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Inside The Pylon: A Midwest College Football Podcast

Clinton Boring and Ryan Satkowiak discuss the latest happenings in the midwestern college football world, with topics centering around the Big Ten Conference and its 18 teams, with some MAC and Notre Dame mixed in.

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45:03

Playoff Rankings Debut and the Best Player CFB

Inside The Pylon: A Midwest College Football Podcast ·

2025/11/05

The first CFP committee rankings are out and the Midwest reigns, with Ohio State and Indiana the top two in the country. What did the guys think of the first set of rankings.The guys also debate who the best player in the country is. Join us on our Youtube channel live Saturday/Monday/Thursday for shows, with the episode dropping in your podcast feed the following morning. Live time for Monday/Thursday shows will remain 9 pm, while we will go live for instant reactions Saturday night following the

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55:39

Week 10 Recap and Reactions: Spooky Sleepwalking

Inside The Pylon: A Midwest College Football Podcast ·

2025/11/02

Halloween weekend featured some truly terrifying performances, ranging from teams annihilating the competition, to awful clock management, to just truly slept-walking performances.In Lincoln, USC's offense came alive in the second half, in a 21-17 win and Nebraska sputtered with Dylan Raiola injured in the second half.In what looked in the preseason to be the marquee matchup of the weekend, Ohio State played around with Penn State for a half before pulling away in a 38-14 win. The Buckeyes passing

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51:13

Week 10 Preview and Picks: Elimination Games Come to...

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2025/10/31

November is here and the homestretch of the regular season is officially upon us. We have developed a general idea of who the playoff/Big Ten contenders are, but who actually advances to the meaningful postseason competition will begin coming into focus starting this week.In prime time, USC and Nebraska squad off in a true-to-form "winner advances, loser is out" game. Fresh off a thorough smacking at the hands of Notre Dame, can Lincoln Riley right the ship on the road two time zones away from LA to

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51:38

ITP Midweek Bonanza: Rollin', Playoff Expansion, and...

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2025/10/28

It's the last week of October, which means we are seven glorious days away from getting midweek MACtion back in our lives. In the time being, there are many happenings in the college football world to discuss.Reports have emerged that there is growing support for an expansion to 24 teams for the next playoff format. Ryan and Clinton discuss, and wonder, "what's the point of even having a regular season, then?"Clinton unveils his Rollin' POTW, and the guy discuss some "dudes" from the first half of

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62:10

Week Nine Recap and Reactions: Time to Rank...

Inside The Pylon: A Midwest College Football Podcast ·

2025/10/26

Week nine lacked a marque matchup in the Big Ten, but we learned plenty and a secondary contender tier has established itself.In Seattle, Washington bottled up Luke Altmyer and Illinois's offense en route to a 42-25 victory. Demond Williams, Jr. was once again excellent, as was star WR Denzel Boston, while the Washington defense stepped up well in the second half. Now at 6-2, the Huskies have a trio of winnable games prior to a season-ending showdown with Oregon. Is it time to talk about playoff

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52:18

Week Nine Preview and Picks: Who Can Separate from...

Inside The Pylon: A Midwest College Football Podcast ·

2025/10/24

Week nine in the Big Ten may lack a marque big-game matchup, but it does offer an opportunity to see if teams can separate themselves into a secondary contender tier. Six of the seven teams tied for third in the league at 3-1 are in action, with varying degrees of difficulty to those matchups.Perhaps, however, the most intriguing matchup of the weekend features two of the three 2-2 teams in league play. Illinois heads west to take on Washington in a contest between 5-2 teams, with the winner keeping

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63:10

Hot Seats, Heisman, and Poll Beef

Inside The Pylon: A Midwest College Football Podcast ·

2025/10/21

More than half of the college football season has passed us by, and storylines are abound both on the field and off of it. Conference title races are taking shape, but so is the coaching silly season, with numerous sitting head coaches already given their pink slip this season. Who else might be working their way onto the hot seat? Who might be working their way off of it? And who might find themselves in the crosshairs of a currently open head coaching position? The guys also talk the Heisman race,

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68:54

Week Eight Recap and Reactions: The Pack Tightens

Inside The Pylon: A Midwest College Football Podcast ·

2025/10/20

Week eight is in the books, and more dominos continue to fall across the CFB landscape. Conference races are starting to take shape and contenders are firmly starting to establish their placehold. And on the other side of the standings, seats continue to get hotter. In South Bend, in what could be the last annual rendition of the Notre Dame/USC rivalry, the Irish brow beat USC on the ground en route to a 34-24 victory. The win keeps playoff hope for the Irish alive. For USC, while hope remains, they

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56:54

Week Eight Preview and Picks: Jeweled Shillelagh and...

Inside The Pylon: A Midwest College Football Podcast ·

2025/10/17

Week eight of the CFB season is upon us and not only are conference races beginning to heat up, but the playoff contenders are beginning to come into focus during a weekend when we will learn more about who is for real and who will be on the outside looking in.Notre Dame has defeated USC six consecutive games in South Bend, including in a 48-20 shellacking of then a 6-0 and top-5 Trojans team in 2023. In a game featuring two of the most prolific offenses in college football, can either defense

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48:04

Penn State HC Hot Board and the Greatest...

Inside The Pylon: A Midwest College Football Podcast ·

2025/10/15

Ryan and Clinton reconvene to build off of Sunday's conversation, discussing the Penn State head coaching opening. Who are the early names to know? Is AD Pat Kraft's alleged swinging for the fences going to yield an unexpected name? Can the Lions lure another Big Ten coach away?Later in the show, the guys discuss what could be the last annual rendition of the storied Notre Dame/USC rivalry. What are keys to the game? What's on the line for each team?Clinton also reveals his Rollin' Player of the

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73:37

Week Seven Recap and Reactions: Franklin Out and the...

