Hall-of-fame columnist Rick Bozich joins Galen for a wide-ranging conversation: Rick’s career highlights and storytelling approach, the culture change under Curt Cignetti in IU football, and how Darren DeVries is reshaping IU basketball’s identity. What you’ll hear Rick’s path in sports media, memorable IU stories, and how access has changed IU football: culture, national perception, and what sustainable success looks like Game-day vibes at Memorial Stadium and why they matter IU basketball unde...
Aug 15, 2025•45 min
CrimsonCASH is back for a new season! In this preview, Scott and James dive deep into their Big Ten football season predictions, going team by team through over/under win totals. They discuss: Wisconsin's "brutal" schedule: Are they headed for an under? USC and Washington's Big Ten transition: Can the Trojans exceed expectations? UCLA's tough road ahead: Why James is betting the under. Rutgers and Purdue's realistic win totals: Can Purdue avoid a 2-10 season? Penn State's "fraud" status: Will th...
Aug 14, 2025•36 min
Indiana head coach Todd Yeagley joins CrimsonCast to preview the 2025 season: replacing seven starters , where the goals come from, why restarts/aerial play could be a new edge, and the ongoing goalkeeper competition heading into the season opener vs. Clemson at Bill Armstrong Stadium. Yeagley also digs into scheduling philosophy, roster building in the portal/NIL era, and IU’s enduring pipeline to MLS . What you’ll hear: How IU is integrating a large incoming group and fast-tracking chemistry S...
Aug 12, 2025•27 min
Galen and Scott continue the deep dive into youth sports—from early specialization and travel-ball economics to how the U.S. pipeline differs from European academies. We talk burnout, coaching quality, access and cost, and why changes in college athletics (NIL, revenue sharing, transfer portal) could reshape Olympic and non-revenue sports development. What we cover Why the U.S. ties schooling to sports—and what that leaves out Pay-to-play travel teams, access, cost, and burnout Coaching quality ...
Aug 11, 2025•49 min
Galen and Scott are taking the show to the stage at the Buskirk–Chumley Theater on Friday, September 5 at 7:00 PM ET . Join us for a one-night event packed with IU football talk, season outlooks, and audience Q&A—all with that classic CrimsonCast energy. Event details • When: Fri 9/5, 7:00 PM ET • Where: Buskirk–Chumley Theater, Bloomington, IN • What: Live CrimsonCast conversation + audience Q&A, IU season storylines, surprises 🎟️ Tickets Have a question you want us to answer on stage?...
Aug 08, 2025•3 min
Join Galen and Scott as they dive into the latest Indiana football rankings with the release of the Coaches Poll. After years of under-the-radar status, the Hoosiers are sitting pretty at 19th in the poll to start the season, and the guys have a lot to say about how Indiana stacks up. How will this ranking impact the team’s confidence, and what does it mean for their schedule against top-tier opponents like Oregon and Penn State? They also touch on preseason expectations, the wild fluctuations i...
Aug 07, 2025•1 hr 2 min
Scott has returned from his vacation, so it's time to get cracking by answering more CrimsonCast listener questions about this year's Indiana football team. On this episode, we discuss our travel plans for IU football road games, how the running back room is shaping up and who will get the lion's share of the carries, who will start at slot receiver, and whether the shift in personnel attributes will lead to a different utilization of the tight end position.
Aug 03, 2025•47 min
Today’s episode focuses entirely on your questions related to IU Football. We had a bunch of questions in this batch about Indiana’s schedule this year, their place in college football and the overall discourse, and how Cignetti’s comments at Big Ten Media Days have resonated across the college football landscape. We also discuss what record Indiana needs to maintain recruiting momentum and whether IU’s schedule this year provides more opportunities to prove itself on the national stage.
Jul 27, 2025•51 min
As the pre-football summer starts to wind to a close, we wanted to take some time to tackle a few topics that might be of interest to you folks. Today's episode is the first of a multi-part podcast about the youth sports scene in the United States and elsewhere. We start off by discussing the backstory of why the United States has the (largely) education-based sports development model that it has, while Europe and elsewhere utilize different approaches. We discuss the early days of organized spo...
