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Kings of the North College Football
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A college football YouTube show and podcast talking 28 Northern CFB teams from a Northern viewpoint and cultivating a community of educated and dedicated college football fans.
Plus, The South can cram it.
Join us at https://www.youtube.com/@KOTNcfb
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❄️ The 25 Year Winter is out in full, all 5 episodes
🏈 How the North let the South dominate college football for 25 years
❄️ Ep 1: Intro
❄️ Ep 2: Coaches
❄️ Ep 3: Players
❄️ Ep 4: Cheating
❄️ Ep 5: Future
🏈 Let us know what you think
#cfb #collegefootball
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The 25 Year Winter - YouTube
KOTN presents a narrative podcast about how the North went dormant for a 25-year period during which the South dominated college football.
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August 7, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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👑 4 men, 4 mics, 1 Heisman draft
🏈 Bill Landis
🏈 Ari Wasserman
🏈 Andy Staples
🏈 Doug Lesmerises
⚔️ On Kings of the North
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July 31, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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👑 Among the Big Ten teams that really intrigued us in Las Vegas
😡 🦆 Angry Oregon
🏈 It’s time for ball, would love to have you along for the ride with us on KOTN
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#cfb #collegefootball #oregon #oregonfootball #oregonducks #bigten
July 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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🚨 3 episodes of The 25 Year Winter now out
🏈 That’s laying the groundwork for the South dominating the North in CFB from 1998-2022, then a coaches ep, and players ep
🏈 We focused on this era, because it wasn’t always like this. And won’t always be #cfb
#collegefootball
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July 29, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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👑 Don’t miss #Minnesota safety Koi Perich talking about what QB Drake Lindsey means to Minnesota #gophersfootball #minnesotafootball #cfb #collegefootball
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July 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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❄️ Experience The 25 Year Winter as the North fades and the South takes over college football
🏈 5-part podcast series. Two episodes out now. Ep 3 out tomorrow
🏈 Our jumping off point for Ep 1? The Ohio State-Michigan 1-2 game from 2006 #cfb #collegefootball #bigten
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July 28, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Attention #collegefootball fans

Check out The 25 Year Winter: How championship college football went dormant in the North
5-part podcast series. 2 eps out. Second is on Nick Saban, Urban Meyer & coaching #cfb

