College Sports: Follow The Money

About College Sports: Follow The Money

Follow The Money offers college sports fans a detailed and inside look into the big, BIG business of collegiate athletics ... from NIL, The Portal and opt-outs to conference realignment, the CFP and more. FTM is co-hosted by Dr. R. Bowen Loftin, Jon Heidtke and Gabe Bock.

Publisher

TexAgs

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Jan 2000

Latest episode

26 May 2026

Latest episodes

15 of 91 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   26 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   FTM, Ep. 90: Another round of CFP expansion seems imminent

   Host Andrew Monaco interviews Dr. R. Bowen Loftin and Jon Heidtke about the imminent College Football Playoff expansion and NIL developments.

2. 

   30 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT

   FTM, Ep. 89: Slippery slope between gambling and college athletics

   Host Andrew Monaco interviews Dr. R. Bowen Loftin and Jon Heidtke about the Big 12's private capital deal and the implications of gambling on college athletics.

3. 

   13 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT

   FTM, Ep. 88: Strong streaming numbers, hoops coaching contracts & more

   Host Andrew Monaco interviews Dr. R. Bowen Loftin and Jon Heidtke about March Madness streaming success, basketball coaching contracts, and the evolving landscape of college sports finance.

Inside a recent episode

FTM, Ep. 90: Another round of CFP expansion seems imminent

Published 26 May 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Lofton, is there are some players who protect themselves in the NFL and they make their decision even before a bowl game or the postseason. They're making their decision maybe in November and they pull themselves out and protect themselves for the NFL. I would think that a scout would... Really like to see how a player does in a postseason. And again, we're not talking about all 130 college football teams going into this playoff. It's going to be the select 24 or 16. But I think when there's a chance to win a championship, the players are all for it. I think this is yet another example of, are we going to find the effects somewhere down the line about all of this? […]

Who has been a guest on College Sports: Follow The Money

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• R Bowen Loftin
• Jon Heidtke
• Dr R Bowen Loftin

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

206 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

14 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 27 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

27

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

67

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