Heart of the Rivalry: Episode 8, It's Rivalry Week with the Battle of I-75 — That's Us!

Heart of the Rivalry is a new Blade-produced YouTube series and podcast that is available on all major platforms.  The weekly college football show is led by The Blade’s sports columnist, David Briggs, and co-host/producer Phil Kaplan. Follow the podcast for new episodes every week of the season:This week our hosts draw the thru-line between Bronny James, of L.A., and Connor Walendzak, of Perrysburg, to the Battle of I-75, Bowling Green at Toledo. Yes, it’s a full phalanx of Falcon-Rocket information carried in a yeoman’s effort at chopping, catalyzing, crystalizing, and critiquing this year’s matchup between the school’s a mere 25 miles apart — making this the first edition of Heart of the Rivalry to be within RIVALRY WEEK! Briggs tells us about orbital fiascos of television broadcast choices, which is somehow again Buffalo’s fault. There’s further band drama, and Phil encourages the BGSU band to busk outside the Glass Bowl. All that and more on your favorite college football show, the Heart of the Rivalry.