Breaking The Huddle With Joel Klatt

FOX Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt breaks down all the biggest moments from “The Game” between Ohio State and Michigan as the Wolverines won their 3rd straight in the rivalry. He discusses how Head Coaches Sherrone Moore and Ryan Day performed in the game and why the Buckeyes would be crazy to consider moving on from Day. Klatt also shares details of the emotional scene in Michigan Stadium when Offensive Lineman Zak Zinter suffered his serious injury. He describes how the home crowd provided a lift to their team that was unlike any he’s ever been a part of as a broadcaster. Klatt also lays out Ohio State’s path to the College Football Playoff following the loss to their rival. Then, Klatt evaluates the close wins by a trio of contenders as Alabama, Florida State and Washington all escaped upsets. He finishes the show by giving his thoughts on the two major coaching hires made over the weekend: Jonathan Smith to Michigan State and Mike Elko to Texas A&M. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi

FOX Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt provides an extensive preview of “The Game” between Ohio State and Michigan detailing all of the angles he’s watching as he prepares to call the matchup on Big Noon Saturday on FOX. He reveals where he feels each team has an advantage on the field and gives his thoughts on each QB heading into the meeting in Ann Arbor. Klatt also gives his predictions for several other matchups in Rivalry Week including the crucial Pac-12 contests between #6 Oregon and #16 Oregon State as well as the Apple Cup between #4 Washington and Washington State. He details what he needs to see from Florida State with their new QB against Florida to prove they are a legit national contender. He also discusses #7 Texas looking to punch their ticket in the Big 12 Title Game with a win over Texas Tech. Klatt wraps up by looking at Iron Bowl featuring a red-hot Alabama team looking for their 10th straight win before heading into their SEC Title Game vs #1 Georgia. Learn more about your a

FOX Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt reacts to the latest College Football Playoff Rankings as Washington makes the jump into the Top 4 in place of Florida State. He breaks down a very difficult scenario that the Committee could be looking at when they have to make their final selections in two weeks. He questions the continued higher ranking of a couple of SEC teams and points out why those rankings will have a massive impact on the resumes of the teams fighting for Playoff spots. Klatt then shows what the Playoff chase would look like right now if we had the 12-team format this season and how many more teams would have a legitimate shot at the Playoff entering the final week of the regular season. He wraps up the show by taking mailbag questions including telling the story of the time his younger self said the wrong thing to the wrong Cowboy in a bar in Montana. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FOX Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt takes stock of where Michigan and Ohio State are at as they shift their full attention towards ‘The Game’ this week. He breaks down why Georgia is starting to remind him of Tom Brady’s Patriots more and more each week and lists the 3 teams he thinks match up best with the Bulldogs the rest of the way. Klatt discusses his heartbreak at watching the Jordan Travis injury. He also considers whether Florida State can be considered a lock to make the Playoff even if they win out the next two weeks. He gives Washington and Texas major credit for picking up tough road wins in November. The episode wraps with Klatt’s thoughts on Caleb Williams’ brilliant college career and how difficult the re-build at USC is going to be for Lincoln Riley next season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FOX Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt previews the biggest games in Week 12 of the College Football season. He begins by considering the possibility of a letdown game for Michigan against Maryland as they come off the big win vs Penn State and look ahead to the matchup with Ohio State next week. He discusses the huge matchup in the Pac-12 when #5 Washington travels to #11 Oregon State and considers the upset possibility for #1 Georgia when they head to Neyland to face #18 Tennessee. Klatt then breaks down a few games that look like potential upsets as #7 Texas heads to Iowa State, red-hot Arizona hosts #22 Utah and UCLA takes on their cross-town rivals USC. He finishes the show by discussing the Chip Kelly rumors and wonders if the Bruins are looking at their program with clear eyes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FOX Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt reacts to the latest College Football Playoff rankings as Georgia jumps ahead of Ohio State into the top spot. He questions the rankings of SEC teams like Missouri and Tennessee and considers the impact that those inflated rankings could have at the end of the season. Klatt also discusses Texas’ precarious position at #7 as they look poised to be boxed out of the Top 4 even if they run the table, even potentially by an Alabama team that they beat earlier in the season. Next, Klatt examines the Heisman race and ranks his top contenders, including Marvin Harrison Jr and Jayden Daniels. He also lays out the paths for each candidate to end up holding the Trophy in New York. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FOX Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt reacts to Michigan’s ground-based win in Happy Valley over a Top-10 Penn State team. He discusses what impressed him most with the Wolverines’ win in their first big test of the season. Klatt also discusses the Jim Harbaugh suspension – what he thinks of the penalty and also the timing of that decision being announced on the Friday afternoon before the game. He also gives his thoughts on what went wrong for Penn State against Michigan and also in this season as a whole. Following the firing of OC Mike Yurcich, he offers his analysis of what Penn State needs to change on offense to take the next step. Klatt then discusses his latest Top 10 rankings and how he ordered Michigan, Georgia and Ohio State plus why he has one of the unbeatens way down at #8. Finally, he discusses Texas A&M’s decision to fire Jimbo Fisher and sink over $75 million into his buyout. Klatt gives his thoughts on how good of a job the A&M head coaching position is in today’s college foot

FOX Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt breaks down the biggest games of Week 11 starting with the Top 10 game he will be calling on Big Noon Saturday on FOX: #3 Michigan at #10 Penn State. He discusses what kind of atmosphere he expects in Beaver Stadium. He also breaks down how Michigan’s offense has evolved beyond what they were a year ago and why that makes them so dangerous going forward. Klatt also gives his pick in the other Top 10 matchup on Saturday between Georgia and Ole Miss. He makes picks in the two huge Pac-12 games: USC at #6 Oregon and #18 Utah at #5 Washington. He wraps up with 2 other SEC games as Nick Saban and Alabama look to keep rolling on the road against Kentucky and Tennessee and Missouri square off in a Top 15 matchup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FOX Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt reacts to the latest news in the Michigan sign-stealing investigation before giving his thoughts on the second College Football Playoff Rankings release. He discusses whether there should have been movement among the undefeated teams in the Top 5 and why Alabama needs some help if they are going to make it to the Playoff. Klatt then updates his “Above the Line” National Championship contenders list, placing the top teams in the country into tiers based off his evaluation of each team. He wraps up the show with some Playoff-themed mailbag questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FOX Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt reacts to the best Saturday of the College Football season so far. He lists the teams that really impressed him this past weekend, starting with Nick Saban and Alabama after their win over LSU. He then discusses the teams that simply found a way to get through a November Saturday without a loss and keep their Playoff hopes on track – including the defending national champion Georgia Bulldogs along with the Ohio State Buckeyes. He also lists teams that deserve to get more recognition for what they are doing, like Louisville and Arizona. Klatt gives his thoughts on Lincoln Riley and USC’s decision to part ways with Defensive Coordinator Alex Grinch. Klatt finishes the podcast by discussing the latest in the Michigan sign-stealing investigation and gives his thoughts on what the Big Ten should do next. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FOX Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt breaks down the biggest games of a jam-packed weekend as CFB enters the stretch run in November. He begins with the Big Noon game on Fox as a surging #23 Kansas State team takes on #7 Texas. He makes his picks in the pivotal matchups in the SEC between #14 LSU and #8 Alabama as well as #12 Missouri at #2 Georgia. Klatt also makes his pick between the two high scoring Offenses of #5 Washington and #20 USC and their QBs Michael Penix Jr and Caleb Williams. He discusses the atmosphere #9 Oklahoma is heading into in Stillwater this weekend as well as Dabo Swinney’s rant going into Clemson’s game vs #15 Notre Dame. He wraps up the pod with his pick in the ACC clash between Virginia Tech and #13 Louisville which will go a long way in determining who plays in the ACC Championship Game before making his pick in the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy game between Army and #25 Air Force Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FOX Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt reacts to the first College Football Playoff Rankings. He discusses the decision to put Ohio State at #1 and why the Committee chose to put Georgia over Michigan despite very similarly rated schedules. Klatt also discusses inconsistencies in the rankings, particularly when considering Texas, Alabama and Oklahoma. He concludes the show by naming two teams that are currently outside the Top 10 but have the runway to make it to the Playoff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FOX Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt kicks off the show by discussing Oregon after their emphatic road win over Utah and why he believes the Ducks are going to be in the College Football Playoff. He then reacts to Georgia’s blowout win over Florida and why he had to shift his perspective when evaluating this year’s version of the Dawgs. Klatt then points out why this defense-led Ohio State team is potentially better suited for a Playoff run than even the offensive juggernaut Buckeye teams of recent years. Later, he discusses Oklahoma’s upset loss to Kansas and why he’s worried about the Sooners’ chances of making the Big 12 Championship Game after seeing this team look like an OU team of the past. Lastly, he points out 3 Conference title game races that are about to descend into pure chaos. