Year One Debrief: Dan Lanning & Oregon Football

Ty and Dan chat with Dave Waters from Gators Breakdown Podcast about Billy Napier's first year with the Florida Gators. How does he grade out the job that Napier did after taking over for Dan Mullen? What was the source of the week-to-week inconsistency in Gainesville? What's being done to fix the defense in 2024? And what effect, if any, did the Jaden Rashada debacle have on recruiting?

Ty and Dan welcome Ryan Abraham from USCFootball.com and the Peristyle Podcast back to the show to recap Lincoln Riley's first year at USC. How should the Trojans be graded after an exciting 11-win season, led by a pyrotechnic offense and Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback in Caleb Williams? What made the USC defense such a liability and is Alex Grinch the guy who can fix it? Plus, what has the last year been like to cover USC football amid the high profile coaching chance and impending move to the Big Ten?

Episode Description In the spirit of March Madness, Ty and Dan put together a bracket of 32 coaches and debate which they’d rather want running their programs. Using Bruce Feldman’s article as a seeding guide, they work through the top half of the bracket featured below. Is Nick Saban a shoo-in? Why’s Mack Brown seeded ...