Baseball's playoffs are going to be in your face Tuesday and Wednesday, and after wandering through the pandemic wilderness for many fraught months, Sam and Andy are here to let you know it's OK to be excited about it, and (gasp!) about the Cubs' chances. Will Kris Bryant's heel turn, Adbert Alzolay's new slider, and Yu just being Yu be enough to subdue the mostly anonymous Marlins? You'll have to listen to find out. They also talk about what the hell the Cubs were doing with Brailyn Marquez on Sunday, talk about the vagaries of three game series to kick off the playoffs, and just what chance the Cubs really have. 

Another week another ridiculous win by the Bears, and we'll gladly take it. This time, the Bears broke the glass on the Emergency Quarterback case and out came Nick Foles. Is this the end for Mitch? If the move makes the Bears more competent does it raise their ceiling at all? Andy and Mike Pusateri answer these questions and more, including why are opposing coaches giving games to the Bears, where's the defense, why did the Falcons stop running the ball, is holding still a penalty, and what the hell was Jerome Boger talking about? 

Andy and Kyle try to make sense of the Cubs disappearing offense, and especially what has to happen for them to lose the division with three games to go. There's even a rare in-podcast edit/correction from Andy because he completely butchered the tiebreaker scenario on the first try. Go figure. Basically, if the Cardinals go to Detroit on Monday it's a bad thing for the Cubs. They also try to figure out which teams the Cubs might still draw in the wild card round of the playoffs. Spoiler alert, it could be one of many, still. Kyle talks about the Cubs selling playoff tickets. Is this a season where "everybody starts over in the playoffs" might actually be true? 

It's time to Remember This Crap. Andy and Mike Donohue go over the long, distinguished history of the Atlanta Falcons, and mercifully do not mention Deion Sanders once. They do go through the strange history of Falcons' coaches committing career suicide, their impressive recent run of quarterbacks, a horrific day (for them) at Soldier(s) Field in 1985, why would any one name their kid Dick Shiner or June Sheldon Jones III? We relive a great Bears win over the Falcons in 2001 and a horrific loss to them in 2008, and that somehow detours in to a brief history of the Marc Trestman era. But, you'll want to stay for the end, when we talk NFL helmet cars! 

Andy and Mike Pusateri didn't even wait for the win over the Giants to fully digest before they jumped in and talked about reverse Mitch, Saquon's knee, the Ropers, Larry Dallas, Bobby Massie's new contract demands, new rules suggestions, curious fourth down decisions, how much it would have sucked to get beat on a final drive orchestrated by Jason Garrett, and they look ahead to a matchup with a psychologically ruined Falcons team. 

Andy is joined by Sam to talk about a week of walk offs, stunning comebacks and a no-hitter, and for once, all the good stuff was in the Cubs' favor. We could get used to this. The playoffs are a lock now, and the Cubs will start their Bubble Boy prep next week. Has the back end of the rotation basically injured and underperformed itself back into the Cubs' plans for 2021? Is Craig Kimbrel good? Why is Rex Brothers anything? Javy is doing Javy Things. Why is Tob Manford* intent on forever screwing up the playoffs? 

The critically-acclaimed podcast where Andy and Mike Donohue remember some crap is back! Well, some of our friends really like it. The conceit is the same, we start on one topic (we start this on on this week's Bears opponent, the New York Giants) and we see where we end up. From Tom Coughlin's frozen vaseline face to the Dan Fouts Chargers to Lynn Dickey to Rolf Benirschke to Augustana great Ken Anderson to Brett Favre's last play and lots of stuff in between. Buy the ticket (it's free) and take the ride. 

We got our first look at the new and improved Mitch Trubisky and honestly, it looked an awful like the same old...stuff. Thankfully, Mitch's inexplicable domination of the LIons continued with a whirlwind fourth quarter comeback. Andy and Mike Pusateri break down the win, discuss whatever it was Dick Stockton was looking at, Mitch Patricia's largesse and terrible decision making, the rumored Bears defense, what it's like when the Bears actually run the ball, DirecTV and look ahead to the Giants in week two. 

Sam and Andy take a look at the Cubs remaining schedule and try to find the few wins they'll need to nail down a playoff spot. Sam asks if we should just get used to Kris Bryant being injured forever and how that increases or decreases his odds of being a Cub long-term. They revisit the exciting Steven Souza era, wonder what the hell goes on in South Bend and why Brailyn Marquez is trapped there. What's an Ildemaro Vargas, anyway and why are he and Billy Hamilton suddenly holding down the end of the Cubs bench? Does Javy really need to watch video? Is Ryan Dempster really going to replace Jim Deshaies at Marquee and why is it the fault of Crane Kenney not having any friends? And, bonus Bears talk! (Not a lot, but some.)   

In the best idea for a podcast ever, Mike Donohue joins Andy as they follow a simple premise. They talk about some random Bears stuff and see where it goes. Well, the question, "Who is the first Bears' quarterback you really remember" turns into Andy telling a story about a baker who didn't know Walter Payton was black, the USFL trading teams between Arizona and Chicago, Tim Spencer, Trumaine Johnson, Dodgers reliever Steve Howe, a Bears' jersey with a first name on it, Mike Sharperson, and much, much more. Come along for the ride, you never know where you'll end up.