{"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":"The EA CFB Revolt, Big 12 Infighting, and Michigan in Limbo","slug":"the-ea-cfb-revolt-big-12-infighting-and-michigan-in-limbo","published_at":"2026-07-15T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/split-zone-duo-college-football-podcast-1366379/the-ea-cfb-revolt-big-12-infighting-and-michigan-in-limbo","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/split-zone-duo-college-football-podcast-1366379","url":"https://www.splitzoneduo.com/p/the-ea-cfb-revolt-big-12-infighting","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/207068870/1685244c11394a192da102bb3c47fb8e.mp3","summary":"Matt Brown of Extra Points joins Richard and Alex to talk about the major college sports business stories of the moment. In this latest SZD/Extra Points Sports Business Hour (and the final week before conference previews), the gang discuss the following: * 2:06: The EA Sports microtransactions revolt * 28:02: The Big 12 and Monster Energy: a sponsorship bag fumble or the internet getting carried away during a dead zone in July? * 42:10: More Texas Tech vs. the Big 12 from media days * 49:25: Michigan’s athletic department limbo as a lawfirm investigation into the Wolverines’ culture comes to a conclusion If you like this episode, you’ll love a paid subscription. For $10 a month (or you can get a free month with an annual subscription), subscribers get about twice as many Split Zone Duo podcasts, as well as our coach carousel reporting, deep dives on college football history, Q&A opportunities, and many more goodies as we think of them. You also help keep this show independent and ensure we’re making a podcast that puts our listeners, not anyone else, first. Thank you to our partners * Shop at Homefield * Learn more about Nokian Tyres 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":"Matt Brown of Extra Points joins Richard and Alex to talk about the major college sports business stories of the moment. In this latest SZD/Extra Points S…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3766,"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/the-ea-cfb-revolt-big-12-infighting-and-michigan-in-limbo/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/the-ea-cfb-revolt-big-12-infighting-and-michigan-in-limbo.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}