Austin Barach, John Boyle

Clean the Boards

Sports EN ↓ 96 episodes

From hot takes to statistical and annecdotal evidence, a group of friends review and debate the recent events in the sports world, mostly the NBA. Cover art photo provided by Ian Simmonds on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@ihs_photo

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Austin Barach, John Boyle

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Latest episode

Jul 3, 2026

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Episodes

CtB Special: The 2022 March Madness Bracket 17.03.2022

(0:00) Open segment that contextualizes the episode  (0:59) Going through the Gonzaga/West region (11:46) Going through the Arizona/South region (20:11) Going through the Kansas/Midwest region (29:59) Going through the Baylor/East region (41:36) Elite Eight, Final Four, and Championship picks

Ranking and Debating Our Top 10 Teams in College Basketball 07.03.2022

(0:00) Open segment contextualizing the episode  (3:00) John interrupting: Memphis and then somehow being wrong about when the Big Ten tourney is  (4:42) Ranking each of our top 10 teams  (9:24) Debating Baylor (14:39) Debating Arizona, plus John pivoting to talk about Illinois (19:58) Debating Kentucky  (23:29) Debating Auburn  (29:01) Debating Purdue; plus Kansas, Duke,...

Bengals-Rams Super Bowl Storylines, Props, and Predictions; Plus, Bengals Fan Cole Siefer 13.02.2022

(0:00) Open segment contextualizing the episode  (1:37) SB Storylines and general thoughts (6:21) Unfinished business (10:20) Joe Burrow being a winner, Matthew Stafford's story, and Aaron Donald (15:35) Prop bets, including way too much time debating the coin toss! (28:21) Winner and score predictions  (32:11) Attending the Super Bowl...  (34:21) Post NBA Trade Deadline Power Ranki...

The Tom Brady News, Conference Championship Previews, and College Basketball 30.01.2022

(0:00) Open segment contextualizing the two-part episode; plus, Syracuse beats Wake Forest (2:15) PART 1: Reacting to the news of Tom Brady's (ostensible) retirement (25:50) PART 2 begins (26:12) 49ers-Rams preview and predictions (40:24) Bengals-Chiefs preview and predictions (47:46) Intriguing Super Bowl matchup possibilities (50:16) Will Tom Brady retire? (Talked about less than an hour before...

The Buffalo trip: Pats get Routed by the Bills 17.01.2022

(0:00) Open segment recapping the environment and game in Orchard Park (5:44) The 6-minute recap of the Patriots' embarrassment from the hotel in Buffalo at 1 a.m.

Pats Lose in Miami, Looking Ahead to the Wild Card, Fantasy Championships, and More 10.01.2022

(0:00) Contextualizing the episode and recapping Chargers-Raiders (recorded right before the Flores firing) (2:59) Patriots-Dolphins recap and analysis, plus looking ahead to the New England Wild Card matchup (recorded during LAC-LV) (20:00) Off the cuff thoughts on the known Wild Card matchups before SNF (26:55) R.I.P. Bob Saget (27:08) Klay Thompson's return  (28:46) Our fantasy football ch...

The Top 25+ Sports Moments of 2021, an NFL Blind Resume Game, an NBA Name Game, the Pats, and More 31.12.2021

(0:00) Open segment on contextualizing the episode (2:52) Pats lose to the Bills... and then (8:07) Power ranking the top of the AFC/Steelers confidence? (12:21) NFL contenders blind resume guessing game (28:34) The Top 25 Sports Moments of the year, plus lots of honorable mentions (top 5 from each of the 5 guys) (54:45) NBA name game: is this name a real name of a player who got signed on an NBA...

'Squid Game' Thoughts; Plus, College Basketball is Back 09.11.2021

(0:00) Intro segment that includes about 15 minutes on college basketball. Also some housekeeping and NBA notes (19:41) Talking about the Netflix show 'Squid Game' 

4th Annual NBA Preview Show, Part 2/2: The West + Awards 18.10.2021

(0:00) Intro segment (5:00) Revealing our non-playoff team, 15-9 (8:37) Debating the major differences with our non-playoff teams  (17:21) Revealing our playoff teams, 8-1 (21:13) Debating the major differences with our playoff teams  Western Conference teams that were talked about the most: Timberwolves, Lakers, Clippers, and Warriors (32:05) Revealing our awards predictions: ROY, COY,...

