The No Show-Cause Show

Send us Fan Mail On today's show, we go straight in on how the Big 12 kicked off their football media days .  We wonder if this is the start of a big push by the Big 12 to be the most relevant conference in terms of coporate deals or if this is jsut a carnaval show that will fall flat as time goes on.  We also examine how the bending of the rules in the World Cup may have affected the US team...

Send us Fan Mail July 1 occurred last week and with it, a new wave of conference realignment. The Pac-12 is back, albeit in an altered form. We have schools moving back to previous conferences, moving because their conference fell apart, and even some schools dropping out of Division I. We will do our best to cover all the new landing spots. We again check in with the World Cup because again, the...

Send us Fan Mail Fresh off his round at Whistling Straits Mark Majewski, Director, Creative for the Boston Bruins and TD Garden joins us once again to discuss a varied number of topics in college sports. We firstly get his boots on the ground, beer in the glass take on Boston hosting the World Cup and how it has been a mostly positive experience that draws parallels to college sports in some ways....

Send us Fan Mail What is it that makes a successful year for an athletic department?  We look at the final Director's Cup Standings to see what schools and conferences scored the best. Congrats again are in order to billable hours, as we look at how much money the NCAA has thrown away....I mean spent on legal bills and settlements over recent years. And along with that we get a glimpse of a r...

Send us Fan Mail On today's show, we officially turn the page on the 2025-26 Academic Year.  Baseball has finished, with Oklahoma completing their underdog journey. Baseball, perhaps more than any other collegiate sport is facing the NIL era with roster building questions , but also opportunity as exhibited by the CWS field.  The Protect College Sports Act may have made it out of committee bu...

Send us Fan Mail We are baaack , and trying to pace ourselves with taking on all the developments from our week away. Of course, the biggest development was Brendan Sorsby forgoing his fight against the NCAA and the Big 12 and choosing to enter the NFL Supplemental Draft.  Untimely move by the Big 12 in terms of our Show-Cause Conversation we posted last Monday with a sports lawyer, but we bring e...

Send us Fan Mail We welcome back Adam Drake for part 3, a continuation of our somewhat college sports discussion, mixed in with our usual stream of consciousness banter and off the wall thoughts. We breakdown the recent college rowing championships and whether I made a bad comparison for its rivalries on the men's side. We also touch on the Sorsby saga and a whole host of other non-sports top...

Send us Fan Mail We finally had some legal representation on the show; Michael Elkins joined us to discuss Brendan Sorsby and a variety of college sports topics from his legal expertise point of view. Michael is a 25-year labor, employment, and sports attorney who founded MLE Law , and he has been quoted by CNN, Forbes, Bloomberg, and Newsweek on issues ranging from NFL controversies to collective...

Send us Fan Mail The Sorsby injunction is still the topic dominating college sports and it leaves us wondering if the rules still matter anymore.....and we're a rules podcast! There are still two sports left going right now: Baseball begins the College World Series on Friday and the Track and Field Championships commence in Oregon. But the focus remains on Sorsby and Texas Tech's respons...

Send us Fan Mail A Landmark episode. Because we are officially over a year of this podcast? No, while that is notable and we reflect on the past year of the No Show-Cause Show, we are of course talking about the Sorsby decision that went down today. A Texas state judge has granted a temporary injunction in favor of Sorsby despite the damning evidence and the NCAA ruling him permanently ineligible....

Send us Fan Mail We revisit some scheduling items off the heels of last episode's theme; NC State and Virginia move their week 0 game out of Brazil, we take this as an opportunity for our Featured Rules Item as to what the current week 0 rules are. We also take a look at both the FBS 12-team playoff and 24-team FCS playoff and lament the ridiculous FBS lagtime between rounds. We then discuss...

Send us Fan Mail Scheduling! Rules and Strategies impact how contests are won and how teams are perceived. We take a look at Scheduling in College Football and how the shift in conference game numbers and out of conference scheduling tactics could hurt power conferences and their teams more than help. We also continue our rundown of the Spring Sports championship season. A few more national titles...

Send us Fan Mail On this edition of Show-Cause Conversations, we welcome on Dr. Mary Ellen Pethel, she is Associate Director and Professor of Global Honors at Belmont University in Nashville, TN.  She is also an author of two award winning books: Title IX, Pat Summitt, and Tennessee's Trailblazers: 50 Years, 50 Stories , and her most recent book, Howdy! The Minnie Pearl Story have both won th...

Send us Fan Mail We have a new NCAA Champion and while notable, it is a team from the MAC making the semifinals of match play of women's golf that is getting the press. Men's Golf championship round starts this weekend, while Softball has reached the Women's College World Series.  The Baseball tournament starts this weekend also, and we take a look at some of the interesting regiona...

Send us Fan Mail We are posting Tuesday instead of Monday this week because let's face it, sometimes a holiday weekend gets away from you. Lots of college sports action over the weekend as Lacrosse titles were won, the Women's College World Series is set, and Baseball announced it's (perfect number) 64-team field. We also talk briefly about the ACC, Big Ten and SEC Meetings choosing...

Send us Fan Mail In our latest installment of our conversation series, we have someone I have been wanting on the show since we started. Mark Majewski is Director of Creative Services for the Boston Bruins and TD Garden. He also has years of experience in college athletics in sports information and digital creation. Whether it was working with a legendary coach for Boston College Hockey or with a...

Send us Fan Mail Today we discuss Arkansas reinstating its Tennis programs, Spring Sports Championship update for the weekend ahead, the Brendan Sorsby lawsuit has been filed while Texas Tech never filed for reinstatement. Finally, we take a deep look at why the SEC/Big Ten like to threaten separating from the NCAA, why it is unlikely, and how we would handle a possible separation within college s...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode we cover the NCAA Spring Sport action from the weekend. Tennis national championships were won, Lacrosse tournaments reach the semifinals and we recap some of the Softball regional action that got us down to 16 teams. Our FRI is a Show-Cause case, but not one we were expecting to see by the details and who got the Show-Cause order. Finally, CFP expansion re...

Send us Fan Mail On this installment of our conversation series, we welcome on Kathy Taylor. She has over 30 years of women's lacrosse coaching experience. She has won a national championship at the Division II level while at LaMoyne University. She has also served as president of the  International Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA). We cover a variety of topics, including her outl...

Send us Fan Mail I finally have given into the Wild West analogy in college sports. The Marshals are under assault from the very townfolk who were hired to protect them. The College Sports Commission spends an insane amount of money to win a ruling that in the end means nothing. We have another NCAA Champion crowned, and we discuss the Lane Kiffin and Steve Sarkisian quotes. Sark may need a refres...

Send us Fan Mail Monday episode sees us recapping the Spring Sports scene, Tennis and Lacrosse move into the Quarterfinal rounds in their brackets, the Softball Field is released, and Baseball moves toward Conference Tournaments. For our Featured Rules Item, a weird and wild ruling in the SEC as a ball is sent into the foggy night. The umpires deliver a headscratcher.  Lastly we examine what it me...

Send us Fan Mail On today's show, we have a huge ineligible athlete coun t across over 30 sports count at a mid-major. The NCAA mostly went lenient on them. We also have another NCAA Champion while other spring sports are in their tournaments. In our main segment, we talk about coaches' feedback when it comes to CFP and Basketball Tourney Expansion, and the 5 for 5 Eligibility Rule. Some...

Send us Fan Mail On today's show, we have another installment of Show-Cause Conversations, we have our first recurring guest in show history! Adam Drake returns to talk about the Brendan Sorsby gambling story, how the Braylon Mullins shot went over with a Duke alum in his house, tourney expansion, video games, and removing your shirt when using the facilities. It's always great to have a...

Send us Fan Mail In this installment of our conversation episodes, we welcome on Jay, one of the most knowledgeable sports fans I have encountered in my travels. We discuss South Carolina's athletic program, the high and low points, touch on Louisville, and start to discuss Tulane before it devolved into a CFP discussion. Jay shares his thoughts on the current state of college sports and wher...

Send us Fan Mail We made it to 100 weekly episodes! It's okay to admit you didn't think we would get this far, but we did. Today we talk about the Brendan Sorsby gambling saga and how it relates to issues with collegiate sports and gambling and also what punishment Sorsby could be looking at. Then, we take a look at the new 76 team March Madness, not ideal but could have been worse? Priv...