The Upset Bracket: Part 2 - 2025 College Football Podcast

The upset bracket showdown concludes! In Part 2, we dive into the wildest college football upsets of 2022 and 2023, from Marshall’s stunning takedown of Notre Dame to Colorado’s shocker over TCU in Deion's first game. We then debate the Final Four, crowning the ultimate chaos king of the last four seasons. Packed with rivalry drama, Cinderella stories, and cottage cheese metaphors, this episode is your March Madness fix for college football fans. Who’s your champ? Let us know!

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro

4:03 - 2023 Region

30:36 - 2022 Region

1:01:58 - Final Four

Key Topics Discussed:

• Marshall stuns Notre Dame (2022): A Sun Belt squad invades South Bend, topples the Irish, and sparks Marcus Freeman doubts—complete with a viral Ty rant.
• Colorado shocks TCU (2023): Deion Sanders’ debut ignites a media firestorm as the Buffs outgun the national runners-up in a Week 1 shootout.
• App State humbles Texas A&M (2022): A G5 giant slays a loaded Aggies rost in Kyle Field, in a game that helped lead to Jimbo Fisher's ouster a year later.
• South Carolina’s epic twofer (2022): Shane Beamer’s Gamecocks crush Tennessee and Clemson, two CFP hopefuls, on back-to-back weeks.
• New Mexico State dominates Auburn (2023): Diego Pavia’s legend grows as the Aggies thrash an SEC foe in a $1.85M buy-game beatdown.
• Duke stuns Clemson (2023): Riley Leonard and a gritty Blue Devils defense throttle the Tigers 28-7 on Labor Day night, ending a top-10 drought since 1989 and boosting Mike Elko’s A&M profile.
• Virginia topples North Carolina (2023): A 2-5 Cavaliers squad shocks the #10 Tar Heels 31-27 in Chapel Hill, derailing a 6-0 start and igniting the slow unraveling of Mack Brown’s tenure.
• Tulane edges Kansas State (2022): Michael Pratt’s Green Wave grinds out a 17-10 rock fight in Manhattan, upsetting a favored Wildcats squad, which was the cherry on top of a 12-2 season.

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