A shocker in the Big Ten flips our weekend on its head: Ohio State falls to Indiana, and we dive straight into how it happened. We break down the chess match in the trenches, why Indiana kept hammering the right side, and how red zone confusion turned short-yardage into missed chances. Credit where it’s due—Curt Cignetti has a plan and a program—but we also talk accountability, from who’s holding the play sheet to why your best players can’t be spectators when the game hangs on one drive.

From there, we zoom out to a bracket that feels equal parts merit and marketing. We debate Alabama vs. Notre Dame vs. Miami, the quiet power of bowl geography, and how “neutral” sites can become home games with nicer logos. We welcome chaos with a grin—James Madison, Tulane, and the potential for real upsets—because a playoff should have room for disbelief. Then we get practical about NIL and the transfer portal: let players get paid and move, but create contract terms that protect both the athlete and the team from nonstop churn.

Between all the football, we savor the absurd: a Pop-Tart mascot toasted and devoured, trophy toasters, and the kind of sponsorship theater that makes college football wonderfully strange. And we open up about life off the mic—riding a packed train to the Browns game, swapping food takes (Wendy’s, fix the lettuce), and building our new retro game and record shop in Finley while wrestling with permits, inspections, and long nights. It’s football, it’s hustle, it’s community, and it’s a reminder that resilience shows up on the field and in the storefront.

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