FOR AN AMERICAN SPORT
UNDERGOING A LUCRATIVE DISSECTION
A WHODUNIT
IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, COLLEGE FOOTBALL FANS HAVE WATCHED THE SPORT DISCARD ALMOST EVERY ONE OF ITS FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENTS - REGIONAL CHARACTER, A UNIQUE POSTSEASON, HISTORIC RIVALRIES, AND A COMMITMENT TO AMATEURISM.
WHO KILLED COLLEGE FOOTBALL?, A SIX-PART PODCAST BY STEVEN GODFREY AND RYAN NANNI, DISTILLS THE DECADES OF CORRUPTION, STUBBORNNESS, AND DARKLY COMIC DYSFUNCTION IN THE SPORT TO OFFER A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW WE ARRIVED AT THIS PLACE OF INTENSE UPHEAVAL, WHERE THE ONLY GUARANTEE IS MORE CHANGE.
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WHAT THEY’RE SAYING:
Who Killed College Football? is “a [podcast] I’m looking forward to this fall…” - John Ourand, Puck
Who Killed College Football? will "CHallenge the traditional celebration of college football. In fact, it will do everything but celebrate what’s become of the current landscape of a sport that’s dominated American culture and owned Saturdays in the fall." - Sam Neumann, Awful Announcing
“ Combined, the two offer an unfiltered and uncompromised view of how college football got to this place of fractured conferences, regionality’s loosening grip on the sport and who is to blame for it all.” - Michael Casagrande, AL.COM
AND ANYWHERE ELSE YOU LISTEN TO PODCASTS
THE SUSPECTS
EPISODE 3:
THE NCAA
EPISODE 4:
THE NFL
EPISODE 5:
COACHES AND
AGENTS
EPISODE 6:
THE GOVERNMENT
EPISODE 2:
CONFERENCES
EPISODE 1:
TELEVISION
THE HOSTS
STEVEN GODFREY
writer, documentary producer and journalist with a focus on investigative work. currently a columnist at The Washington Post, producer for Vox Media's sports documentary team "Secret Base," and co-creator of the football network "Split Zone Duo."
currently at work on his debut novel. does not sleep as much as medically recommended.
RYAN NANNI
has spent the last decade covering sports across a variety of digital platforms including podcasts, online video, and newsletters, FOR COMPANIES FROM Vox Media and The Messenger TO Deadspin and USA Today.
once tried to see how many podcasts he could appear on as a guest in one year. (about 75.)
“In some ways, it was hypocritical, but if we didn’t move, someone else was going to. Was it worth a missed opportunity and regret later?”