The Gametime Guru

  In the town of Spokane, Washington, the MMA Gym, SikJitsu has a strong history! People around the city know the man who started it, and rumor has it, he never has to pay for a drink wherever he goes around town. The history began with Coach Rick Little, who is the pioneer of MMA in Spokane and it's grown ever since as Rick has helped coach some amazing, world class fighters.  Fighters like Micha...

You can't teach speed. That's what they say at least. And speed is exactly what you think when you see Ryan Stokes on the field!  This man had himself a solid JUCO career, tallying over 1200 yards receiving and 17 TDs. Then when going to Texas A&M-Commerce, he had 1,388 yards and 9 TDs along with 87 total catches!  He's now playing professionally for the Idaho Horsemen, showing the crowd what spee...

We often hear, "Big time players, make big time plays, in big time moments." Today, we hear from one of those "Big Time Players"  He's not particularly 'big' in stature. But he's a HUGE presence on the court. He's a walking '4-point play' and he's now, a State Champion.  There's a reason they say "#30 will do you dirty" because McKay is one of those young men who will be a silent killer out there...

Despite falling short in the State Championship game this season, DJ Green was rewarded with the 3A State Tournament MVP Award as he absolutely dominated throughout the tourney. This was a season of ups and downs for the McCall-Donnelly basketball program, but Green led them to the State Tournament where they had a massive showout. Doing play-by-play broadcasting for the 3A Tournament on behalf of...

The college game is changing. The conversation about name, image, and likeness (NIL) continues to evolve as we get closer and closer to athletes having more leverage with their own NIL. Brett Harrell, is the man who is preparing to help these young athletes by providing them with a platform on HOW they can leverage their NIL.  We talk today about URepz and how it's changing the game! Brett is on a...

Lloyer Driggs is part of the 40/50/90 club in basketball. That's NOT NORMAL!! In fact very few players at any level accomplish that in their careers. It takes hard work and dedication to be able to get to that point.  Today, Driggs joins The Gametime Guru Podcast  to share his story so we can all learn about him. He's a point guard, graduating from Thunder Ridge High School and heading on his way...

Throughout his entire career, Justin Clarkston has been a solid athlete who has put in the work! Throughout High School, he played alongside some amazing athletes and saw a lot of success. He'll share with us some of his stories throughout his high school days, but also his college days!  We learn about the transition to the college game. What did he go through? How was his conditioning? What was...

Shay Roberts may be new to Idaho, but he's not new to the sport of Football. He's been around it for a while, and we'll hear about his story today!  For Horsemen fans, you'll like this guy! He's not afraid to get dirty in the trenches and he doesn't shy away from contact! He puts his helmet down and goes to work!  Shay has faced adversity in his life, but he hasn't let him stop him. He's got somet...

Coby Karl, head coach of the South Bay Lakers, has ties and roots to Idaho, which is a large reason why the man played his college basketball at Boise State. Before that though, Karl was learning the ropes of high level basketball as he watched the NBA guys all around him on his dad's teams. He grew up in basketball locker rooms and saw some amazing basketball players when he was younger. From the...

Change isn't something Keshawn Liggins is unfamiliar with. Throughout his middle school and high school days, Keshawn played ball in multiple states as he moved from place to place, but it ended up helping him as an athlete!  Today on the show we'll discuss his unique journey and hear about some of the differences with athletics in Idaho vs Texas vs Arizona and more. We'll also hear of his story t...

Injuries are part of the game. That's what they say at least. The problem is, most people don't understand the grind it takes to get back to feeling 100% and that is very hard on an athlete.  For Dane Wissenbach, he turned this knee injury he suffered during football season, into a positive. He wanted to contribute, but he knew it just had to be a different way. And he did exactly that, by going b...

He's always been around the game! He understands the game of football and has a way of being able to process the plays where he's always a step ahead of his opponent.  While his journey has absolutely been unique, from high school, to semi-pro, to college, back to semi-pro, to the professional level, to retirement, and back to playing, you're not going to want to miss this interview!  Hayden Wrigh...

