CrimsonCast

Our friend Taylor Lehman stops by the show and talks some IU football. We extend the discussion from the last podcast about culture shifts in football programs, plus we talk about the transition process for players coming from G5 programs to power progarms. We also discuss our reflections on Indiana's spring game, the roster moves made since then, and the current state of the depth chart at defensive back, defensive line, wide receiver, and more. Finally we tackle a bunch of questions from the audience, including breakdowns of recruiting process, the schedule, and more.

On this episode of CrimsonCast, Scott and GC start by talking through the varying perspectives in the fan base and the donor base about IU men’s basketball. We discuss the success that IU has had in the transfer portal this off-season, the still-existing split among fans regarding their attitudes towards the program, and what the parameters of success for IU might be this upcoming year.

We also talk some IU football, breaking down the on-paper success that Cignetti and his staff have had so far and how much of that is likely to translate to on-field success. 

Finally at about the 58 minute mark we tackle some IndyCar related items - the Penske suspensions, the qualifying format for the 500, and the overall vibe of the series headed into its most important weekend of the year.

New podcast! GC goes solo on this one, and tackles the Langdon Hatton acquisition, the open scholarship left, and some larger questions regarding player devleopment and the portal. We also tackle some items on the Bloomington restaurant scene, the current state of the NCAA's legal woes, plus questions about a college basketball video game and the Indy 500.

The doctor returns from a hiatus to dive into some IU basketball and football content. We look at the developments on the men's basketball roster since mid-April, the projections and predictions starting to come in from various corners of the college basketball analytics community about the team, and what the big questions are that need to be answered. We also talk about the surprising news that Creighton is pulling out of Atlantis this year, where they are headed, and what it might mean for the college basketball landscape. 

Attention then pivots to football where we discuss the attention being given to IU football from across the social media landscape, the talent ratings of the various positions on the roster, and how that might correlate to success in the fall. We also discuss some truly gamebreaking trends going on with college football rosters across the landscape and why the NCAA needs to figure something out quickly.

Two Co-Pilots & No Pilots podcast is back as Scott is joined by Ryan Phillips of Assembly Call.  The two most irrational members of The Back Home Network, have a very rational discussion of the 2023-2024 IU Basketball season, what went right, and mostly what went wrong.  How IU's success in the off-season portal is going to change expectations for next season, and finally land on what context to put last season into.

A Little 500 preview episode! Katie Kapusta DeVictor, a field analyst for the Women's Little 500 broadcast, joins us for the first part of the show. We follow that with an interview featuring Matt McGorrey and Zach Horowitz, alumni analysts for the Men's Little 500 broadcast.

You can watch the broadcasts of the Little 500 races here:

Women's Race Broadcast - 4:00 PM ET on Friday April 19th: https://youtube.com/live/0Vra5cBA77w?feature=share

Men's Race Broadcast - 2:00 PM ET on Saturday April 20th: https://youtube.com/live/SrfAjSMAWCM?feature=share

On this edition of CrimsonCast, GC breaks down some of the recent portal news for IU basketball, and talks through the positives and the questions. We then welcome former Kappa Alpha Theta Little 500 champion rider Rachel Brown to the podcast. Rachel and the doctor talk about her experiences in the race, the lead-up to this year's race, and the key things for viewers and spectators of the Little 500 to know.
 
The Little 500 broadcasts are available this year on Broadcast.IU.edu. You can find them here:

Women's Race Broadcast - 4:00 PM ET on Friday April 19th: https://youtube.com/live/0Vra5cBA77w?feature=share 

Men's Race Broadcast - 2:0 PM ET on Saturday April 20th: https://youtube.com/live/SrfAjSMAWCM?feature=share

GC welcomes Courtney Cronin, IU alumna and ESPN Chicago Bears reporter, to the podcast. We talk about her background as a Chicago-area native, her time at Indiana as a student and media member, and her gradual progression through the sports media landscape before reaching the Worldwide Leader in Sports. 

At the 28:00 minute mark we talk about NFL draft coverage, the environment in Chicago surrounding the team, and the ways in which local knowledge helps coverage.

The show goes pretty deep into work-life balance, the sports media grind and the sorts of things that go through the minds of the people who cover the games. We talk about Courtney's experiences on Around The Horn, her proximity to the filming locations of The Bear, and why JJ McCarthy is getting talked about as a top six pick. Plus we talk about a bunch of other things! It was a wide-ranging conversation that I thoroughly enjoyed, hopefully you will too.

Scott joins DoctorGC for the second act of the Reader Mailbag series in April, as we hit on several topics relevant to IU basketball, including questions on how to attract top talent and mesh them into an existing squad, a clarification from Scott on the "home run" nature of past portal activity for IU, Dan Hurley as an analogue for Bob Knight, an more.

We asked for questions. And wow did you folks have questions! Here's a solo podcast to start off the April reader mailbag, including:

Putting Purdue's title game loss in some sort of philosophical and cultural context

The lessons we learned from college basketball in 2023-24

The lessons we should've learned from UConn, especially offensively

Does a Sweet 16 run get Woodson a contract extension?

How does Calipari leaving Kentucky affect the IU-UK rivalry? 

Would Kentucly hire Dawn Staley?

Stay Tuned for Part 2. You never know, there may be other parts after that.