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Just how big of a problem is tampering, perhaps bigger than you think Nebraska is going

to after the College Sports Commission's NIL deals, a lot of big things to discuss.

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Welcome.

We're glad to have you here.

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All of you that love to lobby the accusations at us hosts that you don't know ball because

you didn't play, you can't do it with Tray, everybody, you just simply can't.

Apparently what you can do is tamper, and the Big Ten sent out a notice.

I got to tell you, optically, it's not very good to look for our conference here.

No, not at all.

They would like for there to be no more investigations into tampering allegations.

Hmm, Trent, what does that tell you?

It tells us that, yeah, we are at pre-arrain.

The one interesting component I thought to this, though, is when they brought up the

no contact issue that is out there, where guys enter the portal with the no contact order,

meaning they already know where they're going.

We know it's a farce.

We know a lot of these deals have already been in place well before the portal actually

opened, so maybe in a way, we can come up with an argument that the Big Ten is just trying

to end the farce, right?

Let's live in a reality here.

Let's get past this.

Everybody, for the most part, knows where they're going, even before the portal opens

up, and we move past that, but you're right, overall, not a great look for the Big Ten.

No, not a spectacular one.

Look, right on time late, Craig Scheeman locked on Big Ten is here for our recording.

No matter how late we start, Craig shows up after we begin.

This tradition at this point, Roman, your thoughts on the tampering matter?

I'm shocked that that's how you led into asking me specifically about all of this, for

no reason in particular, especially with how the Big Ten treated that a couple of months

ago, when Demand Williams was reportedly being tampered with and was mulling entering the

transfer portal since that never officially happened.

The Big Ten firmly had Washington's back, and they're like, hey, yeah, we're going

to, if you need to go to court to fight this for everything that happens, we're right

here with you.

Seeing this, I really like transplant.

I think that that is a very big part of this, is probably like, yeah, we know it's happening,

so we just, we need stricter cart rails in place for all of this, and I know it's something

we've talked about in several other angles of NIL, and college athletics in general, and

it's all just exhausting at this point in time, and I think that, I think this is just

one of those things that we're going to look back on at the end of the day and say, yeah,

we still, like, this is probably not the right angle to be looking at all of this, but

rolls are still needed.

Jay, what do you think?

Tony Petitis put himself in a real bad spot, because the last time he made a big splash,

it was a 2014 playoff, and he got a lot of pushback for it, and you thought that he was

going to stop trying to do things to make himself look bad, but here he is once again doing

something to make himself look bad.

It's just not a good look for the big 10, and I wouldn't be shocked if in a couple of months

he starts trying to put some playoff format on a napkin and send it over to somebody that

covers a sport nationally, says, hey, look, how about we just leak this out here and try

to see what the public thinks about this?

He's just not really doing the best job to get the public to be on his side, and everyone

got on Kevin Warren for what he did, and how he led the big 10 back in 2020.

I haven't seen, there's a lot of pushback for Tony Petitis as well, and I understand why

because man just continues to do things that make him look bad.

Try, you're currently a student athlete in this whole landscape.

You being tampered with right now, if so, blink twice.

I'm not.

Not getting tampered with right now, but I think from my perspective, thinking about some

of the schools like University of Maryland, I think a lot of it happens at schools like

that, kind of the smaller schools that don't have as much money to go around, and I think

there's got to be some rules and regulations behind it, if the University of Maryland

in schools like that want to be able to ever keep up with some of the other opponents

in the big 10.

Yeah, I mean, just imagine how many schools have probably already reached out to Malik

Washington getting ready for the impending season and potential firing of Mike Loxley.

They are going, they are going to come calling.

That is, I think, a given.

Say go, how do we fix this?

How do we fix it?

Yeah, I mean, by the big 10 and the SEC breaking away from the NCAA, I mean, Loxley, it's

new.

No.

Yeah.

Sorry.

Keep going.

I just said, I don't like that idea.

Why?

Because college football, having a true national component is fantastic, and if it was only

big 10 against SEC, that'd get boring.

What'd it get boring?

Compared to what it is now, yes, it would be significantly less exciting.

I very much enjoy watching Penn State beat up on a group of six schools.

Yes.

Well, you get to do it three times a year.

It takes an extra level of the amateurism of it all out of this thing now, right?

To Spencer's point of, if it's the big 10 against the SEC and it's money versus money

and power versus power every week, it just becomes an even more just junior version of

the NFL, which in some senses is kind of exhausting.

