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Off Tackle Republic
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Covering Big Ten sports and Midwestern culture without fear, favor, or journalism degrees. Proudly independent since 1864. www.offtacklerepublic.com
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Off Tackle Republic @offtacklerepublic.bsky.social · 3d
Sorry, Penn State, Rutgers, and Minnesota:

Your non-conference schedules are bad and you should feel bad.

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Grading the 2025-26 Big Ten Men's Basketball Non-Conference Schedules: the Ds and Fs
There are more games for Penn State against teams from Connecticut (3) than Pennsylvania (2).
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AlmaOtter @almaotterotr.bsky.social · 7d
March Madness is expanding. 💰

The Big Ten is looking at private equity. 💰

Illinois renamed Memorial Stadium. 💰

But what is the money for? What's the point? Who is this for?

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To What End?: College Sports Grasps for a Bigger Bag
What is this for? Who is this for?
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Off Tackle Republic @offtacklerepublic.bsky.social · Aug 29
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Off Tackle Republic @offtacklerepublic.bsky.social · Aug 29
RUTGER
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Off Tackle Republic @offtacklerepublic.bsky.social · Aug 28
And 45 points in the first half! Come watch the game with us. Beers are in the garage fridge, but you already knew that.

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · Aug 23
Idaho State's kicker is named TRAJAN SINATRA
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Off Tackle Republic @offtacklerepublic.bsky.social · Aug 23
You can take the fans out of Iowa, but you can’t take the Iowa out of the fans.
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Off Tackle Republic @offtacklerepublic.bsky.social · Aug 23
T minus one hour to THE RETUBERING!

Farmageddon, live from Dublin for some reason!

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Farmageddon Open Thread
FOOTBALL IS BACK, BABY
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Off Tackle Republic @offtacklerepublic.bsky.social · Aug 22
Sigh. I suppose I must do this for tonight and only tonight

#GBR
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Off Tackle Republic @offtacklerepublic.bsky.social · Aug 22
Hey, we’ve got Big Ten volleyball tonight! And it’s a banger of an opener: #1 Huskers v #3 Pittsburg!

@keasinho.bsky.social, how stoked are you?

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College Volleyball Starts This Weekend!
The AVCA First Serve Showcase begins with #1 Nebraska at 7 CT/ 8 ET
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Off Tackle Republic @offtacklerepublic.bsky.social · Aug 22
Huh! So that explains why they didn’t include photos on the listing until a few days ago.
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Off Tackle Republic @offtacklerepublic.bsky.social · Aug 22
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Off Tackle Republic @offtacklerepublic.bsky.social · Aug 22
For a cool $4.9 million, you can own former Purdue coach Ryan Walters' custom-built mansion in West Lafayette!

Now with extra lawsuits! And also an inexplicable urinal.

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Breaking News: We've Got Pictures of Ryan Walters' Big Ass Mansion in Indiana
Football, Mansions, and Lawsuits. What's more American than that?
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Off Tackle Republic @offtacklerepublic.bsky.social · Aug 19
The NCAA are cowards and the Michigan Wolverines are cheaters. But it's time to move on.

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The NCAA are Spineless Cowards and the Michigan Wolverines are Inveterate Cheaters. Let's Move On.
I didn't want to cheat you of my thoughts on this matter.
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Off Tackle Republic @offtacklerepublic.bsky.social · Aug 15
"Further, Stalions created an instructive document for the KGB titled “How to Steal Signals."
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Off Tackle Republic @offtacklerepublic.bsky.social · Aug 14
So @thumpasaurus.bsky.social has been in the lab analyzing the numbers, reading the tea leaves, and divining the entrails.

The result?

A multi-parter on what happens to CFB teams that finally break through to a 10-win season. Intro here, more to come!

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Ten Win Breakthrough Profiles: An Introduction
What happens when your school wins ten games for the first time in a decade?
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Off Tackle Republic @offtacklerepublic.bsky.social · Aug 8
We're two weeks out from the return of college football. Let's rank some Big Ten mascots!

(With apologies to the mascotless Illinois and Michigan fanbases.)

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Big Ten Mascot Rankings
Let's offend 17 Big Ten fanbases by ranking their mascots too low
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Off Tackle Republic @offtacklerepublic.bsky.social · Aug 7
AI has decimated ad revenue and SEO for all kinds of sites. But you know what?

We don't need it. We're going old school.

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In the Era of Google Zero, We're Going Old School
It's not a secret. Online publications of all stripes, all sizes, have been in a knock-down drag-out fight for survival. It was easier in the boom days of the early 2010s. Facebook and Google and Twit...
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Vox Media Union @voxmediaunion.bsky.social · Aug 7
Vox Media Union statement on today's devastating round of layoffs at Eater. We stand with all of our wonderful colleagues. #solidarityforever #unionstrong #1u
Eater layoffs statement Today, 15 members of the Vox Media Union working at Eater were notified without warning that their jobs were being eliminated as part of a major restructuring of the 20-year-old brand. This was especially shocking considering that Vox Media CEO Jim Bankoff told Puck’s Dylan Byers just last week that he did not anticipate any impending layoffs at the company. But, of course, we’ve learned that we cannot trust Jim Bankoff’s word when it comes to layoffs. This is the second major round of layoffs at Eater this year, following a round earlier this year that decimated Eater’s award-winning cities network. To be abundantly clear: these layoffs are a gut-job, one that eliminates roughly a third of Eater’s union jobs. It is also a cowardly capitulation to the fallacious insistence that generative AI is the future of search and publishing. We are devastated that our colleagues have lost their jobs, and we are deeply worried about the future sustainability of Eater without them. Eater is currently in the midst of celebrating its 20th anniversary, and right now, there is not much to celebrate. We will have more information forthcoming about ways to support our laid-off colleagues in the coming days. Solidarity forever, The Vox Media Union Committees
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Off Tackle Republic @offtacklerepublic.bsky.social · Aug 6
I like to think of it more as a revolution.

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A Republic, If You Can Keep It
It's a big week in college sports! Ok, it's technically the deadest of dead zones between collegiate basketball and the start of football season, squarely in the gap after the College World Series has...
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Off Tackle Republic @offtacklerepublic.bsky.social · Aug 6
Huh. It looks like the SBNation overhaul is going totally fine, nothing to see here!

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I, for one, would not have done such a shitty job!
SBNation is launching a new format and publishing platform. It is going poorly.
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Off Tackle Republic @offtacklerepublic.bsky.social · Aug 1
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Off Tackle Republic @offtacklerepublic.bsky.social · Aug 1
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Off Tackle Republic @offtacklerepublic.bsky.social · Jul 31
Hey Tony Pettiti: We Don't Fucking Want This

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An Open Letter To Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti: We Really Don't Want This
Dear Mr. Petitti, Commissioner Petitti? Commish? Tony? Can I call you Tony? Tony feels right. Hello. Hi. I'm a writer at this humble, upstart Big Ten sports blog. I'm technically the one with the sw...
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Off Tackle Republic @offtacklerepublic.bsky.social · Jul 31
With shouts to @scottdochterman.bsky.social for many of the linked quotes.
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