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How should we understand the words, “in him all things were created” in Col 1.16? Although commonly taken to mean Christ created the universe, this view has contextual, structural, and exegetical problems. In what follows I’ll name six problems with old-creation readings before laying out why a new creation approach makes sense. I presented this talk at the 2025 Unitarian Christian Alliance (UCA) conference in Uxbridge, England. Scroll down to see the full-length paper. For those listening to the audio, here’s a quick reference to Colossians 1.15-20 Strophe 1 (Col 1.15-18a) 15a      who is (the) image of the invisible God, 15b      firstborn of all creation 16a      for in him were created all things 16b                  in the heavens and upon the earth, 16c                  the visible and the invisible, 16d                  whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities 16e      all things have been created through him and for him 17a      and he is before all things 17b      and all things hold together in him 18a      and he is the head of the body of the Church,[12] Strophe 2 (Col 1.18b-20) 18b      who is (the) beginning, 18c      firstborn from the dead, 18d                  in order that he may be first in all things, 19        for in him was pleased all the fulness to dwell 20a      and through him to reconcile all things in him, 20b      making peace through the blood of his cross 20c                  whether the things upon the earth 20d                  or the things in the heavens Here’s Randy Leedy’s New Testament Diagram Here are the slides in the original PowerPoint format Download [13.82 MB] Here are the slides converted to PDF Loading... Taking too long? Reload document | Open in new tab Download [3.16 MB] To read the paper, simply scroll down or read it on Academia.edu.   Listen on Spotify   Listen on Apple Podcasts —— Links —— Check out these other papers by Sean Finnegan Support Restitutio by donating here Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow Finnegan on X @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments and we may play it out on the air Who is Sean Finnegan?  Read his bio here Get Finnegan’s book, Kingdom Journey to learn about God’s kingdom coming on earth as well as the story of how Christianity lost this pearl of great price. Get the transcript of this episode Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library. Below is the paper presented on July 25, 2025 in Uxbridge, England at the 2nd annual UCA UK Conference. Access this paper on Academia.edu to get the pdf. Full text is below, including bibliography and end notes. Colossians 1.16: Old Creation or New Creation? by Sean P. Finnegan Abstract  How should we understand the words, “in him all things were created” in Col 1.16? Although commonly taken to mean Christ created the universe, this view has contextual, structural, and exegetical problems. In what follows, I will explain the difficulties with the various old creation readings of Col 1.16 along with five reasons for a new creation approach. Then I'll provide a new creation reading of Col 1.16 before summarizing my findings in the conclusion. Introduction  Colossians 1.15-20 is a fascinating text of great importance for Christology. Commonly understood to be a hymn, it is fascinating in its cosmic scope and elevated Christology. Although many commentators interpret Paul[1] to say that Christ created the universe in his pre-existent state in Col 1.16, not all scholars see it that way. For example, Edward Schillebeeckx writes, “There is no mention in this text of pre-existence in the Trinitarian sense.”[2] Rather he sees “an eschatological pre-existence, characteristic of wisdom and apocalyptic.”[3] G. B. Caird agreed that Paul's focus in Col. 1.15-20 was not pre-existence (contra Lightfoot), rather, “The main thread of Paul's thought, then, is the manhood of Christ.”[4] In other words, “All that has been said in vv. 15-18 can be said of the historical Jesus.”[5] James Dunn also denied that Paul saw Christ as God's agent in creation in Col 1.15-20, claiming that such an interpretation was “to read imaginative metaphor in a pedantically literal way.”[6] James McGrath argued that “Jesus is the one through whom God's new creation takes place.” [7] Andrew Perriman likewise noted, “There is no reference to the creation of heaven and earth, light and darkness, sea and dry land, lights in the heavens, vegetation, or living creatures,”[8] also preferring a new creation approach.[9] To understand why such a broad range of scholars diverge from the old creation interpretation of Col 1.16, we will examine several contextual, structural, and exegetical problems. While explaining these, I'll also put forward four reasons to interpret Col 1.16 as new creation. Then I'll provide a fifth before giving a new creation reading of Col 1.15-20. But before going any further, let's familiarize ourselves with the text and structure. The Form of Col 1.15-20  To get our bearings, let me begin by providing a translation,[10] carefully structured to show the two strophes.[11] Strophe 1 (Col 1.15-18a) 15a      who is (the) image of the invisible God, 15b      firstborn of all creation 16a      for in him were created all things 16b                  in the heavens and upon the earth, 16c                  the visible and the invisible, 16d                  whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities 16e      all things have been created through him and for him 17a      and he is before all things 17b      and all things hold together in him 18a      and he is the head of the body of the Church,[12] Strophe 2 (Col 1.18b-20) 18b      who is (the) beginning, 18c      firstborn from the dead, 18d                  in order that he may be first in all things, 19        for in him was pleased all the fulness to dwell 20a      and through him to reconcile all things in him, 20b      making peace through the blood of his cross 20c                  whether the things upon the earth 20d                  or the things in the heavens Here I've followed the two-strophe structure (1.15-18a and 18b-20) noted more than a century ago by the classical philologist Eduard Norden[13] and repeated by James Robinson,[14] Edward Lohse,[15] Edward Schweizer,[16] James Dunn,[17] Ben Witherington III,[18] and William Lane[19] among others. By lining up the parallel lines of the two strophes, we can clearly see the poetic form. Strophe 1 15a who is (the) image… 15b firstborn of all creation 16a for in him were created all things… 16e  all things have been created through him… Strophe 2 18b who is (the) beginning, 18c firstborn from the dead … 19 for in him was pleased all… 20a and through him to reconcile all things in him… Such striking repeated language between the two strophes means that we should be careful to maintain the parallels between them and not take a grammatical or exegetical position on a word or phrase that would disconnect it from the parallel line in the other strophe. Some scholars, including F. F. Bruce,[20] Michael Bird,[21] David Pao,[22] among others proposed vv. 17-18a as an independent transitional link between the two strophes. Lohse explained the motivation for this unlikely innovation as follows. Above all, it is curious that at the end of the first, cosmologically oriented strophe, Christ is suddenly referred to as the “head of the body, the church” (1:18a κεφαλή τοῦ σώματος τῆς ἐκκλησίας). Considering its content, this statement would have to be connected with the second strophe which is characterized by soteriological statements. The structure of the hymn, however, places it in the first strophe.[23] For interpreters who prefer to think of the first strophe as cosmogony and the second as soteriology, a line about Christ's headship over the church doesn't fit very well. They restructure the form based on their interpretation of the content. Such a policy reverses the order of operations. One should determine the form and then interpret the content in light of structure. Lohse was right to reject the addition of a new transitional bridge between the two strophes. He called it “out of the question” since vv. 17-18a underscore “all things” and “serve as a summary that brings the first strophe to a conclusion.”[24] Now that we've oriented ourselves to some degree, let's consider old creation readings of Col 1.16 and the problems that arise when reading it that way. Old Creation Readings  Within the old creation paradigm for Col 1.16 we can discern three groups: those who see (A) Christ as the agent by whom God created, (B) Wisdom as the agent, and (C) Christ as the purpose of creation. Although space won't allow me to interact with each of these in detail, I will offer a brief critique of these three approaches. As a reminder, here is our text in both Greek and English. Colossians 1.16 16a      ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ ἐκτίσθη τὰ πάντα 16b                  ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, 16c                  τὰ ὁρατὰ καὶ τὰ ἀόρατα, 16d                  εἴτε θρόνοι εἴτε κυριότητες εἴτε ἀρχαὶ εἴτε ἐξουσίαι· 16e      τὰ πάντα δι' αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰς αὐτὸν ἔκτισται· 16a      for in him were created all things 16b                  in the heavens and upon the earth, 16c                  the visible and the invisible, 16d                  whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities 16e      all things have been created through him and for him 1. Christ as the Agent of Creation Scot McKnight is representative in his claim that “The emphasis of the first stanza is Christ as the agent of creation … and the second is Christ as the agent of redemption.”[25] This view sees the phrase “in him were created all things” as Christ creating the universe in the beginning. However, this position has six problems with it. Firstly, the context of the poem—both before (vv. 13-14) and after (vv. 21-22)—is clearly soteriological not cosmogonical.[26] By inserting vv. 15-20 into the text after vv. 13-14, Paul connected the two together.[27] V. 15 begins with ὅς ἐστιν (who is), which makes it grammatically dependent on vv. 13-14. “It is widely accepted,” wrote Dunn, “that this passage is a pre-Pauline hymn interpolated and interpreted to greater or less extent by Paul.”[28] By placing the poem into a redemptive frame, Paul indicated how he interpreted it. The fact that God “rescued us from the authority of darkness and transferred (us) into the kingdom of his beloved son” is the controlling context (v. 13).[29] As I will show below, I believe vv. 15-20 are ecclesiology not protology, since ecclesiology naturally flows from soteriology. Rather than remaining in the old domain of darkness, vulnerable to malevolent spiritual powers of this age, Colossian Christians are transferred into the new domain of Christ. The context makes it more natural to interpret the creation language of vv. 15-16 in light of Christ's redemptive work—as references to new creation rather than old creation. Doing so retains the contextual frame rather than jumping back to the beginning of time. A second problem arises when we consider the phrase “image of the invisible God” in v. 15. Although some see a Stoic or Wisdom reference here, I agree with F. F. Bruce who said, “No reader conversant with the OT scriptures, on reading these words of Paul, could fail to be reminded of the statement in Gen. 1:26f., that man was created by God ‘in his own image.'”[30] Immediately after making humanity in his own image, God blessed us with dominion over the earth. Philo also connected humanity's image of God with “the rulership over the earthly realms.”[31] But if the Christ of v. 15 is the pre-existent son prior to his incarnation, as the old creation model posits, “How can he be the ‘image of God,'” asked Eduard Schweizer, since “the one who is thus described here is not the earthly Jesus?”[32] It is precisely by virtue of his humanity that Jesus is the image of God not his pre-existence.[33] Thus, image-of-God language points us to the creation of a new humanity. A third problem is that “firstborn of all creation” prima facia implies that Christ is a member of creation (a partitive genitive). This is how Paul thought about Christ as firstborn in Rom 8.29 when he called Christ “firstborn among many brothers and sisters.” Clearly he saw Christ as a member of the “ἀδελφοῖς” (brothers and sisters). Furthermore, “πρωτότοκος πάσης κτίσεως” (firstborn of all creation) in v. 15 parallels “πρωτότοκος ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν” (firstborn from the dead) v. 18. Although the former (v. 15) can be taken as a genitive of subordination (firstborn over creation) or as a partitive genitive (firstborn of creation), the latter (v. 18) is unambiguously partitive. Because v. 18 includes the word ἐκ (from/out of), instead of a multivalent genitive, it must mean that Jesus was himself a member of the dead prior to his resurrection. Likewise, he was the firstborn member of creation. To take v. 15 as a genitive of subordination and v. 18 in a partitive sense allows theology to drive exegesis over against the clear structural link between v. 15b and v. 18c. In fact, as the BDAG noted, Christ is “the firstborn of a new humanity.”[34] He is chronologically born first and, by virtue of that, also preeminent.[35] Fourthly, the phrase, “ἐν αὐτῷ” (in him), implies soteriology not protology as it does throughout the Pauline corpus. The prepositional phrases “in Christ,” “in the Lord,” “in him,” and others that are similar occur more than a hundred times in Paul's epistles. McKnight elucidated the sense nicely: “This expression, then, is the inaugurated eschatological reality into which the Christian has been placed, and it also evokes the new-creation realities that a person discovers.”[36] Creation in Christ is not likely to refer to Genesis creation. In fact, apart from Col 1.16, there is no text within Paul or the rest of the Bible that speaks of the origin of the universe as something created “in Christ.”[37] Sadly translators routinely obscure this fact by translating “ἐν αὐτῷ” as “by him.”[38] Amazingly, the NASB and ESV render “ἐν αὐτῷ” as “in him” in every other usage apart from Col 1.16![39] For the sake of consistency, it makes better sense to render “ἐν αὐτῷ” as “in him” and let the reader decide how to interpret it. Fifthly, the line, “and he is the head of the body, the Church” (v. 18a) clearly roots the first strophe in redemptive history not creation. Our English translations follow Robert Estienne's verse divisions, which confusingly combine the last line of the first strophe (v. 18a) and the first line of the second (v. 18b), obscuring the native poetic structure. As I made the case above, the structure of the text breaks into two strophes with v. 18a included in the first one. As I mentioned earlier, vv. 15-20 are a pre-existing poem that Paul has modified and incorporated into the text of Colossians. Ralph Martin pointed out that the poem contains “no less than five hapax legomena” and “about ten non-Pauline expressions.”[40] Additionally, there appear to be awkward additions that disrupt the symmetry. These additions are the most explicitly Christian material. It is likely that the original said, “and he is the head of the body” to which Paul appended “the church.” Edward Schillebeeckx commented on this. In Hellenistic terms this must primarily mean that he gives life and existence to the cosmos. Here, however, Colossians drastically corrects the ideas … The correction made by Colossians is to understand ‘body' as a reference to the church, and not the cosmos. This alters the whole perspective of the cultural and religious setting … The cosmic background is reinterpreted in terms of salvation history and ecclesiology. In fact Christ is already exercising his lordship over the world now … however, he is doing this only as the head of the church, his body, to which he gives life and strength. Thus Colossians claims that the church alone, rather than the cosmos, is the body of Christ.[41] If this is true, it shows Paul's careful concern to disallow a strictly old creation or protological reading of the first strophe. For by inserting “of the church,” he has limited the context of the first strophe to the Christ event. “The addition of ‘the church,'” wrote Dunn, “indicates that for Paul at any rate the two strophes were not dealing with two clearly distinct subjects (cosmology and soteriology).”[42] Karl-Joseph Kuschel wrote, “The answer would seem to be he wanted to ‘disturb' a possible cosmological-protological fancy in the confession of Christ … to prevent Christ from becoming a purely mythical heavenly being.”[43] Thus Paul's addition shows us he interpreted the creation of v16 as new creation. Lastly, theological concerns arise when taking Col 1.16 as old creation. The most obvious is that given the partitive genitive of v. 15, we are left affirming the so-called Arian position that God created Christ as the firstborn who, in turn, created everything else. Another thorn in the side of this view is God's insistence elsewhere to be the solo creator (Isa 44.24; cf. 45.18). On the strength of this fact, modalism comes forward to save the day while leaving new problems in its wake. However, recognizing Col 1.15-20 as new creation avoids such theological conundrums. 2. Wisdom as the Agent of Creation Dustin Smith noted, “The christological hymn contains no less than nine characteristics of the wisdom of God (e.g., “image,” “firstborn,” agent of creation, preceding all things, holding all things together) that are reapplied to the figure of Jesus.”[44] Some suggest that Col 1.15-20 is actually a hymn to Wisdom that Paul Christianized.[45] The idea is that God created the universe through his divine Wisdom, which is now embodied or incarnate in Christ. Dunn explained it as follows. If then Christ is what God's power/wisdom came to be recognized as, of Christ it can be said what was said first of wisdom—that ‘in him (the divine wisdom now embodied in Christ) were created all things.' In other words the language may be used here to indicate the continuity between God's creative power and Christ without the implication being intended that Christ himself was active in creation.[46] Before pointing out some problems, I must admit much of this perspective is quite noncontroversial. That Jewish literature identified Wisdom as God's creative agent, that there are linguistic parallels between Col 1.15-20 and Wisdom, and that the historical Jesus uniquely embodied Wisdom to an unprecedented degree are not up for debate. Did Paul expect his readers to pick up on the linguistic parallels? Afterall, he could have just said “in her were created all things” in v. 16, clearly making the connection with the grammatically feminine σοφία (Wisdom). Better yet, he could have said, “in Wisdom were created all things.” Even if the poem was originally to Wisdom, Paul has thoroughly Christianized it, applying to Christ what had been said of Wisdom. However, the most significant defeater for this view is that applying Wisdom vocabulary to Christ only works one way. Wisdom has found her home in Christ. This doesn't mean we can attribute to Christ what Wisdom did before she indwelt him any more than we can attribute to the living descendants of Nazis the horrific deeds of their ancestors. Perriman's critique is correct: “The point is not that the act of creation was Christlike, rather the reverse: recent events have been creation-like. The death and resurrection of Jesus are represented as the profoundly creative event in which the wisdom of God is again dynamically engaged, by which a new world order has come about.”[47] Once again a new creation approach makes better sense of the text. 3. Christ as the Purpose of Creation Another approach is to take ἐν αὐτῷ (in him) in a telic sense. Martha King, a linguist with SIL, said the phrase can mean “in association with Christ everything was created” or “in connection with Christ all things were created.”[48] Lexicographer, Joseph Thayer, sharpened the sense with the translation, “[I]n him resides the cause why all things were originally created.”[49] William MacDonald's translation brought this out even more with the phrase, “because for him everything … was created.”[50] The idea is that God's act of creation in the beginning was with Christ in view. As Eric Chang noted, “Christ is the reason God created all things.”[51] G. B. Caird said, “He is the embodiment of that purpose of God which underlies the whole creation.”[52] The idea is one of predestination not agency.[53] Christ was the goal for which God created all things. A weakness of this view is that purpose is better expressed using εἰς or δία with an accusative than ἐν. Secondly, the parallel line in the second strophe (v. 19) employs “ἐν αὐτῷ” in a clearly locative sense: “in him all the fullness was pleased to dwell.” So even though “ἐν αὐτῷ” could imply purpose, in this context it much more likely refers to location. Lastly, Paul mentioned the sense of purpose at the end of v. 16 with “εἰς αὐτὸν ἔκτισται” (for him has been created), so it would be repetitive to take “ἐν αὐτῷ” that way as well. To sum up, the three positions that see Col 1.16 as a reference to old creation all have significant problems. With these in mind, let us turn our attention to consider a fourth possibility: that Paul has in mind new creation. Reasons for a New Creation Reading I've already provided four reasons why Col 1.15-20 refers to new creation: (1) calling Christ the image of God points to the new humanity begun in Christ as the last Adam;[54] (2) since the firstborn of the old creation was Adam (or, perhaps, Seth), Jesus must be the firstborn of the new creation; (3) saying Jesus is the head of the church, limits the focus for the first strophe to the time following the Christ event; (4) the context of the poem, both before (vv. 13-14) and after (vv. 21-22) is soteriological, making an old creation paradigm awkward, while a new creation view fits perfectly. The Catholic priest and professor, Franz Zeilinger, summarized the situation nicely: “Christ is (through his resurrection from the realm of death) Lord over the possession granted to him, of which he is the ἀρχή (beginning) and archetype, … and head and beginning of the eschatological new creation!”[55] Additionally, a new creation paradigm fits best with Paul's elaboration of what visible and invisible things in heaven and on earth he has in mind. Once again, here's our text. 16a      for in him were created all things 16b                  in the heavens and upon the earth, 16c                  the visible and the invisible, 16d                  whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities 16e      all things have been created through him and for him By specifying thrones, dominions, rulers, and authorities, we discern Paul's train of thought. Form critics are quick to point out that v. 16d is Paul's addition to the poem. Without it, the reader may have thought of sky, land, and animals—old creation. However, with v. 16d present, we direct our attention to political realities not God's creative power or engineering genius. Martha King noted the two possible meanings for εἴτε: (1) specifying the “invisible things” or (2) giving examples of “all things.” Taking the second view, we read “in him were created all things, including thrones, dominions, rulers, and authorities.”[56] Randy Leedy also presented this position in his sentence diagrams, identifying v. 16d as equivalent to v. 16c and v. 16b, all of which modify τὰ πάντα (all things) at the end of v. 16a. (See Appendix for Leedy's diagram.) Perriman pressed home the point when he wrote: The fact is that any interpretation that takes verse 16 to be a reference to the original creation has to account for the narrow range of created things explicitly listed. … The Colossians verse mentions only the creation of political entities—thrones, lordships, rulers and authorities, visible and invisible—either in the already existing heaven or on the already existing and, presumably, populated earth. What this speaks of is a new governmental order consisting of both invisible-heavenly and visibly-earthly entities.”[57] Understanding v. 16d as equivalent to “all things” in v. 16a nicely coheres with a new-creation paradigm. However, taken the other way—as an elaboration of only the invisible created realities—v. 16d introduces an asymmetrical and clumsy appendix. A New Creation Reading of Col 1.16 Now that we've considered some problems with old creation views and some reasons to read Col 1.16 from a new creation perspective, let's consider how a new creation reading works. New creation is all about the new breaking into the old, the future into the present. G. F. Wessels said, “Paul made clear that there is a present realized aspect of salvation, as well as a future, still outstanding aspect, which will only be realized at the eschaton.”[58] New creation, likewise, has future and present realities. Exiting Old Creation Before becoming part of the new creation, one must exit the old creation. “Our old humanity was co-crucified“ (Rom 6.6). “With Christ you died to the elemental principles of the world” (Col 2.20). “As many as were baptized into Christ Jesus, were baptized into his death” (Rom 6.3). We were “co-buried with him through baptism into the death … having been united with the likeness of his death” (Rom 6.4-5). Our death with him through baptism kills our allegiance and submission to the old powers and the old way of life “in which you formerly walked according to the zeitgeist of this world, according to the rule of the authority of the air, the spirit which now works in the children of disobedience” (Eph 2.2). Entering New Creation As death is the only way out of the old creation, so resurrection is the only way into the new creation. “You have been co-raised with Christ” (Col 3.1). God “co-made-alive us together with him” (Col 2.13).[59] By virtue of our union with Christ, we ourselves are already “co-raised and co-seated us in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus” (Eph 2.6). The result of this is that “we also may walk in newness of life” (Rom 6.4). For those who are “in Christ, (there is) a new creation; the old has passed away, behold (the) new has come into existence” (2 Cor 5.17). “They have been ‘transported,'” wrote Schillebeeckx, “they already dwell above in Christ's heavenly sphere of influence (Col 1.13)—the soma Christou … that is the church!”