notre Dame well-wisher Davey McNight. Davey's gut was right. Mine no longer exists. Might need surgery. It's cool, because at least we can all be distracted by the relentlessly tremendous TV show that is the 2024 college football season. @ColorofGrey on Twitter @ColorofGreyStudio on Instagram #TheGreyZones #FeteGreenville www.GVLmedia.online
They low down. They dirty. They some snitches. It's not even that orange that you can sit with. It's TENNESSEE HATE WEEK: The Week 8 College Football Preview with Irish Davey McNight Joined once again by Irish Davey McNight, we're making some remarkably logical guesses for our picks, but the way this season is going nobody can even be sure the Earth is round & the alphabet is real. @ColorofGrey on Twitter @ColorofGreyStudio on Instagram #TheGreyZones #FeteGreenville www.GVLmedia.online
MIDTERMS: The College Football Week 7 & Mid-season Review Seven weeks of college football down & it's flown by faster than a migrating hummingbird. We're halfway through the regular season, y'all. Savor every snap! Joined once again by Irish Davey McNight, we're breaking down some tremendous football, getting more picks right, finally ranking (almost) all the undefeated teams & more! @ColorofGrey on Twitter @ColorofGreyStudio on Instagram #TheGreyZones #FeteGreenville www.GVLmedia.online
Six weeks of college football down & it's flown by faster than a migrating hummingbird. Doesn't mean we can't get excited about week 7 & finally rebuilding a mortgage, especially now that the most competitive games are about to get a lot more common. Rivalries, conference games, bowl-ineligibility, oh my! Joined once again by Irish Davey McNight, we're making some remarkably logical guesses for our picks, but the way this season is going nobody can even be sure the Earth is round & the alphabet is real. @ColorofGrey on Twitter @ColorofGreyStudio on Instagram #TheGreyZones #FeteGreenville www.GVLmedia.online
Alabama lost a football game (allegedly)! The 2024 college football season is drunk. We've said it before, but now it's Nashville drunk thanks to the Commodores putting the Anchor all the way down on Alabama (special thanks to the authorities for not getting in the way of the 2+ mile walk to the river to deposit the goal post). As a result, 5 of the top-15 teams losing is a borderline afterthought, Arkansas beating Tennessee is a footnote & Clemson beating a perennial league rival on the road is full-on crickets. I haven't watched football in two weeks thanks to hurricane Hell-ene but thank Christ for Irish Davey McNight to help fill us all in on what actually happened in the college football world. P.S.: The band was "Certainly So" playing "Alabama Blues" at Albino Skunk Fest as Vanderbilt won. Link below: https://open.spotify.com/track/4LdrdRKDInCYDvVC2dwzeu?si=60325e0283ca480d @ColorofGrey on Twitter @ColorofGreyStudio on Instagram #TheGreyZones #FeteGreenville www.GVLmedia.online
The 2024 college football season is drunk. There is simply no better way to describe it. Drunk can be good, it can be fun, it can be bad, it can be atrocious, and it can be scoring more points than basketball (literally, you'll see). It's certainly not boring, that's for sure. We've got the digs on history-making performances, heart-breaking finishes, and absolutely abysmal catastrophes, often on home fields. There's simply nothing better than college football, that's the only thing we can say with absolute certainty, but we have a lot to say anyway so get in The Grey Zone! @ColorofGrey on Twitter @ColorofGreyStudio on Instagram #TheGreyZones #FeteGreenville www.GVLmedia.online
OKLAHOMA IS AMERICA'S TEAM I'm not picking Oklahoma to win, but I will love it if I'm wrong! Mortgage bets are few and far between this week, but that doesn't mean you can't double-up. Matt & I are here to help! @ColorofGrey on Twitter @ColorofGreyStudio on Instagram #TheGreyZones #FeteGreenville www.GVLmedia.online
1/4 of the regular season is gone and it ain't coming back. Shed your tears for the missed picks, the 1/2-point covers & the atrociously-late bad beats. Celebrate the history-making, back-breaking, booty-shaking beauty that was week 3! @ColorofGrey on Twitter @ColorofGreyStudio on Instagram #TheGreyZones #FeteGreenville www.GVLmedia.online
How are you gonna make your family happy? Hopefully you took them to Moe's last week so you can't do that this week. But doubling-up on your mortgage could be just the trick! Then again, it is a bit of a sickos' week, so beware (weather may be an issue). There's a big game on for every time slot while Clemson sits on a bye-week, but there's plenty to do & plenty of ways to make some of that paper back we all lost in week 1, let's get it! @ColorofGrey on Twitter @ColorofGreyStudio on Instagram #TheGreyZones #FeteGreenville www.GVLmedia.online
Introducing Georgia-Davey McNight! That's right, growing up in South Bend, Indiana is more meaningless than a field goal to end the game down by 70. Week 2 was supposed to be boring. Instead, it was drunk. Not just drunk, but stumbling-down-the-entire-King's-Mile-in-Edinburgh drunk. Drunk can be fun! See Clemson. Drunk can be messy and gross. See Notre Dame (& pray for them), Auburn, Iowa & FSU (who was on a bye-week). Drunk can be hard to reach before it feels good. See Alabama, Oklahoma, Oregon & Penn State. Crushed my picks this week, at least. Hope y'all bet the mortgage on Clemson like I begged you to! We're dealing with some absolute demons on this one, but doesn't drama make good radio? @ColorofGrey on Twitter @ColorofGreyStudio on Instagram #TheGreyZones #FeteGreenville www.GVLmedia.online