Offseason Vibe Checks 2025: The Big Ten

Rodger Sherman joins Alex and Richard for a checkup on all 18 teams in the beefy Big Ten, as our Offseason Vibe Check series rolls on:

* Ohio State won the national championship. That’s pretty good! Both the team and coaching staff are about to look a lot different.

* Penn State faces its "national championship or go away” season

* Washington is very hard to figure out

* Michigan might have had the best non-OSU run of any team in the country from Thanksgiving through Signing Day

* Purdue welcomes Barry Odom to a difficult gig

* Nebraska has a notably quiet offseason as Dana Holgorsen, a late-season hire from 2024, tries to fix the offense

* UCLA starts more or less from scratch, again

* Iowa makes a portal addition to be very excited about

* Wisconsin makes portal additions to be less excited about

* Indiana has a chance to avoid a massive decline (?)

* Minnesota needs to replace wideout production but has an intriguing QB

* Oregon just keeps on chugging on the trail

* Maryland is lining up a major recruiting win but needs to keep it together, not just through Signing Day but well beyond

* Michigan State’s talent acquisition is going in the wrong direction

* Rutgers shows encouraging signs

* USC faces a truly make-or-break year

* Illinois and Bret Bielema are change agents for CFB’s rules

* Northwestern gets the full Rodger explanation

Producer: Anthony Vito

Hosts: Alex Kirshner, Richard Johnson

Guest: Rodger Sherman

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.splitzoneduo.com/subscribe