Barstool's college football world got shaken up this week. Brandon Walker and Kayce Smith closed the book on Unnecessary Roughness after a run that shaped how a big chunk of the internet talks about college football, and Walker is stepping out on his own with the Brandon Walker College Football Show.
Kayce Smith posted a farewell clip from the studio, reflecting on 7 years of building the show with Walker.
That farewell wasn't a teaser for nothing. The pair had been hyping a 'major announcement' for days, first with a 2-hour URL episode dropping at 5 a.m., and then with the confirmation that Walker's solo venture has a launch date: Aug. 3, running on the same YouTube and social channels that housed Unnecessary Roughness. Details are already out there, too, per Walker's own rundown of the format.
Walker laid out the new show's schedule, guest plans and who's sticking around behind the scenes.
According to Walker's own posts and reporting on the split, the show runs Monday through Thursday in August before settling into 3 days a week once the season kicks off, with interviews, guests, and listener phone calls and voicemails built in. Liam Blutman is staying involved. Both sides have insisted the split with Smith is amicable, with Walker publicly stressing this isn't about being tired of working with her, and Smith shifting her focus toward other Barstool football projects, including the Barstool College Football Show she co-hosts with Walker, Dave Portnoy and Big Cat.
But buried in the same Yak appearance where Walker was making the rounds promoting the new show, he dropped a line that's arguably more interesting long-term than the show itself: he's eventually moving back to Mississippi.
Walker told The Yak crew he's 'eventually going back to Mississippi.'
It wasn't a one-off aside, either. In the same breath, the conversation turned to Mark Titus reportedly planning his own relocation to Los Angeles before Walker's move to Mississippi actually happens, suggesting a bit of a Barstool talent shuffle is quietly in motion behind the bigger headline of the new show launching.
The Yak crew discussed Titus reportedly heading to Los Angeles before Walker eventually relocates to Mississippi.
None of it changes what's actually launching in a few weeks. The Brandon Walker College Football Show debuts Aug. 3 as Walker's first real shot at running a football show without a co-host, and the early buzz suggests fans are already circling his format questions, like whether his annual CFB Team Over/Under Wins picks, which reportedly have hit all 4 years running, will carry over to the new show. Whether Walker is actually broadcasting out of Mississippi by the time that happens is still a when, not an if, according to Walker himself, but for now the address on the show stays the same. Just the co-host is gone.