The Bald Faced Truth With John Canzano

Oregon State baseball coach Mitch Canham joins the show to talk about the Beavers in the NCAA tournament coming up. Oregon State will be hosting the Corvallis regional with St. Mary's, USC, and TCU. Canham talks about how the team has dealt with the time off between the end of the regular season and the NCAA tournament, as the Beavers didn't play in a conference tournament this season. Canham talk...

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 conferences are going to get the spots anyway. Wolken thinks that the moves the SEC and Big Ten are making are merely attempts to ultimately break away from everyone else and do their own thing. Wolken discusse...

The Athletic's Stewart Mandel joins the program to discuss college football and its changing landscape. Mandel is fired up about some of the comments made by SEC commissioner Greg Sankey. Mandel can't believe that the SEC and the Big Ten have been trying to secure four automatic bids, regardless of the outcome, in a potential postseason. Mandel thinks that the Big Ten is focused on the expansion o...

John Canzano is in talking about the SEC spring meetings in which Greg Sankey confirmed that they are talking about the college football playoff and a possible expansion. Canzano thinks that the SEC and Big Ten are making decisions that aren't for the greater good of college football and could potentially ruin the sport. Oregon baseball coach Mark Wasikowski joins the show to discuss the upcoming...

Oregon baseball coach Mark Wasikowski joins the show to discuss the upcoming NCAA tournament. Wasikowski and the Ducks were chosen to host the regional round in Eugene. Wasikowski previews the pod and previews their first matchup against Utah Valley. Wakiskowski says the Utah Valley team is a veteran team that isn't going to be afraid of the moment. Wasikowski talks about the state of Oregon, as b...

John Canzano is in talking about rivalries in college football and the controversy that was started with Petros Papadakis calling Lincoln Riley out. Oregon athletic director Rob Mullens comes on and talks about the Civil War and the future of that rivalry, and Canzano reacts to those comments. University of Oregon athletic director, Rob Mullens, joins the program right off of the get go and is dis...

University of Oregon athletic director, Rob Mullens, joins the program right off the bat and is discussing how successful Oregon athletics has been recently. The softball team is hosting Liberty on Friday night in the Super Regionals and is two wins away from making the College Softball World Series. Mullens talks about the house settlement and where his eyes are going when he looks at the settlem...

John Canzano is in talking about the college football playoff and the new format they are going to institute next season. The seedings are going to be determined by your rankings in the CFP poll. Canzano thinks that this is going to ultimately be a good thing for the CFP, but still questions if it going to be beneficial to not make a conference championship game. The Big Ten Network's, Sydney Supp...

Fox Sports' Petros Papadakis joins the show to discuss the current situation at USC. Papadakis is not happy that Lincoln Riley seems to be avoiding the rivalry with Notre Dame. Papadakis thinks that USC needs to focus on beating teams like Minnesota before it should be focused on ducking the rivalry with Notre Dame. Papadakis is upset with the way USC has had to use a GM for recruiting. Papadakis...

The Big Ten Network's Sydney Supple joins the program to discuss the NCAA softball tournament. The University of Oregon will be hosting a Super Regional against Liberty after Liberty upset Texas A&M in the regionals. Supple thinks that Oregon is in a great spot to make the College Softball World Series. Supple talks about how important game one is in softball. It is a best-of-three series, and Sup...

Host of The Unafraid Show and former Oregon tight end, George Wrighster, joins the program to discuss his show, where he is interviewing some of the top coaches and people in college football. Wrighster talks about Oregon's loss to Ohio State in the Rose Bowl and if Ducks fans are overreacting to the loss too much. Wrighster talks about how the Oregon athletic program has completely taken over the...

John Canzano is in talking about the tradition of college football. Canzano thinks that we are losing a lot of tradition in the sport because of teams refusing to play rivalry games, and the influence of tv now. Should rivalry games like USC/Notre Dame and Oregon/Oregon State be played? Canzano thinks that they need to be. San Jose Mercury News, Jon Wilner, joins the show to discuss the College Fo...

