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UCLA Fires DeShaun Foster After An 0-3 Start And One Of The Worst Coaching Efforts You'll Ever See

The day is finally here. UCLA has fired Deshaun Foster after the world witnessed one of the worst coached efforts in a blowout loss at home to New Mexico. Foster put together what could be one of the worst head coaching resumes in world history… a stain on his Bruin legacy that he built in his playi

One Breakout Player On Every Power 4 College Football Team

Sup. College Football is finally here, it's right there, you see it? Yup. Saturday. This Saturday. We watch ball, they play ball. With the ball on our television screens in just a few hours, I wanted to deliver my sorta kinda annual write up on some college football players. This one is all about gu

João Fonseca Is The Next Must Watch Tennis Player In The World And Needs To Be On Your Radar

Bonjour. I've tossed my Twitter fingers aside for the time being, I'm a Blogger Boy for the day. Liam Bloggerman? Kinda hate that, whatever. Liam Blogman? Idk who cares. Today I want… no I NEED to preach the gospel of tennis and hone in on one particular player. Why? Because nobody else in America i

Liam Blutman's Group of 5 College Football Notes

Bonjour. A lot of you wanted my Power 4 notes, I gave them to you. Then a lot of you asked for my Group of 5 notes, I made them for you. Hope you enjoy… AAC Army Jordyn Law is a solid LT with decent size Of course there’s a lot of talent in the backfield highlighted by Tyrell Robinson, I’m keeping a

Liam Blutman's Power 4 College Football Notes

Sup. A lot of you asked for my college football notes that I took for Unnecessary Roughness and our preview podcasts. So here's all my notes on teams from the Power 4 conferences as well as some of my predictions. Hope you enjoy… ACC Boston College Jerand Bradley is a highly skilled and athletic jum

Liam Blutman's FINAL 2024 NFL Mock Draft 3.0

Hey. Hope all is well. No, I really do. I hope you're doing so well. Better than well. Don't ask me how I'm doing though, I'm busy. Mock drafting… and stuff. 1) Chicago Bears (via Carolina Panthers) - QB Caleb Williams (USC) Ranking: QB1 Strength: Ability to extend plays and create greatness out of 

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The only college football podcast in the country that delivers real, raw, unfiltered takes on the best sport in America. Hosts Brandon Walker and Kayce Smith, alongside co-hosts JackMac and Katie Stats, pull no punches when discussing the national landscape of college football. New episodes drop every Tuesday.

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BRANDON WALKER AND KAYCE SMITH DELIVER A THROWBACK EPISODE

Welcome to Unnecessary Roughness Old School Edition. If you've been with us for six years since, or seven years now, since 2019, this is how the majority of the shows went early and then middle and then whatever, but it is me and Casey Smith, just the two of us back together again for this episode. 

T-Bob, Big Ev, and Blutman are joined by Mike Katic to ring in the College Football offseason as they talk CFB scheduling, the ever developing new era of College sports, and whether or not Alabama Football has lost its luster.

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THE OFFSEASON IS HERE, MIKE KATIC TALKS NEW ERA OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL, & IS ALABAMA A TOP 5 SEC JOB?

What's going on, y'all? Welcome in to NSA Roughness, presented by our friends at Twisted T. We got a motley crew today. Casey and Brandon are out there in San Francisco for the Super Bowl, the big game. So today, I'll be running point. We've got T by Baber, we've got our guy Liam Blum, and we got Bi

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MIAMI INDIANA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP INSTANT REACTION

That's us. We are live. Live, Casey. Live. Where's my hair gel? We are alive from the mostly sports studios, which are right now the unnecessary roughness studios. Get it in there, rub the, yeah. All right, we're live, and we're live after the Indiana Hoosiers win the national championship 27-21. In

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01:07 Dante Moore back to Oregon + Quarterback transfer portal class
10:29 Indiana and Miami clash in the 2026 College Football National Championship

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MIAMI INDIANA PREVIEW - 2026 COLLEGE FOOTBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

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Mickey Joseph's Revenge Game 32 Years In The Making Is Why Nebraska Will Cover (And Maybe Win)

As I'm sure you have heard, Nebraska has fired Scott Frost.  There's been a lot of talk over the past few days surrounding how incompetent Scott Frost truly was at Nebraska. Stories are coming out, they may be true, they may not be, but one thing we do know is that on Saturday, Nebraska will play a 

How Texas Can Hang With Bama, Why UF-UK Is Best Game, & Full Week 2 Preview

Hello Youtube. I'm the king of the south and this is unnecessary roughness. And if you're watching this episode on Youtube and you haven't subscribed yet. What are you doing? Stop like subscribe, enjoy 45% of you watch our episodes and are not subscribed subscribe. I just realized something. There's

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The Battle For New York Is Off To A HOT Start

Giants-Jets is about to kick off. But if you want to know exactly what this game looks like to the rest of the world, just watch this video. Giants fan with way too high of expectations completely misses his mark while the Jets fan lays lifeless just waiting to be put out of his misery. Neither were

Patriots Fan Cries His Dick Off At The Ravens Game Last Night, Unruly Internet Mob Ruthlessly Attacks Him

Well, folks, it is with a heavy heart that I must report that it is now illegal for men to cry, to emote, to love something so much that it brings them to tears when it fails him. That’s just society in 2019. I’d say it makes me sad but I don’t want the mobs to try and tear me down just for being a 

No One Has Ever Been Hit Harder Than This High School Kick Returner

I’ve watched this video north of 20 times to try and figure out what the hell happened here and I’ve got nothing. Absolutely nothing. The kick return in DARK KNIGHT RISES was more realistic than whatever the hell took place on this field. He flew off the screen like he had 300% damage in Super Smash

High School Football Player Realizes Defense Only Has 10 Men On The Field And Decides To Take Matters Into His Own Hands

In this world there are people who recognize problems, sit back and bitch about them hoping someone else takes care of them. And then there are the people who do something about them. This man is someone who thinks quick on his feet and takes action when problems arise. Oh the defense only has 10 me

Unnecessary Roughness: CFB Week 7 Preview + The Red River Shootout May Break Us Up

THE RED RIVER SHOOTOUT IS FINALLY HERE! For those who have listened to us from the beginning, you know this week has been circled on our calendars all season. It’s Texas vs OU. It’s Jalen Hurts vs. Sam Ehlinger. It’s Kayce Smith vs. Brandon fucking Walker.  Plus, there are a million good games this 

Unnecessary Roughness: CFB Week 6 Review + Brandon Gives Auburn A Whooping

Week 6 was a little chalk, but also didn’t disappoint. Brandon finally gets his moment in the sun to give Auburn a whoopin’ after losing to Florida… and boy, is he happy.  We go around the country, hit the highs/ lows, take fan Hot takes and I decide that ‘pandering’ should go on the shit list. We a

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