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Chippewas! Wildcats! A PREVIEW! Today, in the bowels of the Rust Belt, two mediocre football teams play a postseason game that means something, damnit, and that I earnestly care about, because I am an idiot online. Let’s talk about… The GameAbove Sports Bowl Central Michigan Chippewas (7-5, 5-3 MAC) vs. Northwestern Wildcats (6-6, 4-5 B1G)Friday, […]
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The greatest* tradition** in college sports: it’s time for the Hawai’i Bowl. First: wherever you are, whoever you’re with, and whatever you celebrate — a happy holiday season to you. As we take stock of the shitshow that was and is and will be 2025, I am grateful that, if even just for a second, […]
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SO LET’S PLAY THE GODDAMN FRISCO BOWL Please air your Big Ten, college football, or just plain personal grievances in the comments. Bush’s Boca Raton Bowl Toledo Rockets vs. Lhvl CrdnlsTuesday, Dec. 23 | 1pm | ESPN | Lhvl -9.5 | O/U 43.5Flagler Credit Union Station (Boca Raton, FL) Remember a couple years ago when […]
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Recapping the college football weekend and looking forward to TATER BOWL. Weekend Roundup One—okay, two—Big Ten teams in action, so let’s check in with how those avian outfits did: D-III Semifinals Wisconsin-River Falls Falcons 48, Johns Hopkins Blue Jays 41 ALL HAIL THE TOP GUN OFFENSE. You know a D-III football team is doing something […]
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Taters, beans, shitty coffee, and more. Our watchability is PopTarts. Five out of Five Pop Tarts means you know what the hell you’re doing, team agnostic. We can preview it as something like: Okay then, we’re going to go ahead and preview all of the bowls left starting with an OTE classic: The Word Association. […]
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Or the College Football Playoff. Or my family’s Christmas party. But I guess you’re probably not invited to that. FCS Playoffs — Semifinals #3 Montana Grizzlies at #2 Montana State Bobcats3pm | ABC | MTSt -5.5 | O/U 54.5 | BRAWL OF THE WILD Game of the day, and it’s not particularly close. It’s a […]
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To say it’s been a tumultuous week in Ann Arbor would be putting it mildly. After the shocking dismissal and subsequent arrest of head coach Sherrone Moore last Wednesday, Michigan abruptly shifted its focus from its New Year’s Eve bowl game against Texas to an unexpected search for a new football coach. The timing couldn’t […]
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When Regionals weekend started, there were five Big Ten teams still in the tournament. When it was over, there was one. And it’s probably not the one you think. Let’s break down this travesty. Third Round Matches After a relatively unsurprising first weekend, save for USC’s upset loss in five sets to Cal Poly, the […]
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We’re turning the AI machine back on, please hold A list of topics I would like the Vox AI Machine to consider: I am proctoring back-to-back exams this morning, and the vibes, friends…they’re not good. Anway, even if these students struggle, I hope they know (1) the business school will not allow us to let […]
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Reivers and Blue Dragons and Brahman Bulls and—OH MY! [/swoon] It’s GASTON! StaffDNA Cure Bowl Old Dominion Monarchs vs. South Florida Brahman Bulls4pm | ESPN | USF -3.5 | O/U 52.5at Camping World Stadium (Orlando, FL) Did you know I previewed ALL these games with former managing editor Jesse Collins? It’s worth a read as […]
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So…uh…basketball! Best Win #23 Nebraska Cornhuskers 83, #13 Illinois Fighting Illini 80 Nebraska has now won 11 straight this season. Something like 30 straight dating back to last season—don’t bother looking that up. The Netherlands-Turkiye axis turns out to be stronger than the combined firepower of the Balkans and Baltics. WHO KNEW. Worst Loss Seton […]
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Whether you want word association, half-assed attempts at understanding what it is a Kennesaw State is, or an overwhelming sense of ennui toward college football, this preview has it all. First, Jesse, good afternoon. Long time, no talk. Jesse: Wait, do I still work here? Am… am I a real person? IS THIS ALL A […]
