Bill Bender of The Sporting News joins us to breakdown Big Ten Football before getting to the Big Ten's relationship with Notre Dame and the latest tv contract.

As we see it, there are five teams that have a very real shot at contending for the Big Ten West this year. So, we got a person to give the argument for each of those five teams:

Iowa-Rob Brooks

Minnesota-Mike Grimm

Nebraska-Matt Coatney

Purdue-Rob Blackman

Wisconsin-Michael Hogan

This week's episode concludes our summer series highlighting Big Ten's schools greatest moments with Wisconsin. Also, as we kickoff the Big Ten Football season, we take a crack at the Big Ten West by hearing the argument for five different schools winning the division. Bill Bender joins us to put his stamp on the West, the East and the Big Ten's relationship with Notre Dame. In addition, we hear from Bill Carollo, Coordinator of Big Ten Officials, about the ethics involved with faking injuries and what makes officiating it so complicated.

Here is our full-length conversation with MSU FB Alum Khari Willis about how he walked away from the game of football for a higher calling.

This week's cover story features former MSU FB Alum and Indianapolis Colt Khari Willis, as Willis walks away from the game of football to answer a higher calling.

Robb Dunn, Deputy AD of Navy, shares Navy's experience playing a football game in Ireland against Notre Dame back in 2012. With Nebraska and Northwestern kicking off the season from Dublin, Ireland, we wanted to have a better understanding of the logistics behind the journey and Robb delivers.

***IMPORTANT NOTICE***

We interviewed Bryan Fischer of Athlon Sports just before the Big Ten announced its massive new TV deal. However, many parts of the conversation, such as specific relationships between networks and the Big Ten, remain relevant!

This week's episode of The Sports Life salutes some of the better moments in Rutgers Athletics. Also, we take a look at the historic Big Ten TV deal with Bryan Fischer of Athlon Sports. We hear from Navy Deputy AD Rob Dunn about the experience and logistics of playing a college football game in Dublin, Ireland, in preparation of the Big Ten Opener in Ireland between Nebraska-Northwestern. Finally, our cover story highlights the inspirational life choice of MSU Football Alum Khari Willis.

We were able to catch up with Purdue's Aidan O'Connell, Iowa's Jack Campbell, MSU's Payton Thorne and Jayden Reed. In this segment we bring you a piece of each from the Big Ten Media Days!

The legendary voice of the Indiana Hoosiers is preparing for his 50th season in Bloomington, and we look at his career here.