It's the NFL Playoff Preview edition of the Intentional Foul and Dan starts off by declaring that 18th week of the regular season wasn't necessary...and he didn't even watch his team! The Packers turned in a good first half against the Lions and the Bears blow a big lead and lose to the Vikings. Black Monday struck hard in Chicago and Minneapolis. Whatever direction the Bears WERE trending after that was blown up by their press conference. Wild Card Weekend is Saturday, Sunday and Monday. College football has a national champ. In college hoops the Badgers have been hot and Marquette starts a tough stretch. In the NBA the Bucks have hit a rough patch with a lot of players missing time. And also baseball doesn't appear any closer to reaching a new labor deal. All that and more coming up on this episode! Thanks for listening and tell your friends.

It's a new year. It's the same podcast. Talkin' Wisconsin, regional and national sports with some other nonsense in between. We kick off 2022 by trying to remember what happened in the Bears/Giants and Packers/Vikings games. Chicago is again poised to go through another cycle of GM/coach/QB, potentially. Aaron Rodgers and Hub Arkush participate in a pissing match. Onto the playoffs after this weekend. The Badgers close out their season with a bowl win. Yay. Plus how can we get players to stay on their teams...? Expand the playoffs! The Bucks are Covid bitten and head out on the road. Wisconsin and Marquette both come up with signature wins for their seasons. All that and more coming up on this edition of the Intentional Foul! Tell a friend in 2022!

Our "holiday break" edition of the Intentional Foul features Josh springing Dan with a couple packs of old baseball cards to start things off. Unfortunately nothing spectacular was found from the 1987 Topps cards. Otherwise it's the memory game trying to recall what happened with the Packers and Bears games over Christmas weekend. Urban Meyer was fired and John Madden passed away. In college football the bowl games are a mess with cancellations and the Badgers kick off late on Thursday night. In the NBA the Bucks have turned things around and are finally healthy after starting the season 8-and-8. And in college hoops the Badgers wrap up their non-conference schedule while Marquette had its game this weekend with St. John's cancelled. All that and more coming up on this episode! In the New Year, tell your friends about us!

Covid is running rampant through professional and collegiate sports the last few weeks...but it's not affecting the Intentional Foul! Back with another edition and this week the lead is the Packers and the Bears. Matt Nagy's track record against Green Bay is terrible and his decisions/strategy in-game prove it. The Packers' special teams units put on a craptastic display. More results and previews of this week. Bowl season starts for college football on Friday. In the NBA the Bucks are getting hit where it hurts with Covid and injuries, plus Dan poses a question about greatness. The Badgers split their first two conference games while Marquette gets a good road win before a loss. And where would all the old footage of the high school basketball games from the local cable station be...? Dan uploads another Craig hoops game to his YouTube channel. All that and more on this episode of the Intentional Foul. Be merry and tell your friends!

The latest episode of the Intentional Foul starts with a staring showdown with Dan's dog Uecker and ends with the fellas getting scolded. Then it's all sports from there. Despite the Packers being on the bye, Josh watches more football Sunday than he has all season with the Bears and Vikings. Chicago's Andy Dalton turns in a horrific performance and going forward Dan says it should be about Justin Fields. He expects wholesale front office changes at the end of the year. More NFL results and previews. The College Football Playoff is set and some new blood in the semi-finals. The Badgers are headed to Vegas against Arizona State plus some big time coaching changes. The Bucks have been hot as of late and embark on a four-game road trip. Wes Matthews returns and Brook Lopez has back surgery. Zion and Luca eat. In college hoops the Badgers and Marquette have gotten off to surprisingly respective great starts. All that and more coming up on this edition of the Intentional Foul! Tell your friends.

