Kickoff Yearning is the offseason antidote
Dan Rubenstein
"I called it kickoff yearning."
Context
Dan sets the episode against the sport's grievance cycle. NIL, the portal, playoff size, start dates, coach self-interest, and governance complaints can dominate the offseason, so the show deliberately pivots to the things college football gives fans that are specific, irrational, and worth missing.
The frame matters because it is not denial. The show still argues about the sport's problems elsewhere; this episode says the season also needs a vocabulary for anticipation before preview content fully takes over.