[60] Community For the people of God, “neither circumcision is anything nor uncircumcision but a new creation” is what matters (Gal 6.15). Those who “are clothed with the new” are “being renewed in knowledge according to the image of him who created, where there is no Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave, (or) free, but Christ (is) all and in all” (Col 3.10-11). Through Christ God has nullified the law “in order that he might create the two into one new humanity in him” (Eph 2.14-15). Thus, within new creation, ethnic identity still exists, but it is relativized, our identity in Christ taking priority ahead of other affiliations and duties. Lifestyle When the lost become saved through faith, they become his creation (ποίημα), “created in Christ Jesus for good works” (Eph 2.10). This means we are to “lay aside the former way of life, the old humanity corrupted according to deceitful desires” and instead be clothed with “the new humanity created according to God in righteousness and holiness of the truth” (Eph 4.22-24). Rather than lying to one another, we must “strip off the old humanity with its way of acting” and “be clothed with the new (humanity), renewed in knowledge according to the image of the one who created it” (Col 3.9-10). “The ones who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts” and instead “walk by the spirit” (Gal 5.24-25). Ultimately, All Creation Although new creation is currently limited to those who voluntarily recognize Jesus as Lord, all “creation is waiting with eager expectation for the unveiling of the children of God” (Rom 8.19). Because of the Christ event, the created order eagerly awaits the day when it will escape “the enslavement of corruption” and gain “the freedom of the glory of the children of God” (v. 21). Like a bone out of joint, creation does not function properly. Once Christ sets it right, it will return to its proper order and operation under humanity's wise and capable rulership in the eschaton. Eschatology God predetermined that those who believe will be “conformed to the image of his son, that he be firstborn among many brothers and sisters” (Rom 8.29). Thus, the resurrected Christ is the prototype, “the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep” (1 Cor 15.20). Whereas “in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive” (v. 22). We await Christ's return to “transform the body of our humble station (that it be) shaped to his glorious body according to the energy which makes him able to also to subject all things to himself.” (Phil 3.21). This is the end goal of new creation: resurrected subjects of God's kingdom joyfully living in a renewed world without mourning, crying, and pain forevermore (Isa 65.17-25; Rev 21-22). The Powers Taking Col 1.16 as a new creation text adds key information about the present governing powers to this richly textured picture. In Christ God created thrones, dominions, rulers, and authorities. He made these through Christ and for Christ with the result that Christ himself is before all things, and in Christ all things hold together (Col 1.17). He is the head of the body, the Church (Col 1.18). We find very similar language repeated in Ephesians in the context of Christ's exaltation.[61] Ephesians 1.20-23 20 Which [power] he energized in Christ having raised him from the dead and seated (him) on his right (hand) in the heavenlies 21 far above all rule and authority and power and dominion and every name named, not only in this age but also in the one to come; 22 and he subjected all things under his feet and gave him (as) head over all things in the Church, 23 which is his body, the fullness of the one who fills all things in all. The parallels are striking. Both speak of Christ's resurrection, Christ's exalted position of authority over all the powers, Christ's role as head of the church, and both mention the fullness. It's easy to miss the connection between these two passages since most think of Eph 1.20-22 as ascension theology and Col 1.15-20 as creation theology. But, if we adjust our thinking to regard Col 1.16 as new creation, we see how the two fit together. In Ephesians we see Christ's ascension to God's right hand as the reason for a cosmic reordering of authorities with the result that all rule, authority, power, and dominion are subjected to him. (Though we may be accustomed to reading these powers in Eph 1.21 as only malevolent owing to Eph 2.2 and 6.12, the list here must be mixed, since only benevolent powers will survive the final judgement and continue into the age to come.) Instead of exaltation, in Colossians Paul employed the language of creation to describe Christ's relation to the powers. Perhaps lesser terms like reassign, reorder, or establish were just too small to adequately express the magnitude of how the Christ event has changed the world—both in heaven and on earth. The only term big enough to convey the new situation was “creation”—the very same word he routinely used elsewhere with the meaning of new creation.[62] We can gain more insight by considering what the powers of Eph 1.21 and Col 1.16 mean. McKnight saw them “as earthly, systemic manifestations of (perhaps fallen) angelic powers—hence, the systemic worldly, sociopolitical manifestations of cosmic/angelic rebellion against God.”[63] I partially agree with McKnight here. He's right to see the powers as both heavenly and earthly, or better, as the heavenly component of the earthly sociopolitical realities, but he has not made room for the new authority structures created in Christ. John Schoenheit helpfully explained it this way: Not only did Jesus create his Church out of Jew and Gentile, he had to create the structure and positions that would allow it to function, both in the spiritual world (positions for the angels that would minister to the Church—see Rev. 1:1, “his angel”) and in the physical world (positions and ministries here on earth—see Rom. 12:4-8; Eph. 4:7-11).[64] We must never forget that Paul has an apocalyptic worldview—a perspective that seeks to unveil the heavenly reality behind the earthly. He believed in powers of darkness and powers of light. In Christ were created thrones, dominions, rulers, and authorities (Col 1.16). He is “the head of all rule and authority” (Col 2.10). These new creation realities make progress against the old powers that still hold sway in the world outside the Church. Although the old powers are still at work, those who are in Christ enjoy his protection. With respect to the Church, he has already “disarmed the rulers and authorities” (Col 2.15). We can don “the armor of God that we be able to stand against the methods of the devil” (Eph 6.11) and “subduing everything, to stand” (v. 13). We find glimpses of this heavenly reality scattered in other places in the Bible. Peter mentioned how Christ “is on the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and power having been subjected to him” (1 Pet 3.22). In John's Revelation, he addressed each of the seven letters to the angels of their respective churches.[65] Although it's hard for us to get details on precisely what happened at Christ's ascension, something major occurred, not just on earth, but also in the spiritual realm. Jesus's last recorded words in Matthew are: “all authority in heaven and upon earth was given to me” (Mat 28.18-20). Presumably such a statement implies that prior to his resurrection Jesus did not have all authority in heaven and earth. It didn't exist until it was created. Similarly, because of his death, resurrection, and ascension, Christ has “become so much better than the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to them” (Heb 1.4). Once again, the text implies that Christ was not already superior to the angels, but “after making purification of the sins, he sat on the right hand of the majesty on high” at which time he became preeminent (Heb 1.3). Perhaps this also explains something about why Christ “proclaimed to the spirits in prison” (1 Pet 3.19). Another possibility is that Christ's ascension (Rev 12.5) triggered a war in heaven (v. 7) with the result that the dragon and his angels suffered defeat (v. 8) and were thrown out of heaven down to the earth (v. 9). Sadly, for most of the history of the church we have missed this Jewish apocalyptic approach that was obvious to Paul, limiting salvation to individual sins and improved morality.[66] Only in the twentieth century did interpreters begin to see the cosmic aspect of new creation. Margaret Thrall wrote the following. The Christ-event is the turning-point of the whole world … This Christ ‘in whom' the believer lives is the last Adam, the inaugurator of the new eschatological humanity. … Paul is saying that if anyone exists ‘in Christ', that person is a newly-created being. … In principle, through the Christ-event and in the person of Christ, the new world and the new age are already objective realities.[67] New creation is, in the words of J. Louis Martyn “categorically cosmic and emphatically apocalyptic.”[68] In fact, “The advent of the Son and of his Spirit is thus the cosmic apocalyptic event.”[69] In Christ is the beginning of a whole new creation, an intersecting community of angelic and human beings spanning heaven and earth. The interlocking of earthly (visible) and heavenly (invisible) authority structures points to Paul's apocalyptic holism. The Church was not on her own to face the ravages of Rome's mad love affair with violence and power. In Christ, people were no longer susceptible to the whims of the gods that have wreaked so much havoc from time immemorial.[70] No, the Church is Christ's body under his direct supervision and protection. As a result, the Church is the eschatological cosmic community. It is not merely a social club; it has prophetic and cosmic dimensions. Prophetically, the Church points to the eschaton when all of humanity will behave then how the Church already strives to live now—by the spirit instead of the flesh (Gal 5.16-25). Cosmically, the Church is not confined to the earth. There is a heavenly dimension with authority structures instantiated under Christ to partner with the earthly assemblies. God's “plan for the fulness of the times” is “to head up all thing in the Christ, the things upon the heavens and the things upon the earth in him” (Eph 1.10). Although this is his eschatological vision, Zeilinger pointed out that it is already happening. [T]he eschatological world given in Christ is realized within the still-existing earthly creation through the inclusion of the human being in Christ, the exalted one, by means of the proclamation of salvation and baptism. The eschaton spreads throughout the world in the kerygma and becomes reality, in that the human being, through baptism, becomes part of Christ—that is, in unity with him, dies to the claim of the στοιχεῖα τοῦ κόσμου (2.20) and is raised with him to receive his eschatological life. The people thus incorporated into the exalted Christ thereby form, in him and with him, the new creation of the eschaton within the old! The body of Christ is thus recognizable as the expanding Church. In it, heavenly and earthly space form, in a certain sense, a unity.[71] The Church is a counter society, and embassy of the future kingdom shining the light of the age to come into the present in the power of the spirit with the protection of Christ and his heavenly powers over against the powers of darkness, who/which are still quite active—especially in the political realities of our present evil age (Gal 1.4). We bend the knee to the cosmic Christ now in anticipation of the day when “every knee may bend: heavenly and earthly and subterranean” (Phil 2.10) and “every tongue may confess that Jesus Christ (is) Lord” (v. 11). Christ's destiny is to fulfil the original Adamic mandate to multiply, fill, and have dominion over the earth (Gen 1.28). He has already received all authority in heaven and earth (Mat 28.18). God has given him “dominion over the works of your hands and put all things under his feet” as the quintessential man (Ps 8.6). Even so, “Now we do not yet see all things subjected to him” (Heb 2.8), but when he comes “he will reign into the ages of the ages” (Rev 11.15). Until then, he calls the Church to recognize his preeminence and give him total allegiance both in word and deed. Conclusion We began by establishing that the structure of the poetic unit in Col 1.15-20 breaks into two strophes (15-18a and 18b-20). We noted that Paul likely incorporated pre-existing material into Colossians, editing it as he saw fit. Then we considered the problems with the three old creation readings: (A) Christ as the agent of creation, (B) Wisdom as the agent of creation, and (C) Christ as the purpose of creation. In the course of critiquing (A), which is by far most popular, we observed several reasons to think Col 1.16 pertained to new creation, including (1) the image of God language in v. 15a, (2) the firstborn of all creation language in v. 15b, (3) the head of the Church language in v. 18a, and (4) the soteriological context (frame) of the poem (vv. 13-14, 21-22). To this I added a fifth syntactical reason that 16d as an elaboration of “τἀ πάντα” (all things) of 16a. Next, we explored the idea of new creation, especially within Paul's epistles, to find a deep and richly textured paradigm for interpreting God's redemptive and expanding sphere of influence (in Christ) breaking into the hostile world. We saw that new Christians die and rise with Christ, ending their association with the old and beginning again as a part of the new—a community where old racial, legal, and status divisions no longer matter, where members put off the old way of living and instead become clothed with the new humanity, where people look forward to and live in light of the ultimate transformation to be brought about at the coming of Christ. Rather than limiting new creation to the salvation of individuals, or even the sanctifying experience of the community, we saw that it also includes spiritual powers both “in the heavens and upon the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities” (Col 1.16). Reading Col 1.15-20 along with Eph 1.20-23 we connected God's creation of the powers in Christ with his exaltation of Christ to his right hand “far above all rule and authority and power and dominion and every name named, not only in this age but also in the one to come” (Eph 1.21). The point from both texts is clear: as “the head of the body, the Church” (Col 1.18; Eph 1.22), Christ is “before all things” (Col 1.17), “first in all things” (Col 1.18), and “far above all” (Eph 1.21), since God has “subjected all things under his feet” (Eph 1.22). Christ is preeminent as the firstborn of all new creation, “the new Adam … the starting point where new creation took place.”[72] Although the old powers still hold sway in the world, those in the interlocked heaven-and-earth new creation domain where Christ is the head, enjoy his protection if they remain “in the faith established and steadfast and not shifting away from the hope of the gospel” (Col 1.23). This interpretation has several significant advantages. It fits into Paul's apocalyptic way of thinking about Christ's advent and exaltation. It also holds together the first strophe of the poem as a unit. Additionally, it makes better sense of the context. (The ecclesiology of Col 1.15-18a follows logically from the soteriological context of vv. 13-14.) Lastly, it is compatible with a wide range of Christological options. Appendix Here is Col 1.16 from Leedy's sentence diagrams.[73] Of note is how he equates the τὰ πάντα of 16a with 16c and 16d rather than seeing 16d as an elaboration of τά ὁρατά. Bibliography Bauer, Walter, Frederick William  Danker, William F. Arndt, F. Gingrich, Kurt Aland, Barbara Aland, and Viktor Reichmann. A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. 3rd ed. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2000. Bird, Michael F. Colossians and Philemon. A New Covenant Commentary. Cambridge, England: The Lutterworth Press, 2009. 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Wien, Österreich: Herder, 1974. Footnotes [1] Since the nineteenth century biblical scholars have been divided over whether Paul wrote Colossians. One of the major reasons for thinking Paul didn't write Colossians is his exalted Christology—the very conclusion this paper seeks to undermine. A second major factor to argue against Pauline authorship is the difference in vocabulary, but this is explainable if Paul used a different amanuensis. The theologically more cosmic emphasis (also evident in Ephesians) is likely due to Paul's time in prison to reflect and expand his understanding of the Christ event. Lastly, the proto-Gnostic hints in Colossians do not require dating the epistle outside of Paul's time. Although Gnosticism flourished at the beginning of the second century, it was likely already beginning to incubate in Paul's time. [2] Eduard Schillebeeckx, Christ: The Experience of Jesus as Lord, trans. John Bowden (New York, NY: The Seabury Press, 1977), 185. [3] Schillebeeckx, 185. [4] G. B. Caird, Paul’s Letters from Prison, New Clarendon Bible, ed. H. F. D. Sparks (Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1976), 177. [5] Caird, 181. [6] James D. G. Dunn, The Epistles to the Colossians and to Philemon, New International Greek Testament Commentary, ed. Gasque Marshall, Hagner (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1996), 91. “[W]hat at first reads as a straightforward assertion of Christ's pre-existenct activity in creation becomes on closer analysis an assertion which is rather more profound—not of Christ as such present with God in the beginning, nor of Christ as identified with a pre-existent hypostasis or divine being (Wisdom) beside God, but of Christ as embodying and expressing (and defining) that power of God which is the manifestation of God in and to his creation.” (Italics in original.) James D. G. Dunn, Christology in the Making, 2nd ed. (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1996), 194. [7] James F. McGrath, The Only True God: Early Christian Monotheism in Its Jewish Context (Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2009), 46. [8] Andrew Perriman, In the Form of a God, Studies in Early Christology, ed. David Capes Michael Bird, and Scott Harrower (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2022), 200. [9] In addition, biblical unitarians routinely interpret Col 1.16 as new creation. See Anthony F. Buzzard, Jesus Was Not a Trinitarian (Morrow, GA: Restoration Fellowship, 2007), 189–90, Robert Carden, One God: The Unfinished Reformation, Revised ed. (Naperville, IL: Grace Christian Press, 2016), 197–200, Eric H. H. Chang, The Only Perfect Man, ed. Bentley C. F. Chang, 2nd ed. (Montreal, QC: Christian Disciples Church Publishers, 2017), 151–52, Jeff Deuble, Christ before Creeds (Latham, NY: Living Hope International Ministries, 2021), 163–66, John A. Lynn Mark H. Graeser, John W. Schoenheit, One God & One Lord, 4th ed. (Martinsville, IN: Spirit & Truth Fellowship International, 2010), 493–94, Donald R. Snedeker, Our Heavenly Father Has No Equals (Bethesda, MD: International Scholars Publications, 1998), 291–92, William M. Wachtel, “Colossians 1:15-20–Preexistence or Preeminence?” (paper presented at the 14th Theological Conference, McDonough, GA, 2005), 4. [10] All translations are my own. [11] Stophes are structural divisions drawn from Greek odes akin to stanzas in poetry or verses in music. [12] Throughout I will capitalize Church since that reflects the idea of all Christians collectively not just those in a particular local assembly. [13] Eduard Norden, Agnostos Theos: Untersuchungen Zur Formengeschichte Religiöser Rede, 4th ed. (Stuttgart, Germany: B. G. Teubner, 1956), 250–54. [14] James M. Robinson, “A Formal Analysis of Colossians 1:15-20,” Journal of Biblical Literature 76, no. 4 (1957): 272–73. [15] Edward Lohse, Colossians and Philemon, Hermeneia (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 1971), 44. [16] Eduard Schweizer, The Letter to the Colossians, trans. Andrew Chester (Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Publishing House, 1982), 57. [17] Dunn, The Epistles to the Colossians and to Philemon, 84. [18] Ben  Witherington III, The Letters to Philemon, the Colossians, and the Ephesians: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary of the Captivity Epistles (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2007), 129. [19] William L. Lane, The New Testament Page by Page, Open Your Bible Commentary, ed. Martin Manser (Bath, UK: Creative 4 International, 2013), 765. [20] E. K. Simpson and F. F. Bruce, The Epistles to the Ephesians and the Colossians, The New International Commentary on the New Testament, ed. Ned B. Stonehouse (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1957), 65. [21] Michael F. Bird, Colossians and Philemon, A New Covenant Commentary (Cambridge, England: The Lutterworth Press, 2009), 50. [22] David Pao, Colossians and Philemon, Zondervan Exegetical Commentary of the New Testament, ed. Clinton E. Arnold (Grand Rapid, MI: Zondervan, 2012), 87. [23] Lohse, 42. [24] Lohse, 43–44. [25] Scot McKnight, The Letter to the Colossians, New International Commentary on the New Testament, ed. Joel B. Green (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2018), 144. [26] Col 1.13-14: “who rescued us from the authority of darkness and transferred (us) into the kingdom of his beloved son in whom we have the redemption, the forgiveness of the sins.” Col 1.21-22: “And you being formerly alienated and hostile in thought in the evil deeds, but now he reconciled (you) in his body of the flesh through the death to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable before him.” [27] In fact, we can easily skip from vv. 13-14 to vv. 21-22. [28] Dunn, Christology in the Making, 187–88. [29] Sadly, most translations erroneously insert a paragraph between vv. 14 and 15. This produces the visual effect that v. 15 is a new thought unit. [30] Bruce, 193. [31] Moses 2.65: “τὴν ἡγεμονίαν τῶν περιγείων” in Philo, The Works of Philo, The Norwegian Philo Concordance Project (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2005). See also Sirach 17.3. [32] Schweizer, 64. [33] For a helpful treatment of how the image of God relates to Christology, see Anna Shoffner Brown, “Nothing ‘Mere’ About a Man in the Image of God” (paper presented at the Unitarian Christian Alliance, Springfield, OH, Oct 14, 2022). [34] Walter Bauer et al., A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 3rd ed. (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2000), s.v. “πρωτότοκος,” 2.a. [35] Franz Zeilnger wrote, “Christ is temporally the first of a series that essentially proceeds from him, and at the same time its lord and head.” Franz Zeilinger, Der Erstgeborene Der Schöpfung (Wien, Österreich: Herder, 1974), 182. Original: “als “Wurzel” ist Christus zeitlich der erste einer Reihe, die wesentlich aus ihm hervorgeht, und zugleich ihr Herr und Haupt.” [36] McKnight, 85–86. [37] The closest parallels are 1 Cor 8.6; Heb 1.2; and John 1.3, which employ the preposition δια (through). Upon close examination these three don't teach Christ created the universe either. [38] ESV, CSB, NASB, etc. Notably the NET diverges from the other evangelical translations. Roman Catholic, mainline, and unitarian translations all tend to straightforwardly render “ἐν αὐτῷ” as “in him” in Col 1.16; cf. NABRE, NRSVUE, OGFOMMT, etc. [39] Chang, 150. [40] Ralph Martin, “An Early Christian Hymn (Col. 1:15-20),” The Evangelical Quarterly 36, no. 4 (1964): 198. [41] Schillebeeckx, 186. [42] Dunn, Christology in the Making, 191. [43] Karl-Joseph Kuschel, Born before All Time?, trans. John Bowden (New York, NY: Crossroad, 1992), 336. [44] Dustin R. Smith, Wisdom Christology in the Gospel of John (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2024), 5–6. For more on wisdom Christology in Col 1.16 see Dunn, The Epistles to the Colossians and to Philemon, 89, Roy Yates, The Epistle to the Colossians (London: Epworth Press, 1993), 18–19, 23, G. B. Caird, New Testament Theology, ed. L. D. Hurst (Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 2002), 46, McGrath, 44, 46. [45] See Dunn, The Epistles to the Colossians and to Philemon, 89. See also Yates, 18–19, 23. [46] Dunn, Christology in the Making, 190. [47] Perriman, 199. [48] Martha King, An Exegetical Summary of Colossians (Dallas, TX: SIL International, 1992), 53. [49] Joseph Henry Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1996), s.v. “ἐν,” 1722. He recognized the cause was both instrumental and final. [50] William Graham MacDonald, The Idiomatic Translation of the New Testament (Norfolk, VA: Bibleworks, 2012). [51] Chang, 147. Similarly James McGrath wrote, “[I]f all things were intended by God to find their fulfillment in Christ, then they must have been created “in him” in the very beginning in some undefined sense, since it was axiomatic that the eschatological climax of history would be a restoration of its perfect, original state.” McGrath, 46. [52] Caird, Paul’s Letters from Prison, 172. [53] “God so designed the universe that it was to achieve its proper meaning and unity only under the authority of man (Gen. 128; Ps. 86). But this purpose was not to be implemented at once; it was ‘to be put into effect when the time was ripe' (Eph. 110), when Christ had lived a human life as God intended it, and had become God's image in a measure which was never true of Adam. Only in unity with ‘the proper man' could the universe be brought to its destined coherence. For one who believes in predestination it is but a small step from this to saying that the universe was created in him.” Caird, Paul’s Letters from Prison, 178. [54] See also Paul's Adam Christology in Rom 5.12-21; 1 Cor 15.21-22, 45-49. [55] “Christus ist (durch seine Auferstehung aus dem Todesbereich) Herr über den ihm verliehenen Besitz, dessen ἀρχή und Urbild er ist, … und Haupt und Anfang der eschatologischen Neuschöpfung!” Zeilinger, 188. [56] King, 54. [57] Perriman, 200. [58] G. F. Wessels, “The Eschatology of Colossians and Ephesians,” Neotestamentica 21, no. 2 (1987): 187. [59] I realize my translation is awkward, but I prioritized closely mirroring the Greek over presenting smooth English. The original reads, “συνεζωοποίησεν ὑμᾶς σὺν αὐτῷ.” [60] Schillebeeckx, 187. [61] Scholars who make this connection include Caird, New Testament Theology, 216, Caird, Paul’s Letters from Prison, 177, McGrath, 44, Perriman, 201. [62] In fact, only two of the texts I cited above explicitly say “new creation” (2 Cor 5.17 and Gal 6.15). In all the others, Paul blithely employed creation language, expecting his readers to understand that he was not talking about the creation of the universe, but the creation of the new humanity in Christ—the Church. [63] McKnight, 152. [64] Mark H. Graeser, 493. [65] Rev 2.1, 8, 12, 18; 3.1, 7, 14. [66] See Gerry Schoberg, Perspectives of Jesus in the Writings of Paul (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2013), 280–81, 83. [67] Margaret Thrall, The Second Epistle to the Corinthians, vol. 1, The International Critical Commentary, ed. C. E. B. Cranfield J. A. Emerton, G. N. Stanton (Edinburgh, Scotland: T&T Clark, 1994), 423, 26–28. [68] J. Louis Martyn, Theological Issues in the Letters of Paul (Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1997), 122. [69] Martyn, 121. [70] Whether the old gods actually existed or not is a topic beyond the scope of this paper. Interested readers should consult Michael S. Heiser, The Unseen Realm: Recovering the Supernatural Worldview of the Bible (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2019). [71] “[D]ie in Christus gegebene echatologische Welt verwirkliche sich innerhalb der weiterhin existenten irdischen Schöpfung durch die Einbeziehung des Menschen in Christus, den Erhöhten, mittles Heilsverkündigung und Taufe. Das Eschaton setzt sic him Kerygma wetweit durch und wird Wirklichkeit, indem der Mensch durch die Taufe Christi Teil wird, d. h. in Einheit mit ihm dem Anspruch der στοιχεῖα τοῦ κόσμου stirbt (2, 20) und mit ihm auferweckt sein eschatologisches Leben erhält. Die so dem erhöhten Christus eingegliederten Menschen bilden somit in ihm und mit ihm die neue Schöpfung der Eschata innerhalb der alten! Der Christusleib ist somit als sich weitende Kirche erkennbar. In ihr bildet himmlischer und irdischer Raum gewissermaßen eine Einheit.” Zeilinger, 179. [72] “Der neue Adam … Ausgangsort, in dem sich Neuschöpfung ereignete,” Zeilinger, 199. [73] Randy A. Leedy, The Greek New Testament Sentence Diagrams (Norfolk, VA: Bible Works, 2006). This is now available in Logos Bible Software.