Inside The Pylon: A Midwest College Football Podcast ·

2025/10/13

Another monster week and another slate of games that more than lived up to the hype. Halfway through the college football season, and we are beginning to see teams separate themselves into different tiers.Despite the massive slate of games, the major story of the weekend was once again Penn State -- both for what happened during the day Saturday and what has come since. The Nittany Lions lost as 20+ point favorites for the second consecutive weekend, this time to Northwestern, to fall to 3-3 on the

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61:02

Week Seven Preview and Picks: Big Ten Gut Check

Inside The Pylon: A Midwest College Football Podcast ·

2025/10/10

The weeks keep passing and the stakes keep rising. After a sleepy weekend saw one contender have its playoff hopes crushed, week 7 offers a juicy slate with plenty on the line.In Eugene, Oregon takes on an Indiana squad dying to prove it can do more than just beat up on overmatched teams. The Ducks' signature win lost some shine a week ago, can they add another to their resume, or will the Hoosiers earn their most notable win of the Curt Cignetti era?In LA, Michigan and USC are both alive for a Big

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60:18

(Updated) Big Ten Power Rankings

Inside The Pylon: A Midwest College Football Podcast ·

2025/10/07

It's week 7 and we are nearly at the halfway point (gag) of the college football season. With much shifting and jockeying already occurring in the college football landscape, this feels like a great opportunity to dust off and update our preseason power rankings amongst Big Ten teams.Through six weeks of the season, many questions have been answered, yet some still remain. Yet a clear contender tier has emerged in this conference, while some programs have already signaled that they will not be

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65:01

Week Six Recap and Reactions: Blue'd Out

Inside The Pylon: A Midwest College Football Podcast ·

2025/10/06

What is it that they say about the quiet ones? A weekend that was lacking for marquee matchups featured chaos and unpredictability throughout the country. And the Midwest was not spared.After a week of takes on "James Franklin wins what he should but cannot win the big game" ,,, the Penn State head coach decided to pull a "hold my beer." Penn State was shocked by previously winless and hapless UCLA in a 42-37 defeat. Less than two weeks after firing their head coach and DC, and four days after

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50:55

Week Six Preview and Picks: The Calm After the Madness?

Inside The Pylon: A Midwest College Football Podcast ·

2025/10/03

A week after a monster slate of games, week 6 features a set of games that -- on the surface -- leave a lot to be desired. Many massive spreads and no ranked Midwest matchups are present to wet the whistle. But what do they say about the quiet ones?In Lincoln, Nebraska looks to get back on track after a crushing defeat against Michigan, with Michigan State coming to town. Can the Huskers take revenge on the Mitten state, or will Jonathan Smith's Spartans come up with the upset?At Big Noon in Ann

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45:35

Third-of-the-Way Contender/Pretender

Inside The Pylon: A Midwest College Football Podcast ·

2025/09/30

We are a third of the way into the season, which offers a perfect time to revisit our preseason tiers of the Big Ten, and assess certain teams standings within those tiers.Unlike our previous rendition of this game, we are not talking solely "contenders" for a national title. Clinton has compiled a list of 10 teams from our varying preseason tiers of the Big Ten -- from national title contender to bowl game contender. The guys discuss whether the given team is a contender within that tier (IE: will

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71:13

Week Five Recap and Reactions: Looks Like "Then...

Inside The Pylon: A Midwest College Football Podcast ·

2025/09/29

A mammoth week five is in the books and the whole weekend live up to the hype, from the undercards to the headliners. Many things were learned and narratives are beginning to take shape.In the nightcap, Oregon finished a thrilled 2OT affair with a walk-off interception of Drew Allar. After 13 combined points in the first three quarters, the two squads scored 41 in the 4th and OT, including a rally from a 17-3 deficit by Penn State. However, same as it ever was, the Lions fell short against a top-10

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58:22

Week Five Preview and Picks: For Penn State, If Not...

Inside The Pylon: A Midwest College Football Podcast ·

2025/09/26

The best weekend of the season, to date, is here. There are a large number of high-quality games across the nation, and Midwest teams will certainly be partaking in the fun, in what could be a massive statement weekend for a number of teams.In State College, has a golden opportunity to show its offseason investment in talent retention and acquisition was worthwhile, hosting No. 6 Oregon in its annual White Out game. James Franklin's record against Top-10 foes has been much discussed. Can he, and QB

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50:35

White Out

Inside The Pylon: A Midwest College Football Podcast ·

2025/09/23

It's the week we have all been waiting for: week 5 of the college football season features a number of Certified Bangers, headlined by a Big Ten Title rematch, White Out matchup Saturday night at Happy Valley between Penn State and Oregon. To break down the game, Ryan and Clinton welcome Matt Flip (Roar Lions Roar podcast) and Dale Bliss (Autzen Zoo) back to the show.In the 2025 season neither team has faced a remotely notable test, and how early season performances carry over to a sharp uptick in

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56:21

Week Four Recap and Reactions: A Splattering in...

Inside The Pylon: A Midwest College Football Podcast ·

2025/09/21

Week four is (nearly) in the books and we had our first truly jaw-dropping result of the Big Ten season in the nightcap.Indiana -- setting out to prove last year was no fluke -- murdered Illinois and then threw them through the wood chipper, en route to a 63-10 (as of episode recording) advantage. Fernando Mendoza tossed 5 TD passes, and the IU defense had Illinois QB Luke Altmyer running for his life most of the evening. Does this result say more about IU in their pursuit for a repeat playoff

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