The No Show-Cause Show
Former Industry Professional in College Athletics, Lifetime Fan of College Sports, and Bar Conversation Historian giving perspective, historical recounts, and commentary on the state of college athletics and the competitions occurring at the moment.
Episodes
93 episodes
90: Coaching Upheaval in College Basketball, and the Sweet 16 Preview
We start off today's episode with another reminder that you may not like how Texas Tech is doing things, but they are showing you how they are doing it, even while they try to change it.We have some "niche" NCAA championships that were w...
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89: Recapping the First Two Rounds of the NCAA Tournament
Wellness, not underrated. We work through another show while we battle illness, but this tournament has too much going on to not recap what we've seen so far.We talk about the games and the state of the tournament from off the court and ...
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88: Show-Cause Conversations: Adam Drake
We continue our series (3 times makes a series, right?) of Show-Cause Conversations with individuals talking about their ties to the college sports world.Today, a former collegiate teammate of mine, Adam Drake joins to share his experien...
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87: Brackets are Set, Let's Dance
It's Tournament Time, the Brackets are set.First we discuss the absurdity of the Big Ten writing a letter asking the NCAA not to enforce a rule, then we get right into the brackets.For the most part, we think the committee did the...
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86: Championship Week Speed Burst, and We Go Off on the CSC
Full throttle College Basketball coverage. The tickets punched, and the conference tournaments ongoing are covered.First we go through two cases in which D1 conferences and their soon-to-be former schools are embroiled in lawsuits.
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85: Championship Week Gets Rolling
Yours truly's voice is shot on this Monday. The congestion is making my voice even flatter than usual, but we push through. It's Championship Week after all. We start off the show with the non-actions to be taken after the big roundtable to sav...
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84: Who Cares About the Rules? What Makes a Good Rule? Why Does it Matter?
In today's episode we get philosophical about the why of this show brought about by doing what all podcasters do- listen to other podcasts. We trace our start in college athletics rules analysis, why it matters using the example of one of the b...
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83: New NCAA Championships, College Basketball Enters March, and Sorsby Gets Sued
It's officially March! A wonderful time of year for us college sports enthusiasts. We take a dive into the college basketball weekend and how teams faired in helping/hurting their cause. The top seeds certainly are looking strong. W...
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82: College Basketball Bubbling, Moving Army-Navy(?), and the NCAA Sends a Memo
On today's show we look at College Basketball, and make an interesting note about the WAB rankings. (Website we referenced is here)After seemingly gaining momentum, the NCAA loses an eligibility case t...
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81: Of WAB and Short Shorts
Discussing Wins Above Bubble and Short Shorts in College Football.A Monday show with two weeks to go in the college basketball regular season. We take a look at the top 16 seed reveal and how the men's tourney committee in basketball is ...
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80: Are College Sports Just One Big Game of Monopoly?
Not just speaking of college sports wanting us to flip the entire gameboard over at 2 am, the more I think about college sports being akin to Monopoly, the more it makes sense. Especially in how we aim to cover it on the No Show-Cause Show....
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79: Basketball Coach Firing for Cause? Chambliss Wins Eligibility in Court, and Spring Sports Have Sprung
On today's show, we take a look at the weekend that was in College Basketball. Is Arizona in trouble? Is Iowa St back on track? How fair some of the bubble teams and a ejection-laden microcosm of a game in the Big East.Kansas St moves on...
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78: College Basketball Action Heats Up as A Local Judge Uses Common Sense
More like Bediak-NO? The Alabama circuit judge has ruled against Alabama Basketball's athlete that came back from the pros to play in 5 games. Some may say it was absurd to allow him to play in 5 games before this point, but the main point is t...
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77: Conference Realignment is BACK, and Who Are the Contenders in College Basketball?
On today's show, more conference realignment talk. An FCS power is moving into the FBS, while others are still trying to get in the door.We also look at the wide field of contenders to make the Final Four in college basketball, and look ...
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76: Whose Eligibility Is It Anyway?
Late getting our Thursday show up. But we wanted to hone in and focus solely on athlete eligibility, using some examples currently being decided or recently decided for college football and basketball.The rules used to be a lot more clea...
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75: The Transfer Portal Giveth, But What Has It Taken Away?
By now we have all heard of the transfer portal, and most people believe they know it to be an evil force against the sanctity of college sports.However, the portal itself is nothing more than an administrative tool that actually makes l...
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74: Circling Back on Mensah and Clemson vs. Ole Miss, and CFP Format
Circling back, the office speak we all loathe, but we shared some topics on Monday's show that need revisiting.Darian Mensah and Duke reach a settlement, the NCAA says it will investigate Clemson's tampering claims against Ole Miss.<...
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73: Major Portal Tampering, Judges Keeping It Local, and How did My College Football Predictions Pan Out?
On today's show, we have more fallout from local judges ruling on college sports; Darian Mensah is in the portal but can't transfer, and Charles Bediako has played in a game for Alabama this season.According to Dabo, Ole Miss heavily tam...
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72: We Have a College Football National Champion, and the Golden Age of Billable Hours
On today's show we recap the national championship, and Indiana's landmark program turnaround. What the 16-0 season could mean for other programs, what it could not mean as well.I will of course cover some of my Miami sadness from seeing...
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71: College Football National Championship Preview
The National Title will be settled tonight in Miami. We are on the scene as the game unfolds. We take a look at the big storylines for the game, but also dive deeper into the coaching and program philosophies and then how this game has strong t...
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70: College Basketball's Process Getting it Right? CFP Says Let's Run it Back
Today we talk some College Basketball selection process. The tournament chair for the Men's Basketball committee is talking clearly about metrics and selection process. Contrast that with the convoluted process College Football had this past se...
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69: CFP Title Game Set, More Portal and Eligibility Battles
We have the CFP title game match-up, compelling for many reasons. We also have the curious case of a transfer portal QB, rubberbanding back to his school, providing a lesson for coaches, administrators, agents, and athletes themselv...
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68: CFP Semifinal Preview, and How the Transfer Portal is Like GoT
It's time to preview the CFP Semis, but first we rundown a change at AD at a P4 school that feels like it is behind in the money game.In CBB, Michigan almost made me look foolish for praising them last episode, and conference chaos is ra...
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67: College Athletics New World Isn't For Everyone, CFP Payout Update, and College Basketball
On today's show we examine what the semifinal teams have in common, along with other successful college football programs of the current era. Also, the programs left reeling from coaching and player loss have to adjust as well. We look at a cou...
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66: College Sports Still Rule, and College Football Playoff Quarterfinal Recap
New year, same show...new episodes!We kick off our 2026 year of the show with a discussion over the college basketball hysteria with player eligibility. How is it concerning, how is it overblown, and what can help settle everyone down (h...
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