{"id":85968,"date":"2022-06-02T11:01:36","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T18:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/herosportsprod.wpengine.com\/?p=85968"},"modified":"2023-02-28T07:51:11","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T15:51:11","slug":"fcs-podcast-asun-wac-bzbz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herosports.com\/fcs-podcast-asun-wac-bzbz\/","title":{"rendered":"Return Of The ASUN-WAC w\/ Nathan McCreary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Welcome to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/herosports.com\/college-football\/fcs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FCS<\/a>&nbsp;Football Talk podcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On this episode, Sam is joined by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mccrearyradio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Nathan McCreary<\/a>, a co-host of the <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/aq7-football-podcast-w-nathan-mccreary-and-brandon-joseph\/id1573153553\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">AQ10 podcast<\/a> who also spent time as the play-by-play voice for Kennesaw State football. 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