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  • Carla and Crappy Show: The You Are Looking Live Edition

    Carla and Crappy Show: The You Are Looking Live Edition
    2026/10/15
    It’s Week 7 of the college football season, and once again, we are attempting to upend the validity of the space-time continuum, as Carla and official friend of the show Jake Rose are live from Floyd Stadium on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University … at least two days ago by the time you’re seeing this. Yep, we’re taking the whole midweek football distraction to an entirely new level. (And apparently decibel as well, as Carla and Jake struggled to hear anything that Crappy and AJ were saying, thanks to an extra-loud PA announcer.) Speaking of Crappy and AJ, they get things rolling with the weekly review of the minutes, allowing AJ proper time to gloat about his declaration about the importance of the LSU at Kentucky game waaaaay back in Week 1. Friends, he was right. He was more than right. And because we’re infamously known for “just how wrong we were,” this is a more than warranted celebration. We also reviewed a stupid and definitely not dumb Red River Rivalry thriller and Curt Cignetti’s adjustments to lift Indiana to a significant road win in Lincoln. Then, because we needed to get our analysis fully completed before halftime of the Delaware at MTSU game happening live behind Carla and Jake, we moved efficiently to AJ’s #GroupOfSixAfterDarkQuadboxSpecials, incorporating the weekly #MonsterEnergyBig12GoldenCorralBuffet and the #Pac12IceCold4Pac. Thursday Colorado State at Texas State (8 ET, CBSSN): Pew, pew, pew! Noon-ish Cincinnati at WVU (Noon ET, TNT): Neither of these fan bases is really happy. Kansas at Kansas State (Noon ET, FS1): The Sunflower Showdown! Virginia at No. 24 SMU (Noon ET, TNT): ACC football continues to be entertaining. Georgia State at James Madison (Noon ET, ESPNU): Could be a Sun Belt title preview? UMass at Buffalo (1 ET, ESPN+): A bonus add to your early quadbox. Let’s get UMass back on track! Afternoon Arizona State at No. 10 Texas Tech (3:30 ET, FOX): The Forks are … struggling. Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech (3:30 ET, ACCN): Gotta watch the Tech-mo Bowl! UNLV at Air Force (3:30 ET, CBSSN): Legit good Mountain West matchup. Toledo at Eastern Michigan (3:30 ET, ESPN+): Legit midday MACtion. Evening Washington State at Oregon State (6 ET, USA): The Pac-2 gets its game on. TCU at Baylor (7 ET, FS1): Your guess is as good as ours. Wisconsin at No. 12 UCLA (7:30 ET, NBC): At least one of us picks the Badgers! Navy at UTSA (8 ET, ESPNU): Meep is a tough out in the Alamo Dome. Just ask USF. After Dark No. 11 Utah at Colorado (10:15 ET, ESPN): Deion’s days might be numbered. Fresno State at San Diego State (10:30 ET, CBSSN): Fresno’s looking good. Wake Forest at Cal (10:30 ET, ESPN2): So much woke. Nebraska at Oregon (11 ET, FOX): It’s the Dylan Raiola reunion show. Ohio at Sacramento State (10 ET, ESPN+): A bonus pick, just for Crappy. Sorry about having to stay up late! And then, this week’s Luca Brasi Large Masculine Child Lineup features a bunch of games that have the potential of being extremely close. These should be good ones, kids. No. 4 Ohio State at No. 5 Indiana (Big Nude, FOX): To say this game is big is an understatement. We step aside and let Jake and Crappy handle this one. Surprising absolutely no one, they’ve got opposite picks. But they both anticipate a fantastic game in Bloomington, regardless of outcome. Florida at No. 7 Texas (Noon ET, ABC): The Horns have to be really careful here not to let Oklahoma beat them twice. Will Florida get up for this huge road test, or is this season done for the Gators? No. 16 Mississippi State at No. 22 LSU (Noon ET, ESPN): Remember what we just said about Texas? Yeah. The same goes for the Kiffin crew here. Clanga’s a formidable foe, although not as much so sans Kamario Taylor. We’ll see whether LSU can right the ship at home. No. 6 Alabama at No. 14 Tennessee (3:30 ET, ABC): After dropping a close one at home, the Tide heads to Neyland. But none of us seems super convinced about what Tennessee really is this year. No. 13 Missouri at No. 9 Ole Miss (3:30 ET, SECN): OK, Mizzou. We’re intrigued. Can you pull off a gigantic road win over a prolific offense? We all know the Rebs don’t play much defense, so this feels attainable for the Tigers. We’ll see. No. 2 Notre Dame at No. 8 BYU (7:30 ET, ABC): We’ve had this game circled for quite a while. The Irish need this win for their playoff resume. Badly. But it’s a night game in Provo. The Mormons will be amped. We’re divided right down the middle on this one. No. 18 Oklahoma State at No. 20 Houston (7:30 ET, FOX): Yes, this is a Monster Energy Big 12 Golden Corral Buffet game – likely this week’s entree – and we stole it for the Big Boy slate. Which team wins this game? Who knows. But this will be pointsy as all get out and entertaining as heck. Finally, we offer our honorable mentions to a wide-ranging selection of games, thanks as always to The Fun Index: FBS Penn State at Michigan (3:30 ET, ...