This week Mike sits down with Twity as they discuss his current X-Men list!Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/vYUHyCfZsTCome to Summer Slaughter in Piscataway, NJ on 8/16 & 8/17: https://wickeddicey.com/product/summer-slaughter-marvel-crisis-protocol/

Every year no mater the sport, no matter the decade, every season has certain characteristics and highlights that sets that year apart from all others. The 1978 NBA Season has it own distinctive flavor from the New York Nets moving to Piscataway from Long Island and becoming the New Jersey Nets to the Washington Bullets winning their only NBA title. Yet were there were two other events that took place during 1978 NBA regular season that set that year apart and in both cases forever linked two pairs of players together in NBA history. In one instance, two future basketball Hall of Famers had a season long scoring duel that ended with a climatic finish on the last day of the regular season that rewrote the record books. Yet there was another event that happened in the early stages of the 1978 regular season that became one of the league's most infamous. So infamous in fact that it actually prompted an investigative report from legendary CBS Evening News anchor Walter Cronkite. The incident was known simply in the annals of NBA history as "The Punch". We have that and so much more on this all new edition of the Historically Speaking Sports podcast right here on the Sports History Network. The podcast that give you the best of sports from back in the day.You could follow us on Twitter/X or Threads, Blue Sky and Instagram. Just search for Historically Speaking Sports and also would could write to us at Historically.Speaking.Sports@gmail.com.

Lots to cover this week. Florida has a controversial new bill that would require drivers to have front and rear plates, a car dealership owner is facing serious fraud charges after allegedly selling dozens of defective or nonexistent vehicles, and a New Jersey fire chief was caught on camera keying a car in broad daylight.The Patreon link mentioned in the episode is coming soon; expect the link in an upcoming episode.Lawmakers consider requiring 2 license plates in Florida: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/regional/florida/florida-2-license-plate-bill-hit-and-run/67-a73d61df-3ef8-4b10-948c-5697406027beOwner of Swansea used-car dealership arraigned on dozens of fraud charges: https://turnto10.com/news/local/edward-cicciu-owner-swansea-massachusetts-used-car-dealership-bristol-county-auto-exchange-arraignment-fraud-charges-fall-river-superior-court-april-10-2025Fire Chief in Piscataway, NJ, Caught on Video Vandalizing Car: https://www.firehouse.com/leadership/video/55038520/piscataway-nj-fire-chief-caught-on-video-vandalizing-carFire chief sued for $500,000 for dumping rocks on rare Nissan: https://driving.ca/auto-news/crashes/1995-nissan-nismo-270r-fire-chief-dumped-rocks-lawsuitFor more information on SwitchCast, check out our website: https://switchcast.live/Please visit our sponsors:https://sheffieldwatches.com/ - mention "SWITCHCAST"https://www.nuts4sticks.com/ - discount code "SWITCHCAST" for 10% discounthttps://switchcars.comhttps://epicvin.com/?a_aid=vvttz3hc9ogvd- the vehicle history reports you really need. Use our affiliate link!Follow our socials:https://www.facebook.com/SwitchcarsInchttps://www.tiktok.com/@switchcarsdoughttps://www.instagram.com/switchcars

Ari in Philadelphia and Gerry in Piscataway join in with Dave for our final MLB spot of the series, for the forseeable future. We'll get into some improvements with the MLB uniforms, the swan song season for ESPN until they end their partnership with baseball next year, plus what's to come for the two World Series teams, the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees. All this plus much more from MLB as we look ahead, plus look back on all the years covering baseball on the podcast. Ari, Gerry, and Dave had some good times chatting about All Star Games, Postseason Games, first-guessed releiver decisions, and much more.  Plus, a cameo from Ari's son Jacob as he breaks down some of the numbers behind key players and muses on the woeful White Sox, among other topics.

