We've had six national champions in men's basketball and a handful of dynasties in other sports since 2000 but which teams have been the best of the best? Hayes Permar joins Joe Giglio to discuss which teams were the true War Machines of the first 25 years of this year century. #acc #duke #unc #collegefootball #ncaa #collegebasketball Buy tickets for the Sports Podcast Festival at the Rialto: https://therialto.com/event/the-2nd-annual-sports-podcast-festival/the-rialto-theatre/ TIMESTAMPS: 07:00...
Jul 09, 2025•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 526
Oddsmakers expect another season of Triangle Good from Duke, State and Carolina football. Chip Patterson, CBS Sports, joins the crew to make smart bets for the 2025 college football season. #ncaa #unc #ncstate #duke #accfootball #collegefootball #sportsbets Get your tickets to the Sports Podcast Festival at the Rialto: https://therialto.com/event/the-2nd-a... TIMESTAMPS: 02:00 - Come to Two Roosters and try our ice cream flavor 11:00 - #housekeeping 16:30 - Lightning Round. Top ACC rivalries 31:...
Jul 08, 2025•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 525
The Carolina Hurricanes made a major addition in free agency in signing left wing Nikolaj Ehlers and trading for defenseman K'Andre Miller but is that enough to push them to the Stanley Cup? Details from the ACC's settlement of lawsuits with Florida State and Clemson have emerged and, on the surface, don't appear to be great for the ACC. Rialto czar Hayes Permar joins Joe Giglio for a special summer edition of the OG. #canes #nhl #freeagency #ehlers #raleigh #raiseup #acc #fsu #clemson #noles Ge...
Jul 07, 2025•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 524
In the June 27th edition of OG Mailbag, Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio run through several questions submitted by OG Fans subscribers. What to make of Will Wade's media blitz? Has the Belichick buzz worn off? Will AI ruin coaches and sports takes? Is NC State really going back to being a basketball school? Top 10 Triangle losses reaction ...and more!
Jun 27, 2025•45 min•Ep. 523
Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio are back for another Butcher's Market OG Live. First up? NBA Draft, where Duke had their 3 top players taken within the first 10 picks. So just how good of an NBA player will Cooper Flagg be? And did the Charlotte Hornets make the right call Kon Knueppel. There's also a North Carolina vs. Duke rivalry aspect to recent NBA Draft trends as the Blue Devils are where the Tar Heels were in terms of pumping out pros over a decade ago. Former NC State standout and Garner legend...
Jun 26, 2025•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 522
Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio finally unveil the definitive Top 10 most painful losses in Triangle sports history since 2000. From heartbreaking moments during the Chuck Amato era at NC State to the “what if” Tar Heels basketball team that never got its title shot. They also revisit the Carolina Hurricanes' crushing defeat in the 2002 Stanley Cup Final, gut-wrenching College World Series exits for UNC and NC State, and more. The countdown ends with a loss that may never be topped: Duke’s shocking def...
Jun 25, 2025•1 hr 58 min•Ep. 521
Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio welcome Carolina Hurricanes play-by-play voice Mike Maniscalco to the studio to discuss the upcoming start to NHL free agency. The pool might be shallow, which is why the NHL Draft is the event to keep an eye on. ECU head football coach Blake Harrell joins the podcast to discuss how quickly things have moved for the Pirates since the end of last season and how those NC State game bookends have everybody's juices flowing. College World Series and NBA Finals in the Lightni...
Jun 23, 2025•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 520
In the June 20th edition of OG Mailbag, Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio run through several questions submitted by OG Fans subscribers. Do these top Triangle losses ever heal for fans? Did Giglio almost get arrested this week? Collecting old shirts Is Ovies really a Disney adult? Grilling at the pool Herb Sendek revisionism Best stadiums revisited ...and more!
Jun 20, 2025•38 min•Ep. 519
Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio are back for another Butcher's Market OG Live. First up? The College Football Playoff format continues to be up in the air now that the power brokers have gone back to the drawing board. Matt Brown, from Extra Points, joins the show to discuss how decision makers are more concerned with creating shareholder value than actual competition. Since they're chasing the money, how will private equity play a role? Plus! How are his FOIA requests going at UNC regarding Belichick'...
Jun 19, 2025•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 518
Summer offseason protocols are in full effect with another edition of "Brief History of Triangle Good". Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio look back at the top losses in Triangle sports history since 2000. In this episode, they dive into the honorable mentions: the heartbreakers, gut punches, and “what ifs” that still haunt fans of UNC, NC State, and Duke that DID NOT make the Top 10. They'll save those truly special losses that still keep fans awake at night for next week. Ovies and Giglio are joined by ...
