It's a bittersweet conversation for the guys, who sit down with old pal and UND Athletics multimedia maven Matt Schill. Matt will be pursuing a new career opportunity across campus and takes time (something Matt does best) to reflect on his decade-plus in the world of athletics. Originally hired as a publications editor, Matt discusses his numerous professional reinventions, the evolving world of online streaming, the webcast that had fans calling for his job, the origins of Brad Miller Time and Through These Doors, the importance of video content, what has worked and what hasn't, the joys of road trips, the majesty of the penguin, the pursuit of potato chips, and much more.

We visit with North Dakota junior center Carson Shanks – also known as Big Fudge and Big Zen – about the Big Dance. We get his thoughts on the looming tourney matchup with Arizona, why he wanted to face Weber State for the Big Sky Championship, how an early-season blowout loss turned the season around, the newfound hoops fever in Grand Forks and what kick-started it all, why Brian Jones won’t let him sleep on airplanes, which teammate has the biggest fear of flying, who he confided in during a rough personal stretch last season, his biggest assist from Quinton Hooker, Adrian Peterson’s future, Ken Bone, Tyler Hansbrough, and more.

Jayson is flying solo once again this week, but luckily there’s a Starman waiting in the sky and he’d like to come meet us. Dave Starman, that is, hockey analyst for CBS Sports Network and NHL Network. This one’s a wide-ranging discussion that covers his unconventional playing career, his affection for the Hartford Whalers, how Kenny Albert changed his career path, the time Barry Trotz taught him to cook, his love of history, an arts & crafts lesson from Dean Blais, coaching against a cocky minor-league defenseman by the name of Brian Idalski, his favorite UND players, why he loves coming to Ralph Engelstad Arena, and a whole lot more.

With Mitch on the road, Tim Hennessy pinch-hits and he and Haji welcome Minnesota Duluth men's hockey radio voice Bruce Ciskie to the show. They talk about Bruce's start in the business, what it's like working with Scott Sandelin, why he admired Dave Hakstol, the 2011 Frozen Four (ugh), pigeons in hotel rooms, what the NCHC gets right, what it could improve upon and much more.

We lay down a fresh track with UND All-America goalie Cam Johnson, who opens up about the best christmas movies he's never seen, growing up with Christian Wolanin, the loss of his father at a young age, how the promise of NOT playing as a freshman helped lure him to UND, the rocky start to his college career, searching for lost confidence, why the team felt disrespected prior to last year's NCAA Tournament, the near-boycott of a certain college hockey reporter, why the locker room felt so strange after winning the national championship, how it feels to be "in the zone," dealing with haters and much, much more.

Producer David Folske banned the hosts from chewing food this week, but karma came back to bite him when 20 of the first 30 minutes somehow went unrecorded. Guests Tom Miller and Brad Schlossman of the Grand Forks Herald rebounded nicely to walk us through a massive week ahead for UND Athletics, talking the football playoff picture, UND hosting the Big Sky Conference Volleyball Tourney, the recent rough patch for the men’s hockey team, the big women’s hockey rivalry series vs. Minnesota, and the start of the college basketball season. This is your primer for one of the biggest weeks for UND Athletics in recent memory, so grab a donut, sit back and enjoy!

It's basketball season and the guys are able to post up Coach Brewster for a good chat about UND women's basketball. We chat about following up a legend like Coach Roebuck, the tough first season and how exhilarating year two and a Big Sky championship felt. We also get into some of the unsung players that make the tradition of UND basketball so special, his future dance plans with the new President's wife and if Wigness is more of a Tom Willis or Mr. Bentley.

PR honk Ryan Powell pinch hits for Jayson, who's still under the weather from the Jays' playoff circumstances. We sit down with UND football radio voice Jack Michaels (he's back!) and we gush about the 2016 Fighting Hawks football team leaving no doubt. We break down the season to date and get into some good nicknames for the stable of running backs. In no order, we talk about sitting on peanuts, Jack's uvula (which might still be in Hillsboro), Homerun Hardin, Paul Ralston's tapeworms, superstitious dads, Corn Pops and Jack's sparkling radio debut in amongst all the UND football chatter.

Hockey season upon us so the guys catch up with longtime UND men’s hockey voice Tim Hennessy. Tim reflects on last year’s national championship (the sixth of UND’s eight that he’s called), why he was so certain UND could not be beaten in the national tournament, where he ranks the “CBS” line among the greatest at UND (his ranking might surprise you), how he sizes up this year’s team, which departed player will be toughest to replace, and more. But first, Tim reminisces about his close friend and longtime broadcast partner Scott Swygman, who recently passed away. An episode you will not want to miss.

With the Potato Bowl on the horizon, former All-America honoree Kelly Howe of SiouxFootballInsider and Midco Sports Network joins the guys to re-hash the football season thus far and fry up some predictions for the big game. We chip away at a range of topics, including the decision to go for two and the win at Bowling Green (even though their coach thought it was 35-0 at halftime), some of the key players to making a run, how the schedule sets up for UND coming up, what kind of conversations can be had on the sidelines at the Alerus, and we grill Kelly for some Potato Bowl memories. Plus, the guys countdown their top five potatoes. It's a carbo-loaders dream on this week's pod.