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Josh Pate
Host, Josh Pate's College Football Show
Josh Pate hosts Josh Pate's College Football Show — daily college football analysis watched by half a million subscribers — and appears across ESPN's college football coverage. The Pate State is his written home: every ranking, every pick, and every take, logged and kept.
Stories by Josh Pate
Why I’m taking Auburn outright against FloridaPublished SEP 17, 2026
Why I’m treating Auburn’s ugly win as the floorPublished SEP 7, 2026
Why I refused to trust five heavy Week 1 favoritesPublished SEP 6, 2026
Why I’m taking SMU over Florida StatePublished SEP 5, 2026
Why Marcel Reed’s Texas talk is good for college footballPublished SEP 2, 2026
Why Texas A&M's arrow still points up entering 2026Published AUG 30, 2026
Why I’d choose Miami–Notre Dame over every other gamePublished AUG 26, 2026
Why Darian Mensah is my Heisman pickPublished AUG 21, 2026
Why this quarterback prediction strains my title pickPublished AUG 21, 2026
I’m not giving returning quarterbacks a free preseason bumpPublished AUG 20, 2026
I don’t weigh every chaos scenario equallyPublished AUG 19, 2026