Clean the Boards

Clean the Boards

By Austin Barach, John BoyleSports
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Clean the Boards episodes

  • 2021 NFL Season Preview, Part 1/2: Steelers, Broncos, and 49ers
    • (0:00) Intro segment

      • Zach Kopelman previewing the Pittsburgh Steelers season

      • (1:16) Big Ben, the new OC, the defense, a bunch of depth guys, potential QBs of the future, going through the schedule, and much more

        • Richie Kuty previewing the Denver Broncos season

        • (24:25) Teddy Two-Gloves vs. Lock, the loaded secondary and defense in general, the weapons and the offensive line, going through the schedule, and much more

          • Sam Corcoran previewing the San Fransisco 49ers season

          • (38:43) Jimmy G and Trey Lance, the new identity of the defense, the dominant defensive line, the offensive line and the weapons, a bunch of depth guys, fantasy, going through the schedule, and much more
            • 1 hr 5 min
          • CtB Special: 3rd Annual Sports Jeopardy
            • (0:00) Intro segment on all the context that you might want to know about this episode
            • (6:00) Explaining the Jeopardy show rules/getting set up
            • (8:41) Jeopardy, just under 59 minutes of it here. NSFW. Good stuff. 37+ diverse trivia questions from our 5 participants. 
            • (67:33) An official foe of the program induction
            • (68:54) Coy League fantasy talk
            • (73:35) CtB heading off to college... 
              • 1 hr 16 min
            • CtB Special: CC Baseball Season in Review
              • (0:00) Intro segment

                • Coach Hernandez part

                • (2:00) Notable memories from the season, Senior Night, our 1-2-3 with Liam, Nick, and Ryan, Matt and Curley's pitching ability, how coach and Tony met, impressive home runs, food, internal excitement about Ryan stepping into the box, how to deliver a certain coaching message, the core senior class, reflecting on the St. Mary's loss and how the state playoff format is, the infamous alleged prom talk at Newton South, and having the stigma of looking intimidating in the halls of CC

                  • Roman and Ryan part

                  • (25:59) Beating Arlington, Roman's pitching performance against LS, Ryan's go-ahead home run against LS, our awesome team, Ryan inspiring a younger generation of CC baseball fans, Ryan reflecting on his impact on the team this season, Roman's personal favorite moment of the season, the Arlington student section, Roman's bittersweet moment, Roman and Ryan's post-high school baseball goals, Roman's assessment of CC baseball's team chemistry, Ryan's pre-at-bat superstition, mating, "Without Me" being the official 2021 CC baseball anthem, Austin's favorite memories of the season, name association with Roman, Roman describing pitching nuances, and Roman answering questions that were for Nick as if he were Nick
                    • 48 min
                  • Bucks-Suns Game 5 Anticipation and Series Thoughts/Takeaways; plus, Coach Kilian
                    • (0:00) Intro segment
                    • (1:19) Thoughts on Coach Kilian... 
                    • (10:42) Bucks-Suns Finals talk: assessing each of our Finals predictions through four games, concerns for the Suns, concerns for the Bucks, Chris Paul legacy stuff, our predictions for the pivotal Game 5 and the series, gambling stuff, Middleton-Giannis on-off logic, and debating the Giannis block in Game 4 against the LeBron block in Game 7 of the 2016 Finals
                      • 44 min
                    • Suns-Bucks NBA Finals Preview and More
                      • (0:00) Intro segment
                      • (2:00) Rundown of NBA things that have happened since our last show and (4:53) NBA Finals things to know/setting the scene

                        • Bijan part

                        • (8:25) The Clippers and Ben Simmons and the 76ers
                        • (20:20) Suns-Bucks Finals preview, including the play of DeAndre Ayton, who the Suns are going to put Crowder on, the Giannis injury, and more

                          • Ro and John part

                          • (34:50) Trae Young appreciation and the Blazers situation 
                          • (39:58) Suns-Bucks Finals preview, including the matchups within the series
                          • (60:15) Somewhat heated debates over where Ayton, Chris Paul, and Booker rank in the NBA

                            • miscellaneous stuff with Bijan

                            1 hr 20 min
                          • (Probably) The Last in-Studio Show Ever: Banter and Such

                            PART 1/2:

                            • (0:00) Intro segment... (3:55) March Madness theme one more time... (4:53) Banter... 
                            • (6:15) Ainge steps down, Stevens assumes his role; plus, our roots... (8:57) John vs. Bijan in elementary and middle school... (11:52) More on Ainge... (13:43) 2018 Game 7 ECF and us being changed people... 
                            • (16:26) More normal NBA stuff: NBA fans being reckless... (17:56) Bucks-Nets series predictions; plus, Romeo!... (20:23) Lakers-Suns... (24:03) Clippers-Mavs, the top 10 guys in the league right now, and more Lakers-Suns
                            • (26:29) Bruins!

