Dan Wetzel and SI’s Pat Forde & Ross Dellenger give their thoughts on the latest congressional meetings that took place concerning name, image & likeness for student athletes. The house of representatives met today to discuss the future of NIL across the college athletics landscape. The meeting was considered a circus by some and concerning for those that have an interest in the future of athlete compensation. The guys debate whether or not congress should even handle this issue due to their lack of knowledge on the subject. The San Diego State Aztecs have put themselves in an interest ..read more

Dan Wetzel and SI’s Pat Forde & Ross Dellenger provide their thoughts on the final four teams standing in the men’s college basketball tournament on today’s episode. In a surprising turn of events no #1 ranked teams have made the final four. Instead, the Miami Hurricanes, UConn Huskies, San Diego State Aztecs & Florida Atlantic Owls have clinched the final spots in this year’s tournament. In dramatic fashion, each of these teams have made great runs and are shifting the narrative that suggest NIL favors the Power Five schools. Miami’s journey has been especially interesting: from an FB ..read more

Dan Wetzel, SI’s Pat Forde & SI’s Ross Dellenger are joined on this episode by Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick. Jack Swarbrick has a new NIL proposal to deal with some of the issues that have taken place across the college sports landscape since NIL was introduced. His idea includes class-miss policies to keep athletes on campus more and tries to solve for NIL being used as an inducement. Jack also provides his thoughts on Notre Dame’s status among the conference expansion discussions along with the new bill proposed in California that would dictate revenue share to athletes. L ..read more

Dan Wetzel, SI’s Pat Forde & SI’s Ross Dellenger discuss all of the latest drama surrounding the Alabama Crimson Tide Alabama player Tony Mitchell was suspended from the team after incurring legal issues which brought Nick Saban to the podium. While discussing Mitchell, Saban stated that “There’s no such thing as wrong place at the wrong time”. This dominated the headlines as many wondered if Saban was also referring to the ongoing issues and investigations with the Alabama basketball program. The fellas discuss whether or not Saban was directly referring to Nate Oats’s infamous comment re ..read more

Dan Wetzel and SI’s Pat Forde & SI’s Ross Dellenger break down all of the biggest games that took place during the first weekend of March Madness. The rounds of 64 and 32 have been completed and the cream is rising to the top in this year’s college basketball March Madness tournament. We saw a lot of pivotal games including some major upsets in the first two rounds. The #1 seed Purdue Boilermakers fell to the #16 seed Fairleigh Dickinson Knights causing more heartbreak for the Purdue fans. Another early exit with a talented team has baffled the pod as Purdue coach Matt Painter can’t seem t ..read more

Dan Wetzel and SI’s Pat Forde & Ross Dellenger give their men’s March Madness Final Four predictions along with reacting to the firing of Syracuse’s Brent Axe on today’s episode. Longtime Syracuse radio host Brent Axe was fired on Monday for his “negative comments” on the Syracuse Orange basketball program. The guys give their opinions on Axe’s firing, which they find curious considering former Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim’s affiliation with the network. In other basketball news, the Ole Miss Rebels have found their newest head basketball coach in Chris Beard, a move which leaves Texas ..read more

Dan Wetzel & SI’s Pat Forde give their reactions to the 2023 NCAA tournament bracket reveal. The guys break down who has the most to gain and the most to lose in the upcoming tournament including some pretty big names. The podcast starts by discussing how the coverage of Alabama’s Brandon Miller will unfold throughout the tournament. The Alabama faithful aren’t helping the team by getting shirts  banned at the SEC tournament, but that didn’t seem to affect one of the best teams in the nation. Kansas Jayhawks head coach Bill Self had to miss the Big-12 tournament due to a health condit ..read more

Dan Wetzel and SI’s Pat Forde & Ross Dellenger review all of the biggest stories to come out of Nick Saban’s latest one-on-one interview including the new rule changes and NIL guardrails. Ross got to speak with Alabama Crimson Tide football coach Nick Saban, who gave plenty for the podcast to discuss. The topic of creating value for the student athletes sparked ideas of what a university values compared to the students. Saban was also unhappy with the premise of having to outbid another coach in order to get a player to commit to Alabama. With quarterback Arch Manning arriving on campus at ..read more

Dan Wetzel and SI’s Pat Forde & Ross Dellenger break down Anthony Richardson’s electric combine along with new SEC schedule developments & Pac-12 conjecture on today’s podcast. Outgoing Florida Gators quarterback Anthony Richardson had a record setting day in Indianapolis where he displayed his athleticism and throwing prowess at the 2023 NFL scouting combine. The show discusses how much this weekend’s performance will impact his draft stock compared to the other quarterbacks in this year’s draft class. A new proposal for future SEC scheduling includes an extra in conference game with ..read more

Dan Wetzel and SI’s Pat Forde & Ross Dellenger react to all of the latest developments surrounding Brandon Miller and the situation with the Alabama Crimson Tide’s men’s basketball program, following last week’s revelation that Miller allegedly delivered the handgun that resulted in the murder of a Tuscaloosa woman in January. Over the weekend, attention to this situation only grew after Miller was seen during player introductions receiving a pat down gesture from another Alabama player. The action, which has supposedly been taking place all season, has drawn the ire of many college basket ..read more