After a holiday week off, the boys are back with a 90-minute packed episode of the Intentional Foul covering a lot of territory. Dan's last two weeks of watching the Bears have been agonizing coupled with the misleading report of Matt Nagy's firing. The Packers finally limp into the bye week following a week Sunday over the Rams, but there's a lot to like despite a massive amount of walking wounded. Results, next week's matchups plus the playoff picture too. Josh goes off about the Badgers embarrassing finish to the regular season and whether changes could/should come. Conference title games are this weekend. The Bucks have righted the ship after a slow start and have now won seven in a row. Giannis discovers the unbridled joy of dunking his Oreos in milk. The Badgers hoops team wins the Maui Invitational and Marquette has a solid showing in the Charleston Classic. Intrastate battle coming Saturday. Free agency has started in baseball with Scrooge McDuck-type money being thrown around. All that and more on this edition of the Intentional Foul! We appreciate you listening, but tell your friends to give us a try too!

The fellas dive deep on this 90 minute edition of the Intentional Foul that starts off with a review of the first high school basketball broadcast of the season from Tuesday night. Then it's onto dissecting the Packers win over the Seahawks followed by the rest of the week 10 scores plus a preview of week 11's games. The Badgers continue their run to a hopeful berth in the B1G title game. The Bucks have only won one game at home and start a five-game homestand. Breaking news from the Brewers. The UW hoops game loses its first game while Marquette pulls off an upset of #10 Illinois. Dan says he's at ease watching basketball thanks to the Bucks winning the title last season. A return of a Top Five list. And a wrap-up with how athletes could potentially do better to cement their legacy. All that and more coming up on this episode! We'll give you a dollar if you tell your friends about us! Just kidding. But do it anyway!

The fellas kick off this week's episode counting down one week until the beginning of the high school basketball season...plus the unveiling of the new Beloit minor league baseball affiliate mascot next Monday. After that, thanks to a 14-hour travel day on Sunday, Dan carries the Packers and Bears discussion along with other NFL results and previews of this coming week's matchups. The Badgers destroy Rutgers and now comes pesky Northwestern...who's gonna play running back?! The Bucks are under .500...again...and on a five-game road trip. But they DID meet the President. And the Badgers and Marquette are two participants in 176 college basketball games as the season kicks off Tuesday. All that and more coming up on this week's edition of the Intentional Foul! We'd love some more listeners...so, tell your friends!

A jampacked episode of the Intentional Foul kicks off with recollections from the Packers/Cardinals tilt from ages ago and descends from there into the mess that is the Aaron Rodgers/Covid national headline. Dan says no Matt Nagy maybe translated to Justin Fields' best game of the year even though the Bears lost. A big trade before the deadline plus one player's career, and life, are over. Week eight recap and week nine previews as well. After winning against Iowa last Saturday, the Badgers have no excuse not to make it to the Big Ten Championship out of that west division. The Bucks JUST got back to the .500 mark on Tuesday night and they're super banged up. The Braves win the World Series and the Brewers start signing guys we've never heard of. All that and MORE...despite somehow failing to mention the Janesville Chick-fil-A opening...coming up on this edition of the Intentional Foul. Tell your friends!

The fellas start off this episode with Josh talking about Squid Game on Netflix while Dan says he's probably not ever going back to a subtitled movie. After that...it's down to business with the Packers less-than-spectacular win over Washington and Covid decimating the playmakers going into Thursday night's game. The Bears get trounced down in Tampa Bay and Dan says the organization should be embarrassed. More week 7 results plus a preview of week 8. In the college ranks the Badgers go to Purdue and win...which begs the question: how did the Boilermakers beat Iowa? Big Ten West is now on the line Saturday for Bucky. Game 1 of the World Series was Wednesday night...Dan was interest, Josh wasn't. The Brewers fired their hitting coach and the Mets are after their front office again. The Bucks after off to a good start following a three-game road trip and are now back home. Plus Wisconsin and Marquette are gearing up for the college hoops season. Finally, a little local flavor...Janesville could be getting a new "indoor sports complex," aka an ice rink with other things available. All that and more coming up on the Intentional Foul. TELL. YOUR. FRIENDS. NOW.