Inside the Birds Andrew DiCecco gives his insights and observations from covering the Eagles on a daily basis.#eagles #philadelphiaeagles #flyeaglesfly #nflfreeagency #rutgersfootball #nflfreeagency #nfldraftIn this episode, Andrew, who is headed to Piscataway, N.J., for Rutgers Pro Day, will preview a few of RU's prospects and which Eagles coaches could be there to observe.He'll have the full post-Pro Day observations later today.

Robert Adelman is a  65-year-old male with ADHD, OCD, severe depression, severe anxiety, and dyslexia. He struggled for 40 years working in the high-pressured Information technology field. Even though it was good money, his x-wife and he didn't have much luck in the financial department. ​In 1991, at the age of 33, was when the severe anxiety attack occurred, and the support system was not there to handle it. So, he checked himself in to a mental hospital in Piscataway, NJ. That started my long road to recovery. After the attack, he  severely depressed and anxious for 6 months. His childhood seemed normal to me, but I now know that he was born with ADHD and anxiety in the form of worry. he found many things scary. Even then he was an analyzer, he analyzed everybody and everything. ​I hope you really enjoy Bob story, because he's an absolute fighter, great person to talk to. HIs website https://bobadleman.wixsite.com/otrmentalhealth

We're at the brand spankin' new Circle Bowl & Entertainment center in Piscataway, NJ! Don't you dare call it a bowling alley! We sit down with C.O.O. Shawn Aiello and Social Media Director J.M. Morcilio to sample a bit of everything this state of the art entertainment center has to offer. What better way to do that than by crushing some brews, getting a pizza named after us, and going head to head in THE CIRCLE BOWL GAUNTLET ™. It's episode 63 of Pizza, Brews and Two Dudes, aka. the greatest show on earth!Be sure to Like and Subscribe for more content! Subscribe On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@pizzabrews2dudesOfficial Podcast Merch: ✅ https://pizzabrews2dudes.square.site/Follow us on Instagram: ✅ https://www.instagram.com/pizzabrews2dudes/Circle Bowl: https://www.circlebowlpiscataway.com/#podcast #videopodcast #beerpodcast #circlebowl

Illini Inquirer's Derek Piper joins Jeremy Werner live from Piscataway to discuss Illinois basketball's 82-73 loss at Rutgers. The guys discuss continued shooting struggles, Kasparas Jakucionis hitting a wall and how this coaching staff must get more of a talented roster. Follow the Illini Inquirer Podcast on: Apple: https://apple.co/3oMt0NP Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2Xan2L8  Other: https://bit.ly/36gn7Ct   Go VIP for 30% OFF: bit.ly/3eGM1NK  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Rutgers Rant is back to discuss how the Scarlet Knights looked against the Bruins, what it means ahead of a crucial four-game stretch outside of Piscataway and whether Monday's victory could springboard them a season-shifting run to close January. We also touch on football adding another stud defensive end in Ohio transfer Bradley Weaver, share our thoughts on the Scarlet Knights' current 10-man portal haul, discuss the latest on women's basketball star Kiyomi McMiller's saga and break down a near top-five upset from the wrestling program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rutgers and Seton Hall reprise their annual rivalry this Saturday in Piscataway, so the podcast resurrects what has become an annual tradition around these parts as we reminisce about Bambi on Ice, runaway redwoods and coaches talking to themselves chasing parked cars in the parking lot.Join host Jaden Daly as he welcomes Jerry Carino of the Asbury Park Press back to preview the clash between the Scarlet Knights and Pirates, taking a look at what both teams have done to date this season, what to expect this weekend, and how much this game may mean to each side.

Have you ever felt like you don't belong - whether in your city, your country, your community or in Nature?In this episode with Valerie, we explore what it means to come home to YOURSELF so that you can feel that sense of belonging, wherever you are. If you've struggled to fit in the "box" of cultural expectations, this episode will remind you that your true self is enough—and that your uniqueness is a gift to the world!IN THIS EPISODE WE TALK ABOUT:Latino Outdoors and the power of storytelling to reconnect us with NatureCultural wayfinding and what it means to come home to yourselfReciprocity and how to create mutually supportive communitiesHow to volunteer or give back in a way that feels aligned and balanced for youMORE ABOUT VAL: Valerie is a Latino Outdoors Outings Leader in the greater Baltimore area, fostering a sense of belonging for Latinxs in outdoor exploration and elevating their perspectives in conservation efforts. Her connection to the outdoors was shaped by her time as a Peace Corps volunteer in Paraguay, where she focused on environmental education and conservation.Now pursuing a Ph.D. in Geography and Environmental Systems at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, Valerie's research examines the intersections of Indigeneity, gender, land rights, and global conservation. Born and raised on Piscataway land (Baltimore, Maryland), she is the first U.S.-born child in her family; her mother immigrated from México and her father from the Philippines. Valerie continues to live, study, and work in her hometown. STAY CONNECTED WITH VAL:INSTAGRAM: @latinooutdoors, @lo_baltimore, @vale.la.pasion MORE ABOUT GINA CASBARRO:Gina Casbarro is a certified Life Designer®  coach and feng shui expert who empowers her clients to blaze their own path and design the life and space of their dreams.Gina's passion for coaching began as a manager at lululemon where she spent more than eight years coaching hundreds of people to develop as leaders and crush their goals. Her love of nature, symbolism, and intuition led her to feng shui. She now weaves these passions together to support her clients in aligning their mindset, their lifestyle, and their environment with their truest goals and values.To learn more about how 1:1 coaching could support YOU to follow your spark, book a free Consult Call at www.ginacasbarro.com.JOIN US IN ALCHEMIZE AND EXPAND!ginacasbarro.com/alchemizeandexpandREADY TO LIVE A LIFE OF NO REGRETS?Join us for the FREE Masterclass here: ginacasbarro.com/noregretsSTAY CONNECTED WITH GINA:Website: https://ginacasbarro.comInstagram: @gina_casbarroLOOKING FOR 1:1 SUPPORT?Book a free consultation call here to see if coaching is right for you: https://ginacasbarro.com/TOOLS TO HELP YOU FOLLOW YOUR SPARK:Download Gina's Top 15 Transformational Tools here: https://www.ginacasbarro.com/transformational-toolsMusic:

A packed but brisk recap of Week 13, including: * Indiana wasn't up to it, but saw its Playoff chances go UP * Alabama melts down in Norman * Notre Dame sits on Army * The wonderful, messy race for the Mackey Award * The Big 12 descends into madness* A finish in Tempe unlike anything you've ever seen* And another one in Piscataway, actually* Boise State is teetering * A blowout in the Brawl of the Wild (Correction from this show: Louisiana hasn't yet clinched the Sun Belt West. There's still a clinching scenario in play for South Alabama as we head into Week 14.) Hosts: Alex Kirshner and Richard Johnson.SUPPORT OUR PARTNERS AND GET COOL STUFF:* Enter your pick for the Nokian Tyres Road Trip of the Week and be automatically entered in a monthly drawing to win tires at www.nokiantyres.com/szd* Use code SZD20 for 20% off your first order from Homefield, at www.homefieldapparel.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.splitzoneduo.com/subscribe

Illinois football is 8-3 after a miraculous Pat Bryant touchdown with four seconds left, lifting them to a 38-31 victory at Rutgers. Mike Carpenter discusses the importance of the win, as it helps Bielema's program avoid another "November Swoon" and all but punches their ticket to the Citrus Bowl. There are concerns, from the overall team sloppiness to a poor effort from Aaron Henry's defense. But, it's always better to talk about issues after a win, let alone one as memorable as this one from Piscataway, NJ.

Jeremy Werner previews Illinois football's game at Rutgers with Scarlet Nation's Bobby Deren and Illini Inquirer's Joey Wagner. Scarlet Nation's Bobby Deren joins Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner to preview Illinois football's trip to Rutgers. Deren breaks down Greg Schiano's impact on the Scarlet Knights during his second run in Piscataway, what makes RB Kyle Monangai so effective, the impact of transfer QB Athan Kaliakmanis and the ups and downs of the Rutgers defense. He also gives keys for Rutgers against Illinois and discusses the Scarlet Knights basketball team. Wagner then joins Werner to answer a six-pack of questions on the Illini side of things, including reasons for concern and optimism against Rutgers, Aaron Henry's second season as defensive coordinator and more. The guys end the show making their pick to clicks and bold predictions for the game. Follow the Illini Inquirer Podcast on: Apple: https://apple.co/3oMt0NP Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2Xan2L8  Other: https://bit.ly/36gn7Ct   Go VIP for 30% OFF: bit.ly/3eGM1NK  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Minus 2 more key starters, Rutgers overcame Minnesota 26-19 in a key big 10 matchup Saturday in Piscataway.  Kaliakmanis had a strong game, and the defense was much improved as RU is now 1 win away from a bowl game.Jersey Guy Sports is available on all podcasting platforms. Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on YouTube Listen on PocketCasts Listen on iHeart Radio Listen on Amazon Music Listen on TuneIn and Alexa Listen on other podcasting platforms here Socials Facebook, JGS Twitter, Threads, ...

The Scarlet Knights look to end a four game losing streak and change the narrative on the season coming off a bye week. The Gophers come to Piscataway with a four game winning streak and will be a tough out. This game preview includes keys to victory, what to watch for, the familiarity of these two programs, why the response of Rutgers will tell us a lot about the rest of the season and much more. Minnesota at Rutgers kicks off at noon ET on Saturday, November 9 airing live on NBC.

Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis.   On today's show: ·        The Tabard Inn is the oldest continuously operating inn in Washington D.C. opening its doors in 1922. Old in years but definitely au courant, the Inn is a lively dining destination thanks to Executive Chef Matthew Zafrir, who won Washington City Paper's 2024 award for best chef in D.C. Joining us today is his beverage director, Dominik Lenikowski, with tastes and talk of the Tabard Inn's cocktail program; ·        Mitsitam means “let's eat!” in the Native language of the Delaware and Piscataway peoples. At the Mitsitam Native Foods Café at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, Chef Alex Strong is leading a new team and menu presenting Native foods in a decidedly delicious way; ·        Founded by Emily Friedberg and Jean-Louise Conaway, D.C.'s Each Peach Market came about when the two friends discovered their mutual love of good food and deep curiosity for where it comes and how it is made. They also love to bring people together around the table. Ergo, Each Peach, to help our community discover amazing food and inspire the DIY culinary spirit;                                                                                                                              ·        In Arabic, “Yalla” mean's “let's go!” So, let's go to Lebanese chef Marcel Chehaieb's Yalla on U Street. It serves up tantalizing Middle Eastern cuisine... and echoes of a great night out in downtown Beirut.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis.     On today's show:   ·        The Tabard Inn is the oldest continuously operating inn in Washington D.C. opening its doors in 1922. Old in years but definitely au courant, the Inn is a lively dining destination thanks to Executive Chef Matthew Zafrir, who won Washington City Paper's 2024 award for best chef in D.C. Joining us today is his beverage director, Dominik Lenikowski, with tastes and talk of the Tabard Inn's cocktail program;   ·        Mitsitam means “let's eat!” in the Native language of the Delaware and Piscataway peoples. At the Mitsitam Native Foods Café at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, Chef Alex Strong is leading a new team and menu presenting Native foods in a decidedly delicious way;   ·        Founded by Emily Friedberg and Jean-Louise Conaway, D.C.'s Each Peach Market came about when the two friends discovered their mutual love of good food and deep curiosity for where it comes and how it is made. They also love to bring people together around the table. Ergo, Each Peach, to help our community discover amazing food and inspire the DIY culinary spirit;                                                                                                                               ·        In Arabic, “Yalla” mean's “let's go!” So, let's go to Lebanese chef Marcel Chehaieb's Yalla on U Street. It serves up tantalizing Middle Eastern cuisine... and echoes of a great night out in downtown Beirut.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

-When UCLA beat Rutgers in Piscataway 2 weeks ago, 35-32, it surprised a lot of people---including the 3-Legged Stool---mostly with the fact they did it with as many points as they did-Before that game, they had scored 17 points in 2 separate occasions (both losses) and everything else beyond that was below 17 points…what type of game are we expecting on Saturday?Show sponsored by SANDHILLS GLOBALOur Sponsors:* Check out Cigars International and use my code EARLYBREAK for a great deal: www.cigarsinternational.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Midweek edition of CSN means we bring on Wayne Cook who's fresh off the first Big Ten win in program history for his Bruins. That win in Piscataway comes up, of course, but so too does the rest of the week 9 slate when Phil Steele joins the show. The guys run through the entire week 9 card in the top 25, but also spend a lot of time on Indiana and Iowa State - both teams that Phil thinks the public is sleeping on because they're not the brands we associate with elite football. Sleep on the Hoosiers and 'Clones at your own peril, folks!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

