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John, Andy, and Dave return to recap the College Football Championship Game between the exciting LSU Tigers and the Clemson Tigers, where LSU put up a dominant second half to punctuate a dominant year in their home state for a 42-25 title game win.  

Later, we bring the audience up to speed on the NFL Playoffs so far.  The Titans shock the football world by blowing out the hugely favored Ravens in the divisional round.  The Texans out-last the Bills in the wild card round, go up 24-0 on the Chiefs at Arrowhead only to let it all cave in within a quarter, losing to the Chiefs in a blowout.  The 49ers take care of business and shut down the Vikings while the Packers gut out a win against the always pesky Seahawks.  The crew get into all the scenarios plus offere predictions for the AFC and NFC Championship Games.

Chris and Dave return for the first "NBA Report" of the 2020 Calendar Year.  This week we remember the life of NBA Comissioner Emeritus David Stern who died back on New Year's Day.  We share thoughts on how he grew a struggling league and turned it into a global sensation.  We chat about what he meant to all the NBA players, coaches, broadcasters, and journalists past and present.  Later, we return to the beat and look at the latest from the Association: The Lakers battling injuries to stay on top, the Sixers at odds with each other during a ragged start to their season, the surprising Thunder well on pace to return to the playoffs with Chris Paul leading the way, plus much more.

On our DITCOW Season Finale, we're back for Week 16 of Football Picks, covering the Bowl Season, the recently finished Conference Championship games, and more from College Football.  Plus it's our final week of the contest where we pick two bowl games from the large slate of matchups and bonus Army/Navy picks.   Next, we segue to the NFL action where the 49ers beat the Saints in a classic, the Rams rise up and upset the Seahawks, and the Eagles somehow overcome a 17 point deficit to beat the Giants in a battle of bums.   Two more picks from the panel on the NFL action as well as we close out a very good year of contest picks.  Sherrin, a.k.a. Chris in Floral Park, is the guest picker for our final week of the 2019 Football Picks.

On this special DITCOW Retrospective, we look back at the five best episodes of 2018.   This edition features Andy and Tom quite literally shooting the poo with some talk about Cows and Coalinga, we do one of our first Oscars Previews with A Couple Quickies and Andy breaking down the movies, plus a special Super Bowl Preview from Ari in Philadelphia and Parcells Falling Out, both reporting from the middle of the Eagles and Pats fanbases, respectively.

Chris and Dave return for this week's NBA Report where the final seconds are the theme of the week.  Nemanja Bjelica shocks the Rockets with a buzzer-beating three pointer in Houston.  The Thunder escape the jaws of defeat with a great baseball pass from Steven Adams to Dennis Schroeder to force OT and win the game afterward.  The Rockets launch an official protest from an earlier game in which the officials presumably missed a made basket near the end which could have won the game.  It was truly a wild series of weeks in the NBA and we'll recap all of it, cover the "war on home uniforms", look at the surging Mavericks, Lakers, and Bucks, plus much more on our final NBA show of the calendar year, but just the start of our 2020 season of NBA coverage.

It's DITCOW Football Picks Week 15, and the panel are joined by Dave in Queens to look at College Conference Championship Weekend, along with the surging upstart Buffalo Bills in the NFL.  In College, can Utah take care of business against Oregon for the Pac 12 title and earn a spot in the College Football Playoff?  Will Georgia somehow spoil the party by beating LSU in the SEC Title Game?   Is Ohio State on pace to set the bar for keeping the #1 seed for the playoff?  Many playoff scenarios will be in the works as we recap what happened so far and set the scene for the Conference Championships.  Oklahoma also gets a big litmus test in its rematch vs Baylor for the Big 12 title.  As mentioned, we'll look at the NFL as well, check out the Bills and their great defense, who dominated the Cowboys on Thanksgiving.  We look ahead as well to what could be an exciting playoff race, with several divisions still up for grabs.  We'll recap the Ravens exciting win over the 49ers in a tight battle, along with the Seahawks shaky but effective victory against the Vikings on Monday night.  Many playoff scenarios for both sports as we keep the contest rolling.  Ron still maintains a comfortable lead with our pro and college picks, but John and Andy could be closing the gap in these final two weeks.  All this and more on the latest DITCOW Football Picks podcast.

On this week's DITCOW "NBA Report", Chris and Dave run down some of the hottest peformances of the week.  First we look at the NBA's proposed schedule changes, a mid-season tournament, re-seeding in the playoffs, and a play in tournament at the end of the regular season.  Later we check on Luka Doncic, Western Conference Player of the Week, who averaged 37 points a game over the last seven days.  Spencer Dinwiddie gets the Player of the Week honor for the East, and meanwhile, Giannis gets his best performance of the season in an exciting win over the Utah Jazz on Monday night.  Giannis goes for 50 points with some crucial shots near the end of the Bucks' thriller in Milwaukee.  Later, we look at teams on the rebound: the surging Pelicans, the suddenly interesting Wizards, and even the Bucks themselves who overcame a slow start with an eight game winning streak.

On this edition of the "report," we added a bonus College Football segment to supplement the football audience.  Chris and Dave run down the authenticity of Ohio State's standing at Number 1 atop the CFP rankings, plus a look at whether LSU can beat Georgia in the forthcoming SEC Championship game.  We also speculate as to whether Michigan could indeed pull the big upset in Ann Arbor over said Ohio State this weekend.

On this special DITCOW Retrospective, part of our 10 Years of DITCOW celebration, we look at the five best episodes of 2017.  Kevin on the Cape suffers a heart attack during the holidays, shaking up the entire DITCOW community, and Dave speaks about it.  Kevin later joins the show to share his experiences and his inspirational recovery.   John and Mike sound off about a bogus LPGA decision in a crucial major torunament for Lexi Thompson.  Ron and Andy get on the Astros for blowing Game 4 of the 2017 ALCS, the themikefrancesa.com mods return to the show to send off Mike Francesa as he hangs up the mic on WFAN, for the moment as it turned out.  All this and more highlights from DITCOW back in 2017.

The crew is back for Week 12 of Football Picks as we reacap not only a great LSU win at Alabama in an all time classic battle, but also the huge Minnesota home win over #4 Penn St. in Minneapolis.  The panel digs into a very exciting past weekend of college action, then recaps the chaos on the NFL side with the Titans upsetting the Chiefs, the Raiders beating the Chargers, the Dolphins beating the Colts, the Steelers beating the Rams, and the Seahawks beating the 49ers in an incredible overtime game.  Next we look at the large number of potential top 6 upsets in the making for College Football's Week 12, then we deliver our contest picks.  Dave in Queens is scheduled as the guest picker with Ron in NJ sending picks via the text and both John and Andy scheduled to go on air.

DITCOW presents our first NBA Report of the 2019-20 Season with Chris in Georgia.  This week, we share some perspective on Kawhi Leonard's recent "load management" in key national television games vs the Bucks and Jazz, and how the Clippers still came out ahead in the games thereafter.  Is the Load Management part of a trend or is it a unique situation for Kawhi.  Chris and Dave explain why there might be a little of both realms in play - it isn't a huge trend, but Kawhi has engaged in it perhaps more than others.  Later, we look at some remarkable surprise starts for seemingly bad teams in the NBA and cover why the league as a whole is much more competitive than past years.  Then, a recap of this year's rookie class after three weeks of play, and a recap of second year player Trae Young's fantastic start for the Hawks on this action-packed NBA Report.