Unnecessary Roughness

In our first episode with the new UR crew, we dive into the biggest star power names in 2024 and catch up on everything in the college football world. Did Deion Sanders cross the line? Who has won the transfer portal? Who should be on the cover of NCAA 25? Will Alabama be ok without Nick Saban? And Brandon Walker lets us know exactly what he would do for 11-0. And much more.

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 and Kayce sit down to talk a little College Football before we head into the off-season break. 

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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?

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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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00:00 Intro
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

Hello, welcome to Unnecessary Roughness, brought to you by Twisted Tea. And I assume it's brought to by Twisted Tea because none of my other shows have presenting sponsors right now, because apparently January doesn't exist. But I assume this one still does. So hi, we're brought to your by Twasted T

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The Unnecessary Roughness crew instantly recaps all things Oregon Indiana.

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