247sports Morning Blitz

The President of the United States says the Big Ten wants to return to action "immediately." The Big Ten's presidents might have other ideas. Host: Trey Scott   Guest: Brandon Marcello Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Find the 247Sports podcast for your favorite team here!   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The defending national champs are down to five returning starters with the opt-out news of star wideout Ja'Marr Chase and d-tackle Tyler Shelvin over the last few days (things are moving so quickly that Shelvin happened AFTER Trey and Shea Dixon recorded Monday!). There's still plenty of talent in Baton Rouge, but with all the attrition and now just 70 scholarship players on the team, it's probably time to officially — and perhaps drastically — lower preseason expectations for football's No. 6-ranked team. Host: Trey Scott   Guest: Shea Dixon Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Find the 247Sports podcast for your favorite team here!   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the release of the 247Sports True Freshman All-American Team, Barton Simmons joins the show to explain the surprising selection at quarterback. Though the 2020 crop of true freshmen QBs is great, it's difficult to find immediate playing time for many of the top-10 QB prospects. Enter ... Vanderbilt? Host: Trey Scott   Guest: Barton Simmons Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Find the 247Sports podcast for your favorite team here!   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Late Kick Live #50 opens with Josh Pate sharing the latest college football whispers and intel from fall camp. Plus UGA suffered a major blow losing WR Dominick Blaylock for the year with a torn ACL and we discuss the impact. The Big Ten could be headed for a disaster as other conferences get their seasons off the ground while they sit home. What’s stopping Kevin Warren and Big Ten presidents from reversing course? Also, Oklahoma and UGA are innovating by necessity in an unprecedented recruiting cycle Follow Josh on Twitter: @LateKickJosh Have a question for Josh? Email the show! Follow or Subscribe to The Late Kick with Josh Pate on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe to the 247Sports YouTube Channel! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It feels like the light is at the end of the tunnel, as ESPN announced its Week 0 television slate, complete with a new 'football anthem' and revamped graphics package. Trey Scott and Chris Hummer break down the marquee games and players to watch, starting with Saturday's FCS showcase. The buzz is palpable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trey makes a welfare check on Oregon beat writer Matt Prehm, who's among the many out west grappling with a football-less fall. Matt sheds insight as to why the Pac-12's institutions and fanbases are handling the news much better than their Big Ten cohorts, not least of which was the deft handling by commissioner Larry Scott (though it probably won't be enough to save his job). Then Matt breaks down how much a lost season hurts Oregon and threatens to affect the program's trajectory in 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trey and Brandon Marcello have a laugh at the expense of the preseason AP Top 25, which features nine teams who won't play this year. Those teams — and their conferences — won't factor into the CFB Playoff race either, with the Playoff announcing its revised rankings dates Monday as well as its intent to forge ahead. Combine this all with the fact that college football is starting this weekend at the FCS level (Austin Peay vs. Central Arkansas) and that pigskin is being played at levels below (high school) and above (the NFL's latest covid-19 testing numbers are supremely positive), and it sure feels like there's finally momentum on college football's side. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Late Kick's Josh Pate starts our week off with 30-plus minutes of college football talk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you play this fall, it won't count against your eligibility. Trey and Chris Hummer break down what that means and what it doesn't. Plus, the Big Ten's reported plans to play in the spring involve a bubble-type setting at neutral sites. The concept of a "bubble" is all the rage this week as universities peel back on in-person learning, creating in essence a safer space for college athletes. Host: Trey Scott   Guest: Chris Hummer Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Find the 247Sports podcast for your favorite team here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Arch Manning debuted as the No. 1 QB in the class of 2023 rankings 247Sports released Wednesday. Assessing his play on the field without ANY Manning bias is one thing, says Charles Power. Extracting recruiting info from the royal family of quarterbacking is another, says Steve Wiltfong. Host: Trey Scott   Guests: Steve Wiltfong, Charles Power Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Find the 247Sports podcast for your favorite team here!   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Hummer joins Trey to talk about the process of updating 247Sports' top 50 players, and top 25 teams, and then the experience of being a college football reporter in COVID times. Host: Trey Scott   Guest: Chris Hummer Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Find the 247Sports podcast for your favorite team here!   