On this relatively short podcast, we delve further into the autopsy of the Big Ten's decision to remove Indiana from the Big Ten title game. We talk about how the conference created the situation and then exacerbated it, and why the realities of the situation don't make it any more palatable for IU fans. We also discuss the CFP Committee's rankings, and what might be behind them.

The Big Ten decides to arbitrarily change its rules and remove IU from the Big Ten title game. The College Football Playoff committee decides to goofily misapply criteria to Indiana to keep them on the sidelines of a New Year's Six bowl. Chronic Hoosier joins to discuss 24 hours of theft and outrage.

Indiana plays a sublime game at Camp Randall Stadium and comes away with their first victory over Wisconsin since 2002. We talk in depth about the game, the performance by the defense, the coming out party for Jack Tuttle, and the buzz and energy surrounding the game. We then talk about the future prospects of this IU team for the rest of the season --- the looming Bucket Game matchup vs Purdue, the Big Ten Championship Game (or not), and where the Hoosiers may end up bowling. 90 minutes of fun with some swearing involved. Take a listen.

On a live Friday night podcast, GC breaks down what we saw from IU basketball in MauiAsheville, and tries to make sense of what IU basketball is this year. Then we move to football and spend a good 30 minutes talking about the various elements of Saturday's Indiana - Wisconsin tilt. In a weird season, this may be a weird game --- certainly one that's hard to figure out, given that Wisconsin has barely played this year and Indiana is starting essentially a rookie QB under center. But there are some interesting and encouraging aspects of this matchup for the Hoosiers, and there are reasons to believe Indiana may not play the same moribund game that they normally turn in when visiting Camp Randall.

Scott @CrimsonCast317 is joined again James Turner @Hooosierdocious for CrimsonCash Week 7.

A big Sunday Show for you, as Scott and Galen react to Indiana's 27-11 win over Maryland. We talk about the slow start for the offense, the Penix injury, and the professional nature of the Hoosiers' victory. The defense deserves a tremendous amount of credit for their ability to take over games, and we give them their due in discussing the way the game played out.

Lots of questions filtered in from social media, so we addressed many of those, including questions about a potential future with Jack Tuttle under center, the disposition of the running game, who the team MVP is so far, and what (if anything) to expect in terms of Big Ten title games or bowl berths.

Finally, we spend the last 20 minutes discussing Indiana's basketball win over Tennessee Tech, and look ahead to their matchup vs Providence in "Maui" on Monday.

Scott @CrimsonCast317 is joined again James Turner @Hooosierdocious for CrimsonCash Week 6. They live bet the Iowa game, and squeeze this podcast in around turkey and holiday decorations.

COVID continues to impact college sports across the board, and we bring on friend of the pod Andy Wittry from Crimson Quarry and the Out of Bounds Newsletter to talk about the impact on both college football and college basketball. We also discuss what to expect in the next few weeks, and how Indiana is approaching the football game vs Maryland.

We also get a chance to welcome IDS men's basketball beat writer Grace Ybarra to the show for the first time. Grace gives us her eyewitness account of the scene at Assembly Hall this past Wednesday during Indiana's big win over Tennessee Tech. We talk about the impact of the freshmen and the overall look of the team after a longer-than-normal layoff, and discuss what awaits the Hoosiers as they travel to "Maui" for a tournament next week.

We think the basketball season is going to happen now, so let's talk about it! We tackle the projections that show IU on the fringes of the top 25, the media projections that show Indiana squarely in the middle of the pack, and then try to evaluate what to make out of all that. There's a lot of interesting questions surrounding this program right now --- recruiting, player development, in-conference comparisons to other programs, and the arrow of time. There's a glass-half-full picture of this program, but is it the lens that fans should be viewing the program through? And in the year of COVID 2020, can we draw any meaningful conclusions about the program's trajectory? We explore.

IU came close, but Ohio State was a bit better. Still, it's a pretty positive episode of CrimsonCast as we talk about the game and the things we took away from it. Indiana made some tremendous plays on both sides of the ball, overcoming their mistakes and demonstrating a resilience that fans can be excited about. What does it mean for the rest of the season? We talk about the remaining schedule, the prizes still out there for IU to grab, and the implications for beyond 2020.