Clean the Boards

Clean the Boards

By Austin Barach, John BoyleSports
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Clean the Boards episodes

  • Pats Lose in Miami, Looking Ahead to the Wild Card, Fantasy Championships, and More
    • (0:00) Contextualizing the episode and recapping Chargers-Raiders (recorded right before the Flores firing)
    • (2:59) Patriots-Dolphins recap and analysis, plus looking ahead to the New England Wild Card matchup (recorded during LAC-LV)
    • (20:00) Off the cuff thoughts on the known Wild Card matchups before SNF
    • (26:55) R.I.P. Bob Saget
    • (27:08) Klay Thompson's return 
    • (28:46) Our fantasy football championship teams
    • (35:25) Wrapping it up 
      • 38 min
    • The Top 25+ Sports Moments of 2021, an NFL Blind Resume Game, an NBA Name Game, the Pats, and More
      • (0:00) Open segment on contextualizing the episode
      • (2:52) Pats lose to the Bills... and then (8:07) Power ranking the top of the AFC/Steelers confidence?
      • (12:21) NFL contenders blind resume guessing game
      • (28:34) The Top 25 Sports Moments of the year, plus lots of honorable mentions (top 5 from each of the 5 guys)
      • (54:45) NBA name game: is this name a real name of a player who got signed on an NBA Hardship Exception deal, or is it a fake name?
      • (59:08) Questions from the friends of CtB
      • (64:37) College basketball update
        • 1 hr 7 min
      • A Big Spot for the Pats, the Frustrating Celtics, a Guessing Game, Hofstra-Monmouth Woes for Max, and a Whole Lot More
        • (0:00) The open segment: contextualizing the episode, plus Iowa State basketball appreciation... then (5:44) we're back after our first semesters of college
        • (7:26) Patriots: losing to the Colts and looking ahead to the massive rematch versus the Bills 
        • (20:37) Other NFL: Assessing the Bucs after losing to the Saints again... (26:10) John's Chiefs and Packers... and other gambling stuff... then (28:38) more on the Bucs, plus fantasy football talk
        • (31:10) NBA: Debating this up-and-down Celtics team, with tangents on the Cavs and rookie QBs
        • (44:38) Christmas gifts... and then (45:43) COVID in the NBA
        • (46:05) A guessing game, NBA and then college hoops... plus in-studio shenanigans
        • (50:46) Answering many questions from the friends of CtB, including a very contentious one from Al 
        • (59:30) A special outro courtesy of Max
          • 1 hr 2 min
        • The 2nd Annual 25 Sports Things that we're Thankful for Segment; plus, NFL Contenders, Celtics and Bulls, and Much More
          • (2:10) Back in the studio; quickly recapping our lives after three months at college
          • (7:18) NFL: the surging Pats, the sneaky Vikings, Rohit's Browns, and Bijan's Bucs... and then (19:45) going through the SB contenders; AFC then NFC
          • (33:36) 2nd Annual Sports Things that we're thankful for
          • (70:50) NBA: Celtics playing better, Rohit's Bulls; plus the Warriors, the Nets, Chris Paul, Iman Shumpert, three trivia questions, and more
          • (89:19) Q&A from the fans of CtB: Ryan Grace's new physique and could John score against the UConn women's team?
          • (90:33) College basketball updates... then (96:50) outro into John Denver
            • 1 hr 38 min
          • 4th Annual NBA Preview Show, Part 2/2: The West + Awards
            • (0:00) Intro segment
            • (5:00) Revealing our non-playoff team, 15-9
            • (8:37) Debating the major differences with our non-playoff teams 
            • (17:21) Revealing our playoff teams, 8-1
            • (21:13) Debating the major differences with our playoff teams 

              • Western Conference teams that were talked about the most: Timberwolves, Lakers, Clippers, and Warriors

              • (32:05) Revealing our awards predictions: ROY, COY, MIP, DPOY, MVP, and everyone's favorite fake award, the Darkhorse MVP... plus some 6th man
              • (44:19) ECF, WCF, and Finals predictions
                • 48 min
              • 4th Annual NBA Preview Show, Part 1/2: The East
                • (0:00) Intro segment
                • (3:00) General issues with the NBA today
                • (5:26) Revealing last year's prediction results
                • (9:18) College football

                  • Here we go... 

                  • (11:22) Revealing our non-playoff teams, 15-9
                  • (13:05) Debating the major differences with our non-playoff teams
                  • (25:15) Revealing our playoff teams, 8-1
                  • (29:30) Debating the major differences with our playoff teams

                    • Eastern Conference teams that were talked about the most: Bulls, Knicks, Hawks, Nets, and of course, the Celtics

                    52 min
                  • Brady's Highly Anticipated Return to Foxboro, Other Week 4 Games, NBA Ramping up, and College
                    • (0:00) Intro segment, including growing up being a Pats/Tom Brady fan... 
                    • (4:49) CtB birthdays and (5:17) Teasing the Brady return to Gillette... 
                    • (6:55) Setting the stage for TB-NE: Takeaways + observations from the Pats' first three games and (15:05) Bucs takeaways + observations this season
                    • (22:30) Brady's Bucs vs. Belichick's Patriots preview: NE defense against Brady, the Brady vs. Mac intensity aspect, the media being anti-Belichick, some best-case scenarios for the Pats, NE offense against the TB defense and utilizing trick plays, and going through the Pats' schedule/the importance of not going 1-3... before (35:47) Official TB-NE score predictions
                    • (37:11) Hitting the Week 4 slate: Titans-Jets, Giants-Saints, Ravens-Broncos, Steelers-Packers, Kirk Cousins, Zach Moss, and Lions-Bears
                    • (45:42) An apology to Justin Herbert, (47:14) Patriots sources, and then (48:24) Seahawks-49ers and John's betting
                    • (49:57) NBA gets going: the beautiful Seaport area in Boston, Kyrie and Jonathan Isaac on COVID vaccinations, and college stuff
                    • (57:37) Hyping up the Celtics, (64:49) our college locations, and (65:32) Syracuse and Maryland football
                      • 1 hr 9 min

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                    From hot takes to statistical and annecdotal evidence, a group of friends review and debate the recent events in the sports world, mostly the NBA.