The guys welcome Mizzou fan Chris onto the podcast this week to do our hypothetical Big Ten vs. SEC gridiron challenge. They also talk about life in the SEC with Chris before finishing the episode with our ideal SEC/Big Ten replacement Head Coach. 

The guys talk about breaking news: Deion Sanders wants to play another team for a spring game, Troy Taylor out at Stanford, and a terrible scandal at Michigan. Then, Mike and John break down their Big Ten Football 2025 March Madness Sweet 16. We take 16 out of the 18 Big Ten teams and have them 'play' a single elimination tournament.

Mike and John take a big swing this week at a high concept episode. It's meant to function both as an annual State of the Union Speech but also the rebuttal by the opposing party. But of course, we are talking about the Big Ten conference. John makes the case for the Big Ten, while Mike makes the case against. Afterward, the guys discuss their speeches what they learned from this episode. This is a high concept episode. Don't worry. We will go back to normal next week. But this was a lot of fun for us. 

Also, big shoutout to The Solid Verbal podcast. They did a 'State of the Union' episode last year, but for all of college football. Check out their episode as though it's a year old, most of the issues they discuss are still relevant to college football a year later.    • The State of the Union, emotional col...  

Mike and John discuss Dan Wetzel's provocative statements on the 'College Football Enquirer' Podcast. Then the guys take mailbag questions on topics ranging from recruiting to the proposed SEC/Big Ten Challenge to which schools the guys would cheer for if they could no longer (gasp) be Gopher fans.

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7:15 College Football Enquirer Podcast/Dan Wetzel discourse

14:15 Mailbag Questions

Mike and John discuss the new ACC agreement and what it means going forward. Then, the guys discuss one thing every Big Ten team needs to do to improve in 2025. Finally, Mike and John pick 'Over' or 'Under' on each Big Ten Team's Vegas Projected Win Total.

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4:52 We talk about the new ACC agreement, which has a very ‘Peace in Our Time’ vibe to it

15:14 One thing for every Big Ten team to improve on in 2025

1:14:41 We take the Vegas projected team win totals and pick ‘Over’ or ‘Under’ for each Big Ten squad.

In this episode the guys kick it off briefly talking about Big Ten Media Days moving to Las Vegas this year. Mike and John then lament the death of Spring Games. The main part of the episode takes all 18 Big Ten head coaches and the guys rate them 1-5 on how close or far away they are from the hot seat. Finally, Mike and John rank every Big Ten campus based on how much we would like to live there. Time Stamps Below:

4:17 Big Ten Media Days to Las Vegas

8:53 The Death of Spring Games

19:02 Big Ten Coach Hot Seat Rankings

1:29:30 Big Ten Campus Rankings

The guys discuss the latest reporting on the future of the college football playoff. Then, they rank every Big Ten team based on school colors/uniforms.

John and Mike go through the recent assistant coaching changes in the Big Ten. Then the guys break down their ideal Fall Saturday watching college football. Time Stamps Below:

10:40 The guys discuss the recent assistant coaching changes throughout the Big Ten Conference

59:13 Mike and John describe their ideal fall Saturdays.

Knowles to Penn State thoughts, 5 things each John and Mike would do to improve college football, and the guys draft their dream Big Ten coaching staffs. Time Stamps Below:

6:30 Jim Knowles Shocks the World By Leaving Ohio State for Penn State

21:33 John and Mike Each List 5 Things To Change About the Current College Football World

52:40 Dream Big Ten Coaching Staff Draft

Mike and John discuss ESPN's Peter Burns and his coping with the new reality of CFB. They then briefly discuss the Xavier Lucas drama. The guys do an depth review of the national championship game. Finally, they grade each Big Ten team's '24-'25 football season.

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7:40 ESPN’s Peter Burns doesn’t want to face the new CFB hierarchy

17:52 Xavier Lucas drama with Wisconsin and Miami

22:32 Ohio State/Texas Recap

44:29 Big Ten Team Grades