Ep 877 - Nebraska recap
IU loses to Nebraska, drops to 3-2 on the season.
Oct 02, 2022•57 min
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Ep 876 - Nebraska Preview
A rare Saturday Morning podcast, as DoctorGC answers some listener questions and previews the matchup between Indiana and Nebraska.
Oct 01, 2022•50 min
Ep 875 - CrimsonCASH - Week 5
Scott @CrimsonCast317 is joined by James @CrimsonCast260 to pick the best bets in the B1G this week.
Sep 29, 2022•28 min
Ep 874 - Answering IU Football questions with Taylor Lehman
Joined by Taylor Lehman, author of the Bite-Sized Bison Newsletter, we talk about IU football's play over the first 1/3 of the season. Do the wins take precedence over everything else? How much can we divine from IU's overall play so far? We delve into the issues relating to the offensive line, the defensive secondary, and the approach IU has taken this offseason. We also answer listener questions, and look forward a bit to the Nebraska game.
Sep 28, 2022•58 min
Ep 873 - Cincinnati Recap
It was an uneven game at best for IU on Saturday, as they dug themselves a huge hole, partially dug out of the hole, then ran out of gas en route to a 45-24 loss at Cincinnati. We talk about the inconsistent performances from the team and how that has them looking as they head into the heart of the Big Ten season.
Sep 25, 2022•1 hr 2 min
Ep 872 - Cincinnati Preview with Mike Petry
Indiana puts their 3-0 record on the line this weekend with a trip to the Queen City, and we preview the game by bringing on our resident Cincinnati expert, Mike Petry. Mike talks about the questionable history of UC football in the 80s, their resurgence over the last 20 years, and the type of challenges IU might face today. He also gives us some tips on going to Nippert Stadium.
Sep 24, 2022•33 min
Ep 871 - CrimsonCASH - Week 4
Scott @CrimsonCast317 is joined by James @CrimsonCast260 to pick the best bets in the B1G this week.
Sep 22, 2022•22 min
Ep 870 - Western Kentucky recap
On the latest episode of CrimsonCast, we recap Indiana's 33-30 overtime victory over Western Kentucky. The Hoosiers moved to 3-0, and seem to keep finding ways to win despite not playing particularly well throughout the game. We discuss where IU succeeded and struggled, how much of this win streak is sustainable, and what IU needs to improve upon in order to get to bowl eligibility. We also discuss Michael Penix's exciting start to the season for Washington, and have our first official Tailgate ...
Sep 18, 2022•1 hr 11 min
Ep 869 - CrimsonCASH - B1G Week 3
Scott @CrimsonCast317 is joined by James @CrimsonCast260 to pick the best bets in the B1G this week.
Sep 16, 2022•25 min
Ep 868 - Western Kentucky preview
Scott and DoctorGC return to preview the impending IU football home game versus Western Kentucky. We talk a bit about the uncertainty of this matchup and how the numbers are both unfavorable for IU and hard to fully trust at this stage of the season. We take a boatload of questions from the listeners, including questions about IU's defensive performance, a standout player on defense, the reason why IU scheduled the next two games, and what's on the tailgate menu for Saturday morning.
Sep 16, 2022•54 min
Ep 867 - IU Men's Basketball Schedule Breakdown
The guys take a crack at breaking down the fully announced schedule for IU men's basketball. We talk about some of the early pitfalls, give some KenPom analysis of a few of the under-the-radar teams in the non-conference, and look across the Big Ten schedule to see how many wins there potentially are this season. We also take a couple of audience questions.
Sep 16, 2022•47 min
Ep 866 - Idaho Postgame
On an ambivalent and somewhat abbreviated episode of CrimsonCast, Scott and DoctorGC talk about Indiana's underwhelming victory over Idaho and the trust issues that still permeate the relationship between the football program and its fans.
Sep 11, 2022•34 min
Ep 865 - Idaho Preview and some Tailgate Talk
GC flies solo on this pod, as we delve into the important elements of the upcoming Idaho game, recap some of the things we learned in the Illinois victory, and think about needed areas of improvement. After that, the monologue turns to some tailgate questions, as we discuss the right type of grill for first-time tailgaters, the importance of not adding cream cheese to certain dishes, and the key factors of distributing food at tailgates.
Sep 08, 2022•31 min
Ep 864 - CrimsonCASH - B1G Week 2
Scott @CrimsonCast317 is joined by James @CrimsonCast260 to look at lines for week 2 in the B1G, in this episode of CrimsonCASH.
Sep 08, 2022•25 min
Ep 863 - Indiana 1-0
Scott and Galen reconvene for a recap podcast following Indiana's 23-20 victory over Illinois. We talk about the impressive nature of the Hoosiers' last-minute drive, the encouraging signs from new starting QB Connor Bazelak, and the importance of Indiana picking up a win in this particular manner to start the season. We also dive into some real concerns about the offensive line and what IU may need to do in order to fix it. Additionally we focus on the defense, which very much looked like a cla...
Sep 03, 2022•53 min
Ep 862 - CrimsonCASH - B1G Week 1
Scott @CrimsonCast317 is joined by James @CrimsonCast260 to look at line for week 1 in the B1G, in this episode of CrimsonCASH.
Sep 01, 2022•25 min
Ep 861 - Storylines and Game-by-Game Predictions for 2022
Scott and DoctorGC reunite on the eve of the 2022 IU football season to discuss the offseason, evaluate the storylines, and anticipate what lies ahead for the program as it tries to recover from last year's on-field disaster. We talk about the overall atmosphere of the program, and what the expectations should be. We then go game-by-game through the schedule, in a time-honored tradition that almost always ends with both of us being wildly wrong about everything.