-UCLA apparently has an offense now or Rutgers somehow just lost their way completely after the loss to Nebraska…what happened in Piscataway?!-Also, Michigan/Illinois; Iowa/Michigan State; Wisconsin/Northwestern; Oregon/Purdue; and USC/Maryland…Show sponsored by MIDWEST BANKOur Sponsors:* Check out Cigars International and use my code EARLYBREAK for a great deal: www.cigarsinternational.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The Rutgers Rant returns to recap the Scarlet Knights' 35-32 loss to UCLA on Saturday. We discuss the disastrous defensive performance against the Bruins, a much-improved offense and where Rutgers goes from here. We also touch on men's basketball's exhibition loss to St. John's, where five-star freshmen Ace Bailey and Dylan Harper shined. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Week 8 has arrived and Y-Option has you covered with college football through the lens of the West Coast along with special guest Max Browne.To kick things off, we think Saturday has the best individual matchup of the season with Travis Hunter of Colorado facing Tetairoa McMillan of Arizona. Last year, I was able to call that game and it came down to the final snap and this year, all 32 NFL teams will be glued to every snap when the nation's top DB lines up opposite the nation's top WR. I'm off to the east coast for UCLA at Rutgers on FS1, as both teams need a win. The rest of the slate is full of sneaky good games, trap games or must-win games. Action with the West Coast schools kicks off Friday night with Oregon at Purdue in a classic trap game while the action wraps up Saturday with UNLV at Oregon State and an old school Mountain West Conference game with Utah and TCU. Jim Thornby and I dive into the X's and O's of each game, the narrative around Dan Lanning's “loophole” shared around social media and Cam Rising's impact at Utah.Thanks to our founding partner 76, we also had Max Browne, the lead analyst at The CW, join the podcast to share his insight on the ACC and Pac-12 and explain how a fun social media post turned into the biggest interview of his career with the Governor of Minnesota & possible U.S. Vice President Tim Walz at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Max shared insights into how he even got the interview, as well details on their conversation. We also dove into the concept around being a backup QB, how to navigate the world of social media in that role and the reality of being at your best when you do step onto the field.As always, be sure to follow @YOptionfb all weekend long as our social media is dialed in!Thanks for the love and support, off to Piscataway!YogiThis episode is executive produced by Jim Thornby and edited by Victor Ren.This podcast is a Best Coast Media production.Y-Option: College Football with Yogi Roth is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Y-Option: College Football with Yogi Roth at www.y-option.com/subscribe

The Rutgers Rant is back to preview what amounts to a must-win matchup for the Scarlet Knight, sharing our take on running back Samuel Brown's season-ending injury and dissecting what this game could mean for the outlook of Rutgers' season. We also touch on the preseason exhibition the men's basketball team will play against St. John's in Piscataway on Thursday night. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Podcast of Champions hosts Ryan Abraham and David Woods preview the 7 games in the Big Ten conference for week eight, including another ranked-on-ranked matchup with No. 24 Michigan coming off a bye on the road taking on No. 22 Illinois coming off that 50-49 overtime thriller. Both teams are 2-1 in conference play and need a victory to keep any hopes of making the conference championship game alive. Outside of that game in Champaign, the rest of the slate doesn't pack the punch that we saw last weekend. Friday night the hot Oregon Ducks will try to avoid a letdown on their long trip to face Purdue. Nebraska is 5-1 and could jump into the rankings with a win over No. 16 Indiana. UCLA is back on the road for one of the longest trips in the conference, taking on Rutgers in Piscataway. USC has a similar-length road trip taking on Maryland and Iowa heads to East Lansing to take on Michigan State. As usual Ryan and Dave end the podcast answering listener emails and questions from the YouTube chat. Bet all the B1G games on MyBookie! Use promocode POC for up to a 100% deposit bonus! For the video simulcasts of our POC please subscribe to your YouTube channel! Please subscribe, give the POC a five-star rating and post a review on Apple Podcasts! Send us a text or leave us a voicemail by texting or calling (424) 532-0678 or you can email us at bigtencast@gmail.com. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jim Rutledge, Matt Hamilton and Molly Brown roll into Hour 2 with some final thoughts on the Packers' dominant 34-13 win versus the Cardinals to improve to 4-2. They also review today's poll question about the NFC North (aka the NFL's most stacked division), asking if an NFC North team will WIN the Super Bowl this season? They transition from one dominant Wisconsin football win to another, as the Badgers also shocked everyone with a 42-7 handling of Rutgers in Piscataway! Braedyn Locke might be HIM, and are we in on the hunt for "Locketober" meme that Wisconsin football fans have created around their newfound love for Locke as quarterback? Jim asks the question: are you BACK in on the Badgers after their 42-7 win? How, or are, we re-adjusting our expectations after the Badgers got to 4-2, should we be chocking up a win versus Northwestern this week? Throwing Stones includes takes on the face of God blinding the fans and players at AT&T Stadium, a NFC North tight end who made the change to long snapper this week, and a Green & Gold twist on the classic Napoleon Dynamite outfit! They wrap up with a DEEP DIVE into all things long snappers!

Rutgers Head Coach Greg Schiano is a smart man, and when he sees an opponent that can't get out of their own way, he's not going to do anything to change that. If anything he's going to play ball control offense, bend-but-don't-break defense, and rock-solid special teams. It's what he's known for. But most importantly if you're a Rutgers fan, he didn't outthink himself. He got out of the way when it became clear that the Washington Huskies were hurting themselves more than their opponent, and that was all Rutgers needed to escape with a 21-18 hard-fought win Friday night in Piscataway, New Jersey. While Kim Grinolds was trying to figure out how to get back to his Newark hotel in the dead of night, the other guys from Dawgman.com - Scott Eklund and Chris Fetters - tried to make sense out of all the nonsense exhibited by the Huskies on the night, one where they outgained their hosts by over 220 yards and still lost. To start the post-game podcast, the guys relay Kim's thoughts when setting the scene for the night, including whether or not the rain or wind would pr ove to be factors in the game (hint: they wouldn't). And then they jump right into the things that immediately jumped out at them, which was mostly negatives. And it's a shame too, because Washington did so much on offense that could have set them up for success, but could only punch it in for six once in four chances. But it was mostly penalties in all three phases that absolutely killed UW's momentum. They talk about those, including the one on the first drive of the game that stalled out a promising drive. After a quick break the guys come back and give the defense their flowers. Of Rutgers' 10 offensive drives, over half of them were three-and-outs. And all three of Rutgers' touchdowns were on drives that lasted over 75 yards. They made the Scarlet Knights earn every inch of grass Friday night. But between the statistical discrepancies and the missed kicks by Grady Gross, including a failed golf analogy by Chris when Scott asked him if he was surprised UW ended the game on the left hash, knowing he had missed two kicks to the left earlier in the night. And they certainly had things to say with regards to Vincent Holmes and his celebration that turned into an illegal substitution penalty. Rutgers scored on the very next play. And with their final thoughts, they ask the question: is this what Washington just happened to do on the night, or is this who they've become? Are they a team that can be relied on defensively but can't get out of their own way on offense and special teams? Are they a team that will simply have a number of boneheaded penalties in any one game, and those penalties could end up spelling the difference between winning and losing? To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Week 5 has arrived and in some ways things have changed in college football and in other respects, it has stayed the same.Arizona heads to Utah on Friday night in a Big 12 clash and while the starting QB for the Utes is not solidified, we do know that the depth, talent and coaching acumen at Utah remains elite. And I highly doubt they have forgotten the last :37 ticks of last year's game vs the Wildcats.In this episode we had Bill Riley, longtime voice of the Utes, on the Y-Option podcast to share his insights on #10 ranked Utah football team as well as offer an update on his new endeavor as Utah Athletics' Director of Broadcasting. Bill has always been a great friend who is both kind and insightful, as well as brilliant at his craft and willing to share his knowledge. It was a fun conversation around a program that had a big impact on my life on-air and personally. Walking through Salt Lake City on a fall weekend was always a joy, as the Ute fans love their team and appreciate a thoughtful conversation. Take a listen, as Bill is one of a kind and gifted at his craft.Speaking of gifted, the #8 Oregon Ducks visit the Rose Bowl for their 1st Big Ten contest against UCLA after a bye week while #13 USC hosts Wisconsin in their first home game in the B1G. The rest of the slate for the West Coast is full of compelling conference games with Washington State off to face future Pac-12 mate Boise State, which has always proven to be a challenging place to play on the blue turf. Washington visits Rutgers on a Friday night in what has been deemed a “Blackout” in what should be an electric Piscataway, NJ. Stanford visits #17 Clemson and if they can pull this off, look out Nerd Nation, the Cardinal are back in a massive way.Finally, Jim Thornby and I had a deep conversation around UNLV quarterback Matthew Sluka, which we hope you enjoy. From the financial chemistry of a locker room, Sluka navigating this world for the first time and that this is unlikely “1 of 1” when it comes to players asking to save a redshirt season.I'm off to Chicago for a weekend in the Big Ten Network studio and will be sure to send some pictures of Ashley Adamson and our crew from the midwest as games will be rolling from 9am PT to near midnight PT. As always, much love and many thanks for the constant support for Y-Option and this endeavor as your support is what allows it to continue.Much love,YogiThe episode was executive produced by Jim Thornby and edited by Victor RenThis podcast is a Best Coast Media production. Get full access to Y-Option: College Football with Yogi Roth at www.y-option.com/subscribe

On a short week the Washington Huskies will travel across the country for their first Big 10 road matchup in Piscataway, New Jersey. The Scarlet Knight of Rutgers sit at 3-0 and a thrilling win over Virginia Tech. What are the key matchups the Huskies need to win to come out of Friday with a W? Coach V, Jake Grant, and Trevor Mueller discuss. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/husky-podcast/support

Gary is high on Rutgers and explains why.

This was my first time meeting Molly, and it was an absolute joy to talk with her and hear the many ways she is working with herbs to strengthen relationships and build connections. I just loved when Molly walked me through how she connects with mugwort through the five senses - what a delightful way to begin to build a relationship with a plant!Molly shared many ways of working with mugwort, including her process for creating beautiful, seasonal herbal garlands using this dreamy plant along with other natural materials. See the resource section below to download your beautifully illustrated recipe card at: https://bit.ly/3LH1agY By the end of this episode, you'll know:► How to work with mugwort to aid with dreaming and imagination► Eight medicinal preparations that can be made with mugwort► How the taste of mugwort can help you understand some of its medicinal gifts► How using energetic herbalism might help you consider herbs that are not typically worked with for a particular health condition► A fantastic tip for softening mugwort's effects on your dreams► and so much more…For those of you who don't know her, Molly Meehan Brown is a mama, folk herbalist and lifelong learner in love with relationship building between plants, land, and people. Molly is the founder of Wild Ginger Community Herbal Center, and together with her husband Javier, stewards herbal and birth programs in his native Costa Rica, in Maryland, as well as online.Molly also founded KidsHerbalism.com, a vibrant global village of inspiring herbalists and plant people helping raise our next generation in relationship with the plants. KidsHerbalism.com app hosts an abundance of almost 200 on-demand classes and also provides brand new online classes weekly on herbalism, gardening, and nature connection for youth-centering care, healing, and justice.Molly is a white cis female descendant of Irish settlers living on Piscataway land in Southern Maryland and BriBri & Kekoldi land in Costa Rica.I'm delighted to share our conversation with you today!----Get full show notes and more information at: herbswithrosaleepodcast.comFor more behind-the-scenes of this podcast, follow @rosaleedelaforet on Instagram!The secret to using herbs successfully begins with knowing who YOU are. Get started by taking my free Herbal Jumpstart course when you sign up for my newsletter.If you enjoy the Herbs with Rosalee podcast, we could use your support! Please consider leaving a 5-star rating and review and sharing the show with someone who needs to hear it!On the podcast, we explore the many ways plants heal, as food, as medicine, and through nature connection. Each week, I focus on a single seasonal plant and share trusted herbal knowledge so that you can get the best results when using herbs for your health.Learn more about Herbs with Rosalee at herbswithrosalee.com.----Rosalee is an herbalist and author of the bestselling book Alchemy of Herbs: Transform Everyday Ingredients Into Foods & Remedies That Heal and co-author of the bestselling book

Hello to you listening in Piscataway, New Jersey!Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with 60 Seconds for Motivate Your Monday and your host, Diane Wyzga.Recently my friend, colleague and fellow podcaster, Anke Herrmann and I sparked the story airwaves with 10 very fast-paced, humor and content driven minutes that covered storywork like you've not heard it before.What you can expect:  ✓ What's your story?✓ How does your story influence and impact the work you do?✓ How do you tell that story in a way that's engaging and gets the right point across?✓ Your Who, Your Values, Your Why, and Your How ..... and more!If you want the inside track on tips to say where you came from and how you got to where you are in life in a way that gets you heard in the right places, this episode is for you! Join us for a delightful, thought-provoking and inspiring conversation that might just spark you to share YOUR story in a whole new way. Click HERE to watch the videoClick HERE to watch  What's Your Story? Diane Wyzga Listens It Out of You on YouTube  Anke Herrmann's Bio:In 2004, she quit her software developer career in London, moved to Spain, and turned her passion for sewing into a business, specializing in flamenco dance costumes."Let's see what happens," was her business plan.It felt like riding a wild elephant until she realized that building a business is a CREATIVE PROCESS, the same as developing software or sewing a dress - a magical mix of vision, skill, and soul.Now, she brings her background in tech and everything she's learned over the years about business, marketing & psychology to help passion-driven coaches and educators build a Boutique Business that allows them to grow without burning out or scaling the joy out of it.She's a certified Clarity Coach, author of Taming the Tech Monster and founder of Soul Touched by Dogs."Get in touch with Anke Herrmann:https://ankeherrmann.comhttps://soultouchedbydogs.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/anke-herrmann/https://www.facebook.com/herrmann.anke/https://www.instagram.com/ankeherrmannbusinessgrowth/You're always invited: “Come for the stories - stay for the magic!” Speaking of magic, would you subscribe and spread the word with a generous 5-star review and comment - it helps us all - and join us next time!Meanwhile, stop by my Quarter Moon Story Arts website to:✓ Check out Services I Offer,✓ For a no-obligation conversation about your communication challenges, get in touch with me today✓ Stay current with Diane on as “Wyzga on Words” on Substack and on LinkedInStories From Women Who Walk Production TeamPodcaster: Diane F Wyzga & Quarter Moon Story ArtsMusic: Mer's Waltz from Crossing the Waters by Steve Schuch & Night Heron MusicAll content and image © 2019 to Present Quarter Moon Story Arts. All rights reserved. 

