CrimsonCast

Scott @CrimsonCast317 is joined by Ken Bikoff @kbikoff to preview the 2023 IU Football season and discuss where we are in the Tom Allen era, and where we are going.

Our preview series leading up to the start of IU football season continues, as we welcome CrimsonCast debutante Mason Williams of The Hoosier.com and The Hoosier Network to the show. We talk about a variety of things related to the IU football team, including:

• The QB situation has been resolved...sort of
• Does the named starter even matter, given the history?
• Where IU ranks among the lower 2/3rds of the Big Ten teams
• How hard it is to get a clear read on what IU's approach will be this season
• Camp and Press Conference updates on the best positions on the team

Scott & James are back for another season of CrimsonCASH.

In this episode they review all the season win over/under totals for the B1G. Also can you solve the mystery of why Scott can't hear the harmonica?

CrimsonCast continues its evalaution of the 2023 vintage of IU football by welcoming Taylor Lehman (of Bite-Sized Bison fame) to the show. We discuss the turnover in the coaching staff, the huge infusion of new and largely unproven talent on the defensive side of the ball, the question marks at quarterback, wide receiver, and offensive line, and the questions surrounding what exactly IU's plans are going into this season.

Scott and the Doctor talk through the recent details of realignment and some of the philosophical issues that people are trying to work through. We talk about:

• Why Stanford and Cal didn't get invited to the Big Ten
• How people should think of realignment and conferences
• What TV networks (and streamers) are looking for
• Why conferences act the way they do
• Whether anyone is likely to be dropped from a conference in the near future

Plus a lot more!

The Pac 12 is effectively dead. The Big Ten now has two new members and a bunch of real estate in the PNW. Two weeks ago, none of this seemed possible, so how did we get here? We delve into the demise of the Pac 12, the events that led up to Oregon and Washington joining USC and UCLA in the Big Ten, and what exactly might happen next.

We re-enter the atmosphere of IU sports podcasting with a bit of a "state-of-the-program" talk about IU football as the 2023 season approaches. There's a lot to talk about on this one, so we dive in and discuss the general trajectory of the program, what to make of the Allen coaching era and how it compares to previous eras of IU football, and why there are reasons for feelings of both optimism and pessimism in 2023.

We will be back with future podcasts that dive into the positions and players on a more granular basis, but this episode's focus is really about setting the landscape and figuring out our own expectations of things.

We reconvene the podcast to talk through the Big Ten's schedule release for 2024 and 2025 in football. It's the end of the Big Ten East! It's also a schedule that rotates IU through the entire conference. We discuss IU's permanent rivalry, the "two-play", the 2024 and 2025 schedules, and how the rest of the conference's scheduling looks.

Scott and DoctorGC do an Indy 500 preview show! We talk about the drama from qualifying, Graham Rahal stepping in to replace the injured Stefan Wilson, our overall thoughts on the field of drivers, and the best value to look for in this field when trying to pick a winner. We also talk about the weather, the estimated crowd size, and what to do if you're going to the race for the first time.

Scott and DoctorGC take a break from IU sports talk to discuss the Indy 500 --- and more specfically, the decision by the speedway, the IndyCar circuit, and NBC to re-install the local TV blackout. We talk about the history of the blackout, the issues IndyCar faces with cultivating new fans, and the modern realities of sports fandom and the sports media business.