Sep 01, 2022•1 hr 37 min
Ep 860 - Checking In with Martha The Mop Lady
Scott @CrimsonCast317 is joined by #iubb & #iufb twitter icon Martha the Mop Lady @TheMopLady They chat about expectations for the upcoming IU Football season, The Hoosier Ticket Project and some very early basketball thoughts.
Aug 31, 2022•1 hr 2 min
Ep 859 - Season Preview Part 1 with Olivia Ray
On this episode, DoctorGC is joined by WLWT's Olivia Ray to talk IU football. We chat about the overall sentiment of the fanbase heading into IU's week 1 game with Illinois, and what Indiana could do to get people more excited about the game. We tackle a question about the QB competition and what it might mean for the offense, and also discuss how the defense might be bringing some important elements to the mix that fans may be overlooking. We also talk specifically about the Illinois game, with...
Aug 30, 2022•51 min
Ep 858 - CrimsonCASH - 2022 B1G Season Futures
Scott @CrimsonCast317 is joined by James @CrimsonCast260 to look at 2022 B1G Season Over/Under bets on this Week 0 episode of CrimsonCASH.
Aug 24, 2022•36 min
Ep 857 - Dan from Punt John Punt
Scott @CrimsonCast317 is joined by Dan @PuntJohnPunt to talk about what went wrong with #iufb last season, what we can expect this season. Then they chat about how he started the site, what it takes to run a site like that on a weekly and season long basis, and why he is stepping away this season.
Aug 22, 2022•1 hr 3 min
Ep 856 (take 2) Big Ten Media Deals and IU Football
Scott joins Galen for a rare face-to-face podcast in Bloomington. We dive headlong into the new Big Ten media rights deal, how it will operate in practice with the conference spread across three networks, what the implications are of leaving ESPN behind, and why neither Apple nor Amazon was involved. We also talk extensively about football, now that we sit two weeks from the start of the season. Continuing our philosophical angle from the last show, we consider where IU's program really is right...
Aug 19, 2022•55 min
Ep 855 - Zach Osterman of the IndyStar
Zach Osterman stops by to talk IU football --- but rather than dive right into an evaluation of the team, we spend most of the podcast discussing the psyche of IU football fans right now. We look at what went wrong last year, what went right the previous four years, how fans should consider thinking and feeling about Tom Allen, and how the program's cyclical nature might be Allen's biggest enemy at this stage.
Aug 14, 2022•55 min
Ep 854 - Max Parker and Evan Gerike from HN
We continue CrimsonCast's football coverage by welcoming the Hoosier Network's Max Parker and Evan Gerike to the show. They give us their impressions of fall camp thus far, and we talk about the atmosphere and environment around the team and the program going into the middle part of August. NOTE - the sound quality on this one wasn't great due to a malfunctioning internet connection. Thanks for your patience.
Aug 14, 2022•35 min
Ep 853 - Thomas from BT Powerhouse
Scott @CrimsonCast317 is joined by Thomas @tbeindit from @BTpowerhouse to chat about B1G expansion, what could be coming next, answer Twitter questions and how the B1G will deal with basketball schedules and the B1G Basketball tournament.
Aug 02, 2022•1 hr 14 min
Ep 852 - Indiana Football Preview with Bill Connelly of ESPN
It's mid-July, which means IU football kicks off in less than two months. We start off our podcast coverage of the program by bringing longtime friend of the show Bill Connelly of ESPN to talk about what went wrong for IU last year, the outlook for this upcoming year, and the current state of college football.
Jul 15, 2022•34 min
Ep 851 - Conference Realignment Listener Questions
The awesome CrimsonCast listener collective had a bunch of questions about conference realignment, so we tried to answer as many of them as we could. We tackled everything from the Pac 12 / Big 12 standoff to the ACC's peculiar situation, to what Notre Dame might do (and at what cost), to how Big Ten basketball schedules might be impacted by expansion.
Jul 05, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Ep 850 - A West Coast Perspective with Matt Zimmerman
We've broken down the addition of USC and UCLA from a variety of perspectives, but we haven't talked about the impact of the move on the psyche and mentality of Pac 12 or west coast fans. Fortunately, we have longtime friend of the pod Matt Zimmerman --- a native Angelino and a sports expert --- who was willing to join the show and give his perspective. We talk about USC/UCLA sports culture, recruiting in SoCal, the implications of the Pac 12 becoming a shadow of its former self, and what the ne...
Jul 03, 2022•47 min
Ep 849 - Conference Realignment Part 3 with Zach Osterman
DoctorGC is joined by the IndyStar's Zach Osterman to talk about the Big Ten's addition of USC and UCLA to the conference, the implications for college sports as a whole, and what might happen next --- both to Indiana athletics and the broader world of college football.
Jul 01, 2022•46 min
Ep 848 - Welcome to LA with Scott and Galen
The news of the Big Ten growing by two members is always going to be a big story, but the news that the Big Ten has added USC and UCLA to the mix is of an entirely different order. Scott joins Galen on the second CrimsonCast of the day, and this time we do it live, as we discuss the reasons why this move is happening now, what it means for the Big Ten and IU, and what sorts of things might happen next in college sports as a result.
Jul 01, 2022•1 hr 38 min
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