Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard start this week's pod discussing Joe Rossi leaving the Gophers to become the defensive coordinator at Michigan State. Why is he leaving, how big of a loss is it and to whom does PJ turn to next? Burnsie also gives an update on what's going on in the Transfer Portal and the latest on the high school recruiting side as well. Gaardsy swears for the first time in Pair and a Spare history as well!

2023 December Update: Joe Rossi Leaving, Recruiting Update

Ryan Burns, Chip Scoggins and Justin Gaard join forces to discuss all things college football. From the Gophers to the national scene these guys have what you need for your college football fix!

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Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard are back for a post-portal edition of the pod! The guys open up talking about what's happening to Minnesota fans with the Timberwolves looking like a legit title contender before talking about the successful run in retention and recruiting for PJ Fleck, the different NIL challenges for football and basketball, and the rumors are swirling that we are not that far off from actual (legal) payrolls in college sports. Thanks as always to Jax Cafe!

May 2024 Check In: Wolves! Portal is Closed, Football NIL, Payrolls Coming?

The guys are back and review Gaardsy's Masters trip before Chip and Gaardsie interrogate Burnsie on what he has gleaned at Spring Practice. They also cover the recent recruiting news and react to a committment while they were recording! Burnsie finally comes clean about why he was grumpy the entire episode.

April 2024: Burnsie is Annoyed, Master's, Spring Practice, Recruiting

Chip, Burnsie and Gaardsy are back and spend the first few minutes of the show outlining the Portal Problems Gopher basketball is having and what NIL has to do with it. The guys have some thoughts about how NIL can change and how to finance the new world of college sports. They also give their thoughts on PJ Fleck's contract "amdendments," and react to the Gophers not having a public Spring Game.

March 2024: Portal Problems with Hoops, NIL, PJ Amendment

Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard are here for another off-season check-in and have a lot to discuss! The guys give their thoughts on the PJ Fleck to UCLA steam that seemed to have a lot of legs before reacting to the first round of win total over/unders. The show wraps up with a lengthy discussion about where the Gophers stack up in assistant coaches salary and how Burnsie feels about it.

February 2024: PJ UCLA Rumors, Over/Unders, Assistant Salaries

The guys are back for another January check-in and Chip Scoggins wants to call it "The Blood Pressure" episode as Justin Gaard is fired up about the Michigan job opening and more. Jim Harbaugh is off to the NFL again, Nick Saban is retired and all 3 guys have had conversations on their own worth discussing with the college football based audience.

2023 December Update: Joe Rossi Leaving, Recruiting Update

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