247sports Morning Blitz

Chris Hummer joins the Morning Blitz to recap all the top 25 action from week 5, from Alabama missing two field goals against Louisiana-Lafayette to Virginia Tech's backup quarterback hanging 300-plus on Duke. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Notre Dame quarterback Ian Book got the second start of his college career last weekend against Wake Forest. His third will be against No. 7 Stanford under the lights in South Bend. Will he be up to the task? Tom Loy thinks so. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Anybody need a dual-threat quarterback with College Football Playoff experience? We’ll take you through some potential landing spots for Kelly Bryant, who announced his intentions to transfer from Clemson on Wednesday? And hey, remember after Week 1 when everyone had Kliff Kingsbury on the hot seat? Well, his Red Raiders are 3-1 with one top 15 win already and could add another one to their resume this weekend against West Virginia. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

By virtue of the 28-point spread in favor of the Hokies before kickoff, Old Dominion’s 49-35 win over then-no.13 Virginia Tech is the biggest upset of the 2018 college football season. How did it happen, which starters did the Hokies lose during and after the loss, and what does it mean for their chances of contending in the ACC Coastal? Evan Watkins of VT Scoop explains. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Everything you need to know about Week 4 of college football, explained in less than 10 minutes. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wait — why is Derek Mason inviting Brian Kelly to "come and see" him if he wants to talk about Vanderbilt playing "bad football." Nick Cole of Vandy247 explains and catches us up on expectations for the Commodores in 2018. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The USC Trojans are off to a 1-2 start, and a Pac-12 title and Rose Bowl win notwithstanding, the fans are starting to get anxious. Ryan Abraham of USCFootball.com joins the podcast to tell us what's wrong with USC and whether it can be fixed in time to save Clay Helton. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kevin Flaherty joins the show to explain how Kansas has managed to win two consecutive games, both in convincing fashion. Plus, your host indulges himself by going on a rant about Urban Meyer. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Steve Robertson of Gene's Page and Kevin Hiatt of Bronco Country explain the secret to Mississippi State and Boise State's beatdowns in Week 1 and Week 2 and discuss how well that success will translate to tougher games ahead. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kellen Mond had 430 yards passing against one of the best defenses in the country it. Should we trust it? 247Sports Director of Scouting gives his appraisal of Mond's performance. And Travis Reier of BamaOnLine explains the curious decision to play Jalen Hurts in a certain win for Alabama over Arkansas State. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Florida lost to Kentucky. FSU almost lost to Samford. What's has gone so wrong for these proud Sunshine State programs, and is there hope of better days ahead? Thomas Goldkamp of Swamp247 and Brendan Sonnone of Noles247 explain. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Could Will Grier follow RG3's pass to the Heisman, or is Tua Tagovailoa lifting the trophy an inevitability? What's wrong with Texas, Michigan, and a bunch of other programs that laid eggs in Week 1? All that and more on today's episode of the Morning Blitz. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Morning Blitz tackles all of the match-ups involving ranked opponents on Labor Day weekend. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Purdue's heroic comeback was undone by a completely unnecessary personal foul, Wake Forest-Tulane went to overtime on an absurdly colored field, and we met college football's newest turnover prop. In other words, it was everything you want out of a college football Thursday night. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

College football has returned at last. Week 1 begins on Thursday night, and we are breaking down the three biggest matchups. 247Sports director of recruiting Steve Wiltfong talks Northwestern-Purdue and Wake Forest-Tulane. Jason Beede of Knights247 talks UCF-UConn. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ohio State releases more documentation of its investigation into Urban Meyer’s handling of the allegations against Zach Smith and Nebraska plays a dangerous game of quarterback transfer musical chairs. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With Week 1 of the college football season just days away, Monday began the first round of head coach press conferences, which means we found out who’s hurt, who’s suspended, and who won a whole bunch of different quarterback battles. Here to help me break it all down in a special In or Out edition of The Morning Blitz is 247Sports national college football writer Chris Hummer. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Zach Shaw of The Michigan Insider joins the show to provide details on the injury to Wolverines wide receiver Tarik Black, plus results from Week 0 and two more true freshman quarterbacks win the starting job for Week 1. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Thanks to the dramatic conclusion of the Urban Meyer scandal, you might have missed the fact that Texas A&M had a pretty weird week. Jason Scheer of Wildcat Authority catches us up on the fallout of Santino Marchiol's Arizona transfer appeal, and Brian Peronni explains why Jimbo Fisher's contract is only just now getting signed and why the buyout provisions so heavily favor the former FSU coach. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After 12 hours of deliberation from the board of trustees, Ohio State announced on Wednesday that Urban Meyer will be suspended from coaching games through Week 3 against TCU but will be allowed to return to the practice field starting Sept. 2, the day after the opener against Oregon State. Here to help us break it down is Steve Helwagen of Bucknuts.com. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices