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Send us Fan Mail Hello! Certified "scum of the earth" here, and on today's episode, we go deep into the Committee on Infractions report published Friday on Michigan's violations from the Connor Stallions situation.  There is a lot to digest, and we break down not only the facts of the case, but how Michigan's violations go beyond a simple spying scandal. It really boils do...

Send us Fan Mail For our Featured Rules Item today we break down the John Mateer gambling story, but from one that knows rules are important! For College Football, we take a look at the first quarter of the season, and see what may be the state of teams once 25% of their season is completed. The season is close! Contact us at noshowcause@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, we take a look at a shared powerpoint for Virginia Tech's Board of Visitors. This post here will link to the presentation. We also discuss a very compelling look at a survey on college athletic administrator burnout. And how it underscores the importance of building strong athletic staffs, now and in the future. Here is the article on the results.

Send us Fan Mail A NEW governance structure has been approved for Division I college sports. How will it fare? No one knows! But the NCAA is betting on it working, and frankly given all the criticisms they have faced, it better. A poll of the public on the state of college sports was released, we take a look at what it says about the perception of college sports. Link to the poll results here . We...

Send us Fan Mail The NCAA Tournament will not be going above 68 teams (for now), so enjoy at least one more unbloated postseason this March/April. We catch up on a wild endorsement quote for a brand new Big Ten AD. And then we get on our high horse while it jumps on the soap box to talk about why we are against private equity taking a role in college athletic departments. Mainly because, we'v...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 22 has Double Deuce on our mind, so of course we quickly mention Road House. Much like Dalton I am engaged in "man's search for faith", as many of us are as we wait for college football to start. How do we reconcile sports arguments in the era of instant information versus the old days when we could spin recollections without being called out? Jim Phillips i...

Send us Fan Mail The last week of July is here, and college sports is living in fast forward it seems. While we hurtle towards the start of college football, I spoke with some people in and around college sports and how they are processing all the changes going on. Then we take a look at the president's executive order regarding the "saving of college sports" and break down the choi...

Send us Fan Mail It wasn't that long ago that the new College Sports Commission was opposed to the idea of letting school collectives run NIL right to the players, but after a sternly worded letter, they've backed down. Does this bring us right back to square one with the NIL Era?  Also, coaches are bringing tough talks to their media days, but not against the teams on their schedules, b...

Send us Fan Mail We're talking college QBs for 2025. But how should we rank them? We shouldn't! It's hard to know how things will turn out for these teams, especially given all the movement of players (and coaches!). Instead we talk about the different categories they fit into for the coming season. From prototype throwers were dozens of starts under their belts to first year starte...

Send us Fan Mail Mother Nature always reminds us she is not to be messed with. Had some travel difficulties which prevented the planned recording. So our Monday episode this week is up late and is a shortened version. We hit a couple of topics we discussed previously with some updates to start the week off; Oklahoma's AD search had my pick for their top candidate responds to the rumors, and F...

Send us Fan Mail On today's show, we have a major academic rules violation in college sports. So the entire episode will center around the Featured Rules Item. Recorded earlier in the week, we dive into what the violation was at the University of Memphis, and we also debut our show-cause alarm sound effect! I know, contain your excitement. This case is pretty open/shut, you won't be rail...

Send us Fan Mail Everybody's Talks, only do we hear what they are saying. Congress is talking amongst themselves about the SCORE Act, SEC Media Days are for talking about how it just means more, and we want to talk about some teams that are not getting a lot of talk in the preseason, but we think may surprise us in 2025. Source for a lot of the SCORE ACT info from Jesse Dougherty . Contact us...

Send us Fan Mail Lawyer up, pal, because in this episode we are going to pay tribute to our one true king, billable hours. There are lawyers, and then there are lawyers that consistently whoop the NCAA in the courtroom. Those lawyers are compensated quite well for those efforts, they also are not happy with some of the efforts of the new College Sports Commission to prevent collectives from paying...

Send us Fan Mail Has the ACC laid the seeds of its own destruction? Their settlement to the Clemson and Fl St lawsuit may have done so, we dive a little deeper into what it could mean. Also, our Top 5/Bottom 5 for the week, and some veterans at the NCAA are leaving the organization. We'll also take a look at what could be an actual bill in Congress to stabilize college sports, but for whom? L...

Send us Fan Mail What do we see on the horizon? The 2025 College Football Season of course. Today we will discuss some of the storylines brewing across the conferences for the upcoming season. What intrigues us the most when it comes to the teams, and who is getting a lot of the early hype. We also discuss more Athletic Director moves, whether they are retiring out of the game or on the move, the...

Send us Fan Mail College Basketball, we did not forget about you. In this episode, we review how the 24-25 season ended and what big takeaways we had. Then we turn toward 25-26 with a lot of captivating storylines to be had both big picture and within specific programs. We wrap of course with our rules item about officiating changes and that allows me to go on one of my favorite rants about fixing...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, we have our now totally famous Top 5/Bottom 5 on the 4th as a holiday. We will also cover a variety of stories in college sports on a certified Hodgepodge Friday. Will uniform advertisements become a thing in college sports? Why is the Big 12 ditching preseason polls? And we have a brand new waiver from the NCAA! 

Send us Fan Mail Wishing to live in precedented times? Well too bad, these are unprecedented times for college athletics, from player contracts to ADs on the way out, to the possible return of bag men, it is time to decide if you are in or out on this iteration of collegiate sports. Hopefully you are in, because otherwise it's off to find another podcast genre. If you are in, come for the tho...

Send us Fan Mail The new Academic Year approaches in College Athletics, and one of the key sticking points for the House Settlement going through was how Rosters will look for different sports going forward. There is an entire new set of rules for how many spots are available, how you can replace them, and what you can do for athletes that had roster spots before the change. We dive into that and...

Send us Fan Mail There is no doubt that athletic departments across the country are focused on raising as much money as they can in anticipation of the new revenue share era. Can schools find the money? Can they do it in a way that does not leave the fans completely isolated in a world of the cash grab? There's money to raise, money to spend, and it's all about success of the teams....or...

Send us Fan Mail CFP! We know the format for 2025, no one can decide what to do after that. It's down to two formats and I weigh in. Further, I breakdown how teams are selected, pointing out the rampant hypocrisy of the past, and why we need to do better in the 12+ team format and beyond. 

Send us Fan Mail We are racing toward July 1. The 2024-25 collegiate sports season has officially ended with the conclusion of the College World Series. We recap the Tigers winning in a game that had a wild first inning. Then it is time to dive into a story that broke late last Friday, a school suing another school over losing a football player. I will point out that this is a matter for NCAA enfo...

Send us Fan Mail It's a Hodgepodge Friday! You don't think that is a thing? It is totally a thing that has been in the works for a very long time. On today's show, we go over a set of random happenings in college sports. Even this late in June, college sports is still going on! So pull up a chair an join the very prestigious tradition of Hodgepodge Friday.

Send us Fan Mail The House Settlement has been approved...finally. The NCAA has released a 36-page Q&A document about how D1 schools can expect to implement the coming changes. Very nice of them! Considering all of this goes into effect in two weeks. We dive into the document, highlighting some of the more notable "answers" and of course, we will discuss philosophically where this la...

Send us Fan Mail House Settlement has been activated, and college sports will never be the same, but instead of being terrified of the "falling sky", this episode will give a nod to some individuals who are making the most of the times changing.