Around the Big Ten: Playoff teams, coaching hires, dark horses and most important players
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What are the highlights of Big Ten coaching hires this offseason?
Welcome back to the Bill and Doug show. A new episode of Around the Big Ten. It's not Around the Shoe this week. Last week we did Around the Shot. Did some Ohio State basketball. This week we are going big picture outside. Two great college football Big Ten experts to help us understand where the league is right now. It's Doug LaMaurice and Bill Landis joined by Audrey Snyder and Matt Fortuna. Audrey Snyder of Inside the Lions. Thank you so much for sharing your time today. Just tell the folks who you are, what you do. Everyone's going to be excited that you're here. But if they want to make sure, they say, oh, man, Audrey, can't get enough of her. Where else can they find you, Audrey?
I am on Substack, as I think all of us are. I'm at Inside the Lions. It is wall-to-wall Penn State football coverage. So we've got the whole kind of Matt Campbell air covered. We've got a new staff, new quarterback, Rocco Beck, that I'm sure we'll get into today. But yeah, I've covered Penn State since I was a student in 2010. Also, around that same time, there were some other wonderful faces on this screen that were here at Penn State University. Don't worry, it wasn't Doug. The other two folks. Doug was a little out of his league there, a little before your time. A little old.
How many Big Ten teams are considered legitimate playoff contenders?
Covered Penn State for a while. Happy to be here with you guys.
Well, thanks to Audrey. She's been on with us before, of course, and we're happy to have her back. And then Matt Fortuna, he covers National College football. He covers Big Ten football. He covers Notre Dame. Matt Fortuna from the inside zone. You cover everything, man.
Yeah, a little bit of everything. Happy to be part of a podcast network with you three lovely people as well at Five Star Saturdays. I have the independent Notre Dame-focused podcast, and I have on Substack, like everyone else here, the Inside Zone, InsideZoneMF.com. You can subscribe there. Mostly Big Ten, Midwest, Notre Dame coverage, but a little bit of national football, college football coverage as well. As Audrey mentioned, Bill, her and I were all at the student paper at one glorious time together. Bill and I, we don't have our diplomas behind us, probably because we were blessed to have the signature of one Graham Spanier, the former president who went to jail shortly after handing each of us those diplomas.
I'm not sure if that's a cause and effect. or things just fell apart when Bill and I both graduated at that school. But we don't need to get into that here or there. Also, fun fact for you Ohio State listeners, I covered Notre Dame at ESPN.com for six years. I was initially hired to cover Ohio State at ESPN.com for six years. Off air, we could get into why that fell apart, but I think it worked out best for everybody.
What a tease. Yeah. Wow.
Who is the dark horse in the College Football Playoff race from the Big Ten?
I didn't know that. That's fascinating. Think of that, Landis. We could have Matt Fortuna around us every day. So in college football with an attitude, Matt, because it's theinsidezone.mothereffers.clubstack. Is that what the MF is for?
Nerding fans like to say Marcus Freeman. You know what? I'll leave it open to interpretation.
Yeah, okay. So we're going to talk about five Big Ten topics here. We'll get into Ohio State. We'll get into Indiana. We'll get into Penn State. We'll get into Oregon. We'll get into all the teams and the players that matter the most. But we're going to start, Audrey Snyder, with you. And three hires... made by Big Ten football programs this offseason. Matt Campbell at Penn State, who you have been covering. Kyle Whittingham at Michigan. Pat Fitzgerald at Michigan State. These are three veteran guys who had coached for a long time in the Power Four, had succeeded in the Power Four. What is your overall combined grade for these three Big Ten football coaching hires this offseason?
So let me preface this by saying I am an adjunct instructor here at Penn State, so I do a lot of grading.
What factors will determine Indiana's success this season?
I believe in partial credit. I believe in the ability to improve, as my students can tell you.
Oh.
However, Doug. I think this is a solid B-plus hiring cycle.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are the highlights of Big Ten coaching hires this offseason?
0:06–1:21
2
How many Big Ten teams are considered legitimate playoff contenders?
1:21–2:44
3
Who is the dark horse in the College Football Playoff race from the Big Ten?
2:44–3:52
4
What factors will determine Indiana's success this season?
3:52–5:32
5
Who are the standout players that could impact the Big Ten race?
5:32–6:36
6
How does Penn State's schedule affect their playoff chances?
6:36–8:03
7
What are the implications of roster changes for Big Ten teams?
8:03–9:47
8
How can the Big Ten teams maximize their chances for playoff success?
9:47–1:03:22
Speakers
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