A new podcast is coming out on Thursday, Sept. 26, that 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.
Hosted by veteran sports journalists Steven Godfrey and Ryan Nanni, Who Killed College Football? is a six-part podcast series that explores the dramatic transformation of America’s beloved sport. According to a release, the show will use storytelling and interviews to uncover the motivations, history, and potential culprits behind the significant changes that have reshaped college football for both better and worse.
A preview is currently available on Spotify:
“We wanted to tell a more layered, complex story and pick apart the convenient answers to why college football is changing – ‘the players are selfish,’ ‘the TV networks control everything,’ ‘the schools are cheating.’ Who Killed College Football? not only explains how we got here but helps the listener see where we might wind up going,” said Godfrey in a release.
Nanni added, “Who Killed College Football? will distill the sport’s decades of corruption, stubbornness, and darkly comic dysfunction for not only listeners who love/hate college football, but anyone who appreciates an absurd, tragic, maddening, and fascinating tale.”
The podcast will consist of six 70-minute episodes, released biweekly throughout the college football season.
The series will culminate in the final week of the regular season.
For those who don’t know, Godfrey and Nanni are prominent voices in the college football space and have extensive experience in investigative reporting and storytelling. Godfrey has worked for major publications like The Washington Post and S.B. Nation, while Nanni has contributed to various digital platforms.
The pair will delve into the potential culprits behind college football’s transformation, including agents, conferences, the NFL, the NCAA, television networks and even the U.S. government.
