Gavin is joined by Gabby Hajduk and Brendyn Jones of the Daily Illini to preview the NCAA tournament and the path ahead for 1-seed Illinois basketball.

With Illinois football sitting at 2-5 after a loss to Iowa over the weekend, can the season be salvaged with two games to go? Gavin and Mariah Guzman (Illini Inquirer) reflect on the season so far, what has gone wrong and how it affects Lovie Smith's job security. Meanwhile, No. 6 Illinois basketball is hoping to live up to sky-high expectations this season. Brandon Simberg (The Daily Illini) joins the show to break down what Illinois has shown through four games ahead of a high-profile matchup at Duke. 

Illinois football is returning at long last. Erich Fisher (Rivals) and Isaac Trotter (Rochester Post-Bulletin) join the show to break down the Illini's chances at No. 14 Wisconsin. Stick around for the crew's insights about the season overall.

Gavin, Tatiania Perry (Daily Illini) and Mariah Guzman (Illini Inquirer) break down what occurred as hundreds of Illinois athletes, led by football player Kendrick Green and several teammates, marched through the streets of Champaign to the police station in a show of unity and support for the Black Lives Matter movement. 

Gavin catches up with Big Ten Network digital media producer Alex Roux. The two speak about how the pandemic has affected sports, working from home, the outlook for Illinois football and basketball and the protests that have been taking place in Champaign-Urbana this summer.

Gavin is joined by Scott Richey (News-Gazette) and Joey Wagner (Decatur Herald & Review) to discuss the latest in Illinois football recruiting after recent momentum. The trio also reacts to Illinois' plan to return to athletics, reviews The Last Dance and compares quarantine lifestyles. 

From traveling to Lithuania and Australia to profile LaMelo Ball, to an eye-opening story on what drives LA Clippers guard Patrick Beverley, Mirin Fader (Bleacher Report) has become one of the journalism industry's standouts in long-form feature writing. Oh, and she's Gavin's FAVORITE writer!!! Mirin shares her insight about the state of the industry, becoming a better storyteller and about The Big Scribble, a writing competition she's helping put on for young journalists.

Gavin and Mariah Guzman (The Champaign Room) do live facemasks while talking about skin care and their daily routines, quarantine music and juuuust a tad of Illinois football.

THE EVERYTHING EPISODE!!! Gavin speaks with Isaac Trotter, who is now working at the Post Bulletin in Rochester, Minnesota, and Jake Hasan (ESPN C-U, Daily Illini) about life in the pandemic, Illinois football recruiting struggles, success in the transfer market — is it sustainable? — and when sports may resume. Stick around for the gang's takes on whether Kofi Cockburn and Ayo Dosunmu will stay in the NBA Draft or return to Illinois, and for analysis on ESPN's hit documentary, The Last Dance.