San Jose Mercury News, Jon Wilner, joins the show to discuss the College Football Playoff and whether any team will make a "Cinderella run" in a new format. Wilner also discusses the mediation between the Pac-12 and the Mountain West. Wilner feels like both conferences don't want to go to trial and need to come up with a solution so they can both move on as conferences. Wilner thinks that some riv...

John Canzano is in talking about sports regrets. Was there ever a game you were supposed to go to and you had to miss it? Canzano talks about regrets in sports. Canzano is also talking about Tom Brady and Michael Jordan as "analysts". Canzano doesn't want the GOATS of the game to just be "analysts". Canzano wants both of them to be themselves and actually talk about personal interactions and exper...

The voice of American soccer, John Strong, joins the program to discuss the broadcasting world and how he thinks Michael Jordan and Tom Brady should be going about being on television. Strong talks about how he thinks Tom Brady will influence Michael Jordan when Jordan is on the NBA on NBC coverage, if at all. Strong wonders how much Michael Jordan will embrace coaching when it comes to his on-air...

John Canzano is in talking about the Oregon Ducks and how their fans will feel if/when the Ducks football team ever breaks through and wins a championship. Canzano sees the softball and baseball teams winning and noticing that even though they are in the Big Ten now, they care. Alan Thayer of Innovative Law Group joins the show to discuss mediation between the Mountain West and the Pac-12. Thayer...

Oregon softball shortstop Paige Sinicki joins the program to discuss the Ducks regional win over Stanford and previews their Super Regionals against Liberty. Sinicki won Oregon's first Gold Glove, and she talks about watching Derek Jeter growing up and how she tries to model her defensive game after the great Yankee. Sinicki tells Canzano about the strength of the Oregon softball team and how toug...

Alan Thayer of Innovative Law Group joins the show to discuss mediation between the Mountain West and the Pac-12. Thayer talks about what the mediator is going to say and what to expect answers to be from both the Mountain West and Pac-12 conferences. Thayer says what he thinks both the Pac-12 and the Mountain West will want when the conferences meet to try and figure out a settlement.

John Canzano is in talking about the potential of the city of Portland. Canzano thinks that whoever buys the Blazers that they could make a lot of money if they treat it correctly. Canzano thinks there is a lot of changes that could be made that would be beneficial to not only the owners but the community as a whole. Oregon Secretary of State, Tobias Read, joins the program to talk about youth spo...

It's Friday, and that means the BFT jury is back. Michael Lewellen, Craig Birnbach, and Steven Vaughan form the jury and discuss the topics of youth softball coaches and what they are guilty of, and the sale of the Portland Trail Blazers.

Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read joins the program to discuss youth sports and how parents need to be heard and not seen. Read also discusses the sale of the Portland Trail Blazers and his lack of fear that the team will stay in Portland no matter who buys it. Read also discusses the change in views regarding government and sports in Oregon.

John Canzano is in talking about conspiracies. Do conspiracies happen in sports? Canzano questions if the draft lottery is rigged and if other things in sports were rigged. Later Canzano talks about the youth softball situation where the coach questioned the age of one of the girls. The singing linebacker, John Papadakis, joins the program to discuss his life and how he is getting ready for his ne...

The singing linebacker, John Papadakis, joins the program to discuss his life and how he is getting ready for his next gig. Papadakis talks about how he was recruited by guys like Dick Vermeil and other coaches including schools sending coaches like Joe Gibbs to recruit him. Papadakis tells stories about some of his recruiting stories and how the schools recruited him. Papadakis talks about the cu...

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Author of "The Front Runner", Brendan O’Meara, joins the program to discuss his book about the legend Steve Prefontaine. O'Meara talks about the book and tells some great stories about Prefontaine and how he developed as he got to Oregon, and what the hard work looked like. O'Meara talks about how Prefontaine worked hard and didn't hit his peak until his sophomore year. O'Meara talks about how Pre...