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The only college football podcast in the country that delivers real, raw, unfiltered takes on the best sport in America. Hosts Brandon Walker and Kayce Smith, alongside co-hosts JackMac and Katie Stats, pull no punches when discussing the national landscape of college football. New episodes drop every Tuesday.


You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/unnecroughness


Unnecessary Roughness

College Football podcast on Barstool sports hosted by Brandon Walker and Kayce Smith presented by Twisted Tea

In today's episode we recap week 0, discuss the SEC's 9 game conference move, and answer some week 1 questions as we look forward to the massive weekend ahead.

00:00 Intro
01:35 T-Bob gets us READY for week 1
19:24 Week 0 recap
43:43 SEC to move to 9 conference games
57:38 Brandon's Week 1 questions

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WEEK ZERO RECAP + WEEK ONE LOOKAHEAD

College Football podcast on Barstool sports hosted by Brandon Walker and Kayce Smith presented by Twisted Tea

In today's episode we drop our boldest takes of the season, release our 12 team College Football Playoff fields, and predict the 2025 Heisman finalists.

00:00 Intro
02:27 Bold as f**k takes of the season
20:50 College Football Playoff predictions
01:09:30 Heisman finalist predictions

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2025 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF + HEISMAN FINALIST PREDICTIONS

College Football podcast on Barstool sports hosted by Brandon Walker and Kayce Smith presented by Twisted Tea

In today's episode we react to the latest Michigan Football punishment news and preview the underrated ACC conference ahead of the 2025 College Football season.

00:00 Intro
06:10 Expected Michigan football punishments
13:25 ACC Preview
18:55 Worst team in the ACC
24:00 ACC Coach of the Year
28:40 Most surprising ACC team
42:52 Most disappointing ACC team of the season
56:33 ACC Breakout player
01:05:25 Ball Knowers Big Game
01:09:31 ACC Player of the Year
01:10:23 ACC title game & champion

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FULL ACC PREVIEW FOR THE 2025 COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON

College Football podcast on Barstool sports hosted by Brandon Walker and Kayce Smith presented by Twisted Tea

In today's episode we give our thoughts to the first AP Poll and preview the WIDE OPEN Big 12 conference ahead of the 2025 College Football season.

00:00 Intro 
02:20 AP Poll initial reaction
20:32 Most disappointing Big 12 team of the season
30:45 Most surprising Big 12 team
40:37 Worst team in the Big 12
47:00 Ball Knowers Big Game
01:04:47 Big 12 breakout Player
01:12:02 Big 12 Coach of the Year
01:18:43 Big 12 Player of the Year
01:25:44 Big 12 title game & champion

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FULL BIG 12 PREVIEW FOR THE 2025 COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON

College Football podcast on Barstool sports hosted by Brandon Walker and Kayce Smith presented by Twisted Tea

In today's episode we talk NOTHING BUT SEC FOOTBALL and drop our predictions for the 2025 SEC season.

00:00 Intro
07:56 SEC Player of the Year
18:40 Most disappointing SEC team of the season
37:30 Worst team in the SEC
49:33 First SEC head coach to be fired
53:38 Most surprising SEC team
01:09:50 SEC Coach of the Year
01:24:24 Ball Knowers Big Game
01:30:53 SEC breakout Player
01:38:03 SEC title game & champion

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FULL SEC PREVIEW FOR THE 2025 COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON

College Football podcast on Barstool sports hosted by Brandon Walker and Kayce Smith presented by Twisted Tea

In today's episode we take a look at the first coaches poll of the 2025 College Football season then take a deep dive into the Big Ten and drop our predictions for various superlatives around the conference. 

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FULL BIG TEN PREVIEW FOR THE 2025 COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON

College Football podcast on Barstool sports hosted by Brandon Walker and Kayce Smith presented by Twisted Tea

In today's episode we take a dive into Big Ev's practice with Jeremiah Smith, look over the easiest & toughest schedules, and give you the teams and coaches that are facing the most pressure as we head into the 2025 season.

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WHICH TEAMS AND COACHES ARE FACING THE MOST PRESSURE

College Football podcast on Barstool sports hosted by Brandon Walker and Kayce Smith presented by Twisted Tea

In today’s episode we discuss Deion Sanders and his health, reminisce over some of the must see players over the last 15 years, who is the true Death Valley, and another injury concern for DJ Lagway.

00:00 Intro
02:06 Deion Sanders is cancer free
10:10 Trump NIL bill update
14:18 Could we see Nick Saban return to coaching?
30:58 Who can claim the real 'Death Valley' LSU or Clemson?
36:23 Our thoughts on international College Football games
45:10 Our 'can't miss guys' of the last 15 years
01:09:07 Which coach gets fired first?
01:17:55 Happy Gilmore debate

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DEION SANDERS IS CANCER FREE + A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE

College Football podcast on Barstool sports hosted by Brandon Walker and Kayce Smith presented by Twisted Tea

In today's episode we discuss the most recent media day comments made by Curt Cignetti, Rhett Lashlee, and James Franklin. After that we debut our top 10 players in College Football lists' and debate who are the most over hyped teams as we head into the 2025 season.

00:00 Intro
04:45 Thoughts on Curt Cignetti 'adopting SEC scheduling style'
16:36 Rhett Lashlee calls out SEC for 'lack of depth'
25:20 Trump signs NIL executive order
29:18 James Franklin is not happy with Big Ten media days landing in Las Vegas
38:46 Could we soon see North Carolina in the SEC?
40:03 Top 10 players in College Football
01:00:30 Who are the most over hyped teams entering 2025?

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RANKING THE TOP 10 PLAYERS IN CFB + TEAMS THAT ARE OVERHYPED

College Football podcast on Barstool sports hosted by Brandon Walker and Kayce Smith presented by Twisted Tea

In Today's episode we officially introduce our somewhat new format, dive into the latest College Football news, recap our top 10 quarterbacks lists, and discuss which teams aren't getting enough hype as we head into the 2025 season. 

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WHO ARE THE TOP 10 QBs IN CFB + TEAMS THAT DESERVE MORE HYPE

UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS LIVE SHOW FROM 10/16. 

4:30 - Notre Dame field storming
7:15 - Brock Bowers' injury
15:00 - Because List
23:02 - What coach would you want for your team?
30:55 - What preseason take would you take back?
34:25 - Which team are you buying stock in?
39:51 - What team would you give super powers to?
51:00 - Questions from the chat

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