The Sandwich Corner

Our longtime friends Canadian Karen and "Coach" Andrew Jacobsen join Dave to chat about their beloved teams going against each other in the first round of the NHL's Stanley Cup Playoffs.  It's the Winnipeg Jets vs the Colorado Avalanche going best-of-seven. Who will win?  We'll run down the matchups and much more from the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

John in CT and Dave open the new year chatting about the extremely exciting College Football Playoff semifinals and the potential playoff spot chaos in the NFL.   We'll cover a back and forth duel between Alabama and Michigan in the Rose Bowl semifinal, and a game that nearly got away for Washington despite a dominant performance vs Texas in the Sugar Bowl semifinal.

John in CT is back with Dave to break down the College Football Bowl Season so far.   It turned out to be a very exciting set of games including a thriller in the New Orelans Bowl between JSU and Louisisana, and a ridiculous comeback by Western Kentucky to beat Old Dominion in the Famous Toastery Bowl.  We recap what happened and look ahead to the next round of games including a defensive showdown at the Birmingham Bowl between Troy and Duke, plus the ACC Runner-Up Louisville playing against USC without Caleb Williams in the Holiday Bowl.

John in CT rejoins Dave after our podcast's lengthy hiatus to preview the many fun bowls in store during Bowl Season, and as we do each year, we'll give our "Bowls We Love" followed by our "Bowls We Would Not Have in our Back Yard."

John returns to recap a very fun week of football including a thriller in Boulder where USC held off a crazy rally by Colorado to beat Team Prime. We also get into the NFL action where the Chiefs had a real scare at MetLife but still survived the Jets on Sunday Night. Later, we segue to the 2023 Ryder Cup where Team Europe held off a serious rally from Team U.S.A. to win the tournament in Rome, Italy. All this and more plus we'll preview the week's games in both College and Pro Football.

John and Andy return for our first football podcast of the 2023 season. We recap a thriller between Ohio State and Notre Dame, a humbling moment for Colorado at Oregon, a bit of a scare for USC at ASU, and a nailbiter between FSU and Clemson. From the NFL, we recap a weekend of blowouts and ugly games, plus look ahead to the week in both sports. We'll offer some of our favorite bets if we have them during the show!

John in CT joins Dave to preview the biggest schools in College Football including the Pac 12 in its final season ever. In part 2, we'll look at big CFP contenders like Georgia, Ohio State, Alabama, and others plus the middle of the road teams that could make some noise. It might be another solid season for programs like Tennessee, USC, Michigan, and the like, but who will rise up to the expectations. Before our preview, we'll cover season storylines including the aforementioned death of the Pac 12, Pat Fitzgerald's unceremonious exit from Northwestern, other big realignment on the Horizon and much more.

It's part one of our College Football Preview with John in CT.  John and Dave preview the smaller schools a.k.a. the "Group of Five" which had some great storylines in the previous year.  Can some of the feel-good stories of recent years like Coastal Carolina , UTSA, and Tulane keep it going in 2023?  We'll have the previews of the Group of Five, then we'll tease the Power Five previews coming in our next podcast.

Mike and John return to recap a surprisingly disappointing Open Championship from Royal Liverpool. Andy is on assignment this week. It was a decisive win for Brian Harman, who won his first career major over the weekend.

Our golf panel featuring Mike in North Jersey, John in CT, and Andy in Seattle is back to chat about a very strange U.S. Open from LA Country Club.   Wyndham Clark is the winner this year edging out Rory McIlroy at a club that had been roundly criticized throughout the weekend.  Was it really as bad as social media depicted?   Later we'll look ahead to the Travelers Championship then we'll discuss the merger between the PGA Tour and the LIV tour that shook up the golf world.