The Drive with Will Dalton

On a Monday Drive, Josh explains why it's too soon to say CJ Stroud is going to be better than Bryce Young, reacts to Caleb Love's "Hollywood. ending" at Cameron when Arizona upset Duke, friday night, App State football coach, Shawn Clark, joins the show to discuss whether or not he had to do any soul searching after some of App's struggle, earlier in the season, Josh explain...

On a Friday Drive, Josh explains how solely Frank Reich is responsible for the Carolina Panthers loss to the Chicago Bears, tells why Caleb Love is the story, tonight, when he returns to Cameron to take on Duke, with Arizona, recaps NC State beating Miami and other events of the week, in Keep It Simple, discusses Frank Reich's job security, Daron Vaught, of USA Baseball and The ACC Baseball Et...

On a Thursday Drive, Josh explains why he's taking the Panthers, again, over the Bears and why the Panthers will have more urgency than the Bears, tonight, Duke head football coach, Mike Elko, joins the show to discuss beating Bryce Young and defending Drake Maye, Josh gives out seven picks, including one for NC State-Wake Forest, in Graham's Gamblin, and head coach of the Greensboro Swarm...

On a Wednesday Drive, Josh explains what's going to be sneaky compelling about Panthers-Bears, tells the two Tar Heels that fans could be saying goodbye to, after this season, UNCG head basketball coach, Mike Jones, joins the show ahead of taking on Carolina A&T, WD goes to the movies to review "Blue Chips", and Hayes Permar, of Sports Channel 8, joins the show to listen to a &qu...

On a Tuesday Drive, Josh explains why it's a problem that Hubert Davis isn't starting Elliot Cadeau, tells why the Panthers absolutely do not regret trading away DJ Moore to the Chicago Bears, even if Bryce Young doesn't pan out, 6th man of the Tar Heels, BDaht, joins the show to react to the Tar Heel basketball opener, Stephen A. bringing First Take to Winston Salem State, and to see...

On a Monday Drive, Josh explains why the Panthers' loss to the Colts was their worst nightmare, tells the three things you should be watching in the start of the college basketball season, voice of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, Stan Cotten, joins the show to tell where Wake Forest basketball currently sits in comparison to the rest of the ACC, Josh reveals locker room sound after the Panthers...

On a Friday Drive, Josh reveals his pick for Panthers-Colts and what he thinks Bryce Young will do, explains how last night's loss to Duke was the most painful loss for Wake Forest, voice of Charlotte FC, Will Palaszczuk, joins the show to tell whether or not he thinks Bryce Young could go off against the Colts, Josh gives the three benchmarks the Panthers need to hit in order to beat the Colt...

On a Thursday Drive, Josh explains how Wake Forest has a shot against Duke, reacts to the passing of Bob Knight and breaks down his complicated legacy, discusses Bryce Young's Halloween outfit, gives out eight winning picks, in Graham's Gamblin, Duke radio voice, David Shumate, joins the show to tell what he saw in Duke's exhibition basketball games, heading into the season opener, and...

On a Wednesday Drive, Josh checks in on Bryce Young's development, now that we're at about the mid-point in the NFL season, gives his one issue to last night's first College Football Playoff rankings, celebrates his love of November and the holidays in Weekly Positivity, President of the Greensboro Swarm, Steve Swetoha, joins the show to give his reaction to Hornets rookie, Brandon Mil...

On a Halloween Tuesday Drive, Josh reacts to Carolina Panthers GM Scott Fitterer not making a single move at the NFL trade deadline, tells who he thinks should be the top five in the first College Football Playoff rankings, Hayes Permar, of Sports Channel 8, listens to a "Halloween themed" Skips or Plays, Josh reacts to Dabo Swinney responding to an angry caller on his radio show, WD goe...

On a Monday Drive, Josh explains what yesterday's Panthers win over the Texans represents, tells why the Tar Heels aren't going to be able to do better than Mack Brown, grades the Bengals beating the Niners and the Jets beating the Giants, in Graham's Grades, reacts to Dave Doeren's beef with Steve Smith, explains what Duke is getting in Cooper Flagg, and writer for Panthers.com, D...

On a Friday Drive, Josh tells why the Panthers will beat the Texans, gives his take on the Michigan sign stealing scandal, voice of the HSFB Game of the Week, Dave Polaski, joins the show to preview East vs. West Forsyth, Josh tells something that could be bad news for the Panthers, and we hear some leftovers from ACC Tipoff, including NC State guard, Casey Morsell, and the story of how Louisville...

On a Thursday Drive, Josh explains why football people aren't concerned about Bryce Young being a bust, reacts to the Charlotte Hornets looking like a good basketball team, reveals nine new picks that includes NC State-Clemson and Panthers-Texans, in Graham's Gamblin, tells how Julius Peppers has enjoyed the greatest career in North Carolina sports history, Virginia basketball coach, Tony...

On a Wednesday Drive, live from ACC Tipoff in Charlotte, Josh reacts to Jim Phillips' comments on the new ACC Tournament format after expanding, Duke head coach, Jon Scheyer, joins the show to discuss welcoming the hype, Joel Berry, of ACC Network, joins the show to tell who he favors in the ACC, after Duke, Tar Heel star, Armando Bacot, joins the show to negotiate getting rid of the "Arm...

On a Tuesday Drive Josh explains how CJ Stroud already has the early lead on Bryce Young, reveals his ACC basketball pick, WD goes to the movies to review "Cape Fear", Hayes Permar, of Sports Channel 8, joins the show to listen to a "Carolina Panthers themed" Skips or Plays, Josh explains how the tide is starting to turn on Caleb Williams, and Daron Vaught, of USA Baseball and...

On a Monday Drive, Josh gives the good, the bad, and the ugly from the Carolina Panthers bye week, grades the Ravens beating the Lions and Taylor Swift's handshake with Brittany Mahomes, in Graham's Grades, a caller calls in to talk about sharing the Spiderman chair, in Weekly Positivity, and the voice of Charlotte FC, Will Palaszczuk, joins the show to tell just how big it was that Charlo...

WD fills in for Josh and tells why Trevor Lawrence is a perfect example of why Bryce Young will be okay, publisher for Deacons and Devils Illustrated, Conor O'Neill, joins the show to tell what expectations should be for Duke basketball and what the likelihood is that we see Riley Leonard against Florida State, voice of the HSFB Game of the Week on WSJS, joins the show to tell whether or not i...

Daron Vaught of USA Baseball and the ACC Baseball Etc. Podcast, fills in for Josh and is joined by Roddy Jones, of ESPN, to tell whether or not Duke can beat Florida State without Riley Leonard, NC State baseball head coach, Elliott Avent to discuss Trea Turner's impact on the Phillies and hanging out with Bryce Harper, and 2-time Emmy winner, Reggie Walker, to get us set for Ohio State-Penn S...

On a Wednesday Drive, Josh explains why he thinks four wins is the floor for the Carolina Panthers, tells why we need answers from NC State on why they flipped their vote from a "no" to a "yes" to add Cal, Stanford, and SMU to the ACC, hands out his picks for Duke-FSU, and others, in Graham's Gamblin, radio voice of the Carolina Panthers, Anish Shroff, joins the show to tel...

On a Tuesday Drive, Josh tells why it's not worth it for the Carolina Panthers to move Brian Burns, explains how Duke is playing with house money against Florida State, WD goes to the movies to review "Back To The Future", Josh explains why it'll get better from here, for the Panthers, Josh and WD discuss "the fridgerator" and crayfishing, in Weekly Positivity, and voic...

On a Monday Drive, Josh tells you why Bryce Young is still a better prospect than Caleb Williams, reacts to UNC and Duke's spots in the Preseason AP Basketball poll, Hayes Permar, of Sports Channel 8, joins the show to listen to a "bye themed" Skips or Plays, Josh grades the Niners and the Bills performances, in Graham's Grades, and Wes Durham, of ESPN and ACC Network, joins the...

On a Friday Drive, Josh gives his pick for Panthers-Dolphins, tells the issue with the MLB Postseason, Kevin Harlan, of CBS and Turner Sports., joins the show to tell what to expect from Victor Wembanyama and his thoughts on Bryce Young, voice of the HSFB Game of the Week on WSJS, Dave Polaski, joins the show to tell whether or not the Jets can serve the Eagles their first loss, and new voice of E...

On a Thursday Drive, Josh explains why UNC-Miami is perfectly set up for a UNC let down, gives TEN picks, in Graham's Gamblin, tries to make boring Panthers Coordinator sound bytes interesting, voice of Charlotte FC, Will Palaszczuk, joins the show to react to the latest on Miles Bridges and the Charlotte Hornets, and Jim Szoke, of the Panthers Radio Network and the ECU Football broadcast, joi...

On a Wednesday Drive, Josh explains why Frank Reich needs to take his own advice and "do less", is trying to figure out what to make of the Canes being preseason favorites to win the Stanley Cup, award winning columnist for the Raleigh News & Observer, Luke DeCock, joins the show tell whether or not it's Stanley Cup, or bust, for the Canes and whether or not the Carolina Panthers...

On a Tuesday Drive, live Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone, Josh tells why the Panthers should not shop Brian Burns, App State HC, Shawn Clark, joins the show to tell what is most difficult about a Tuesday night game and to recommend a movie to WD, Abby Labar, of ESPN and FTN Network, joins the show to tell whether or not it's Stanley Cup, or bust, for the Canes and to set the stage for App State-C...