Place At The Table: A College Football And Food Odyssey Andy Staples

Bruce Feldman (SI, Fox Sports, The Audible podcast) joins Andy to break down the matchup between Alabama and Georgia in the national title game. They also discuss the Atlanta eatery they found that serves cookie dough the way Baskin Robbins serves ice cream. 

ESPN's Adam Rittenberg joins Andy to discuss beautiful cliches, the Alabama-Clemson and Georgia-Oklahoma matchups and finding good Vietnamese food in New Orleans (which is quite easy). They also discuss the upcoming parting of ways for offensive coordinator Matt Canada and LSU and what that means for the Tigers going forward.

Ralph Russo of The Associated Press joins to break down the first National Signing Day -- December Edition. Did Clemson coach Dabo Swinney negatively recruit against Ohio State's Urban Meyer in order to land Ohio's top-rated player? Can the recruiting rankings tell us which program will next crash the College Football Playoff party? Is Kirby Smart building a monster at Georgia?

Advanced stats guru Bill Connelly of SBNation and Podcast Ain't Played Nobody joins Andy to break down the playoff and to attempt to fix the college football box score. The success rate of this episode will be tremendously high. Also, buy Bill's new book The 50 Best* College Football Teams of All Time. 

Rob Cassidy (Rivals.com, the Commitment Issues podcast) joins Andy to explain just what the heck will happen when the first early signing period for big-time college football begins next week. Rob explains why top quarterback recruit Justin Fields might not sign next week, and he also answers the ultimate question about the Class of 2018: Is Clemson-bound QB Trevor Lawrence's hair as magnificent in person as it seems in photos?

Brett McMurphy -- of Brett McMurphy's Facebook page and Brett McMurphy's Twitter feed -- joins Andy to discuss the lessons learned from this year's coaching carousel as well as life after the ESPN layoffs. Where does the Tennessee search rank on the weird scale? How good can Florida and Florida State be with their new coaches?