Today on The Hard Count with J.D. PicKell ... Updated college football predictions! J.D. reevaluates his preseason picks and makes new ones for the conference title game matchups and winners, the 12 seeds for the College Football Playoff, and the entire CFP bracket before crowning a new national champion.

Before his midseason predictions, J.D. breaks down what's being missed from the Tennessee vs Alabama game this weekend and previews LSU's matchup with Vanderbilt in Nashville. Then we end the show with some Penn State talk, addressing Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule's potential to become the next head coach of the Nittany Lions and exploring which other names fit the job.

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Today on The Hard Count with J.D. ... Prediction Tuesday! J.D. dives deep, breaks down, and makes his predictions for the top college football games of Week 8. Starting with our Bet MGM game of the week Tennessee vs Alabama before bouncing around to Ole Miss vs Georgia, USC vs Notre Dame, Oklahoma vs South Carolina, Washington vs Michigan, and Louisville vs Miami.

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Welcome to The Sunday Sprint, a collection of J.D.'s takes following Saturday's college football action that have been taken from the On3 YouTube channel and tailored for The Hard Count's podcast audience. Today on the sprint we had breaking news! Penn State fired James Franklin Sunday morning and J.D. gives his instant reaction to Penn State's decision and who he thinks they should hire next in State College.

J.D. also reacts to this weekend's action including Indiana's big time upset win at Oregon, Texas bouncing back with a Red River win over John Mateer and rival Oklahoma, USC impressing in the trenches in a win over Michigan, and Ohio State making a statement against Illinois. We also bounce all around the SEC, unpacking both sides of the matchup in Georgia's win over Auburn, Texas A&M's strong showing against Florida, and Alabama holding on in Columbia for a close victory over Mizzou.

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