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👑 The wrap from KOTN Late Knight
🏈 Why Notre Dame’s loss is a disaster 2 ways
🏈 Are we that surprised by Texas-Michigan?
🏈 Could the MAC make a playoff case?
🏈 Narduzzi belief
🏈 Doug freaks out because Texas has a sword
Ready for the new and improved version of Kings of the North, live at noon eastern tomorrow on YouTube with
@DougLesmerises
and
@BillLandis25
.
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Why did we start Kings of the North?
Because Down there, this is what they do and how they think, and too much of college football believes it.
We’re bringing facts, and ⚔️, to every college football discussion.
Spread the word through the North.
"I don't feel like I can leave Ohio State without beating The Team Up North."
@BTNJourney
takes a look at how important the latest installment of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦 is to No. 2
@OhioStateFB
. ⤵️
📍
@AutoOwnersIns
Ohio State had 11 major contributors from its 2021 recruiting class in 2023.
8 back, 3 gone.
WR E. Egbuka 🔙
RB T. Henderson 🔙
OG D. Jackson 🔙
DE J.T. Tuimoloau 🔙
DE J. Sawyer 🔙
DT T. Williams 🔙
CB D. Burke 🔙
CB J. Hancock🔙
WR M. Harrison 👋
DT M. Hall 👋
QB K. McCord🍊
🏈 The best answer on any show from Big Ten Media Days, from Indiana offensive lineman Mike Katic (
@KaticMichael
).
👑 A true King of the North.
Full show:
Kings is out! 3 great days in Indy at Big Ten Media Days.
Thanks to all who came on the show and to all who watched.
Another packed show drops tomorrow.
@DougLesmerises
@BillLandis25
@TheRisingSKI
Eating baby pizzas, jerk culture, Barbie … and college football.
It’s
@DougLesmerises
@BillLandis25
and
@AriWasserman
back together, and talking recruiting necessities and Northern teams that can win it all, on Kings of the North
KOTN viewers and listeners — Doug had an eye issue pop up that is going to keep him out briefly. But KOTN will be back soon and will explain why the South (mostly the SEC) can cram it about men’s hoops. Plus spring football. Sorry for the short hiatus.
Georgia Tech upsets Florida State 24-21
Team picked to win the ACC beaten by the team picked to finish No. 9 in the ACC
The equivalent 9 over 1 based on other conference preseason picks:
Big Ten: Rutgers over Ohio State
Big 12: Texas Tech over Utah
SEC: Texas A&M over Georgia
Ohio State adds 5-star LB from Texas.
7 of Top 12 Texas HS players in Class of 2025 by 247Sports Composite are currently committed.
Their schools:
Oregon
Ohio State
Oregon
Ohio State
Alabama
Texas
Michigan
#NorthMentality
First College Football Playoff Rankings
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Kyle McCord 18 of 28 for 242 yards in first half of Syracuse spring game. Led his side to 31 points.
Not perfect but has ripped several throws down the field.
Big step up for the program.
Fran Brown could put together a very fun and interesting fall for the Orange.
🦡 🐘 Wisconsin hosting Alabama on Sept. 14
❄️ 👑 The exact type of North-South banger we crave on KOTN
🏈 ⚔️ Bama’s first regular-season trip North in 13 years — did Luke Fickell and the Badgers make Nick Saban retire?
🚨 New KOTN ‼️
👑
@AriWasserman
visits with
@DougLesmerises
and
@BillLandis25
for a draft of the 15 best QB matchups in college football
🏈 Avery Johnson, Garrett Greene, Dillon Gabriel, Quinn Ewers, Shedeur Sanders, Dylan Raiola and more
I think we can all admit the National Championship game was Saturday Night's nightcap. Alabama gave UConn much more of a game than Purdue. Big Ten drought with no title will rise to 24 years.
Hey. KOTN is back.
@DougLesmerises
and
@BillLandis25
discuss the Northern college football teams who've upgraded the most at quarterback.
We're looking at you Nebraska and Michigan State.
Also, most interesting Northern recruiting classes and more:
47-yard field goal on the final play of the game in the Thursday night opener for Minnesota in back-to-back years.
