Two G's in a Pod

Kavaun breaks down the Spartan NCAA seeding options and the B1G Women's Basketball matchups. We talk about the Wolverines on the NCAA bubble and we try to figure out what in the world Juwan Howard was thinking when he hit a Wisconsin assistant coach in the post-game handshake line.

Before we can break down Super Bowl LVI, we jump right into, who is not coaching in the NFL. We start with Jim Harbaugh (Vikings not interested) before digging in on our own learning about Brian Flores, the history of black coaches in professional sports, and all the questions we're left wondering. Kavaun picks his best NFL helmets and his dad has to step in and help him respect some classics. Of course, Kavaun and Baba made room for some MSU Spartan hoops and end with Kavaun off the Cuff.

We talk road wins, debate whether good losses exist and I challenge Kavaun to choose between two MSU Coaches for a dinner date - Coach Izzo or Coach Tucker. His answer might surprise you.

Two Gs In a Pod No.7 - Jan. 23, 2022

0:00 NFL re-cap

6:15 Best road wins in our fan experience

11:30 Is there such a thing as a good loss?

15:45 College Hoops

21:00 Kavaun Off the Cuff

Kavaun gives his NFL Playoff breakdown and makes the claim, "Tenessee is not a Super Bowl team" despite their #1 seed. Even though our Spartans got beat by unranked Northwestern at home, we break down the B1G picture in Men's and Women's hoops. I snuck in some trivia for Kavaun in my attempt to honor integration in college athletics, and we wrap up with Kavaun Off the Cuff.

00:00 NFL

17:00 B1G Women's Hoops Power Rankings

29:45 B1G Men's Hoops Power Rankings

40:00 Trivia Challenge

47:30 Kavaun Off the Cuff

Kavaun makes the case that Jim Harbaugh has under-achieved at Michigan. We talk about COVID sports cancellations and we reminisce about Kavaun joining my basketball practices as a toddler and skiing for the first time this past weekend.

* BONUS: NFL Playoff talk for the last 22 minutes of Two G's in a Pod.

00:00 What's with all the Jim Harbaugh hype? Which NFL teams might be in line for his services? 16:25 COVID protocols and games are being postponed so we take a closer look at the Wolverine's missing games - a unique coincidence or convenience to avoid tough games? 21:00 MSU Peach Bowl and how we did on our bowl predictions in Episode 4. 28:00 Bama - Dawgs: K breaks down the National Championship and we both predict the winner. We also discuss whether it is possible to get sick of winning (Alabama). 37:15 Kavaun Off the Cuff: Kavaun talks about watching me coach JV basketball and we discuss his first time skiing this week. 46:45 END of the segment 47:00 NFL Week 18 BONUS segment (full with statistical analysis!) * The photo is referenced in the Kavaun Off the Cuff segment. Beata used to bring the kids back to the locker room after games, win or lose. There were some special wins and I remember bringing Kavaun into the locker room to celebrate with the team. Great memories!

Listen in as we trade in our home recording studio (Kavaun's bedroom) for a professional home studio in Portland, Oregon! We try to shake off the rust after ten days since our last pod and we do it in style three thousand miles away. We're rested and charged up for bowl season. As a bonus, we throw in some MLB lockout talk and some NCAA Women's Hoops.

Kavaun gives me a hard time for raising him a Lions fan, we rap about college football players opting out of bowl games, and we share our holiday traditions. I try to keep up with my favorite fan as he brings some humor to his critique of the Lions, Urban Meyer, and even the Pistons.

0:00 College Football Players Opting Out of Bowl Games 10:00 NFL Talk: Lions, NFC North, Urban Meyer 26:30 Pistons Skid 33:00 Kavaun Off the Cuff

00:00 HEISMAN TALK 11:45 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW 21:45 BEST COLLEGE FOOTBALL UNIFORMS 32:00 KAVAUN OFF-THE-CUFF

Our first recorded father-son convo about sports - our MSU Spartans, B1G Football and Basketball, NFL Fantasy Football, and more! A Kavaun-created musical intro and closing, along with a better title, will be added soon.