COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State football has been working to create an elite environment for its 2025 opener vs. Texas. Some thoughts about how that could look were raised earlier this month when Fox announced it had the TV rights to the Cotton Bowl rematch — likely meaning the game would slot into the Big Noon Kickoff window on Aug. 30.

NFL players could participate in the 2028 Summer Olympics after team owners approved their status to try out for flag football at league meetings in Minneapolis this week. But it won’t be the first time NFL athletes have seen the worldwide stage.

Lincoln Riley joins the show to talk about USC getting back on top, what he learned in his first season in the BIG 10, the recruiting surge that the Trojans have been on and the changes that come with the evolution of college football.