Scarlet and Maize

We recap OSU's win over a high school team and Michigan's 59-18 win over Maryland. Then we....blah blah blah IT'S THE WEEK OF THE GAME!

Ohio State at Michigan for the Big Ten Championship (basically). This is what it's supposed to be. We preview that. That's the point of this show.

Then we answer some viewer questions: Is Mel Tucker overpaid? Funny how the same fanbase who said Harbaugh was overpaid at $5 mil/year for "not having won anything" is on board with paying Tucker almost double that for....having one winning season? Spartans Will! Tweets of the Week. IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR. THE rivalry. THE Game. In THE largest football stadium in the world. For all the Big Ten marbles. Could this be the year Michigan turns the tide against Ohio State? Probably not but let's find out!

Takeaways from Ohio State's first 3 games (3 W's) and Michigan's first 3 games (2 W's, 1 L). It's early but are we adjusting expectations at all for Michigan or Ohio State? Big Ten thoughts & Around the Country thoughts. Then we preview Ohio State's & Michigan's upcoming couple of games.

What was Frames Janklin doing even going for a fake punt on 4th down after Michigan called timeout but, more importantly, on the same drive, WHAT WAS FRAMES JANKLIN DOING FAKING A FIELD GOAL ON FOURTH AND TWO?! What a great coach.

We recap Michigan's big road win over Penn State and Ohio State's boring blowout of Purdue. The Big Ten is back at it again with Co-Offensive Players of the Week for some stupid reason and Adam is only beating Zack in our picks by about half a percent! Big Ten Takeaways include more about Michigan State, more on Wisconsin's crazy turnaround, and Wisconsin's eventual pantsing. Rapid Fire Turd Pile picks without any separation, and previewing Nebraska-Wisconsin, Michigan-Maryland, and MSU-OSU.

Things No One is Talking About -- did we try to put Jim Harbaugh in the coffin too soon & is Chris Olave somehow being overlooked? Finally, Tweet of the Week! We'll see you later this week with a basketball episodes!

Recapping OSU-Nebraska -- WHY WOULD YOU KICK A FIELD GOAL DOWN 6, SCOTT FROST?! -- and Michigan-Indiana. Picks Standings, Big Ten Takeaways, and previewing the upcoming games.

Things no one is talking about and some viewer questions: Is Michigan’s season over? Will Harbaugh be gone after losing to OSU? Do Michigan and Michigan State still control their destinies or is Ohio State too good? Tweets of the Week!

We play Best Case / Worst Case for both Ohio State and Michigan for this season and make predictions on OSU's first 4 games and Michigan's first 3 games. Then Adam and Zack each give 3 Big Ten Basketball Hot Takes and discuss who would win in a fight between Juwan Howard and Chris Holtmann, and Juwan Howard and Mark Turgeon.

Recapping Michigan-MSU and asking the questions: "What does indisputable mean?" I don't think it means what the officials think it means. Should it matter if the refs alter the score of the winning team to make them up by a little bit less? How do you play better than the refs ref if, when you make a play, the refs erase it?

Recapping OSU-Penn State, update on our Picks Standings, and Big Ten Takeaways. Then Rapid Fire Turd Pile Picks, MSU-Purdue, OSU-Nebraska, Indiana-Michigan. Tweet of the week and our Top 4 Teams in college football.

Don't flip cars, burn couches. Don't break the law, especially on camera, ESPECIALLY after you *see* the camera. /facepalm

Recap for Ohio State's blowout of Indiana that left Adam wondering if there's a path for Michigan to make the Playoff that doesn't take a win in The Game and a recap for Michigan's blowout of Northwestern.

Adam's & Zack's picks keep them close in the standings but there's more disagreement this week so it could swing quite a bit either way. Big Ten Takeaways, Turd Pile Picks for most of the Big Ten because most games involve the Big Ten West, and previews for Iowa-Wisconsin, Penn State-Ohio State, and Michigan-Michigan State.

Things Nobody is Talking About: Clemson still can't score more than two offensive touchdowns in a game and James Franklin's elite coach status. Plus our tweets of the week! Be sure to buy your cookies, donuts, and apple cider at Quality Dairy!

Scarlet & Maize isn't just about Ohio State & Michigan (and beyond) football, it's also about Michigan & Ohio State (and beyond) basketball!

We talk about why we love college basketball, our respective favorite Ohio State & Michigan players, and catch everybody up on the current rosters for both teams before giving some predictions.

These episodes aren't weekly quite yet but could be more than that once the season gets started. Let us know if you have any questions you want us to answer or ideas for future segments.

Is Mel Tucker already a home run hire for Michigan State for beating 1 team that's currently exactly .500 and 6 teams that are sub-.500 or should he, you know, finish a full season before we crown him? These next few weeks (3 Top 10 matchups, plus at currently-ranked Purdue, plus against currently 4-2 Maryland I guess) *might* tell us more about MSU than a bunch of teams who will struggle to make a bowl game. In Tucker's defense he did finish a full Covid season last year, he just went 2-5.

Picks Standings: Adam is still winning. More picks are made, some more things no one is talking about, and our Tweets of the Week! Our first basketball episode is coming later this week -- stay tuned if you're into that sort of thing!

-Recapping Michigan-Nebraska and Ohio State-Maryland. Is Michigan's offense stale and boring? How crazy is it that Nebraska has 3 losses to current Top 10 teams, but their worst loss is to Illinois (and was down 30-9 with 4 minutes left in the game!)?

-Picks & Standings Update. Spoiler alert: When you have the exact same picks, not much changes.

-Big Ten Takeaways

-Predictions is all turd pile all the time with Michigan & OSU both on bye weeks, so we add in a National Turd Pile Game of the Week: Colorado-Arizona!

-Finally, some things we think are strange that nobody is talking about, including some Clemson and more Big Ten, and Tweets of the Week.