                              • PART 2/2:

                              • (27:58) Banter: Fear Los Braceras, origin stories of how CtB formed, notable moments in CtB history, full circle stuff, Williamson, a clip from the infamous Bucks-Celtics debate in 2019, a classic "red button" moment, the stages of Austin's voice, the clip of the very start of the very first show from September of 2018, the infamous Sorrentos day, fumbling, the Josh Gordon clip, the Men's Warehouse quote, is Ned here, infamous quotes, Tim and Cora, the Joe Boehenik schooling John Voice Memos, and Nadav and Van Gelder memories... 
                              • (52:48) People to thank for CtB... and (56:07) the future of CtB... into (57:16) the bittersweet outro into John Denver 
                                • 59 min
                              • NBA Playoffs First Round Matchups, Play-in stuff, and More
                                • (0:00) Intro segment on the Bruins Game 3 win, Western Conference play-in games, the Red Sox, CC baseball, and more
                                • (6:32) Reacting to the Celtics' play-in win vs. the Wizards and looking ahead to the Nets series
                                • (16:31) Clippers ducking the Lakers
                                • (17:45) Predicting Sixers-winner of Wizards/Pacers... (18:43) Predicting Bucks-Heat... (22:33) Predicting Knicks-Hawks
                                • (29:11) The Western Conference play-in tourney and the 2-7 and 1-8 series; plus a tangent with preseason Hawks, Knicks predictions
                                • (36:11) Predicting Nuggets-Blazers... (38:03) Predicting Clippers-Mavs
                                • (39:52) Conference Finals picks
                                • (43:26) Kelvin Benjamin transitioning to a TE... 
                                • (44:48) CC sports updates: lacrosse, track, and baseball
                                • (49:32) Foes of the program... and (53:29) Not enough time for all the questions from the friends of the program


                                  • 56 min
                                • 30+ Minutes on the Awful Celtics, Tebow on the Jags, LeBron and Legacy stuff, and More
                                  • (0:00) Intro segment on the Pats' schedule, CC baseball, and more
                                  • (3:39) The 102nd overall show
                                  • (3:59) The Celtics absolutely suck: Jaylen out for the season, the general suckiness of the team, comparing the roster to other teams and last season's team, Fournier and his looming contract situation, wanting to trade a bunch of guys in the offseason to try to get rid of the bad culture, reflecting on the team's overrated Bubble run, comparing this team's unlike-ability to the 2019 team's unlike-ability and speculating on what could've been with the core of the 2019 team, projecting how we'll do in the play-in, wanting back big Al, John being optimistic about us in the playoffs?!... and Grant Williams' terrible season put into context via advanced stats
                                  • (34:48) NFL: The Pats probably being good, the Bucs' roster and if they got better, the Rams, debating if Tim Tebow will be a good fit for the Jags, the sleeper Colts, the terrible Lions, and the sleeper Giants
                                  • (44:42) NBA: LeBron legacy talk (loud), the scoring title and Bazemore-Beal, and a Bucks-Heat potential playoff series
                                  • (51:01) CC sports updates on lacrosse, track, and baseball
                                    • 57 min
                                  • Mac Jones to the Pats, Lakers Concern, the Celtics (Still) Suck, Bucks-Nets, and More
                                    • (0:00) Intro segment on why this episode was a late upload (CC baseball, assassins), the Celtics continuing to suck, the Red Sox, and game notes from the Bucks-Nets two recent games 
                                    • (12:24) the 101st overall episode
                                    • (13:01) NFL draft cleanup: the 49ers take Trey Lance, the Dolphins take Jaylen Waddle, the Bears take Justin Fields, the Jets take Vera-Tucker... into (22:43) the Pats taking Mac Jones and us debating the pick... then discussing the Patriots' roster
                                    • (38:33) What team will Aaron Rodgers be on Week 1?
                                    • (41:06) The Celtics still suck
                                    • (42:55) NBA stuff: Bucks-Nets and Giannis optimism, John being concerned for LeBron and the Lakers... and who would win a potential LAL-LAC series, the red hot Wizards, and All-NBA speculations
                                    • (58:42) Red Sox, Dodgers, and CC baseball updates
                                      • 1 hr 5 min
                                    • The 2021 NFL Draft: Trying to Predict Picks 1-16
                                      • (0:00) Intro segment on some context of this episode, NFL draft related news, Micah Parsons' off-the-field issues, and game notes on Wednesday's Celtics-Hornets matchup
                                      • (9:41) Behind-the-scenes for our 100th overall show
                                      • (10:28) NFL Draft: going through our mock drafts for the top 16 picks of the 1st round, touching on all the prospects and teams involved with those 1-16 picks
                                      • (62:09) The Celtics, suck
                                        • 1 hr 7 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.