May Q&A: Part 1 - Big 12 Contenders, SEC Hypotheticals & College Football in 2035
From The Solid Verbal College Football by iHeartPodcasts
May 5, 2026 · 1h 21m
About this episode
The episode discusses key questions in college football, including player status, transfer portals, and the future of the sport.
In Part 1 of our big May Q&A, we dig into some of the biggest questions hanging over college football right now, starting with Brendan Sorsby’s uncertain status at Texas Tech and what it could mean for the Big 12 race. We also get into the new single-window transfer portal calendar, the changing value of internal player development, and how roster construction is evolving in a sport where continuity, money, scouting, and plain old luck all seem to matter at once. From there, we zoom out to the SEC’s national championship drought, Texas’s non-conference schedule, the future structure of college football, and what a more stable version of the sport might look like by 2035. And naturally, we also find time for foot massagers, suspicious domain names, street-naming philosophies, and a little competitive geography talk. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 2:16 - Brendan Sorsby & Portal Buyers' Remorse 22:16 - Homegrown Talent 36:18 - Non-con Schedule Smoke 44:12 - SEC vs The Field 51:24 - CFB in 2035 1:07:45 - Street Naming Strategies Support the show!: https://www.patreon.com/solidverbal See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Topics covered
- Big 12 race
- transfer portal
- player development
- SEC championship drought
- future of college football
- roster construction
- college football in 2035
Keywords
- college football
- Brendan Sorsby
- Texas Tech
- SEC
- transfer portal
- player development
- roster construction
- 2035
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Texas Tech, SEC
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