RUTGER

And 45 points in the first half! Come watch the game with us. Beers are in the garage fridge, but you already knew that. www.offtacklerepublic.com/lets-see-mac...

Idaho State's kicker is named TRAJAN SINATRA

You can take the fans out of Iowa, but you can’t take the Iowa out of the fans.

T minus one hour to THE RETUBERING! Farmageddon, live from Dublin for some reason! www.offtacklerepublic.com/farmageddon-...

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? www.offtacklerepublic.com/college-voll...

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. www.offtacklerepublic.com/breaking-new...

The NCAA are cowards and the Michigan Wolverines are cheaters. But it's time to move on. www.offtacklerepublic.com/the-ncaa-are...

"Further, Stalions created an instructive document for the KGB titled “How to Steal Signals."

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! www.offtacklerepublic.com/ten-win-brea...

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.) www.offtacklerepublic.com/big-ten-masc...

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. www.offtacklerepublic.com/in-the-era-o...

Vox Media Union statement on today's devastating round of layoffs at Eater. We stand with all of our wonderful colleagues. #solidarityforever #unionstrong #1u

Huh. It looks like the SBNation overhaul is going totally fine, nothing to see here! www.offtacklerepublic.com/sbnation-new...

Hey Tony Pettiti: We Don't Fucking Want This www.offtacklerepublic.com/an-open-lett...

Hey Tony Pettiti: We Don't Fucking Want This www.offtacklerepublic.com/an-open-lett...

Shoutout to the Big Ten Preseason Honorees, but mostly to Iowa's Gennings Dunker for his marvelous mullet and mustache. Outstanding work. www.offtacklerepublic.com/big-ten-medi...

8 wins, every damn year. What does it all mean for the Iowa Hawkeyes? Is it worth it to have a high floor if the ceiling is impassable? www.offtacklerepublic.com/another-year...

With apologies to @scottdochterman.bsky.social, we took a stab at finding the top 25 Big Ten rivalries with science, academic rigor, and a good dose of arbirary numbers. www.offtacklerepublic.com/the-official...

And we continue Bucket Week with a preview of what to expect from the Purdue Boilermakers offense this season. Better, presumably! (It can't get much worse.) www.offtacklerepublic.com/purdue-boile...

Trivia Tuesday returns! In honor of Oaken Bucket Week, we've got trivia on the B1G's fraternal twins, Purdue and Indiana. Winner of the overall series gets lifelong glory and maybe a sticker or something. www.offtacklerepublic.com/trivia-tuesd...

It's Bucket Week! We're celebrating Indiana's astounding 2024 season, plus Purdue's somewhat lost year. First, an autopsy of Purdue's final season with HC Walters. What went right, what went wrong, and where the Boilermakers go from here. www.offtacklerepublic.com/purdue-boile...

This is excellent, and also why I'm currently playing Road to Glory mode with a 2-star 5'5'' QB at Ball State. #MACtion!

We're playing REMEMBERING SOME GAMES today with a look back at @almaotterotr.bsky.social's favorite football game of 2024. Wait, it's Ohio State-Iowa? www.offtacklerepublic.com/our-favorite...

We're playing REMEMBERING SOME GAMES today with a look back at @almaotterotr.bsky.social's favorite football game of 2024. Wait, it's Ohio State-Iowa? www.offtacklerepublic.com/our-favorite...

Do you like Wisconsin and Minnesota football? Yeah, me neither. But do you like TRIVIA? Off Tackle Republic opens a new Tuesday Trivia series! Winner gets everlasting glory and maybe a sticker. www.offtacklerepublic.com/trivia-tuesd...

Iowa-Wisconsin at 22? Really?

"Imagine in ten years time your beloved school becomes a destination training program where you learn to wave the flag and install HVAC systems at AI data centers. Will you still care about the football team that wears its colors?" www.offtacklerepublic.com/do-you-still...

This is wild. More weird stadium designs, I say!

A requiem for the Midwestern townie bar and the simplest beer cocktail recipe you'll ever find. Behold, the Minnesota Martini. www.offtacklerepublic.com/minnesota-ma...

On this, the most auspicious of American holidays, celebrating our secular religion of democracy, BTN is showing... 2021 Rutgers at Purdue.

A requiem for the Midwestern townie bar and the simplest beer cocktail recipe you'll ever find. Behold, the Minnesota Martini. www.offtacklerepublic.com/minnesota-ma...

In the twilight of college sports and sports blogs as we know them, we're cheerily whistling past the graveyard. No matter what fanbase you ascribe to, we're glad you’re here (even you, Iowa fans). Happy Independence Day. Welcome to the Republic. www.offtacklerepublic.com/a-republic-i...

Hello, Friday beer. *touches earpiece* I’m being told it’s not Friday, but is in fact Independence Eve. Happy Independence Day, all.

In the midst of what feels like the twilight of collegiate sports and sports blogs as we know them, we're cheerily whistling past the graveyard and trying something new. Why go independent? Because sports are fun. This should be fun. Happy Independence Day. Welcome to the Republic.

Who's the next Nico Ima-leave-ya? @thumpasaurus.bsky.social breaks down the most likely CFB QBs to leave their current teams, including the Poop Cavalier himself, Auburn's Deuce Knight. www.offtacklerepublic.com/which-5-star...

In the midst of what feels like the twilight of collegiate sports and sports blogs as we know them, we're cheerily whistling past the graveyard and trying something new. Why go independent? Because sports are fun. This should be fun. Happy Independence Day. Welcome to the Republic.