Monday pod, Hour 1 − With NAU as the Arizona football opener Saturday, Jedd Fisch reflects on the shocking loss to the Lumberjacks two years ago. − Devils Digest Publisher Hod Rabino reacts to ASU’s self-imposed bowl ban announced Sunday. − More from Jedd Fisch’s press conference today.
Monday pod, Hour 2 − BREAKING NEWS: A rundown of Saturday’s first weekend of college football. − Arizona Daily Star Columnist Michael Lev is predicting a 7-5 regular season for the Wildcats. − Big Game Boomer has Arizona finishing 6th in the Pac-12 and Oregon St. winning the conference.
Friday pod, Hour 1 − Listener Gabe is happy Arizona is in the Big 12 but unhappy ASU tagged along. − Tucsonan Michael Carreon looks back 50 years when his team made it to the Little League World Series. − Tommy Lloyd greets past Arizona basketball players at this week’s fantasy camp.
Friday pod, Hour 2 − BREAKING NEWS: Steve and Jay find out that the new intern analyzes football game film. − Eddie Smith tells a story about Lute Olson telling him how things will be at Arizona. − The guys run through the over/under win totals for the Pac-12 teams.
Thursday pod, Hour 1 − What are fans focused on during an Arizona football game? − Former Arizona basketball player Joe Turner goes back in time to his time at Arizona in the 1980s. − Covering teams and games is different today than it was when Steve and Jay were with the local papers.
Thursday pod, Hour 2 − Shohei Ohtani might be having a second Tommy John surgery on his pitching arm. − Arizona football color analyst Lamont Lovett says he already sees significant improvement in the 2023 Wildcats. − The most bet on college overs and unders according to DraftKings.
Wednesday pod, Hour 1 − Notre Dame AD Jack Swarbrick called realignment in college athletics a “total disaster.” − Deion Sanders seems to be settling in more as a coach and less of a celebrity according to Boulder Daily Camera beat writer Brian Howell. − Steve is convinced that over 3.5 wins for Colorado is the play.
Wednesday pod, Hour 2 − BREAKING NEWS: The ACC is looking like it might be adding Stanford, Cal and SMU. − Pima Aztecs men’s soccer coach Dave says he has a young team but they’re off to a good start and ranked 8th in the country. − Has there been enough of a culture change in Arizona football to win games when the chips are down?
Tuesday pod, Hour 1 − Jay laments that MLB schedules in the pennant races to put enough division rivals against each other. − Craig McMillan recalls Lute Olson as an avid and determined fisherman. − The guys recall their initial experiences with Lute Olson as reporters on the Arizona basketball beat.
Tuesday pod, Hour 2 − BREAKING NEWS: A smattering of news including at least one surprise about at starting Pac-12 QB. − Robert Pulido realized early that his son, Raymond, now a lineman at Arizona, could be a special athlete. − Defensive lineman Jason Harris, a legacy at Arizona, is no longer on the Arizona football roster despite being on the sidelines at Saturday’s scrimmage.
Monday pod, Hour 1 − Saturday’s post-scrimmage comments from Arizona Football Coach Jedd Fisch. − Marana High School Football Coach Phillip Steward says his team is preparing as usual for its opener despite its field being flooded last week. − The guys give some analysis of the Wildcats’ fall camp.
Monday pod, Hour 2 − BREAKING NEWS: Arizona’s Jacob Cowing is named a 2nd team Associated Press preseason All-American. − Arizona Daily Star beat writer Justin Spears analyzes Arizona football fall camp as the team begins prep for its opener. − Predictions are for an unpredictable final season of Pac-12 football.
Friday pod, Hour 1 − A smattering of topics including storm damage at Marana High School causing trouble for football. − Jake Fischer waxes on Arizona men’s basketball and the latest coming out of Arizona football camp. − What kind of sports fan is Steve Rivera?
Friday pod, Hour 2 − BREAKING NEWS: A former Arizona soccer player in the interim manager for the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team. − Tucson High Football Coach Zach Neveleff discusses his approach to his first season leading the Badgers. − The guys say goodbye and thanks to Intern Jason on his last day as he heads off to cover Arizona football for the Daily Wildcat.
Thursday pod, Hour 1 − A totally unscientific poll suggests there’s more anticipation for Arizona’s football season than its basketball season. − Arizona Daily Star beat writer Bruce Pascoe reports from Abu Dahbi where he’s covering the Arizona men’s basketball team. − How reporters establish professional relationships with the teams they cover.
