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Every decision has a cost. Some just make that cost easier to see. In this episode of Just Wondering with Norm Hitzges, Norm Hitzges takes on two issues that reveal how the NFL really works when money and principles collide. Norm begins with what may be Jerry Jones’ biggest offseason headache: George Pickens. The Cowboys’ most explosive receiver is now a free agent, coming off his best season and...

The insane state of college sports has its roots in the Olympic games The Winter Olympics is almost here, an ideal time to provide an update of how "we got here" in the highest levels of amateur sports. NCAA football and basketball looks nothing like what built it, and while change is inevitable Mac has one solution to a college sports problem that needs fixing. Chapters 00:00:00 – Why college spo...

What happens when college sports operate without anyone truly in charge? Exactly what you’re seeing now. In this episode of Just Wondering with Norm Hitzges, Norm Hitzges takes on two developments that point to a looming breakdown in college athletics — and neither one has a clean solution. Norm begins with a court ruling involving former Alabama basketball player Charles Bediako, who declared for...

Tyler is back with a brand new episode of The Sunset Soccer Club, diving into a six pack of news and information impacting the USMNT and broader soccer world. Weston McKennie is flying at Juventus, but for how much longer? Gio Reyna isn’t playing (again), and we keep a close eye on the injury report for a few key USMNTers.  Check us out: patreon.com/sunsetloungedfw  Instagram: sunsetloungedfw Tikt...

Sometimes a sports day doesn’t feel loud — it just feels important. In this episode of Just Wondering with Norm Hitzges, Norm Hitzges breaks down two significant moves by Dallas teams that signal intention, urgency, and calculated risk. First, Norm dives into the Cowboys’ hiring of Christian Parker as defensive coordinator. At just 34 years old, Parker arrives with one of the most important creden...

We are back in the swing of things with A LOT to talk about, including some new additions to a weekly feature, National Championship Talk, more coaching carousel activity, Stuff We Watched This Week, and MORE! 🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 https://streamyard.com/pal/d/4776053739487232 Seven hundred and fifty episodes in… and somehow there...

¿Carlos Beltrán y Andruw Jones son calibre Salón de la Fama o ya se abarató? La NFL ya tiene juegos de campeonato de conferencia  Terminó con campeonatl el cuento de Cenicienta de Indiana y su quarterback Fernando Mendoza  México juega esta semana contra Panamá y Bolivia  Esto y más ¡Al Máximo! Follow us:  Instagram: @almaximopodcast  x: almaximopodcast  Tiktok: almaximopodcast  Facebook: ¡Al Maxi...

What does it take to keep an NFL head coaching job? Apparently, winning isn’t enough. In this episode of Just Wondering with Norm Hitzges, Norm Hitzges looks around the league and wonders why so many franchises are willing to burn down stability in pursuit of something better — without any evidence it exists. From Buffalo firing Sean McDermott after a 98–50 record, to Baltimore parting ways with J...

Houston's beloved Astrodome needs a solution, and its counter to what should have been done because it's not the American way The city of Houston is once again wrestling with what to do with one of its, and America's, most influential buildings - the Astrodome. It was closed in 2008, and sits there as a storage shed. In this episode, Mac explains why the Astrodome is so important not just to Houst...

In Case 2, Part 3, the Baylor basketball scandal reaches its uneasy conclusion — not with clean answers, but with consequences that linger decades later. With Patrick Dennehy dead and Dave Bliss disgraced, attention turns to the man who pulled the trigger: Carlton Dotson. His story is strange, unsettling, and deeply fractured. Jailhouse interviews, claims of self-defense, hallucinations, and spiri...

Imagine leaving Earth for two years… and coming back to find Indiana football sitting on top of the college football world. In this episode of Just Wondering with Norm Hitzges, Norm Hitzges takes listeners through one of the most astonishing transformations the sport has ever seen: the Indiana Hoosiers playing for a national championship. A program long defined by losses, obscurity, and broken coa...

The boys are all together to course-correct episode numbers, talk football playoffs in college AND pro, the coaching carousel, a major jump in pro wrestling, a new version of "The Rockford Files," and MORE! 🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 https://streamyard.com/pal/d/4776053739487232 It turns out the hardest part of podcasting… is counting....