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The SEC has FINALLY released dates for its 2020 football schedule. Trey and Brandon Marcello get together to hit on the top storylines, break down the toughest paths and analyze the slates for the conference's contenders. Host: Trey Scott   Guest: Brandon Marcello Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Find the 247Sports podcast for your favorite team here!   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We made it through another weekend! But that doesn't necessarily mean it was a quiet one. Friday got off to a bang when 5-star QB Quinn Ewers, who's been compared to Trevor Lawrence, committed to Texas. The weekend saw star Buckeye QB Justin Fields petition the Big Ten to let the players play. Many parents are on board with that. And the latest covid-19 news has a saliva-based test earning FDA approval at a time when we needed something like it badly. Host: Trey Scott   Guests: Steve Wiltfong, Mike Roach Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Find the 247Sports podcast for your favorite team here!   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If there's Florida State drama afoot, you know Trey's going to have to get Noles247's Josh Newberg on the line. Thursday's player vs. program spat simmered down quickly after Mike Norvell denounced accusations that the Noles are lying about covid-19 protocols, but it was enough to temporarily put football on teetering status. If nothing else, it's a window into an issue that won't be exclusive to Florida State going forward. Host: Trey Scott   Guest: Josh Newberg Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Find the 247Sports podcast for your favorite team here!   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thursday's episode features two interviews. Up first, Trey talks with Horns247's Chip Brown about how the Big 12 and its medical advisors came to a decision to move forward with football. Then Trey calls up Husker247's Michael Bruntz to see if Nebraska is really serious about leaving the Big Ten to find a dance partner for this season, or whether this is just a $52 million game of chicken. Host: Trey Scott   Guests: Chip Brown, Michael Bruntz Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Find the 247Sports podcast for your favorite team here!   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trey and Chris Hummer talk through the day we've all been dreading and come to a conclusion moving forward: The Big 12 is college football's swing state. Will they join the Big Ten and Pac-12 in canceling their seasons ... or will they give the SEC and the ACC the comfort they need to stage action this fall? Host: Trey Scott   Guest: Chris Hummer Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Find the 247Sports podcast for your favorite team here!   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Big Ten might end Tuesday with more definite word on what its college football season will look like, as coaches and players implore their presidents to vote the way they'd like to. Trey brings in Bucknuts' Dave Biddle to chop it up and break down the power struggle affecting the conference's biggest (and loudest) school, Ohio State. Host: Trey Scott   Guest: Dave Biddle Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Find the 247Sports podcast for your favorite team here!   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This wasn't the weekend of news college football fans were hoping for. Just hours removed from schedule releases, and days away from practices lifting off across the country, the MAC's decision to postpone and buzz that the Big Ten would be the first of other Power 5 conferences to do the same cast a pall across the sport. But the players are trying to take back some of the power. Host: Trey Scott   Guest: Chris Hummer Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Find the 247Sports podcast for your favorite team here!   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It feels like August now: The USA Today preseason Coaches Poll Top 25 was unveiled Thursday, with Clemson claiming the No. 1 spot. After getting to the latest news (capacity restrictions and player opt-outs), Trey Scott and Chris Hummer run through the poll and single out teams who are way overrated and teams who need more respect. Host: Trey Scott   Guest: Chris Hummer Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Find the 247Sports podcast for your favorite team here!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Even when college football stars declare their intent to play the 2020 season, as was the case with LSU's Ja'Marr Chase, it's news. That's how quickly the dominoes are falling as three of the sport's best players — Micah Parsons, Rashod Bateman and Caleb Farley — have called it quits, with others joining them and more very likely on the way. Trey and Josh Pate dive into all of it. Host: Trey Scott   Guest: Josh Pate Follow or Subscribe to The College Football Daily on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Find the 247Sports podcast for your favorite team here!   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices