ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Fernando Mendoza looked solid in his Raiders preseason debut, Curtis Rourke started for the 49ers, and Trent stayed up too late watching Hoosiers all over the NFL. Then it's Will Compton picking Nebraska to upset Indiana — Trent has been to Lincoln, watched Tom Allen win there in 2019, and isn't buying the hype. Tom Fornelli gets a surprising defense: his Josh Hoover skepticism is more honest than Adam Brenneman talking out both sides.
Then listener comments take over — the SWOT analysis episode generated some of the best community reactions of the offseason, including a great thread on Indiana football's rise being good for the basketball program, Cignetti shaping the donor structure the way Saban did at Alabama, and why the new Bookstore Brew community might be the most engaged Indiana football fan base online. Plus Trent flags Jaylen Bell — an incoming corner who just signed with Drew Rosenhaus — as a name to watch.
Next week: College Football with Sam on Wednesday, Kris Drew on Friday. Find Bookstore Brew on Spotify and Apple — search Bookstore Brew with Trent McGee. Follow Trent @STMcGee and find Kirkwood and Dunn everywhere @KirkwoodandDunn.
