The Drive with Will Dalton

On a Monday Drive, Josh tells why Armando Bacot was the story from UNC's win over Duke, explains why Super Bowl week should just be renamed "Taylor Swift week", Wake Forest head coach, Steve Forbes, joins the show to preview the matchups against Georgia Tech and NC State, Josh breaks down the win that the Panthers got over the weekend, and 6th man of the Tar Heels, BDaht, joins the s...

On a Friday Drive, Josh gives his pick for Duke-UNC, tells why it's time for the Panthers to try and get Mike Evans to help Bryce Young, Scott Fowler, of The Charlotte Observer, joins the show to tell whether he really believes that Panthers owner, David Tepper, will stay out of the way of new coaching staff, college basketball writer for The Athletic, Brendan Marks, joins the show to break do...

On a Thursday Drive, Josh tells how the Carolina Panthers, as an organization, won Dave Canales and Dan Morgan's introductory press conference, explains why the biggest story for Duke and UNC's first meeting, on Saturday, is the rivalry itself, reacts and tells why Dan Quinn going to Washington is the most underwhelming hire of this NFL head coach cycle, and voice of ECU basketball, Daron...

On a Wednesday Drive, Josh explains how Dave Canales has the Carolina Panthers already 1-0 in the NFC South, publisher for Deacons and Devils Illustrated, Conor O'Neill, joins the show to set up what can be expected when Duke comes to Chapel Hill to face UNC, on Saturday, WD goes to the movies to review "Predator", Josh reacts to Georgia Tech upsetting UNC and what it means for the T...

On a Tuesday Drive, Josh tells why he's concerned about UNC when they go to Georgia Tech, tonight, lays out what he needs to hear from Dan Morgan and Dave Canales when they're officially introduced with the Panthers on Thursday, WD discusses his quality time with Willow The Dog in Weekly Positivity, Josh tells how impressive Duke's quick turnaround win was at Virginia Tech, last night,...

On a Monday Drive, Josh tells who it's clear that the Panthers are modeling their rebuild after, tells why he thinks Virginia Tech will beat Duke tonight, gives the North Carolina ties to the Super Bowl, grades the NFL Conference Championships and ACC basketball from the weekend in Graham's Grades, and Tar Heel legend and ACC Network analyst, Joel Berry, joins the show to tell who Elliot C...

On a Friday Drive, Josh explains why it, yet again, seems like David Tepper may be learning from some of his mistakes, writer for Panthers.com, Darin Gantt, joins the show to tell if there's a specific blueprint that the Panthers are trying to model things after, now the Dan Canales has been hired as head coach, Josh reveals his picks for the NFL Conference Championship weekend in Graham's...

On a Thursday Drive, Josh reacts to Bucs OC, Dave Canales, being hired as the next head coach of the Panthers, breaks down how well NC State is set up after their football schedule release, last night, Mike Kaye, of The Charlotte Observer, joins the show to break down what the Carolina Panthers are getting in Dave Canales, and Josh and WD lift morale in the Triad with a session of Weekly Positivit...

On a Wednesday Drive, Josh reveals the good, bad, and unknown about Tampa Bay Bucs OC, Dave Canales, who appears to be a front runner for the Carolina Panthers head coaching job, tells why he's concerned for NC State tonight against Virginia, explains how Duke is a national contender, breaks down why you should be a little skepitical of Mike Vrabel's interview with the Panthers, Wake Fores...

On a Tuesday Drive, Josh tells why Dave Canales is his new favorite to get the Carolina Panthers head coaching job, tells why Duke is at the crossroads against Louisville, reacts to UNC's beatdown of Wake Forest, last night, Josh reveals what may be the last "Top Cats" before the Panthers make their head coaching hire, Hayes Permar, of Sports Channel 8, joins the show to listen to an...

On a Monday Drive, Josh tells why Wake won't beat UNC in Chapel Hill, explains why he thinks David Tepper might actually be starting to listen to those around him, grades the NFL Divisional round, in Graham's Grades, and Jones Angell, of the Tar Heel Sports Network, joins the show to tell why this UNC team is playing as the identity that Hubert Davis had envisioned.

On a Friday Drive, Josh discusses that the final phase of the Carolina Panthers head coaching search starts now, tells how Hubert Davis has positioned himself as a National Coach of the Year front runner, reveals his NFL Divisional Round picks in Graham's Gamblin, Anish Shroff, of the Panthers Radio Network, joins the show to tell whether or not it's a big deal that the Panthers seem dead...

On a Thursday Drive, Josh explains how Hubert Davis couldn't have even imagined how well the Tar Heels have turned things around, how the Carolina Panthers have started to catch some breaks in their head coaching search, CBB writer for The Athletic, Brendan Marks, joins the show to tell how UNC became one of the better defensive teams in the country, and 6th man of the Tar Heels, BDaht, joins...

On a Wednesday Drive, Josh does something he never likes to do when reacting to Wake losing at NC State, last night, tells why the Carolina Panthers haven't interviewed Bill Belichick or Jim Harbaugh like the Atlanta Falcons have, Josh starts to narrow down who will be the next head coach of the Panthers in Top Cats, NC Sportscaster of the Year, Mike Solarte, of Spectrum News, joins the show t...

On a Tuesday Drive, live from The Rialto in Raleigh, Josh tells how David Tepper can win some Panther fans back, tells why he thinks Wake will beat NC State in Raleigh, tonight, grades the NFL Wildcard weekend action, in Graham's Grades, Hayes Permar, of Sports Channel 8, joins the show to discuss how he came to purchase The Rialto and to play a "Rialto themed" Skips or Plays, host o...

On a Friday Drive, Josh explains that the Carolina Panthers next head coach could very likely be playing in the playoffs, this weekend, tells why he doesn't think former Washington HC, Kalen DeBoer, taking over at Alabama will last more than 2-3 years, gives his NFL Playoff predictions, Greensboro Swarm HC, Jordan Surenkamp, joins the show to discuss how watching college schemes helps him coac...

On a Thursday Drive, Josh, breaks down the state of the ACC after UNC beat NC State and Miami and Clemson both took bad losses, last night, tells why Alabama is not a top five job in college football, tells who he thinks will wind up filling each NFL head coaching vacancy, Wake Forest donor and alum, Mit Shah, joins the show to outline his $5 million commitment to Wake Forest basketball, Josh give...

On a Wednesday Drive, Josh tells why he doesn't think UNC will have any trouble at NC State, tonight, tells why there's a good chance that the Carolina Panthers won't get their first on second choices for next head coach, 6th man of the Tar Heels, BDaht, joins the show to react to "Armandoooo" T-shirts and to see if Josh knows what a "Dingleberry" is in a session of...

On a Tuesday Drive, Josh tells who he thinks a dark horse could be for the Carolina Panthers head coaching job, tells why he thinks one team will win and one team will lose, between Duke and Wake who are both on the road, tonight, Kyle the Amazon Driver gloats about winning WD's Fantasy Football League, in Weekly Positivity, Conor O'Neill, of Deacons and Devils Illustrated joins the show,...

On a Monday Drive, Josh tells why the Panthers aren't as far off as you think, gives his pick for Washington-Michigan, Wake head basketball coach, Steve Forbes, joins the show to discuss how mature his team is at such an early point in the season, Josh reacts to Panthers locker room sound in the final game of the regular season, and grades all the NFL head coaching vacancies, in Graham's G...

On a Friday Drive, Josh tells why there will be little to no motivation for the Panthers against the Bucs, on Sunday, explains while we'll really learn something about UNC when they go on the road to play Clemson, tomorrow, Josh gives his first picks of the year in Graham's Gamblin, Scott Fowler, of The Charlotte Observer, joins the show to tell what went wrong with the Panthers this year,...

On a Thursday Drive, Josh tells why the naysayers got it wrong, when it comes to Bryce Young's size, sets up the ACC mega double header, tomorrow night, WD goes to the movies to review "Man of Fire", Greensboro Swarm center, Jeremiah Tilmon joins the show to tell about the time Roy Williams was hanging in his living room, for likely the final time this year, Josh tries to make Panthe...

On a Wednesday Drive, Josh tells why this UNC basketball team is different, discusses Wake Forest being in the ACC contender conversation, tells what needs to happen for the next Carolina Panthers coach to be successful, WD doesn't know what kind of eggs he eats in Weekly Positivity, tells who is most likely to end up being next Panthers head coach, in Top Cats, and 6th man of the Tar Heels, B...

On the first Drive of 2024, Josh tells why, despite how great of a game Bama-Michigan was, the real tragedy is not getting to find out how Florida State would've done fared against Michigan, tells why UNC might be in trouble, tonight, at Pitt, gives an unpopular opinion on the David Tepper-drink throwing scandal, gives his five bold predictions for 2024, and Wes Durham, of ACC Network, joins t...

On a Friday Drive, Josh explains why 2023 will be remembered as the year that the ACC died, gives his pick for Panthers-Packers, reacts to the FSU board of trustees meeting, today, to leave the ACC, reveals the top 10 N.C. sports stories of 2023, and Hayes Permar, of Sports Channel 8, joins the show to recap the best music of 2023 in Skips or Plays.