Bleav in Northwestern

About Bleav in Northwestern

From the shores of Lake Michigan, dive deep into sports at Chicago’s Big Ten school with in-depth analysis of Northwestern football and men’s basketball, recruiting updates and more with host Zach Koons.

Publisher

Bleav

Category

sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Nov 2019

Latest episode

21 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

118 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   21 Oct 2026

   Rutgers Preview With The Knight Report

   Northwestern has a chance to be bowl eligible before the end of October as it welcome Rutgers into town on Saturday, so Alec Crouthamel of On3’s The Knight Report joins Zach to preview the game. The two discuss the Scarlet Knights’ rollercoaster of a season, the confusing quarterback situation, stopping KJ Duff, keys to the game and much more.

2. 

   19 Oct 2026

   Surviving the Pat Fitzgerald Bowl & Midseason Grades

   Northwestern escaped East Lansing with a narrow victory over their former head coach Pat Fitzgerald and Matt Shelton of Wildcat Report joins Zach to figure how exactly the Wildcats pulled this off. They laud Aidan Chiles’s resiliency, blast the fake punt decision and try to make sense of what happened. Plus, they give out midseason grades for David Braun, Chip Kelly, Chiles and much more after the first six games of the season.

3. 

   15 Oct 2026

   Michigan State Preview With Michigan State On SI

   Jacob Cotsonika of Michigan State on SI joins Zach to take a deeper look at the Pat Fitzgerald Bowl. The pair discuss the start of the former Northwestern coach’s tenure in East Lansing, the reason for the Spartans’ struggle on offense and the key injuries plaguing the MSU defense. Plus, final score predictions.

Who has been a guest on Bleav in Northwestern

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Maddy Hudak
• Matt Shelton
• Noah Coffman
• Kelly Amonte Hiller
• Madison Taylor

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.5 / 5

15 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

16 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 45 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

50

Social presence

94

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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