Pair and a Spare Podcast

Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard are back to discuss the shocking news that Corey Heatherman is off to Miami just a few weeks after getting a new contract from the Gophers. A heated discussion about assistant coaches salaries follows before the guys talk a bit about the National Championship Game between Ohio State and Notre Dame. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard usher in the New Year with a recap from Charlotte and the Duke's Mayo Bowl festivities. They also discuss generally the solid ground they feel the Gopher program is on right now as they look ahead to 2025. Plenty of College Football Playoff conversation as well with the semifinals coming up this week! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard react to the latest Gopher Transfer Portal pickups, talk a little bit about the Duke's Mayo Bowl and recap the opening round of the new College Football Playoff! The guys also react to Chip suffering his "first fall" of the winter. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard are back to review a busy first week of Transfer Portal Season, give their thoughts on Bill Belichick to UNC and talk a little College Football Playoffs and 2025 Gopher schedule. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard discuss the Duke's Mayo Bowl bid for the Gophers, some early Transfer Portal discussion, Corey Heatherman is staying at the U and a lot of talk about the College Football Playoffs See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard review the Gophers dominant performance over Wisconsin on Black Friday, salute a couple players that had great seasons, talk about Wisconsin's issues and discuss the flag-planting mania from Rivalry Weekend. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With Thanksgiving approaching Justin Gaard wanted to let Chip Scoggins and Ryan Burns talk through their disagreement regarding one particular play of the Gophers loss to Penn State on Saturday night. The guys then recapped what was a great college football game where the Gophers came up just short before talking about Ohio State/Indiana and what it means for the CFP and previewing the Wisconsin g...

The boys are back after the Gopher bye and spend some time previewing Gophers/Penn State before Gaardsy gets Burnsie going about the latest PJ Fleck press conference. They also talk about the offensive coordinator change at Wisconsin, Gaardsy's love of Dan Lanning, the college football playoff rankings and: Tim Brewster is BACK! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard return to discuss a deflating Gophers loss at Rutgers. The micro missed opportunities in the game in all three phases lead to a loss and potentially a missed opportunity to get into the rankings and a trip to Florida for a bowl game. Parity has been a theme in college football season and the guys examine just how unique and crazy it can be on a weekly bas...

Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard react to the Gophers finally knocking off longtime head coach Bret Bielema with a back and forth effort against Illinois on Saturday. They discuss how the ground game got going, how Darius Taylor has been used and how the defense held up as the day went on. They also preview a game Burnsie has been waiting for for months: Gophers at Rutgers! Finally, Burn...

Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard are back to review a dominant Homecoming performance by the Gophers in a win over Maryland. Max Brosmer is putting together quite the season, the guys spend a good portion of the show lauding his performance before talking about the running game, the defense and the schedule moving forward. They also discuss the ridiculous James Franklin performance last...

Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard recap their bye weekends (more Beer Games for Chip!) before they discuss another eventful weekend in college football. The expanded playoff format has made this regular season compelling and they go through different scenarios before reviewing what happened over the weekend in the Big Ten and looking ahead to the Gophers Homecoming game against Maryland....

All the guys are back from California and review the awesome time had by all at the Rose Bowl. They cover the dreadful first half against UCLA and the brilliance of Max Brosmer on the game-winning drive. They also spend time discussing their observations of the fan turnout and the overall vibes of the weekend. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chip Scoggins is finally back from London to join Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard to review the Gophers huge win over USC this past Saturday. The guys discuss the aggressiveness by PJ Fleck to go for the win late, the defensive approach, the awakening of the running game and of course Koi Perich. They also review a crazy College Football Saturday and look ahead to the trip to the Rose Bowl. See omnyst...

Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard review the Gophers 27-24 loss to Michigan on the pod this week. They start by introducing a new member that joined from Michigan Stadium (Randy Berns) before discussing the Big Ten all but admitting the refs screwed up the offsides on the onside kick. There were many things that led to the loss that are also part of the conversation. We wrap it up with so...

Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard recap the Gopher loss to Iowa, specifically what happened in the second half? Gopher run defense has been a problem for a while now, can it get better? After a Michigan preview they spin around some of the games in the Big Ten. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard are back to review the Gophers win over Nevada. They start talking about the new-look offense before examining why the defense has been so effective (and aggressive!). Gaardsy gives his last warning to everyone to be safe this weekend in what should be an electric environment and the guys go around the Big Ten in the final minutes including a look at what...

Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard review the Gophers rout of Rhode Island and laud PJ Fleck and the offense for working to develop the passing game! After a preview of the upcoming Nevada game the guys review an interesting week in the Big Ten which includes a great performance by Nebraska, a surprising meltdown by Iowa and a shocking upset by Northern Illinois over Notre Dame. See omnyst...

The guys are back to talk about actual football! Chip, Burnsie and Gaardsy review the Gopher loss to North Carolina, spending a lot of time discussing the offense: Was it 'same old,' was it different? How concerning were the missed tackles and special teams mistakes? They also quickly review the first weekend in the Big Ten which saw every team not named Minnesota win their opening game. See omnys...

It's finally game week and Ryan Burns, Chip Scoggins and Justin Gaard can't wait to finally have some games to discuss! They open the show with the news that Casey O'Brien shared regarding his health and how people can help before they get to less serious topics like Gophers/UNC, Kirk Ferentz suspended, Connor Stallions speaks and Burnsie is heading to T-Pain! (Who Chip had to Google). Thanks as a...

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Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard celebrate the fact that we are two weeks away from football! The guys try to figure out why Burnsie is so salty for his age, discuss the ramifications of a possible Darius Taylor injury and take a look at some Camp storylines out of Iowa and Wisconsin. Thanks as always to Jax Cafe in Minneapolis! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The guys kick off the return of weekly episodes with a review of the Gophers Fall Camp practices that have been open to the media before talking through some of the questions they have about the team entering 2024. Burnsie gave Gaardsy some ridiculous directions, Chip followed around high-profile freshman Koi Perich like a stalker and they all reacted to the latest news from (one of) the Michigan...

After a month off Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard reconvene to recap a trip to Big Ten Media Days in Indianapolis. Gaardsy promotes Burnsie's new role as Sportcoat Correspondent and his "exclusive" on-camera interviews with the Gopher players in Indy, they review comments made my PJ Fleck as it relates to what the offense may look like in 2024 and as always end up going in several bizar...

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