Dragan Kesich made it last year, misses it this year. Kicker life.
The ACC has an identity crisis. Its leaders point their finger at the TV.
"Why can't we have a f----ng Finebaum Show?" Dabo Swinney once asked, according to sources. He's not the only one frustrated. Reporting via
@bmarcello
&
@JTalty
.
Ballots for the
@HeismanTrophy
are due at 5 PM.
Attention
@HeismanPundit
and others: THE HEISMAN MUST ADAPT TO RETAIN ITS STATURE AS AMERICA’S GREATEST SPORTS AWARD.
Here’s the solution from Kings of the North 🏈 👑 ⚔️
We know you are watching Northern games but for anyone who accidentally caught some of Clemson-Georgia, how do the Dawgs look?
Would you say they have the mentality?
Sources: Arkansas is vetting hiring former head coach Bobby Petrino as the school's next offensive coordinator. Petrino has indicated in the recruiting space that he's in the mix for an SEC coordinator job.
North did well in the first College Football Playoff rankings.
@BillLandis25
and
@DougLesmerises
ranked all 28 North teams this week, and discussed what position Notre Dame would be in if Ohio State had been just short on its final TD.
#cfprankings
@HeismanPundit
@HeismanTrophy
and 5th, the entire sport is changing next year, and the Heisman should change with the times. The sport doesn't make a statistical distinction between regular and postseason, and to hand out the trophy for best player when he could play 4 more games no longer makes sense.
🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨
The Brian Ferentz Survivor Show has come to an end after only 1 season.
@DougLesmerises
and
@BillLandis25
wrap up the show that swept the nation below.
@HeismanPundit
@HeismanTrophy
1st, it should be 5, not 4. 2nd, this would encourage finalists to play in their bowl game. 3rd, bring them to NYC in December then, and award to finalist remotely. Last, it's NOT a regular season award because some play in conference championship games and some don't.
Thanks to all who joined us for our live late night recap.
Catch up here.
See you Monday at noon on YouTube for a full recap of every Northern team. Doug has Purdue thoughts!
For now, we hit on Notre Dame, Penn State-WVU, Oregon, Michigan and Ohio State.
2nd
#CFP
rankings
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⚔️ New Kings of the North ⚔️
@DougLesmerises
and
@BillLandis25
announce their All-Northern midseason offensive and defensive teams!
They also discuss the Michigan football sign-stealing accusations, and a preview of key week 9 games.
KOTN Update!!
Congrats to Mason, John and Shaun for leading our bowl pool so far.
Also, Doug has been out of commission but is rounding back into form. That should mean another KOTN episode soon.
THE place to get the show -- Subscribe on YouTube!
Congrats to Reggie Bush on the return of his Heisman and well-done by Ohio-based
@Wendys
for keeping the issue on people’s minds with its Pretzel Pub Cheeseburger commercial
👑 New Kings of the North 👑
⚔️ Ranking 2O best CFB coaches ⚔️
🏈 How many from the North? A lot
🏈 Life w/o Harbaugh/Saban
🏈 Future Northern coaches we want to see
🏈 Coaches w/ Northern roots winning titles
🏈 Join
@DougLesmerises
and
@BillLandis25
.
@BCFootball
head coach Bill O’Brien joined us on the show earlier this summer.
Hear his answer on how he plans on getting Boston College back in the mix of Boston sports.
Tonight was a great first step!
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Does CFB have a lot to fix with NIL, the portal, etc? Yes.
Is it fun to discuss or the reason you love the sport? No.
Talking CFB fixes w/o it sounding like homework or making you want to gouge your eyes out.
Plus a visit from the great
@MattBrownEP
🚨 KOTN Late Night at 11 PM eastern!! Live reaction show to the North’s biggest games
🏈 Doug is back from his trip to Morgantown and he and Bill will discuss PSU’s big win
🏈 Plus Notre Dame, Michigan, Ohio State and more
👑 Join us in 90 minutes!
Great win for Boston College over SMU in Boston. And Rutgers up early on Miami in New York.
A year from now we should get at least one example of a Southern team coming to a Northern campus for a 1st-round playoff game.
Going North in December isn’t easy baby!