4th Annual NBA Preview Show, Part 1/2: The East 17.10.2021

(0:00) Intro segment (3:00) General issues with the NBA today (5:26) Revealing last year's prediction results (9:18) College football Here we go...  (11:22) Revealing our non-playoff teams, 15-9 (13:05) Debating the major differences with our non-playoff teams (25:15) Revealing our playoff teams, 8-1 (29:30) Debating the major differences with our playoff teams Eastern Conference teams that w...

Brady's Highly Anticipated Return to Foxboro, Other Week 4 Games, NBA Ramping up, and College 03.10.2021

(0:00) Intro segment, including growing up being a Pats/Tom Brady fan...  (4:49) CtB birthdays and (5:17) Teasing the Brady return to Gillette...  (6:55) Setting the stage for TB-NE: Takeaways + observations from the Pats' first three games and (15:05) Bucs takeaways + observations this season (22:30) Brady's Bucs vs. Belichick's Patriots preview: NE defense against Brady, the Brady vs....

2021 NFL Season Preview, Part 2/2: Predicting the Seven Playoff Teams in Each Conference 09.09.2021

(0:00) Intro segment  Revealing our AFC Playoff teams from the 7 seed to the 1 seed (2:50) most talked about teams: Patriots, Broncos, Ravens, Browns, and Bills Revealing our NFC Playoff teams from the 7 seed to the 1 seed (30:49) most talked about teams: 49ers, Seahawks, Cowboys, Rams, Packers, and Bucs Super Bowl talk (66:17)

2021 NFL Season Preview, Part 1/2: Steelers, Broncos, and 49ers 07.09.2021

(0:00) Intro segment Zach Kopelman previewing the Pittsburgh Steelers season (1:16) Big Ben, the new OC, the defense, a bunch of depth guys, potential QBs of the future, going through the schedule, and much more Richie Kuty previewing the Denver Broncos season (24:25) Teddy Two-Gloves vs. Lock, the loaded secondary and defense in general, the weapons and the offensive line, going through the sched...

CtB Special: 3rd Annual Sports Jeopardy 20.08.2021

(0:00) Intro segment on all the context that you might want to know about this episode (6:00) Explaining the Jeopardy show rules/getting set up (8:41) Jeopardy, just under 59 minutes of it here. NSFW. Good stuff. 37+ diverse trivia questions from our 5 participants.  (67:33) An official foe of the program induction (68:54) Coy League fantasy talk (73:35) CtB heading off to college... 

CtB Special: CC Baseball Season in Review 29.07.2021

(0:00) Intro segment Coach Hernandez part (2:00) Notable memories from the season, Senior Night, our 1-2-3 with Liam, Nick, and Ryan, Matt and Curley's pitching ability, how coach and Tony met, impressive home runs, food, internal excitement about Ryan stepping into the box, how to deliver a certain coaching message, the core senior class, reflecting on the St. Mary's loss and how the state playof...

Bucks-Suns Game 5 Anticipation and Series Thoughts/Takeaways; plus, Coach Kilian 18.07.2021

(0:00) Intro segment (1:19) Thoughts on Coach Kilian...  (10:42) Bucks-Suns Finals talk: assessing each of our Finals predictions through four games, concerns for the Suns, concerns for the Bucks, Chris Paul legacy stuff, our predictions for the pivotal Game 5 and the series, gambling stuff, Middleton-Giannis on-off logic, and debating the Giannis block in Game 4 against the LeBron block in G...

Suns-Bucks NBA Finals Preview and More 07.07.2021

(0:00) Intro segment (2:00) Rundown of NBA things that have happened since our last show and (4:53) NBA Finals things to know/setting the scene Bijan part (8:25) The Clippers and Ben Simmons and the 76ers (20:20) Suns-Bucks Finals preview, including the play of DeAndre Ayton, who the Suns are going to put Crowder on, the Giannis injury, and more Ro and John part (34:50) Trae Young appreciation and...

