{"podcast":{"title":"Menace2Sports with Zach Smith","slug":"menace2sports-with-zach-smith-610940","podcast_index_feed_id":610940,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/441621/rss","website_url":"https://menace2sports.com/articles/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/2/7/e/d/27ed5a3fafec319a27a2322813b393ee/M2S_logo2.jpg","author":"Menace 2 Sports with Zach Smith","episode_count":1418,"summary":"Former Ohio State Football Coach Zach Smith keeps it REAL talking all things college football and sports in general! Zach and Akron's Finest Kris Drew tackle all things Ohio State Football, B1G Football and overall Midwest Football. Unfiltered and RAW... The best College Football show on the planet!","last_synced_at":"2026-06-19T06:21:23.240057+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/menace2sports-with-zach-smith-610940"},"episode":{"title":"College Football UPDATE | SEC to ELIMINATE Cupcake Game at the end of Season","slug":"college-football-update-sec-to-eliminate-cupcake-game-at-the-end-of-season","published_at":"2026-05-27T18:18:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/menace2sports-with-zach-smith-610940/college-football-update-sec-to-eliminate-cupcake-game-at-the-end-of-season","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/menace2sports-with-zach-smith-610940","url":"https://7e61baae-2ea6-4afc-bf52-1391de50a1a2.libsyn.com/college-football-update-sec-to-eliminate-cupcake-game-at-the-end-of-season","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/clrtpod.com/m/mgln.ai/e/35/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/7e61baae-2ea6-4afc-bf52-1391de50a1a2/Menace260527.mp3?dest-id=3693099","summary":"🚨 SEC FINALLY Killing the \"Cupcake\" Games?! 👀 | College Football Landscape CHANGING Huge news is shaking up college football. The Southeastern Conference is reportedly moving toward eliminating late-season \"cupcake\" games — a change that could dramatically impact scheduling, rankings, and the future of the sport. 👉 Are SEC teams finally being forced into tougher schedules? 👉 How will this affect the College Football Playoff race? 👉 Will the Big Ten gain even more respect nationally? This could be one of the biggest structural changes in modern college football. 🔥 In This Episode • Why the SEC is moving away from late-season cupcake games • How these games impacted rankings and CFP debates • Reaction from fans, coaches, and media • SEC vs Big Ten scheduling philosophy • Which teams benefit most from this change • Impact on strength of schedule and playoff seeding • Could this reshape college football permanently? • What comes next for the SEC and the sport overall 📊 College Football Breakdown Strength of schedule • CFP implications • conference power • scheduling strategy • national perception 💬 Join the Debate Should cupcake games have been eliminated years ago? Will this help or hurt the SEC? Drop your thoughts in the comments — we'll feature the best takes in the next episode. 👍 LIKE if you're fired up about college football changes 🔔 SUBSCRIBE for daily CFB updates, recruiting news & analysis 📣 SHARE with college football fans debating the SEC #CollegeFootball #SEC #CFB #BigTen #CollegeFootballPlayoff #CFBNews #SECFootball #Menace2Sports TO ADVERTISE ON THIS PODCAST PLEASE EMAIL: ad-sales@libsyn.com or go to https://advertising.libsyn.com VIP Subscribers: https://menace2sports.com/ - Coach's Film Room, Bourbon & Ball, and MORE! - Exclusive Content, Shows and Videos…","meta_description":"🚨 SEC FINALLY Killing the \"Cupcake\" Games?! 👀 | College Football Landscape CHANGING Huge news is shaking up college football. The Southeastern Conference…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5208,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/menace2sports-with-zach-smith-610940/episodes/college-football-update-sec-to-eliminate-cupcake-game-at-the-end-of-season/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/menace2sports-with-zach-smith-610940/college-football-update-sec-to-eliminate-cupcake-game-at-the-end-of-season.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}