Starting Lineup Podcasts

Join Travis & Eric on the show today the guys recap opening night of high school girls basketball and take a look at the schedule for tonight games, College Basketball from last night and tonight, Monday Night Football as well!!

Join Travis & Eric on the show today the guys recap volleyball state tournament, football quarterfinals from over the weekend, for some its on to the final four and others season come to a close. How Do Like Me Know and Beast Mode for the quarters, Recap of football pick'em, plus NFL Sunday recap and Illinois rises in College Basketball polls ahead of Wednesday tussle with Alabama!!

Join Eric on the season finale of inside the headset portion of the progrem. Eric catches up one last time for the season with Coach Watkins of the Cumberland Pirates to discuss the season ending loss to Arthur last week in the second round, Eric and Coach also reminisce about the season as a whole and all the great accomplishments the team and this group of senior had this year!

Join Travis & Eric on the show today the guys recap the Illinois vs Texas tech game from last night, the rest of college basketball and the upcoming days, College Football, Illinois back in action against Maryland, High School Football Quarterfinal Preview of the game that involve our local teams, Football Pick'Em as well!!

Join Travis & Eric on the show today only one local volleyball game from last night who punched there tickets to the Final Four, Monday Night Football, College Basketball, Illinois Basketball win vs FGC and it's on to tonight's top 15 matchup with Texas Tech, Illini Women's Game on Sunday!!

Join Travis & Eric on the show today the guys recap Round 2 of the playoffs from over the weekend, Arthur moves on and Cumberland bows out, who else punched their tickets to the elite eight, Volleyball Super Sectionals tonight with Stew Stras still going strong facing familiar foe Cissna Park, NFL, College Football from the weekend as well

Cumberland vs ALAH Playoff 11-8-25 by Cromwell Effingham

Join Eric on the inside the headset portion of the progrem. Eric catches up with Coach Watkins of the Cumberland Pirates to discuss the prep for round two of the postseason against yet another familiar conference foe in Arthur, Cumberland already lost to Arthur once but that was in week three of the season, this game is one of the biggest games in both programs history!

Join Travis & Eric on the show today the guys recap Volleyball from last night and set up the sectional championships for Thursday, its the IHSA Playoffs Round 2 Preview, of course the guys dive deep in the Cumberland vs Arthur matchup for Saturday and with the table set the guys pick the games for Pick'Em as well, Illinois football from Rutgers, first CFP rankings, Cubs not picking up Iminaga, an...

Join Travis & Eric on the show today the guys have local volleyball sectionals tonight, College Basketball opening night, Illini cruise to victory, Illinois State with a win in women's hoops as well, Monday Night Football that some people saw and the ones that didnt were the lucky ones, the guys recap the last Nascar race of the season and the latest soul crushing loss again for Denny Hamlin!!

Join Travis & on the show today the guys recap round 1 of the IHSA Playoffs, opening round was filled with blowouts, upsets and controversy, Cumberland on to round 2 in another rematch with Arthur, Pick'Em recap, How Do You Like Me Now and Beast Mode for round 1, fans were treated to a classic World Series with the Dodgers going back to back, NFL and another wild Bears game!!

Cumberland vs Sullivan Playoff 11-1-25 by Cromwell Effingham

Join Eric & Travis on the show today as the guys pick all the playoff games that were previewed yesterday in this supersized version of football Pick'em, plus is the last race of the Nascar season so its the finale of Nascar Pick'em, can Denny Hamlin win his first championship, also Travis has his state of Illini address of the week

Join Eric on the inside the headset portion of the progrem. Eric catches up with Coach Watkins of the Cumberland Pirates to discuss the prep for the postseason against familiar opponent, the Pirates first round opponent is a rematch from few weeks ago with Sullivan

Join Travis on the inside the headset portion of the progrem. Travis catches up with Coach Hefner of the Effingham Hearts to discuss Effingham season ending loss to Centralia, Hearts came so close to a playoff berth but miss out for the 2nd straight year, Coach also talks about the season as a whole and the future of the program!

Join Travis on this solo show today as we got your First Round Playoff Preview, we cover all the usual suspects plus some bonus teams for the playoffs

Join Eric & Travis on the show today as the guys discuss local volleyball results from last night and the postseason schedule for today, local flavor in the soccer sectional today as well, WS Game 3 was an marathon instant classic, MLB should have made Toronto pitch to Ohtani in extra innings, Nascar recap of Martinsville and pick'em as well!!

Join Eric & Travis on the show today as the guys recap week 9 of HS Football, How Do Like Me Know, Beast Mode for the week, Pick'Em Recap, Overreactions for the week and look how Eric did for the whole season, NFL, World Series!!

Join Eric & Travis on part two of the special playoff edition of the show, the guys reveal the matchups in each of the classes 1A-4A, who did our area teams draw in round one, where did Cumberland go, the guys also make their show picks for who comes out of the south from the classes!!

Join Eric & Travis on this special playoff edition of the show, the guys break down each one of the playoff qualifiers from the area that made the postseason, and even hit on those teams that did not get in at 4-5!!

Effingham vs Centralia 10-24-25 by Cromwell Effingham

Join Eric on the inside the headset portion of the progrem. Eric catches up with Coach Watkins of the Cumberland Pirates to discuss the two point conversion win against Nokomis, and Cumberland unique situation of having a bye week before the playoffs, and not only not knowing the opponent for next week but unsure of the Class the Pirates' will be put in

Join Eric & Travis on the show today as the guys discuss local results from yesterday and look ahead at a jam packed schedule for today and this weekend, Football Pick'Em, Illinois off the bye against Washington, rest of CFB, NFL, World Series and Nascar and Nascar Pick'em!!

Join Eric & Travis back on the show today as the guys discuss local sports from yesterday and the local schedule for today, Week 9 Preview for HS Football, NBA and the NBC broadcast on Opening Night

Join Eric for a one man show as we deep dive into the Illinois High School Playoff Picture entering the final week of the season.