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  • Carla and Crappy Show: The Gloopy Clanga Edition

    Carla and Crappy Show: The Gloopy Clanga Edition
    2026/10/01
    Hi, friends. It’s Week 5 of the college football season, and yes, we kick off this episode with the much-delayed and highly anticipated Pop-Tarts ice cream sandwich taste test, which we have to do before anything else because, well, ice cream melts. And, as it turns out, Pop-Tart icing is sticky. Our recommendation: It’s worth the gloopiness. Go buy them. They’re delicious. (And hey, Pop-Tarts? Send us to your bowl game.) Then, it’s back to our regularly scheduled programming with a review of last week’s show minutes, in which we revel in the fact that we were very right about UCLA and Georgia. Because … we weren’t so right about other things. (See Tennessee, Ole Miss, and Penn State, in particular.) In our deeper comments from last week’s action, Carla is fired up about the lack of offensive production from her Nittany Lions and officially joins Team Elmo. Student media continues to be undefeated this week, adding the Iowa student radio broadcast team and Brett Walker’s viral post about MTSU’s Derek Mason to the growing list of success stories. AJ notes the record number of cowbells in Starksville on Saturday, while Crappy points out that counting is hard for the Illini, especially on defense. We contemplate what an NPR broadcast of a college football game would be like. And we’re all super fired up about the lack of discipline from the USC program. (Trojans? We’re done. Like, for real.) And then, we all calm down and look ahead to this week’s action, starting with AJ’s ever-growing hashtag, the #GroupOfSixAfterDarkQuadboxSpecials: Friday Pitt at Virginia Tech (7 ET, ESPN): A battle of unranked unbeatens. Penn State at Northwestern (8 ET, FOX): Meet Northwestern’s new stadium. FCS No. 1 Montana State at Idaho (10:30 ET, ESPN): Check out the Kibbie Dome, then go to bed. Noon-ish Stanford at Wake Forest (Noon ET, ACCN): This is just rude for Tree. Navy at Air Force (Noon ET, CBS): A Fun Index of 45? Absolutely not. Afternoon Cal at UNLV (3:30 ET, CBSSN): A Cal game that makes sense? What is this? Louisville at NC State (3:30 ET, ACCN): These two teams will not leave the Quadbox Specials for the rest of the season. Wyoming at North Dakota State (3:30 ET, God’s CW): This is a trophy game! It’s a drill bit. Eastern Michigan at UMass (3:30 ET, ESPN+): Friends, talk to your kids about 5-0 UMass?!? Marshall at James Madison (3:45 ET, ESPNU): What are you doing, Marshall? No. 24 Kentucky at South Carolina (4:15 ET, SECN): Why is South Carolina favored? If you’re wondering why most of those quadboxes have fewer than four games, it’s because we also need to open the #MonsterEnergyBig12GoldenCorralBuffet. Also, we’re excited to welcome the return of the #Pac12IceCold4Pac! Fill your remaining voids with these games: Noon-ish UCF at No. 20 Houston (Noon ET, ESPN2): This is for control of outer space. WVU at Iowa State (Noon ET, TNT): Can the 2006 WVU offense win on the road? Evening Oregon State at Colorado State (6 ET, USA): A 60+ Fun Index! Characters welcome. Defense optional. Utah State at No. 22 Boise State (7:30 ET, CBSSN): Blue turf, Pac-12, in-conference action? Say less. No. 10 BYU at TCU (7 ET, ESPN): Very large Mormons are coming to town. No. 12 Texas Tech at Colorado (7:30 ET, FOX): At least the mountains are pretty. After Dark Fresno State at Washington State (9:30 ET, USA): This just feels right. Texas State at San Diego State (10:30 ET, God’s CW): SDSU needs an offense. Baylor at Arizona State (10:30 ET, ESPN): Forks up. Cincinnati at Arizona (11 ET, FOX): Can Scott Satterfield pull off another comeback win? Very After Dark San Jose State at Hawaii (Midnight ET, MW+): Can our Beloved Bows get back on track? And then, it’s time for the Large Adult Sons Slate: No. 7 Alabama at No. 16 Mississippi State (Noon ET, ABC): Is Clanga for real? We’re going to find out in this one. What we do know: Kamario Taylor continues to be the most fun player in college football. Definitely watch this game … on mute. Michigan at Minnesota (Big Nude, FOX): It’s the Little Brown Jug game … and PJ Fleck has completely gone insane. We don’t know why the Michigan radio crew can’t pronounce Bryce Underwood correctly, but row the boat, Gophers. This game will be gloopy as heck. No. 5 Ohio State at No. 14 Iowa (3:30 ET, CBS): Speaking of gloopy … oh no, Bucks. A trip to Kinnick? This one has trap game written all over it. Iowa’s defense is real good, but guess what? So is Ohio State’s. And the Hawkeyes are the ones who have to try to defend Jeremiah Smith. Good luck with that. No. 8 Florida at No. 25 Missouri (3:30 ET, ABC): The Gators made beating Ole Miss look easy in the Swamp, thanks to a dominant run game. Now, it’s their turn for a potential letdown, heading to Columbia to face a Tigers team that came oh-so-close in Starksville last week. Are the Gators back to being Good Florida? We’ll know more after this one. No. 4 Miami at ...
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  • Carla and Crappy Show: The Fair Food Edition

    Carla and Crappy Show: The Fair Food Edition
    2026/10/08
    Welcome to Week 6 of the college football season, which officially enters us into the fantastic world of midweek football! Fortunately for you all, we don’t get too distracted by the Southern Miss at Troy game that we all have on in the background while recording. We are, however, extremely distracted by AJ’s presence in Dallas, just outside the real Cotton Bowl and clearly in view of the Texas State Fair. And that causes us to go on a deep dive on our favorite fair foods – funnel cakes, cheeseburgers, fries, ox roast sandwiches, hot apple dumplings, peach pies, and, of course, stuffed pork chops. Yum. Eventually, we stop salivating and return to the matter at hand. We officially review last week’s show minutes and happenings, including some spectacular Kibbie Dome Magic, Colorado State’s mid-game coordinator dismissal, Bob Chesney’s continued good-human antics, and so many Hawaii false starts (much to AJ’s chagrin). Carla then walks us through her three themes from Week 5, including multiple college kicker situations, teams going for the win in OT, and defenses that seem to have completely disappeared. (She’s looking squarely at you, MTSU and Penn State.) After that, it’s time to turn the page. AJ gets us started with the #MonsterEnergyBig12GoldenCorralBuffet with a side of the #Pac12IceCold4Pac. Friday Washington State at Utah State (9 ET, God’s CW): Wazzu is down bad. Iowa State at No. 8 BYU (10:15 ET, ESPN): It’s a BYU night game, and the stadium will be rocking. Noon-ish UCF at No. 18 Oklahoma State (Noon ET, ESPN2): UCF appears to be fraudulent. Arizona at WVU (Noon ET, TNT): The RichRod Bowl! Fun Index is 61.5, and WVU doesn’t play defense. Afternoon No. 22 Houston at Kansas State (3:30 ET, FOX): Powercats favored at home? Houston is more than sneaky good. San Diego State at Oregon State (5 ET, USA): Characters still welcome, and Oregon State’s offense is fun. After Dark Kansas at No. 12 Utah (10:15 ET, ESPN): Hope you enjoyed that win, Jayhawks. Because this week, you’re getting a pillowcase full of bricks. No. 23 Boise State at Fresno State (10:30 ET, God’s CW): Speaking of pillowcases full of bricks, meet Boise’s ground game. To round out the quadboxes for your viewing pleasure, here are this week’s #GroupOfSixAfterDarkQuadBoxSpecials: Friday Florida State at Louisville (7 ET, ESPN): Which versions of these teams show up? If we get the good versions, this could be spectacular. Noon-ish Wake Forest at NC State (Noon ET, God’s CW): NC State is the most interesting team in college football. Even they don’t know what’s going to happen. Afternoon: A large bowl of MACtion! Miami (OH) at UMass (2 ET, ESPN+): Has Miami outgrown the MAC? Crappy’s none too pleased, and he’s rooting hard for the Hawks to lose. We need a 5-win UMass! Eastern Michigan at Akron (3:30 ET, ESPN+): Emus. Buffalo at Toledo (3:30 ET, ESPN+): The Rockets should turn Buffalo into a fine mist. Central Michigan at Ohio (3:30 ET, ESPN+): It’s homecoming for the Bobcats. Results against directional Michigans tend to be important. Kent State at Western Michigan (3:30 ET, ESPN+): This is burly, sturdy football. Evening North Dakota State at UNLV (7 ET, God’s CW): Two of the Mountain West’s best go head-to-head. Louisiana-Lafayette at Louisiana Tech (7:30 ET, ESPN+): The rivalry is back! But it’ll be sloppy as heck. After Dark Hawaii at Arizona State (9:30 ET, FS1): You can watch the Bows at an almost normal time! And then … we’re on to this week’s Luca Brasi Large Masculine Child Lineup. No. 20 Iowa at Washington (9 ET Friday, FOX): Is this a bounce-back game for the Hawkeyes? We certainly think it could be. The Huskies gave USC a handful last weekend. No. 7 Indiana at Nebraska (Big Nude, FOX): It’s a letdown-lookahead sandwich … for both teams? We’ll find out who Nebraska really is this year, but we’re all still on the Hoosier bandwagon for this one. North Carolina at No. 25 Pitt (Noon ET, ESPN): We’re not convinced this is going to be a great game, so we’re much more amused speculating about Belichick’s inner dialogue in his return to the Mustard Bowl. (Why is Gronk’s head in a ketchup bottle?) No. 21 UCLA at No. 13 Oregon (3:30 ET, CBS): We all think Dan Lanning has Oregon’s full attention now, which isn’t great news for the Bruins. Bob Chesney is a stellar human being, and UCLA can run the dang football. But the Ducks offense might be a bit too much, especially at home. No. 1 Texas vs. Oklahoma (3:30 ET, ABC): The annual Wed Wiver Wivalwy should be extra dumb this year. A Fun Index of 39.5? Gross. In AJ’s words, Brett Venables needs to be fired … out of a cannon. No. 10 LSU at Kentucky (7 ET, ESPN): We’ve had this game circled for quite a while, kids. And we’re all miffed that the Cats were dropped out of the Top 25 this week. Will Lane Kiffin and LSU bear the brunt of that frustration? It’s definitely possible … and...
