Rock Chalk Podcast

The Kansas Football season is over, and the final performance was a close loss to the West Virginia Mountaineers on Senior Day. Andy and Mike break down the final game, give overall thoughts on the season, and enjoy the schadenfreude around college football. Topics Include: Initial impressions of the season finale performance Highlighting standout players When should Jared Casey get a scholarship?...

It's time for the Kansas Jayhawks football season finale, as the West Virginia Mountaineers come to town for Senior Day. With a lot more optimism surrounding the program than most fans are used to at this point, Andy welcomes in Brandon Phoenix of the Raspy Voice Kids to get some intel on the up-and-down Mountaineers. Topics Include: Mood going into the season finale Lack of offense development on...

This weekend wasn't quite as good as the one before, but the Kansas Jayhawks Football team had a competitive game against the TCU Horned Frogs, and there were several standouts. Andy and Mike break all that down, before Steve joins the show to look at the Kansas Jayhawks basketball team ahead of the ESPN Event Invitational Tournament over the Thanksgiving holiday. Topics Include: Initial thoughts...

The Kansas Jayhawks are moving forward from a historic victory on the road, and are looking to start a road winning streak against the TCU Horned Frogs. To help preview the game, Andy is joined by Colin Post of Frogs O' War and the Funky Frog Podcast. Topics Include: What is going on with this TCU team? Lack of development from Max Duggan on him or the offensive line? Who's going to be the QB and...

In a special mid-week episode, Andy gives a quick Olympic Sports update before welcoming legendary Jayhawk Tony Sands to the show. They talk about his KU story, his transition to life after football, documenting his mental health journey, and the upcoming ESPN documentary that tells the story of Bryce Gowdy for Mental Health Awareness Month. Topics Include: Olympic Sport Update Coming from South F...

It was a FANTASTIC week for the Kansas Jayhawks, and we are here to recap ALL of it. To start, Andy welcomes Steve Fetch back to the show to recap the two basketball wins. Then in the second segment, Mike and Andy have your reactions to the historic football win over Texas, and we update the outlook for the last two games of the season. Topics Include: Most surprising aspect of the Kansas dominati...

While Kansas Basketball won big against Michigan State in the Champions Classic, it's time to look ahead to the weekend, as Kansas Football takes on the Texas Longhorns down in Austin. Andy welcomes Gerald Goodridge back to the show to figure out what is going on with this Texas team, what they are good at and what we can expect in this game. Topics Include: Off the field shenanigans Biggest issue...

It was yet another painful Sunflower Showdown for the Kansas Jayhawks, and Andy and Mike are here to provide a brief recap about what you NEED to know coming out of that game. Then, with the basketball regular season officially beginning, Steve joins the show to preview the first game against Michigan State in the Champions Classic. Topics Include: Injury news coming out of the game. Gavin Potter...

The Kansas Jayhawks come back home for the Sunflower Showdown, and Andy is joined by Scott McFarland of Boscoe's Boys to preview the game. Topics Include: Kansas State and expectations How has the talent developed around Skylar Thompson? How worried should KSU fans be with the number of touches that Deuce Vaughn gets? How much of a turnaround were the last two games for KSU? Strongest part of the...

The Kansas Jayhawks did what we suspected they might: follow up a near upset by getting blown out on the road by a much better team. Andy and Mike are here to break down the result and whether we actually learned anything. Then, Andy reminds everyone what expectations are for this team. Topics Include: Was anything in this game good? Bright spots from the team. What personnel changes are needed? A...

The Kansas Jayhawks go back on the road as they travel to Stillwater, OK to face the Oklahoma State Cowboys. After last week's near upset, Andy has learned never to completely write this team off, so he welcomes Cade Webb of the Feels Like 45 Podcast onto the show to preview the game. Topics Include: How surprising has the start of this season been? Jaylen Warren's impact Spencer Sanders' early st...

The Kansas Jayhawks nearly pulled off an unexpected upset on Saturday, and it's time to celebrate. The team may not take moral victories from their performances this year, but Andy and Mike aren't above that! They break down what we learned and if it expectations should change for the rest of the year. Topics Include: How crazy was that game? Most impressive part of the start by the Jayhawks Was t...

The Kansas Jayhawks face the Oklahoma Sooners this week. While the result of the game may not be in doubt, there are still some interesting things to discuss. Andy welcomes Joe Buettner of Eyes On Oklahoma to hit some highlights surrounding this game. Then, Andy talks about his takeaways from covering the Big 12 Media Days, with some exclusive KU Women's basketball audio and quotes from Bill Self,...