NBA Playoffs First Round Matchups, Play-in stuff, and More 20.05.2021

(0:00) Intro segment on the Bruins Game 3 win, Western Conference play-in games, the Red Sox, CC baseball, and more (6:32) Reacting to the Celtics' play-in win vs. the Wizards and looking ahead to the Nets series (16:31) Clippers ducking the Lakers (17:45) Predicting Sixers-winner of Wizards/Pacers... (18:43) Predicting Bucks-Heat... (22:33) Predicting Knicks-Hawks (29:11) The Western Conference p...

CtB Special: CC Baseball Preview with Ryan and Roman 23.04.2021

(0:00) Intro segment on Terrence Clarke and the outline of this special show (2:59) Preview of the CC baseball season with a captain of the team and Quinnipiac commit, Ryan Grace (19:47) Preview of the CC baseball season with another captain of the team and Saint Anselm commit, Roman Ercoli (24:54) Pre-show stuff

CtB Special: Everything CC Ball. A Recap of the Years in the Program and an Interview with Coach Cohen 16.03.2021

(0:00) Intro segment (2:30) Announcing the CC ball 2021 starting lineup with the hype song "Sirius," the early camp days at the old high-school, Coach Williamson, rec league memories, 7th-grade travel team memories, Joncas and 6-inches, a letter from 7th-grade Austin about wanting to go the 2016 team's state title game, more memories from travel ball, freshman ball recap including Coy, meh JV seas...

The Venting on the Under .500 Celtics Episode; Plus, NFL Offseason Stuff, NBA notes, and More 25.02.2021

(0:00) 7 min-40 sec intro segment on notes for the Nets, Wizards, Raptors, and Bulls; also some technicality notes for the main part of the show (9:08) Tiger Woods car crash reaction, plus Bobby Shmurda out of prison (12:23) Celtics venting: Ainge and Stevens frustrations, Nesmith in crunch time, assigning letter grades for all the role players, Tatum not being totally into it vs. Kemba continuing...

CC Ball in the Ship, State of the Celtics, Nets notes, Bulls talk, the Jazz's legitimacy, Draymond's comments, College Basketball, and More 18.02.2021

(0:00) 8 min, 30-sec intro segment mostly on CC ball in the DCL Large Championship/team of destiny vibes (8:38) Celtics frustrations...  (27:03) Nets notes from the Kings and Suns games...  (32:36) A longer than usual Bulls update into a (36:02) discussion for some of the final All-Star spots in the East and then (39:38) a hot take about the Hornets (41:50) Are the Jazz just a first-round exit tea...

Bucs-Packers Fallout, SB Storylines, Celtics Frustrations, NBA Updates, and More 30.01.2021

(1:32) Bucs beat the Packers: Game summary, the 3rd & 8 and 4th & 8 decisions by Rodgers and LaFleur, the controversial PI, and Rodger's legacy and what "talent" means (26:20) Chiefs throttle the Bills (27:50) Super Bowl storylines, including Brady and Mahomes legacy and resume stuff (49:02) Celtics frustrations: Kemba's fit and a sort of identity crisis, Thompson being meh, the team not p...

Top 30 Sports Moments of 2020, NFL Wild Card Scenarios, Jayson vs. Jaylen, Things we Want to Happen in 2021, and More 01.01.2021

(2:02) NFL Week 17 Playoff Scenario Madness, plus a tangent at (13:51) for John's trivia question (23:31) Jayson Tatum vs. Jaylen Brown so far this season, plus revisiting the Harden thing for the Celtics (39:58) NBA Trivia: Fun way-too-early-to-be-legitimate stats (44:44) Our collective top 30 sports moments of 2020 (five moments from each of the six guys) (71:08) Sports things that we want to se...

PART 2/2, the West + Awards: 3rd Annual NBA Season Preview Special 20.12.2020

(1:16) Ro and John quickly list out their Eastern conference standings, 15 to 1 (3:52) West non-playoff teams (revealed 15 to 9) (29:07) West playoff teams (revealed 8 to 1), with a quick tangent on the "Lions" firing Matt "Patricia" at (65:29), and also the Harden for Simmons trade rumors (that were going on at the time of recording) (88:09) Western Conference Finals and NBA Finals picks (93:15)...

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