Got another great guest this week on the Slate of Eight, Russ Mitchell from College Football News. Russ is one of my favorite guys to chat with and despite the technical difficulties, we had a great time talking football. Please excuse a bit of a quality issue; it was on my end and the whole record, quality and everything got janky as hell but we made it work.

As for the games? Get excited because we've got eight good ones, including one of my favorite rivalries.

BYU - Utah
Arizona State - Mizzou
Navy - Penn State
Wake Forest - Florida State
USC - Stanford
Notre Dame - Michigan State
Alabama - Arkansas
Florida - Tennessee

The Holy War is up and this is a tough one because the teams are not slated to play anymore beyond 2014, get the hate in while you can in one of the nation's most underrated rivalries. We look at Mizzou trying to get back on the winning track against a very hot Arizona State team. Navy and Penn State should be a chance for Penn State to get on the winning side of things. In the ACC it seems Wake Forest's terrorizing of FSU should end now as the Noles are on a mission.

Can Stanford keep pace with the Trojans? Um, probably not. Notre Dame and Michigan State is intriguing and despite watching last years game multiple times, I'm still not sure how Notre Dame got 31 points. Hogs and Tide has lost some luster so we talk about other stuff like how terrible Arkansas' offensive line is and how brave Tyler Wilson must be. Then of course we get mad Tyler Bray love because Tyler Bray is the Bray-iest, Bray who ever Bray-ed the game.


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This week on the Slate we've got Kevin McGuire, a man who wears many hats. Obviously he is well known as @KevinOnCFB at the twitter; he's also the man behind the No 2 Minute Warning Podcast, as well as College Football Examiner. And, yes, we work together over at Crystal Ball Run, dropping some football knowledge. We've put in plenty of podcast hours and so we hit the ground running in this week's edition of the Slate of Eight.

Here's the games we hit on:

Penn State - Virginia
Auburn - Missippi State
Florida - Texas A&M
Miami - Kansas State
Nebraska - UCLA
Washington - LSU
Air Force - Michigan
Georgia - Missouri

Plenty of action to look at and yes, I'll admit, I totally forgot about the Michigan game being in the ITB Pick'em Pool. To be fair, after this past Saturday can you blame me? Alabama left a crater of a football team in Dallas. So, this weekend we've got Penn State, another team that is less than thrilled after week one, taking on Virginia. Cavaliers are ready to fight so it should be interesting. In the SEC Auburn looks to keep Dan Mullen winless against the non-Ole Miss SEC West, Florida hopes they aren't the first league team to lose to newcomer aTm and Georgia has their hands full with Mizzou in a crucial SEC East game.

LSU plays host to Washington in a game my "jazzed up for level" has fallen down from the week before. Also out of the Pac-12 UCLA plays Nebraska in a game my "jazzed up for level" has increased significantly. 

Throw in Miami's explosive team against a generally disrespected Kansas State team and we've got a week to watch folks! 


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You all have been waiting on it and it is finally here; the season is starting in a matter of days. Like we've done for you the past couple seasons, we are bringing you the Slate of Eight every week to preview the best action. This week there are plenty of big games to look at and some intriguing match ups to note in each of these games. As a companion to the Slate we do have the ITB Pick'em Pool up and running so make sure you get your picks in there!

Washington State at BYU
Kentucky at Louisville
South Carolina at Vanderbilt
Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech
North Carolina State vs Tennessee
Boise State at Michigan State
Auburn vs Clemson
Alabama vs Michigan

Plenty of interesting storylines to go around. My guest this week is Aaron Torres of Aaron Torres Sports and Crystal Ball Run, and we hit all of the action. For more discussion of the Slate of Eight be sure to tune in to the newly minted ITB's College Football Cocktail Hour on Wednesday at seven eastern.

Enjoy the podcast folks, it's good to be back!

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Folks, it's been a bit of time but we are back. The summer has been hectic with moving, going out of town a time or two and of course the new job over at Your Best 11. Took some time off to assess the proper direction for the site and to work on something that would be both sustainable by me, and enjoyable for you. I think I've got an answer that will suit us all.

The Podcast?

That's still going to be going. The Slate of Eight will be back for season. I'll also pop in with podcasts through out the year to talk concepts, interesting trends and things of note.

ITB Pick'em!

The contest is open to everyone right now. I've even got the first eight games scheduled, just for you all. I have a hamburger phone to give away, probably some books and other things that people will want. Click it here and get into the pool before the season starts! 

Q and A Show?

We've got a new development that I think folks will find enjoyable; a full blown question and answer show. We've done the chat in the past and that's been fun, now we're going to take it up a notch. The folks at Vokle asked me about hosting a college football live show and after some deliberation, I decided hells yeah. So mark your calendar: WEDNESDAYS AT 7PM EASTERN. The first one is tonight, click it here to get your info, but you can also just come on back to ITB and the show will be embedded for your enjoyment live!

So, here's the podcast from today. It's a quick housekeeping deal but it also has some discussion on North Carolina and why I don't really feel sorry for how the investigation has persisted. 

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Folks, it's been a bit of time but we are back. The summer has been hectic with moving, going out of town a time or two and of course the new job over at Your Best 11. Took some time off to assess the proper direction for the site and to work on something that would be both sustainable by me, and enjoyable for you. I think I've got an answer that will suit us all.

The Podcast?

That's still going to be going. The Slate of Eight will be back for season. I'll also pop in with podcasts through out the year to talk concepts, interesting trends and things of note.

ITB Pick'em!

The contest is open to everyone right now. I've even got the first eight games scheduled, just for you all. I have a hamburger phone to give away, probably some books and other things that people will want. Click it here and get into the pool before the season starts! 

Q and A Show?

We've got a new development that I think folks will find enjoyable; a full blown question and answer show. We've done the chat in the past and that's been fun, now we're going to take it up a notch. The folks at Vokle asked me about hosting a college football live show and after some deliberation, I decided hells yeah. So mark your calendar: WEDNESDAYS AT 7PM EASTERN. The first one is tonight, click it here to get your info, but you can also just come on back to ITB and the show will be embedded for your enjoyment live!

So, here's the podcast from today. It's a quick housekeeping deal but it also has some discussion on North Carolina and why I don't really feel sorry for how the investigation has persisted. 

To listen to the show click here or subscribe to one of the methods listed below.

If you want the podcast you must subscribe to the Feedburner , but if you want to subscribe to the blog please use the RSS Feed . This is for iTunes to be able to archive the shows. You can also search for "In The Bleachers"on iTunes and subscribe to the podcast that way. You can also find us on Stitcher Radio now!!

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Folks, I got a chance to do a little radio as the Presidential Oversight Committee met to decide the fate of the college football world. The fine folks of ESPNAustin.com and ESPN 104.9 let me on the airwaves during "The Adams Theory" to talk about the future of college football and what this all means. Sean Adams and Chance Mock have me on to talk about if four-teams is enough; it won't be. We also talk a little selection committee and get into Larry Scott's thoughts that the Pac-12 schedule is so hard. 

Michael Felder @inthebleachers 6.26.12 by thatsean

Thanks to Sean Adams for making the audio available for me to give to you all. If the widget does not load, go here and you can just press play!