OVIES & GIGLIO

North Carolina hired Bill Belichick and will completely reshape their athletic department to be an NFL pipeline. Will it work? Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio go through the pros and cons of this seismic event for Triangle sports. Plus! Predictions for Belichick's stint with the Tar Heels. CBS Sports NFL Insider Jonathan Jones, ACCN's Wes Durham, ESPN's Brooke Pryor, and InsideCarolina's Taylor Vippolis...

Welcome to Chapel Bill, y'all. Can the legendary Super Bowl winning coach elevate North Carolina above and beyond "Triangle Good"? Ovies and Giglio fired up the After Dark YouTube livestream to discuss the Tar Heels shocking the sports world in hiring Belichick to replace Mack Brown as their next football coach. 5 Stars Only. Positive Vibes Only. Sign up for exclusive 'OG Fans' content: http://ogt...

Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio are live to tape as North Carolina and Bill Belichick continue their "will they or won't they" dance. And just like Ovies predicted, there was an update to the "Chapel Bill" saga the moment he his export on the episode. According to WTVD, as of 11:30am, the UNC Board of Trustees is set to meet today to approve contract for Belichick to be next head coach at UNC. But the po...

Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio are live to tape as North Carolina and Bill Belichick continue their "will they or won't they" dance. 5 Stars Only. Positive Vibes Only. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - UNC Women's Soccer got it done! 03:00 - Is Belichick playing UNC? 15:00 - Belichick would be a content blessing 21:00 - Housekeeping 25:00 - Yacht Rock doc 29:00 - Canales said something nice about Bryce 32:00 - Belich...

Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio open things up with the College Football Playoff. Did they get the 12 teams right? Meanwhile, in the college football coaching carousel, North Carolina continues to dance with Bill Belichick. While Ovies & Giglio still think it's a leverage play from Belichick to speed up an NFL coaching job, there could be something else going on that shows UNC isn't truly serious about r...

In the Dec. 6th edition of OG Mailbag, Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio run through several questions submitted by OG Fans subscribers. Including: "How seriously should we take Belichick's interview with UNC?" (00:00) "Are big hitter booster undermining Bubba Cunningham?" (05:00) "Tar Heels basketball therapy, please?" (15:00) "Should we accept ACC hoops is cooked?" (22:00) "What's your Spotify Wrapped lo...

Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio are at the Copiers Plus holiday party in Fayetteville and will only recognize the ACC/SEC Challenge wins. Which counts up to *checks notes* 2!? Not a great week for the conference given the College Football Playoff implications and getting absolutely handled in the made-for-television college basketball challenge. Conversation opens up with Duke growing up in their win ove...

Joe Ovies and Demetri Ravanos welcome you to "OG on Business", an every other week look at the sports media business. The Athletic is reporting ESPN and Stephen A. Smith are approaching a six-year, $120 million extension. Part of the deal would allow ESPN to have first look at any projects produced by Smith’s entertainment company, which begs the question - are we headed towards Stephen A. appeara...

Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio open the show with a simple question. Who was more upset last night -- ACC commish Jim Phillips or Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour? It's pretty clear the College Football Playoff committee is going to screw the ACC again. Best case scenario is for Clemson to win the conference title game in a tight one and hope SMU sneaks in as an at-large. Meanwhile, the Canes d...

Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio welcome the ACC/SEC hoops challenge this week with check-ins for North Carolina, NC State and Duke. The big question surrounds the Blue Devils schedule - will the difficulty eventually pay off for Cooper Flagg and the crew? Bomani Jones joins the podcast to hit on disrespect not being tolerated in college football, take a victory lap on Mack Brown's exit from North Carolin...

Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio open things up highlighting what ended up being a wild end to the college football regular season. It all sets up what should be a wide open College Football Playoff. Will the national folks accept this new reality? Tar Heel Illustrated's Andrew Jones jumps on the pod for a deep dive into how things ended for Mack Brown at North Carolina and how AD Bubba Cunningham will na...

In the Nov. 27th edition of OG Mailbag, Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio run through several questions submitted by OG Fans subscribers. Including: "What's the story behind Chuck Amato's infamous 'Happy Thanksgiving'?" "Carter-Finley Stadium name change?" "Should Pyotr Kochetkov change his aggressive style?" "You can party with 3 people this weekend with zero consequences - who will it be?" "Is Ovies over...

Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio open things up discussing another wild North Carolina basketball 2nd half comeback. This time RJ Davis and the crew pulled off the win over Dayton in the Maui Invitational. Is this stuff just a blip? Can the Tar Heels tap into their defense? The Carolina Hurricanes are missing their key goalie tandem for an undetermined amount of time. N&O columnist Luke DeCock jumps on to...

Mack Brown will not return as North Carolina's head coach. Brown had been telling everyone he planned to return next season. However, UNC AD Bubba Cunningham informed Brown that “he will not return as head coach.” Ovies and Giglio discuss the successes and failures of Mack 2.0 in Chapel Hill, how it got to this point where UNC felt the need to fire him now, and who the Tar Heels might target in th...

It all comes down to this - the true battle for Triangle Good between NC State and North Carolina! Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio open things up discussing the "best outcome" from the annual meeting between the Wolfpack and Tar Heels given both fanbases are incredibly salty about their respective situations. Meanwhile, Duke football fans want some love as Manny Diaz looks to wrap his first year in Durha...

In the Nov. 22nd edition of Butcher's Market OG Mailbag, Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio react to NC State's loss to Georgia Tech. The guys run through OG Sports Phone calls, discuss Dave Doeren's newest post game lament, and how it all comes down to another Battle of Triangle Good. For OG Fans subscribers, they answer a few questions. Including: "What would you do about lagging basketball attendance?" "...

Time for another Butcher's Market OG Live with Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio...this time from Breeze Thru on Poole Road as part of their customer appreciation event. First up? CBS Sports reported Mack Brown "intends" on being North Carolina's football coach in 2025. The framing of the story makes it clear it's coming from Brown's camp. The dynamics at play in Chapel Hill are a little complicated regard...

Random OG Live with Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio? From Longleaf Swine in Downtown Raleigh? Sure, why not? The latest College Football Playoff rankings are out. Rather than nitpicking the completely made for TV spectacle, it's Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin who has everyone talking after he said he'd rather skip the SEC title game in favor of going to the playoffs. ESPN's Wes Durham drops by to riff on tha...

Today's show might be made up entirely of jingles. Which is why you love the show. Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio open things up with some notes about NC State basketball and an actual game time for the Wolfpack and Tar Heels end of season football showdown. The Carolina Panthers are back in action, hosting the Kansas City Chiefs. While the game has small stakes for the Panthers, it'll be a litmus test...

Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio open up the show with an OG Sports Phone call highlighting an overall good weekend for local sports. After highlighting how things have turned around for Mack Brown and UNC, they get into how the CFP math isn't working out for the ACC. Meanwhile, the SEC and B1G can complain about strength of schedule comparisons, but the real issue is nobody in college football is prepare...

In the Nov. 15th edition of OG Mailbag, Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio run through several questions submitted by OG Fans subscribers. Including: "Why does the T. A. McLendon game at UNC still resonate 20 years later?" "What's the worst combination of teams that rarely enjoy success you can pull for?" "More likely -- SEC CFP champ or SEC NCAA champ?" "What's it gonna take to get Giglio on Bluesky or Thr...

Time for another Butcher's Market OG Live with Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio. First up? The Carolina Hurricanes and NC State basketball were in action. The Canes had another one of those "bazillion shots on goal but lost" games. The Wolfpack won, but there are some questions about who will be the "bus driver". 247Sports' Cam Lemons Debro joins the show to discuss Wake Forest vs. North Carolina and a De...

Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio open the show with Duke's loss to Kentucky in the Champions Classic. A ton is going to be made about how the game ended for Cooper Flagg, but the game should be treated as the entirety of a freshman in a single night. Most pundits will still take what the Blue Devils have over most teams in the country. Meanwhile, the locals are already annoyed with ESPN's coverage of Flag...

Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio open the show weaving in a variety of current NFL storylines to make a point -- the Carolina Panthers are just another symptom of a larger problem facing the league when it comes to young quarterbacks. To the NHL, where the Carolina Hurricanes have won 9 of their last 10. How sustainable is this for the Canes and does it matter in the regular season? In hoops, Duke has the...

Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio respect the troops by doing a show and opening up the OG Sports Phone on Veteran's Day (but seriously a special shoutout to all who served). NC State's already disappointing football season got worse with another loss to Duke. With Dave Doeren now 1-3 against the Blue Devils, 6-6 against Wake Forest, and a potentially disastrous season finale against North Carolina...Wolfp...