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  • Carla and Crappy Show: The Costume and Cocktail Party Edition

    Carla and Crappy Show: The Costume and Cocktail Party Edition
    2026/10/29
    Crappy’s out sick, Jake Rose has been called out of the bullpen, and Brian Kelly is dressed as a birthday cake on national television. Yep, that sounds about right. Welcome to a slightly off-kilter Week 9 edition of the Carla and Crappy Show. Carla, AJ, and Jake begin by diving immediately into last week’s minutes. AJ was delighted by the 105 combined points scored between San Diego State and Colorado State, as well as a big win from our beloved Bows. Carla took a moment to bask in her (apparently) extensive SEC knowledge, correctly picking both LSU and South Carolina. And Jake was, quite frankly, disgusted by nearly everything he saw from Indiana at Michigan. We also attempted to sort out everything that happened at the end of BYU at UCF and pondered whether we all need to start paying more attention to UTSA. (Meep, meep is back, friends.) Also, the coaching carousel is now officially taking passengers for the 2026 season. Meanwhile, while the mid-week CUSAction wasn’t much of a distraction, the annual CBSSN Halloween studio show most certainly was. But, honestly, how could anyone not be distracted by Brian Kelly in a birthday cake costume and Rick Neuheisel dressed as Otto the Orange? Anyhow, distractions aside and having done our best to make sense of last week’s upset tummy weekend, we turn our collective gaze to Week 9. Yes, college football will be played on Halloween. AJ gets us started with his #GroupOfSixAfterDarkQuadboxSpecials, which begin early this week. Thursday Florida Atlantic at North Texas (7:30 ET, ESPN): The Funnest Index of All this week – 77.5! Friday Baylor at UCF (7:30 ET, ESPN): A letdown game and a dead cat bounce game all in one! Noon-ish Cal at NC State (Noon ET, ACCN): Let’s get spooky. Auburn at No. 12 Ole Miss (12:45 ET, SECN): Your guess is as good as ours! No. 19 SMU at Syracuse (Noon ET, ESPN2): The Carrier Dome is a liminal space. Illinois at Maryland (Noon ET, FS1): This game has big, dumb energy written all over it. FCS No. 11 North Dakota at FCS No. 4 Youngstown State (Noon ET, ESPN+): A bonus FCS pick! This one might be the best game of the entire window, if we’re being honest. Afternoon Colorado State at Utah State (3:30 ET, USA): The Pac-12 spirit is alive and well in Fort Collins. UConn at Air Force (3 ET, MW+): You can’t actually quadbox this game, but it should be good. Southern Miss at UL Monroe (3:30 ET, ESPN+): Can ULM make it two in a row? FCS No. 6 South Dakota at FCS No. 5 South Dakota State (4 ET, ESPNU): Friends, we have a Dakota battle, and this is a big one. Evening App State at Georgia Southern (6:30 ET, ESPN+): An FCS bitter rivalry renewed. Washington State at San Diego State (7 ET, CBSSN): Maybe? No. 24 Oklahoma State at Iowa State (7 ET, FS1): Is the juice still in Ames? Tim Brando will find out. Clemson at Florida State (7 ET, ACCN): Remember when we looked forward to this game? After Dark Texas State at No. 20 Boise State (10 ET, God’s CW): This game has stupid points potential. Northern Illinois at UNLV (10:30 ET, CBSSN): You don’t have to watch this game. Oregon State at Fresno State (11 ET, USA): Characters and points are still welcome. And then, we turn to this week’s Luca Brasi Large Adult Son games, which are once again brought to you by Stretch Armstrong. No. 22 Arizona at No. 13 Texas Tech (Noon ET, ESPN): Have the Red Raiders finally been exposed? They kicked a whole bunch of field goals in last weekend’s upset loss at Cincinnati. Meanwhile, Arizona has very quietly been assembling itself a spectacular season. No. 25 Wisconsin at Iowa (Big Nude, FOX): Has Wisconsin once again reached “Badgers are annoying” status? We’ll get a good indication from this one. If you like offense … don’t watch this game. No. 17 Florida vs. No. 3 Georgia (3:30 ET, ABC): A Cocktail Party on Halloween? Yes, please. Although it’s not quite the same this year in Atlanta. Florida only seems to be able to beat Top 10 opponents. The last time we saw Georgia, they were getting run over by Auburn. The intrigue factor is high here. No. 20 Northwestern at Oregon (3:30 ET, NBCSN): Chip Kelly’s going home, and he’s bringing the better offense in this game with him. Yes, that’s a real statement in 2026: Northwestern is both offensively interesting and nationally ranked. No. 6 Utah at Cincinnati (3:30 ET, ESPN): Do the Bearcats have two in a row in them? Utah needed their blunt objects to finally get past Houston in an absolute battle last weekend. This feels like it could be a trap, especially with the Holy War looming. No. 2 Ohio State at USC (7:30 ET, NBC): Who’s the starting quarterback for the Buckeyes? We don’t know. The bigger question is: Does that even matter? This week's honorable mentions, brought to you by The Fun Index, go to … FBS Kennesaw State at MTSU: This game happened on Wednesday night. Editor’s note from Carla: To borrow a phrase from my high school band director … egads. ...
