Highly Disputed

Football is back in full swing as the NFL hits Week 1 this weekend. We're here to give you a rundown of all of the interesting things to watch for on the schedule. Stick's Picks returns for Week 1 and an untitled CFB picks segment makes its "debut". We then break down WVU's loss to Maryland, the probable Big 12 expansion, and how the demise of our country revolves around American Idol.

After last week's recap of what was missed during the summer hiatus, Dylan and Ryan take a look forward to the present and future of the sports world, big and small, including a breakdown of Shepherd's promising football and volleyball teams, live reaction to the breaking news of Lamar Jackson's apparent updated vaccination status, a look at the FBS' 5 day Week 1 football buffet, and the continuat...

We're back. It's season...whatever of Highly Disputed and we're back on the Thursday night wave once again. We take the time to catch up on what we've missed since we did our last show one week (4 months*) ago. The NBA playoffs and off-season happened. Aaron Rodgers' Last Dance in Green Bay approaches. CM Punk's First Dance too. Shepherd sports are back! We dive into why 24/7 sports media coverage...

After a one week hiatus, the boys are back and fully vaxxed. 48 hours away from the NFL Draft and 24 hours removed from Ryan being suspended by Twitter, we take a look at all the rumor and innuendo surrounding the big night on Thursday: the Mac Jones vs Trey Lance pivot point, the NFL being stupid and probably letting Bill Belichick get Justin Fields, and what our Ravens and Steelers may do toward...

Ryan's back after his trip around the South, and his vacation update sparks a conversation about...U.S. geography. Why are the states so unevenly sized? Why do we need exactly 50 states? What is Alaska here for? Eventually, we move to the point of the show (sports, I think) and discuss how the Jamal Murray injury reshapes the NBA title picture and Dylan gives his top 10 mock about 2 weeks out from...

Ryan is out this week on a quest to fight Jerry Jones in Texas, so Logan Rothstein joins the show once again to fill in as we figure out the solutions to fixing baseball, like adding more deadly weapons and fire, and we accidentally solve how to unionize every workplace. Baseball talk is bookended with some great guests: Charles McDonald to talk Falcons draft plans, Derrik Klassen to give a rundow...

Our good pal Logan Rothstein joins us in the booth for one of the few times we have a serious topic on the show as we open with addressing the Deshaun Watson allegations. By the end of the show, there's a MUCH lighter vibe, don't you worry. We dip our toes into the NFL Draft for the first time this year while going over the 49ers trade up for...Mac Jones apparently?? A 2016 draft retrospective and...

The fellas got their first dose of COVID vaccines yesterday. Ryan is down bad, but luckily Dylan is built different and able to give you a quick update on our condition and our March Madness selections.

This is March. It's been 2 full years since Jon Rothstein has last gotten his fix but the NCAA tournament has been revived. Stick's Picks returns as we tell you why Vibes > Analysis when filling out your bracket and expose the ESPN Tournament Challenge team summaries. Then we shift gears to NFL free agency where things are just getting started, yet somehow the Bears have already lost.

We explore who's in and out of the league-wide NBA group chat that definitely exists (Meyers Leonard has left the chat). Next we remember the anniversary of Rudy Gobert ruining our lives launching into a full-scale tangent of comparing sitcoms to quarterbacks: why The Office is Peyton Manning, how Larry David is the Jerry Rice of comedy, and an impromptu table read of our own created episode of Se...

We're back to talking about sports again after a one week detour. After the huge heavyweight slugfest between WVU and Baylor, we discuss where the Mountaineers stand, an update on the Shepherd women's team comes next, then there's the hottest team in the NBA...the Knicks??? Finally, we circle around to J.J. Watt's new home and the potential of Russell Wilson finding a new home.

The fellas are joined by the mythical and eccentric Chris Hicks and there's absolutely no sports whatsoever discussed. Society has progressed past the need for sports. We've finally ascended. Instead, we discuss more important things: the best letters of the alphabet, professional wrestlers' butts, fighting animals, Chris' hatred of spoons, and the validity of various potato-related side dishes.

Dylan and Ryan are joined by John Shipley of JaguarReport to break down the future of one of the most interesting NFL teams this offseason, the Jacksonville Jaguars, from their coaching hires (controversial and not), and the state of the supporting cast that Trevor Lawrence will step into one day 1 and what can be done to improve it. Afterward, a shocking development: there's Shepherd University s...

