The Audible With Stew & Bruce

Bruce and Stew discuss Bruce’s visit to Texas, where he talked to Tom Herman about his new — and very expensive — locker room and how it helps with recruiting (1:00); Stew’s visit to Oregon and his conversation with Willie Taggart (8:00); Could Tennessee QB Josh Dobbs sneak into the first round (18:00); And your emails answered in The Mailbag (31:00). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bruce and Stew are joined by Andy Staples of Sports Illustrated to discuss some interesting spring football storylines, including what’s in store for the defending champion Clemson Tigers this upcoming season (1:00); Can LSU or Auburn close the gap on Alabama in the SEC West this year? (16:00); Texas A&M’s QB battle and their up-and-coming offensive weapons (25:00); Will Washington pick up right where they left off? (32:00); Former Auburn head coach Tommy Tuberville’s gubernatorial bid (54:00); and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bruce and Stew discuss the second half of Bruce’s cross-country spring football tour, including his visit to WVU (2:30); State College to check out Penn State and their star running back Saquon Barkley (4:30); and a few other stops. Stew gives a report from his visit to Stanford (18:00); and your emails answered in the return of The Mailbag (25:00). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bruce and Stew hit the road for spring football and discuss their visits to USC and budding star QB Sam Darold (7:00); UCLA and Josh Rosen coming back from injury (13:00); Ohio State and Urban Meyer’s thoughts on JT Barrett (25:00); MACtion at Toledo (33:30); Pitt and USC grad transfer QB Max Browne (45:30); and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on The Audible Bruce sits down with Mike Kuchar of X&O Labs (https://www.hudl.com/footballtrends) , a great interview for hardcore football fans who really like to know the ins and outs of schematics on the field. Mike breaks down some of the offensive and defensive schemes of major programs in the country for some great insight into strategies. Then, Bruce and Stew dive into the mailbag to rank the current Power 5 conferences. Stock up for the ACC and stock down for the SEC? Plus, was Butch Jones a good hire at Tennessee? How much longer will he last at the program? What the NFL's move to Las Vegas could mean for college football bowl games and potentially the National Championship, and a debate if neutral site games at NFL stadiums are good for the college game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bruce and Stew kick off the podcast with a discussion about the interesting Final Four matchups and discuss the huge difference between playoff systems in college basketball and football (2:00); If South Carolina leaving the ACC is really considered one of the 'worst' conference realignments of all-time (10:00); Michigan State now has a sexual assault scandal on its hands (25:40); Thoughts on Jim Mora potentially facing a make-or-break season at UCLA (36:00); and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stew is finally back from hiatus and he joins to Bruce to talk about the NCAA tournament and the situation with the wife of Wichita State head coach Gregg Marshall, who displayed questionable behavior during WSU’s loss to Kentucky (1:00); The new Arkansas law that will allow concealed weapons at sports arenas (15:00); The long-awaited return of The Mailbag, including emails about Mitch Trubisky’s NFL Draft stock and where the other QB prospects should be drafted (20:00); How will former Texas OC Shawn Watson do in the same role at Pitt? (30:00); and more of your questions answered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bruce is joined by former Florida State star and Rhodes Scholar Myron Rolle, who is about to begin a neurosurgery residency at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. Rolle, who spent three seasons in the NFL, talks with Bruce about the brain injury problem in football (10:00); Whether he would let his kids play football (13:00); Should NCAA student athletes get paid? (25:00); And more on how his football career could help him as a neurosurgeon and vice versa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

No Stew this week as he takes time off after plenty of NCAA Tournament work, so Bruce is joined by the great Dan Wetzel of Yahoo Sports. Bruce and Dan discuss really interesting storylines of the NCAA Tournament, plus they share stories on how college basketball recruiting has changed drastically over the years (5:45) and their craziest Bob Huggins stories (15:00). Penn State is back in the news, as both AD Tim Curley and VP Gary Schultz plead guilty to child endangerment stemming back from the Jerry Sandusky case over 5 years ago (23:00). Why are they pleading guilty now after years of proclaiming innocence, where we go from here with this case, and what does this mean for President Graham Spanier? Bruce and Dan explain. Plus, Baylor is back in the news after an official was let go for sending inappropriate text messages to a teenager - what is going on with the culture at that school? (38:40) And the possibility of a McGregor/Mayweather superfight continues to heat up (49:30). Learn more about you