In the five-plus years of the podcast, I'd say that we have spent a LOT of time on various “hot button” issues - I mean, we live quite squarely in the ones that surround race and identity, wouldn't you say? - but one of the facets of identity that we don't often explore is that of religion. Not because we don't want to talk about it, but a lot of times the opportunity doesn't really present itself. That's why we were so excited to talk to one of the authors of Healing Our Way Home, a new book that addresses white supremacy and identity through the lens of Black Buddhist teachings.  What started out as a series of conversations between three practitioners morphed into a whole book, focusing on self-care and Buddhist teachings with the goal of collective liberation in mind, but in a way that's totally different than what we've seen out there thus far.  Can't wait for you all to listen and learn more.   What to listen for: A brief explanation of the Buddhist history and teachings What it was like knowing Zen Master Thich Nhat Han Three powerful questions we should all be asking ourselves, as we work to remain centered in our own selves while experiencing the world in its current poly-crisis state. About the authors:    KAIRA JEWEL LINGO is a Dharma teacher with a lifelong interest in spirituality and social justice. Her work continues the Engaged Buddhism developed by Thich Nhat Hanh, and she draws inspiration from her parents' lives of service and her dad's work with Martin Luther King, Jr. After living as an ordained nun for 15 years in Thich Nhat Hanh's monastic community, Kaira Jewel now teaches internationally in the Zen lineage and the Vipassana tradition, as well as in secular mindfulness, at the intersection of racial, climate and social justice with a focus on activists, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, artists, educators, families, and youth. Based in New York, she offers spiritual mentoring to groups and is the author of We Were Made for These Times: Ten Lessons in Moving through Change, Loss and Disruption and co-author of the forthcoming, Healing Our Way Home: Black Buddhist Teachings on Ancestors, Joy and Liberation (Feb 2024) from Parallax Press. Her teachings and writings can be found at www.kairajewel.com.   VALERIE BROWN, True Sangha Power (pronouns she/her), is a Dharma teacher in the Plum Village tradition, ordained in 2018, and a member of Religious Society of Friends. She transformed her twenty-year, high-pressure career as a lawyer-lobbyist into human-scale, social-equity-centered work, guiding leaders and organizations to foster greater understanding, authenticity, compassion, and trust.   MARISELA B. GOMEZ is a co-founder of Village of Love and Resistance in Baltimore Maryland, organizing for power, healing, and the reclamation of land. She is a meditation and Buddhist teacher, physician-scientist, and holistic health practitioner. She lives in the lands previously stewarded by the Piscataway, Lumbi, and other tribes, colonized as Baltimore Maryland in the USA. She is the author of Race, Class, Power, and Organizing in East Baltimore along with other scholarly, political, and spiritual writings. For more information: https://www.parallax.org/product/healing-our-way-home/ 

Boomer wonders how many different species of woodpeckers there are. Gio said woodpeckers are being studied for concussions in people. Gio wonders what Joe Benigno's cats are thinking. We talked about Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez. A caller thinks Boomer compared him to Johnny Bench. He did not. We compared Boomer's popularity in Cincinnati to great players on the Reds. Jerry returns for an update but first a caller has coaches that will be 72 when Gio's daughter is 24. Jerry has the sounds from last night's Mets win over the Yankees. Keith and Ron talked about Juan Soto being a liability in right field at Citi Field. Mike Francesa said technology will soon allow him to take phone calls on his podcast. There will be an A-I version of Al Michaels for the Olympics. In the final segment of the hour, Mike in Piscataway, made us customized ball markers. A caller said Boomer & Gio are bougie golfers and only play at the best country clubs.

Hour 1 The Mets beat the Yankees again last night and got back to .500. The offense has come to life and Boomer called Francisco Alvarez the ‘cog' for the team. The Yankees are still in first place, they still have 52 wins. Gleyber Torres was benched last night and it wasn't for an injury. It will be really interesting to see what the Mets and Yankees do at the trade deadline. Jerry is here for his first update of the day and starts with the sounds of the Mets beating the Yankees. Alvarez hit an opposite field 3-run HR. The Mets are 15-4 in their last 19 games. Luis Gil said, ‘that's how it goes' with good moments and bad moments. OG Anunoby is coming back to the Knicks. Chris Russo didn't think the Mikal Bridges trade was a big deal. We compared the sound of an elephant snoring to Eddie snoring. Jerry has audio from last night's NBA draft. In the final segment of the hour, Gio loves this song, ‘Million Dollar Baby' by Tommy Richman. Down the hall, Maggie Gray is eating tuna fish jello because she lost a bet.  Hour 2 We started the hour with the Knicks and OG Anunoby signing a new deal with the Knicks. We also talked about Jalen Brunson and the Knicks going forward. Leon Rose's daughter dropped hints about the Mikal Bridges trade on social media before it went down. Gio doesn't think the Knicks will be able to sign Isaiah Hartenstein. Gio said you cannot count on Mitchell Robinson to stay healthy next season. Boomer said this has been the best Knicks offseason in 20 years or more. Jerry returns for an update and has the sounds from last night's Mets win over the Yankees. Alvarez and Vientos have been the key to the Mets resurgence. Jerry said Aaron Judge is the best player he's ever seen. Shohei Ohtani homered and now has an RBI in 10 straight games, a Dodgers franchise record. Jerry plays, ‘What The Hell is That?' In the final segment of the hour, Gio said the next big star is a female Chinese basketball player. Her name is Zhang Ziyu and she is 7'3” but only 17 years old.  Hour 3 Boomer wonders how many different species of woodpeckers there are. Gio said woodpeckers are being studied for concussions in people. Gio wonders what Joe Benigno's cats are thinking. We talked about Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez. A caller thinks Boomer compared him to Johnny Bench. He did not. We compared Boomer's popularity in Cincinnati to great players on the Reds. Jerry returns for an update but first a caller has coaches that will be 72 when Gio's daughter is 24. Jerry has the sounds from last night's Mets win over the Yankees. Keith and Ron talked about Juan Soto being a liability in right field at Citi Field. Mike Francesa said technology will soon allow him to take phone calls on his podcast. There will be an A-I version of Al Michaels for the Olympics. In the final segment of the hour, Mike in Piscataway, made us customized ball markers. A caller said Boomer & Gio are bougie golfers and only play at the best country clubs.  Hour 4 We talked about the Knicks and Isaiah Hartenstein and his future contract. There might be a team that blows him away with an offer. What is the future of Mitchell Robinson and the Knicks? Jerry returns for his final update of the day and starts with the Mets beating the Yankees again.  The Moment of The Day involves a snoring elephant and a snoring Eddie Scozzare. In the final segment of the show, Jay Wright joins us to talk about the Knicks and all the Villanova players.

The Stadium Heads, Michael Barker aka CFB Campus Tour (@CFBCampusTour) & Pick Dundee aka (@TheColbyD) are back with their 2nd episode as the guys break down all 18 Big Ten Stadiums from their rich history to the recent stadium improvements. Did the Big Ten really improve their stadiums with the 4 recent Pac 12 additions? What makes a great football stadium and why does College Football keep its soul as compared to the NFL? Did the Northwestern Wildcats make a mistake by moving on from Ryan Field? Will more college football stadiums move to name their stadiums as corporate sponsors? Is the Rose Bowl the greatest football stadium in America? When will the Ohio State Buckeyes and other Big Ten Stadiums move back to grass as opposed to turf?What do we make of the newer Big Ten Stadiums like Huntington Bank Stadium in Minneapolis or SHI Stadium in Piscataway? Should Maryland's stadium always be referred to as Byrd Stadium? Is Fielding Yost a genius to think that Michigan should be the biggest stadium way back in 1925? Does sailgating make the stadium experience that much better at Husky Stadium? Is the L.A. Coliseum one of the most underrated stadiums in America and did the Los Angeles Rams make a mistake by leaving it for So Fi Stadium? Has the Purdue Boilermakers done everything right in improving Ross-Ade Stadium? What do we make of the three Memorial Stadiums in the Conference? Is Autzen Stadium one of the biggest gems in all of college football. We talk it all and more on this episode of The Stadium Heads. JOIN the SGPN community #DegensOnlyExclusive Merch, Contests and Bonus Episodes ONLY on Patreon - https://sg.pn/patreonDiscuss with fellow degens on Discord - https://sg.pn/discordDownload The Free SGPN App - https://sgpn.appCheck out the Sports Gambling Podcast on YouTube - https://sg.pn/YouTubeCheck out our website - http://sportsgamblingpodcast.comSUPPORT us by supporting our partnersNYRA Racing code SGPN25 - $25 FREE BET and $200 Deposit Bonus - https://racing.nyrabets.com/sign-up-bonus/sgpn25?utm_source=sgpn&utm_medium=paid_social&utm_campaign=sgpn_25&utm_content=1080x1080Underdog Fantasy code TCESGPN - 100% Deposit Match up to $100 - https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-sgpnGametime code SGPN - Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code SGPN for $20 off your first purchase - https://gametime.co/Football Contest Proxy - Use promo code SGP to save $50 at - https://www.footballcontestproxy.com/ADVERTISE with SGPNInterested in advertising? Contact sales@sgpn.io Follow The College Experience & SGPN On Social MediaTwitter - https://twitter.com/TCEonSGPNInstagram - http://www.instagram.com/TCEonSGPNTikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@TCEonSGPNYoutube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheCollegeExperienceFollow The Hosts On Social MediaColby Dant - http://www.twitter.com/thecolbydPatty C - https://twitter.com/PattyC831NC Nick - https://twitter.com/NC__NicK

The Stadium Heads, Michael Barker aka CFB Campus Tour (@CFBCampusTour) & Pick Dundee aka (@TheColbyD) are back with their 2nd episode as the guys break down all 18 Big Ten Stadiums from their rich history to the recent stadium improvements. Did the Big Ten really improve their stadiums with the 4 recent Pac 12 additions? What makes a great football stadium and why does College Football keep its soul as compared to the NFL? Did the Northwestern Wildcats make a mistake by moving on from Ryan Field? Will more college football stadiums move to name their stadiums as corporate sponsors? Is the Rose Bowl the greatest football stadium in America? When will the Ohio State Buckeyes and other Big Ten Stadiums move back to grass as opposed to turf?What do we make of the newer Big Ten Stadiums like Huntington Bank Stadium in Minneapolis or SHI Stadium in Piscataway? Should Maryland's stadium always be referred to as Byrd Stadium? Is Fielding Yost a genius to think that Michigan should be the biggest stadium way back in 1925? Does sailgating make the stadium experience that much better at Husky Stadium? Is the L.A. Coliseum one of the most underrated stadiums in America and did the Los Angeles Rams make a mistake by leaving it for So Fi Stadium? Has the Purdue Boilermakers done everything right in improving Ross-Ade Stadium? What do we make of the three Memorial Stadiums in the Conference? Is Autzen Stadium one of the biggest gems in all of college football. We talk it all and more on this episode of The Stadium Heads. JOIN the SGPN community #DegensOnlyExclusive Merch, Contests and Bonus Episodes ONLY on Patreon - https://sg.pn/patreonDiscuss with fellow degens on Discord - https://sg.pn/discordDownload The Free SGPN App - https://sgpn.appCheck out the Sports Gambling Podcast on YouTube - https://sg.pn/YouTubeCheck out our website - http://sportsgamblingpodcast.comSUPPORT us by supporting our partnersNYRA Racing code SGPN25 - $25 FREE BET and $200 Deposit Bonus - https://racing.nyrabets.com/sign-up-bonus/sgpn25?utm_source=sgpn&utm_medium=paid_social&utm_campaign=sgpn_25&utm_content=1080x1080Underdog Fantasy code TCESGPN - 100% Deposit Match up to $100 - https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-sgpnGametime code SGPN - Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code SGPN for $20 off your first purchase - https://gametime.co/Football Contest Proxy - Use promo code SGP to save $50 at - https://www.footballcontestproxy.com/ADVERTISE with SGPNInterested in advertising? Contact sales@sgpn.io Follow The College Experience & SGPN On Social MediaTwitter - https://twitter.com/TCEonSGPNInstagram - http://www.instagram.com/TCEonSGPNTikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@TCEonSGPNYoutube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheCollegeExperienceFollow The Hosts On Social MediaColby Dant - http://www.twitter.com/thecolbydPatty C - https://twitter.com/PattyC831NC Nick - https://twitter.com/NC__NicK

Johnny Volpe's fourth-inning two-run double was the difference as the Scarlet Knights took down the Terps in game one of the doubleheader in Piscataway.

