Two G's in a Pod: Recent Episodes
Nick Gregory
A father-son conversation about sports with an emphasis on the B1G, Detroit teams, and other fun topics from Studio 740.
Kavaun breaks down the Lions NFL Week 1 matchup with the LA Rams in the first episode of a series focused on the Detroit Lions 2024-2025 season. In addition to a solid breakdown of the overtime victory, Kavaun talks about why Aidan Hutchinson should be mic'd up on game day. It's no surprise that the father-son duo pledges once again to keep a regular podcast schedule aiming to highlight Lions games and provide an overview of select weekly NFL highlights.
Kavaun harkens back to the good ole days of Larry Bird's NBA and he admits that he is actually paying attention when his dad talks sports fandom of the 80's! Enjoy a segment called Cranky or Legit? as Nick shares five sports fan takes that he's not on board with and Kavaun gets to decide if he's just old and cranky or actually has a legit take. Nick almost gets Kavaun to admit that Spencer Torkelson is a bust for the Detroit Tigers.
Join us as we knock off the rust and talk Lions playoff expectations with a little bit of Wolverine and Spartan Football thrown in the mix.
Join the fun and listen in as we talk about hoops, mascots, and more. Kavaun researched all 68 teams, and he's looking to successfully pick the NCAA champion for the third time in the last six years. Kavaun demonstrates his youth in the "Would you Rather?" segment, and we ponder if the Big Ten can advance past the second weekend of play. See if you can beat Kavaun in the NCAA 2023 mascot challenge, and we're both confident you will agree with our analysis of some of the nation's worst mascots.
Listen in for 30 minutes of March Madness fun!
Kavaun educates his dad about the Lions NFL playoff chances and the two debate how success should be measured for the 2022 Lions. After winning five of the last six, It's no surprise that Kavaun defends Lions coach Dan Campbell and Nick continues to question his unconventional in-game decisions. Predictably, Nick plays the role of the middle-aged jaded sports fan in the face of Kavaun's hope and optimism. The two superfans talk about some college football playoffs and try to come to grips with the reality that their rival Wolverines might just win it all. The last few minutes shift back to more Lions talk.
Before we board our flight to watch MSU play at Washington, Kavaun makes his college picks, leads listeners on a deep dive into the stats behind his predictions and he gives listeners his defense of the Detroit Lions opening week performance. A lot of B1G Football and some NFL talk in this lively father-son banter!
Before we board our flight to watch MSU play at Washington, Kavaun makes his college picks, leads listeners on a deep dive into the stats behind his predictions and he gives listeners his defense of the Detroit Lions opening week performance. A lot of B1G Football and some NFL talk in this lively father-son banter!
Kavaun won't admit the Tiger's season is a failure, he loves Jaden Ivey for the Pistons draft pick and he thinks the Lions will double their win total for next year.
- The best MLB homerun team celebrations
- Detroit Tigers are in a funk and stagnant
- Lions off-season hopes (we never learn!)
- Detroit Piston's NBA draft talk
- NBA roundup
Kavaun breaks down the Spartan NCAA seeding options and the B1G Women's Basketball matchups. We talk about the Wolverines on the NCAA bubble and we try to figure out what in the world Juwan Howard was thinking when he hit a Wisconsin assistant coach in the post-game handshake line.
Before we can break down Super Bowl LVI, we jump right into, who is not coaching in the NFL. We start with Jim Harbaugh (Vikings not interested) before digging in on our own learning about Brian Flores, the history of black coaches in professional sports, and all the questions we're left wondering. Kavaun picks his best NFL helmets and his dad has to step in and help him respect some classics. Of course, Kavaun and Baba made room for some MSU Spartan hoops and end with Kavaun off the Cuff.
We talk road wins, debate whether good losses exist and I challenge Kavaun to choose between two MSU Coaches for a dinner date - Coach Izzo or Coach Tucker. His answer might surprise you.
Two Gs In a Pod No.7 - Jan. 23, 2022
0:00 NFL re-cap
6:15 Best road wins in our fan experience
11:30 Is there such a thing as a good loss?
15:45 College Hoops
21:00 Kavaun Off the Cuff
Kavaun gives his NFL Playoff breakdown and makes the claim, "Tenessee is not a Super Bowl team" despite their #1 seed. Even though our Spartans got beat by unranked Northwestern at home, we break down the B1G picture in Men's and Women's hoops. I snuck in some trivia for Kavaun in my attempt to honor integration in college athletics, and we wrap up with Kavaun Off the Cuff.
00:00 NFL
17:00 B1G Women's Hoops Power Rankings
29:45 B1G Men's Hoops Power Rankings
40:00 Trivia Challenge
47:30 Kavaun Off the Cuff
Kavaun makes the case that Jim Harbaugh has under-achieved at Michigan. We talk about COVID sports cancellations and we reminisce about Kavaun joining my basketball practices as a toddler and skiing for the first time this past weekend.
- BONUS: NFL Playoff talk for the last 22 minutes of Two G's in a Pod.
00:00 What's with all the Jim Harbaugh hype? Which NFL teams might be in line for his services? 16:25 COVID protocols and games are being postponed so we take a closer look at the Wolverine's missing games - a unique coincidence or convenience to avoid tough games? 21:00 MSU Peach Bowl and how we did on our bowl predictions in Episode 4. 28:00 Bama - Dawgs: K breaks down the National Championship and we both predict the winner. We also discuss whether it is possible to get sick of winning (Alabama). 37:15 Kavaun Off the Cuff: Kavaun talks about watching me coach JV basketball and we discuss his first time skiing this week. 46:45 END of the segment 47:00 NFL Week 18 BONUS segment (full with statistical analysis!) * The photo is referenced in the Kavaun Off the Cuff segment. Beata used to bring the kids back to the locker room after games, win or lose. There were some special wins and I remember bringing Kavaun into the locker room to celebrate with the team. Great memories!
Listen in as we trade in our home recording studio (Kavaun's bedroom) for a professional home studio in Portland, Oregon! We try to shake off the rust after ten days since our last pod and we do it in style three thousand miles away. We're rested and charged up for bowl season. As a bonus, we throw in some MLB lockout talk and some NCAA Women's Hoops.
Kavaun may be the only person in the nation who gives Cincinnati a chance agains Alabama and predicts the Detroit Tigers have a legitimate chance for a playoff birth in the MLB. Listen in as we try to shake off the rust after laying around for a few days in beautiful Portland, Oregon. With a 10 day layover from our last recorded pod, we slid into my father-in-laws home studio with a pro mic to deliver takes uniquely ours!
Kavaun gives me a hard time for raising him a Lions fan, we rap about college football players opting out of bowl games, and we share our holiday traditions. I try to keep up with my favorite fan as he brings some humor to his critique of the Lions, Urban Meyer, and even the Pistons.
0:00 College Football Players Opting Out of Bowl Games 10:00 NFL Talk: Lions, NFC North, Urban Meyer 26:30 Pistons Skid 33:00 Kavaun Off the Cuff
00:00 HEISMAN TALK 11:45 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW 21:45 BEST COLLEGE FOOTBALL UNIFORMS 32:00 KAVAUN OFF-THE-CUFF
Our first recorded father-son convo about sports - our MSU Spartans, B1G Football and Basketball, NFL Fantasy Football, and more! A Kavaun-created musical intro and closing, along with a better title, will be added soon.