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The Valenti Show

HOUR 1: Big Ten Private Equity Deal Through MSU/Michigan Lens + In Football Today

The Valenti Show

Audacy

Sports

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

The guys began today's show with their thoughts on the proposed Big Ten private equity deal and how Michigan & Michigan State may or may not be involved. Then, they got around to an In Football Today to wrap up the hour.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome one, welcome all.

0:02.6

We've got a lot to get to.

0:05.1

I don't know where it's going to go today because one of these is kind of a unique topic regarding college football.

0:13.2

You know, we've done so much lions.

0:14.8

We'll do a little more today because it seems to be requisite.

0:19.9

But we wanted to talk a little bit about a strange story. It's been covered

0:23.3

in the local papers. Detroit News had a nice piece on it regarding the Big Ten selling to private

0:29.9

equity. And if you haven't been following this, it's interesting. And these gentlemen, and I use that term lightly, that I work with here,

0:39.7

have all said, look, we can't go too deep into the numbers. You'll lose the whole audience, Mike.

0:43.7

And I'd like to tell you they're right. So we'll try to stay on the periphery of that. I'm fascinated by-

0:49.3

Yeah, hit the big numbers. I think that's more people I'm concerned about. Okay. We'll use terms like a lot and a little.

0:55.3

But I wanted to ask people this because there's, if you're a Michigan fan, I think there's

1:01.0

an interesting conversation going on.

1:03.0

And some of your heavy hitters are making some very blustery threats that I just don't

1:09.1

believe they can back up.

1:10.7

But I actually understand why Michigan is opposed to signing this.

1:15.2

I'll explain.

1:16.6

From the other side, it's MSU seemingly sitting in that strange chair in the hotel room again

1:21.9

where they're willing to be treated the same as Purdue, Northwestern, and Rutgers.

1:27.3

So let me, can I give people some of the backstory?

1:30.5

Yes, please.

1:31.3

Okay.

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