Inside The Pylon: A Midwest College Football Podcast

On the latest ITP, Clinton and Ryan talk with Matt Flip of the Roar Lions Roar podcast to discuss Penn State's postseason run to this date. Can the Lions make it to the final four? Would it be a catastrophic failure if they did not? Join us on our Youtube channel live Sunday/Monday/Thursday for shows, with the episode dropping in your podcast feed the following morning. Live time for Monday/Thursd...

On the latest ITP, Clinton and Ryan are rejoined by Dave Bliss from Athlon Sports who helps them break down the Rose Bowl, featuring a rematch of Ohio State vs. Oregon. Join us on our Youtube channel live Sunday/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, with Sunday time varying based on Cli...

Ryan and Clinton return for another playoff pickem show prior to next week's CFP quarterfinals. In what is surely one of (if not the most) anticipated matchups of the season, Ohio State and Oregon rematch in an old school Pac 12/Big Ten Rose Bowl Game. Can the Ducks stay perfect, or will the Buckeyes continue to ride high and avenge their midseason defeat? In the Fiesta Bowl, Penn State surely loo...

Ryan and Clinton both survived the cold this weekend and return to discuss takeaways from the first ever weekend of the 12-team College Football Playoff. Notre Dame boa-constricted Indiana, while Penn State and Ohio State both took slightly more violent approaches to their own advancements to the quarterfinals. Despite what should have been a celebrated, banner weekend for the sport, much of the e...

Ryan and the infamous Dr. Larry come to you with a special bonus episode of Inside the Pylon, talking with Ohio State booster Dominic Bagnoli about the Buckeyes' NIL collective and transition to a more structured in-house methodology following the recent House settlement. What has life been like behind the scenes with college football become a more overt pay-the-players enterprise compared to the...

Ryan and Clinton return for another pick 'em show, talking first round of the College Football Playoff. In South Bend, Notre Dame and Indiana kick things off Friday night; who will come out on top in the renewal of this in-state rivalry? On Saturday, Ohio State takes the field for the first time since the collapse against Michigan. Can they save their season and set up a rematch with Oregon? Join...

Ryan and Clinton return tonight for another playoff preview episode, this time bringing you the second in a two-part series look at a couple of non-Midwest squads that will be dueling Big Ten foes this weekend. Austin Brown from Channel TN joins us to break down the Volunteers ahead of their matchup with Ohio State. An explosive start to the season had many high on Tennessee, but their offense fel...

Ryan and Clinton return tonight for another playoff preview episode, this time bringing you the first in a two-part series look at a couple of non-Midwest squads that will be dueling Big Ten foes this weekend. First up, Jordan Hofeditz, a feature writer covering SMU, joins us to break down the Mustangs' ascent from G5 darling to ACC Championship Game participant in one year. How have the rebounded...

Playoff week is here! The inaugural 12-team college football playoff finally graces us with its presence this weekend and the very first game if this new era is an exceptional treat for fans of midwest college football: a renewed Battle of Indiana between the upstart Indiana Hoosiers -- 11-1 for the first time ever in Curt Cignetti's first season at the helm -- and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish --...

Ryan and Clinton return today to revisit their preseason over/under win predictions for the Big Ten and ND, and reminisce on their projected play fields with what they got (barely) right and (mostly) wrong. Additionally, they discuss their All-Midwest team, Ohio state legislature wanting to arrest football players, and is Luke Fickell screwed? Join us on our Youtube channel live Sunday/Monday/Thur...

Ryan and Clinton return after the conference title weekend to discuss O(regon) and O(hio) and their conference title wins. But the big thing on everyone's mind: we have a playoff bracket. The guys discuss the tournament at large and their impressions. With five Big Ten/midwest teams present, this area of the country will be well represented. What did they get right? What did they get wrong? Join u...

Conference championship week is upon us and Ryan and Clinton return to pick the games and break down the Big Ten/MAC. In Indy, Penn State is a surprise participant following Ohio State's loss a week ago. How do they match up against an Oregon squad that is looking to stay perfect. In Detroit, Miami and Ohio renew unpleasantries in a rematch of The Battle of the Bricks, which Miami has won once alr...

In the final edition of Playoff Talk Monday before the CFP committee announces the official bracket in six days, Ryan and Clinton discuss the shakeups in the Big Ten and ACC with losses by Ohio State and Miami. How will this impact seeding? If Clemson defeats SMU in the ACC title game, will the ACC steal a second bid or will the Mustangs be left out in the cold? Did Ohio State go from possible Big...

Ryan and Clinton hop on for another LIVE reaction show Saturday night to talk the weekend in Midwest CFB action. Somehow, someway, Ohio State finds itself in another uncomfortable position after a FOURTH straight loss to Michigan, yet this year's iteration coming against a poor Wolverines squad. Even with a playoff game still ahead of it, what on earth does Ohio State possibly do now? Aside the ri...

Ryan and Clinton return for the final pick 'em episode of the regular season and it's rivalry week! Kicking off the weekend, Miami and Bowling Green face off for a win-and-your-in berth to the MAC title game on the line, while Ohio can also clinch a berth by defeating Ball State. For the first time in what feels like forever, The Game has little national relevance outside of the obvious question,...

After a wild weekend that saw multiple SEC top-15 casualties, Ryan and Clinton head back to the drawing board to break down their personal top 15 rankings. After a lopsided loss to Ohio State, Indiana looked like it was going to be a true playoff bubble team, but in neighborly fashion, Alabama, Ole Miss and Texas A&M all dropped games to .500 or worse teams to all but ensure the Hoosiers will...

For the first time in ITP history, Ryan and Clinton come to you LIVE for a Saturday night reaction show. In the crowning matchup of the day, Ohio State rolled Indiana and the takes came pouring in. But with more SEC mediocrity today, is IU still gonna be in the playoff anyway? In the Bronx, Notre Dame continued its run of utter domination by running all over Navy -- do they have a case to jump Pen...

Ryan and Clinton return for week 13 picks as the 2024 regular season hits its penultimate weekend. Indiana puts its undefeated season on the line with a massive top-5 matchup against Ohio State in Columbus with legitimate playoffs stakes on the line. Speaking of playoffs ... No. 6 Notre Dame faces off against G5 darling Army, who now at No. 19 and officially locked into the AAC title game, could m...

Ryan and Clinton return for another edition of playoff talk Monday to discuss their personal top 15s after another notable weekend in college football. With BYU dropping for the ranks of the unbeatens, is the Big 12 officially a 1-bid league? Who in the Big Ten might benefit from that? How will the non-Big Ten champ playoff teams fall into the logjam of current 8-2 SEC teams? Join us on our Youtub...

Another week of action in the Big Ten leaves Ryan and Clinton much to discuss. Friday night, Washington continued its absurd home/road split with a win against UCLA to achieve bowl eligibility; Rutgers joined them Saturday with another exceptional performance from Athan Kaliakmanis is a win against Maryland ... is it time we had a Mike Locksley discussion? In the heart of the midwest, Oregon survi...

Another week in the Big Ten devoid of ranked matchups, however Ryan and Clinton have much to discuss as we approach week 12. First, the guys recap the updated CFP rankings and Ryan touches on his mild surprise that the trio of two-loss SEC teams found themselves sitting outside the top 9. With the games, four teams have an opportunity to punch their ticket to bowl eligibility with a win, while fiv...

Ryan and Clinton return for another Monday playoff talk episode, where they update and discuss their new top 15s following the results from last weekend. With Ole Miss staving off elimination, thereby handing Georgia a second defeat, could the glut of potential 10-2 SEC teams end up impacting Indiana and Notre Dame's placement in the playoffs. Additionally, the guys briefly touch on the Big Noon E...

Ryan and Clinton return to recap week 11 action in Big Ten land. Building off the theme of last week's preview show, none of the ranked teams in the Midwest were upset this weekend, but there were a couple of close calls in addition to some statements made. Indiana had its closest test to date with a 20-15 win against Michigan; will this hurt the Hoosiers or will the "brand bias" of beating Michig...

Ryan and Clinton launch an early picks episode talking week 11 in the Big Ten. First, the guys talk about the (actual) CFB committee rankings that dropped Tuesday. Any surprises? Any picks they had particular issue with? Later, they pick the games -- in a week where teams ranked 1, 2, 6, 8 and 10 are at least two score favorites against unranked foes, will any fall victim to an upset that shakes u...

On the eve of the selection committee's first 2024 CFP rankings, Ryan and Clinton round to discuss what their personal top 15s would look like as things stand presently. These rankings are not meant to be predictive, but rather how the guys would rank these teams on 11/4 if they were sitting in that conference room in Texas. How many midwest teams will the guys have in their brackets? Join us on o...