About The Show

The Solid Verbal is a bi-weekly college football podcast with Ty Hildenbrandt and Dan Rubenstein.  Ty lives in Allentown, Pennsylvania; Dan lives in New York City.  They’ve only met three times: once in Omaha, Nebraska, another at the 2011 BCS Championship in Arizona, and most recently at SXSW Interactive in Austin, Texas.

The show was conceived while the hosts were doing work for SI.com — Ty was writing a weekly “Quick Slants” college sports column; Dan was shooting his popular “SI Tour Guy” video series.  The thinking was that creating a fan-centric college football podcast would fill a giant niche.  The Solid Verbal was born in August of 2008.

As of the 2009 season, The Solid Verbal was both the highest rated and most popular, independently-run college football podcast on the web.  Featured by iTunes on several occasions, the show has been downloaded hundreds of thousands of times and boasts thousands of listeners (or “Verballers”) in every corner of the globe.  Guests have ranged in name from prominent bloggers to popular reporters to well-known current-and-former head coaches.  In September 2011, The Solid Verbal joined forces with Grantland.com, providing the Grantland Network Podcast with a weekly college football recap show.

The Solid Verbal continues through the regular season, post-season, and off-season, because people don’t just watch college football, they live it.

Chime in and let Ty and Dan know what’s on your mind. Send an e-mail or call the voicemail lines at 206-338-1784.

Meet The Hosts

Ty Hildenbrandt
Ty Hildenbrandt is a 2004 graduate of the Pennsylvania State University.  To the confusion of most, he’s also a rabid Notre Dame fan.  After winning the “Next Great Sportswriter” contest on FOXSports.com in 2006, he went on to write for the site for a year before jumping over to SI.com where he eventually met his co-host.  He lives in Allentown, PA, where Yocco’s hot dogs are king, Billy Joel is an icon, and the first day of hunting season is a school holiday.

 

Dan Rubenstein
Dan Rubenstein is a video host and producer for SB Nation. He’s formerly of Los Angeles, CA and currently of New York, NY, though somehow is also a graduate of the University of Oregon. Prior to SB Nation, Dan hosted and produced a video series called “The SI Tour Guy” interviewing college football tailgaters for Sports Illustrated at SI.com. In his free time, he naps, runs, and takes pictures of his meals.

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