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"I’m Going To Slap The F*** Out Of You" Johnny Manziel Challenged Gillie Da Kid To Fight At Rough N' Rowdy Over the Cam Newton/Jalen Hurts Drama. Gillie Clapped Back Covered In White Powder Telling Mr. Football To Go Join AA

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College Football podcast on Barstool sports hosted by Brandon Walker and Kayce Smith presented by Twisted Tea

In today's episode we take a dive into Big Ev's practice with Jeremiah Smith, look over the easiest & toughest schedules, and give you the teams and coaches that are facing the most pressure as we head into the 2025 season.

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Unnecessary Roughness

The only college football podcast in the country that delivers real, raw, unfiltered takes on the best sport in America. Hosts Brandon Walker and Kayce Smith, alongside co-hosts JackMac and Katie Stats, pull no punches when discussing the national landscape of college football. New episodes drop every Tuesday.

New episodes every Monday and Thursday.

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WHICH TEAMS AND COACHES ARE FACING THE MOST PRESSURE

College Football podcast on Barstool sports hosted by Brandon Walker and Kayce Smith presented by Twisted Tea

In today’s episode we discuss Deion Sanders and his health, reminisce over some of the must see players over the last 15 years, who is the true Death Valley, and another injury concern for DJ Lagway.

00:00 Intro
02:06 Deion Sanders is cancer free
10:10 Trump NIL bill update
14:18 Could we see Nick Saban return to coaching?
30:58 Who can claim the real 'Death Valley' LSU or Clemson?
36:23 Our thoughts on international College Football games
45:10 Our 'can't miss guys' of the last 15 years
01:09:07 Which coach gets fired first?
01:17:55 Happy Gilmore debate

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DEION SANDERS IS CANCER FREE + A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE

Welcome to Unnecessary Roughness. It is July 28th. It's almost August boys college football podcast, Barstool Sports. We've got the whole crew here. And of course the boys over there drinking twisted tea, drinking the good old twisted tea. Oh, they got fist bumps going on. Brandon, what flavor you g

College Football podcast on Barstool sports hosted by Brandon Walker and Kayce Smith presented by Twisted Tea

In today's episode we discuss the most recent media day comments made by Curt Cignetti, Rhett Lashlee, and James Franklin. After that we debut our top 10 players in College Football lists' and debate who are the most over hyped teams as we head into the 2025 season.

00:00 Intro
04:45 Thoughts on Curt Cignetti 'adopting SEC scheduling style'
16:36 Rhett Lashlee calls out SEC for 'lack of depth'
25:20 Trump signs NIL executive order
29:18 James Franklin is not happy with Big Ten media days landing in Las Vegas
38:46 Could we soon see North Carolina in the SEC?
40:03 Top 10 players in College Football
01:00:30 Who are the most over hyped teams entering 2025?

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RANKING THE TOP 10 PLAYERS IN CFB + TEAMS THAT ARE OVERHYPED

Welcome to Unnecessary Roughness presented by Twisted Tea. As we know, hard iced tea. Before we get into this though, we do know the audio issues on the last episode. We're not good. We apologize. It will not happen again. This episode is fixed. Brandon just opened his Twisted tea. So again, we do a

College Football podcast on Barstool sports hosted by Brandon Walker and Kayce Smith presented by Twisted Tea

In Today's episode we officially introduce our somewhat new format, dive into the latest College Football news, recap our top 10 quarterbacks lists, and discuss which teams aren't getting enough hype as we head into the 2025 season. 

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WHO ARE THE TOP 10 QBs IN CFB + TEAMS THAT DESERVE MORE HYPE

Brandon, I'm just gonna say as we start this new era, I just realized as we were going live that we are forever gonna miss the welcome to unnecessary roughness in the Brandon Walker voice. And I feel like maybe you should just do one for one last time. No, no, I've decided, uh, to turn over the keys

College Football podcast on Barstool sports hosted by Brandon Walker and Kayce Smith presented by Twisted Tea

Bret Bielema and Luke Altmyer join us in studio for some good ole fashioned football talk. Luke and Brandon get into it as they try and hash their beef while Coach Bielema talks about his journey and how the college football landscape has changed as he prepares for his 17th season as a head football coach.

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BRET BIELEMA + LUKE ALTMYER IN STUDIO INTERVIEW

College Football podcast on Barstool sports hosted by Brandon Walker and Kayce Smith presented by Twisted Tea

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Stats for Unnecessary Roughness, Pick Em, and the Barstool College Football Show. Help oversee Viceroys & Chicks programs. Washed up D1 athlete, Go Heels. Oh, and Dave Portnoy called me a savant.

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