{"podcast":{"title":"The Independent: A Notre Dame Football Podcast","slug":"the-independent-a-notre-dame-football-podcast-6580930","podcast_index_feed_id":6580930,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/18GNLzZS","website_url":"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV7zBZmhY8HS2HJb40z25jg","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/6f8c8151-5835-41cb-8fa3-66aba84b393f/a670f550-411f-4af4-a985-13841c388b03/3000x3000/c787e4d470f963ea7dda32dd125faf9b.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"The Independent: A Notre Dame Football Podcast","episode_count":152,"summary":"The Independent is the essential listen for fans of Fighting Irish football. Pete Sampson of the Athletic and Matt Fortuna of The Inside Zone are back to take you inside the Notre Dame program. With a combined 35 years + of experience on the ND beat, this twice weekly podcast has you covered for everything blue and gold.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-28T02:18:33.046635+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-independent-a-notre-dame-football-podcast-6580930"},"episode":{"title":"College Football Playoff scenarios, evaluating assistant coaching hires and more","slug":"college-football-playoff-scenarios-evaluating-assistant-coaching-hires-and-more","published_at":"2026-02-19T05:30:11+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-independent-a-notre-dame-football-podcast-6580930/college-football-playoff-scenarios-evaluating-assistant-coaching-hires-and-more","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-independent-a-notre-dame-football-podcast-6580930","url":"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV7zBZmhY8HS2HJb40z25jg","audio_url":"https://mgln.ai/e/256/bluewire.simplecastaudio.com/6f8c8151-5835-41cb-8fa3-66aba84b393f/episodes/26ee4b48-2464-44c2-817b-4e90acafec46/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=6f8c8151-5835-41cb-8fa3-66aba84b393f&awEpisodeId=26ee4b48-2464-44c2-817b-4e90acafec46&feed=18GNLzZS","summary":"Matt Fortuna and Pete Sampson are back for another episode of The Independent. The guys talk about the Big Ten's proposed 24-team College Football Playoff format and how that would have affected Notre Dame this past season (and in seasons to come).","meta_description":"Matt Fortuna and Pete Sampson are back for another episode of The Independent. The guys talk about the Big Ten's proposed 24-team College Football Playoff…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3491,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-independent-a-notre-dame-football-podcast-6580930/episodes/college-football-playoff-scenarios-evaluating-assistant-coaching-hires-and-more/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-independent-a-notre-dame-football-podcast-6580930/college-football-playoff-scenarios-evaluating-assistant-coaching-hires-and-more.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}