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  • Carla and Crappy Show: The It All Ends With a Doink Edition

    Carla and Crappy Show: The It All Ends With a Doink Edition
    2026/11/04
    Friends, we made it. Welcome to November football … and the Week 10 edition of the Carla and Crappy Show. November football means the return of MACtion, and boy, what a distraction those games proved to be for this episode. (Spoiler alert: It all ends with a walk-off doink.) We open the show with new business regarding the largest spin of the coaching carousel thus far. Mike Norvell and his big buyout are gone from Florida State, leaving former MTSU head coach and friend of the program Rick Stockstill as the interim. While we have no idea who the Noles will actually hire, we do propose some rather funny candidates. (Editor’s note: After recording this episode, we learned that Russell Wilson interviewed for the NC State vacancy, joining Phillip Rivers as an apparent candidate. Yes, friends, the Belichick Effect is in full throttle in the state of North Carolina.) Also in new business, the first iteration of the College Football Playoff Rankings has been released and … yeah, we have questions. Is Indiana ranked too high? Is Notre Dame too low? And whatcha doing up there, Bama? In our review of last week’s minutes, we note that Utah has once again found its sock full of nickels. Crappy offers his thoughts on Ohio State’s effort (or lack thereof) at USC. And yes, Carla was wrong about Florida. (It’s in the show’s tagline, friends.) AJ also notifies us that the conference champion simulator will make its return next week, so get ready. Things are about to get silly. Quadbox Specials Speaking of silly, how about a spin through the #GroupOfSixAfterDarkQuadboxSpecials with a side of the #MonsterEnergyBig12GoldenCorralBuffet and the #Pac12IceCold4Pac? It’s basically just a CiCi’s Pizza now. Thursday UTSA at Florida Atlantic (7:30 ET Thursday, ESPN): The Funnest Index of the week is once again on a Thursday: 73.5! Friday Virginia Tech at SMU (7 ET Friday, ESPN): Is this a bounce-back game for the Ponies? South Florida at East Carolina (7:30 ET Friday, ESPN2): This game won’t be fun, but it will be spicy. Nebraska at Illinois (8 ET Friday, FOX): Only highbrow games on Friday night. Pinkies up for this one. Noon-ish No. 8 UCLA at Minnesota (Big Nude, FOX): They’re gonna run the dang ball. Clemson at Syracuse (Noon ET, ESPN2): Hey Fran Brown? Do it again. North Carolina at UConn (CBSSN): Oh right. It is basketball season. Duke at NC State (12:30 ET, God’s CW): Also a lovely basketball game. Oklahoma State at Kansas State (1 ET, TNT): Bonus Monster Energy Big 12 Golden Corral Buffet action! Afternoon Marshall at Georgia Southern (3:30 ET, ESPN+): Marshall’s kind of weird this year? Western Kentucky at MTSU (3:30 ET, ESPN+): Go get a win, Middle. Happy homecoming. Cincinnati at No. 17 Houston (3:30 ET, FOX): And now Cincy has to go on the road. Oof. Rice at North Texas (4 ET, ESPNU): Sure. This should be fun to watch. Evening No. 25 Boise State at Colorado State (6 ET, USA): The Pac-12 is back, and characters are still welcome. Michigan State at Michigan (7:30 ET, NBCSN/Peacock): A service academy game has a higher Fun Index than this one. Air Force at Army (7:30 ET, CBS): Service academy football lives. Crappy says Go Army. Colorado at Arizona State (7:30 ET, ESPN2): Is this the game? After Dark West Virginia at No. 15 Texas Tech (9:30 ET, ESPN): Eers go from the mountains to the moon. Fresno State at Utah State (9:30 ET, USA): This is polite, cordial, sturdy football. Hawai’i at UTEP (9:30 ET, FS1): The Bows visit the Sun Bowl. Wyoming at UNLV (10:30 ET, CBSSN): Wyoming is sneaky good. Texas State at Oregon State (10:30 ET, God’s CW): The second Funnest Index to bookend the week. Big Boy Games Meanwhile, this week’s Luca Brasi Large Masculine Child Games are … legit good. After two weeks of stretching this lineup, this Saturday is absolutely loaded. (So much so that we actually missed a game.) A quadbox might not be adequate for the evening window. Let’s go. No. 9 BYU at No. 3 Utah (Noon ET, ABC): A Top-10 Holy War? Yes, please. The Utes left no doubt at Nippert last weekend. BYU beat Notre Dame … and has been shaky at best ever since. Despite our mixed feelings about this being a 10 a.m. local kick, put your eyeballs on this one. No. 7 Texas at No. 18 Missouri (Noon ET, ESPN): Which version of both of these teams do we get? On paper, this could be a matchup that bodes well for Texas, but it’s just their second true road game of the year, and Mizzou has been pesky. The deciding factor here may be off the field: The Tess Effect is real this year, and he’s calling this one. No. 5 Alabama at No. 14 LSU (3:30 ET, ABC): Welp, Bama. You’re the No. 5 team in the country? Prove it. This is a big test for the Tide against a very good Tigah defense playing at home. No. 6 Kentucky at No. 13 Tennessee (6:15 ET, ESPN): This year, Tennessee is the team that wants to drag this game down into the mud, not Kentucky. The Cats under Will Stein have played ...
