Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast

Richard Johnson, Alex Kirshner, Steven Godfrey

podcast@splitzoneduo.com

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Booking Overview

Split Zone Duo is an independent college football podcast that breaks down the sport with deep, sometimes analytical takes on programs, coaching decisions, and how the game is run. It’s especially useful for PR outreach tied to college athletics, coaching strategy, and tournament/format questions, with occasional guest perspectives from sports media figures.

Metrics

Episodes: 606

Frequency: Multiple_weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

Contact Information

podcast@splitzoneduo.com

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Host

Richard Johnson - Co-leads the independent college football podcast Split Zone Duo, covering the whole sport with Alex Kirshner.

Alex Kirshner - Co-leads the independent college football podcast Split Zone Duo, covering the whole sport with Richard Johnson.

Steven Godfrey - Listed as co-host emeritus and appears in episodes with the co-hosts and friends.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Sports media professionals or analysts with credible coverage of major sports formats/analytics; subject-matter expertise that translates between sports (e.g., soccer tournament structure to college football playoff/CFP format).
Required Achievements:  
Co-hosting a sports podcast or producing regular sports media, Demonstrated expertise in league/tournament structures or sports analytics

Recent Guest Discussions

Mike Goodman - What World Cup Expansion Can Teach About College Football Playoff Expansion; Tournament Expansion Benefits/drawbacks; Implications For CFP Format

Recent Topics

College Football, Coaching, Athletes, Sports Media, Sports Analytics

Episodes

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'CFB 27' Deep Dive with EA Sports' Principal Game Designer

July 02, 2026

EA Sports College Football principal game designer Ben Haumiller joins Richard and Alex to answer their questions (and many of our subscribers’ questions) about the new CFB video game that comes out July 9. This episode covers new features and gameplay changes, why EA decided to implement an NIL system in dynasty mode, what interactions with schools have been like, which new FBS teams and stadiums made it into the game, and whether Ben is willing to apologize to Alex for all the clock-saving ...

The Worst Head Coach Firings of the 21st Century

June 30, 2026

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.splitzoneduo.comAlex, Richard, and Godfrey spend this subscriber episode reopening some of college football’s ugliest firing files: the decisions that looked reckless in the moment, the ones that aged like bad cheese, and the cases where the process was the bad before the next hire even got started. The trip runs from Nebraska and Washington through FIU, East Carolina, Maryland, and Ole Miss, with athletic directors getting at ...

What Can World Cup Expansion Tell Us About the CFP?

June 25, 2026

Mike Goodman, cohost of soccer podcast The Double Pivot, joins Richard and Alex to talk about a subject that’s been on our minds a lot lately: tournament expansion. The World Cup expanded from 32 teams to 48, and we’ve already seen some of the benefits (and perhaps some of the drawbacks) of that move. What can the recent experiences of the world’s biggest sporting event tell us about college football’s potential playoff expansion to 16 or 24 teams?* 0:17: Should the World Cup’s expansion prom...

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