Jun 18, 2025•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 517
Are you the type of golf fan that wants the US Open to push the difficulty settings sliders to the max or do you prefer the best in the world to dazzle on the biggest stage? Turns out we got a little bit of both at Oakmont Country Club. Meanwhile, in hoops, the NBA missed an opportunity to have their next Finals game on Father's Day. Instead we've been focused on coaching changes and one interesting trade. In college, NC State's Will Wade is figuring out what works and what doesn't work with the...
Jun 16, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 516
In the June 13th edition of OG Mailbag, Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio run through several questions submitted by OG Fans subscribers. Canes fans feeling better given Florida/Edmonton Finals? Best ACC football stadiums? Should college football move to the spring? Will schools budget differently after House? QB Mt. Rushmore reactionTepper gets credit for all the concerts? ...and more!
Jun 13, 2025•37 min•Ep. 515
Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio are back for another Butcher's Market OG Live. First up? Hoops. The ACC/SEC Challenge was announced. Meanwhile, Giglio has a hot NBA Finals take. WFNZ's Walker Mehl joins the podcast to discuss how the Carolina Panthers appear to be having fun after 10 years of beating their fans down with losses and coaches getting fired. Will it translate to a successful season? ESPN's Wes Durham jumps on to discuss North Carolina's QB options and how nobody talking about NC State is e...
Jun 12, 2025•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 514
With a thick rough and lightning fast greens, Oakmont promises to make the US Open the starchiest test of the four majors this season. There's a good reason to take Scottie Scheffler, other than his No. 1 ranking. Bennett Johnson and Josh Goodson join Joe Giglio to make their picks for top 20, First Round Leaders and winners. Need a car? https://www.hiesterauto.com/ Subscribe to OG Fans: https://ogtriangle.supportingcast.fm/ Buy OG merch: https://breakingt.com/collections/the-ovies-giglio-collec...
Jun 11, 2025•51 min•Ep. 513
Summer offseason protocols are in full effect with the first edition of "Brief History of Triangle Good". Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio unveil their Mt. Rushmore of Triangle Good QBs from the last 25 years. Plus! The QB princes who were promised from the last 25 years. Sports Podcast Festival Tickets: https://therialto.com/event/the-2nd-annual-sports-podcast-festival/the-rialto-theatre/ TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - What is "Triangle Good"? 09:00 - Mt. Rushmore of Triangle QBs 38:00 - Housekeeping 45:00 - QB p...
Jun 11, 2025•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 512
Offseason protocols? What offseason protocols! Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio open things up with a Grand Slam final so good it hooked everyone to watch. Same goes for college baseball, where the Tar Heels found another heartbreaking way to lose. Between leaving runners stranded and overthinking situations with the shift, North Carolina fell short of another College World Series appearance. ESPN's Brooke Pryor joined the podcast to discuss Aaron Rodgers finally joining the Pittsburgh Steelers. What do...
Jun 09, 2025•1 hr 57 min•Ep. 511
In the June 6th edition of OG Mailbag, Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio run through several questions submitted by OG Fans subscribers. What is the definition of "Triangle Good" What's up with Giglio's Duke basketball takes? Is Hubert Davis getting unfair national media perspective? Why is everyone fired up over Ven-Allen Lubin? So why did Dallas fire their hockey coach, but Rod haters are wrong? Nintendo Switch 2 review? How big is NC's appetite for baseball? ...and more!...
Jun 06, 2025•37 min•Ep. 510
Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio are back for another Butcher's Market OG Live. First up? The Stanley Cup Playoffs, where Edmonton showed you what the Carolina Hurricanes are lacking when it comes to hanging with the Florida Panthers. The NBA Finals also start, which has brought about another round of handwringing over market sizes and faces of the league. Why does this stuff still matter in 2025? Alex Kirshner, from Split Zone Duo, joins the podcast to discuss whether or not all the Bill Belichick goss...
Jun 05, 2025•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 509
Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio open the podcast with the news North Carolina spent $14 million on their roster for the upcoming basketball season. The way InsideCarolina and others have framed the investment raised an eyebrow for Ovies. Is Hubert Davis being set up to make the argument for his dismissal if the Heels don't breakthrough? Speaking of hoops, the highlight mixtape is a dying art. Webb Wellman, director of the John Wall Holiday Invitational, joined the podcast to discuss how he pioneered th...
Jun 04, 2025•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 508
Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio camped out at Lenovo Center following the end of season press conference for the Carolina Hurricanes. Head coach Rod Brind'Amour sat down with the guys to discuss what he felt was one of the better seasons in franchise history given the context of the full year. However, they still came up short of the Stanley Cup goal. How is Brind'Amour processing another Eastern Conference Finals exit, dealing with disgruntled fans for the first time as a head coach, and how will the ...