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  • Carla and Crappy Show: The ‘Do You Want to Go to Provo?’ Edition

    Carla and Crappy Show: The ‘Do You Want to Go to Provo?’ Edition
    2026/11/11
    So, this is apparently what happens when we record a show, and we’re NOT distracted by MACtion: While Crappy is muttering something about toughness, AJ bursts into song about the newly expanded College Football Playoff. Welcome to the Week 11 edition of the Carla and Crappy Show. Before we get into the playoff discussion (insert Jim Mora meme here), we’re joined once again this week by Jake Rose, who’s here to talk about MTSU’s win over Western Kentucky last Saturday. (And yes, the conversation involves sun flares. Prepare yourselves.) Then we discuss the 24-team playoff expansion, which, honestly, became inevitable the moment games started to be referred to as “inventory”. We’re mostly pleased, aside from the lack of G6 representation. Will this lead to a separate G6 playoff? At least one “source” hopes so. Up next is a review of last week’s minutes and, boy, were we wrong about some things. Bama found the juice. Georgia quickly and emphatically disposed of Ole Miss. Tennessee played lights out in a blackout. And we all had a good giggle over Sparty’s win in the Big House. In other highlights from the weekend, Bobby Mo won the City Game (go Bob!), Maryland won a football game in November, and we ponder what bowl destination awaits Ohio State fans. (Vegas? Tampa? The possibilities are endless.) Finally, it’s time to turn the page to Week 11. Sparkle fingers abound for AJ’s #GroupOfSixAfterDarkQuadboxSpecials. Thursday Memphis at South Florida (8 ET Thursday, ESPN): That’s not enough points, friends. Louisiana at Louisiana-Monroe (9 ET Thursday, ESPN2): This is a very fun rivalry game. Friday Florida State at Pitt (7 ET Friday, ESPN): Rick’s heading to Pittsburgh! Illinois at No. 4 UCLA (9 ET Friday, FOX): They’re going to run the dang ball. A lot. No. 14 Houston at Colorado (10:15 ET Friday, ESPN): Sometimes the Buffs can make things spicy at home. Noon-ish Cincinnati at Iowa State (Noon ET, TNT): Cincy beat BYU … and then the wheels fell off. Syracuse at NC State (Noon ET, ACCN): We can’t look away. James Madison at UConn (Noon ET, CBSSN): The Dukes have looked down lately. Georgia Tech at Clemson (12:30 ET, God’s CW): Eyeballs on this one, although we’re not sure why. Afternoon Georgia Southern at Georgia State (3:30 ET, ESPN+): The battle for the real GSU! Florida Atlantic at Tulsa (3:30 ET, ESPN+): Tulsa wiped Tulane last week. Fresno State at Texas State (4 ET, God’s CW): This should be fun. Kansas at West Virginia (5:30 ET, ESPNU): It’s time for us all to learn new ways to play the game of football. Evening Oregon State at No. 17 Boise State (6 ET, USA): We really want this game to be good. Florida at No. 13 Kentucky (6:15 ET, ESPN): Gators likely in danger at Kroger. Louisville at North Carolina (7 ET, ESPN2): Low-key banger alert. UNLV at No. 23 New Mexico (7:30 ET, God’s CW): We’re hoping UNLV can make this interesting. After Dark North Texas at UTSA (9 ET, ESPNU): The Funnest Index of the Week! 77.5! Remember … to watch this game. No. 10 Texas Tech at Oklahoma State (9:30 ET, ESPN): Somehow, someway, this game will end last. Utah State at San Diego State (9:30 ET, USA): Utah State has a live mascot now! Also, something about ice cream and a helicopter. Wyoming at UTEP (10 ET, FS1): The Cowboys are low-key good this year. Colorado State at Washington State (10:30 ET, CBSSN): Wazzu is favored? This game’s gonna be dumb. North Dakota State at Hawaii (11 ET, God’s CW): The Bison on the island with a low Fun Index. This game had so much potential in August. Sigh. Then, while this week’s Luca Brasi Large Masculine Child games offer a bit less luster than last weekend’s loaded slate, there’s still some really interesting stuff here. Especially if you appreciate good defenses. Duke at No. 5 Miami (Noon ET, ABC): The attempt to sort out the top of the ACC begins with this one. Do the Canes rebound at home? That Duke defense is really good. Eyeballs, friends. No. 11 Wake Forest at No. 25 SMU (Noon ET, ESPN): The ankle biters head to Texas in a battle between two of the top offenses AND defenses in the conference. Something has to give. And it might be Kevin Jennings. No. 9 Tennessee at Texas A&M (3 ET, ESPN): It’s tempting to view this as a potential letdown game for the Vols, but the Aggies just aren’t it this year. Missouri at No. 1 Georgia (3:30 ET, ABC): We hate to admit it, but Georgia beast mode might be back in full force. And while they’re very publicly coaching-secure, we don’t like Mizzou’s chances here. No. 15 USC at No. 6 Indiana (3:30 ET, CBS): The Hoosiers have looked extremely mortable as of late, requiring back-to-back OT games to edge out wins. USC isn’t going to play defense. Indiana definitely is. To win at home, Indiana needs to drag USC down into the mud. No. 2 Utah at No. 22 Arizona (7:30 ET, FOX): If the Utes are going to have a misstep, this is likely it. Tucson can be a tough ...
