Welcome to a new episode of Land-Grant Podcast Network’s I-80 Football Show. On this show, we travel down I-80 to talk all things Big Ten Football. This is the only Big Ten Podcast that’ll cover all 18 teams. After every week of action, we will catch you up on all the conference’s games and look ahead at the matchups, storylines, and players you should be paying attention to for the next week. My name is Jordan Williams, and I am joined by my co-host Dante Morgan.

EA Sports keeps up the excitement for the revival of NCAA ‘25 but first Mike Gundy puts his foot in his mouth. Star Oklahoma State running Back Ollie Gordon III recently got arrested for driving while intoxicated and at Big Ten media days head coach Mike Gundy decided the best route was to minimize the severity and danger of driving while drunk. It’s an internal decision of if and how a player in this situation should be reprimanded but minimizing it was a horrible choice and Gundy is deservedly getting negative reactions to it. As a leader of men, Gundy made a bad situation worse. 

With the new College Football game a week away EA Sports has us salivating at the mouth waiting for its release. This week they dropped their top 100 players and a deep-dive of the Road to Glory game mode. The Big Ten has 31 players in the top 100 headline by no. one ranked player Cornerback Will Johnson from Michigan. In total, there are four players from the Big Ten in the top ten with Michigan defensive tackle Mason Graham joining Will Johnson and at no. Eight and Ohio State’s safety Caleb Downs and running back Quinshon Judkins at no. Five and nine respectively. 

Depending on who you asked EA left the best for last with its Road to Glory, deep dive. While it’s missing the high school season aspect which is a major disappointment they seem to have put their best foot forward with the rest of the game. You can expect real decisions that impact your player's career, wear and tear, NIL, and they brought back position battles. Good luck figuring out if you want your player to be an underdog two-star recruit or an elite five-star recruit with high expectations. Good luck deciding which game mode you plan to play first. 

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