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Mike Morgan joins for the first Power Hour of the season. They dive into his time away before diving right into some college football talk. Mike was keeping the schedule on his mind, traditional versus forced rivalries, and the full scope of the Kentucky game. Mizzou comes up, painfully, as well.

Jb and Phil open things up on a Monday with some talk on scheduling, and the potential collateral damage from the conference moving to a nine game slate. They also get to considering a preseason game as a potential fill in for the lost non-con. John Whittle of The Big Spur joins the chat, and they turn their attention to the secondary. Nick Emmanwori comes into view for a while, and JB has a sleep...

John Strickland hangs around, and Matt Anderson of Late Night Gamecock fame is in close wrap The Show with Phil. They dive into the defense deeper, and create some expectations with the discussion as John is high on them heading into the season. They turn their attention to the position groups with the most question marks, and it's pretty much consensus. They ask why more isn't being made of this...

John Strickland joins for his first Friday appearance of the new season, and he joins the guys every Friday from here on out for football as part of the ITG football lineup. They dive into John's thoughts on preseason, and he gives us a deep dive on his thoughts on the O-Line from what he has heard and seen through the summer.

JB and Phil open things up with talk on the latest crystal balls for WR Malik Clark. They dig into Furrey's successes, and the way the class is shaping up as a whole. They dig into a fun depth and development discussion touching on the roster and some history of players and their readiness for the field.

JB and Phil have some fun with national day, and they get into a fun Bold Statements edition of Buy or Sell. They wrap with some fun discussion to close the week looking at the landscape and stadiums

Hale McGranahan joins the guys after becoming a father for the first time, and they dive into the recruiting buzz this summer. Hale breaks down the latest on the list of targets for Carolina Football who are set to announce their commitments in the next couple weeks. They take a look at what Mike Furrey's addition to the staff Hale offers his thoughts on the addition of Darren Uscher as Dir. of Pl...

The guys open things up with some general SEC Kickoff talk, and find an interesting nugget at the start of Arkansas's schedule. They talk some about the new scheduling format for the conference and networks. Coach Stuart Lake joins after some time away to give his thoughts on the new hire, and how the baseball team is looking post draft. They get his impressions of Coach Mainieri and the guys that...

JC, JB, and Phil open things u with some fun food talk. JB is in need of a nice signature dip, and things just go from there. Back to business some news closer to home regarding the facilities and grounds team at Carolina. They have some observations about the tenor of the SEC Kickoff, thus far, but Brad Crawford from 24/7 drops by with a live report from Dallas and SEC Media Days. Brad gives us a...

The guys continue the recruiting talk with a look around the country at EDGE. They look around the country, and notice some interesting about the position in this recruiting class. They continue the deeper dive into the position, and then look at the latest report from Brett McMurphy regarding FSU and other conferences' interest in the program for their league. This turns into one of the more spec...

The guys open things up with some general SECMD discussion, and what their thoughts are on Coach Saban now behind the desk as opposed to the podium. Alex Jones joins the guys to give his thoughts on the SEC Kickoff, and what he took away from Beamer's appearance. They dig into the run game expectations, and the pieces around the program that lead one to think the rushing attack should be much impr...

Immediately following Coach Beamer's press availability at SEC Media Days, JC, JB, and Phil break it down. With the inevitable OK and UT talk surrounding their first SECMD, Beamer did get some time to talk about the team and expectations. JB offers his thoughts on Coach, and then spurs some fun discussion on what wasn't asked from the pool. the three talk some of the risk/reward in scheduling phil...

The guys open the abbreviated hour talking some scheduling, specifically Oklahoma, and wonder if Carolina might actually be catching them at a good time. Ole Miss's inconsistent road performances under Kiffin, and an LSU team with question marks also come up with a critical observation of Carolina's historical record against top-15 ranked teams before some of Beamer's initial thoughts filtering ou...

Season three kicks off with JC and Phil while JB is working out some technical difficulties. They jump into some housekeeping and business ahead of JB joining with John Whittle of The Big Spur. John talks some SEC Media Days, and they get into some football chat as the day leads up to Coach Beamer's appearance. They hit the team and expectations, talk the new coaching rules, position groups, and p...

The guys, Mike, and Chad Holbrook dive right into some Buy or Sell to finish the week. They hit Mizzou, Tennessee, and Carolina on expected wins. The conversation gets turned into some real fun talking Sellers, reasonable SEC expectations, and the current state of various front men and lead singers from around music. They talk some upcoming changes, and hint at some pretty big stuff on the way out...

The guys, Mike, and Coach Holbrook open the hour remembering the win against Florida 14 years ago, today en route to their second CWS championship. They talk some baseball metrics which, naturally, evolved into movies, then back to some baseball diving into the string of successful catchers. Mike asks Holbrook about his thoughts on UNC as pertains to what appears to be the eventual demise of the A...

The guys open things up with the craziness that is still the Texas baseball hiring of A&M's coach. Some comparisons are drawn, and the story just seems to have so much more to it than just a job change. Chad Holbrook joins The Show, and he gives his thoughts the matter, and what he heard in the past week or so regarding the move. Baseball gets a commit, and Chad gives his thoughts on the playe...

Mike Morgan opens the hour with another installment of Drive Around the SEC. They talk championships, the new-look conference, poaching, and somehow go down a fun movie rabbit hole. Buy or Sell opens the second segment with some interesting calls regarding mid-season firings, Bama losses, and Vandy's SEC potential.

The conversation continues on the baseball front, and the guys talk some travel for the unfortunate ACC teams this upcoming football season. They get into an interesting chat about ticket prices, and how much certain events are starting to cost on both the primary and secondary markets. JC gives a full breakdown on recruiting featuring the Duckworth decommitment and a hit on Shamari Earls. He hits...

The Schlossnagle news dominates the opening today. Texas flexing on their little brother as a reminder of their place in the Texas athletics hierarchy. From sources, this is not a big surprise as it may have been in the works for over a month. Some of the names being heard for the TAMU job are explored, and the AD and financial situations for both schools are discussed.

Mike opens things up to clear some air about some misunderstanding regarding his comments. They get into the metrics to determine success and failure at the AD/institutional level. The EA list of toughest venues is brought up, and the football calendar comes into the conversation.

Head Baseball Coach, Paul Mainieri, joins The Show for his inaugural visit. They have some fun with Paul trading stories and looking at how the game has evolved over the years. The guys get Coach to dig into his practice philosophy, and talk roster construction. Coach Mainieri talks history, portal, recruiting, Monte Lee and Terry Rooney, rivalries, and so much more in this full hour interview to...

The guys and Mike open things up with some CWS discussion with the Vols taking the crown in Omaha this year. Alex Jones joins them to talk some recruiting. They dive into Cutter Woods, first. Alex gives his thoughts on the camps last week, and anything he saw that really stood out for him. Some Media Days talk, and they finish with some updates on recruits who are verbally committed.

Mike Morgan opens the hour with our Love Chevy Drive Around the SEC. He has a football nugget before diving into the championship pedigrees of the two schools facing off for a baseball national title this year. Sellers talk dominates the the bottom of the hour.

Brad Crawford joins The Show with Mike Morgan, and they get into some of the recent position group articles he has written focusing on the latest D-Line release. They dive into his freshmen to watch, and Dylan Stewart and Josiah Thompson both make the cut for him. They get his thoughts on the Beamer article before he has to run. They get some talk in about baseball movies, as they do, then get Mik...