The No Show-Cause Show
Former Industry Professional in College Athletics, Lifetime Fan of College Sports, and Bar Conversation Historian giving perspective, historical recounts, and commentary on the state of college athletics and the competitions occurring at the moment.
Episodes
50 episodes
48: Anti-Gambling, Appeals Dropped, and Suing for No Show-Cause Status! (Plus College Football Week 10)
We are back for our last show of October. We are running down the action to come this weekend in college football, and while we do, we include the big college sports headlines happening now.NCAA may reverse track on lifting their gamblin...
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47: Gambling, G-Leaguers, Gone Coaches, and A Guest!
Another incredibly chaotic weekend. Whether it is on the field, the post-game, the gambling rings, or G-League players back in college basketball, the college sports merry-go-round does not stop, and we don't want to get off!We hit some ...
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46: Standing on Standings, Week 9 College Football, and Tortilla Talk
We have a loaded show, and we have nachos and tortillas on the mind. Maybe we are just hungry.We begin with discussing some notable quotes from those in and around college sports. Next in our rules items, we have a team getti...
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45: Week 8 College Football Recap, and it's Starting to Feel Like 2007
In today's episode, (dropped late because of technical difficulties), we break down what happened last weekend in College Football.First, I share some anecdotal conversations I had over the weekend about the state of college sports and i...
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44: College Football Week 8 Preview; and the Importance of Coaches as Caretakers
On today's episode we further our talk about where this new era of College Football is taking us, I still maintain as far as on the field product goes, it's a good place.Then, with so many college football coaches already fired or on the...
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43: College Football Week 7 Recap, and Holding More Than One Idea In Our Head for College Sports
We're back to recap the action of week 7, but there are some more developments:The Big Ten battle of rights rages on, with lobbying from without and from within on whether the Big Ten is truly for sale and if this is a good deal or not.<...
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42: More NCAA Tournament Expansion, and College Football Week 7 Preview
Still working through our illness, but we're pushing through.We run down some headlines in college sports:The UNC Belichick situation is even worse than we thought.The football transfer portal final adjustments were made.
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41: Week 6 College Football Recap, and the Big Ten Explores Nailing the Coffin
The voice is weak, but the need to discuss the crazy weekend of college football is strong. Week 6 did not disappoint, and we breakdown the big games and surprising results.We also go conference by conference to discuss some ...
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40: College Football Week 6 and We Have a Guest!
A Guest joins the pod! Neil Schwartz from SBRNet joins the show to talk data, analytics and how they affect the current state of college sports. You can find Neil on his
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39: College Football Week 6 Recap and Working Groups are Back!
College Football shined again this past week as we breakdown who survived, who got knocked off and is in trouble, and what happened in the two titanic match-ups (Penn St is sunk again).Also, Working Groups are back to maybe not save the ...
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38: College Football Week 5 Preview; and What are the NCAA Participation Numbers Telling Us?
We have a loaded bake potato of a College Football weekend ahead, and we take a look at the biggest match-ups. [My confidence pick remains Oregon plus the points]We also take a look at what the NCAA athlete participation numbers are tell...
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37: College Football Week 4 Recap, and What Will The ACC Do With Their Schedule?
A jam-packed show following week 4 of college football. We recap the weekend that was, and also revisit one of our preseason shows where we wondered how the storylines would go after the first four weeks of the season. Some storylines have move...
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36: College Football Week 4 Preview, and what makes NIL "Illegitimate"?
We are already at week 4, and there are some match-ups that will steer a team's fate one way or the other. Some teams are looking for revenge, others for redemption or redirection.Elsewhere in college sports we have another AD sending no...
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35: Week 3 College Football Recap, and the entire ACC is the Coastal Now
Lot's to get to after an packed week 3 in College Football. The ACC has seen it's favorite laid low, it's middle tier teams get crushed out of conference, and some of the bottom teams grab wins. It's the upheaval that reminds us of the old Coas...
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34: Week 3 College Football Preview, also Who is College Sports Being Saved From?
Week 3 of College Football looks just as competitive as week 2, and I'm sure some surprises are in store this week as well. We go over the games we're focusing on.Also: Suspension for on-field actions? Nope, not athletes this time.
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33: Week 2 College Football Recap, and the New NCAA Manuals Are Live!
Happy New NCAA Manual release to all who celebrate. The new 25-26 version is out, and yes it is slightly less dense than before.We briefly discuss the FBS Oversight Committee presenting a single, 10-day transfer portal window to cut down...
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32: Week 2 College Football Preview and The NCAA is Getting Sued....Again
They often say the weeks where the college football slate lacks in highly ranked contests produce some of the best games and twists. We happen to agree. We run down the match-ups we are most looking forward to this weekend.For our Featur...
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31: Week 1 College Football Recap and Let's Discuss What is a Catch, part 5000
In today's episode, we get right into the week 1 that was (minus the Monday Night game). What stood out, who showed out, and who went below expectations. We also take a look at a couple of rule applications, one murky and one clear as day.<...
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30: College Football Week 1 Preview
Week 1 starts to tonight. We rundown the match-ups we are most looking forward to and because we felt obligated, we'll make a prediction on the 12 team field for the playoff.All that and more AD comments to digest. Also, the NCAA is tryi...
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29: Week 0 Recap and the SEC adds a Ninth Game
Actual college football to discuss! We rundown what happened on week 0 Saturday.Also, some interesting insights by ADs on how spending and expenses have gotten so out of control in college sports. Little has to do with paying athletes be...
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28: Getting Philosophical About College Football
Week Zero is upon us, all hail Week Zero.In today's episode, we offer some more thoughts on the Michigan case that we broke down previously. Also, the College Football Playoff Committee wants us to believe in their "data" analytics, but ...
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27: A Deep Dive on the Michigan Infractions Report
Hello! Certified "scum of the earth" here, and on today's episode, we go deep into the Committee on Infractions report published Friday on Mi...
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26: How Will College Football Stories Go Twenty-Five Percent of the Way Through The Season?
For our Featured Rules Item today we break down the John Mateer gambling story, but from one that knows rules are important!For College Football, we take a look at the first quarter of the season, and see what may be the state of teams o...
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25: Powerpoints and Burnout
In today's episode, we take a look at a shared powerpoint for Virginia Tech's Board of Visitors. This post
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24: Is Sixty-Five Percent of Something Better Than One-Hundred Percent of Nothing?
A NEW governance structure has been approved for Division I college sports. How will it fare? No one knows! But the NCAA is betting on it working, and frankly given all the criticisms they have faced, it better.A poll of the public on th...
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