The RJ Young Show show

The RJ Young Show

Summary: The RJ Young Show Podcast is a sports talk show where RJ talks mostly college football. RJ Young is an ESPN Radio host. He has been featured on CBS Sports Network's "Time to Schein" as a college football insider. He is a selection committee member for the Jim Thorpe Award, which is given to the nation's best defensive back annually. He won the 2018 Natural Light Beer grand prize for a YouTube video he made. He was featured in the 2019 Natural Light Beer Super Bowl commercial. He earned his master's degree in professional writing at the University of Oklahoma. His memoir LET IT BANG (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) was published in 2018.

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 124. OU kicker indefinitely supsended during Title IX investigation | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:06:59

Oklahoma Sooners kicker Calum Sutherland is being investigated for a Title IX violation stemming from his public intoxication arrest last month. Sutherland was the starting placekicker for OU at the start of the season. “We have been aware of the matter and Calum has been suspended indefinitely since we were notified,” OU said in a statement. When the Sooners play the Kansas Jayhawks, they'll put a 14-game winning streak to the test. The Sooners last lost to the Jayhawks football team on Oct. 4, 1997. The last time a Kansas Jayhawks football team beat Oklahoma: —Les Miles was the offensive coordinator at Oklahoma State —Lincoln Riley was 14 years old —Jalen Hurts wouldn’t be born for another year (1998)

 123. Week 6 big picture college football primer | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:10:34

The SEC Game of the Week is No. 7 Auburn Tigers vs. No. Florida Gators and the Big Ten Game of Week is No. 5 Ohio State Buckeyes vs. No. 25 Michigan State Spartans. UF quarterback Kyle Trask will have his hands full, and so will Buckeyes QB Justin Fields. an the Pac-12 get a team into the playoff? The conference does not have a single undefeated team left. It couldn’t even make it through the first month of football without seven teams catching an L. The selection committee has never put a two-loss team in, and Oregon feels like their best candidate with a loss to an Auburn team that still has the meat of its schedule left. But a 12-1 Oregon would have the best resume. Is Bama a shoo-in? No. Still have to travel to Texas A&M, get the best LSU team anyone has seen in nearly a half-decade and go to Jordan-Hare for the Iron Bowl in a game that could be squirrelly. The run defense is suspect with four true freshmen starting. But they’ve scored at least 42 points in every outing and Tagovailoa is a titan. Is Jim Harbaugh on thin ice? He’s got five ranked opponents left including three undefeated teams and a Notre Dame team with no margin for error. You take a loss to each of the ranked teams left and you’re the toughest 6-6 team in football. But that’s not the standard at Michigan, and Harbaugh hasn’t met it. The question for his bosses is who’re you gonna get that’s going to perform better? Are Justin Fields and Ohio State the most complete team in college football? Who is gonna stop this team? The toughest away game left is at Michigan. You get Michigan State, Wisconsin and Penn State at home, and you’ve done nothing but utterly soul-snatch every team you’ve faced. No. 7 Auburn vs No. 10 Florida UF is at full-strength with corner back C.J. Henderson and defense end Jabari Zuniga back from injury. That’s six interceptions in 27 games and 18 sacks in 39 Dan Mullen gets back. So if Auburn can go into the swamp and come out with a set of Gator shoes we have to start talking about Malzahn and the Tigers the way we’re talking about Alabama, Georgia and LSU. Auburn’s 56-23 demolition of Mississippi State is its most complete game to date following a 28-20 win against Texas A&M at Kyle Field. Saturday marks the first top-10 matchup in The Swamp since No. 3 Florida thumped No. 9 South Carolina, 44-11, on Oct. 20, 2012. Florida has beaten seven of the last nine top-10 teams to come into The Swamp with last year’s 27-19 win over No. 5 LSU (Oct. 6)

 122. Week 6 picks against the spread | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:09:40

RJ's Week 6 against the spread picks—with odds and betting lines—include the Florida Gators in an upset, Iowa State covering, Duke covering and Michigan State covering against Ohio State. SU: 52-23 ATS: 46-28-1

 121. Oklahoma's third down defense is a thing | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:07:02

Oklahoma football's third down defense ranks No. 2 in the country heading into Week 6 with Kansas on the horizon for Alex Grinch and the OU Sooners. Plus, Jalen Hurts is statistically amazing.

 120. Recap Lincoln Riley's press conference preview for Kansas | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:08:17

Oklahoma Sooners football coach Lincoln Riley gave a preview of what is ahead for his No. 6-ranked team as they prepare to travel to Kansas to take on Les Miles' Jayhawks. He also gave an eloquent response to the news of California Gov. Gavin Newsom signing SB206, which would make law colleges and universities in the state paying college student-athletes for their name, likeness and image.

