Breaking The Huddle With Joel Klatt

FOX Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt shares his reaction to the non CFP New Year's Six Bowl games. Joel talks about Tennessee's impressive win over Clemson in the Orange Bowl, and if Clemson is falling out of the elite teams in college football. Then, he praises Alabama for their dominant win over Kansas State in the Sugar Bowl. Next, he talks about USC's defense crumbling against Tulane in the Cotton Bowl, and stresses the importance for Lincoln Riley to improve the Trojans' defense. Lastly, Joel shows some love to Penn State for their Rose Bowl win, and wonders if the Nittany Lions can breakthrough Michigan and Ohio State in the Big Ten East next season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FOX Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt shares his thoughts on the epic CFP semifinal matchups between Ohio State-Georgia and TCU-Michigan. First, Joel talks through the Peach Bowl and breaks down how Georgia was able to come back to defeat Ohio State 42-41 and why Kirby Smart’s timeout to prevent Ohio State from converting on a fake punt and Marvin Harrison Jr.’s injury were so crucial to the Bulldogs' victory. Then, Joel discusses the Fiesta Bowl and explains what went wrong for Michigan in their stunning loss to TCU. Finally, Joel explains why even Georgia needs an offense capable of winning a game in which your defense give up 40+ points to win a Championship in today's college football, and gives his solution for fixing the problems with targeting and instant replay in the sport. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FOX Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt previews the College Football Playoff semifinal games featuring Ohio State-Georgia in the Peach Bowl and TCU-Michigan in the Fiesta Bowl. First, Joel shares his thoughts on the matchup between the Buckeyes and the Bulldogs in the Peach Bowl, and explains the keys to the game for both teams. Georgia needs to be themselves and lean into their identity, while Ohio State should try and exploit Georgia’s pass defense. Then, Joel shifts to the Fiesta Bowl matchup. Joel explains why Michigan is such a big favorite, and describes the path to victory for both teams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FOX Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt previews the non CFP New Year’s Six games. Joel breaks down the key match-ups and storylines in the Orange Bowl between Tennessee and Clemson, the Sugar Bowl between Alabama and Kansas State, the Rose Bowl between Utah and Penn State, and the Cotton Bowl between USC and Tulane. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FOX Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt previews some of the biggest bowl games leading up to the New Year’s Six games. Joel breaks down the key match-ups and storylines in the Guaranteed Rate bowl between Wisconsin and Oklahoma State, the Holiday bowl between Oregon and North Carolina, the Cheez-it Bowl between Oklahoma and Florida State, the Alamo Bowl between Washington and Texas, and the Gator Bowl between Notre Dame and South Carolina. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FOX Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt shares his thoughts on Bowl Season in the modern era of college football. Joel explains why opt-outs are not as big of a problem as people think, and provides solutions as to how Bowl Season can improve in the future. Joel presents some of his ideas on how to fix bowl season, including playing the national championship game at the Rose Bowl each year and giving the players a share of the bowl game revenue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FOX Sports' lead college football analyst Joel Klatt remembers Mississippi State head coach Mike Leach. Leach died Monday night at the age of 61. His impact on the college football world was immense and included revolutionizing the passing game with his air raid offense, as well as producing a coaching tree of Lincoln Riley, Sonny Dykes, Josh Heupel, Kliff Kingsbury and more. Joel ends the podcast by sharing some of his favorite moments and stories of Mike Leach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FOX Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt discusses USC’s Caleb Williams becoming the third Heisman Trophy winner under head coach Lincoln Riley. Joel explains why this stretch for Riley is so unprecedented and what makes Williams so special. Then, Joel discusses other award winners, including TCU’s Max Duggan, Alabama’s Will Anderson, Texas’ Bijan Robinson, and more. Finally, Joel shares his thoughts on Deion Sanders’ moves since becoming the head coach of Colorado and the early success Coach Prime has had on the recruiting trail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of The Joel Klatt Show, Joel talks about the four Heisman finalists who were invited to New York: USC QB Caleb Williams, Ohio State QB C.J. Stroud, TCU QB Max Duggan and Georgia QB Stetson Bennett. Joel brings up some other names including Tennessee QB Hendon Hooker and Michigan RB Blake Corum who he believes were snubbed by the Heisman voters. Joel compares their stats with the four finalists, and offers solutions to the Heisman voting process. Lastly, Joel discuses the importance of the transfer portal, how coaches and their staffs can adapt to the transfer portal process, and offers a few changes and regulations he would add to the portal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of the Joel Klatt Show, Joel is joined by FOX College Football Reporter Bruce Feldman to talk four of the biggest coaching hires of the year. Bruce and Joel discuss Colorado hiring Deion Sanders, what it means for the Buffaloes' program and how Sanders can clean up in the transfer portal. Then, Bruce and Joel discuss two big hirings in the Big Ten: Matt Rhule at Nebraska and Luke Fickell at Wisconsin. They discuss if either of these coaches can have success in their first year similar to the likes of Lincoln Riley and Sonny Dykes. Lastly, Bruce and Joel discuss Auburn hiring Hugh Freeze and the baggage that Freeze has heading into his new gig. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FOX Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt reacts to the final college football playoff rankings of the year. Joel believes the CFP Committee got the top four right and agrees with the decision to keep Alabama out at #5. Then he previews the semifinal matchups and wonders if #1 Georgia received a bad draw in having to play #4 Ohio State, and touches on how #3 TCU will be a tough matchup for Michigan. Lastly, Joel shares his excitement about his alma mater, Colorado, hiring Deion Sanders to be their next head coach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FOX Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt previews the Power 5 conference championship games, starting with the Big Ten Championship between Purdue and Michigan. Joel explains why Jim Harbaugh has done such a great job in the past couple years as the Head Coach of Michigan, and explains why the Wolverines are 17-point favorites. Then, Joel shares his thoughts on the Pac-12 Championship and the challenge for Utah to stop Caleb Williams, followed by his prediction that TCU will win the Big 12 Championship and make the CFP. Next, Joel breaks down the SEC Championship and the ACC Championship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FOX Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt reacts to the CFP Rankings after Week 13 of the College Football season. Joel believes the committee correctly picked the top six teams in this version of the rankings, starting with Georgia at one, followed by Michigan, TCU, USC, Ohio State, and Alabama. Further, Joel explains why even if Georgia, Michigan, or TCU were to lose in their conference championship games, they should still make the CFP. Next, Joel shares his thoughts on USC being ranked ahead of Ohio State and what could happen if USC were to lose to Utah in the Pac-12 Championship game. Finally, Joel discusses the 15 teams who made the top 25 that were not ranked in the preseason and gives props to Oregon State for their impressive season which was capped off by a win over in-state rival Oregon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fox Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt discusses the biggest games and storylines from Week 13 of the College Football season. Joel opens with his main takeaways from calling the Big Noon matchup between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Michigan Wolverines. Joel believes Jim Harbaugh has been building up to this point since 2018, and Saturday’s game was an example that proves the gap between the two programs has closed. Then, Joel shares his thoughts on the fallout from Ohio State’s loss. Next, Joel discusses USC’s win over Notre Dame and another really impressive performance by USC QB Caleb Williams. Finally, Joel shares his thoughts on Nebraska’s hire of Matt Rhule to become their next Head Coach as well as Wisconsin’s hire of Luke Fickell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FOX Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt previews the biggest game of the college football season between #3 Michigan and #2 Ohio State. Joel will be calling the Big Noon Matchup on FOX and breaks down the keys for the Buckeyes and the Wolverines on both sides of the ball. Further, Joel explains what each team must do in order to win and who are the most important players to watch for. Then, Joel discusses the matchup between the USC Trojans and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and potential clinching scenarios for conference championship games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FOX Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt reacts to The CFP Rankings after Week 12 of the College Football season. The top four remains the same with Georgia coming in at number one, followed by Ohio State, Michigan, and TCU. But the CFP Committee surprised Joel by putting two-loss LSU ahead of one-loss USC at 5 and 6 respectively. Joel explains why moves like this lead to distrust in the system, and why it is yet another example that the 4-team College Football Playoff isn't good for the sport. Joel goes on to explain why Alabama is overvalued by the Committee this season, and how that affects other teams in the rankings. Finally, Joel closes by pointing out that if the CFP had a 12-team playoff, 25 teams would still be fighting for a spot and the sport would be in a better place because of it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FOX Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt recaps the biggest games and storylines from Week 12 of the College Football season. Joel opens with his main takeaways from calling the USC-UCLA game on Saturday night. Joel was thoroughly impressed by Caleb Williams’ performance against the Bruins and believes he is one of the favorites to win the Heisman Trophy. Next, Joel shares his thoughts on the close wins by Michigan and Ohio State in the week before they square off in ‘The Game’ and explains why Michigan’s injury concerns might give Ohio State the advantage. Then, Joel explains his criticisms of teams scheduling low level non-conference opponents in November. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FOX Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt previews the biggest matchups in Week 12 of the college football season. Joel shares his thoughts on the matchup between the USC Trojans and the UCLA Bruins. Spoiler Alert: Joel is expecting a lot of points to be scored. Then, Joel breaks down other key matchups, including Ohio State-Maryland, Illinois Michigan, TCU-Baylor, and Utah-Oregon. Next, Joel takes a look at the Big Ten West Race, and reveals who he thinks will face the winner of Michigan-Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship. Finally, Joel explains why he and the SEC love ‘cupcakes.’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FOX Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt reacts to the CFP Rankings after Week 11 of the College Football Season. The top five remains the same, with Georgia coming in at number one, followed by Ohio State, Michigan, TCU, and Tennessee. Joel discusses the path for #7 USC to be the lone Pac-12 representative in the CFP. Then, Joel explains why he is concerned that Clemson will make the playoff during a down year. Finally, Joel explains why having a 12-team playoff would make these final two weeks of the regular season much more exciting, and illustrates how 33 teams would still be in the race if that were the case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fox Sports’ lead college football analyst Joel Klatt discusses the biggest games and storylines from Week 11 of the College Football season. Joel opens with his main takeaways and questions on both the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Michigan Wolverines as they grow closer to facing each other in 'The Game'. Joel admits being impressed with the Buckeyes' run game against Indiana, but has a few other questions he's pondering about the team. Then Joel takes a look at Michigan including praising their defense and run game, but has other questions about the Wolverine offense. Next, Joel discusses TCU’s big win over Texas and Washington’s win over Oregon, and explains what they mean for the CFP race. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices