Run, Pint, Option
By Brendan Lyman
Run, Pint, Option Aug 10, 2022
A Hiatus and the Current State of College Football
Brendan and Cary announce a hiatus for a few months, but first dig into the current state of college football in all it's chaotic crisis and consistency.
Does Penn State prove we're wrong?
Brendan and Cary recap week 1 and discuss their trip to Happy Valley. While in State College, they came face-to-face with an existential question about if everything they believe about college football - and the very reason this podcast exists - was wrong?
Spoiler: Penn State is wrong.
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Season Preview and Exploding Watermelons
Brendan and Cary clear up some Pac-4 reporting and preview the upcoming season. RPO's Pick 6 is back!
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What Just Happened?
Brendan and Cary talk about the eventful week in college football.
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Is Toxic Culture a Part of College Football?
Brendan and Cary are back with another episode where they claim they got the Colorado move right and discuss the issues around Northwestern and if toxic culture is just a part of college football.
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It's a new (academic) year with new media rights!
Brendan and Cary are back. Season 2 (actually) starts now with a new academic year. In this episode, media rights! The new Big 10, CBS, Big 12 coast-to-coast, and where can the Pac 12 go?
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Deion Sanders' Theory of Change
This week, Brendan and Cary discuss Deion Sanders and his controversial approach to rebuilding Colorado, its meaning for the game, and its potential impact on college football culture.
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On the Clock
Cary and Brendan are back and discussing the 1st round of the NFL draft - and the name that wasn't called.
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Coming Attraction - March Madness for College Football
Brendan and Cary discuss the future tournament that will be the expanded College Football Playoff and its implications for conference bids, realignment, and injecting a renewed importance to rivalry and conference championship games.
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Is Watching Football Ethical?
Back after some time off - Brendan and Cary discuss the elephant in the room to start Season 2...Is watching football ethical with all of its health impacts, inequities, and issues?
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Episode 17
Season 2, Ep. 1
Happy 2023! Let's look at 2022
Brendan and Cary are back in 2023 and discussing the 2022 season. Send emails to RunPintOption@gmail.com
- UGA dominance
- TULANE
- Surprises
- What's Next?
- Who won Pick 6?
Transfer Portal and Too Many Bowl Picks
Cary and Brendan discuss the last playoff rankings, the transfer portal, and make 100s of bowl picks. The last 20 minutes is not for the casual fan.
Warning: This episode contains explicit language.
Are there good actors in college football?
Brendan and Cary review rivalry week, disagree on the team in waiting and 5-7, and discuss the ultimate big question if there are any good actors in the college football world? Also - they once again bash Wisconsin fans.
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The Path to the Semis
Descriptions sure are annoying. Why don't you just listen? And, send us an email at RunPintOption@gmail.com or by leaving a message on anchor.fm!
CFP Rankings and the Impact of CFP Expansion
This week, Brendan and Cary discuss how the future CFP expansion is the full intro into the next era of college football.
Also:
- Rankings! Reactions!
- Week 9 Review
- Equity, Opportunity, Access
- Pick Six
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Bonus Episode: When We Got Paul Chryst Fired - Oops.
A few weeks ago, Paul Chryst was fired as Wisconsin's Head Coach. Brendan and Cary recorded a weekly episode but there were some technical difficulties. So we're releasing an edited version as a bonus!
Week 9: What is success?
This week, Brendan and Cary discuss:
- A burgeoning iRacing career?
- Week 9!
- What does success look like? It depends on where you are and how out of touch your fans are.
- Cary's commanding lead on Pick 6
We’re back again: The Season at Halfway
When Tradition Gets In The Way
Brendan and Cary are back after a hiatus!
- Trip to Knoxville
- What' we've seen the first 1/3rd of the season
- What happens when tradition keeps you from winning? Ask Wisconsin and Iowa
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A brief hiatus
A Side Trip From Vacation
Brendan's on vacation but that didn't stop Cary and him from checking back on Week 1 action and the announced expansion of the College Football Playoff. As always - email correspondence to RunPintOption@gmail.com or send an audio message by clicking the anchor link below.
It's About the Journey
On this episode of Run, Pint, Option - Brendan and Cary preview the season (journey) ahead even when the destination is known. Also:
- Our first correspondence!
- The return of the Tide
- Ohio State Big Ten Champions already?
- Texas still won't be back even in a wide open Big 12
- Notre Dame's schedule - just enough for an overrated team
- Clemson's change of the guard on offense and defense
- CFP Predictions
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What We're (NOT) Looking Forward to This Season
On this episode of Run Pint Option:
- Blackberry Beer
- Is it Tuesday?
- Urban Meyer Returns
- Quinn Ewers and the Promise that Texas Isn't Back
- New Media
- All of the Things We're Not Looking Forward to this season
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Live! What We're Looking Forward To This Season
Cary and Brendan sit down live in person in Big 10 country and discuss what they're looking forward to in the season ahead. Bands, Bama, Rivalries, and the Fun Belt (TM) - We want to hear what you're most looking forward to and not looking forward to for the season ahead.
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Super Leagues and Realignment
On this episode of Run, Pint, Option - Brendan and Cary discuss the impending super leagues created by the current phase of realignment, a letter of sorts in correspondence, and NASCAR? We continue our path forward as a new season is just 5 weeks away!
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Is College Football Different
On the inaugural kickoff episode of Run, Pint, Option - Brendan and Cary discuss if college football truly is different? The answer...Of course or they wouldn't have started a whole podcast devoted to it. But, it's not all good things that make college football different.
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