Fan Therapy: Confronting the Trauma of 2024 College Football

Before we can move forward with our 2025 season previews, we need to heal. In this episode, we hold our annual fan therapy session, helping the Verballerhood work through the most traumatic moments from last season. From Notre Dame's shocking loss to NIU (on a first-time visitor's birthday, no less) to the eight-overtime Georgia-Georgia Tech nailbiter, we're confronting the pain head-on. Our listeners shared their deepest college football wounds: Penn State's crushing Orange Bowl interception, Oregon's Rose Bowl shellacking, Oklahoma's punter being its best quarterback, Texas's clutch 4th-and-13 conversion, and so much more. Plus: relationship drama intersecting with Texas State and Michigan State fandom. Let's process the beautiful agony of this sport before preview season begins. Consider this your exposure therapy in advance of 2025. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:49 - Upcoming previews & explaining Fan Therapy 7:25 - Notre Dame's loss to NIU 13:25 - Florida State and Oklahoma State bottoming out 14:17 - Arkansas trauma 18:28 - Georgia vs Georgia Tech 8-overtime game 21:53 - The Backyard Brawl (Pitt vs West Virginia) 27:08 - The Calgorithm and the Cal vs Miami game 30:30 - Miami football being trauma adjacent 39:50 - Penn State trauma moments 42:28 - Michigan State fan (and relationship) trauma 44:32 - Oregon's Rose Bowl loss to Ohio State 48:08 - Oklahoma's offensive trauma 52:31 - Arizona State gives up a 4th & 13 in the Peach Bowl 58:25 - Texas trauma via Jack Sawyer 1:01:12 - Texas A&M trauma 1:03:46 - Texas State losing to Sam Houston in a restarted rivalry 1:06:10 - BYU's wild loss to Kansas 1:06:36 - Minnesota vs North Carolina opening game trauma 1:07:47 - Rutgers' schedule and struggles 1:08:12 - Tulane's lost playoff opportunity 1:09:04 - Quick rundown of other team traumas (LSU, Washington, Ohio State, Oklahoma State, Baylor, Louisville) 1:12:14 - Purdue fan trauma from Notre Dame game 1:13:40 - Wrap up and preview of upcoming episodes _____ A fan of our college football podcast? Leave us a rating and review, and don't forget to subscribe or follow so you don't miss any of our podcast episodes: Apple Podcasts: https://play.solidverbal.com/apple-podcasts Spotify: https://play.solidverbal.com/spotify Amazon Music: https://play.solidverbal.com/amazon-music Overcast: https://play.solidverbal.com/overcast Pocket Casts: https://play.solidverbal.com/pocketcasts Podcast Addict: https://play.solidverbal.com/podcast-addict CastBox: https://play.solidverbal.com/castbox Our college football show is also available on YouTube. Subscribe to the channel at: https://www.youtube.com/@solidverbal Learn more about the show on our website: https://www.solidverbal.com/about Want to get in touch? Give us a holler on Twitter: @solidverbal , @tyhildenbrandt , @danrubenstein , on Instagram , or on Facebook . You can also find our college football podcast out on TikTok and Threads . Stay up to date with our free weekly college football newsletter: https://quickslants.solidverbal.com/subscribe . College football has been our passion since we started The Solid Verbal College Football Podcast back in 2008. We don't just love college football, we live it! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info . Support the show!: https://www.patreon.com/solidverbal See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.