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Mike opens things up with a Love Chevy Drive Around the SEC with a heavy dose of what's going on in Destin, and the fallout of the settlement. Carolina has Named a starter for Friday, and Casas has expected season-ending surgery. How schools will handle the settlement is brought up and discussed rhetorically until resolutions are made. More regional preview ensues with JMU naming their starter. Th...

Mike, JB, and Phil have a little light beach and ocean talk, and Mike fills us in on his background shot with Dale Murphy. Some scheduling talk comes up with the SEC expected to release the kick times for the first three weeks of football. Raphael Esparza from Doc Sports Service joins the guys to talk some betting lines ahead of the regionals cranking up. They talk the college baseball betting lan...

Stuart Lake joins with Mike Morgan to kick things off. They get into some memories of the NCST stadium, and get Stuart's thoughts on the end of the SEC tourney in Hoover. Brinling, Jackson, Petry, LeCroy, all are discussed, and they get Stuart's opinion on the pitch-clock violation from the LSU game, and what is Lake looking at for the ump crew. Mike gets into the NCAA settlement fallout as the sp...

They turn their attention to baseball and run down the schedule and tv times. JB opens things up with another lively "Buy or Sell" regarding post season play. Taking another look at JC's article breaking down the schedule for football. They get into the flaws in some teams the Gamecocks play this upcoming season. JC digs into some of the matchups and scenarios that have his attention as we move th...

The Late Night Gamecock, Matt Anderson, joins The Show as news breaks of Carolina Men's Basketball reveals they are going up to Bloomington, IN to face off against the Hoosiers at Assembly Hall in November. They hit the Buckley departure for MBB, and then turn their attention to the WBB team and Coach Staley staying hot on the trail with a big time transfer coming in. They hit the SEC spring meeti...

The guys talk some on the article JC wrote on The Big Spur about the upcoming football season before Alex Jones joins them to give his thoughts on the team heading to Raleigh. They get into who needs to step up at the plate to win the regional, and they turn their attention to whether or not the Athens regional is actually going to be competitive. Alex gives a football recruiting update.

Mike Morgan is in for the final hour, and they continue the conversation surrounding the selection of teams for regionals. Mike has some intel from the game against LSU with the odd series of events on the call at the plate from the perspective of an SEC umpire and how he saw things. They talk some individual players, and wrap with some preview on the Raleigh regional.

Mike Morgan joins for Power Hour, and Coach Chad Holbrook joins after a flagrant snub for his squad being omitted from the NCAA tournament. Coach Holbrook continues to eloquently voice his disappointment and heartbreak for his players for doing everything they needed to in order to gain a berth.

The guys open with some recognition of the national days, today. before getting right to the NCAA baseball brackets with some glaring omissions and the appearance of what could be considered impropriety in the last few teams in. John Whittle joins with his thoughts on the committee selections, and the fate of the Gamecocks. They turn their attention to the SEC Tournament and how it ended for Carol...

Kip Bouknight joins the conversation about the team in Hoover. He gets into everything from performances, pitching, and just his general feel for what's been going on in Hoover at the SEC Tournament. They talk traditional roles for staffs as well as routine from a former player's perspective with Kip's signature candor.

JC kicks things off with Rolling Stone's latest top 200 list, and they dive into the ramifications of the NCAA settlement agreement.

The guys get into the loss last night in Hoover against LSU. They welcome in Stuart Lake to get his thoughts on things thus far. Cole Messina's performance in the tournament is one for the books, literally, and they take a look at some individual efforts from others. Stuart Lake gives his thoughts on the home plate ump last night, and they speculate about the staff rotation today and moving forwar...

Mike Morgan keeps us moving along with another Drive Around the SEC. Then on to some 100 Days out predictions from the guys across the league. After some fun talk, they get into the news from Hoover. Then they give some thought to the theory that there is something with the balls or bats with so many folks going yard in Hoover.

Power Hour kicks off with Mike Morgan joining the guys to talk some football, but they get into some travel, time off, and teases as they move through the first segment. JC catches an interesting article headline, and they get into five thoughts on the upcoming football season regarding expectations for the Gamecocks.

Derek Scott joins the guys at the top live from Hoover. They get into the mentality, the morale, and vibe surrounding the team before getting into some individual performances keying in on Messina and Jackson. They turn their attention to the LSU game. The convo turns more general looking at the teams left and who they have starting and rolling today.

They open with a look around the scoreboards at these conference tournaments, and ask why Ga Tech struggles consistently these days. They talk a little settlement coming off the Ben Portnoy interview on The Show, yesterday. The start time for the baseball game gets bumped up, so they hit some football news regarding recruiting rankings and dive into a little Buy or Sell.

The guys continue the baseball conversation ahead of Landon Powell coming in to offer his thoughts on playing in Hoover, being a Johnny Bench Award finalist, and the SEC tourney championship in 2004. They get into some of the stories behind the run in Hoover, and talk a bit about some records that have been and will never be broken. Landon offers us his philosophy on pitchers and usage.

The guys get into some general chat about the game yesterday in Hoover, and touch on some of the narratives surrounding the game today against Arkansas. Coach Chad Holbrook joins them for a great discussion as he gets his team ready to compete in the CAA tournament in Wilmington, NC.

Ben Portnoy joins The Show to discuss the latest on the NCAA settlement regarding NIL. He breaks down the three main issues that are being addressed. The guys pepper him with questions pertaining to the enforcement, collectives, scholarships, and all the loose ends being created with the precedent. They end on a lighter note talking some food and travel destinations.

Mike joins JB and Phil for Power Hour in your lunch hour. They talk conference tourney formats and look at how the SEC tournament in Hoover is set up. Mike offers his thoughts on the NCAA allowing more than ten in, and where that could put the Gamecocks even with 13 SEC wins and an RPI north of 30. Some discussion on coaching ensues.

JB and Phil open things up with a general baseball setup, and dive right into the Jaden Rashada lawsuit news. The new safety measure of the second first base being experimentally implemented in Hoover is discussed. They move on to the Summerville HS debacle on the diamond regarding a pitch count violation. Some narratives surrounding the current game being played at the Hoover Met with LSU and UGA...

A lingering question about which head coach from the SEC would you want to hire to start back up a program. Plenty of names to consider. Mike takes us on our Love Chevy Drive Around the SEC next opening with some thoughts and stats as the teams make their way to Hoover for the SEC tourney. They wrap on more baseball talk as D! has dropped their NCAA projections ahead of conference tourney play cra...

Mike Morgan joins the guys for Power Hour to kick off the lunch hour. More baseball talk ensues, and they hit a little Buy & Sell to keep things moving. They hit Mizzou, The U, and Va Tech as they discuss Schlabach's post-spring Top-25. Lot's of fun football talk as we work through Mike's technical issues as it looks like a bearish market for JB heading into the final hour.

The guys open things up with a recap of the sports weekend, and a big congrats to Debbie Antonelli for reaching the $1m mark over the the past six years. They hit the baseball situation a little ahead of John Whittle joining. John offers his thoughts on who should be available on the mound, and what this tournament means for the postseason lives of the Gamecocks. They run some scenarios, but there...

John Strickland joins the guys to talk some baseball and football. They look at some guys who JC is projected to start at WR, and what matchups in the schedule from our view in May look more daunting.