Kings of the North

About Kings of the North

Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis discuss college football's best Northern teams and topics. Get the latest news and analysis on teams such as Ohio State, Michigan, Oregon, Notre Dame, Nebraska, and more every week.

Publisher

THE Media LLC, Bleav

Category

sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Dec 2023

Latest episode

5 Aug 2025

Latest episodes

113 of 266 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   5 Aug 2025TRANSCRIPT

   The 25 Year Winter Episode 5: The North Returns

   After two straight national titles and an all-North championship game in Atlanta, balance has returned to college football. Is the structure there for it to last, or will the SEC claw back to dominance?

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   31 Jul 2025TRANSCRIPT

   The 25 Year Winter Episode 4: The cheating episode

   The SEC and the South beat the Big Ten and the North for 25 years on the college football field. How much did cheating have to do with it?

3. 

   30 Jul 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Heisman Draft from Jeremiah Smith to Arch Manning to Jeremiyah Love | Young QBs vs. Veteran QBs

   It's a draft of Heisman Trophy contenders on Kings of the North, as Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis are joined by Ari Wasserman and Andy Staples of On3 to pick 12 Heisman contenders. Each of the four drafters picks two favorites, one medium long shot and one big long shot, while discussing the most important players and teams heading into the 2025 college football season. Before that, Doug and Bill dissect veteran quarterbacks vs. young quarterbacks this season, how that might affect this year and how it compares to seasons of the past. Lastly, it's Whatcha Watching, Eating and Thinking. But it's not just Doug and Bill chiming in. They asked a bevy of coaches and players at Big Ten Media Days what they've been watching and eating, and you'll get those answers as well. Thanks for joining Kings of the North.

Inside a recent episode

The 25 Year Winter Episode 5: The North Returns

Published 5 Aug 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Now we're going to tell you why we think that era is over. Back to back years of Northern champions, and the North versus North championship games, has rid college football of the feeling that the South looms as this kind of inevitable force. Will the Southern program win a national championship again? Of course. Will we springboard from this most recent Northern championship run into another two -plus decades of the South winning at all almost every year? We don't think so. It seems like too much is changing for that to be our reality. Back to 2021, and Alabama versus Georgia national title game to culminate that season wasn't surprising. […]

Who has been a guest on Kings of the North

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

• Steven Godfrey
• Adam Rittenberg
• Connor O'Gara

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

17,851,601

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

300 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

240 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 78 / 100

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

Quality

79

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

98

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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