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Down and Distance

ESPN Senior Writer Ivan Maisel tells eight stories from the history of college football that examine how the sport has contributed to and reflected American culture through its 150 years.

Warning: This podcast is a series podcast

This means episodes are recommended to be heard in order from the very start. Here's the 10 best episodes of the series anyway though!

Ranked #1

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Jimmy Johnson And The House of Speed

Jimmy Johnson And The House of Speed

ESPN's Ivan Maisel explains how Coach Jimmy Johnson's lifelong reverence for speed transformed not only the Miami Hurric... Read more

22 Aug 2019

30mins

Ranked #2

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Michael Vick: A Three-Play Guy

Michael Vick: A Three-Play Guy

ESPN's Ivan Maisel explores how redshirt freshman Michael Vick took the world of college football by storm in 1999 and a... Read more

26 Aug 2019

28mins

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Ranked #3

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America Mourns Rockne

America Mourns Rockne

Notre Dame icon Knute Rockne died in a plane crash in 1931. Veteran sportswriter Ivan Maisel tells the story of how the ... Read more

19 Aug 2019

29mins

Ranked #4

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We Interrupt This Season

We Interrupt This Season

Ivan Maisel tells the story of two college football teams who found themselves marooned on Oahu on December 7, 1941, the... Read more

12 Sep 2019

32mins

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Ranked #5

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Sooner Sabotage

Sooner Sabotage

Ivan Maisel describes how the greatest dynasty in the modern history of college football came apart one night in 1959. T... Read more

9 Sep 2019

33mins

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