The Sports Garage

The guys can't help but to start off with NC State-related rants, then get into the Xs and Os of the State breakdown before digging into other North Carolina games, and then cover the national games on Saturday. Plus fumbles of the week and best bets.

North Carolina Games

NC State Loses to Warke Forest (0:15)

Carolina Knocks off Pitt at Pitt (12:22)

Duke Drops a Heartbreaker at Georgia Tech (13:53)

Old Dominion Beats App State (14:35)

ECU Takes Care of Business Against Rice (16:58)

UNC Charlotte Continues to Struggle Against North Texas (17:40)

National Games (18:58)

• Defending Champions No. 7 Indiana Survive Nebraska Threat
• No. 14 Missouri Outlasts Texas A&M
• South Carolina 38, #16  Florida 19
• Overtime in Michigan State Illinois 
• #21 UCLA Beats #13 Oregon
• Oklahoma Knocks off #1 Texas

Fumble of the Week (25:28)

Best Bets (29:25)

There are some big matchups in and out of North Carolina this week, and the guys get into them all, sizing up North Carolina competition and the top ten national games of the weekend.

Wake Forest (4-1) at NC State (3-2) (4:05)

Duke (4-0) at Georgia Tech (1-3) (8:24)

UNC (2-2) at No. 25 Pitt (5-0) (11:15)

Old Dominion (1-4) at App State (13:45)

 Rice (1-4) at ECU (2-2) (15:24)

 Charlotte (0-5) at North Texas (3-2) (17:02)

NATIONAL Games Pick Em (18:11)

1. No. 2 Georgia at No. 6 Alabama 
2. No. 21 UCLA at No. 13 Oregon 
3. No. 7 Indiana at Nebraska 
4. No. 10 LSU at Kentucky 
5. No. 1 Texas vs Oklahoma 
6. Texas A&M at No. 14 Missouri 
7. No. 19 USC at Penn State 
8. No. 20 Iowa at Washington 
9. No. 22 Houston at Kansas State 
10. Stanford at No. 3 Notre Dame 

Carolina Panthers: Back? (24:01)

House Phone (25:20)

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Episode 16

NC State Win (2:01)

UNC falls to Notre Dame (5:07)

Game-by-game recap (7:18)

Top-10 and ranked headliners

• Miami 41, Clemson 13. 
• Alabama 56, Mississippi State 23. 
• Ohio State 31, Iowa 14. 
• BYU 17, TCU 10 and Tennessee 24, Auburn 14. 

Upsets and surprises

• Missouri 45, Florida 17. The No. 25 Tigers beat the No. 8 Gators. Florida had beaten a top-10 team the week before.
• Michigan loses to Minnesota. More in the losers segment. (10:45)
• Penn State at Northwestern. Penn State lost 34-13 on the road, one week after collapsing against Wisconsin.

Other scores worth a mention

• Indiana 47, Rutgers 15
• Texas Tech 29, Colorado 7
• Baylor 55, Arizona State 19
• Arizona 34, Cincinnati 7
• LSU 63, McNeese 14
• SMU 25, Boston College 16, a game that was never easy.
• USC survived an upset scare against Washington, winning 25-21.

Winners and Losers This Week (12:18)

Wake Forest Stuns Stanford (13:33)

Carolina Hurricanes (14:56)

Carolina Panthers Preview (18:17)

Fumble of the Week (21:11)

Best Bets (22:47)

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It's a huge weekend for North Carolina schools, as UNC takes on powerhouse Notre Dame, and NC State takes on Louisville. Wake Forest will build on momentum, and then the guys get into the big games outside of North Carolina and pick winners in the top 25 matchups.

