With a nod to our immensely skilled graphic designer BigRedTwice:

It's a question as old as time. Which college mascots would you cook for Thanksgiving dinner and how would you prepare them? Just saying: Bevo would be damn tasty. www.offtacklerepublic.com/an-all-colle...

DAYTIME BASKETBALL!! And let's be honest with each other. You're not really working. We're all just counting down to Thursday. Pop on a game and come watch with us. (We apologize for the Musselman photo. Those responsible have been sacked.) #cbb www.offtacklerepublic.com/big-ten-bask...

From @thumpasaurus.bsky.social, an open letter to the University of Illinois president: "Can't there be just one thing in this country that isn't controlled by hedge fund managers? Must they own everything? Can we not have a football team just as a treat?" www.offtacklerepublic.com/my-message-t...

Hey! Do you like Big Ten football and shooting the shit online? Come hang out with us. Beers are in the garage fridge. www.offtacklerepublic.com/wolverines-a...

Sorry, USC fans. Your mascot origin story is kinda dumb. www.offtacklerepublic.com/the-usc-troj...

Sure, you know the Purdue Harbor from 2009. But do you know the story of the OG Harbor? www.offtacklerepublic.com/the-original...

We've been quietly running previews of every goddang Big Ten team. Unfortunately, I've been shit at posting them here. Get it together, Sherman! BASKETBALL PREVIEW MEGATHREAD TIME! #cbb In reverse order of last season's rankings, we lead off with:

Come watch some B1G basketball with us! Beers are in the cooler out back. #cbb www.offtacklerepublic.com/big-ten-bask...

We've got another team preview! This time it's the Michigan State Spartans and Izzo's 30th (!!) season. www.offtacklerepublic.com/b1g-basketba... #cbb

College basketball season approaches! Let's talk Big Ten coaches, including which clipboard-toting boss you'd want for the next decade. #cbb www.offtacklerepublic.com/b1g-hoops-pr...

@syntherella.bsky.social Hello! are you still operating the #CBB feed? Would you mind adding us to that? We've been running previews for all of the B1G teams. thanks!

Come watch some games with us over at @offtacklerepublic.bsky.social! www.offtacklerepublic.com/2-hoosiers-g...

It's $5 Bits of Broken Chair night!! If you missed our interview with @chairtrophy.bsky.social, including thoughts on the trophy from @fauxpelini.bsky.social himself, check it out! And please donate to the good causes if you can. Fuck cancer. www.offtacklerepublic.com/of-football-...

Minnesota and Nebraska play for the $5 Bits of Broken Chair tomorrow night! We chatted with the @chairtrophy.bsky.social to learn about the trophy's origin, the legend and lore, and the $200k (!!!) that they've raised to fight cancer in the last decade. www.offtacklerepublic.com/of-football-...

You know how dogs and their owners start to look alike after a while? The same thing applies for college football coaches. But who's the MOST like their university? Candidates include Wisconsin-era Bielema, Coach O at LSU, and Dabo at Clemson. www.offtacklerepublic.com/college-foot...

Hey, remember those highly-touted freshmen with the Rutgers basketball team last year? Well, they're gone and Pikiell is still there. Let's find out what comes next. www.offtacklerepublic.com/b1g-basketba...

🐢 Illibuck starts in a half hour! Come watch the game with us over at @offtacklerepublic.bsky.social. www.offtacklerepublic.com/big-noon-ill...

Sorry, Penn State, Rutgers, and Minnesota: Your non-conference schedules are bad and you should feel bad. www.offtacklerepublic.com/grading-the-... #cbb #b1G

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? www.offtacklerepublic.com/to-what-end-...

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!