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Hawaii's Big West-opening series was canceled due to a positive COVID-19 test for Cal Poly, following a trend for the entire conference. Thankfully, former 'Bow Brandon Spearman had some time between training sessions and chatted about his overseas career, interesting roommates, his bond with Gib Arnold and the possible whereabouts of his "Tip of the Spear" award.

KHON2 Sports Director Rob DeMello joins the holiday edition of the podcast to discuss the big news regarding Aloha Stadium suspending the hosting of events, UH vs UH in the New Mexico Bowl, the challenge of covering local sports during the pandemic, and his thoughts on the imbalance in college football between the Power 5 and Group of 5 schools. Plus Jordan and Kanoa share their opinions of the stadium news and a possible Marcus vs Tua matchup in the NFL. And as always they end the show with the year's final "Best and Worst".

In a special New Mexico Bowl preview edition, Kevin Eschenfelder, the Houston PxP caller, previews this University of Houston team and what we can expect after 15-20 players are expected to sit out. Jeff Siembieda, the New Mexico Bowl executive director, joins the guys to talk about the bowl. David Matlin, UH Athletics Director, talks the lead up to being invited to the New Mexico Bowl and the future of UH Football following the Aloha Stadium closure. Trent Figg, UH Chief of Staff, preview the Hawaii team going into the bowl tomorrow, and the excitement and mentality of the team.

Gary comes on after the first game of the 2020-21 NBA Season between the Brooklyn Nets and the Golden State Warriors, and talks about the season and what it could hold. Also, with the playoff racing running out of time, Kamu Grugier Hill makes his weekly appearance and talks about the big win that the Miami Dolphins had over the Patriots.

Josh Pacheco fills in for Bobby today. Pro Football Focus' Anthony Treash comes on to talk some college football, and who he would vote for in the Heisman race and the issues for voting during this season. Kurt Helin of NBCSports comes on to talk the NBA opener tonight and the matchup between the LA squads. Demetri Ravanos comes on to talk the state of college football and the bleak future brought upon the commercialization of the game.

The animals come on this Monday before Christmas and talk about the wild NFL weekend, which included the Jets winning? Also, with the New Mexico Bowl coming up, Rich Miano gives us his insight to the game on Christmas Eve. Senator Glenn Wakai also makes a stop to give his and the state's perspective on the Aloha Stadium situation. And Kevin McGuire from Athlon Sports talks college football and the final four in college football.

Josh Pacheco fills in for Bobby this morning. Dave Bartoo from CFBMatrix talks the College Football Playoffs Rankings and the idea behind the ranking of Ohio State and Notre Dame at 3 and 4 respectively. Joe Broback, an American Athletic Conference reporter, talks the matchup between Hawaii and Houston and what fans should be expecting from this Cougars team.

Former University of Hawai'i MVB Outside Hitter and now UH assistant coach Josh Walker joins Tiff Wells for this week's episode! The former All-American standout has successfully transitioned to the coaching ranks and was named “AVCA Assistant Coach of the Year” in 2019.

Former Hawaii basketball point guard and current Spectrum Sports analyst Johnny White gives his take on the Rainbow Warriors' 2020-21 season-opening win over Hawaii Pacific and offers up some observations on the team's many new players. White speaks about two prominent games of his era (1998-2000), being a point guard for Riley Wallace, and playing for an NBA D-League title in its very early days.

Josh discusses the confusion still from yesterday's announcement about Aloha Stadium and what UH will have to do, Also Fans and callers chime in on the opinions on the matter and what could this mean for UH Athletics future.