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Off Podium Empire: Nebraska Cornhuskers at the Olympics

Les Nebraskas Décortiqueuses de Maïs

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Ohio State Week: Defense

That’ll do, Jim, that’ll do

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OTE Presents: Off Podium Empire

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Big Ten Football Media Days: Full Schedule, Rosters, Big Questions

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Off Podium Empire: Northwestern Wildcats at the Olympics

Les chats sauvage en Paris!

Off Podium Empire: Maryland Terrapins at the Olympics

Terps on the Seine!

Off Podium Empire: Illinois Fighting Illini at the Olympics

Out of the corn fields, onto the Champs-Elysées

Off Podium Empire: Rutgers Scarlet Knights at the Olympics

A chance for Jersey to show their quality!

Ohio State Week: Offense

Peanut Butter Kelly Time

Off Podium Empire: Michigan State Spartans at the Olympics

Sparta: in the OIympics since 600 BC!

Ohio State Week: Mailbag Call

Your Questions About Your Favorite Team

Apples, Platypi, Shillelaghs, and Public Executions: Better Know a Non-Conference Schedule, Week 3

Rivalries abound, from "should be B1G" to "aren’t B1G".

You Had Questions, We Have Answers!

I also rated your questions, because why not?

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Predicting Penn State Football’s Glorious 2024 Season

The Off Tackle Empire staff predicts Penn State’s season.

Portal Season: Penn State Basketball

Helter skelter on its way?

The Offensive Personnel Is Almost Intact

Andy Kotelnicki will have a multitude of options to work with.

In Andy Kotelnicky, Penn State Hopes To Go Back To Explosion

Penn State’s offense needs an infusion of explosiveness.

Who’s Tom Allen Working With?

This is the most talented group of guys Tom Allen will have at his disposal, ever.

Will The Defense Be Any Different?

Maybe a little nicer.

Penn State Mailbag Call

Got Milk —er, questions?

Penn State 2024 Overview: Can The Wide Receivers Please Come Forward

Harrison Wallace and Julian Fleming need to have monster seasons.

Northwestern Mailbag: Turning Tricks and Crowning Their Asses

From the hilarity of Martin Stadium to the cruel joke of Wrigley Field, step into the Northwestern Mailbag with me: we’ll laugh, we’ll cry, something about ‘Cats.

Hey You! Yeah, You! Do You Want to Own a Chunk of Ryan Field?

Go get some memorabilia, purple nerds

2024 Northwestern Football Predictions, Potluck #2: The Great Malört Debate

Well, not really a debate. But a chance to sing the praises of Chicago’s Liquor and Chicago’s Big Ten Team.

An Ode to Brendan Sullivan: Northwestern Quarterbacks, Past and Present

Guest author NU06er shares his appreciation for Northwestern’s two-year QB 1b as he heads off to the Hawkeyes.

Portal Season: Northwestern Basketball is...Kinda Sorta Good?

The Kinda Sorta Good Program?

Northwestern Potluck #1: The Moment You Realized It Wasn’t Special Anymore...plus a Beef’n’Cheddar?

What was YOUR moment that showed you "college football’s pointless, eat at Arby’s Beef-A-Roo"?

B1G 2024: Northwestern Football on the Lakefront!

We’re going to play football on Lake Michigan for the next two years

Northwestern Mailbag Call: Passing the Baton to YOU

Unlike D-octor Thompson, this bow is totally undeserved.

In Solidarity, OTE Amplifies and Supports: Black Lives Matter

Black Lives Matter. Support from across the Big Ten.

2024 Northwestern Wildcats Cocktail Party: Construction Helmets Required

Health and safety first—Loretta Lynch demands it.

Oregon’s team-by-team record vs. current B1G schools

How have the Ducks fared over the years? Not so good overall. Pretty good lately.

B1G 2024: The Oregon Ducks Join the Flock

In which we discuss the Oregon/Washington rivalry, the death of the Pac-12, and whether mascots should wear pants

Washington vs. the B1G, up to now (and PAC administrative futility...forever)

Some schools have shown surprising fight vs. the Huskies over the years. But that was long ago...

B1G 2024: USC Q&A

To commemorate USC joining the Big Ten, Off Tackle Empire invited two of the most respected USC analysts around, Ed Franklin and Mike McCarthy (not that Mike McCarthy), to join Brian in answering a few questions about the Trojans as they transition into the conference of broad shoulders.

B1G 2024: A Hearty A-WOOO-HOOO to the Washington Huskies

Let’s give a warm welcome to the Huskies, but more importantly a belly rub for Dubs the Husky