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LGHL I-80 Football Show: To grow or not to grow, that is the question
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I-80 Football Show: To grow or not to grow, that is the question
JordanW330 via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
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Women’s basketball is facing an explosion of interest, is now is the time for them to be aggressive and expand?
Welcome to a new episode of Land-Grant Podcast Network’s I-80 Football Show. On this show, we travel down I-80 to talk about all things Big Ten Football. This is the only Big Ten Podcast that’ll cover all 18 teams. After every week of action, we will catch you up on all the conference’s games and look ahead at the matchups, storylines, and players you should be paying attention to for the next week. My name is Jordan Williams, and I am joined by my co-host Dante Morgan.
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For years we’ve been lied to about women’s sports. The line was that investing in women’s sports was bad business because no one watched women’s sports. Despite the success of the USWNT, they were making less than the men and there was no support for a US-based women’s professional league despite their being a men’s league that had a lot less success nationally. Now they can’t tell this lie anymore as the past few years have shown that people watch women’s sports and it is good business to invest, they just didn’t believe in women’s sports.
In the past few years, Women’s basketball has been on the rise and it has officially exploded due to stars like Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese. This year’s March Madness was run by the women with the women’s tournament outselling the men and significantly outperforming them in television ratings. We are finally starting to get invested in Women’s sports as people begin to realize there is always good if not better play in women’s sports. There just was an intentional decision not to sport them by execs, businesses, television companies, and marketing firms. Truthfully, there has also been a lack of investment from WNBA leadership at times.
In this episode, Dante, Jordan, and our guest DaNaysia have a passionate discussion about the future of the WNBA and women’s sports. While facing this major boom of interest in the sport the WNBA must capitalize on the interest and turn people into long term fans. One of the biggest concerns facing the WNBA is the lack of teams and roster spots which does not allow for many college stars to make the team. We all agree that the WNBA needs to expand, and Jordan believes expansion is the first step to creating a more sustainable product and capitalizing on the interest. Dante believes the WNBA needs to fix its internal issues first and that expanding without doing that is bad business.
Let us know which side you agree with!
Follow the show on YouTube: @JordanW330
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @I80FootballShow
Connect with us on Twitter: Jordan: @JordanW330 and Dante: @DanteM10216
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JordanW330 via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Photo by Emily Johnson/NBAE via Getty Images
Women’s basketball is facing an explosion of interest, is now is the time for them to be aggressive and expand?
Welcome to a new episode of Land-Grant Podcast Network’s I-80 Football Show. On this show, we travel down I-80 to talk about all things Big Ten Football. This is the only Big Ten Podcast that’ll cover all 18 teams. After every week of action, we will catch you up on all the conference’s games and look ahead at the matchups, storylines, and players you should be paying attention to for the next week. My name is Jordan Williams, and I am joined by my co-host Dante Morgan.
Subscribe: RSS | Apple | Spotify | Google Podcasts | iHeart Radio
For years we’ve been lied to about women’s sports. The line was that investing in women’s sports was bad business because no one watched women’s sports. Despite the success of the USWNT, they were making less than the men and there was no support for a US-based women’s professional league despite their being a men’s league that had a lot less success nationally. Now they can’t tell this lie anymore as the past few years have shown that people watch women’s sports and it is good business to invest, they just didn’t believe in women’s sports.
In the past few years, Women’s basketball has been on the rise and it has officially exploded due to stars like Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese. This year’s March Madness was run by the women with the women’s tournament outselling the men and significantly outperforming them in television ratings. We are finally starting to get invested in Women’s sports as people begin to realize there is always good if not better play in women’s sports. There just was an intentional decision not to sport them by execs, businesses, television companies, and marketing firms. Truthfully, there has also been a lack of investment from WNBA leadership at times.
In this episode, Dante, Jordan, and our guest DaNaysia have a passionate discussion about the future of the WNBA and women’s sports. While facing this major boom of interest in the sport the WNBA must capitalize on the interest and turn people into long term fans. One of the biggest concerns facing the WNBA is the lack of teams and roster spots which does not allow for many college stars to make the team. We all agree that the WNBA needs to expand, and Jordan believes expansion is the first step to creating a more sustainable product and capitalizing on the interest. Dante believes the WNBA needs to fix its internal issues first and that expanding without doing that is bad business.
Let us know which side you agree with!
Follow the show on YouTube: @JordanW330
Follow the podcast on Instagram: @I80FootballShow
Connect with us on Twitter: Jordan: @JordanW330 and Dante: @DanteM10216
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2025 TX OL Henry Fenuku (Missouri Signee)
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LGHL Ohio State cements NFL Draft legacy, offers two new tight end prospects
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Ohio State cements NFL Draft legacy, offers two new tight end prospects
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Even on Draft Day, Ohio State is still recruiting and sending out new offers.
Once again last night in the first round of the NFL Draft, Ohio State added to its legacy as one of the premier programs at producing top tier talent. Seeing Marvin Harrison Jr. go No. 4 overall as Ohio State’s highest drafted receiver ever, the Buckeyes are thrilled for his future, but also excited their track record of success continues on.
Ohio State now has the most receivers of any school taken in the first round all-time with 12. A streak that has seen Chris Olave, Garrett Wilson, Jaxon Smith-Njigba and now Harrison Jr. in just the last couple of years, Brian Hartline’s development was already at the top of the list in terms of his position group, and this is just another example of why.
The chances of this success extending to next year in 2025 seems pretty likely, considering the Buckeyes still have Emeka Egbuka ready to carve his name into the history books as well. With Hartline landing guys like Jeremiah Smith as well, who looks poised to start as a true freshman, there’s really not an end in sight.
Yes, this is for the receiver position specifically, but Ohio State continues to see their name called. Regardless of position, the Buckeyes are using this as fuel to pitch their top recruiting targets — and it’s working.
With most of the attention focused on the start of the NFL Draft, Ohio State and its coaching staff still took time to stay hot on the recruiting trail, and did so by offering multiple players. The Buckeyes are looking to keep the momentum going, and that is exactly what you’d expect from the nation’s top-ranked recruiting class.
Making yet another ploy into California prep power Mater Dei, the Buckeyes dished out their latest offer in the 2027 class to Mark Bowman. A 6-foot-5, 215 pound athlete, Bowman is only a high school freshman currently, but possesses some incredible traits, such as his size, which are leading him to a big time recruitment. Projected as a tight end at the next level, Bowman is already seeing the schools rush to offer him, and it’s a rather impressive list of programs at this stage in the game.
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Oregon, Penn State, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A& and plenty of others are already in the fold, but now Ohio State joins the mix with Keenan Bailey, who can recruit with the best of them at his position. Showing his ability in the current 2025 cycle with Nate Roberts, Bailey would love nothing more than to continue showing his worth in the future cycles. With Bowman’s profile, he’s right atop of the best players at his spot.
As it stands right now, it looks like both Georgia and Oregon are ahead of the pack, but there’s still three full seasons for him still to play in high school, so it’s still a wide open recruitment because of how young he is. Even if the Buckeyes weren’t the first to offer, they’re in early enough and will do what it takes to build a lasting relationship with Bowman as they try and continue to build ties with Mater Dei’s program that consistently produces some of the best talent in the country.
The second player to see an Ohio State offer on Thursday, the Buckeyes were also active in the 2026 class when they sent out the good news to Illinois native, Mack Sutter. The No. 99 player nationally and eighth best athlete in the class per the 247Sports Composite, Sutter is also the top player in Illinois for the 2026 cycle and holds several offers from many of the nation’s best schools.
Another 6-foot-5, 215 pound athlete, Sutter too projects as a tight end at the next level, and is now hearing from Bailey and the Buckeyes. Programs such as Alabama, Florida, Miami, Michigan, Virginia Tech, and others have offered, but Ohio State once again enters this recruitment without needing much introduction. The Buckeyes being relatively close in proximity to Sutter should result in less hurdles to jump when getting him to campus.
Taking a trip last weekend to Michigan’s spring game, Sutter is a player that is drawing the national attention, but is a candidate that fits the bill as a typical Midwest recruitment battle. Ohio State has done very well in Illinois over the years, and with Bailey as one of the top young relationship builders in the game, you can bet that the Buckeyes won’t go down without a fight.
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Caleb Houser via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Even on Draft Day, Ohio State is still recruiting and sending out new offers.
Once again last night in the first round of the NFL Draft, Ohio State added to its legacy as one of the premier programs at producing top tier talent. Seeing Marvin Harrison Jr. go No. 4 overall as Ohio State’s highest drafted receiver ever, the Buckeyes are thrilled for his future, but also excited their track record of success continues on.
