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- The inside story of how Curt Cignetti and Indiana football built a national championship team
Indiana's 16-0 national championship run from the 2025 season remains one of the great and surprising stories in American sports this century. A new book, Unthinkable to Unstoppable: How Curt Cignetti and the Indiana Hoosiers stunned college football, will be released on Sept. 22 and is available for pre-order.
On this episode, the authors of that book, Mike Nizolek and Zach Osterman, join Doug Lesmerises to discuss the future of Indiana footnall, what the Hoosiers' showdown in Bloomington against Ohio State in October should be like, their interviews with Cignetti and others for this book, and how they came to collaborate on this story.
You can find the book anywhere, including at bookshop.org.
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38 min - How much trouble are Oregon & Ohio State in? Rating Dan Lanning, plus are USC & UCLA for real?
It's Around the North talking Oregon, Ohio State, Indiana, USC, UCLA & more in a discussion of five Big Ten footnall topics.
Jon Wilner of Wilnerhotline.com, a great West Coast national college football writer for the Mercury News and others, joins Matt Fortuna, Bill Landis and Doug Lesmerises to discuss these five topics:- How would you describe the job that Dan Lanning has done as Oregon's head coach?
- How much trouble are Oregon and Ohio State in after their Week 2 losses?
- Does Indiana actually have the right idea on non-conference scheduling?
- Are USC and UCLA both for real?
Grade the additions of Oregon, Washington, USC and UCLA to the Big Ten and how everything has worked out for the schools and the conference
Thanks for joining Around the North on The Podcast of Northern Aggression. We'll plan to bring in a guest every week to join Matt, Bill and Doug for a five-topic discussion of Big Ten and national college football. Thanks for being here.
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58 min - Oregon, Ohio State, Illinois, Minnesota losses: Just how bad was Saturday for the Big Ten?
The Big Ten went 11-6 in Week 2 and a miserable 2-6 against other Power Conference teams, including Ohio State losing to Texas, Oregon losing to Oklahoma State, Minnesota losing to Mississippi State and Illinois losing to Duke. Michigan's win over Oklahoma saved the conference from an even darker weekend.
On this episode, Doug, Bill and Matt talk about went wrong, what it says about the depth the Big Ten, and whether anything can be done at this point, or will this weekend hang over the Big Ten all season?
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38 min - Notre Dame, more UCLA, SMU, Arizona State, an attractive rivalry under & other college football bets
More college football bets are shared on this edition of the CFB betting show on the Podcast of Northern Aggression. Tyler Shoemaker was 3-1 on his solo bets last week, so we get to all his picks right away and save the dubious picks of Doug Lesmerises until the end after his shameful 0-3 last week.
From Arizona State to the Florida-Auburn game to a 113-year-old rivalry, TShoe is ready to roll this week. For their Union Bet, where vibes and math come together, the guys are going back to a team they tried before.Thanks for joining us to talk about college football plays on Northern Aggression.
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35 min - Ohio State-Texas, Michigan-Oklahoma, Alabama-Kentucky, Illinois-Duke & more: Week 2 Picks
College football's Week 2 slate features some bangers, from Ohio State-Texas to Oklahoma-Michigan to Kentucky-Alabama to a game worth watching Friday night between Boston College and Rutgers.
After a stellar 5-0 week by Bill Landis and 4-1 week by Matta Fortuna against the spread in Week 1, Northern Aggression (Doug Lesmerises is also here) is back to break down five big games and three bonus in games in Week 2.
Big games:Ohio State at Texas
Oklahoma at Michigan
Kentucky at Alabama
Mississippi State at Minnesota
Duke at Illinois
Bonus games:Rutgers at Boston College
Memphis at Boise StateCal at SyracuseThanks as always for joining The Podcast of Northern Aggression.