Yeah.

That's what I mean.

And I'm not saying that the big 10 and the SEC aren't going to expand.

That is just the current version of the big 10 and the current version of the SEC.

But we are going to get the two super mega conferences.

It's probably going to be 64 teams, 64 schools.

And if you're not, if you're not in the league, well, good luck because it's going to

happen at some point.

Yeah.

It would be terrible when Iowa gets left behind out of that.

It's just going to be nightmare and just be it'd be it'd be it'd be heartbreaking.

All right.

Are all of our schools safe in that in that super league?

No.

Sorry, Trey.

If it's 64, Maryland, Maryland, Maryland might be left behind.

I don't know.

I actually don't know that Maryland would get left behind.

They've got the most unique mascot in college football or one of them.

No, I think we'd be left behind.

No.

Okay.

Never mind.

Never mind.

That's right.

That's right there.

My pulse on all things, Maryland is clearly not as attached as my heart pulsing through

the rest of my body.

Anyway, so Craig, when you saw Tony Petiti put out that message to the world, what would

you think?

Well, you know, first of all, I'm just glad he spoke because to Jay's point, he doesn't

look good a lot of times because he lets Craig Sanky do all the talking and Petiti rarely

makes any statements.

And you know, overall, there's like four ways that you could fix college football, right?

And tampering or whatever issue of the day is you can have the NCAA fix it, which they

feel to do.

They lost their chance.

So then you can have Congress fix it, but they're not smart enough to do it.

And then you can have an executive order from the president, which is coming, but then

fight that in the legal courts and let the courts decide the Supreme Court decide the

rules of college football, or you can leave the NCAA all together and join the super conference.

And look, to Zach's point, you know, that super conference will grow.

It's not going to just be the same old teams, you know, 40 to 50 teams.

It will be an NFL style super conference, AFC versus NFC, big 10 SEC.

I think that's the direction we ultimately go.

By the way, if you check out my Thursday podcast, I like how big 10 it is about that.

One of my favorite subjects to talk about everybody watches Craig show already.

Who doesn't?

Hey, I had a rough week.

Oh, no, 100,000 views in a day.

Oh, man, that was last week.

I'm still living off of it.

It's up to 220 now.

Yeah.

You're like goons coming in here and saying, man, I haven't watched my team win a football

game in months, which is your team.

But you could do that too.

I hate, I hate everything that just happened here.

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Wow, he really was too.

He really was.

He really was.

I was just going to let you know.

Try got a better offer.

He hit the portal.

Saco probably went to talk about wrestling, but yeah, anyway, Nebraska is trying to say

this college sports commission, which was a part of the house settlement that came about

last year is not valid because they have ruled some NIL deals to not be legitimate.

Trent, I don't think that it's a bad thing that this commission got together, evaluated

some deals, like I'm not talking about a specific case or instance.

I'm just talking about the premise of it.

I don't think it's inherently a bad thing, right?

It's not.

No, this makes sense.

We're trying to put up guardrails for this entity that we call college athletics.

The problem is that we have litigation every single place you turn and what we've learned

in college athletics, it's very simple.

You don't like what's happening?

You sue.

It's as simple as that.

That's what's happening on the Nebraska side.

Are you talking about that?

I could sue and get Roman fired from the network.

Is that what you're telling me?

I stepped on my line again, man.

Oh my God.

You two are.

You got to be quicker than that.

In this discussion, I am Ultron and you were Tony Stark.

So I win this particular moment, ignore what happens at the end of that movie.

I was going to say I win the war.

What is going on?

What are you guys talking about?

What is this?

Oh my God.

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

Jay, do you know what we're talking about?

I don't.

No, I don't.

Craig, do you know what we're talking about?

I just wonder if Trent paid his light bill again.

It's always so dark.

I have the light right here.

I always pay my light bill.

Wow.

Roman there.

We're over three on getting that.

I know.

That is crazy.

We interrupt Trent.

Trent could.

Trent continue.

I think I just said it.

They're going to sue.

Everybody's going to sue.

And until we get real litigation and tell all these athletes become employees, this is

going to be our reality.

And it doesn't matter if it's within the next year, the next five years, the next 10

years.

That is the only end game.

I think that's something you nerds like end game, right?

Yeah.

There you go.

You got that one.

No, I just, I just know the term.

I've never seen a movie or anything like that.

It's incredible pivot.

We're dropping like one of the most iconic scenes from a feature Marvel film.