Ohio State now has the most receivers of any school taken in the first round all-time with 12. A streak that has seen Chris Olave, Garrett Wilson, Jaxon Smith-Njigba and now Harrison Jr. in just the last couple of years, Brian Hartline’s development was already at the top of the list in terms of his position group, and this is just another example of why.
The chances of this success extending to next year in 2025 seems pretty likely, considering the Buckeyes still have Emeka Egbuka ready to carve his name into the history books as well. With Hartline landing guys like Jeremiah Smith as well, who looks poised to start as a true freshman, there’s really not an end in sight.
Yes, this is for the receiver position specifically, but Ohio State continues to see their name called. Regardless of position, the Buckeyes are using this as fuel to pitch their top recruiting targets — and it’s working.
Buckeyes offer 2027 Mater Dei athlete
With most of the attention focused on the start of the NFL Draft, Ohio State and its coaching staff still took time to stay hot on the recruiting trail, and did so by offering multiple players. The Buckeyes are looking to keep the momentum going, and that is exactly what you’d expect from the nation’s top-ranked recruiting class.
Making yet another ploy into California prep power Mater Dei, the Buckeyes dished out their latest offer in the 2027 class to Mark Bowman. A 6-foot-5, 215 pound athlete, Bowman is only a high school freshman currently, but possesses some incredible traits, such as his size, which are leading him to a big time recruitment. Projected as a tight end at the next level, Bowman is already seeing the schools rush to offer him, and it’s a rather impressive list of programs at this stage in the game.
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Oregon, Penn State, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A& and plenty of others are already in the fold, but now Ohio State joins the mix with Keenan Bailey, who can recruit with the best of them at his position. Showing his ability in the current 2025 cycle with Nate Roberts, Bailey would love nothing more than to continue showing his worth in the future cycles. With Bowman’s profile, he’s right atop of the best players at his spot.
As it stands right now, it looks like both Georgia and Oregon are ahead of the pack, but there’s still three full seasons for him still to play in high school, so it’s still a wide open recruitment because of how young he is. Even if the Buckeyes weren’t the first to offer, they’re in early enough and will do what it takes to build a lasting relationship with Bowman as they try and continue to build ties with Mater Dei’s program that consistently produces some of the best talent in the country.
2026 athlete gets the nod from Ohio State
The second player to see an Ohio State offer on Thursday, the Buckeyes were also active in the 2026 class when they sent out the good news to Illinois native, Mack Sutter. The No. 99 player nationally and eighth best athlete in the class per the 247Sports Composite, Sutter is also the top player in Illinois for the 2026 cycle and holds several offers from many of the nation’s best schools.
Another 6-foot-5, 215 pound athlete, Sutter too projects as a tight end at the next level, and is now hearing from Bailey and the Buckeyes. Programs such as Alabama, Florida, Miami, Michigan, Virginia Tech, and others have offered, but Ohio State once again enters this recruitment without needing much introduction. The Buckeyes being relatively close in proximity to Sutter should result in less hurdles to jump when getting him to campus.
Taking a trip last weekend to Michigan’s spring game, Sutter is a player that is drawing the national attention, but is a candidate that fits the bill as a typical Midwest recruitment battle. Ohio State has done very well in Illinois over the years, and with Bailey as one of the top young relationship builders in the game, you can bet that the Buckeyes won’t go down without a fight.
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LGHL You’re Nuts: Which new Big Ten team has the best chance to win the conference next season?
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You’re Nuts: Which new Big Ten team has the best chance to win the conference next season?
Connor Lemons via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
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James Snook-USA TODAY Sports
Can any of the four new teams compete for the title in year one?
Rosters are still in flux and we’ve reached peak mayhem of the transfer portal, but we’ve reached a point where most teams have a pretty good idea of what their teams will look like in the fall.
Most Big Ten teams are still looking to add one or two more players, but even Michigan — which had with four scholarship players left when Dusty May was hired — almost has a full roster. We can kind of start piecing together what the conference will look like.
Last week, Connor and Justin each schemed up a way for Ohio State to get around Ohio’s nepotism laws and find a way that Jake Diebler could hire his brother, Jon. 24% of readers liked Connor’s idea of having Thad Matta adopt Jon so that he technically was not Jake’s brother anymore. 26% of people sided with Justin, saying that the Buckeyes needed to get someone elected to the Ohio General Assembly and change the law.
50% of the readers actually liked both ideas so much, they picked both. Makes sense — they were both foolproof.
Connor- 74
The Big Ten is expanding with the dissolvement of the PAC-12, picking up Washington, USC, Oregon, and UCLA. Two of those teams have new coaches this year, with Eric Musselman leaving Arkansas for USC and Washington hiring former Utah State coach Danny Sprinkle.
These four teams won’t be picked to win the Big Ten this season, but of the four, which one has the best chance to do it?
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UCLA is the only one of these four teams to be showing up in any of the “way-too-early” lists. The Bruins are bringing back three of their top four scorers from last year, including guards Dylan Andrews (12.9 PPG) and Sebastian Mack (12.1 PPG). Mick Cronin then went to work in the transfer portal, adding former USC guard Kobe Johnson (10.9 PPG), Oregon State big man Tyler Bilodeau (14.3 PPG), Oklahoma forward Eric Dailey (9.3 PPG), South Dakota State forward William Kyle (13.1 PPG), and former top guard recruit/Illinois guard/Louisville guard Skyy Clark (13.2 PPG).
That’s a lot of talent — especially in the backcourt — for a team that also finished in the top-50 in defensive efficiency last year, despite finishing with 17 losses. It’s also a ton of depth, because Johnson and Clark will likely have to come off the bench behind UCLA’s incumbent starters. Adding Bilodeau was a sneaky add too — a big man who stepped out and hit threes at close to a 35% clip last season.
Andrews more than tripled his scoring output from his freshman to sophomore year and Mack was phenomenal as a freshman, so I expect them to be one of the better starting backcourts in the Big Ten this season.
I don’t think UCLA will be picked to finish top-four in the Big Ten this year, but I could see them being picked to finish five or six, easily. Cronin is one of the best coaches in this league, and has always had more of a midwestern identity to his teams, even after leaving for the west coast.
Washington and USC are both in transition periods right now, so I don’t think either will compete at the top of the conference and either making the NCAA Tournament would surprise me. Oregon has some intriguing young players and will trip up some really good teams with the combo of Jackson Shelstad and Kwame Evans Jr, too. But if any of them over-perform, it’s going to be UCLA.
I will be honest. More than likely, USC will finish at the bottom of the Big Ten and will not even remotely be in the hunt deep into the conference season. But when you are on the Mussbus, anything is possible.
Former Arkansas head coach Eric Musselman is entering his first year as the Trojans’ head coach. He takes over for Andy Enfield, who left USC for SMU after the season ended.
The Trojans lost a bunch of players, including top guards Isaiah Collier and Boogie Ellis, to the NBA Draft. Freshman Bronny James also declared for the Draft and entered the transfer portal.
However, so far, Musselman has done a good job reloading and retooling in the transfer portal. Former Boise State and Texas Tech guard Chibuzo Agbo is Musselman’s latest addition.
Agbo, a San Diego native, committed to USC Monday. He’s the fifth transfer portal prospect to pick USC in the last four days, joining guard Bryce Pope from UC San Diego, forward Matt Knowling from Yale, forward Saint Thomas from Northern Colorado, and forward Rashaun Agee from Bowling Green.
Agbo could be the most impactful of the group. He was an All-Mountain West honorable mention selection with Boise State last season, and shot a career-best 45.2 percent from the field, averaging 13.7 points and 5.1 rebounds per game. Agbo shot 40.9 percent from three-point range and made 72.2 percent of his free throws. He was one of two players in the Mountain West to shoot at least 50 percent on two-pointers and at least 41 percent on three-pointers.
USC returns some key pieces, and if these transfers all hit, who knows? There is a lot of shakeup in the Big Ten this upcoming season.
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Connor Lemons via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
James Snook-USA TODAY Sports
Can any of the four new teams compete for the title in year one?
Rosters are still in flux and we’ve reached peak mayhem of the transfer portal, but we’ve reached a point where most teams have a pretty good idea of what their teams will look like in the fall.
Most Big Ten teams are still looking to add one or two more players, but even Michigan — which had with four scholarship players left when Dusty May was hired — almost has a full roster. We can kind of start piecing together what the conference will look like.
Last week, Connor and Justin each schemed up a way for Ohio State to get around Ohio’s nepotism laws and find a way that Jake Diebler could hire his brother, Jon. 24% of readers liked Connor’s idea of having Thad Matta adopt Jon so that he technically was not Jake’s brother anymore. 26% of people sided with Justin, saying that the Buckeyes needed to get someone elected to the Ohio General Assembly and change the law.
50% of the readers actually liked both ideas so much, they picked both. Makes sense — they were both foolproof.
After 148 weeks:
Connor- 74
Justin- 55
Other- 16
(There have been four ties)
The Big Ten is expanding with the dissolvement of the PAC-12, picking up Washington, USC, Oregon, and UCLA. Two of those teams have new coaches this year, with Eric Musselman leaving Arkansas for USC and Washington hiring former Utah State coach Danny Sprinkle.
These four teams won’t be picked to win the Big Ten this season, but of the four, which one has the best chance to do it?
This week’s question: Which new Big Ten team has the best chance to win the conference next season?
Connor: UCLA
UCLA is the only one of these four teams to be showing up in any of the “way-too-early” lists. The Bruins are bringing back three of their top four scorers from last year, including guards Dylan Andrews (12.9 PPG) and Sebastian Mack (12.1 PPG). Mick Cronin then went to work in the transfer portal, adding former USC guard Kobe Johnson (10.9 PPG), Oregon State big man Tyler Bilodeau (14.3 PPG), Oklahoma forward Eric Dailey (9.3 PPG), South Dakota State forward William Kyle (13.1 PPG), and former top guard recruit/Illinois guard/Louisville guard Skyy Clark (13.2 PPG).
That’s a lot of talent — especially in the backcourt — for a team that also finished in the top-50 in defensive efficiency last year, despite finishing with 17 losses. It’s also a ton of depth, because Johnson and Clark will likely have to come off the bench behind UCLA’s incumbent starters. Adding Bilodeau was a sneaky add too — a big man who stepped out and hit threes at close to a 35% clip last season.
Andrews more than tripled his scoring output from his freshman to sophomore year and Mack was phenomenal as a freshman, so I expect them to be one of the better starting backcourts in the Big Ten this season.
I don’t think UCLA will be picked to finish top-four in the Big Ten this year, but I could see them being picked to finish five or six, easily. Cronin is one of the best coaches in this league, and has always had more of a midwestern identity to his teams, even after leaving for the west coast.
Washington and USC are both in transition periods right now, so I don’t think either will compete at the top of the conference and either making the NCAA Tournament would surprise me. Oregon has some intriguing young players and will trip up some really good teams with the combo of Jackson Shelstad and Kwame Evans Jr, too. But if any of them over-perform, it’s going to be UCLA.
Justin: USC
I will be honest. More than likely, USC will finish at the bottom of the Big Ten and will not even remotely be in the hunt deep into the conference season. But when you are on the Mussbus, anything is possible.
Former Arkansas head coach Eric Musselman is entering his first year as the Trojans’ head coach. He takes over for Andy Enfield, who left USC for SMU after the season ended.
The Trojans lost a bunch of players, including top guards Isaiah Collier and Boogie Ellis, to the NBA Draft. Freshman Bronny James also declared for the Draft and entered the transfer portal.
However, so far, Musselman has done a good job reloading and retooling in the transfer portal. Former Boise State and Texas Tech guard Chibuzo Agbo is Musselman’s latest addition.
Agbo, a San Diego native, committed to USC Monday. He’s the fifth transfer portal prospect to pick USC in the last four days, joining guard Bryce Pope from UC San Diego, forward Matt Knowling from Yale, forward Saint Thomas from Northern Colorado, and forward Rashaun Agee from Bowling Green.
Agbo could be the most impactful of the group. He was an All-Mountain West honorable mention selection with Boise State last season, and shot a career-best 45.2 percent from the field, averaging 13.7 points and 5.1 rebounds per game. Agbo shot 40.9 percent from three-point range and made 72.2 percent of his free throws. He was one of two players in the Mountain West to shoot at least 50 percent on two-pointers and at least 41 percent on three-pointers.
USC returns some key pieces, and if these transfers all hit, who knows? There is a lot of shakeup in the Big Ten this upcoming season.
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2025 GA OL Andrew Stargel (UCF Verbal)
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