Offseason Vibe Checks 2025: The Big Ten
Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast · Alex Kirshner, Richard Johnson, and Rodger Sherman
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Show Notes
Rodger Sherman joins Alex and Richard for a checkup on all 18 teams in the beefy Big Ten, as our Offseason Vibe Check series rolls on:
* Ohio State won the national championship. That’s pretty good! Both the team and coaching staff are about to look a lot different.
* Penn State faces its "national championship or go away” season
* Washington is very hard to figure out
* Michigan might have had the best non-OSU run of any team in the country from Thanksgiving through Signing Day
* Purdue welcomes Barry Odom to a difficult gig
* Nebraska has a notably quiet offseason as Dana Holgorsen, a late-season hire from 2024, tries to fix the offense
* UCLA starts more or less from scratch, again
* Iowa makes a portal addition to be very excited about
* Wisconsin makes portal additions to be less excited about
* Indiana has a chance to avoid a massive decline (?)
* Minnesota needs to replace wideout production but has an intriguing QB
* Oregon just keeps on chugging on the trail
* Maryland is lining up a major recruiting win but needs to keep it together, not just through Signing Day but well beyond
* Michigan State’s talent acquisition is going in the wrong direction
* Rutgers shows encouraging signs
* USC faces a truly make-or-break year
* Illinois and Bret Bielema are change agents for CFB’s rules
* Northwestern gets the full Rodger explanation
Producer: Anthony Vito
Hosts: Alex Kirshner, Richard Johnson
Guest: Rodger Sherman
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