Available in the Kings of the North feed on pods & YouTube
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The 25 Year Winter - YouTube
KOTN presents a narrative podcast about how the North went dormant for a 25-year period during which the South dominated college football.
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July 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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🏈 KOTN Big Ten Preseason Poll results #bigten #cfb #collegefootball
🏈 54 voters who cover the Big Ten and national CFB
🏈 1-18 predicted order of finish, led by Penn State
🏈 1st-place votes: Penn State 35, Ohio State 18, Oregon 1
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July 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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🏈 KOTN Preseason Poll
👑 Predicted Big Ten champ is Penn State #nittanylions #pennstate #collegefootball #cfb
👑 Championship Game winner votes: Penn State 30, Ohio State 22, Oregon 2
🏈 Title game picks
👑 PSU over OSU: 23
👑 OSU over PSU: 20
👑 PSU over Oregon: 4
👑 7 others
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July 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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🏈 KOTN Big Ten Preseason Defensive Player of the Year
👑 Ohio State S Caleb Downs is the runaway winner #buckeyes #bigten #collegefootball #cfb
🏈 1st-place votes: Downs 43; 2 each for PSU's Dani Dennis-Sutton and Oregon's Matayo Uiagalelei; 1 each for 3 others
👑 Top 5 finishers
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July 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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🏈 KOTN Big Ten Preseason Offensive Player of the Year
👑 Ohio State WR Jeremiah Smith is the overwhelming choice #bigten #buckeyes #cfb #collegefootball
🏈 50 voters for this. 1st-place votes: Smith 39, Penn State QB Drew Allar 10, PSU RB Nick Singleton 1
👑 Top 5 finishers
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July 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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🏈 9 Blue Chip QB recruits in the North in the Class of 2026, only 2 committed North
👑 QB recruiting trends and strategy on KOTN #cfb #collegefootball
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July 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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👑 Recruiting trends in the Class of 2026
👑 How is the North doing in keeping great Northern players home?
👑 Bill Landis sets the minimum standard for North staying North to call it successful
🏈 Full breakdown on latest show #collegefootball #cfb
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July 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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🏈 When we covered the best season so far for all 28 of our Northern teams
⚔️ We think Illinois, Oregon, Kansas State, Penn State, Notre Dame and Ohio State are the 6 with a shot at topping their best seasons this year #cfb #collegefootball #buckeyes #ohiostate
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July 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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👑 If Illinois wants to make a playoff run, it needs a Top 25 defense
👑 Last year was better than 2023, but that means another jump this year
👑 From Xavier Scott to Gabe Jacas, talent is there
👑 Part of the Illinois vs. Kansas State KOTN Showdown #cfb #Fightingillini
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July 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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👑 Deion Sanders won 9 games in Year 2 at Colorado
👑 Fran Brown won 10 games in Year 1 at Syracuse
👑 They wanted to play each other in a spring game, so we matched up the 🍊 and 🦬 in a KOTN Showdown #cfb #collegefootball
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July 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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👑 Big 12 commish Brett Yormark said his conference is the deepest
👑 Big 12 vs. Big Ten depth — we are eliminating the SEC from this discussion. Their depth doesn’t match up.
👑 Big KOTN show of Big Ten-Big 12-SEC comparisons #cfb #collegefootball #bigten #big12
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July 12, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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14 KOTN Showdowns:
🏈 Penn St-Notre Dame
🏈 BYU-Indiana
🏈 Iowa-Iowa St
🏈 Michigan-Utah
🏈 Kansas-Rutgers
🏈 Wisconsin-Michigan St
🏈 BC-Pitt
🏈 Washington-Nebraska
🏈 Oregon-Ohio St
🏈 Minnesota-Nwestern
🏈 Maryland-Cincy
🏈 Purdue-WVU
🏈 Illinois-KState
🏈 Syracuse-Colorado
July 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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👑 What are the chances of a major Avery Johnson leap in 2025?
👑 Part of our Kansas State vs. Illinois KOTN Showdown
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July 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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👑 Better than 1982, 1986 and 1994? What would the best season ever for Penn State football look like?
👑 Ran through the best seasons for all of our 28 teams on KOTN #collegefootball #cfb
#pennstate #nittanylions #weare
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July 10, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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👑 Best Quarterback Conference in 2025
🏈 It’s either the Big 12 (more experience) or the Big Ten (if guys like Moore, Sayin, Underwood, Maiava, etc. really pop)
🏈 It’s not the SEC
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Is the Big 12 the best quarterback conference -- and is the SEC the worst? | Colorado vs. Syracuse
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July 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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🏈 What is Ohio State’s greatest season and what would it take for the Buckeyes to top it in 2025? #buckeyes #cfb #collegefootball

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What is Ohio State football's greatest season so far? Could the Buckeyes top it in 2025?
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July 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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🏈 If your coach is on the hot seat, just win and you’re fine
🏈 Real hot seats last 5 years in CFB, if you had a winning record you kept your job — in all but 2 cases
🏈 Winning record and still fired — Tom Herman at Texas, Jimbo Fisher at Texas A&M #cfb #collegefootball
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July 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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👑 Minnesota vs. Northwestern KOTN Showdown
👑 We were intrigued by both QB situations — Drake Lindsey and Preston Stone
👑 Catch all our Showdowns on Kings of the North #cfb #collegefootball
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July 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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👑 Catch up on our KOTN Showdowns — 12 down, 2 to go. Comparing our 28 Northern P4 teams to each other, including Oregon vs. Ohio State #buckeyes #cfb #collegefootball #ohiostate #oregon #ducks
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July 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM