Slow States Podcast #26: Bowl Previews And Our Albums Of The Year

Podcasts this big only come around but once a year. We touch on all the Big Ten bowl games (the first of which kicks off tonight at 10:00 pm Eastern) and then switch gears and hit all of our favorite albums of 2010.

Can anyone from the Slow States reasonably expect to win their bowl game? Is the Kanye West album really as good it sounded the first time through? What is the best variety in the Robitussin Christmas Variety Pack? (Spoiler: all of them.)

Slow States Podcast #25: We Is Legend

Another potential bowl preview turned into a discussion of the happenings. Namely and most obviously: Big Ten logos (your EDSBS deconstruction), division names and annual trophies (of which this one is my favorite).

We also play out what Al Golden to Miami means for the KOK’s chances at Pitt, and who else is keeping a drug house in Iowa, anyway?

Slow States Podcast #24: When The Walls Come Tumbling Down

Perhaps this won't be another boring off-season, after all. We planned on blasting through the various Big Ten bowl matchups -- only Ohio State is favored by the oddsmakers, by the way -- but decided to postpone that discussion due to a variety of breaking news stories. Indiana made a stunningly good hire for their football program. Minnesota's Athletic Director went Full Frontal Dipshit in an interview with a local newspaper. Dave Wannstedt was fired yesterday in Pittsburgh (although his iconic mustache will receive a dandy golden parachute package), and about 10 minutes before we recorded, the DJK story filtered out of Iowa.

How to cope? If you're Patrick, it's Templeton Rye every time.

Slow States Podcast #23: Dadgummed

As we were kicking around ideas for off-season (yes, it's kind of here) podcasts, Kevin came up with the bright idea to talk with the Bud Elliott, founder of SBNation's incredibly popular Florida State blog, Tomahawk Nation. We talk about -- what else? -- life with an 80+ year old coach in a young coach's world. Could the scenario in Happy Valley play out the same was as it did in Tallahassee? Yeah, probably not, but we look at the situation from all angles -- recruiting, political power plays, manipulation of the press, and much more.