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1 hr 8 min - UMass-Rutgers shocker fallout: QB Pop Watson joins the show, plus Rutgers head coaching candidates
Massachusetts quarterback Pop Watson, who led the Minutemen to a stunning upset of Rutgers in Week 1, joins Matt Fortuna for an interview on this episode of Northern Aggression. But first, Matt, Doug and Bill discuss what's next for Rutgers after that 37-21 loss and suggest some names for who could be the next coach for the Scarlet Knights with Greg Schiano firmly on the hot seat.
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34 min - Michigan-Western Michigan damage to Big Ten? How will Ohio State, Michigan, Minnesota fare vs. SEC?
Michigan vs. Western Michigan ended in chaos on Saturday. What is the effect on the Big Ten as the clock issues in that Michigan win remain the dominant topic in college football?
On this edition of Around the North, Matt Fortuna, Bill Landis and Doug Lesmerises are joined by Adam Rittenberg of ESPN.com to discuss the ramifications of that game.
Then it's on to:How the Big Ten fared on the field in Week 1, from Penn State, USC and Iowa to Rutgers, Michigan State and Oregon
Disappointing and impressive teams from Clemson to LSU to UCLAWhat's up with Dabo?Does Notre Dame look like the national title favorite?How will the Big Ten fare in its three games against the SEC in Week 2?Thanks for joining The Podcast of Northern Aggression.
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55 min - An Ohio State-Texas play, plus Penn State, UCLA, Alabama-Kentucky and more college football bets
Our college football betting show is back for Week 2 on Northern Aggression, with picks on Ohio State-Texas, Alabama-Kentucky, UCLA-San Diego State, Army-South Florida, Penn State-Temple, Ohio-Jacksonville State and more.
There are four bets from handicapper Tyler Shoemaker, three from vibes goofball Doug Lesmerises, and the one union bet where they come together.
Last week wasn't great: 1-2 from TShoe, 1-4 from Doug and 0-1 on the Union bet. We're trying again this week anyway.
Thanks for being here and we'll catch you every week for CFB bets on Monday.
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36 min - Lane Kiffin, LSU on tilt? Can Dabo spring an upset? Plus Oregon, UCLA: Week 1 college football picks
Week 1 college football game picks are here, as Bill Landis, Matt Fortuna and Doug Lesmerises will pick at least five Big Ten, northern and national games each week on Northern Aggression.
The games this week:- Clemson at LSU
- UCLA at Cal
- Boise State at Oregon
- Louisville-Ole Miss in Nashville
Wisconsin-Notre Dame in Green Bay
Plus the guys will each pick a wild card game on their own to discuss. This week those games are Toledo-Michigan State, Miami-Stanford and Ohio-Nebraska.
Thanks for joining The Podcast of Northern Aggression and we hope to see you each week for picks.
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1 hr 18 min - College football playoff picks on Ohio State, Notre Dame & more; how did we all pick the same champ?
Here are our college football playoff picks, and though the three of us agreed on only five playoff teams, we all wound up with the same champ.
What a content fiasco.On this episode, Doug Lesmerises, Bill Landis and Matt Fortuna explain their 12-team brackets, which include some familiar names, some wild picks (Illinois? Florida? Kentucky?) and a unanimous champion.Thanks for joining Northern Aggression.
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About Northern Aggression: A College Football Podcast
From the publisher's feed
The Big Ten runs college football, the SEC is in freefall and this is the show that talks truth, has fun and dives deep about college football’s new reality. Northern Aggression is your go-to place to…
get real about Ohio State, Indiana, Oregon, Michigan, Penn State, USC and the most interesting Big Ten teams, as well as Notre Dame and any program not drenched in SEC mediocrity. Doug Lesmerises, Bill Landis and Matt Fortuna will be here multiple times a week to break down the biggest games and best players, and offer new ways of viewing college football that we promise you won’t find anywhere else. Sick of shows slanted to the South? Come hang with a show that sees college football from your perspective on The Podcast of Northern Aggression.