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This one is a fun ride! Super Bowl Bound Dukes. What we're looking for in the preseason with 18 days to kickoff for JMU football. Could it be? Really? Do we actually have a little something brewing with men's hoops?! Plus a whole bunch of fun OT topics including Catie once again bringing her chicken finger aficionado bone fides to the studio! 

Aaron Stinnie and Josh Wells are headed to the Super Bowl with Tompa. A few notes on spring sports. Then a win to bring warmth and hope to this longest winter for Men's Hoops! Then we do our own draft of all-time teams of JMU basketball players that we've actually watched. Plus snacks discussion.

Stinnie stars for Tampa Bay. Could have a Dukes vs. Dukes Super Bowl. Plus former Dukes getting huge coaching opportunities. Then we finally get to talk CAA hoops for both teams.

Happy 'effin New Year! Seriously, it's 2021 and we're 45 days from kickoff! Plus Dukes taking on Dukes in the NFL Playoffs and both hoops teams are back. And a little OT of positivity.

Our friend and fellow ticket-holder Rich joins us for the big Holiday show. A brief look at the in-between stages of both basketball teams, some ranting about the state of college football and the FBS playoff/invitational. Then we had so much fun with the all-OT suggestions a couple weeks back, we're running it back with a loooong Christmas version. Happy New Year Dukes!

Is it a holiday special? Is it self-indulgent? Is it a huge thank you to our incredible community? Well it’s definitely that. Have fun with a full OT-rundown.

We take a quick look at the up and down starts for both hoops teams, talk NFL Dukes, and how Justin Rascati almost played in an NFL game.

We have real live Dukes basketball to look forward to! Needless to say we’re thankful for that. Plus we have some gun doing over or underrated for a bunch of T’giving things. Mostly, we’re grateful for you, our little tribe!

It's just us idiots this week to preview a "who knows what to expect" season from men's hoops. But we're excited about Matt Lewis, Coach Byington, and the new arena plus all the new talent in the program. But first, we can't let a certain favorite coach of ours off the hook after a "running up the score" issue over the weekend.

We're talking about real games to be played by real JMU players in just two weeks! Needless to say, we're thrilled to be joined by Women's Basketball Head Coach Sean O'Regan to preview an actual JMU sports season and his exciting team. If the team and season hold together, this is a deep squad stacked with talent and drive in what could be a wide-open CAA season and a wild NCAA tourney. Thanks so...

We talk to former Breeze Sports Editor Catie Harper about Nooch’s debut and all things NFL Dukes, plus hockey, comfort foods for anxious times, and the memories that make us love JMU the most! We’re pretty pleased with this one thanks to Catie. Oh yeah, go vote!

We have a Spring Football schedule to talk through at last! Plus, Ben DiNucci is the starting QB for the Dallas Cowboys and he’ll be taking on NDSU’s Carson Wentz and the Eagles in prime time Sunday. And Dukes are showing out all over the NFL! And last but not least, Rob melts down and blasphemes a hallowed Halloween candy - it’s egregious!

The boys are back. With real mics and an attempt at production. This could get ugly. But we're thrilled to talk about Ben DiNucci making his NFL debut for the Cowboys Monday, Towson bailing on the spring football season (they skeered), and the women's hoops team taking care of the amazing Arena Unveiling video. Then a true Old Guys Leave OT about buildings that didn’t exist in our day. Plan is to...

The fellas are back and they’re joined by Duke Club Head Honcho the fantastic Cliff Wood to talk about the Dukes Unite Campaign running this month and catch up on the big picture at JMU. This felt like a really important discussion, at least by JMUSB standards.

With plans now in place for hoops and an FCS Spring season, we start to shake off the rust and throw the kitchen sink into this episode. Plus a fun/sad OT about what we’re looking forward to (and not) with no Dukes on Saturdays this Fall. Love y’all!

The boys try, and mostly flail, to process the postponement of all JMU fall sports. We talk small picture, transfers, economics and infrastructure of college sports, and the long-term outlook. Plus we talk about ice cream! Miss y’all lots and hope you and your’n are well.

The dorks wrestle with why they’ve taken a break, talk about the CAAs plan to disappear, the Dukes plan to maybe play, Spring football, and a meandering, random OT of dinner parties and pandemic hallucinations.

The boys finally wake up from quarantine to talk graduation, crazy ideas for football season, and best American bands (beware the Dad-Rock takes).

Men’s Hoops finalizes staff, picks up transfers, and pencils in a date for hosting UVA this November. Plus DiNucci gets drafted and four other Dukes get signed in the NFL! Oh yeah, we also admit the nerdiest things we’ve done during stay-at-home.

Welcome back to the second installment of our “JMU-Built” series with the Trow Brothers from Mossy Creek Fly Fishing. These two Dukes built one of the most important fly shops and guide services in the East, employ tons of Dukes, raise literal millions for the disabled veteran community, and are all-around fantastic members of the JMU world. Audio issues aside, you don’t want to miss this one!

First edition of our JMU-Built series. Plus some JMU hoops and even some Skins talk. Love this one! Thanks more than ever to Pale Fire Brewing and Missy Creek Fly Fishing!

Maybe the most important episode we’ve ever done. We visit with JMU Vice President of Student Affairs Dr. Tim Miller to talk about how to best support JMU students during this historically difficult time. Thanks as always to our friends at Mossy Creek and Pale Fire!

A few good minutes of us working through our anxiety before we get to a long discussion about why we’re pleased and cautiously optimistic about Coach Byington from real GSU being hired to coach men’s hoops. Then a few silly, non-sequitur OT questions you distract us. Love y’all, hope you’re safe and well. Go Dukes!

Just trying to find a very small way to send love to Dukes and give people a distraction (mostly is really). And the JMU women’s hoops team of course. Thanks to Coach O, Pale Fire, and Mossy Creek more than ever, support them any way you can. We’re gonna pod through this and it might go off the rails but tonight it’s all love and hoops. Love y’all!

The boys remember Coach Challace McMillin, discuss the departing Coach Rowe, speculate about the hiring process for his replacement, and finally have a fun OT talking favorite tv/movie coaches. Brought to you as always by Pale 🔥 and Mossy Creek!