Bruce and Stew discuss Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly and the comments he made during his pre-spring practice press conference about overhauling the coaching staff and his commitment to improve after last year's dreadful 4-8 finish (1:00); How Tom Herman has gotten off to a rough start as new head coach of Texas (13:00); And your questions answered in The Mailbag, including … Which head coach entering his second season will make the biggest leap this year? (17:00); Why are many players' combine numbers so much lower than what their colleges have listed? (23:00); And more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bruce is back from the NFL Combine and he gives Stew a full report on this year’s prospects, including potential No. 1 overall pick Myles Garrett (5:30); A list of surprise “freak” players (10:00); What to make of QB DeShaun Watson’s combine performance, as well as other top QB prospects (15:00); And your emails answered in The Mailbag (20:00). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stew returns to his alma mater Northwestern for an interview with head football coach Pat Fitzgerald to discuss the Wildcats’ basketball team and what an NCAA Tournament bid would do for the athletic program (3:00); Looking ahead to spring football (10:30); And the current state of Big Ten football (13:00). Bruce and Stew then team up to answer your emails in the triumphant return of The Mailbag (28:00): They answer questions about their favorite college coaches to cover (35:30), which coach would be a good candidate for a career in politics (41:00); Quarterback competitions at Stanford and ASU (43:30) and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bruce and Stew are joined by Daniel Jeremiah of NFL.com for an in-depth conversation on the prospects participating in the upcoming NFL Combine. The guys discuss this year's quarterback class, including Clemson's DeShaun Watson, UNC's Mitch Trubisky and Notre Dame's DeShone Kizer, among others (2:00); The most talented running backs, including one that won't participate in the combine in Oklahoma's Joe Mixon (14:30); Where Michigan's versatile Jabrill Peppers might get drafted (19:00); The top players to watch in combine (23:00), including sleeper picks, the fastest sprinters in this year's class and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bruce and Stew react to Wednesday’s news that the Ole Miss football program has banned itself from the 2017 postseason upon receiving new allegations of NCAA violations. They take a closer look at the details of the scandal (7:00), what it means for the program and head coach Hugh Freeze moving forward (15:00), and what could/should happen next (19:30). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bruce and Stew are joined by the father of former Florida State QB De'Andre Johnson, Earl Johnson, who gives an emotional interview about his son's very public incident, in which he struck a woman at a bar nearly three years ago. Johnson talked about the steps his son has taken in the wake of the incident, including his dismissal from the FSU football program, his stint at "Last Chance U" and his recent signing with Lane Kiffin's FAU Owls. The guys later discuss the recent news of Nick Saban hiring Brian Daboll as Alabama OC (27:00); Boston College's athletic director stepping down and what it means for BC football head coach Steve Addazio (31:00) and other college football news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bruce and Stew discuss the uproar surrounding Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh hiring the parent of a top recruit to his coaching staff and how it could spurn an NCAA rule change (3:00); Changes coming to the targeting rule (9:00); What Gene Chizik had to say about Clemson QB Deshaun Watson, and where he might fall in the upcoming NFL Draft (15:00); And your emails are answered in The Mailbag (24:00), including questions about the stereotypes of the top 3 recruiting schools (29:00); The scandals going on with Ole Miss football and UNC basketball (37:00); and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bruce and Stew are joined by former Auburn head coach and UNC defensive coordinator Gene Chizik, who explains his difficult decision to walk away from coaching to spend more time with his family. He shares the different reactions he received from colleagues and friends when he announced his decision to step down (11:00); Thoughts on UNC quarterback Mitch Trubisky, who is expected to be one of the first QBs taken in this year’s draft. (22:00); What it was like to coach against Clemson QB DeShaun Watson (26:00); The guys discuss the NFL Combine invite list, and the Big 12’s lack of representation (34:00); Bruce talks about his look inside Ed Orgeron’s war room at LSU on the road to signing day (46:00); and the crazy world of college football recruiting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bruce and Stew are joined by Dennis Dodd of CBS Sports to discuss the various college sports scandals making headlines recently, including UNC's 18-year academic scheme of bogus classes; Details on Baylor's sanctions for the massive sexual assault scandal surrounding the football program (11:30); and the Colorado recruiting scandal (22:30). Things lighten up with the return of the Mailbag, where Stew and Bruce answer your emails about the possibility of Chip Kelly joining Nick Saban's staff at Alabama (42:00); Grading Kirby Smart's first year at Georgia (47:00) and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer joins Stew to discuss his No. 2 recruiting class. Meyer talked about the high number of early signees who are already practicing with the team and that most of them are already on track to play next season. He also shared the story of Ezekiel Elliot’s early recruiting days, and how he went from being ranked 108th in his class to becoming one of the most explosive running backs in college football. Stew is joined by Stanford head coach David Shaw (13:00), who talks about the challenge of recruiting players who have to be academically accepted to the school before they sign. Shaw also discussed the smaller amount of scholarships Stanford has work with and the different way of thinking that goes into their recruiting process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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