Dawgs Podcast

This Week One episode details; the recent injury news to the roster with do-it-all TE Aidan Quinn who will miss most of the season & FR QB ET Harris having recent arm surgery, PJ Jules being initially waived by the Bengals but signs point towards him returning for their practice squad, a new 2025 commit with ALL the others’ recent games/stats, a full breakdown of the official depth chart with...

This special episode details; Nick now being joined by top returning receiver Vinson Davis III with just barely over a week until Week One with discussing his excitement levels for the season with how he & the team are feeling health wise, revisiting his great season that led to him being All-Newcomer & Honorable Mention All-MVFC, how impressive it is doing it in his first year in the Vall...

This very long episode details; everything housekeeping wise that has gone on in the last couple weeks including the known almost-full ‘25 & ‘26 schedules & some more FCS rankings, a quick Pro Dawgs update, a long final two-deep co-prediction with the usual season topics we want answers to AND finished off with our team record picks.

This episode details; the very exciting news of landing one of Missouri’s best players in three star G Luke Walsh with also why he chose SIU, other notable recruiting offers/interests, our early reactions to ALL the recent unofficial Non-Conference matchups, a current team update headlined by Coach Nagy’s recent interview with the multiple others provided by Luke Martin, a quick former Dawgs &...

This episode details; the recently announced FBS/MVFC preseason polls/teams with where some SIU veterans reside, tidbits from Coach Hill’s MVFC presser & ALL the other coaches/players interviews as summer has wound down & Fall camp being fully underway, FOUR new 2025 commits at many important positions, a quick Pro Dawgs update and a sneak peek to the other upcoming episodes leading up to...

This episode details; the recent news of Purdue being our 2025 FBS opponent, initial thoughts along with another mention of the other 2026 & 2027 B10 matchups, the retirement of veteran QB Michael Lindauer who is staying on staff as a defensive GA, Dune Smith landing at Incarnate Word who will be in town Week Three, all the previous freshmen moving in, a couple new young/old additions to this...

This episode details; the exciting news of SIU being a part of the inaugural Field-Of-68 Showcase tipping off the entire 24-25 season, initial thoughts with which other teams are in it, the recent unofficially announced P5 matchup v. Florida in what is the FIRST EVER matchup between the two programs, a quick current team update including trainer Riley Hoistad's return & more team interviews fr...

This episode details; summer workouts beginning, the completion of the 2024-25 roster with a trio of additions including UT-Rio Grande Valley elite scoring guard Elijah Elliot & the No. 58 ranked JUCO player in Antwaun Massey, how both fit into this now-full roster, adding Benton star G Isaac Billington to be a PWO, notables from Coach Nagy’s recent interview with Luke Martin, perhaps more new...

This Nick solo episode details; the recently announced kick-off time for our FBS matchup with the Cougars on August 31st, recapping notables from the interview with Ubayd Steed, a new Director of Player Personnel & new FBS DE talented add, other housekeeping things including Izaiah Hartrup's official new home, a mention of the recent 2025 offers in recruiting and a FULL dissection of the curre...

This long-awaited episode details; Nick discussing landing our favorite player in the portal in Ali Abdou Dibba from Abilene Christian who has the scoring/experience this new team needs & a talented Top-48 JUCO player in Jorge Moreno, excitement levels for both with where they profile on this new team, another quick rundown of the roster, where Trey Miller/Cade Hornecker/Brendan Mullins are no...

This special episode details; Nick being joined by star nickel safety Ubayd Steed for our first EVER player interview with discussing everything from what he's been up to this offseason, his full journey being from Philly & what his other interests were with also his previous school, what interested him in coming to SIU, his relationships with Coach Hill & Coach James, what it was like pla...

This episode details; the RETURN of our favorite Kennard Davis Jr., THREE other transfer additions including Missouri State's Damien Mayo Jr. & Tyler Bey along with Texas State's Davion Sykes, a discussion about how their skill sets profile to the team, other insights within the team, the new "Pride of Little Egypt" NIL collective with comments from AD Tim Leonard, a quick recruiting & MVC...

