{"podcast":{"title":"Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast","slug":"split-zone-duo-college-football-podcast-1366379","podcast_index_feed_id":1366379,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/2043967.rss","website_url":"https://www.splitzoneduo.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/2043967/72da64487811d80138722fd59575f648.jpg","author":"Richard Johnson and Alex Kirshner","episode_count":610,"summary":"An independent college football podcast that eats the whole hog. Led by Richard Johnson and Alex Kirshner, featuring co-host emeritus Steven Godfrey and friends.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T02:18:06.015174+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/split-zone-duo-college-football-podcast-1366379"},"episode":{"title":"Bill Barnwell on the NFL's Lack of Improvement in Drafting College Football Players","slug":"bill-barnwell-on-the-nfl-s-lack-of-improvement-in-drafting-college-football-players","published_at":"2026-04-23T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/split-zone-duo-college-football-podcast-1366379/bill-barnwell-on-the-nfl-s-lack-of-improvement-in-drafting-college-football-players","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/split-zone-duo-college-football-podcast-1366379","url":"https://www.splitzoneduo.com/p/bill-barnwell-on-the-nfls-lack-of","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/195192689/511e0240ee44beed348304dd87db4005.mp3","summary":"NFL teams have more data and scouting resources than ever. Yet they haven’t gotten better at picking the best college football players. Why not? ESPN senior writer Bill Barnwell joins Richard and Alex to dive into a complicated topic: * 0:20: Welcoming our guest, Bill Barnwell * 9:24: The NFL Draft is the biggest deal in the city of Pittsburgh * 16:31: Why NFL teams haven’t gotten better at drafting over the decades During this episode, Alex mentions a few statistical studies that researchers have done on pro sports teams’ draft performance over time. You can find those here and here . Producer: Anthony Vito This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.splitzoneduo.com/subscribe","meta_description":"NFL teams have more data and scouting resources than ever. Yet they haven’t gotten better at picking the best college football players. Why not? ESPN seni…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4351,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/split-zone-duo-college-football-podcast-1366379/episodes/bill-barnwell-on-the-nfl-s-lack-of-improvement-in-drafting-college-football-players/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/split-zone-duo-college-football-podcast-1366379/bill-barnwell-on-the-nfl-s-lack-of-improvement-in-drafting-college-football-players.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}