The Kansas Jayhawks didn't seem to show any progress coming off the bye against Texas Tech. Andy and Mike recap the game, what we learned about where we are in the rebuild and why you should continue to tune in for what is likely going to be a painful season. Topics Include: What the hell happened? Shortcomings of Jason Bean Was that game actually worse than we expected? Who's fault is the current...

It's Homecoming Week, and the Kansas Jayhawks are welcoming the Texas Tech Red Raiders into Lawrence, KS for what has recently been a very weird game. To help figure out what we should expect, Andy is joined by Albie Shore of the Tortilla and Takes Podcast. Topics Include: "The most depressing 4-2 team I've ever seen" What's going on with this defense? Biggest issue for this team? Coaching issues...

Big 12 Basketball Media Days are right around the corner, which means that it's time to preview the season for Bill Self and the Kansas Jayhawks. Andy is joined by Jesse Newell of the Kansas City Star and Steve Fetch of Rock Chalk Talk to go through the roster and preview many of the season-long storylines you can expect to see. Topics Include: A complete overhaul of the roster Who's the biggest g...

The Kansas Jayhawks had a bye week last week, which makes this the perfect time to look at the program and our favorite topic (which has resurfaced again): CONFERENCE REALIGNMENT. To help go over all the latest news and hearings, Andy is joined again by Mike Vernon, aka "The KU Woj". They chat about realignment news, why the timing of additional realignment may change from expectations, and what K...

Andy is solo today as he looks at the disaster of a game that was Kansas Football at Iowa State. He looks at what went wrong, what the most important things to fix are, and where you can look to see even a small bit of progress. Plus, how does this season so far actually match up with expectations? Follow Andy on Twitter: @AndyMitts12 We want your input on the podcast. If you have something you wo...

The Kansas Jayhawks travel to Ames, IA for their first conference road game against the Iowa State Cyclones. Andy is joined by Levi Stevenson of Wide Right & Natty Lite to figure out what Kansas fans should expect to see on Saturday. Topics Include: Late Night Olympic Sports Update What's the source of Iowa State's struggles? Special Teams coaching How is this defense different than expectations?...

The Kansas Jayhawks stayed competitive for a half, but ultimately couldn't stick with the Duke Blue Devils. Andy and Mike recap the game, but first Carrington Harrison joins the show to promote the upcoming documentary film about some of the greatest stories from KC area high school basketball, From Paseo to Pembroke. Topics Include: Olympic sports update The creation of From Paseo to Pembroke Wha...

The Kansas Jayhawks finish non-conference play against the Duke Blue Devils this week in Durham, NC. Andy is joined by David Shumate, play-by-play voice of Duke Football, to figure out what this team is capable of and what Kansas fans should expect to see on Saturday. Topics Include: What is the general sense of the Duke Football program? Is Duke ready to take a step forward? What is Cutcliffe doi...

The Kansas Jayhawks got destroyed in their Big 12 opener against the Baylor Bears, but the podcast must go on. Andy and Mike recap the game, what we learned about where we are in the rebuild and why you should continue to tune in for what is likely going to be a painful season. Topics Include: Did we learn anything? Why did the offensive line have so many issues? Why aren't we throwing the ball mo...

The Kansas Jayhawks open Big 12 play at home against the Baylor Bears this weekend. While there hasn't been very many games between now and when we previewed the Bears in the pre-season, enough has happened to warrant bringing Kendall Kaut of Our Daily Bears back on to give us an update on the Bears. He and Andy talk about what we've learned from the first two games of the season and then talk abo...

The Kansas Jayhawks lost big when they played the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers last Friday night, but Andy saw a lot of reasons to be optimistic about this team. He's solo for today's shorter episode, but he still hits all the notes from the weekend of action. Topics Include: Leading rusher High points from a 27-point loss How does this matchup stack up with the rest of the schedule? Recapping a...

The Kansas Jayhawks travel to play the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers on Friday night, and that means it's time for some intel on the KU opponent. To help with that, Andy is joined by Joe Cashion, the radio play-by-play announcer for Coastal Carolina. Topics Include: Olympic Sports Update How surreal is the quick rise? How has the change in expectations changed preparation? Standout offensive playe...