🚨 NEW KOTN!
🏈 Farewell to Big Ten West and what’s next for 7 former West teams
👑 Great convo with
@ScottDochterman
on West history, perception and realities
🏈 Best ever B1G West player, QB, coach etc
👑 Plus new life around CFB w/o divisions. Good/bad?
Toledo star QB Dequan Finn, the MAC Player of the Year, is expected to enter the transfer portal, sources tell
@247sports
.
Finn has accounted for 88 total touchdowns the last three years.
👑 Our real money $500 best bet on Bets of the North on KOTN with
@TShoeIndex
and
@DougLesmerises
💰 Minimum $5000 donation to charity at the end of the year — more if we win
🏈 Doing it every Friday. Check out our CFB gambling talk
@KOTNCFB
There’s 41 bowl games and only a handful of CCGs. So the current format makes it as close as possible to a regular season award. It’s a grand tradition without parallel. You’re trying to fix something that isn’t broken.
Full
@OhioStateFB
coaching staff now assembled:
OC\QB: Chip Kelly
WR: Brian Hartline
RB: Tony Alford
OL: Justin Frye
TE: Keenan Bailey
DC: Jim Knowles
DL: Larry Johnson
LB: James Laurinaitis
CB: Tim Walton
S: Matt Guerrieri
7 from last season, 3 new coaches
Please direct all Georgia-related should-have, could-have, Vegas-line, computer-model, excuse-making, SEC whining to this account and we will gather them for a
#DAWGMENTALITY
segment on the next episode of KOTN
The NCAA is not happy with Jim Harbaugh.
1-year suspension, 4-year show cause and this isn't the Connor Stalions case.
If you want to read the full infractions decision.
👑 Big things ahead for KOTN
🏈 Live YouTube show 5 days a week starting Aug. 26
🏈 Monday-Thursday at Noon; Postgame show off best Northern games on Saturday
🏈 Betting show w/
@TShoeIndex
every Friday morning
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Took The North to The South to debate the new order in college football and explain how The North is on the rise, and to make a bet that Georgia will go 10-2 or worse in the regular season
Enjoyed the discourse with
@DougLesmerises
on the latest pod talking all things:
🏈 Debating Big Ten vs. SEC in a post-Saban world
🏈 Why the North needs a Finebaum
🏈 The Ohio State candidate that he laughed out of the room
🏈 More
Watch:
👑 Our real money $500 best bet on Bets of the North on KOTN with
@TShoeIndex
and
@DougLesmerises
💰 Minimum $5000 donation to charity at the end of the year — more if we win
🏈 Doing it every Friday. Check out our CFB gambling talk
ICYMI
Brian Ferentz will not return as Iowa’s offensive coordinator next year. Interim AD Beth Goetz announced the news yesterday.
Safe to say
@DougLesmerises
is now Beth Goetz’s No. 1 fan!
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good news!
Extra Points has new ownership.
I'm sticking around, and you're going to get the same reporting, analysis, occasionally weirdo posts, and much much more:
👑 Talking with Iowa State’s
@noel_jaylin
, one of the best WR in the North
🏈 Find our coverage of
@Big12Conference
Media Days by subscribing to KOTN
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Join our Kings of the North bowl pick em! Winner gets to appear on an episode of KOTN with
@DougLesmerises
and
@BillLandis25
.
Details are in the video below and the group can be found at this link:
How realistic is the new
@EASPORTSCollege
video game going to be when it comes out in July?
@MattBrownEP
dives in what college football fans can expect.
👑NEW KOTN👑
@DougLesmerises
and
@BillLandis25
are back!
🏈 Playoff projections
🏈 Northern news
🏈 Rivalry week breakdowns on Oregon-Oregon State, Iowa-Nebraska and 13 other games
Then, the most important players in Ohio State vs. Michigan:
Join
@DougLesmerises
and
@BillLandis25
on an 11,000-mile Northern journey.
🧳 KOTN Ultimate Northern Football Schedule 👑
🏈 Penn State at West Virginia
🏈 Pitt at Cincinnati
🏈 Michigan at Washington
🏈 Ohio State at Oregon
🏈 BYU at Utah
🏈 And More