Sports Illustrated contributor Brian Burnsed returned to the show to discuss his story on Julian Lewis, now the youngest football player to be featured on the magazine's cover. The show discusses how athletes are navigating NIL rules, fame, and the weight of expectations.

Plus, a weekly dose of college football. The hosts recap a strange weekend of college football and preview the biggest Week 5 games and the whole ACC slate. On deck in league play, there are games between Virginia and Boston College, Clemson and Syracuse, Notre Dame and Duke, and Pitt and Virginia Tech.

In this episode of The Preferred Walk-Ons Podcast ...

  • An in-depth discussion of Virginia's agonizing defeat against NC State (0:00-21:41)
  • Analysis of Colorado's first loss, Florida State's rivalry victory, and the most unhinged moments of Week 4 in college football (21:41-39:32)
  • Brian Burnsed's perspective on the ever-changing landscape of NIL and the pressures that come with being a teenage football prodigy (39:32-1:12:45)
  • Predictions and best bets for every ACC game in Week 5 and the most anticipated Top 25 games (1:12:45-1:40:06)

TheSabre.com presents The Preferred Walk-Ons Podcast, a college sports podcast through the lens of the ACC. Michael McGraw, a University of Virginia graduate and fan, and Michael Shutt, a life-long NC State fan, both grew up watching the ACC and have insights on the history and present of the conference ... plus plenty of healthy ABC – (Anybody But Carolina) bias.

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