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FOX Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt previews this weekend’s biggest games including the Top-15 clash between Oregon and Utah that he will be calling on Saturday. He makes his picks in the FOX Big Noon Saturday matchup between #6 Oklahoma and Kansas as well #1 Georgia’s first game without Brock Bowers when they take on Florida. He discusses the possibility of a letdown from #3 Ohio State following their big win over Penn State when they head to Madison to take on Big Ten West-leading Wisconsin. Klatt then breaks down the keys for Coach Prime and Colorado as they look to pull off an upset in the Rose Bowl against #23 UCLA. He concludes the show by checking in with the Group of 5’s highest ranked team, #19 Air Force as they continue their push for a New Year’s Six Bowl against in-state rival, Colorado State. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FOX Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt takes a look at the Heisman race and selects the 4 players that he can see winning the Trophy in December. He breaks down what needs to happen for each player and discusses the possibility of a Heisman showdown between Michigan QB J.J. McCarthy and Ohio State WR Marvin Harrison Jr in Ann Arbor at the end of the season. Next, he discusses the latest reports on the Michigan sign-stealing investigation and what questions still need to be answered. He then lists the reasons why sign-stealing has not been solved and the factors that are stopping College Football from copying what the NFL has done. He closes the episode by answering a listener-submitted mailbag question. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FOX Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt breaks down the Top-10 defensive battle in Columbus as Ohio State beat Penn State thanks, in large part, to Marvin Harrison Jr. Klatt points out what Ryan Day did to ensure he gave his team the best chance to win and where Penn State’s coaching staff will have regrets. In a week where Michigan found itself in a sign-stealing investigation and several other Top 10 teams had to fight off upsets, the Wolverines continued to roll. Joel breaks down how Jim Harbaugh has built his group into the most consistently dominant team in the nation. He then discusses Alabama’s big comeback and what it means for the SEC race. Klatt wraps up by discussing the thriller in the Coliseum as Utah continued its success against USC and why he is so impressed with what the Utes are doing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FOX Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt takes a deep dive into the Top-10 matchup between Penn State and Ohio State that he will be calling on Big Noon Saturday on FOX. He breaks down the questions he has coming into the meeting and what he’s seen on tape as he prepares to call the game. He then previews and gives his pick in the Tennessee-Alabama matchup as Nick Saban looks to avoid a 2nd straight defeat to the Vols. He also considers the large point spread in the Duke-Florida State matchup as the ‘Noles look to keep things rolling. Klatt then breaks down what we should make of the meeting between a USC team coming off their first loss facing a Utah team that beat them twice last season. Finally, he previews the first matchup of the season in the battle for the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy between Air Force and Navy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FOX Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt considers what is at stake for Penn State and Ohio State ahead of their Top-10 clash in Columbus. He discusses what a win would mean for each program and the College Football Playoff landscape. Next, he discusses why there seems to be issues in the sport when it comes to late-game and situational management. He lays out why several factors in CFB are leading to trouble in the biggest moments. Finally, Klatt goes into the mailbag and ranks the best skill position players in the country and how to navigate youth sports as a parent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FOX Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt revels in Washington’s thrilling win over Oregon and details why it was such an important game for the sport as a whole. He dives into Dan Lanning’s key 4th down decisions and reveals whether he agreed or disagreed with the Oregon coach’s aggressive mentality. Klatt discusses Notre Dame’s emphatic win over USC and why he was so impressed with the Irish before breaking down how the Trojans have a major issue – and it’s not the one everyone anticipated heading into that game. He then discusses Colorado’s crushing loss vs Stanford on Friday night and what Coach Prime will need to fix to get the Buffaloes to bowl eligibility. Klatt also gives some love to North Carolina and Air Force for their big wins over the weekend before wrapping up with an acknowledgement of a mistake in Saturday’s broadcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FOX Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt breaks down the biggest games of the weekend and starts with the Big Noon Saturday game on FOX between #2 Michigan and Indiana. He makes his picks for the Top 10 matchup in the Pac-12 between Oregon and Washington and the rivalry game in South Bend as USC travels to Notre Dame. He also discusses two critical Top 25 matchups between UCLA and Oregon State as well as North Carolina taking on a Miami team looking to bounce back from their clock management fiasco a week ago. Klatt breaks down a huge matchup in the Big Ten West race between Iowa and Wisconsin. Finally, he wraps up the show with a personal story about going to Air Force games as a kid before discussing what he believes is the game of the year in the Group of 5 between Wyoming and Air Force. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices