Offseason vibe checks return for 2026, starting with the Big Ten. This is our way of checking in on how the offseason is going for every team in the league. Richard and Alex go through the 18-team B1G in the following order:

* 3:22: Indiana

* 9:08: Iowa

* 12:08: Oregon

* 16:36: Rutgers

* 17:39: Illinois

* 20:24: Penn State

* 25:59: Michigan State

* 30:15: Michigan

* 34:38: Purdue

* 36:01: UCLA

* 38:23: Nebraska

* 42:10: Wisconsin

* 47:44: Maryland

* 52:19: USC

* 55:38: Minnesota

* 57:18: Washington

* 1:00:24: Northwestern

* 1:08:52: Ohio State

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Host emeritus Steven Godfrey is back to join Richard for a whip-around of the most interesting coordinator moves (and non-moves) from the 2026 coaching carousel. There’s a lot to cover here, including but not limited to:

* 1:04: Miami’s key retentions

* 3:13: Palace intrigue at Auburn

* 4:45: Clemson pushes the Chad Morris button

* 8:50: Texas says hi again to Will Muschamp

* 11:31: Kansas does the same with Andy Kotelnicki

* 12:45: Tennessee’s possibly great but definitely kind of awkward Jim Knowles hire, after he flopped at Penn State

* 16:45: Chip Kelly’s post-Eagles career remains bizarre

* 19:49: Bobby Petrino and Bill Belichick

* 23:05: Ole Miss’ new world

* 27:48: Gary Patterson and USC

* 29:02: Deion’s shrinking runway in Boulder

* 30:22: TCU’s identity shift

* 31:22: Mike Norvell, play-caller

* 31:45: Michigan’s Utah era

* 32:31: Ohio State’s NFL OC hire

* 33:00: Oregon replacing not one but two coordinators

* 34:50: Buster Faulkner (with the GT offense?) heads to Gainesville

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Matt Brown joins Richard and Alex for the latest SZD/Extra Points Sports Business Hour. In this episode, the group talks about how the job of an athletic director has changed in the past handful of years:

* The worst athletic director Matt has ever seen

* What used to be the key markers of a good AD?

* How have those traits changed in the 2020s?

* News story reactions: Oliver Luck gets yet another college sports job, and Mississippi is poised to give tax breaks to athletes on NIL deals

Thanks to Matt! You can read him all the time at Extra Points.

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