Yes, the Substack player is gone. Long story short, it made Google very confused about where the podcast’s feed originated, and it also forced me to track podcast stats across what were functionally two different feeds. There’s still an embedded player, it’s just from Spotify:

You can listen on Apple Podcasts here or download the podcast directly at this link. The show is also available on Overcast, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, and wherever else you enjoy your podcasts, except maybe Google (working on that).

Our three-part football preview deep dive continues with a position-by-position look at the offense. Once again, we need a few minutes to cover a topic before getting to the meat of the pod; this time, it’s a discussion of the “alliance” between the Big Ten, ACC, and Pac-12, featuring some hilariously painful press release jargon.

Once again, Connor makes the bullish case for each position group, Dan makes the bearish case, and your host decides which is most likely to occur. Then we do the same for the offense as a whole. The individual talent is apparent. Can it come together?

Before we head out, we make our picks for Nebraska-Illinois (lol) and read a few listener reviews.

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