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Episodes

Week 3 Recap (9/18)

September 18, 2011

Ty and Dan discuss Oklahoma’s big win over Florida State, LSU’s dominant defense, the potential over/under of Penn State-Ohio State, and quarterbacks with popgun arms.

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Week 3 Preview (9/14)

September 14, 2011

Ty and Dan roll through the news of the week, Verballer voice and e-mail messages, their picks for Week 3, and present the best Jesse Palmer impression of all-time, courtesy of West Coast Kevin.  Editor’s note: Look for a special Oklahoma-Florida State preview show tomorrow.

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Click Chorus: Sept 8, 2011

September 8, 2011

Today’s Chorus is brought to you by Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, alumnus of the road, that’s what. Also he sings Black Eyed Peas songs way better than anyone else. ***** • CBS’s Dennis Dodd says Texas overplayed its hand with the Longhorn Network. Dennis Dodd would be correct. • Louisville will see your two-headed QB monster [...]

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Week One Preview (9/1)

September 1, 2011

Ty and Dan kick off their fourth season as hosts of The Solid Verbal by reviewing the news of the week, reading a handful of Verballer messages, and previewing the biggest games of 2011′s opening weekend.

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Click Chorus: Aug 31, 2011

August 31, 2011

Today’s Chorus is brought to you by Vassar attendee Anthony Bourdain. If you haven’t seen this week’s No Reservations in Cajun country, you must hate food. Or have other, more interesting things to do with your time. ***** • Texas A&M will apply to leave the Big 12. Hurray. • CBS’s Dennis Dodd likes Oklahoma [...]

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Click Chorus: Aug 29, 2011

August 29, 2011

Today’s Chorus is brought to you by Longhorn Network mascot McConaughey. Big week for him. ***** • Miami QB Jacory Harris thinks he’ll be playing in a week. I imagine it’ll be just that easy. • Also, Harris admires penguins, so there’s that. • ESPN has conference power rankings. They got the SWAC all wrong. [...]

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The Pac-12 (8/23)

August 23, 2011

Ty and Dan talk with Ted Miller from ESPN.com about the newly-expanded Pac-12, the immediate impact of Utah and Colorado, USC’s defense, Arizona State’s role as frontrunner, Stanford without Jim Harbaugh, and Oregon’s chances of repeating.

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Click Chorus: Aug 18, 2011

August 18, 2011

Today’s Chorus is brought to you by the number one Miami fan (and graduate) in national TV news, Chuck Todd. I’ll bet he’s working for the weekend. ***** • The death penalty has not been broached by the NCAA re: Miami. • There is no NCAA realignment summit, according to NCAA president Mark Emmert. That’s [...]

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An Afternoon in Westwood

August 9, 2011

Because I find it tiresome when people attempt to talk about a subject without seeing it up close and forming an (occasionally) informed opinion, I decided to brave the 77 degree (!) heat and the immortal 405 freeway and make my way to beautiful Westwood, CA to catch UCLA as they opened fall practice Monday [...]

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Click Chorus: Aug 9, 2011

August 9, 2011

Today’s Chorus is brought to you by non-college person Marisa Miller, who appears on Camera Guy Dave’s show, The Daily Habit. He’s now Producer Dave. Take pity on him. ***** • Penn State coach Joe Paterno suffered shoulder and hip injuries after being run over during practice yesterday. Not cool, WR just doing his job [...]

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