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  • Carla and Crappy Show: The Meat and Potatoes Edition

    Carla and Crappy Show: The Meat and Potatoes Edition
    2026/10/22
    Whew, friends. We survived what ended up being an absolutely ridiculous Week 7, complete with upsets, field stormings, and looks of absolute fear at the sound of spooky Rocky Top. (Yes, we’re looking squarely at you, Kalen DeBoer.) In our review of the minutes from last week’s exceptionally loud show, we recap as many of the insane outcomes as we can remember. We closely monitored the Kalani Sitake situation and discussed the possibility of another time-continuum problem involving a lost second. We noted that giving Horns down is incredibly fun. We pondered the mystery that is the Florida Gators and the absolute mess that is the SEC. We declared that nobody actually won the Ohio State-Indiana game. We discussed Miami’s mortability, and Noles fans’ laments. And hey, we had 93 points on a Thursday! Then we all realized… oh yeah, Auburn beat Georgia. Remember that? That’s how insane last weekend really was. It was one of the wildest weekends that we can remember, likely to be added to this list from 2024, compiled by Jason Kirk. And so, after a longer-than-usual but absolutely necessary recap, we turn the page to Week 8, which we’re officially calling a meat and potatoes weekend. AJ gets us started with a mashup bowl (not mashed potatoes – we’re not quite there yet, let’s not get ahead of ourselves) of games incorporating the #MonsterEnergyBig12GoldenCorralBuffet and the #Pac12IceCold4Pac, and a legit quadbox opportunity on Friday night. Thursday James Madison at App State (7 ET Thursday, ESPNU): The Dukes are dominating, but this could be interesting on the road. East Carolina at Memphis (7:30 ET Thursday, ESPN2): Tigers at home are always dangerous. Friday Duke at Virginia (7 ET Friday, ESPN): Which versions of these teams will show up? We’ll find out together. UMass at UConn (7 ET Friday, CBSSN): Pop Watson is hurt, and that’s a problem for UMass. Army at Tulsa (8:30 ET Friday, ESPN2): Eyeballs, friends. Air Force at Wyoming (9 ET Friday, God’s CW): A delightful rivalry. NC State at Stanford (10:30 ET Friday, ESPN): An East Coast team going West? These games are always so good. Noon-ish West Virginia at TCU (Noon ET, ESPN2): What’s WVU going to do? Stop them? Cal at No. 23 SMU (Noon ET, God’s CW): A classic ACC matchup. No. 8 Texas Tech at Cincinnati (Noon ET, FS1): Is this the week? Western Michigan at Toledo (Noon ET, CBSSN): Get yourself some Saturday MACtion. This should be a banger. Afternoon Oregon at Illinois (3 ET, BTN): Vegas must hate Illinois. This is the good mess. Hawaii at Northern Illinois (3:30 ET, MW+): Sigh. Also, ouch. Bows, you have to win this one. Kansas State at Arizona State (3:45 ET, ESPN2): Yes, please. Eastern Michigan at Ohio (4 ET, ESPNU): Can Ohio continue the longest home win streak? We say yes. Evening San Diego State at Colorado State (6:30 ET, God’s CW): No one is stopping anything. This could be funny. Iowa State at No. 25 Arizona (7:30 ET, ESPN2): This could be interesting. Maybe? After Dark North Dakota State at New Mexico (10 ET, God’s CW): Wait, the Bison are underdogs? This is B1G football played at elevation. And then, we get started with the Luca Brasi Large Masculine Child Lineup with the biggest game of the weekend. It’s after dark, which means yes, friends, you’re going to need to caffeinate. No. 14 Houston at No. 10 Utah (10:15 ET, ESPN): This has the potential of being an absolute banger. The top two offenses in the Monster Energy Big 12 go head-to-head. We think the difference here is the Utes’ blunt objects. But get your eyeballs here, friends. The remainder of the Big Boy Slate is brought to you by Hasbro’s Stretch Armstrong, because filling out the schedule required a bit of a stretch. No. 6 Indiana at Michigan (Big Nude, FOX): The Hoosiers are looking for a bounce back. We’ll see how the feel-good story hero Tommy Carr fares against a legit good Indiana defense. Spoiler alert: We don’t think it goes well for the home team. No. 18 LSU at Auburn (Noon ET, ABC): Auburn’s gonna be fired up for this one. LSU enters after an absolutely dominant win over Clanga. Which Tiger ends up on top? We’re split on this one. No. 15 Iowa at Minnesota (3:30 ET, FS1): Friends, it’s time for Floyd of Rosedale. We’re all extremely baffled by Iowa Math, but think the Hawkeyes can pull this one off on the road. No. 11 Tennessee at South Carolina (3:30 ET, ESPN): Umm … it’s a trap. The Vols are riding high after lighting the cigars in Neyland last weekend. But they can’t sleep against the Gamecocks. Sacramento State at Ball State (3:30 ET, ESPN+): The jokes write themselves. No. 7 Ole Miss at No. 19 Texas (7:30 ET, ABC): So, which version of each of these teams show up for this one? We know Ole Miss can and will score. The question here is, can the Longhorns? The way to beat Ole Miss is to run the football … which Texas hasn’t done all season long. Is this the beginning of the end of the ...