Tom Brady and the Buccaneers won the Big Game™©®. We take a look and give our #expert analysis on all the angles you'd expect: the 2011 QB draft class, Tom Brady's plastic surgery, and does he eat eggs? Football is discussed at some point also. Afterwards, we dip our toes into the beginning of the NFL offseason, including the puzzling Wentz to Chicago rumors, the Rams cracking their title window b...

We're back after our winter break hiatus! Lots has happened. Tom Brady is back in the Super Bowl, Aaron Rodgers' days in Green Bay could be numbered, and Deshaun Watson is requesting immediate evac from the Houston dumpster fire, and we haven't even gotten to the James Harden trade yet. What a time.

It's the final episode of 2020 and what's more fitting than talking about one of our most dearly held traditions being affected by COVID. Talking, of course, about Ravens-Steelers. Thanksgiving too, I guess. Also on the agenda: - Who should replace Greg Roman? - The NFL roundup and Stick's Picks: the Raiders are officially for real - A Shepherd sports update and the outlook on when D2 sports may p...

The gun has fired on the NBA off-season sprint and lordy, we're out of the gates fast. Chris Paul got traded and that was like the 4th thing we talked about. James Harden is trying to force his way to Brooklyn, Westbrook is on his way out of Houston too, and the Bucks went all in to keep Giannis in a wild way, BUT it looks like it's gonna work.

The NBA season basically just ended. The draft is next week. Free agency too. The new season starts in 6 weeks. Get ready for a mad scramble and some awful December basketball. Football is happening too. The Bears have gone from a top 2 seed to out of the playoffs in 3 weeks. The Saints have done the opposite. Abolish the Pac-12.

We pulled all the strings to bring you a truly special episode full of special reports, predictions, correspondents on the ground in DC, and an absolutely chaotic slate of guest appearances. There's some sports talk, some election talk, and something in the middle that can only be described as the winds of chaos sweeping through the studio in the form of one Christian Anderson. We really outdid ou...

Antonio Brown is back; guess it's time to take the Bucs seriously. The Ravens also made some moves (some good moves!) ahead of their clash with Pittsburgh. The NFC West keeps getting better and the East keeps getting worse. All that and more, plus... I don't mean to alarm you but...there's actual baseball talk on this episode. I hope you were sitting down for that.

Le'veon is a Chief. Tua is the new Dolphins starter. The Cowboys are in a tailspin. Sounds like a good time to look at the absolutely absurd playoff picture as it stands before Week 7. We take a break from football for our World Series preview. We promise we actually talked about baseball. Nothing else. That's it. Finishing strong with college football, it somehow ends with us endorsing someone fo...

A historic episode of Highly Disputed where we stay on the same topic, the past, present, and future of LeBron James, for an entire 45 minutes. Aren't you proud of us? We break down how LeBron has solidified the title of G.O.A.T. and the potential of the Lakers getting him another ring before retirement. Smooth transition over to the NFL for Stick's Picks and the week that was. And yes, we have co...

Big Rona has hit the NFL. Who could've possibly seen this coming? We discuss how soon CBS will be airing Young Sheldon over an AFC South game. Then we finally talk college football for more than 2 seconds, including the all important questions: Is Arkansas For Real? Is Charlie Brewer the worst QB of all time? How the hell is North Carolina ranked 8th in the country? The NBA Finals are happening al...

The Ravens got dismantled by the Chiefs. What went wrong? We're here to talk in-length about it. We run through the rest of the NFL Week 3 and Ryan gives you Stick's Picks 2.0 for Week 4. The Finals are about to begin too. Do the Heat have a shot? Will LeBron plow right through them? Will we continue to talk about regional Pennsylvania restaurant chain Hoss' before getting to the NBA Championship?...

We start the episode with some classic clips to re-live the best of Highly Disputed Season 2. It meshes well with the incredible audio quality we have to start the show. Afterwards we get into the Clippers' collapse including how everyone hates Paul George, LeBron's likely forthcoming 4th ring, the Heat-Celtics series, and then our first dive into the NFL season including the debut of Stick's Pick...