Thursday pod, Hour 2 − BREAKING NEWS: The 2023-2024 NBA schedule is released. − CDO Football Coach Dustin Peace preview his team’s season after getting to the state semifinals in 2022. − Arizona makes the top 10 in a list of the top 50 all-time best basketball programs.
Wednesday pod, Hour 1 − Are old guys generally cranky as a rule. − Tucsonan and KVOA Sports Anchor Paul Cicala discusses his career move and memorable times covering local sports. − Colorado Coach Deion Sanders was upset that some of his players didn’t engage in a team brawl at practice.
Wednesday pod, Hour 2 − BREAKING NEWS: Arizona’s Delaney Schnell becomes the 7th Wildcats to be named Pac-12 Woman of the Year. − Arizona Daily Star writer PJ Brown discusses how the move to the Big 12 might impact Arizona women’s basketball. − Parity in Big 12 football could put Arizona in better position to compete for a title.
Tuesday pod, Hour 1 − Varying opinions on whether Arizona football will win more games than the oddsmakers predict. − Arizona Soccer Coach Becca Moros previews the season, her third with the Wildcats. − A caller predicts that college athletics will return to being more regional than it has become during realignment.
Tuesday pod, Hour 2 − BREAKING NEWS: Eye on the Ball’s latest word on the question: Is Arizona basketball a “blue blood?” − Brad Allis, of the Wildcat Sports Report podcast, provides a final eulogy of the Pac-12. − Is Tucson a “sports town” or a “college sports town?”
Monday pod, Hour 1 − Post-scrimmage comments from Jedd Fisch on Saturday. − All Sports Tucson’s Javier Morales previews the high school football season which starts Friday. − Impressions of the Wildcats’ first exhibition game on their Middle East tour.
Monday pod, Hour 2 − BREAKING NEWS: The “Blind Side” tale that was made into a movie has triggered a legal battle. − GOAZCats.com’s Troy Hutchison gives his take on Saturdays’ football scrimmage and the men’s BKB exhibition. − More comments from Jedd Fisch about ongoing fall camp.
Friday pod, Hour 1 − The costly missteps in the Pac-12 TV negotiations are coming to light and there are many. − Coach Sam Mills describes the experience of taking the Marana LL Junior Softball team to the World Series. − A trip down memory lane covering a Tucson Little League team that made it to Williamsport.
Friday pod, Hour 2 − BREAKING NEWS: According to The Athletics, 20% of FBS scholarship football players transferred during 2022-2023. − Former Arizona LB Jake Fischer is picking the Wildcats to win 8 games this season. − We’re gaining on the start of football season every day.
Thursday pod, Hour 1 − The odds on SportsBettingDime.com have USC as the favorite to win the Pac-12 title. − Sportsbettingdime.com’s Jack Magruder picks Washington to win the Pac-12 ahead of favorites USC and Oregon. − The guys agree that Jedd Fisch had a long-term plan to be a college football coach and he’s executing it.
Thursday pod, Hour 2 − BREAKING NEWS: Golfer Phil Mickelson may have wagered as much as $1 billion on sports over the years according to a book coming out. − Former Arizona player Pete Williams says “buckle up” for Big 12 basketball. − Fans now seem to be OK that Jedd Fisch did not play college football or have head coaching experience when he arrived at Arizona.
Wednesday pod, Hour 1 − Will the final season in the Pac-12 be a farewell tour for the league or a year-long memorial service. − FC Tucson Women Coach Kelly Pierce agrees with many of the critics of the U.S. Women’s National Team. − Thoughts on how much Arizona fans might travel to Big 12 venues.
mightTuesday pod, Hour 2 − BREAKING NEWS: Northwestern football coaches and some players seem tone deaf about their hazing controversy. − USA Today columnist Dan Wolken recaps conference realignment on a national level and touches on expectations for Arizona football and basketball. − A very early look at how Arizona football and men’s basketball might fare in the Big 12.
Tuesday pod, Hour 1 − The hypocrisy of the SEC shows when Commissioner Greg Sankey says “it wasn’t a great feeling” to watch last week’s realignment news. − Arizona Daily Star Sports Editor Brett Fera discusses how coverage of Arizona will be affected by the move to the Big 12. − The future of watching sports on streaming services.
Tuesday pod, Hour 2 − BREAKNG NEWS: ESPN going knee deep into the gambling market. − Arizona Daily Star beat writer Bruce Pascoe previews what readers can expect from his coverage of Arizona basketball’s trip to the Middle East. − Steve talks about being on the road internationally to cover sports.