Jun 03, 2025•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 507
The Stanley Cup Playoffs might be the most physically demanding sports tournament to win, but the NCAA baseball tournament might be the hardest overall thanks to the randomness of college pitching. Ovies and Giglio open the show with a little SEC schadenfreude, while also highlighting just how wild it is for some of these teams to have exited the tournament so early. The Athletic's Brendan Marks joins the show to celebrate "Belichick June 1st Contract Day" and take a look at these finalized bask...
Jun 02, 2025•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 506
In the May 30th edition of OG Mailbag, Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio run through several questions submitted by OG Fans subscribers. Why did SEC commish Greg Sankey suddenly backoff wanting College Football Playoff automatic qualifiers? What does the SEC really want out of the CFP? Does Sankey actually hate the ACC? Why the College World Series is a random chaos generator Does Florida's lack of state income tax really give team an advantage? Final look at the 2024-2025 Canes season? Mount Rushmore of...
May 30, 2025•25 min•Ep. 505
Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio are back for another Butcher's Market OG Live. What's next for the Carolina Hurricanes after the Florida Panthers knocked them out of the Stanley Cup Playoffs? And now that everyone has been able to sleep on it, what is the best way to look at the 2024-2025 season? Plus! That awkward handshake between Paul Maurice and Rod Brind'Amour explained. Ryan Didoshak from @HotGarbageSports joins the podcast to explain what truly separates the Panthers from the Canes, and where th...
May 29, 2025•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 504
The Florida Panthers are headed to the 2025 Stanley Cup Finals after rallying to clinch the series over the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 5. Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio are joined by N&O columnist Luke DeCock and play-by-play voice Mike Maniscalco inside Lenovo Center to discuss all the key moments from what turned out to be closing time for the Canes. While Rod Brind'Amour's initial group wasn't expected to do much other than make the playoffs, the final version of the team found themselves with...
May 29, 2025•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 503
Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio are at the UNC Health Championship at Raleigh Country Club and have a lot to get into today -- because they've spent most of the week focused on the Carolina Hurricanes. They start things off with SEC commish Greg Sankey saying the college football world is too wrapped up in the idea of "not losing" instead of more important matters, like who got to play Georgia. Ironic considering Sankey is very much concerned with winning the battle for the heart and soul of college fo...
May 28, 2025•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 502
Carolina Hurricanes vs. Florida Panthers – Game 4 Breakdown | Stanley Cup Playoffs Eastern Conference Finals | OG After Dark The Carolina Hurricanes stave off elimination with a clutch shutout win over the Florida Panthers in Game 4. While Logan Stankoven once against had a monster game for the Canes, veterans like Sebastian Aho and Jaccob Slavin stepped up to seal the deal and force Game 5 in Raleigh. Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio are joined by N&O columnist Luke DeCock and play-by-play Mike Man...
May 27, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 501
Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio are joined by N&O columnist Luke DeCock and play-by-play Mike Maniscalco to discuss a brutal Game 3 for the Carolina Hurricanes, who saw a 1-1 game implode after the Florida Panthers scored 5 goals in the 3rd period. The Canes are now on the brink of elimination from Eastern Conference Finals, while the Panthers are 1 game away from their 3rd straight Stanley Cup Finals appearance. Sports Podcast Festival Tickets: https://therialto.com/event/the-2nd-annual-sports-pod...
May 25, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 500
In the May 23rd edition of OG Mailbag, Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio run through several questions submitted by OG Fans subscribers. -- Is it time for Rod Brind'Amour to go? -- Why are NC State coaches invoked when talking about Rod? -- Canes picked a bad time to be good? -- Will CFP changes hurt the ACC? -- NC State & Duke winning hoops offseason over UNC? -- "Off Season Protocols" -- Does Caitlin Clark make people stupid? ...and more! Sports Podcast Festival Tickets: https://therialto.com/event...
May 23, 2025•39 min•Ep. 499
After falling 0-2 to the Florida Panthers in the Eastern Conference Finals, things are looking grim in Raleigh. Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio are joined by N&O columnist Luke DeCock and play-by-play voice Mike Maniscalco to break down how everything has gone wrong for the Canes and how the Panthers are dominating this series. OG After Dark is brought to you by Bloomin' Blinds . Sports Podcast Festival Tickets: https://therialto.com/event/the-2nd-annual-sports-podcast-festival/the-rialto-theatre/ ...
May 23, 2025•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 498
Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio are back for another Butcher's Market OG Live. First up? The Stanley Cup Playoffs. Are the Canes cooked, fam? Or is everyone overreacting to their Game 1 loss to the Florida Panthers? Former NC State basketball player Alex Nunnaly joined the show to discuss the doomer fan mentality shared by Caniacs and Wolfpack fans. @TheFieldOf68 insider Jeff Goodman drops by the studio to discuss how he slipped in some Canes playoff hockey and a Triangle hoops check-in all in the same...
May 22, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 497
