Tailgater: Week 11 College Football Preview

John Mitchell: We are entering week 11 of the college football season, with many key matchups that will shape conferences and the BCS standings alike. Zach Bigalke and Matt Strobl join me to break down all the action. But first, overshadowing all of the actual football talk is the mess going on in State College. The Penn State board of trustees voted unanimously to fire Joe Paterno on Wednesday night. What do you guys think of the board’s decision,... Read More

Penn State Football: Sandusky Case Reveals Many Guilty Parties

I will preface the following by acknowledging that America has a legal presumption of innocence until guilt is proven.  What follows here all hinges on whether or not the allegations against former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky are true. The grand jury report on the Sandusky case can be found here.  It is 23 pages of lurid and disturbing detail, chronicling years of abuse.  Patterns that were not only witnessed multiple times by multiple people,... Read More

Tailgater: 2011 Previews — Big Ten Leaders

John Mitchell: We hope you enjoyed our SEC and Pac-12 previews, as we know move to Matt’s backyard in the Big Ten, starting with the Leaders division. With me as always are Zach Bigalke and Matt Strobl to break down the division. Zach Bigalke: Ah, the land of my birth, the hearty Midwest… a land now carved up with two ridiculous division names. So let’s not get me any more fired up about that and get on with the preview, shall we? Matt... Read More