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Oh, right! Basketball! Well I sure picked a good time to drop off the face of the world, huh? Turns out Northwestern isn’t that good at basketball, Michigan is, and we watched as Iowa State both laid waste to Purdue and gave Iowa some hope. Ick. At least Nebrasketball is…actually doing the damn thing? We’ll […]
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Did YOU know Washington was in the Bucked Up LA Bowl? Did you know they were in the Big Ten? Hooboy look at that, it’s bowl game day. Does anyone have questions about bowl game day? Celebration Bowl South Carolina State Bulldogs vs. Prairie View A&M Panthers11am | ABC | PVAMU -1.5 | O/U 53 […]
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Remember when this week was fun and lighthearted and just disappointing because Indiana isn’t shit at football anymore? Yeah, things have changed just a little bit. Now the ND is shitposting the ACC, if you were the B1G commish, would you make a run at adding the Irish to the conference? – JayMPSU RockyMtnBlue: Of […]
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I had all kinds of good intentions to write this for you on Saturday! Instead, I went to the ER. I will be fine, but it has not been the ideal way to end the semester. Thankfully, I’ve had some quality volleyball to soothe the travails. Overall, the Big Ten acquitted itself well in the […]
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It appears that the College Football Coaching Carousel isn’t done spinning yet. On Wednesday, Sherrone Moore unceremoniously ended his tenure at Michigan, with the University announcing that he was done, “with cause, effective immediately.” Though verified details remain scant, the statement said that the firing was a result of credible evidence of an inappropriate relationship […]
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This is a column to check in on the rest of the football world, but since it’s 2025 in America I will beat you over the head with The Agenda, which in case you’ve forgotten is “Big Ten Superiority Unless It’s Funny.” THE AGENDA MVP: ILLINOIS FIGHTING ILLINI The winner of Indiana-Ohio State was going […]
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It’s Monday, and I’m still trying to reconcile the fact that fucking Indiana won the B1G. The NIL era is awful. Anyway, fire away with questions. We’ll answer a bunch of them and then post the responses on Friday. And the results will be better than a Ryan Day that once-a-year bed shitting Ryan Day […]
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…y’know, as we get them. Where will Ohio State and Oregon fall? Who’s going somewhere warm, and who’s going to somewhere Detroit? Indiana is your new AP #1 for the first time. Ever. Congratulations to the Hoosiers. This is the space where we’ll update the College Football Playoff rankings and bowl pairings as they come […]
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Ten Fourteen Eighteen B1G Things The Rundown Those crazy sonsofbitches did it! They actually did it! Indiana played like a team that wanted to win, and the aggressiveness paid off. They held Ohio State to its fewest points all season, harassing Julian Sayin all night. The win basically locks the No. 1 seed for the […]
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I decided, apparently, that we’d had enough fun with Don’t Watch This; Watch That for 2025. It is officially CLOSED—you have been told What to Watch and What Not to Watch enough—so now, in honor of Championship Saturday, I expect that you will know to make the right decisions. Choose wisely, because there are a […]
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We did it! Here are the responses to some questions! What New Year’s resolution do you want your school’s coaching staff to make for 2026? – LandOfSkyBlueWatersGophers HWAHSQB: Take the triple flea flicker reverse whatever it was that they tried to run IN THE SNOW and drown it in the Boneyard Creek. Also, I hope […]
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Indiana. Ohio State. The Big Ten Championship and the #1 overall CFP seed on the line. Each week, the incomparable RockyMtnBlue messages me at some point around 8pm CT on Thursday, hallucinating that he somehow owes me an apology for finishing all this work to bring y’all the weekly picks. Each week, I am nowhere […]
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Here we are, the final game of the B1G season. The fans of 16 teams have had their hopes crushed, but hope remains for the fans of the final two, unbeaten teams. In this edition of WWBWWBD, the OTE “writers” will let you know their plans for the B1G Conference Championship Game. BRT: In Lincoln, […]
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