CrimsonCast

We've gotten a lot of questions about tailgating at IU football games this year, thanks in no small part to the excitement surrounding this year's IU football team. So Galen and Scott sat down and talked for about 90 minutes about tailgating. We cover most of the bases, including where to park on gameday, what time to get to Memorial Stadium, what equipment you need to get started tailgating the right way, what kinds of food to bring, what kind of grill to get, and a bunch of other important items.

Scott @CrimsonCast317 is joined by Rob @RobDFB from Black Hearts Gold Pants to preview not only the IU v Iowa game, but what those traveling to the game should expect for tailgating, parking, The Wave, etc.

Scott @CrimsonCast317 is joined by Connor from @HomefieldApparl to discuss NIL and how they navigated things with their new Tiawan Mullen T-Shirt. They also chat about the upcoming #iufb season and what expectations should/could be.

CrimsonCASH is back for another season!

To start off the season, Scott @CrimsonCast317 and James @CrimsonCast260 go through all the Season win totals for every B1G team and give you Over/Under picks.

Scott @CrimsonCast317 is joined by Joshua Perry @RIP_JEP from the Big Ten Network to chat about how IU stack up in the upcoming football season.

Learn about what it was like playing against IU, what "The Ball is the Issue" means and how our turnover success from last year could carry-over into this year. What is IU doing to have success on the recruiting trail, and what IU has to do to move up in the upper tier of B1G teams, and what the key games for IU are this season.

They also talk about realignment and what the B1G can do to position its-self for success.

Finally they spend a few minutes talking about some issues happening at Michigan and if IU could take their spot in the top level of the Big Ten East.

We're joined by ESPN college football stats guru Bill Connelly to talk IU football! Bill is the originator of the SP+, an efficiency-based ratings system for college football. We discuss the 2020 Hoosiers in depth, and dive into why IU's SP+ numbers didn't match their poll rankings. We then look to the current season and evaluate how Indiana is projecting forward, why they have so many toss-up games, and what areas IU might improve upon. We also take a specific look at a couple of key early-season matchups and talk about what Hoosier fans might expect in those games.

College sports is changing, and we're here to talk about the details, the implications, and the new landscape. Andy Wittry (of Out of Bounds newsletter fame) joins the podcast to talk about the implications of the Texas / Oklahoma move to the SEC, the root cause of the instability in college athletics, and what (if anything) the Big Ten needs to do.

Scott and Galen are back together for a rare in-person podcast, and of course the topic is football. Scott wants in on the season expectations question, so we talk that out and consider what momentum and progression really means for IU football at this point in the Allen era.

We then move to discussing this year's gameday experience, what changes might occur, and what the athletic department might want to do in order to ensure that the rush of new interest in football is matched with good experiences and memory-making.

We also discuss which games are most important on the calendar, how injuries and player development might shape the upcoming season, and why traffic is not a reasonable excuse for not coming to a football game this fall.

Our old friend Dustin Dopirak of the Daily Hoosier joins us to talk IU football. We discuss the recent streak of good recruiting vibes that IU has been enjoying, and what in Dustin's eyes has been causing this. We also discuss the Big Ten schedule, the matchups IU is facing, and what we can potentially expect from the team's overall record. We finish up by answering some questions from the Twitterverse, including what positions might take a step forward (or backwards) and what to expect out of OC Nick Sheridan in year two.

On this all-football edition of CrimsonCast, Scott and Galen welcome back frequent former podcast guest Taylor Lehman, who is back as a part-time recruiting analyst with The Hoosier. We talk about the momentum that IU has built on the recruiting trail, discuss what it is that Tom Allen is doing to make inroads in the Indiana high school recruiting scene, and who the biggest impact players that IU will have joining them from the upcoming recruiting class. Then we answer some of our social media questions, including what fair expectations are for this season and what the best breakfast tailgate options are.