NBC's Big Ten College Football Analyst, Todd Blackledge, Joins Query & Company!
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🗓️ 5 December 2025
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Todd Blackledge from NBC Sports joins the program to give his perspective on tomorrow’s Big Ten Championship game between Indiana and Ohio State. He believes that Fernando Mendoza will use his legs more tomorrow night than he has during the season to keep the edge rushers for Ohio State at ease, admits that Indiana needs to find ways to make Julian Sayin uncomfortable because nobody has done that yet, and evaluates the chances of either OSU or IU still having a first round bye in the CFP with a loss.
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| 0:00.0 | No matter where you're headed, it's nice to know, Huber's got you covered for 200,000 miles. |
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| 0:10.1 | Now, one guy who has an objectivity about him because he has to |
| 0:14.0 | is Todd Blackledge, who of course is with NBC when it comes to Big Ten college football. |
| 0:20.1 | And I want to get the objective side of it. Because listen, I'm going to be a homer today because I never thought I'd see it at 53 years old that Indiana is right here and I know how good Ohio State is. But Todd Blacklitz joins us now on the job of the house, Peelham Poor guest line to break down this game. Todd, it is a pleasure. How are you? I'm doing good, Jake. How are you doing? You know, hey, I'm not going to lie to you, man. I'm fired up because I never be feeling great. I never thought I'd see it, man. I never ever thought I'd see it. Now, I know Ohio State is outstanding. I know they're outstanding. But let's begin with Indiana in this story of Kurt Signetti. |
| 0:57.6 | And it's not a new story, Todd. |
| 0:59.1 | It's season two of it. |
| 1:00.9 | But as somebody who's been around the game a lot, to what do you pinpoint the ability of this guy to get this program to this point? |
| 1:10.8 | Well, |
| 1:11.5 | you know, |
| 1:12.1 | it is the second year, |
| 1:13.3 | but it's no less remarkable still. |
| 1:16.5 | I mean, |
| 1:17.1 | the job that he has done and the turnaround and how immediate the turnaround has been |
| 1:22.7 | and bringing the guys in from JMU, |
| 1:25.5 | whether it's staff guys or players that ended up being outstanding Big Ten players as well, it truly is remarkable. |
| 1:33.8 | And it obviously started with him and starts with him and his leadership and his process and culture. |
| 1:39.7 | And I mean, I think it's one of the great, great stories of college football since I've been covering it. |
| 1:47.5 | You know, I think, you know, what Nick Saban did at Alabama over a period of time |
| 1:51.8 | and just the championship level caliber that he had that program and was an amazing story to me also. |
| 1:59.8 | But this, what Kirk Signetti's done is remarkable. |
| 2:05.2 | And I don't think they're going anywhere soon. |
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