Three College Football Playoff first-round games are wrapped up on this Saturday KOTN Late Knight. The focus is on the Ohio State-Tennessee primetime battle in Columbus and the big Penn State early afternoon win over SMU. Plus Texas beat Clemson. Doug Lesmerises was in State College, Bill Landis was in Columbus and both are on this show to bring yo…

The 12-team College Football Playoff debuted in South Bend, Ind. on Friday night and Kings of the North was there. With Bill Landis taking in Notre Dame-Indiana in person and Doug Lesmerises holding down the fort in Pennsylvania while preparing for Penn State-SMU on Saturday, Late Knight KOTN reacts to the Fighting Irish handling the Hoosiers and a…

From Ohio State-Tennessee to Notre Dame-Indiana, from Penn State-SMU to really liking Clemson against Texas, Doug Lesmerises and Tyler Shoemaker cover all the betting angles for first-round College Football Playoff Games on Bets of the North. The guys suggest a bet each on those four games, plus TShoe has a couple bowl suggestions and they look at …

Penn State-SMU is the fourth College Football Playoff first-round game to get previewed on Kings of the North, as Bill Landis and Doug Lesmerises give the Nittany Lions and Mustangs a Big Game Breakdown on both sides of the ball. That's followed by the latest transfer portal news, which includes Oregon filling both holes at offensive tackle for 202…

Ohio State vs. Tennessee in a College Football Playoff first-round matchup gets the Big Game Breakdown treatment on this Kings of the North episode. Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis dive into the Buckeyes vs. the Volunteers on both sides of the ball. But first, Steven Godfrey joins the show to discuss Ryan Day's place in the coaching world, what the…

Notre Dame vs. Indiana on Friday kicks off the first 12-team College Football Playoff and on this Kings of the North, Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis dive into a Big Game Breakdown of the Fighting Irish and Hoosiers on both sides of the ball. Then there's some discussion about the mid-day Saturday playoff game between Clemson and Texas before Sheha…

KOTN Playoff Bracket and Bowl Pick 'Em: https://poolpartygaming.com/ The 12 teams in The College Football Playoff are compared and ranked in 12 categories from best quarterback, best coach, and most defensive dudes to red-zone touchdown rate. and offensive success rate on this Kings of the North. Doug and Bill rank the teams from 1-12 in 12 categor…

KOTN Playoff Bracket and Bowl Pick 'Em: https://poolpartygaming.com/ From Iowa to Utah, Wisconsin to Notre Dame, Oregon to West Virginia, Kings of the North looks at the quarterback situations for all 28 of their Northern teams on this episode. Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis figure that: • 14 Northern teams have potential returning starters • 6 No…

College Football Playoff Predictions are confidently made on this Kings of the North as Bill Landis and Doug Lesmerises are joined by Ari Wasserman of On3 to dive into the 12-team field. They look at their predicted playoff brackets from the last week of October and see where they went right and wrong. They wonder why their Heisman predictions from…

What does SMU over Alabama tell us about the power of TV in the college football playoff selection process? And what does the Alabama complaining since then tell us about Bama’s place in the sport? On this Kings of the North, Steven Godfrey opens the show with Doug Lesmerises to discuss that. Then Doug is joined by Dan Wetzel to debate what we’ve l…

In the 12-team College Football Playoff, which players have the capabilities to propel their teams to victory? From Penn State to Notre Dame, Ohio State to Oregon, Indiana to Boise State, Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis each pick their most dangerous player in each region on this Kings of the North. Plus Purdue hired a new coach, the transfer porta…

The 12-team College Football Playoff is out and Bill Landis and Doug Lesmeriss are here to react to all the matchups, especially the seeding for the six Northern teams in the field: No. 1 Oregon, plus Boise State, Notre Dame, Penn State, Ohio State, and Indiana. Stick with Kings of the Northern for coverage all the way through the playoff from a No…

The College Football Playoff will announce its 12-team bracket on Sunday afternoon. Here on Saturday night, Kings of the North takes you inside conference championship weekend and what they think that means for the bracket. Live from Indianapolis, where they took in the Oregon-Penn State showdown in the Big Ten Championship Game, Doug and Bill take…

The Big Ten Championship Game and ACC Championship Game are two of the matchups this weekend where Tyler Shoemaker and Doug Lesmerises have betting suggestions on this episode of Bets of the North. The guy are licking their wounds after a rough Rivalry Week, but they remain ahead on the season in their betting to give money to FeedingAmerica.org. T…

The Big Ten Championship Game battle between No. 1 Oregon and No. 3 Penn State gets the Big Game Breakdown on this Kings of the North, as Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis dive into this matchup between the Ducks and Nittany Lions. Then its breakdowns of the Mountain West title game, with a playoff spot on the line for Boise State and UNLV, and the M…

New College Football Playoff rankings and National Signing Days news means that the Kings of the North have a lot to react to on this Wednesday show. But it's also time to start breaking down games for conference championship weekend. So Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis offer a Big Game Breakdown on the Big 12 Championship Game between Iowa State an…

National Signing Day is Wednesday, and Kings of the North breaks down the recruiting battles between the North and the South like no one else does. Of course the South has a numbers edge, but how big is it? Is the North gaining or falling back? And how much does recruiting matter for winning? Then Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis are joined by Dan W…

The College Football Playsoff field has taken shape and Oregon, Penn State, Notre Dame, Ohio State and Indiana are ready to play for it all. Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis look at the final remaining playoff questions entering Conference Championship Week. Then they discuss the firings of Neal Brown at West Virginia and Ryan Walters at Purdue and …

Michigan's 13-10 upset of No. 2 Ohio State sent shockwaves through Northern football as the Wolverines leaned on their defense and special teams to beat the Buckeyes for the fourth straight time. Across the rest of The North, a bunch of teams handled necessary business, including Penn State's rout of Maryland, Notre Dame's win at USC, and Indiana's…

Bets of the North hit the Florida upset of Ole Miss last week, and there's another SEC underdog that Doug is taking a swing on this week. But the big bet is where Doug Lesmerises and Tyler Shoemaker need a cash after getting busted by Iowa State last week. The call here? The red-hot Kansas Jayhawks. Find out why. With both guys ahead on their indiv…

Ohio State-Michigan gets the Big Game Breakdown treatment from Doug and Bill on a third day this week of Northern game previews on Kings of the North. Oregon-Washington, Penn State-Maryland, Notre Dame-USC, Indiana-Purdue, Illinois-Northwestern, and Rutgers-Michigan State are also previewed and picked. Plus there’s another upset call in the SEC pla…

Syracuse-Miami and Iowa State-Kansas State get the Big Game Breakdown treatment on this Kings of the North, as Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis continue to preview Northern games in Week 14. This episodes focuses on the ACC and Big 12 Northern games, including Boston College-Pitt, BYU-Houston, and Kansas-Baylor, with the Big Ten previews coming Wedn…

College football Rivalry Week is here with the final week of the regular season, and Kings of the North is jumping right into some previews, as all three episodes this week will dive into Northern games of Week 14. Among the games previewed by Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis here are Nebraska-Iowa and the Paul Bunyan's Axe game between Minnesota an…

College football in the North got wild Saturday afternoon, as Penn State survived by a point on the road at Minnesota, BYU got field stormed twice in a loss at Arizona State, and Illinois and Rutgers traded final-minute TDs before the Illini prevailed on a fourth-down game-winner. But the day started in the North with No. 2 Ohio State smothering No…

Iowa State, BYU, Notre Dame, Michigan State and Syracuse are among the Northern college football teams that Tyler Shoemaker and Doug Lesmerises are firing away on this week on Bets of the North. The guys bemoan their close Purdue miss on their $500 bet last week, and celebrate their big victory on their plus money swing. And they're back to bet ano…