On this week's In The Bleachers Podcast Adam Caparell who has been covering college football for CBS, CSTV, and now NCAA.com joins us to discuss the recently released USA Today Coaches poll.  With Adam Nettina on vacation, ITB writer Michael Felder steps in as co-host along with Brian Sakowski this week.  The trio talk about teams who are ranked too high and those who maybe should have gotten a few more votes.

In the second half of the podcast the SEC conference is previewed.  The consensus is that the SEC West could be a good race between Mississippi, LSU, and Alabama; while the SEC East seems to be Florida's to lose.  Also in this podcast, we talk about the job Steve Spurrier is doing in South Carolina, and the chances Tennessee has in making a bowl game this season.

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Fresh off from his trips to the ACC and Big East Media Days, Patrick Stevens of the Washington Times takes the time to breakdown almost every team in those conferences in this week's edition of the In The Bleachers Podcast.  In this hour and fifteen minute podcast, Patrick talks about how the Big East is really up for grabs and even though there is no national title contender in the bunch, the conference as a whole is still solid.

When talking about the ACC, he notes that both Clemson and Virginia Tech are the front runners to make the conference title game, but other teams such as NC State, North Carolina, and Florida State could make their jobs tough. He also talks about the job Randy Shannon has done at Miami and makes a prediction when he thinks the Canes will make a turn for the better.

After listening to this podcast, make sure you head on over to Patrick's blog at The Washington Times called D1Scourse.

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The Mountain West Conference sent five teams to bowl games last year, winning three of those contests.  The biggest bowl victory for this Non-BCS Conference came at the Sugar Bowl where Utah beat Alabama to cap off a perfect season.  The Utes are not the only Top 25 team in that conference as BYU and TCU look to build on a strong 2008 and take over the title as the best team in the Mountain West Conference.

In this week's In The Bleachers Podcast Jeremy Mauss from the Mountain West Conference Connection joins both Adam and Brian to preview the conference for the upcoming season.  Along with previewing each team, Jeremy tells them that the Mountain West is possibly looking to expand to "earn" an automatic BCS bid in the future, and has some breaking news on which BCS School Utah has just signed a deal with to play next season.

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David Jones has been covering Penn State football for the Harrisburg Patriot-News for a long time, and as an alumnus of Ohio State, he has been a fan of Big Ten Football for even longer.  In this week's edition of the In The Bleachers Podcast, Brian talks with David about the wide open Big Ten race.

David gives his thoughts about the strengths and weaknesses of Penn State, Ohio State, and Illinois.  He also weighs in on head coaches Rich Rodriguez and Bret Bielema.  Finally, he predicts the Big Ten champion, which ended up to be a bit of a surprise pick in my opinion.

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In this week's In The Bleachers Podcast, Adam and I are joined by Peter Bean, the man behind the Texas Longhorns blog, Burnt Orange Nation, and the co-host of EDSBS Live.  Besides talking about the strengths and weaknesses of the Longhorns, Peter also talks how this season's Oklahoma State team could parallel the 2008 Texas Tech team.

The Big 12 North is also discussed in the second half of this 40 minute podcast.  We all agree that the North is a bit behind the South in quality of teams.  Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado are the three teams the experts are picking to win the North, but will it come down to schedule and not talent for those teams?  Listen to the podcast and find out.

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In this week's In The Bleachers Podcast, Adam and I are joined by Chris Huston (aka the Heisman Pundit.) Since 2004, HP has been breaking down the Heisman race week by week, telling us who has the best chance and who's Heisman hopes went down the drain. He has even published a set of Heismandments, or guidelines on who can win the Heisman Trophy for a given year.

Chris talks about the top candidates for this upcoming season, while Adam and I ask about other players like Terrelle Pryor, Max Hall, Noel Devine, Jevan Snead, and Jimmy Clausen. Check out the podcast to see what HP says about their chances. We apologize for some of the sound issues; the Heisman Pundit was in a non-cell phone friendly area.

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He was known by the blogging community as The Wiz, who run a highly successful blog called The Wiz of Odds. Recently Jay Christensen has stepped out from behind the Wizard's hat and joined us on this week's edition of the In The Bleachers Podcast.

In this episode we do talk a little big about the Big XII football conference. After the Big XII talk; Jay, Adam, and I get into a debate on the merits of big BCS Schools not scheduling tough opponents, the reasoning behind why they don't do it, and what can be done to fix this problem. If you aren't familiar with the business side of College Football, I suggest you listen.

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He is the author of the book Meat Market: Inside the Smash-Mouth World of College Football Recruiting, a Senior Writer for ESPN The Magazine, and has his own Blog on ESPN.com. The man is Bruce Feldman and he joins us in this week's In The Bleachers Podcast. A few of the topics discussed in the  45 minute podcast are the emergence of Ole Miss (which could be the surprise team in the SEC), the USC quarterback situation, and how UCLA has the potential to start to out-recruit their rival USC. Bruce gives us his thoughts on every team in the PAC-10 and SEC. This is a podcast you do not want to miss!

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When talking about recruiting hotbeds, states such as Florida, Texas, California, and Ohio come to mind. However, the state of Maryland has been an area where an increasing number of Division 1 recruits have been popping up as of late. Joining us this week on the podcast is Matt Bracken of the Baltimore Sun. Aside from being the Assistant Sports Editor for the Baltimore Sun, he also blogs about the latest in University of Maryland, Baltimore-area, and national recruiting news.

Matt walks us through which schools are making footprints in the Maryland area, as well as fills us in on the players to listen and watch for as the 2009 season gets underway. Finally, the last third of the podcast is focused on his thoughts about the Maryland Terps and the Big Ten.

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