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
80 episodes
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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65: Wrapping Up 2025, The College Sports Word of the Year, CFP Quarterfinals Preview
We have reached the end.....of 2025 on the No Show-Cause Show.We briefly recap how much has changed since we started the show in June. Including calling out the Louisiana governor for his comments on "how to save" college sports in our F...
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64: Friday Post-Christmas Show; Football, Basketball, Coaching, Bowl Games
Hope everyone's holiday was a great one. Quick check-in on the college sports front for the show.We take a look at a few college QBs and their extension of eligibility situations.College Basketball is heavy at the top heading into...
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63: CFP Round 1 Recap, Group of 5 Realities, and a Volleyball Sweep for the Title
Late posting but the show goes on. We recap the Round 1 games from the College Football Playoff. This leads into a broader discussion about the Group of 5(soon to be 6)'s involvement in the future of the playoff, and how some are driving the na...
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Show-Cause Conversations: Athletic Academics and The Life of A Coach's Wife with Brynn Richter
We have a very special episode today as we are joined by Brynn Richter. Not only a former boss of mine, but a veteran of the college athletics administration game. She also happens to be married to a D1 Basketball coach.We discuss the cu...
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62: Are Show-Causes Going Away?! And More CFP Bashing (and Round 1 Preview)
Thursday show is up, and a new national champion has been crowned in college sports, in a thrilling OT finale.We'll look ahead to the sports weekend, that starts tonight with volleyball semis and runs Fri-Sun with Round 1 of the CFP. We'...
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61: Michigan Scandal Fallout, Volleyball Upsets, and Looking for Positives in the College Sports Hysteria
A new week and a new outlook on the state of college sports.While the Michigan Scandal and Private Equity elements of college sports can lend to a gloomy outlook, there are some great things going on in college sports.Fall Champio...
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60: Are College Sports at a Tipping Point?
After a quiet episode about the College Football Playoff, so much has happened.We have not only playoff bluster, but playoff antagonism against the CFP and the ACC from Notre Dame. Do they deserve special treatment? (No, but they are pin...
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59: College Football Playoff Instant Reaction
The Playoff Bracket is out for College Football and people are mad, people are happy, but mostly, people are wondering why the process played out like it did.We recap conference championship Saturday and what the final rankings were and ...
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58: Playoff Committee Ignores Its Protocols, College Basketball Warms Up, and a Fall Championship Update
The College Football Playoff Committee is making it up as they go, and that is not the design of their own protocols, which you can view here.
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57: A Chalky Weekend of College Football Leaves Us Wondering What is the Criteria for a Playoff Team?
A lack of chaos on the field this past holiday weekend has led to a magnification of the problems of bloated conferences and consistency in choosing playoff teams. Just as I feared when I did my big
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56: Thanksgiving College Football Weekend Preview, plus Winning a National Title While Suing the NCAA is Kind of Cool
We have an early holiday episode here, so everyone can enjoy Turkey Day, We breakdown the College Football Playoff rankings, a bunch of seemingly nonsensical movement. We also preview this weekend's games and how they could impact t...
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55: Feast Week, No Chaos on the Field in College Football, and some National Championships Have Been Won
Lots going on for this Monday before Thanksgiving episode.Feast Week as begun in College Basketball, a lot of interesting and intriguing tournaments get off the ground this week.The College Sports Commission wants the schools to s...
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54: Athletic Directors Steering(or Wrecking) the Ship, and CFP Rankings plus CFB Week 13 Preview
Barely got the episode in before midnight but the Thursday show is up. We take a look at some interesting AD situations, from LSU to Ole Miss, Colorado and Wazzu. What makes a good leader and what can make or break a good leader in college athl...
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