Notre Dame at UNC (1:29)

Stanford at Wake Forest (4:29)

Louisville at Nc State (6:31)

Memphis at Charlotte (10:49)

Pick ‘Em Top 25 Games (11:21)

Top 10 games of the week:

1. Alabama at Mississippi State 
2. Ohio State at Iowa 
3. Florida at Missouri 
4. Miami at Clemson 
5. Auburn at Tennessee 
6. Washington at USC 
7. Pitt at Virginia Tech
8. Penn State at Northwestern 
9. Kentucky at South Carolina 
10. Cincinnati at Arizona 

Bonus tricky: Marshall @ JMU 

House Phone Calls (17:48)

Carolina Panthers Injury Woes

Canes Raise the Banner but fall in OT

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It was an exciting weekend to be a college football fan. and the guys break it all down for you, talking about the Top 25, every North Carolina matchup this week, and the Panthers coming up short in Cleveland. Plus listeners call in to the House phone and fumbles of the week and best bets.

NC State (0:34)

Wake Forest stuns Louisville (6:12)

William and Mary at Duke (8:26)

NCCU at ECU (9:42)

Louisiana v Charlotte (10:27)

Top 25 Matchups (11:11)

Panthers Lose in Cleveland 18:45

House Phone Calls 23:06

FOTW 28:47

Best Bets 31:37

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A great weekend of college football is upon us. The guys get into the North Carolina matchups before covering the big Top 25 battles of the week.

App State at NC State (:54)

Wake Forest at Louisville (5:31)

William and Mary at Duke (6:35)

NC Central at East Carolina (7:48)

Louisiana at Charlotte (8:37)

Campbell Ranked (9:34)

Pick’Em Big Games of the Week

 No. 1 Texas at No. 14 Tennessee

No. 4 Ole Miss at No. 21 Florida

No. 20 Oregon at No. 12 USC

No. 23 Texas A&M at No. 10 LSU

Oklahoma at No. 2 Georgia

No. 17 Iowa at No. 18 Michigan

Illinois at No. 7 Ohio State

 South Carolina at No. 8 Alabama

Northwestern at No. 5 Indiana (Friday night)

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NC State’s National Embarrassment (:15)

App State (8:24)

Wake Forest (9:30)

Louisville and SMU (10:18)

Mississippi State at USC (10:46)

West Virginia Takes down Virginia (11:24)

Kentucky Upsets Texas A&M (12:00)

Ole Miss Pulls it Off against LSU (12:27)

UNC at Clemson (14:26)

Carolina Panthers Game Review (15:14)

Fumble of the Week (18:38)

Best Bets (20:32)

It’s College Football Week Three. The guys get into the North Carolina matchups this week, and then do a pick ‘em for the big games this weekend. 

UNC at Clemson (1:40)

NC State at Vanderbilt (5:02)

UNC-Charlotte at App State (10:56)

ECU at Old Dominion (12:51)

Pick ‘EM (15:12)

LSU at Ole Miss 

Houston at Texas Tech

Carolina at Clemson 

Arizona State and Kansas in London

SMU at Louisville 

Florida State at Alabama

Mississippi State at South Carolina 

Florida at Auburn 

Virginia Tech at Maryland 

West Virginia at Virginia 

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The guys get right into this week(0:15) , including covering NC State's 73-0 pummeling of Richmond, Steven's subsequent head gash, the parking situation during the delay, and more.

Then they cover App State beating ECU in a thriller, UNC remaining undefeated under Belichick Year two, and UNC-Charlotte losing.

They cover the Big Ten getting cooked in second halves this weekend and the big winners and losers of the week.

Then Steven gets into the Panthers high-scoring first game against the Chicago Bears (15:07)

Fumbles of the Week (22:49)

Best Bets (24:29)

Call Ins from Lauren (26:01) and Phillip (27:46)

Wrap Up with Youth Takes and Youth Sports Getting out of Control (29:02)

NOTE:There was an audio issue this week so the audio is not as crisp.

In this special episode, Steven is joined by his best friend and fellow Panthers addict, Phillip Reynolds. The guys sit down to talk their 24 year history of watching the Carolina Panthers, and dig deep into the roster for 2026-2027.

What Does Success Look Like for Bryce Young? (10:28)

Running Backs (14:35)

Wide Receivers (17:10)

Tight Ends (19:30)

Defense (26:30)

Cornerbacks (33:27)