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Come Fan with UsFriday, June 26, 2026

PODCAST AIN’T PLAYED NOBODY: Who’s the Big Ten’s biggest sleeping giant? Maryland? Illinois? Other?

Also: Why are sleeping giants usually still asleep?

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It’s Media Days season, so Godfrey is stuck in a hotel room. But PAPN soldiers on regardless! In this episode, Bill and Godfrey discuss...

  • Maryland, Illinois, sleeping giants, and why sleeping giants tend to be asleep.
  • The ass end of the Big Ten.
  • Mississippi State and failing to prepare for questions you know you’re going to get at a large media gathering.
  • Reasonable expectations for reasonable South Carolina fans.
  • Nick Saban’s occasionally perfect quotes.
  • The PAPN niche.
  • Booster culture, its destructiveness, and its similarities to German football. (The most PAPN topic ever. EVER.)
  • How head coaches might use advanced ratings.
  • Blind! Box score! Bingo!

Enjoy.

And here’s the latest Blind Box Score Bingo entry.

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