In this episode, Bruce Feldman, Stewart Mandel, and Ralph Russo dive deep into the latest college football headlines, rank the nation's quarterbacks, and answer your burning questions in the mailbag.

First, we react to Florida head coach Jon Sumrall embracing the grueling 9-game SEC schedule and his thoughts on the rivalry with Georgia. Then, things get spicy in Lexington as Kentucky offensive coordinator Will Stein drops a bold, Curt Cignetti-style claim about why the Wildcats will win.

Next, we break down The Athletic’s 2026 college football quarterback tiers, ranking every projected starter from 1 to 138. The guys reveal their picks for:

• Which tier-2 (or lower) QBs will jump into Tier 1 (LaNorris Sellers, Marcel Reed, Jaden Craig)
• Which big-name signal-callers they are highly skeptical of (Josh Hoover, Julian Sayin, Noah Fifita)
• Their favorite under-the-radar tier 4-7 sleepers to ride with this season (Tyler Hughes, Alberto Mendoza, Lincoln Kienholz)

Finally, we open up the mailbag to tackle your questions:

• Is Indiana's Curt Cignetti destined to regress like Chip Kelly now that the rest of college football has copied his transfer portal blueprint?
• How would the summer hype surrounding Miami be different if Notre Dame had made the College Football Playoff over them last winter?

•Why has the recruitment of elite Junior College (JUCO) players dropped off so drastically over the last 15 years compared to the 1990s?

0:00 - Intro

0:48 - Will Jon Sumrall help reignite the Florida-Georgia rivalry?

11:15 - Has Kentucky found their Curt Cignetti in Will Stein?

16:43 - Start of the QB tier discussion

17:50 - Which QB not in tier 1 will finish the season in tier 1?

22:50 - Which QB are you skeptical of?

31:03 - Pick a QB ranked in tiers 4-7 to ride with this season.

40:19 - Mailbag questions

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