This episode details; the success of last Saturday’s Saluki Equipment yard sale, Dune Smith/Mark Davis & others entering the portal, some finding new homes already, the FIVE new portal additions, a discussion around the new "Pride of Little Egypt" NIL collective, short Spring Game takeaways, a check-in on PJ/Justin Strong/James Caesar and a quick trip around the MVFC.

This long episode details; the recent return of Jarrett Hensley, other former players who have still yet to make a decision or have already found new homes, ALL new player additions including a couple incoming freshmen & one who recently redshirted, ALL new staff members with one special return, the massive news of a new deal with Banterra Bank that includes NIL assistance, a quick recruiting...

This episode details; a team update with a couple recent portal entries including one at an important position in punter Nathan Torney, Jacob Caughell leaving the program, some new roster additions, biggest takeaways from the Friday night practice in Du Quoin including the struggles from the specialists & quarterbacks, other things like who else stuck out most & who wasn't there/participat...

This episode details; the exciting new hire of Wright State's HC Scott Nagy, the whirlwind process to get to this point, everything in said process that Tim Leonard described, Scott's history to this point and where else he's been to have all this success, what he likes to do X's & O's wise, what he's going to do with recruiting for HS/portal, his process on keeping previous players, dealing w...

This episode details; the historic weekend in STL overall in Thursday’s 2OT loss to UIC being the final game in the SIU HC career of the legendary Bryan Mullins, quick thoughts on the game itself & also on this past season as a whole with mainly revolving around the players, the FULL discussion on why firing Bryan was a bad choice in the moment, our thoughts around EVERYTHING AD Tim Leonard ha...

This episode details; housekeeping info with X leading the MVC in both points & assists, the number for total fans at Banterra this season reaching over 90K, RJ McGee reportedly leaving the bench at the end of Sunday’s Senior Day loss & it looks like isn’t with the team anymore, a discussion on the official MVC awards being announced, a new JUCO interest, Lance & Purdue sweeping Marcus...

This episode details; the very poor 2H performance that ended our hopes of getting a BYE at Arch Madness, why this team faltered down the stretch even against a red hot & solid Panthers team, what other final games looked like today, a mention of recruit Anthony Gause’s season coming to an end as well as a new 2025 offer, our final Valley Award predictions before they’re announced early next w...

This episode details; the poor performance up in Peoria in one that we know didn’t mean much but it’s how it was played that has us a little uneasy, why the old Dawgs showed up in turnovers & lack of rebounding, recent games & the other inportant seeding-implicated matchups tomorrow, a new NET update with a mention of the final scenarios, a recruiting update including top recruit Anthony G...

This episode details; the always fun trip to Evansville in which the Dawgs found a way, the unexpected yet small return of Clarence Rupert, X nearing a triple double & also receiving some national attention, recent/upcoming games, a standings and NET update with a sneak peek to the scenarios for the final two games, a mention of the team wishing recruit Anthony Gause luck in his upcoming games...

This episode details; a recent/sudden coaching change involving Gary McGraw being OUT & new safeties coach Lee Pronschinske coming IN, the elevation of Nathan Frame to full Special Teams coordinator, DJ Davis on his way to another program after the great season spent here as a GA, legends Jeremy Chinn/Ryan Neal recently visiting & providing wisdom to the current team, ALL of the next coupl...

This episode details; not having Clarence Rupert with also rumblings he could be out longer, another close game that we ended up on the correct end of, X’s worst college scoring game but Troy/Jarrett/Kennard picking him up in more clutch fashion, recent/upcoming games, a standings/NET update, a mention of Marcus recently reaching 2K points and our only preview of the improved Purple Aces as us &am...

This episode details; the incredible come-from-behind upset of the No. 23 ranked Sycamores in what was one of the best second halves we can remember, the amount of contributors who impacted is aplenty, what it now should mean the rest of the way, recent/upcoming matchups, standings update with NET and the next preview of the regional rival Racers as we look to sweep them for the second straight se...

This episode details; the very disappointing road performance the Dawgs put up in Nashville, why the continuous mistakes have honestly had us at our breaking point, overall positives/negatives from this game including X officially breaking the single-season assist record recently held by Bryan, around the league with recent/upcoming matchups, a standings update with how important of a tie-breaker...