And then you come back with that one after going, I don't know, I deal with the hell you're

talking about.

I still don't.

All right.

Take it away, Roman.

Yeah.

I'm still a little bit in shock.

It's not.

Spencer, I'm with you 100% here where the amount of deals that have been not approved by

the CSC since its inception is not a large number either.

So I kind of look at the situation.

And I say, I don't, I don't know, man, there might be a reason that that your deals were

not approved.

I'm curious to, you know, get into some of the specifics of that as, as details are

revealed.

But this is just one of those things where I think all and all the CSC is a very good

thing for the world of college athletics where we've talked about this a lot on, on,

on these squad shows where there are teams that are just going out and paying this, that

whatever to get some of the top defensive linemen in the country when you look at Texas

tech is doing on a yearly basis.

And there's no way that all of that is, you know, going to be approved in some way, shape

or form, if you really dive into it.

And the fact that we have some kind of just like basic governing body for that is a very

good thing in my opinion.

That's, that's, that's my old thought.

All that money at Texas tech to score no points on Oregon.

This is something popped into my head.

Anyway, Craig, I wonder what happened the week after that.

Is the, is the CSC Washington still wasn't playing is the CSC just out to get Nebraska

here?

Is that, is that what's happening?

I don't know.

In my understanding was all 18 players.

It was all one deal, right?

For like a million dollars divided amongst all of them.

It was, I don't know if it were multiple individual deals or not.

But nevertheless, I'm sitting here thinking how many time, how many things can we actually

sue for now?

The CSC name image of likeness, we can sue about the transfer portal and whether we're,

we can go wherever we want.

We can sue about eligibility who want to play a ninth year of college football, uh, revenue

share loss.

Everything's a lawsuit now.

I remember back in the good old days, we just, you went to school, you got your scholarship

and you played football and then we would vote on who the champion was because they didn't

even have money under the table like, like a real sport.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Well, we would have mixed savings college football gosh dang it now you beat me to it by

half a second.

Yeah.

Yeah.

That's right.

I don't like that.

I don't like that feeling.

Gosh, that's, he's battling back.

He's battling back.

Anyway, uh, Jay, Jay, do you, do you like the idea of the CSC turning down NIL deals?

Because though it comes from different pockets, the way it gets received on RN is people

in the content and reporting space is, well, we need rules and regulations on this.

Well, here's some regulation.

Oh my gosh, I can't believe they regulated it.

That's how it kind of feels to me right now.

I mean, it's exactly what it is.

I mean, you laid it out very well.

That's exactly what happened.

Somebody doesn't like the outcome of the rule that's in place.

That's life.

Not just sports.

That's life.

We may not like to speak limit.

We have to abide by it.

And if we don't, a cop may pull us over.

We may get a ticket.

That's just life.

And so I get when you're 18 to 22 years old and you have a lot of power and cost football

right now for decades, the athletes didn't have as much power as it currently have.

And now these guys have power.

And when rules are there that they can't overcome, they can't have to follow them or they

get in trouble or they don't get money.

Sorry, buddy.

Well, I'm not really sorry.

That's life.

That's all life works.

You may not like it, but oh, well, live with it.

Jay, I thought you hosted lock on buck guys, not locked on Georgia.

Oh, that's another good one.

Speed limit.

That's a good point.

That's a good point.

I will say that he dropped my mind when I said that, but I see the dots being connected.

Roman, Roman brought his A game tonight.

Yeah.

What can I say?

Roman brought his A game.

MVP.

It's like the antithesis of what Oregon basketball brought in round one of the big 10 basketball

tournament.

Because they were so bad.

They were so bad.

Yeah.

That's, that's, that's correct.

That's correct.

When we come back, I will have thought of something by then.

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What is your number one question going into Spring Football for the Iowa Hawkeyes?

Oh, that's a good one.

Have they improved at the wider receiver position?

It's not going to be fixed.

It's not going to be great, but they went into the portal.

They got a couple of guys that had some decent offers coming out of the FCS ranks.

So can there be improvement there?

It's going to be a quarterback battle.

That's going to be probably the headliner, but most importantly, do they have a couple of

guys that can get open in the Tim Lester scheme?

You've seen improvements, certainly, the offense the last two years, but wider receiver,

can they take a step forward there for me?

Anyone else seen that Peyton Manning SNL sketch where Peyton Manning is a community ambassador

and he's playing football with the kids.

When Trent said, get open.

I thought of it.

Look, open.

Get open.

