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
71 episodes
68: CFP Semifinal Preview, and How the Transfer Portal is Like GoT
It's time to preview the CFP Semis, but first we rundown a change at AD at a P4 school that feels like it is behind in the money game.In CBB, Michigan almost made me look foolish for praising them last episode, and conference chaos is ra...
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67: College Athletics New World Isn't For Everyone, CFP Payout Update, and College Basketball
On today's show we examine what the semifinal teams have in common, along with other successful college football programs of the current era. Also, the programs left reeling from coaching and player loss have to adjust as well. We look at a cou...
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66: College Sports Still Rule, and College Football Playoff Quarterfinal Recap
New year, same show...new episodes!We kick off our 2026 year of the show with a discussion over the college basketball hysteria with player eligibility. How is it concerning, how is it overblown, and what can help settle everyone down (h...
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65: Wrapping Up 2025, The College Sports Word of the Year, CFP Quarterfinals Preview
We have reached the end.....of 2025 on the No Show-Cause Show.We briefly recap how much has changed since we started the show in June. Including calling out the Louisiana governor for his comments on "how to save" college sports in our F...
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64: Friday Post-Christmas Show; Football, Basketball, Coaching, Bowl Games
Hope everyone's holiday was a great one. Quick check-in on the college sports front for the show.We take a look at a few college QBs and their extension of eligibility situations.College Basketball is heavy at the top heading into...
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63: CFP Round 1 Recap, Group of 5 Realities, and a Volleyball Sweep for the Title
Late posting but the show goes on. We recap the Round 1 games from the College Football Playoff. This leads into a broader discussion about the Group of 5(soon to be 6)'s involvement in the future of the playoff, and how some are driving the na...
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Show-Cause Conversations: Athletic Academics and The Life of A Coach's Wife with Brynn Richter
We have a very special episode today as we are joined by Brynn Richter. Not only a former boss of mine, but a veteran of the college athletics administration game. She also happens to be married to a D1 Basketball coach.We discuss the cu...
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62: Are Show-Causes Going Away?! And More CFP Bashing (and Round 1 Preview)
Thursday show is up, and a new national champion has been crowned in college sports, in a thrilling OT finale.We'll look ahead to the sports weekend, that starts tonight with volleyball semis and runs Fri-Sun with Round 1 of the CFP. We'...
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61: Michigan Scandal Fallout, Volleyball Upsets, and Looking for Positives in the College Sports Hysteria
A new week and a new outlook on the state of college sports.While the Michigan Scandal and Private Equity elements of college sports can lend to a gloomy outlook, there are some great things going on in college sports.Fall Champio...
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60: Are College Sports at a Tipping Point?
After a quiet episode about the College Football Playoff, so much has happened.We have not only playoff bluster, but playoff antagonism against the CFP and the ACC from Notre Dame. Do they deserve special treatment? (No, but they are pin...
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59: College Football Playoff Instant Reaction
The Playoff Bracket is out for College Football and people are mad, people are happy, but mostly, people are wondering why the process played out like it did.We recap conference championship Saturday and what the final rankings were and ...
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58: Playoff Committee Ignores Its Protocols, College Basketball Warms Up, and a Fall Championship Update
The College Football Playoff Committee is making it up as they go, and that is not the design of their own protocols, which you can view here.
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57: A Chalky Weekend of College Football Leaves Us Wondering What is the Criteria for a Playoff Team?
A lack of chaos on the field this past holiday weekend has led to a magnification of the problems of bloated conferences and consistency in choosing playoff teams. Just as I feared when I did my big
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56: Thanksgiving College Football Weekend Preview, plus Winning a National Title While Suing the NCAA is Kind of Cool
We have an early holiday episode here, so everyone can enjoy Turkey Day, We breakdown the College Football Playoff rankings, a bunch of seemingly nonsensical movement. We also preview this weekend's games and how they could impact t...
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55: Feast Week, No Chaos on the Field in College Football, and some National Championships Have Been Won
Lots going on for this Monday before Thanksgiving episode.Feast Week as begun in College Basketball, a lot of interesting and intriguing tournaments get off the ground this week.The College Sports Commission wants the schools to s...
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54: Athletic Directors Steering(or Wrecking) the Ship, and CFP Rankings plus CFB Week 13 Preview
Barely got the episode in before midnight but the Thursday show is up. We take a look at some interesting AD situations, from LSU to Ole Miss, Colorado and Wazzu. What makes a good leader and what can make or break a good leader in college athl...
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53: Hectic College Football Week 12 Recap
We are scrambling to get our thoughts together after another wild week 12 in College Football. The parameters of the 12-team playoff seem to be shifting by the game, but we try our best to see who has the table set for them.For our FRI: ...
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52: More Show-Causes in the state of Michigan, An Athletic Director's Sideline Situation, and Separation Saturday in College Football.
On today's episode we take a look at the Michigan State infractions case involving Mel Tucker and his staff. The show-cause alarm shall ring again.Mack Rhoads of Baylor laid hands on a football player back in September and we may be seei...
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51: A Weekend of Almost in College Football, What College Basketball May Look Like This Season, Gambling Penalties Handed Down, and B1G Enterprises not Dead Yet
A packed and loaded weekend in college sports. We discuss the start of the College Basketball season from the standpoint of how an influx of new talent could affect the season.We of course dive into the storylines of College Football as ...
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50: The College Football Playoff Committee is Back on Their Shenanigans (and Week 11 Preview)
The CFP Committee are making subjective choices....again. Going against the games played on the field, but it is still early in the process. Week 10 rankings should not be the end of it all, but there are some disturbing trends.<...
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49: Broken Seasons, Basketball, and MORE Show-Cause Penalties Issued
College Football Playoff: teams have put themselves in and teams have put themselves out of the mixThe College Sports Commission issued its
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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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