I-80 Football Show: Is Mike Locksley underrated?

Welcome to a new episode of Land-Grant Podcast Network’s I-80 Football Show. On this show, we travel down I-80 to talk all things Big Ten Football. This is the only Big Ten Podcast that’ll cover all 18 teams. After every week of action, we will catch you up on all the conference’s games and look ahead at the matchups, storylines, and players you should be paying attention to for the next week. My name is Jordan Williams, and I am joined by my co-host Dante Morgan. The guys are back talking Big Ten football and this week it’s coaches' rankings. A couple weeks back Jordan wrote an article ranking the 18 coaches in the Big Ten entering the 2024 season. So for this episode, Jordan and Dante break down this ranking to see what Jordan got wrong. Starting with Mike Locksley at no. 15. There may have been a judgment error there as Maryland has been a pretty solid program the past few seasons. Is that because of Mike Locksley or despite his flaws as a coach?  Where should Lincoln Riley be ranked? While at Oklahoma he has multiple playoff appearances and Big 12 championships but he did not build the Oklahoma Sooner program he inherited it. In his two years at USC, he hasn’t won a PAC-12 title or made the playoffs and wasted the last year of Caleb Williams. How much does previous success outweigh the last few years for a coach and what should we do with one-year wonders like David Braun at Northwestern? In their weekly pitstop, Jordan wishes Dante a happy 30th birthday and bemoans the fact that from 2024-2026 their entire friend group will be turning 30 and trying to have major celebrations. Who has the time and money for all of that?  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sign up with MyBookie using our link to receive your welcome bonus: https://mybookie.website/Grant23 Follow the show on YouTube: @JordanW330  Follow the podcast on Instagram: @I80FootballShow  Connect with us on Twitter: Jordan: @JordanW330 and Dante: @DanteM10216 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices