April 2025: Offseason moves, NFL Draft preview and So Long My Friend

Thank you for listening to the Tailgators Setup Podcast. As always, we are: host Brian Lennon; producer and man behind the controls, Gary McDaniel; and our resident college football expert, John Crimella.

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HUG-EYE: ESPN GameDay analyst Lee Corso will retire in August. He has picked Ohio State more than any other college in his head gear choices.

Good Bye Lee Corso: The ESPN College GameDay legend will finally hang it up this August. It ends a 40 year career that saw Corso and the pregame show become icons and help the popularity of the college football game.

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Nico Iamalaeva: The quarterback demanding more money from Tennessee, prompting Volunteers coach Josh Heupel to tell him go pound sand. Rumor is Nico is now heading to UCLA.

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Name, Image, Likeness (NIL): Will the transfer portal and NIL make college football even more about the helmet than the individual players? It seems that each team is a completely new team every season? Is this good for the game?

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Tar-A-Bill: UNC’s Belichick experiment is moving forward. What’s the story about his girlfriend, Jordan Hudson? Also, we question why some Tar Heel’s entered the transfer portal following spring practice?

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Fakers Beward: The NCAA announced changes to its injury timeout rules in order to curb “fake” injuries.

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Who Ya Got?: The 2025 NFL Draft kicks-off Thursday from Green Bay, Wis. We take a look at some mock drafts and discuss some of the big name picks we expect to go on the first night :

• Travis Hunter: Can he play both ways? Will a team allow him to? Is he worth a No. 1?

• Shadeur Sanders: Where do we think he ranks? Will he be an even better pro? There seems to be a plot to lower his draft status?

• Cam Ward: Is he the true Alpha of the draft? Is he what Tennessee needs to build around?

• Does John have an opinion on what player in the draft will be the best pro or future hall of famer?

Jersey Retirement: Deion Sanders is retiring son Shadeur and Travis Hunter’s jerseys at Colorado. We discuss why and whether such an honor is deserved.