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Show Rundown
Open — The glorious return of volleyball to midtown Atlanta
3:35 — Just how crunk are the Democrats?
31:11 — How a call to the Dan Savage podcast explains Democratic politics since 2015 or so
54:10 — College Football Playoff Predictions!
1:17:36 — The Billboard Hot 100 Game
1:26:55 — Wrap-up! Alien: Romulus and remembering one of the worst penalties of all time
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Cast Iron Brains. A podcast that thinks that the past is the cruel, dead god of the present, the tyrant creator and determiner of this and every moment, against whom we can only silently rage as the world unfolds around us on its path, impotent to do anything but play out the consequent—always realizing, just too late, that we have ourselves become the passed-by dead gods of tomorrow, our hands outstretched over a stone future now as inevitable as what came before is unalterable, this singular immutable expression of all possible realities the only one we’ll ever know, and instead of simply observing and reporting and trying to begin to understand, we reaffirm a belief in the absurdity of affecting change, of levering the will under the world and pushing down with all we have, that perfect human hubris that what we do will result in anything besides what had to come to be, as though the will itself was anything besides an agent of the dead gods of the distant past. And a podcast that is really quite excited about the start of the college football season.
2024 / 2025 College Football Predictions
Lori
Georgia, Texas, Alabama, and Ole Miss go 11-1, and all make the playoff.
Florida State and Miami both go 11-1, both make the playoff.
Ohio State undefeated, Oregon just the one loss to Ohio State, Penn State with losses to Ohio State and Washington, all in the playoff.
Utah wins the BIG 12 and is in.
Notre Dame in at 11-1.
App State is the next highest-ranking conference champion, and is therefore in.
Abe
Georgia and Oregon go in as conference champs.
Ohio State, Ole Miss, Alabama, Texas, Utah, FSU, Michigan, Notre Dame, and Clemson are all in.
Memphis is the next highest-ranking conference champion, and is in.
Bob
12-Team Playoff Predictions
Georgia - undefeated SEC Champions
Oregon - one loss B1G champs
Utah - Big 12 Champs
Virginia Tech - one loss ACC Champions
Ohio State - one loss
Notre Dame - (EASY schedule)
Penn State - one loss (EASY schedule)
Alabama - one loss (Georgia)
Texas - two losses
Ole Miss - two losses
Mizzou - two losses
Boise State - one loss Mountain West champs
Opening Round
(5) Ohio State defeats (12) Boise State
(11) Mizzou defeats (6) Notre Dame
(10) Ole Miss defeats (7) Penn State
(8) Alabama defeats (9) Texas
Round of Eight
(1) Georgia defeats (8) Alabama
(2) Oregon defeats (10) Ole Miss
(11) Mizzou defeats (3) Utah
(5) Ohio State defeats (4) Virginia Tech
Final Four
Georgia defeats Ohio State
Oregon defeats Mizzou
National Title Game
Georgia defeats Oregon
Georgia will go undefeated en route to their third national title in the last four years. Book it.
Oregon and Ohio State will trade wins in the regular season and conference title game, one way or another. Both in.
Virginia Tech wins a weak-ass ACC.
Utah wins the Big 12.
Alabama is only going to lose to one team this season. Just one. The problem is that they’re going to lose to that team three times. Georgia will beat them once in the regular season, again in the conference title game, and again in the round of eight.
Notre Dame has a very soft schedule and will get in undefeated as the six seed and get mollywhopped by 11-seed Mizzou.
Boise State gets in because I don’t want Liberty to get in.
That’s FIVE SEC teams, three B1G, three other conference champs, and Notre Dame.
Some pre-season OVER/UNDERS that are GUARANTEED to hit:
Obviously the undefeated Dawgs OVER 10.5.
Both Oregon and Ohio State O/U 10.5 wins. OVER!
Penn State O/U 9.5 wins. OVER! Only loss will be to Ohio State.
Liberty O/U 10.5 wins. OVER!
Ole Miss O/U 9.5 wins. UNDER! Even though I think they make the playoff with just two losses, I also think Lance Kiffin is guaranteed to absolutely shit the bed more than twice in a season.
Tennessee O/U 8.5 wins. OVER! All Tennessee has to do to get to nine wins is beat NC State (road), and Kentucky and Florida at home.
Relevant Linkage
The Savage Lovecast: “My theybie’s genitals are none of your concern.”
Thoughts on the Relative Crunkedness of the DNC, and Other Proofs that We Live in a Fallen World