Jul 20, 2025•58 min
Happy Fourth of July! With not a lot going on in the sports world, we decided to tackle a lingering problem in sports media --- namely, why does ESPN seem like it's so out of touch these days? CrimsonCast contributor Greg Gottfried and the doctor sit down for an extended conversation about the recent criticisms of ESPN, the disconnect between the network and the fans, and the changing culture surrounding sports media. Yes, this is a long episode, and that's on purpose. Throw this one on while yo...
Jul 04, 2025•1 hr 53 min
Taylor Lehman of Bite Sized Bison joins the show once again, as we talk about the recruiting successes of the spring and summer for Indiana football, Curt Cignetti, and his staff. We discuss the large haul of recruits for the Hoosiers this spring and summer and how that compares to the program's recent history, the reasons for the changes, the strategy the staff may be taking with their recruiting, and how the unique aspects of the roster will impact what IU does moving forward. We also discuss ...
Jul 01, 2025•49 min
IU men's basketball secured their first commitment of the 2026 class, pulling in 4-star guard Prince-Alexander Moody. GC is joined by Bob Moats and Mike Wiemuth from X's and Joe's to scout the newest Hoosier, discuss his future fit within the program, and talk about Indiana's renewed recruiting efforts in the DMV.
Jun 30, 2025•34 min
Scott and GC talk through an absolute gut punch of a loss for the Indiana Pacers in Game 7 of the NBA Finals. We discuss the impact of Haliburton's achilles tear, the difficulty in processing the injury in real-time, where this loss lands in the ranking of "worst losses ever" that the two of us have experienced as fans, and the implications of the injury on the Pacers franchise moving forward. We also discuss whether the Pacers may actually be the most cursed franchise in the NBA at this point.
Jun 23, 2025•46 min
Scott and Galen recap an amazing night at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, where we both were in attendance to watch the Indiana Pacers run away with Game 6. We walk through the biggest moments and top contributors, and talk about the atmosphere leading into the game. We then preview Game 7 between the Pacers and the Thunder --- talking through the keys for both teams, looking at the statistics from the first six games of the series, and talking through what an NBA title would mean for the Pacers franchis...
Jun 21, 2025•1 hr 29 min
We welcome back Ben Portnoy from Sports Business Journal, as we continue to unpack the House Settlement and its effects on college sports. We discuss the NIL clearinghouse, the sudden wave of optimism in certain college sports leadership circles, how revenue sharing may end up working, and some of the other key elements that Ben is hearing about in his role as college sports business reporter.
Jun 15, 2025•44 min
On this episode of CrimsonCast, we take a look at the financial and organizational elements that have led to the current situation in college athletics. Huge increases in revenue, the creation of new television networks, and a lack of willingness to include athletes in the business structure have combined with predictable court rulings that leave the current system in a precarious position. We aren't sure where it's going yet, but this podcast gives you some sense of where it's been and how it e...
Jun 14, 2025•1 hr 5 min
Welcome to the post-settlement era. At 9 PM eastern on Friday June 6th, the presiding judge in the House settlement approved the terms of the deal --- effectively waving the green flag on an era where athletes can be paid directly by athletic departments, where NIL deals are evaluated through a fair market value system, and where schools can opt in (or opt out) of being a part of top-level college athletics. We talk through the terms of the settlement and look ahead to some of the challenges tha...
Jun 07, 2025•1 hr 22 min
We're back with more Pacers talk, as Scott and GC are joined by Tony Adragna to talk about the team's exciting 4-2 series win over the Knicks and preview the NBA Finals matchup against the Thunder. We discuss how the Pacers got here in terms of roster construction, how they beat the Knicks, and how they match up against Oklahoma City.
Jun 03, 2025•1 hr 13 min
Galen and Scott throw down some non-IU content, talking about their experiences at this year's Indianapolis 500 --- from the weather issues to the lack of exciting racing down the stretch to the tech inspection issues that overshadowed so much of the race this year. We then pivot to our experiences at Games 3 and 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals. We discussed the Pacers on-court matchup with the Knicks and how it has evolved over the series, the wild atmosphere for Game 4 in Gainbridge Fieldho...
May 28, 2025•41 min
Scott and the doctor are joined by Jeremy Gray, the Senior Associate Athletic Director for IU Athletics, to talk about the long-awaited return of Hoosier The Bison -- an actual mascot for Indiana. Jeremy talks through the background of the bison as a mascot concept at IU, the student-led movement that took things to the next level over the past few years, and the creative process behind the reveal of the new mascot.
