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For a very special Fourth of July episode, we discuss another story of overthrowing some Imperial Brits: Star Wars! By comparing schools to characters and sorting them into conferences based on their role within the galaxy far, far away. We also add some characters into a defense. And somehow, real football talk returned... Geeky Jerseys (not a sponsor, but where Geoff got the jersey): https://www...

Blu, Josiah, and Geoff discuss how people learn about sports, sports video games, our hopes for the new NCAA college football game, and how we personally enjoy the hobby of gaming. Yes, that was written to be very vague and broad, from sports video games to rogue-likes to table top RPG mind melts. And Geoff expresses his love of Ohio. Quantric Foundry Gaming Profile Survey: https://apps.quanticfou...

Blu, Josiah, and Geoff are joined by Boise State law professor (and UMass band and Madison Scouts alumni) Sam Ehrlich to discuss how teams do (or don't) do branding to stand out, Joe Manchin and Tommy Tuberville's drafted NIL bill, and CFL team names. Yeah, we think that bill has some issues. The Chicago Fire also get discussed, despite NBC's best efforts (and, um, the Chicago Fire&#39...

Join Blu, Josiah, Geoff, and special guest Pitt Girl going through the incredible past, present, and future for Bethune-Cookman University, in our first installment of Soul Food. Soul Food will be a recurring series on the unique history and traditions of the many great HBCUs around the college football universe. Ed Reed's short tenure might have been a spotlight, but this institution has had...

Join Josiah as he discusses the concept of cultural infrastructure as it relates to college football, sports, and society writ large, how its built, what it means, and how it can be impeded. Oklahoma A&M Women's Basketball: https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/centbooks/id/2020 Old Timey Iowa Hawkeyes Women's Basketball: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/islandora/object/ui%3A...

Content warning: Between 31:30 and 1:11:14, we go into a discussion of indigenous mascots in American sports, which touches heavily on the topic of genocide toward those communities. If you do not feel comfortable listening, skipping to 1:11:14 we discuss a much lighter topic. This week, we discuss Carb Day and when exactly is the Indy 500, why and how we connect with our school's preferred na...

Blu, Josiah, and Geoff are joined by special guests Ari and Guapo to discuss the history of Jewish-Americans in college football, as players, coaches, fans, media members, and conference administrators. And then we do a college football version of the Lenny Bruce "Jewish and Goyish" bit. Wisconsin, The New Home of the Jew book link: https://cjs.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1258/2020...

Geoff does a solo show to follow up with per-capita numbers of combined FBS and FCS schools, mostly to dull the pain of doing a triathlon that morning. Charitibundi Bowl link: https://fundraise.givesmart.com/form/4Y9QjQ?vid=ysdsx Website: https://feedyourmascot.squarespace.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/feedyourmascot/

We discuss: models, commentary, how playing impacts watching, our gameday routines, and somehow RGIII relates to all of them. Website link: https://feedyourmascot.squarespace.com/ Instagram link: https://www.instagram.com/feedyourmascot/

This week, we discuss comics and manga, whether or not anyone of us knows what scheme is, why Bedlam isn't happening, other rivalries that have fallen away, and our favorite hatin' arse traditions. And Geoff left out one of his favorite phrases, so its in the title. FYI, Saturday 6 May is Free Comic Book Day! See more info, and join us in nerdom at: https://www.freecomicbookday.com/ Listen...

That's right, we came up with regional definitions everyone will disagree with! We discuss regional and national popularity of the sport, as well as expensive things, religious schools and cars, if attendance causes football success, and our favorite slogans. Got listener questions or suggestions for topics? Ping us at https://feedyourmascot.squarespace.com/listener-questions

This week is all about rules, from alternate histories about rules, to how the rules have changed and why, to the impact of players on rules and rules on players. And we regret introducing the NCAA-FIFA hybrid Kaiju into the world. Got a question or suggestions? Contact us at: https://feedyourmascot.squarespace.com/listener-questions

We discuss program culture, coach paternalism, and the associations food has with sports. We've also transitioned to a new podcast host, so please let us know if you have issues and we can work to resolve.

We talk bad sports owners, busted brackets, inclusivity and the lack of it in environments for fans and players, and how going to live games impacts fandom

We talk big drums, what sports we are watching right now, and why mascots exist

Who we are, what we are doing, and various Petes various eats

We apologize in advanced for choppiness (technical difficulties were had). In between some network drops, Blu and Geoff discuss the bounds of the season, Geoff's gaming event, New Orleans food adventures, CCGs in the American, MWC, SWAC, Big XII, and Big 10, and a few bangers in the FCS playoffs. Website: ⁠https://feedyourmascot.squarespace.com⁠ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/feedyourmascot...

In spite of many technical difficulties, Geoff and Blue discuss the season's end (maybe, from a certain point of view), Geoff's gaming adventures, Geoff's New Orleans food adventures, CCGs in the American, MWC, SWAC, Big 12, and Big 10, and some bangers in the FCS playoffs. And yes, Geoff does say The Thing, multiple times. Checkout our friends at the @sickoscommittee on their socials...