If you’ve ever wondered why your lawn struggles, your plants don’t thrive, or your garden just doesn’t feel right — it probably starts with the dirt. In this very first episode of The Dirt Doctor's new PODCAST, Howard Garrett lays the groundwork (literally) for organic gardening done the right way. No chemicals. No gimmicks. No scare tactics. Just common-sense, natural solutions that work with nat...

Bri and Ziggy discuss football playoffs. Ziggy is sad and Bri might have to call a hotline soon. Do you trust your dishwasher? Are you OCD about it? Ziggy finds out a shocking discovery about the Bri family. Dirk's new position and instead of just a flight Ziggy is drinking a lot of beers throughout the night.  Contact: sportsoclockbeer30@gmail.com IG: beer30sportsoclock TikTok: beer.30.sports.o F...

How much can one move really fix? In this episode of Just Wondering, Norm Hitzges walks through the cold math of the Cowboys’ offseason and arrives at an uncomfortable conclusion: Dallas likely has enough money to make one meaningful defensive free-agent signing — and that’s it. Even with difficult decisions looming around George Pickens and the franchise tag, the Cowboys’ financial flexibility is...

- Los Steelers vivirán una nueva era sin Mike Tomlin por vez primera en dos décadas y ya son - nueve los equipos que buscan head coach Si la ronda de Comodines estuvo ¡Al Máximo! la Divisional luce todavía mejor en la la NFL - Ya es oficial, David Benavidez enfrentará a Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramírez.  Y nadie sabe por qué Ryan García tendrá oportunidad de pelear por título mundial en febrero. Esto y má...

Mac brings back something he thought he had lost - an interview with best-selling author Sebastian Junger. In 2024, Junger's book, "In My Time of Dying," which covered his near death experience. There was one part to Mac's interview with Junger that stuck out, and it should resonate with all of us who question a life after our death.  Sometimes the most meaningful conversations are the ones you th...

Is being likable enough to lead an NFL team? In this episode of Just Wondering, Norm Hitzges takes a thoughtful look at Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer and asks a question many fans are quietly wondering: can a “Mr. Nice Guy” succeed long-term in the NFL? Norm breaks down coaching styles from Tom Landry to Bill Belichick, and introduces the idea of the “thundering velvet hand” — leadership...

In Case 2, Part 2, the Baylor basketball scandal takes a darker turn — because the murder wasn’t the only crime unfolding behind closed doors. With Patrick Dennehy gone and the investigation closing in, Baylor head coach Dave Bliss didn’t focus on justice. He focused on survival. What followed was an audacious and chilling plan: convince players and staff to tell authorities that the victim was a...

It’s a new year, which means it’s time for the Clubhouse tradition that causes the most arguing, second-guessing, and hurt feelings: the Best and Worst Movies of 2025. In this episode of The Clubhouse Podcast, Rob Ervin, Alex Barnhill, and Don Ford break down the films that thrilled them, disappointed them, and made them question how some of these movies ever got greenlit. From award-bait performa...

Mike Rhyner welcomes a new voice into the Sunset Lounge universe — and it’s one that knows more about dirt than just about anyone alive. Howard Garrett, better known as the Dirt Doctor, joins the show to talk about his transition from decades of terrestrial radio into the podcast world, and the unlikely path that led him there. What starts as a conversation about gardening quickly turns into a dee...

It’s another Cowboys postseason press conference, which means plenty of smiles, sound bites, long explanations… and absolutely no real change. In this episode of Just Wondering, Norm Hitzges breaks down Jerry Jones’ latest round of optimism, focusing on the Micah Parsons trade, the financial gymnastics that come with it, and Jerry’s ongoing belief that he can “bust the budget” his way back to a Su...

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Today on Just Wondering, Norm does what every sports fan secretly wants to do — he makes himself the general manager of the Dallas Cowboys. Fair warning: you’re probably not going to like some of the moves. Norm doesn’t like all of them either. With the salary cap looming and bills coming due, Norm walks through what tough, realistic roster decisions actually look like — who stays, who goes, and w...