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear McKesson v. Doe. The case involves a police officer injured during a Black Lives Matter protest after the police murder of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, La in 2016. The injured police officer sued the organizer DeRay McKesson for damages. Last year, the US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit sided with the officer. The Supreme Court, for a second time, declined to hear the case. The impact of the Supreme Court's decision to decline to hear the case is potentially devastating for organizers of mass protests. In our latest, Scott talks with movement lawyer Maggie Ellinger-Locke about the case and the precedent it may be setting up. Bio// Maggie Ellinger-Locke, she/her, is a movement lawyer based in the Washington DC area, living on the stolen land of the Anacostan and Piscataway peoples. She works for the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University School of Law, where she helps train the next generation of movement lawyers. Previously she worked as a staff attorney at Greenpeace USA, and has also worked in public policy and private practice. She is currently co-chair of the DC chapter of the National Lawyers Guild. --------------------------------------------------- Outro- "Green and Red Blues" by Moody Links// +Supreme Court declines to hear appeal from Black Lives Matter organizer facing damages suit (https://bit.ly/3xNTh5K) Follow Green and Red//+G&R Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast⁠⁠⁠+Our rad website: ⁠⁠⁠https://greenandredpodcast.org/⁠⁠⁠+We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.laborradionetwork.org/⁠⁠+ Join our Discord community ( https://discord.gg/AzY3gmpm )Support the Green and Red Podcast//+Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast+Or make a one time donation here: ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/DonateGandR⁠⁠⁠This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). “Green and Red Blues" by Moody. Editing by Scott.

The Rutgers Rant is back to evaluate the men's basketball team's season as it heads into the Big Ten Tournament this week and preview what should be an active offseason in Piscataway. We also discuss the wrestling program's big showing at the Big Ten Championships and catch up on how spring sports have started their season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A LIVE postgame Handsome Hour, immediately following Purdue's always-harrowing trip to the RAC in Piscataway to play Steve Pikiell's Rutgers squad. Purdue finally breaks Rutgers' win streak, Zach Edey eclipses 2000 career points, but things got too close for comfort.Subscribe & rate the Boiled Sports Podcast Network or Purdue might actually have to worry about winning the Big Ten regular season title this year. Watch the show on YouTube and subscribe for weekly LIVE podcasts every Monday at 9pm this fall and for all of Boilerdowd's quickcasts. Buy BS Gear at the BS Store to be as handsome as us. Get some Purdue-themed stickers at the BS Redbubble page.

Purdue got the one it wanted, beating Rutgers in Piscataway, before looking toward the rematch vs. Northwestern in Mackey Arena. We'll take a look on Gold and Black Radio.

The Rutgers Rant is back to discuss the men's basketball team's rough start to the Big Ten slate, the outlook on the rest of the season and how it pertains to the program's future, the women's basketball team welcoming Caitlin Clark to Piscataway, the wrestling team's winning weekend and Big Ten outlook, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Rutgers Rant is back to discuss the Scarlet Knights earning a commitment from Minnesota transfer QB Athan Kaliakmanis, the men's basketball team's plight ahead of Big Ten play and Caitlin Clark's visit to Piscataway this weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Rutgers Rant is back to discuss the Scarlet Knights' pursuit of a transfer portal quarterback and what it means for the position in Piscataway, the contract extensions given to head coach Greg Schiano and his two coordinators, and more stuff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2 hours and 11 minutes The Sponsors Thank you to Underground Printing for making this all possible. Rishi and Ryan have been our biggest supporters from the beginning. Check out their wide selection of officially licensed Michigan fan gear at their 3 store locations in Ann Arbor or learn about their custom apparel business at undergroundshirts.com. Our associate sponsors are: Peak Wealth Management, Matt Demorest - Realtor and Lender, Ann Arbor Elder Law, Michigan Law Grad, The Phil Klein Insurance Group, Winewood Organics, Human Element, Venue by 4M where we recorded this, The Nose Bleeds, which is the Sklars Bros' reboot of Cheap Seats on UFC Fight Pass, and INTRODUCING TO THE PODCAST: Sharon's Heating & Air Conditioning. 1. Offense vs Indiana Starts at 1:00 The first quarter was annoying but no one was ever worried, it ended up being a transitive property victory over Ohio State! “JJ's incompletions” is once again a short segment. “JJ's sacks” are a more interesting conversation. Credit Indiana's defense for playing smart in this one. The offense scores on eight straight drives and that was that. JJ is elite when he has to go off script, exactly what you need to be a national championship contender. How Michigan football is like watching a ferret get drowned by a psychopath. Should Blake Corum be selling the flea flicker more? There were some run block errors. Is AJ Barner actually the best tight end on the team? Benjamin Hall looked great and is an encouraging replacement for Mullings right now. Apparently Semaj Morgan's nickname is "Jukebox", which, yeah.  [The rest of the writeup and the player after THE JUMP]   2. Defense vs Indiana Starts at 48:30 This was annoying for a quarter. Linebackers and defensive ends are still not doing great in drop backs. They're practicing their Ohio State defense every week, might as well practice it against Indiana. There was a receiver running wide open on the first interception. Linebacker play wasn't the greatest, Junior Colson doesn't have all the right instincts. Michigan is trying to develop depth by rotating defensive players a lot, this probably goes away against Michigan State. Mike Barrett is a tremendous blitzer. Mason Graham club hand fumble recovery! Can we get a FB Wheel touchdown to Kenneth Grant next year? Sounds like it's ride or die with Josh Wallace at CB2. Rod Moore played good, hopefully he's back to mid-season form.  3. Hot Takes, Game Theory, and Special Teams Starts at 1:11:21 Takes hotter than Marcus Freeman after he defenestrated USC. Is Michigan football listening to this podcast?? Tyler Morris should be the go-to punt returner, Semaj Morgan is the go-to kick returner. KYLE, YOU AGAIN? Going for it on 4th and 2 near the endzone felt like the right thing to do. 4. Around the Big Ten with Jamie Mac Starts at 1:30:11 Rutgers - 27 Michigan State - 24 One of the greatest comebacks in Rutgers football history went mostly unnoticed. Michigan State has Trouble With The Snap. The Situation Trophy is in Piscataway! Michigan State isn't a good team but they always show up for Michigan so Michigan can't have a slow start again. Iowa - 15 Wisconsin - 6 Iowa gains 237 yards, 82 of them on one run. Deacon Hill goes 6/14 for 37 yards. Wisconsin throws the ball 50 times. Iowa has a clear path to the Big Ten title game despite being down a starting QB and their two top tight ends. Their punting is still top notch. Iowa is 10-1 in games where Tory Taylor punts at least 8 times.  Illinois - 27 Maryland - 24 We're in the transitive business until it makes us feel bad. Given how Ohio State looked against Maryland, this has to look good for Michigan.  Ohio State - 41 Purdue - 7 Purdue, buddy, you can't one-on-one Marvin Harrison. They have Purdue Don Brown as their defensive coordinator. Ohio State might have some concerning depth issues at running back, Trayanum went out with a possible concussion. Cade Stover has stepped up this year.  Penn State - 63 UMass - 0 Apparently Penn State just doesn't throw downfield. UMass also got five sacks. Their game against Ohio State might be a rock fight. MUSIC: “Evicted”— Wilco “The Ruminant Band”— Fruit Bats “Catch a Glimpse”—  Aaron Ross “Across 110th Street”

It will be an ugly one in Piscataway for MSU vs. Rutgers, but one we think our Spartans can win. Why do we see a road map to victory for MSU, and are we confident enough to bet them as 5.5 point underdogs?We are then joined by Hunter Stahl of Pro Football Focus to breakdown the top five performers for MSU football on both the offensive and defensive sides of the ball. From obvious names like Nathan Carter and Derrick Harmon to a few surprises, how do the top Spartans stack up amongst the Big Ten?Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!eBay MotorsWith all the parts you need at the prices you want, it's easy to turn your car into the MVP and bring home that win. Keep your ride-or-die alive at EbayMotors.com. Eligible items only. Exclusions apply. eBay Guaranteed Fit only available to US customers.Athletic BrewingGo to AthleticBrewing.com and enter code LOCKEDON to get 15% off your first online order or find a store near you! Athletic Brewing. Milford, CT and San Diego, CA. Near Beer.PrizePicksGo to PrizePicks.com/lockedoncollege and use code lockedoncollege for a first deposit match up to $100! Daily Fantasy Sports Made Easy!GametimeDownload the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDONCOLLEGE for $20 off your first purchase.Jase MedicalGet $20 off these lifesaving antibiotics with Jase Medical by using code LOCKEDON at checkout on jasemedical.com.LinkedInLinkedIn Jobs helps you find the qualified candidates you want to talk to, faster. Post your job for free at LinkedIn.com/LOCKEDONCOLLEGE. Terms and conditions apply.FanDuelMake Every Moment More. Right now, NEW customers can bet FIVE DOLLARS and get TWO HUNDRED in BONUS BETS – GUARANTEED. Visit FanDuel.com/LOCKEDON to get started.FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It will be an ugly one in Piscataway for MSU vs. Rutgers, but one we think our Spartans can win. Why do we see a road map to victory for MSU, and are we confident enough to bet them as 5.5 point underdogs? We are then joined by Hunter Stahl of Pro Football Focus to breakdown the top five performers for MSU football on both the offensive and defensive sides of the ball. From obvious names like Nathan Carter and Derrick Harmon to a few surprises, how do the top Spartans stack up amongst the Big Ten? Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! eBay Motors With all the parts you need at the prices you want, it's easy to turn your car into the MVP and bring home that win. Keep your ride-or-die alive at EbayMotors.com. Eligible items only. Exclusions apply. eBay Guaranteed Fit only available to US customers. Athletic Brewing Go to AthleticBrewing.com and enter code LOCKEDON to get 15% off your first online order or find a store near you! Athletic Brewing. Milford, CT and San Diego, CA. Near Beer. PrizePicks Go to PrizePicks.com/lockedoncollege and use code lockedoncollege for a first deposit match up to $100! Daily Fantasy Sports Made Easy! Gametime Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDONCOLLEGE for $20 off your first purchase. Jase Medical Get $20 off these lifesaving antibiotics with Jase Medical by using code LOCKEDON at checkout on jasemedical.com. LinkedIn LinkedIn Jobs helps you find the qualified candidates you want to talk to, faster. Post your job for free at LinkedIn.com/LOCKEDONCOLLEGE. Terms and conditions apply. FanDuel Make Every Moment More. Right now, NEW customers can bet FIVE DOLLARS and get TWO HUNDRED in BONUS BETS – GUARANTEED. Visit FanDuel.com/LOCKEDON to get started. FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On September 12, hundreds gathered on Piscataway lands in front of the White House to demand executive clemency for Leonard Peltier, who celebrated his 79th birthday that day. A caravan of supporters, family, and loved ones departed after ceremony from Rapid City, South Dakota en route to Washington, D.C.– a 1,600 mile journey that arrived on Monday, September 11. Speakers include: Dallas Goldtooth, Susan Harjo, Fawn R. Sharp, Nick Tilsen, Nick Estes, Kevin Sharp, and others.   Read more here: https://ndncollective.org/a-stain-of-injustice-hundreds-gathered-35-arrested-in-front-of-white-house-calling-for-release-of-leonard-peltier/ For more information:   https://www.whoisleonardpeltier.info/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/freeleonardpeltiercamp https://twitter.com/PeltierHQ?s=20 https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/american-indian-movement-announces-walk-for-leonard-peltier    Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr