The No Show-Cause Show

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode we take a look at the Michigan State infractions case involving Mel Tucker and his staff. The show-cause alarm shall ring again. Mack Rhoads of Baylor laid hands on a football player back in September and we may be seeing the fallout. Volunteer coaches who worked for years for no pay (or food) have a win over the NCAA in court. The CFB rankings involve some...

Send us Fan Mail A packed and loaded weekend in college sports. We discuss the start of the College Basketball season from the standpoint of how an influx of new talent could affect the season. We of course dive into the storylines of College Football as we almost had some wild results across the landscape, and in some instances we did. Big Ten Enterprises capital infusion project, aka the bad ide...

Send us Fan Mail The CFP Committee are making subjective choices....again. Going against the games played on the field, but it is still early in the process. Week 10 rankings should not be the end of it all, but there are some disturbing trends. The good news is, we have another week of games to help sort things out. Ultimately, there needs to be proper guidelines followed to be consistent within...

Send us Fan Mail College Football Playoff: teams have put themselves in and teams have put themselves out of the mix The College Sports Commission issued its rules for governance. Can they enforce them? Show-Cause orders for Central Michigan coaches and a college baseball coach with a gambling problem. College Basketball is starting today! I take a few minutes to vent about Miami and their abysmal...

Send us Fan Mail We are back for our last show of October. We are running down the action to come this weekend in college football, and while we do, we include the big college sports headlines happening now. NCAA may reverse track on lifting their gambling ban, Michigan is dropping their appeal of their infraction penalties, and a former SEC head coach is suing to get his show-cause penalties lift...

Send us Fan Mail Another incredibly chaotic weekend. Whether it is on the field, the post-game, the gambling rings, or G-League players back in college basketball, the college sports merry-go-round does not stop, and we don't want to get off! We hit some of the headlines today before recapping the weekend in college football. We tilted towards a truly chaotic playoff race but a few teams esca...

Send us Fan Mail We have a loaded show, and we have nachos and tortillas on the mind. Maybe we are just hungry. We begin with discussing some notable quotes from those in and around college sports.  Next in our rules items, we have a team getting fined for faking injuries, an official perma-banned from a conference, and yes, we discuss the flying tortillas. Then, we break down the standings of the...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, (dropped late because of technical difficulties), we break down what happened last weekend in College Football. First, I share some anecdotal conversations I had over the weekend about the state of college sports and if they are truly gone for good, or just different. Then, bringing back the memorable 2007 season to discuss where we sit in the 2025 season...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode we further our talk about where this new era of College Football is taking us, I still maintain as far as on the field product goes, it's a good place. Then, with so many college football coaches already fired or on the cusp, we examine the role coaches play as caretakers to their athletes and the departments that hire them. In particular is the situat...

Send us Fan Mail We're back to recap the action of week 7, but there are some more developments: The Big Ten battle of rights rages on, with lobbying from without and from within on whether the Big Ten is truly for sale and if this is a good deal or not. Also, James Franklin's time is at an end in Happy Valley, will the new coaching search be influenced by the new era and possible new in...

Send us Fan Mail Still working through our illness, but we're pushing through. We run down some headlines in college sports: The UNC Belichick situation is even worse than we thought. The football transfer portal final adjustments were made. The College Sports Commission is in bad shape, not surprisingly. We take a hard look at the key aspect of expanding the tournament to 76 teams, and put i...

Send us Fan Mail The voice is weak, but the need to discuss the crazy weekend of college football is strong.  Week 6 did not disappoint, and we breakdown the big games and surprising results. We also go conference by conference to discuss some other notable stories. In the Big Ten, the search for more money leads to the conference's inevitable result, but can enough people hold it back? In th...

Send us Fan Mail A Guest joins the pod! Neil Schwartz from SBRNet joins the show to talk data, analytics and how they affect the current state of college sports.  You can find Neil on his socials . Elsewhere, a new bill has been introduced to counter the SCORE Act. Also, RIP to a College Basketball legend. Finally, we preview week 6 of College Football. A truly packed show, thanks for listening! C...

Send us Fan Mail College Football shined again this past week as we breakdown who survived, who got knocked off and is in trouble, and what happened in the two titanic match-ups (Penn St is sunk again). Also, Working Groups are back to maybe not save the day, but prolong it . There is also a new college basketball tournament with an NIL element that will begin play this year. Will this new concept...

Send us Fan Mail We have a loaded bake potato of a College Football weekend ahead, and we take a look at the biggest match-ups. [My confidence pick remains Oregon plus the points] We also take a look at what the NCAA athlete participation numbers are telling us, and what the NCAA wants us to think it is telling us. You can view them here . More stories we are following: ACC and SEC scheduling, Bru...

Send us Fan Mail A jam-packed show following week 4 of college football. We recap the weekend that was, and also revisit one of our preseason shows where we wondered how the storylines would go after the first four weeks of the season. Some storylines have moved more to the forefront. Also, we touch back on the merger of two D-1 schools. The ACC is pondering the future of their schedules to match...

Send us Fan Mail We are already at week 4, and there are some match-ups that will steer a team's fate one way or the other. Some teams are looking for revenge, others for redemption or redirection. Elsewhere in college sports we have another AD sending not so coded language about NIL deals. Two colleges are merging but keeping their athletics separate (huh?). The Ivy League makes a statement...

Send us Fan Mail Lot's to get to after an packed week 3 in College Football. The ACC has seen it's favorite laid low, it's middle tier teams get crushed out of conference, and some of the bottom teams grab wins. It's the upheaval that reminds us of the old Coastal Division. Also on today's show; The College Sports Commission already reporting more errors. Men's Basket...

Send us Fan Mail Week 3 of College Football looks just as competitive as week 2, and I'm sure some surprises are in store this week as well. We go over the games we're focusing on. Also: Suspension for on-field actions? Nope, not athletes this time. Nick Saban is spouting off again, and we're not surprised, just disappointed. We also discuss the 'Saving College Football' C...

Send us Fan Mail Happy New NCAA Manual release to all who celebrate. The new 25-26 version is out, and yes it is slightly less dense than before. We briefly discuss the FBS Oversight Committee presenting a single, 10-day transfer portal window to cut down on the offseason chaos. Will it go into effect, and hold up to the scrutiny? Also, a coach wanted to teach his team a lesson by running them aft...

Send us Fan Mail They often say the weeks where the college football slate lacks in highly ranked contests produce some of the best games and twists. We happen to agree. We run down the match-ups we are most looking forward to this weekend. For our Featured Rules Item: the NCAA is getting sued ( again ). This time over eligibility of 10 Vanderbilt athletes over not getting their full years of comp...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, we get right into the week 1 that was (minus the Monday Night game). What stood out, who showed out, and who went below expectations. We also take a look at a couple of rule applications, one murky and one clear as day. Some big themes we saw; timid playcalling, low scoring, and of course, some bad game management. It's all here, let's talk about...

Send us Fan Mail Week 1 starts to tonight. We rundown the match-ups we are most looking forward to and because we felt obligated, we'll make a prediction on the 12 team field for the playoff. All that and more AD comments to digest. Also, the NCAA is trying with Venmo to slow down athlete harassment. Send us an email anytime at noshowcause@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Actual college football to discuss! We rundown what happened on week 0 Saturday. Also, some interesting insights by ADs on how spending and expenses have gotten so out of control in college sports. Little has to do with paying athletes believe it or not. We end our short Monday session by discussing the SEC adding the 9th game and what it could mean for the CFP and beyond.

Send us Fan Mail Week Zero is upon us, all hail Week Zero. In today's episode, we offer some more thoughts on the Michigan case that we broke down previously. Also, the College Football Playoff Committee wants us to believe in their "data" analytics, but are they just prepping us to toss as many Big 2 teams in the playoff come December? Then we try to take a more zen or at least a m...