The Bald Faced Truth With John Canzano

Former Oregon State running back Ryan Nall joins the program to talk about his career at Oregon State. Nall talks about his favorite games in high school and in college. NIL wasn't around when Nall played at Oregon State, and Nall discusses how NIL would have impacted him if he were in school during the current NIL era. Nall discussed how important it was to earn a degree from Oregon State when he...

Beaver Blitz's Angie Machado joins the program to discuss the Oregon State Beavers and their run to Omaha. Machado talks about the baseball team and what the realistic chances are that Oregon State can make another run and win a national championship. Machado also talks about the football team including new quarterback Maalik Murphy. Machado thinks Murphy could be a game changer for the Beavers as...

Beaver Blitz's Angie Machado joins the program to discuss the Oregon State Beavers and their run to Omaha. Machado talks about the baseball team and what the realistic chances are that Oregon State can make another run and win a national championship. Machado also talks about the football team, including new quarterback Maalik Murphy. Machado thinks Murphy could be a game changer for the Beavers,...

John Canzano is in talking about the Oregon State Beavers clinching their spot in Omaha after defeating Florida State 14-10 over the weekend. Canzano questions where this team ranks on the Beavers hierarchy with all that the team had to go through. Canzano is also talking about the Pac-12 signing their grant of rights, and what that means for the conference. Canzano has intel on what school the co...

ESPN's Roxy Bernstein joins the program to discuss Oregon State defeating Florida State in the College World Series from Corvallis. Bernstein talks about how difficult it was for Oregon State to have such a successful season, considering their conference left them behind. Bernstein talks about the game on Friday and the Oregon State comeback. Bernstein thinks that if Oregon State had lost the game...

The voice of Oregon State athletics, Mike Parker, joins the program to discuss the Oregon State Beavers baseball team defeating Florida State and advancing to Omaha for the College World Series. Parker discusses the atmosphere at Goss Stadium and what the celebration was like after the Beavers clinched their spot. Parker talks about the team and what one player has stood out to him. The bracket se...

John Canzano is in talking about the Pacers game one win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. Canzano wonders if we were sleeping on the Pacers even though they had proven to be a great team throughout the playoffs. Canzano also wonders what live sporting event would you wan to go to. The atmosphere in Oklahoma City was very good even though the Pacers won the game. The BFT jury is back deciding who is...

John Canzano is in talking about Aaron Rodgers signing with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Canzno isn't sure if the move makes the Steelers a championship contender, but Canzano is sure that it will provide interest in the NFL as the Steelers travel to New Jersey to take on the Jets in week one of the regular season. Former Oregon State SID, Hal Cowan, joins the program to talk about some stories from w...

Tammi Huber, who donates Legos in the name of her late son, Jack "Shoe" Shumacher, joins the show to talk about her mission to donate Legos to hospitals for children. Huber talks about how humbling it is to see how many people donate to the cause in the name of Shoe. Huber is blown away by the support that she receives and how tough Jack was when he was going through his illness. Huber talks about...

Pro golfer Alistair Docherty joins the program to discuss qualifying for the US Open. The US Open will be Docherty's first career major event. Docherty got in a car accident just twelve days before the qualifying tournament and still won the tournament. Docherty talks about how the accident affected him. Docherty talks about how he feels ready to compete at the top level. Docherty explains how he...

Former Oregon State SID, Hal Cowan, joins the program to talk about some stories from when Oregon State won its national championships in baseball. Cowan says he knew that Mitch Canham was going to be the next Oregon State coach. Cowan helped establish the baseball booster club, which remains active today. Cowan discusses how the booster club originated and what its initial ideas were. Cowan talks...

John Canzano is in talking about the complainers. Ryan Day says that the Big Ten deserves four automatic bids in the CFP. Canzano is tired of hearing from big time college football coaches saying that their conference deserves bids in the CFP without actually having to win. Brenda Tracy is suing Michigan State University and joins the show to discuss her lawsuit. Tracy was the woman who former coa...

Former Oregon State baseball coach Pat Casey joins the program to talk about some great stories from when he was the Oregon State head coach. Casey talks about his team and how they had to go through some tough times to start winning. Casey says that when the Beavers won their second national championship that that team wasn't even close to as talented as the first championship team. Casey and Can...

Brenda Tracy is suing Michigan State University and joins the show to discuss her lawsuit. Tracy was the woman whom former coach Mel Tucker was talking to on the phone, which ultimately led to Tucker's firing from the school. Tracy says she has lost everything because of her coming forward in the Mel Tucker case, and Tracy says she wishes this upon nobody. Tracy says the Mel Tucker situation is on...

The Tallahassee Democrats' Peter Holland Jr. joins the program to discuss the upcoming super regional matchup in the NCAA tournament between Oregon State and Florida State. Holland covers the Seminoles and says that Florida State is ready for their match-up against Oregon State. Holland says that Florida State had to battle through a tough regional, even though they swept through their opponents,...

John Canzano is in talking about the most unlikely teams and players in the history of the state of Oregon. Canzano thinks that Oregon State baseball has a case to be the most unlikely team to be great in the region. Oregon State just won four consecutive elimination games in the Corvallis regional, and Canzano isn't surprised about it because of the culture Pat Casey built and Mitch Canham has co...

John Canzano is in talking about the psychology of sports. Is there a difference between wanting and expecting to win? Canzano questions the differences between Oregon and Oregon State when it comes to baseball and Oregon football. Is Oregon unable to win the big game? Canzano is also talking about Deion Sanders' comments about his son Shedeur. Deion said he was sad that Shedeur dropped to the fif...

Oregon head women's basketball coach Kelly Graves joins the program to discuss the perspective of a head coach on the challenges of winning on the biggest stages. Graves says that the narrative that Oregon is all about flash and uniforms is extremely false and that every program at Oregon is working hard and grinding. Graves talks about whether it is harder to win a championship in today's game th...

John Canzano is in talking about the SEC and Big Ten commissioners trying to run college football. Canzano wonders if there's going to be anybody else outside of those two conferences that is going to stand up and challenge the SEC and Big Ten. The BFT jury is back. The jury decides what the SEC is guilty of and if the commissioners of the SEC and Big Ten are guilty for not wanting what's best for...

John Canzano is in talking about Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark, who is seemingly taking a stand against the SEC and Big Ten. Canzano says it's about time someone in a power position tries to stand up against the most powerful conferences. Canzano also talks about Mike Leach now being eligible for the college football hall of fame. Canzano says it's a no brainer to put Leach in the hall of fame...

Saint Mary's head baseball coach Eric Valenzuela joins the program to discuss his Gaels as they are heading to Corvallis for the NCAA baseball tournament. The Gaels open up against the Beavers, and Valenzuela gives a scouting report of his team and what they do well. Valenzuela coached with baseball great Tony Gwynn when Valenzuela was the pitching coach for San Diego State, and Valenzuela talks a...

Former Oregon, Nebraska, and Washington State athletic director Bill Moos joins the program and tells some great stories about the late Mike Leach. Leach is now eligible to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Moos discusses his departure for Nebraska and the conversation he had with Mike Leach. Moos hired Leach at Washington State, and the two had a great relationship. Moos talks a...

Locked on College Football podcast host Spencer McLaughlin joins the program to discuss the new rule changes that could potentially happen in college football. McLaughlin is not a fan of a new expansion of the CFP and would actually prefer that the CFP go back to the BCS model of only two teams. McLaughlin is happy that Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark is standing up to the SEC, but also question...

John Canzano is in talking about the SEC and Big Ten trying to manipulate the state of college football in their favor as Canzano says that the SEC especially is not doing what's best for college football. USA Today's Dan Wolken joins the program to discuss the world of college football. Wolken doesn't understand why the SEC and Big Ten want to have guaranteed spots in the CFP because the two conf...

ESPN 960 in Utah's Brice Larson joins the show to discuss the Utah Valley baseball team which is heading to Eugene for the Eugene regionals. Larson says that the Wolverines are excited and comfortable heading to Oregon, as some of their coaches are from the area. Their head coach, Drew Rasmussen, played at Pacific University in Oregon, where he was a three-time all-conference performer for the Box...