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  • Carla and Crappy Show: The Interesting Week Edition

    Carla and Crappy Show: The Interesting Week Edition
    2026/09/25
    Hi, friends. It’s been quite the week for all three of us. So, we’re happy to be back in our joy-filled corner of the interwebs, talking about college football. We’re glad you’re here. We begin, as is our new tradition, with a review of last week’s show minutes, which revealed once again just how wrong we were. Or, were we just a tad early in our Kentucky pick? Maybe? Let’s go with that thought. NC State managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, leaving even the Vanderbilt coaching staff stunned. Carla offered a thorough evaluation of the MTSU/Nevada game. Could the Blue Raiders go bowling this year? She thinks it’s a strong possibility. In other news, the weather definitely didn’t want you to watch college football last Saturday, but we did get a clearer picture of some things. The LSU/Ole Miss game lived up to every ounce of the hype, and UCLA might be good? Gus Johnson, meanwhile, seemed not at all impressed in the Shoe. But most importantly, AJ offers us the big news of the week, introducing us to his new creation, The Fun Index, which should immediately become your way of scoreboard-watching – or maybe even literally watching, if you have YouTube TV – on college football weekends. We’re super stoked about this … and super proud of AJ’s work. It’s incredible, friends. Go check it out immediately. Visit thefunindex.com and start bookmarking teams. And then … we turn to Week 4, which is shaping up to be a very interesting week of football. AJ gets us started with his #GroupOfSixAfterDarkQuadBoxSelections: Friday: Army at Temple (4 ET Friday, ESPN): Why is this game at 4? Navy at UAB (7 ET, ESPN): Sure? Clemson at Cal (10:30 ET Friday, ESPN): Anyone seen Clemson’s offense? Noon-ish: Wake Forest at No. 16 Louisville (Noon ET, ESPN): The Cards are fun, y’all. UCLA at Maryland (1 ET, BTN): Let’s watch the Bruins play football! San Diego State at Toledo (Noon ET, CBSSN): Whatcha doing over there, Aztecs? Ball State at Kent State (Noon ET, ESPN+): Nothing better than two not-so-great MAC teams going at it. Afternoon: Boise State at Western Michigan (3:30 ET, ESPN2): Whatcha doing over there, Broncos? New Mexico at New Mexico State (3:30 ET, CBSSN): The Lobos are actually good. Vanderbilt at Auburn (4:15 ET, SECN): This is the good mess. Primetime: Arizona at Washington State (7:30 ET, CBS): The Pac-12 logo will be on the field. App State at NC State (7:30 ET, ESPNU): Yet another upset tummy game for the Pack. MTSU at Jacksonville State (7 ET, ESPN+): Middle. Let’s go! After Dark: UMass at Sacramento State (9 ET, ESPN+): West Coast MACtion! Also, talk to your kids about 4-0 UMass. Georgia Tech at Stanford (10:30 ET, ESPN): Nerds! Air Force at Nevada (10:30 ET, FS1): Air Force can run? Minnesota at Washington (11 ET, FOX): You don’t have to stay up for this one. Really. You don’t. Editor’s Note: If you’re wondering why some of those quadboxes lack four games … well, it’s because we forgot to do the Monster Energy Big 12 Golden Corral Buffet segment and went straight to our Large Young Man games of the week. We come back to this. Promise. As we said … it’s been a week. As for the Big Boy games … we have SIX ranked-on-ranked matchups and a mess of other intriguing games. Did we decide to cover them all? You betcha. No. 1 Texas at No. 14 Tennessee (Noon ET, ABC): Have you seen the Vols run game? It’s actually pretty good. And the Horns have been mid (we think we’re using that correctly?) defensively against the run so far this season. Also, Texas settled for a whole bunch of field goals last week against Meep. Good ol’ Rocky Top? We think so. Illinois at No. 7 Ohio State (Big Nude, FOX): Is Bert still annoying? Likely, yes. But we’re not sure that’s going to matter this go-round. No. 4 Ole Miss at No. 21 Florida (3:30 ET, ABC): The Gators are favored at home, which led to an amazing quote from Jon Sumrall. Seriously, though, is this a letdown game for Ole Miss? Perhaps. But stopping Trinidad Chambliss will be a tough ask for the Florida defense. Oklahoma at No. 2 Georgia (3:30 ET, ESPN): Uhh, Sooners? You there? We’re not so sure. Crappy’s writing them off … and the rest of us aren’t too far behind. No. 17 Iowa at No. 18 Michigan (3:30 ET, CBS): Bryce Underwood has been Bryce Underwhelming, and that Iowa defense looks as solid as ever. Hammer the under, punting is winning … you know the drill. And then, in the process of introducing No. 15 Utah at Iowa State (3:30 ET, FOX), we realize that we forgot to discuss the Monster Energy Big 12 Golden Corral Buffet, which officially opens this week. Here’s the menu for your enjoyment: Colorado at Baylor (Noon ET, ESPN2): Good for the Buffs, this game is not in a library! TCU at UCF (3:30 ET, FS1): Insert shoulder shrug emoji here. Kansas State at Cincinnati (7 ET, ESPN2): We get a sundae bar! This one’s extra tasty. Oklahoma State at West Virginia (7 ET, ...
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