 119. Chris Ash fired and Rutgers football is a grease fire | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:05:11

Jim Harbaugh and Michigan got Rutgers football coach Chris Ash fired. Since Rutgers joined the Big Ten in 2014 there have been 19 Big Ten conference games in which a team was shutout. Rutgers has been the team shutout in 9 of them. Ash was 8-32 as head coach of the Scartlet Knights. Rutgers loss their last three games a combined 112-16. He’s owed $8.5 million in the buyout of his contract.

 118. Week 6 AP top 25 rankings analysis and takeaways | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:16:47

Week 6 AP top 25 analysis and takeaways: Nick Saban's Alabama Crimson Tide is the new No. 1 in the Week 6 AP college football poll and rankings. Dabo Swinney's Clemson Tigers are the No. 2. Kirby Smart's Georgia Bulldogs are No. 3. Ed Orgeron's LSU is No. 4 and Ryan Day's Ohio State Buckeyes are No. 5.

 117. Jalen Hurts, Kenneth Murray and Alex Grinch's Speed D showed out against Texas Tech | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:11:16

Oklahoma Sooners Jalen Hurts, Kenneth Murray and defensive coordinator Alex Grinch were outstanding in the 55-16 win against Matt Wells' Texas Tech Red Raiders. In this review, analysis and recap, I examine what worked for Oklahoma. The Sooners put up over 600 yards of offense for the fourth straight game. The SpeedD held Tech to just 1 of 14 on third down.

 116. Florida Gators coach Dan Mullen called SEC scheduling 'an injustice' | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:06:49

Florida Gators coach Dan Mullen put the Southeastern Conference on notice because he wanted to know where the SEC games are on his team's schedule in the coming years. The SEC is notorious for cupcake scheduling in an eight-team conference slate. The non-conference scheduling is almost as horrid.

 115. The problem with AP college football polls and rankings | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:07:58

With Berry Tramel posting his blog about his top 10 rankings, I've had it with how much rankings matter and how easily they can be manipulated, whether it's the AP college football poll, College Football Playoff selection committee rankings and poll or the Amway Coaches Poll, they can all be manipulated, and I don't like it.

 114. Starrland Baldwin entered the NCAA portal | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:06:44

Oklahoma Sooners corner back Starrland Baldwin entered the NCAA transfer portal. He's the second OU player to do so following linebacker Jonathan Perkins. That's two defensive players in the portal for OU in two days.

 113. Oklahoma LB Jonathan Perkins enters transfer portal | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:07:15

Oklahoma Sooners freshman linebacker Jonathan Perkins has entered the NCAA transfer portal, according to Jason Kersey at The Athletic.

 112. How Arkansas Razorbacks football collapsed | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:11:35

What happened to Chad Morris? How did Arkansas football become the butt of jokes that used to be reserved for Kansas and, lately, UCLA? This was the program that Frank Broyles built. The 1964 national champions. The place that turned Lou Holtz back into a name. The home of the 10-1 1977 Razorbacks who thwarted Oklahoma’s chance at a national title with a 31-6 victory in the Orange Bowl. The university that gave us Jerry Jones, Jimmy Johnson and Barry Switzer. How did the Razorbacks fall so far?

 111. Takeaways from Lincoln Riley's presser ahead No. 6 OU vs. Texas Tech | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:12:11

In his weekly press conference, Oklahoma Sooners coach Lincoln Riley said he was impressed with quarterback Jalen Hurts' buy-in and previewed what he expects from Matt Wells and his Texas Tech Red Raiders. He gave a take on the transfer portal.

 110. No. 6 Oklahoma vs. Texas Tech preview | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:19:24

The No. 6 Oklahoma Sooners host the Texas Tech Red Raiders on Saturday at 11 a.m. in Memorial Stadium at Owen Field. Lincoln Riley's squad is led by quarterback Jalen Hurts, wide receiver CeeDee Lamb and linebacker Kenneth Murray. OU defensive coordinator Alex Grinch would love to see corners and defensive backs Tre Brown, Parnell Motley and Patrick Fields pick up takeaways in this game. The Red Raiders are without the services of quarterback Alan Bowman. Tech head coach Matt Wells and offensive coordinator David Yost have to rely on quarterbacks Jackson Tyner and Jett Duffey to help lead running backs Ta'Zhawn Henry, Armand Shyne and wide receiver T.J. Vasher on the offense. The defense is led by coordinator Keith Patterson, linebacker Jordyn Brooks and defensive back Adrian Frye.

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