Over the course of the past few years, player safety has been a MAJOR focal point, especially in collision sports such as football.  The team over at Athlete Intelligence are helping with this! They are a team of driven individuals who are taking the data to help protect these players long-term, while not sacrificing the actual game itself.  Andrew Golden, Director of Business Operations at the co...

From Division 1 Football, to announcing fights inside the ring, Kody 'Big Mo' Mommaerts is doing his thing!  What an awesome story we get to hear today. There were many lessons 'Big Mo' learned on the football field that he's been able to transfer directly over to the announcing side of things, and he'll share some of those with us today.  We'll talk about his favorite fights. Who his favorite ann...

Athletes know how to deal with setbacks. Some make it back to normal and some never do. It's the unfortunate reality about sports.  For Chad Mason, he experienced a couple of MAJOR setbacks in his career that hindered his College experience. Today he'll share some insight as to how he overcame those and continued to live out his passion for the game!  Now, he's joining the Idaho Horsemen as a prof...

He wasn't even supposed to be playing at Mizzou, but he believed in himself and believed in his own ability. Above all, he remained true to himself! Jordan Harold is more than just the guy who held the sign "Will Pass Rush for Hot Wings" outside the Carolina Panthers Facility in 2019. While that did indeed go viral, he's much more than that. And today you get to hear about his whole journey!! List...

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Growing up in the Gronkowski family, it was normal to be a competitor. The brothers, five of them within a ten-year window, always competed and helped elevate one another. Which is why many of them were high level athletes competing at the next level in their respective sports.  Chris was no different. He played Full-Back in the NFL and was able to experience a few different organizations and play...

A lot of people compete in sports at a higher level. Ryan Johnson was one of those gifted athletes who learned what it took to get to the next level in football, which was to play in college. It wasn't easy, as he shares his journey today, you'll probably resonate with a lot of the stories of injuries, coaches, position battles, etc. But what Ryan shares, is a story of grit and determination.  Onc...

Chris Childs is well known in Boise after having an awesome career playing basketball for the Broncos back in the late 80s and made himself quite the career in the NBA later on.  What some may not know, is his journey to get there was quite unique. A few years in the CBA, which actually changed the trajectory of his life, is really what built that foundation to allow him to have himself such a gre...

2021 is an unprecedented season throughout all of sports on every level. For a long time, we didn't even know if there would be a season. But that didn't stop Brody Rowbury and the Meridian High Warriors Basketball Program from preparing and getting ready to compete.  Since they were given the go-ahead to play, Brody and the Warriors program started off the 2021 season with a bang! Their ability t...

Los Angeles is often referred to as "The City of Champions" and today I'm bringing on Rashad Stribling to talk about what it was like growing up in LA and being part of it all.  From the glory days of USC, to the Lakers multiple championships, Dodgers finally pulling it off, to much more, we'll be talking Los Angeles sports today!  It's an interesting topic. Some come from bigger cities like Rasha...

For those who understand the fitness industry, you may be familiar with Bodybuilding.com. Well, the same founder and former CEO of the world's largest online resource for sports nutrition, has now taken on an amazing venture of creating one of the most innovative workout facilities known to man.  Ryan DeLuca along with his amazing team, have created Black Box VR , which (taken from their website )...

Whether you watch the football game on TV or in person, when you catch the Ohio State Buckeyes, you'll notice the mascot jumping around. Brutus Buckeye has become just as much a part of the culture of Ohio State athletics as the band has.  But did you know how Brutus came to be? Did you know the mascot was created out of papier-mache? This was back in 1965 and the co-creator of this mascot, was Sa...

We hear the typical 8-Team, 12-Team, even 16-Team College Football Playoff Expansion ideas. But what about an expansion to SIX teams, which requires a re-structure to SIX FBS Conferences, where only the Conference Champions play in the playoff?  It may seem strange at first, but it has some backing and Bill brings up some amazing points today! I think after these past few years, specifically this...