{"podcast":{"title":"ESPN College GameDay","slug":"espn-college-gameday-5641986","podcast_index_feed_id":5641986,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ESP1734756820","website_url":"http://www.espn.com/espnradio/podcast/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/6b94b3a4-1a6c-11ed-ad6b-0760585d993b/image/11a5ef583518cca032d17e28dee4d6c5.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"ESPN","episode_count":359,"summary":"Join ESPN College GameDay host Rece Davis and Senior Writer Pete Thamel, as well as many of GameDay’s key analysts and contributors, as they discuss and debate the biggest stories and break down the biggest games in college football, while also leaning into the key basketball moments and storylines as well. With episodes Mondays/Wednesday/Fridays in the fall, and a year-round weekly presence this is the place to be for the college sports fan.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-14T02:17:14.159985+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/espn-college-gameday-5641986"},"episode":{"title":"Why Did The Punting Rule Change? | College GameDay Podcast","slug":"why-did-the-punting-rule-change-college-gameday-podcast","published_at":"2026-05-21T04:51:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/espn-college-gameday-5641986/why-did-the-punting-rule-change-college-gameday-podcast","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/espn-college-gameday-5641986","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/ESP4135091476.mp3?updated=1779339375","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/ESP4135091476.mp3?updated=1779339375","summary":"Rece Davis, Dan Wetzel and Pete Thamel react to college football’s brand-new — and very confusing — punt rule. The crew also discuss whether a 24-team College Football Playoff would hurt the importance of the regular season and gives some love to Midwest. All that and more on this episode of the College GameDay Podcast! 00:00 - Welcome to the College GameDay Podcast 01:01 - NCAA New Punt Rule Madness 05:55 - Why was the punt rule changed? 15:38 - Is the 24-team playoff worth it? 35:49 - 24 -team playoff devaules the regular season? 40:10 - A make or break season for USC? 41:36 - College Football 27 Update 45:43 - Showing love to the Midwest 51:04 - Thanks for listing to the College GameDay Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Rece Davis, Dan Wetzel and Pete Thamel react to college football’s brand-new — and very confusing — punt rule. The crew also discuss whether a 24-team Col…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3267,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/espn-college-gameday-5641986/episodes/why-did-the-punting-rule-change-college-gameday-podcast/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/espn-college-gameday-5641986/why-did-the-punting-rule-change-college-gameday-podcast.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}