CrimsonCast

Former Indiana soccer star Victor Bezerra joins CrimsonCast to talk about his IU journey, his family’s Brazilian roots, playing for Todd Yeagley, and how Bloomington became a lifelong home.

Grace Ybarra talks with Victor about growing up in Chicago, choosing Indiana, chasing IU men’s soccer history, the heartbreak of the 2020 national championship loss, his professional soccer path with the Chicago Fire, and the relationships that still connect him to IU. They also dive into Victor’s growing love for Indiana football, the emotional ride of the Hoosiers’ championship season, the Rose Bowl win over Alabama, and why IU’s football breakthrough felt so meaningful to former athletes and fans alike.

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Galen Clavio opens CrimsonCast’s 2026 Indiana football positional preview series with the most important offensive position on the field: quarterback.

This episode focuses on Josh Hoover, the TCU transfer stepping into the spotlight after Fernando Mendoza’s Heisman-winning national championship season. Galen compares Hoover’s statistical profile with Mendoza’s pre-IU numbers, explains why the turnover concerns around Hoover may be overstated, and looks at how his experience, processing, quick release, and RPO background could fit inside Curt Cignetti and Mike Shanahan’s offense.

The episode also covers how Hoover stacks up against other major college quarterbacks, what his NFL Draft scouting profile says about his strengths and weaknesses, and how the backup picture could develop with Grant Wilson and Tyler Cherry.

Galen Clavio kicks off CrimsonCast’s World Cup coverage with Mateo Fuentes-Rohwer, incoming IDS co-editor-in-chief, soccer writer, and creator of Mateo’s Matchday Report.

This episode previews the tournament’s biggest early storylines, including the unusual World Cup format, the teams that look like real contenders, potential dark horses, and what to watch from Team USA. CrimsonCast will be checking in throughout the tournament, and this preview sets the table for the month and a half of global soccer ahead.

Indiana football’s national title glow keeps getting stranger — and bigger — as Curt Cignetti becomes the face of EA Sports College Football. But behind the celebration is a bigger question: how long can NIL donor funding and college sports’ current business model really last?

On this episode of CrimsonCast, Galen Clavio and Scott Caulfield dig into NIL donor fatigue, why schools keep asking fans for more money, and how college athletics is still trying to operate like something other than the business it has become. Then they shift to Cignetti’s video game cover moment, why it matters for Indiana football recruiting and perception, and the surreal experience of seeing IU football treated like a national power. The show wraps with Pacers roster questions, the Zubac trade, the lost draft pick, the Knicks’ rise, Jalen Brunson, and what team-building in modern sports might tell us about Indiana football’s championship model.

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Grace Ybarra and Galen Clavio are back for a wide-ranging CrimsonCast episode that starts with summer sports season logic, Curt Cignetti birthday theories, and the arrival of the Indiana national championship jacket from Homefield.

From there, it’s into the College Football Playoff schedule, the debate over whether the postseason is too spread out, and the continued surreal experience of Indiana football living as defending national champions. Grace and Galen also discuss Curt Cignetti landing on the EA Sports College Football cover, Indiana basketball’s neutral-site November games against Kentucky and Syracuse, the money behind modern college basketball rosters, and why athletes like Victor Wembanyama and Fernando Mendoza are making emotional investment in sports feel cool again.

Galen Clavio reacts to the first day of Senate hearings on the Cruz-Cantwell college sports bill and explains why the proposal, at least in its current form, seems unlikely to solve the biggest problems facing college athletics.

This episode digs into the Big Ten and SEC’s joint response, the push for pooled media rights, the politics surrounding the bill, and the testimony from figures like Nick Saban, Gordon Gee, and Pete Bevacqua. Galen also walks through why transfer restrictions are legally and ethically complicated if athletes are still treated as students, why Olympic sports funding has become such a difficult issue, and why real collective bargaining with athletes may be the only way to build a sustainable future for college sports.

Curt Cignetti’s comments about the rising cost of college football recruiting sparked a bigger conversation about NIL, revenue sharing, and whether the current system is sustainable for Indiana and the rest of the sport.

On this episode of CrimsonCast, Galen Clavio breaks down what Cignetti was really getting at, why the high school recruiting market is so difficult to price, and how IU football is still building momentum with major commitments like Myles Smith and Mason McDermott. Then we shift to Indiana basketball’s November schedule, including the Kentucky game at Lucas Oil Stadium, Syracuse at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, and what neutral-site games mean for IU fans, season-ticket holders, and the future of college sports scheduling.

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Galen Clavio and Matt Blaszka dive into one of the most consequential weeks yet for the future of college football. The new Protect College Sports Act has brought NIL regulation, transfer limits, media-rights pooling, athlete compensation, and the future power of the SEC and Big Ten into one messy national debate.

This episode breaks down what the bill is trying to do, why so many major players already have concerns, how the College Sports Commission is affecting promised NIL payments, and why the biggest conferences may be looking for a way to govern themselves. It’s a Football Weather / CrimsonCast crossover for anyone trying to understand where college football might be headed next.

Grace Ybarra and Galen Clavio are back on CrimsonCast to talk through a packed end of May for Indiana fans, starting with the Indy 500 and one of the wildest finishes the race has ever seen.

They get into Felix Rosenqvist’s win, David Malukas heartbreak, questionable IndyCar color schemes, Homefield apparel sightings at IMS, and Curt Cignetti’s turn behind the wheel of the pace car. Then the conversation shifts to Indiana football, including early kickoff times, the huge October 17 matchup with Ohio State, CBS ranking Cignetti as the No. 1 coach in college football, playoff expansion chatter, and the fan bases that make college football both great and deeply annoying.

Galen Clavio is joined by Scott Caulfield and Bob Moats for a Back Home Network crossover episode reacting to a remarkable 2026 Indy 500. The conversation starts with the spectacle of race day itself — the sellout crowd, the improved IMS fan experience, the changing audience, and why Indianapolis Motor Speedway feels healthier than it has in years.

Then the guys break down the race: Felix Rosenqvist’s unforgettable final lap, David Malukas’s brutal near-miss, Pato O’Ward, Marcus Armstrong, Scott McLaughlin, late-race strategy, cautions, crashes, and the bigger picture for IndyCar as a driver-driven series with real momentum.

And because this is CrimsonCast, there’s plenty of Indiana flavor: Curt Cignetti in the pace car, IU football’s growing cultural presence, Jim Cornelison, the Purdue band, and what the Indy 500’s balance of tradition and modernization might teach the rest of Indiana sports.