Pair and a Spare Podcast

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Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard are back for a post-portal edition of the pod! The guys open up talking about what's happening to Minnesota fans with the Timberwolves looking like a legit title contender before talking about the successful run in retention and recruiting for PJ Fleck, the different NIL challenges for football and basketball, and the rumors are swirling that we are not t...

The guys are back and review Gaardsy's Masters trip before Chip and Gaardsie interrogate Burnsie on what he has gleaned at Spring Practice. They also cover the recent recruiting news and react to a committment while they were recording! Burnsie finally comes clean about why he was grumpy the entire episode. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chip, Burnsie and Gaardsy are back and spend the first few minutes of the show outlining the Portal Problems Gopher basketball is having and what NIL has to do with it. The guys have some thoughts about how NIL can change and how to finance the new world of college sports. They also give their thoughts on PJ Fleck's contract "amdendments," and react to the Gophers not having a public Spring Game....

Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard are here for another off-season check-in and have a lot to discuss! The guys give their thoughts on the PJ Fleck to UCLA steam that seemed to have a lot of legs before reacting to the first round of win total over/unders. The show wraps up with a lengthy discussion about where the Gophers stack up in assistant coaches salary and how Burnsie feels about it...

The guys are back for another January check-in and Chip Scoggins wants to call it "The Blood Pressure" episode as Justin Gaard is fired up about the Michigan job opening and more. Jim Harbaugh is off to the NFL again, Nick Saban is retired and all 3 guys have had conversations on their own worth discussing with the college football based audience. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio...

The guys are back for the first time in 2024! Chip Scoggins explains to Justin Gaard and Ryan Burns (and the audience) why we were a week late in getting a show posted, they give their thoughts on the new Gopher coaches, talk portal and recap the National Championship Game. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The guys celebrate that Burnsie made it through National Signing Day with all the craziness of the last month. They discuss a big recruiting win for PJ Fleck and the class in general before branching out to other college football news: Chip Kelly has an idea to save college football, Jerry Kill is mad at someone again and Kirk Ferentz has some thoughts on how coordinators should be judged. All of...

Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard start this week's pod discussing Joe Rossi leaving the Gophers to become the defensive coordinator at Michigan State. Why is he leaving, how big of a loss is it and to whom does PJ turn to next? Burnsie also gives an update on what's going on in the Transfer Portal and the latest on the high school recruiting side as well. Gaardsy swears for the first tim...

The guys are back and have big opinions on how the College Football Playoff selections went down. It became a 2 on 1 situation! It was also a great weekend for Gopher football as they found a quarterback in the portal and learned that Darius Taylor, Daniel Jackson (and others) will be coming back for another year. They discuss the importance of the Dinkytown Athlete's collective in helping make th...

It feels like the Gophers lost to Wisconsin about 3 months ago...Chip, Burnsie and Gaardsy react to a really long week in Gopher football already with Athan Kaliakmanis announcing his transfer, where the Gophers go from here after investing a lot of time in him, the latest on the coaching carousel and the latest sideline security meltdown in the Big Ten. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf...

The guys try to understand how Chip could be so early this week before Gaardsy gives the play by play of his near-arrest on the sidelines in Columbus. He's still not over it. They eventually recap the Gophers loss to the Buckeyes and preview the battle for Paul Bunyon's Axe against Wisconsin. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Busy show this week as Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard spend a ton of time discussing what has happened to the Gopher defense this season while they review the blowout loss at Purdue. They also discuss the latest in the Michigan situation and wonder how a school can find $76 million to fire a coach as Texas A%M just did with Jimbo Fisher. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informat...

The guys recap the Gophers loss to Illinois on Saturday and what it means for the Big Ten West Race (spoiler: it's not helpful). They also react to the latest news out of Michigan and what should be done with Jim Harbaugh. Gaardsy also spends some time explaining a pet peeve he has with a certain way fans are judging PJ Fleck. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard review a huge day for Jordan Nubin and the Gopher running game in a 27-12 over Michigan State. How does the Big Ten West race look with a month to go? Former Gopher administrator Beth Goetz made a huge move in Iowa City with the news that Brian Ferentz will not be on staff next season. We were also reminded of a very special memory for Burnsie's parents a...

Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard recap a wild finish in Iowa City as the Gophers (and PJ Fleck) finally win Floyd of Rosedale. The guys give their thoughts on the "Invalid Fair Catch" and their thoughts on the reaction to it before talking about Big Ten West race and the latest in the Michigan cheating scandal. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The guys review their bye weekends: Chip was in Madison hate-watching all the punting with the Badgers and Hawkeyes, Burnsie was in Las Vegas hating young people and Gaardsy was on a Staycation with his kids trying to give his wife a break. We review Iowa/Wisconsin, preview Gophers/Iowa and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard review Michigan's rout of the Gophers, where the Gophers go from here offensively and what the future of the Big Ten will look like now that we've seen the future schedules with the West Coast teams. Burnsie is sick, Gaardsy is annoyed by TV sideline reporters and Chip is ready to play some more beer games in Madison! See omnystudio.com/listener for priva...

Burnsie, Chip and Gaardsy recap the Gophers Homecoming win over Louisiana: We had a Zach Evans sighting! The defense rebounded well after a slow start and special teams was...also something we had to talk about. The guys spend some time on the Big Ten West looking so winnable and surmise that the Northwestern loss may come back to haunt the Gophers. Michigan is coming to town on Saturday and the g...

The guys try to make sense of what happened to the Gophers during the 4th quarter of their loss at Northwestern, examining all 3 phases and the mistakes they made giving up a 21 point lead. They also run through the Big Ten West and play a few examples of how college coaches went wild in the media this weekend and some wanted ALL THE SMOKE! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Burnsie, Chip and Gaardsy recap their weekend in Chapel Hill: Chipper is now a star, Burnsie had an awkward bathroom moment and Gaardsy had a disappointing dinner Friday night. They then talk about the disappointing all-around effort by the Gophers in the loss to the Tar Heels before discussing how the team can move forward. They also preview the big games this Saturday and run around the Big Ten...

Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard review the Gophers win over Eastern Michigan and preview the upcoming trip to North Carolina. They also react to the crazy Mel Tucker story out of Michigan State. It wouldn't be the Pair and a Spare Podcast without some craziness: We learn the real reason why Burnsie is so mad about a night game against Northwestern and Gaardsy learned that the guys "almo...

Burnsie, Chip and Gaardsy give their thoughts a few days after the Gophers walk-off win over Nebraska, reviewing a great defensive effort and what the thought of the offensive struggles. They also review the weekend for the Big Ten West, react to a big debut for Coach Prime at Colorado and outline why chain gangs around the country need to be on notice! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy info...

The guys are back and ready to go weekly! Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard deep dive both sides of the ball for the Gophers/Nebraska matchup, give their predictions on season record for the Gophers and review their night at Jax Cafe...spoiler alert: there were IPA's, Rum Runners and QR Codes! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The guys are back together and so much has changed since we last met: Oregon and Washington are coming to the Big Ten and we talk about how it went down, what it means for the league and what it means for the Gophers. We get Burnsie's thoughts on Big Ten Media Days and the night practice that was open to the public. We are also thrilled to announce that our friends at Jax Cafe are back as sponsors...