Brian Metzer of the Penguins Radio Network gives his take on the Penguins off-season so far and how he thinks the Penguins could acquire superstar defenseman Erik Karlsson (5:51). Then it's Rob Hawkins (21:53), entering his ninth season as head coach, on the coming prospects for the Lincoln Cougars this high school football season.

It's a packed show with Mike Asti of WV Sports Now joining the program (3:01) to discuss the latest twist in the ongoing Bob Huggins saga at West Virginia University. Then East Fairmont's Shake Eakle joins the program (24:50) as part of our ongoing series previewing the upcoming season of #WVPrepFB in the North Central WV region.

Man, it's hot. Speaking of hot: Neal Brown's seat as WVU picks up a dead-last pre-season ranking in the Big 12 Preseason Media Poll (0:00). Tannor Lambert of the Mountaineer Sports Insider Podcast joins the show to discuss the latest in the transfer portal for Mountaineer basketball, Josh Eilert's coaching staff, and a rapid-fire round of topics from around the NBA, NHL, and MLB (8:03). Then Brian Hernandez of Zero Dark Nerdy joins the show with some film and TV recommendations to keep you cool and indoors during these red hot dog days of summer (28:54). Then it's the weekly wrap-up (39:36).

It's a grab bag of topics today. Alex opens the grab bag (0:00) to start. Then it's Jason Young, Program Manager at the Robinson Grand Performing Arts Center, on a local theatre camp (3:19). We return to the grab bag (24:01) before hitting the wrap-up.

After the lead-in (0:00), Greg Carey of WV MetroNews joins the program (3:39) to update listeners on Bob Huggins's first day in court, the hiring of two new assistant coaches, where things stand with the transfer portal, and Wren Baker's wild first seven months on the job. Alex then shares his final thoughts (28:27) and wraps the show.

0:00 - The Lead-In
13:31 - Musings on the mythologizing of The Founding Fathers
17:56 - Tyler Phares, Head Coach of Bridgeport High School football, discusses the upcoming season, preparation levels, the high bar the student-athletes set for the program, Martinsburg, and more in this third edition of our High School Football Preview Series.
36:16 - The Wrap-Up