With Northwestern on their off week, Sam and John talk about some of the protests going on around football, preview this weekend’s Wisconsin game and check in with the rest of the college football landscape. We are your premier Northwestern Sports Podcast! You can download the episode from iTunes or directly from here.

Our picks are in for our 2017 picks contest.

John currently has 10 points: Alabama (4) Boise St (2) Northwestern (2) Texas (1) and Florida Atlantic (1)

Erik has 16: South Florida (4) USC (4) Auburn (2) NC State (3) and Notre Dame (3)

Sam has 12: Ohio State (3) Florida State (0) Oklahoma State (3) Oregon (3) and Notre Dame (3)

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