And then he just pags the kid and drops into the floor.

I feel like an Iowa quarterback could feel that frustration open.

Oh, my God.

Just give them a Paul crew.

Wouldn't the Iowa quarterback have to get them all there first?

Yeah, that's true.

That would push back.

Yeah.

Good.

That means you're realistic.

We can appreciate that.

Roman, is there a question that supersedes whether or not the locker-extamined Williams?

Yes, actually, there is.

And it's what it's going to be.

His freshman class looks like in my opinion, because there is a lot that Washington really

likes about the roster going into this year.

Whether it be the offensive line, what the defense as a whole can bring.

But the biggest question, in my opinion, is how some of these true freshmen are going

to look the part and then hang physically as we get into the spring football period?

Because Washington might have a true freshman starter at left tackle in Cody Green.

They're going to ask at least two, if not three, BluChip recruits to play big-time roles

on the defensive line in Tiamu guys, Derek Coleman Brusa and JD Hill, who's not going to

be here for spring practice.

But then there are so many other guys, Brian Bonner running back.

A trio of wide receivers in Jordan Clay, Tres Davis, Mason James.

There are so many guys that this coaching staff wants to take big roles as true freshmen.

We saw it last year in 2025, and now Jed Fish is trying to build on that with his highest

ranked recruiting class in program history.

So I look at all of these guys, and I think that there is a lot to like about what Washington

is bringing to the table.

But yeah, especially some recent things that I've heard around the program and how quickly

Dimon might have, you know, just re-assimulated into everything that's going on at Washington,

that certainly supersedes what that's going to look like in my opinion.

Continuing in the unchanged order of hosts here on YouTube, Jay, what's your top question

for the buck, guys?

What will the offense look like?

Because bringing an Arthur Smith, I think Roman made a comment about it last week before

about Arthur Smith and his offense and how it might not be the best fit for Ohio State

does.

I'm in the same page with everyone there.

I'm not sold, and this was the right hire.

But if Arthur Smith shifts his mindset in transforms into college, it leans into more Ryan

Day did when Ryan Day was a play caller.

I think that'd be the best fit, but who knows.

We literally have no idea what Arthur Smith will do with the offense, and I'm really kind

of nervous based off what happened last year and how the offense looked when it was slower

and had a lot of heavier sets.

If that continues, Ryan Day will have to answer a lot of questions about why this approach

went offence is happening again when you have a former NFL head coach who's your experience

doing the same thing you did last year with an inexperienced play caller.

Craig wrap it up with your number one spring question across the big 10.

It could be team specific, but what comes to mind?

Specifically, are we just going to gloss over the fact that the Oregon duck basketball

team almost became the first team ever to be shut out in the first half of a big 10

turn.

Hey, they were like 12 points clear of getting shut out in the half.

Craig, good news is your Hoosers are looking great though.

Yeah, no comment on that.

Hold on, are you upset that your team is not quite into the NCAA tournament field?

Because let me tell you, I can think of a worse scenario for a basketball program to be

in today.

Well, you want to hear, let me just talk about USC losing the Washington three times in

a season.

When you say that, right?

Oh, gosh.

That's good.

Well, I'll tell you guys this because I live and die with Indiana basketball and there's

nothing worse than I'm not getting in the tournament being on the outside of the bubble.

But I'm going to tell you, when in a Natty and football smooths that over, I'm okay.

But you know how often I think about the Seahawks beating Roman's Patriots in the Superbowl,

the answers every single day since that.

Is that the only thing that just like gives you a sense of calm in this world where Oregon

has never won a national championship?

Yes.

Yeah, I had a feeling.

That's it's, yeah, I mean playing golf, you know, playing golf is good, but I chucked

a club on the 17th of the day, so I don't know if that's always, that always qualifies.

Where are you right?

You look like you're in a swanky hotel, some yellow head boards behind the bed.

Where are you at these days?

I'm in Las Vegas in the New York New York hotel.

I'm down here for a bunch of college basketball stuff, including watching my Santa Clara

Broncos make it to the WCC title game for the first time in 19 years and they will be in

the NCAA tournament for the first time in 30 years since before I was born.

So I'm going to hold on to that while ignoring the fact that it's pretty, I just

always say sad that Oregon has fallen behind my alma mater that hasn't made the tournament

in three decades.

You know who the point guard was on that team?

Anybody know this?

Steve Nash.

Steve Nash was a college point guard.

The last time Santa Clara made the NCAA tournament.

So that's where things are at.

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