May 28, 2025•46 min
Taylor Lehman of Bite-Sized Bison joins DoctorGC to talk IU football! We recap Indiana's spring season, discussing the transfer portal additions that the Hoosiers made and how they have shaped the roster for the upcoming season. We also take an in-depth look at each of the position groups and get Taylor's thoughts on where they stand --- and how they stack up against Big Ten competition. We also discuss some of IU's recent recruiting successes, and why the 2026 class feels different from past ye...
May 23, 2025•1 hr 13 min
Scott and Galen revive a yearly tradition --- it's Indy 500 preview time! We start off by talking about our observations from watching old races on YouTube, with a focus on the 1983 Indianapolis 500 broadcast. We then move to discussing the bizarre series of events that took place over the course of qualifying weekend, including a rookie winning the pole and Team Penske suffering yet another inspection violation. We go through the field, talking about some of the storylines of the various driver...
May 21, 2025•1 hr 11 min
We welcome Zach Browning from The Hoosier and On3 to talk about the recent recruiting successes for IU football, how this class looks a lot different than classes in the past, and what message Curt Cignetti and his staff have for potential recruits. We then pivot to basketball (25:58) and talk about the flood of official offers and visits that we are seeing from the men's program. We discuss the areas of impact in recruiting from Drew Adams, Rod Clark, and Kenny Johnson, the types of players tha...
May 20, 2025•47 min
Scott and Galen tackle the NBA, as we preview the looming Pacers-Knicks series in the Eastern Conference Finals. We discuss everything that has changed for the Pacers since a conversation that we had two years ago at IMS, and what it is about this current Indiana team build that works so well. We also discuss how similar the Pacers feel to the Indiana teams of the 1990s, and how the current landscape of the NBA actually feels more friendly to this type of team than what we saw in those days. We ...
May 18, 2025•1 hr 7 min
We take to the live airwaves to cover a bevy of topics, including the slow-motion car crash of the House Settlement, Kentucky Athletics becoming an LLC, Arkansas exempting NIL payments from taxation and FOIA requests, and the real dangers awaiting college sports. We also talk about Indiana men's basketball and their recent recruiting offer spree, IU football's schedule and over-under projections, the national media's love affair with Illinois, and an update on the Bloomington Pizza Scene.
May 16, 2025•1 hr 12 min
A relatively quick podcast --- well, relatively quick by CrimsonCast standards, at least --- talking about IU football's new portal commitment from California, the increasingly confusing NIL space and the possibility of an executive order (and why that won't matter much), a short update on Bloomington restaurants, and a few other items left over from this week's listener questions.
May 05, 2025•41 min
Scott and the doctor dive into the CrimsonCast mailbag, and field a bunch of questions about IU football and IU basketball. We discuss IU football fending off big programs for assistant coaches and players, what fan expectations in 2025 should reasonably be, and what the attendance is likely to look like in August and September. We also discuss whether IU men's basketball really *needs* a rim protector, how roster construction is likely to look in future years, how this current roster is likely ...
May 02, 2025•1 hr 12 min
On Friday 4/25, the CrimsonCast crew and Tony Adragna did an emergency podcast to talk about the three newest IU men’s basketball signings - Nick Dorn, Jason Drake, and Sam Alexis - and how they fit into the roster. We talk about the strengths of each new player, play some video to see them in action, and try to get a sense of what Darian DeVries is cooking.
Apr 25, 2025•59 min
It is Little 500 week in Bloomington, so it's time to preview the races! Zion Brown and Austin Platt, play-by-play commentators for the 2025 Women's Little 500 and Men's Little 500 (respectively) join the show to preview both fields and talk about their experiences in broadcasting the race.
Apr 24, 2025•31 min
Indiana has some new portal signings! Jasai Miles and Tayton Conerway were announced as new transfers for the Hoosiers on Wednesday night, continuing a great week for Darian DeVries and his staff as they continue to assemble the 2025-26 roster. GC is joined by Tony Adragna, Ryan Phillips, and Jerod Morris as they break down the new additions and how they fit in with the rest of the team as it currently stands.
Apr 17, 2025•59 min
