Heart of the Rivalry is a Blade-produced YouTube series and podcast that is available on all major platforms.

The weekly college football show is led by The Blade’s sports columnist, David Briggs, and co-host/producer Phil Kaplan.

This week Briggs reveals whose Heisman vote went to BGSU’s Harold Fannin, Jr., and who prevented him from becoming the first Falcon in history to make consensus All America.

Phil can’t outwit the privatized parcel service, and we go back in time with The Blade Vault. (Use code BV20 for for 20% off your first order.)

Briggs takes us to 1919 with his column and tells us about how Toledo’s high school football was so big the Rose Bowl demanded it share the spotlight.

All that and more will come from your new favorite college football show — the only one to cover exclusively the rivalry programs of Ohio State and Michigan, Bowling Green, and Toledo.

Heart of the Rivalry is a Blade-produced YouTube series and podcast that is available on all major platforms.

The weekly college football show is led by The Blade’s sports columnist, David Briggs, and co-host/producer Phil Kaplan.

This week's news cycle overfloweth our collective cups.

Briggs responds to some proposed flag planting legislation with his own line of punitive felonious charges for losing rivalry games.

Phil looks out for Kirk Herbstreit's lawn care service in Columbus, and there's a Big Chuck and Little John reference left in the driveway.

All that and more will from your new favorite college football show — the only one to cover exclusively the rivalry programs of Ohio State and Michigan, Bowling Green, and Toledo.

Heart of the Rivalry is a Blade-produced YouTube series and podcast that is available on all major platforms.

The weekly college football show is led by The Blade’s sports columnist, David Briggs, and co-host/producer Phil Kaplan.

This week, the examination begins in earnest. The famous Ohio State marching band song, “I wanna go back to OhioState,” has always claimed in lyric, “We'll win the game or know the reason why!”

Well we’ve got reasons, kids.

Lou Holtz, Jim Harbaugh, Jason Candle, and John Cooper all seem to have the upper hand on Ryan Day, at least this week, according to Briggs.

Phil accepts Toledo’s re-assignment to Michigan... again, but at least no one was pepper sprayed.

All that and more will from your new favorite college football show — the only one to cover exclusively the rivalry programs of Ohio State and Michigan, Bowling Green, and Toledo.