Feed Your Mascot

Blu and Geoff dive into our 4th Quarter season awards, tackle some serious topics, bring up an advertising campaign that probably hasn't been on the air in almost 20 years, Tulane-Navy, Clemson-Pitt, Boise-SJSU, JMU-ODU, KState-ASU, Oregon-Wisconsin, New Glarus Fat Squirrel, Kansas-BYU, one (1) of our alma mater's winning, and mac 'n cheese. Extra Points Bowl tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/...

Geoff is joined by Matt Brown of Extra Points to discuss The Extra Points Bowl (of which Feed Your Mascot is *also* a sponsor of), how it happened, the process of sponsoring and planning a bowl game, what it will be like on November 22 in Caton, and how you can watch (in person, or via FloSports). Extra Points Bowl tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0500612999071566?utm_source=www.extrapo...

Blu and Geoff start off with evaluating whose expectations are met (and whose are very not), Colorado-TTU, Miami-GT, The Holy War, UGA-Mississippi, a repeatable pattern holding, and ND-FSU (Geoff does not know why Blu watched this). Geoff's Half Marathon Fundraising Link: https://runsignup.com/Race/166435/Donate/HWzV2l69dTBMCW6a Please send in your Thanksgiving Questions! Use Google Form: https://...

Special guest and broadcast engineer Kyle joins the pod to discuss the 1921 Season, nil-nil ties, everything happening to make sporting events on TV happen, #9Windiana, Pavia and Jerry Kill doing it again, Ponies v Pitt, Penn State not doing it again, not a Manny Diaz revenge game, The Old Brass Spittoon, Iowa State falling, Louisville over Clemson, The Revivalry, and things IU and Purdue fans say...

Blu and Geoff discuss homecoming traditions, Boise and UNLV's Friday night matchup, our first Edition of A La Carte with a request for NIU at Ball State, the wild and wacky Bronze Stalk ending, yet another time zone challenge (Washington-IU), Kennesaw State's first FBS win, Ohio State's narrow escape, how are Ohio State fans responding to their performance, Notre Dame beating Navy in a protected w...

Blu and Geoff present our half season awards, sing the Elements Song of the Big Ten Standings, request Bloomington get Gameday mere minutes before that was announced, review three different games within the state of Indiana, talk about the Dawgs and the Horns, ask questions of fan behavior, be in awe of Illinois's throwbacks, ask if Ilium is ill, discuss another FSU loss, BYU's continued success,...

Note: Preston (@MeetThePres0709) of Preston’s Sports Musings joined us for recording, but due to audio issues, that portion of the episode was cut. He will be back to rerecord, but apologies on references to an earlier portion of the episode not present. Also, check out his series on the 39 Most Influential College Football Programs (See link below) Blu and Geoff discuss the University of Mississi...

Blu and Geoff discuss system failures, UCF at UF, SMU at Louisville, birds in sweaters, RU at Nebraska, Alabama at Vandy, post-game win expectancy, Mizzou at TAMU, USC at Minnesota, time zones, Michigan at Washington, JMU at ULM, Tennessee (Knoxville) at Arkansans, Duke at Georgia Tech, Miami at Cal, Miami play living on the edge, and still undefeated Army and Navy (and someone's Indiana Hoosiers)...

Blu and Geoff (plus a cameo by Geoff's cat Gizmo) discuss Geoff's trip to the Circle City Classic, Norfolk State's bad day in Indy, VT-Miami, standards of review, Illinois-Penn State, Wazzu-Boise, Ashton Jaunty for Heisman, Washington-Rutgers body clock game, Kentucky-Mississippi, USF-Tulane, and a game Geoff intentionally avoided (UGA-Alabama). Also Geoff inheriting his dad's pessimism, and the r...

Geoff and Blu do our quarter season awards, review Floyd of Rosedale, Purdue at Oregon State, Rutgers at VT, Arkansas State at Iowa State, Southern Cal at Michigan, Vandy at Mizzou, and the revolutionary nature of football (as in, it spins). Our Socials: Website: ⁠https://feedyourmascot.squarespace.com⁠ Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/feedyourmascot/⁠ Threads: @feedyourmascot Schrodinger&#39...

Prof. Sam joins us again for discussions of invitations, holding good parties, Pac-12 expansion, what the next moves for the 6-Pac are, more lawsuits against the NCAA, novel approaches to statute of limitations, UNLV at Kansas, ND at Purdue, The Civil War/Platypus Trophy, the Apple Cup, and heat safety tips. Our Socials: Website: ⁠https://feedyourmascot.squarespace.com⁠ Instagram: ⁠https://www.ins...

Geoff and Blu break down all the wild and wack week 2 action including our love of burgundy and gold, Texas at Michigan, EL ASSICO, Colorado at Nebraska, Cincy at Pitt, NIU at ND, Boise St. at Oregon, Cal at Auburn, BATTLE OF THE STATES, SC State at the Citadel, and Mercyhurst at Howard. Our Socials: Website: ⁠https://feedyourmascot.squarespace.com⁠ Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/feedyourma...

Blu and Geoff kickoff the season with culture shocks between fanbases, confusion between Miami footballs, Luis Saurez, more discussion of the Chicago Fire than any other college football podcast, and a plethora of games including Miami at Northwestern, Miami at Florida, UTEP at Nebraska, NDSU at Colorado, VPISU at Vandy, Boise State at Georgia Southern, Idaho at Oregon, UNLV at Houston, Goodest Bo...

Toe has met leather, and Geoff and Blu are ready to discuss our kickoff traditions, REI memberships, NEW MICROPHONES, FSU v Georgia Tech, NSU v FAMU, New Mexico v. Montana St., SMU v. Nevada (an ACC game), Delaware St. v Hawaii, our picks from the G5 into the playoff, and all sorts of things along the way. Our Socials: Website: ⁠https://feedyourmascot.squarespace.com⁠ Instagram: ⁠https://www.insta...

Butler’s Director of Football Operations Ty Morgan joins Geoff for an interview about the logistics of football, from making sure equipment arrives on time, players get across the state or across the country, how Butler football handles timezones, and more. Our Socials: Website: ⁠https://feedyourmascot.squarespace.com⁠ Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/feedyourmascot/⁠ Threads: @feedyourmascot...

Beth of the Sickos Committee joined Blu and Geoff to discuss fight song lyrics, drink recipes in fight song lyrics, whether you will hear the song of the summer from a marching band this year, how long it takes to write new band arrangements, how long it takes to plan shows, what new bands people will need to learn about through conference realignment, if the West Coast Big Ten Teams will adopt Bi...

Blu and Geoff discuss classic cartoon characters doing game commentary, visitors to Indianapolis this week, Geoff literally doing the title of this podcast, the history of the Oregon Duck, why it looks like Donald Duck, Animation during WWII, photos being used as legal evidence for an oral contract, other Ducks, why so many mascots are cartoon characters in sailor hats, Art Evans, the early histor...

Blu and Geoff are joined once again by Prof. Sam to discuss Olympic delegations from our schools, the status of the Johnson case, "motion to dismiss is dismissed", the tests applied on if athletes are employees, if those tests are clear, how it could impact Title IX, the Dept. of Education's unclear guidance on Title IX and revenue share, and our thoughts on the video game now that w...

Blu and Geoff are joined by Travis Miller of Boiler Upload to discuss the Pac-12's media days in Vegas, Butch T. Cougar's style, other mascots mixing their wardrobes up, Geoff's dynasty choice, sports curses, Travis breaking sports curses, why we find sports curses compelling, the phenomenon of "the basketball school", if its real, and why it might exist. Find Travis on Twitt...

This week Blu and Geoff are joined by Carly to discuss what we would do with 44 billion Pounds Stirling, a Wimbledon story, a reminder to hydrate, a dive into stadium architecture, acoustical tradeoffs, why certain schools dress fancily for football, the differences between Geoff's parents, the implications of said dressing, what the rest of the country does, and yet another reminder to hydrat...

Blu and Geoff share their national anthem opinions, what a "national" anthem needs to embody, how holidays and sports interact, our feelings on sports during holidays, compare the Bucket Game and the Egg Bowl, what makes football American, how football reflects America, our holiday grilling plans, and a PSA about pyrotechnics. Our Socials: Website: ⁠https://feedyourmascot.squarespace.com...

Blu and Geoff discuss overall win percentages, Ohio State's 2025 football schedule changes, Geoff's big win in Columbus, and engage in more football archeology with Purdue facing Wisconsin in 2000. Get ready for some Purdue football history, a certain future Super Bowl winning QB, Wisconsin's own football rise, the birth of the spread offense, drum heads, and big special teams plays. G...

Blu and Geoff continue the Soul Food series with The Mecca, Howard University. From its founding, its development as an institution, and its impact on history beyond its campus. We then move to discussing the Howard football program, and also get into the rivalries of Howard, call Hampton an Institute once again, and play the schedule game (Howard seems to be in NJ a lot this year). Finally, we ar...

Blu and Geoff are joined by friend of the pod and contributor to sports video games Chris to do a PSA about bike lanes, our sports pet peeves, Geoff admitting he is young, more CFB video game features, what its like to work on a sports video game, how all that dialog gets written, tennis surfaces, youth soccer officiating, space schools, and why everyone needs a non-con with UCF. Our Socials: Webs...

Blu and Geoff discuss the CFB video game news, 34 pages of details, the potential of on-field and jersey advertisements in college football, LigaMX jerseys, the possible implications of that advertising, dealing with different institutions' values on advertising, introduce our new "Football Archeology" segment with a watch of 1994 Colorado-Nebraska, all that has changed in the game s...