The Texas Porch with J.P. Heath: Recent Episodes
J.P. Heath
Texas talk with a touch of sports. J.P. and his friends talk about sports, news, and life living in the great state of Texas. Interviews and insights, laughs and a lot of fun. Twitter: @MrTexasJP
Josh used a comp day to let the most qualified Texan wrap up the jam-packed college football weekend. But first, J.P. talks about how the Aaron Rodgers injury (2:00) impacts the Cowboys season. Then the heroics of undrafted free agent out of SFA (3:40) Xavier Gipson. Wow!
J.P. breaks down the full weekend of Texas college football (7:10) from Longhorns (8:30) and Aggies (13:10) to his Rice Owls (16:00)! The Red Raiders lost a wild one (20:00) but things will be fine out west. What the heck is happening in Waco? (21:55)
The battle of I-35 between UTSA and Texas State (23:00) and SMU's loss at OU are discussed (24:37). UNT, UTEP, and Sam Houston (28:25) are also mentioned.
This Day in Texas Sports & History (29:30) features the birthday of two great Rockets and J.P.'s terrible JFK impression.
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A new journey of The Texas Porch begins! J.P. gets back at it for Season 4 by explaining what the show from here on out will be like (2:20) from here on out and what you can expect (5:30) from here on out. He will heavily lean on you the great listener (6:15).
Much of the episode (15:00) is devoted to God's sovereign hand in his career, from growing up with a passion for sports to his first full-time job in radio (18:45) that didn't exactly go so well to a failed job interview that let was the best thing that ever happened to him ( 21:30). And then getting out of the boat thanks to the advice of a pastor (29:00).
Getting the Rice job (32:45) was another example of His fortune. The best thing you could ever do (35:30).
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One of J.P.'s young early radio favorites, Norm Hitzges, stepped down from The Ticket airwaves. J.P. pays tribute to the Texas Radio Hall of Famer and tells the story of how one small interaction with the legend impacted his career.
Norm drops at beginning and end courtesy of the great folks at The Unticket.
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On the 27-year anniversary of starting his first job J.P. reminisces on the time he and his Mazzio's Pizza buddies reminisced about working together. They discuss when J.P. was canned on his front lawn (10:00). Kevin tells a story about getting busted in a dessert heist (25:20). Lamar tells a couple tales of odd job endings in Lubbock (31:00) surrounding a liquor store and photography gig. And even Mitch isn't perfect (37:00)! J.P. caps the look-back episode about the time he tried to fake his way through an interview right after college (41:30).
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Mitch, Paul and J.P. had a summer meet-up at Cattleack BBQ in Farmers Branch and, of course, it was amazing! They discuss comparing it vs a classic Hill Country style (4:00) place like Salt Lick. Paul had the most experience with Cattleack (8:00) and went over his menu selections. J.P. liked the wall paintings heading into the restaurant during the long wait (13:00). He went with the Texas Trinity (16:00), which hit the spot, although the sausage wasn't his favorite. Mitch and his daughter threw down some brisket, mac and cheese and the Todd father sandwich (18:30).
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Lots of baseball going on out there! J.P. wraps up the regionals involving Texas schools with some love to D2 and D3 too.
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It happened again. The San Antonio Spurs won the NBA Draft Lottery, which gives them the right to draft coveted prospect Victor Wembanyama (4:00). Josh & J.P. discuss the amazing luck of the Spurs. It's not widely known, but this is a hockey pod (12:45) so Go Stars! J.P. tells the tale about meeting Pete Rose (18:00) and then they discuss other famous people they've met (26:00). Josh had to bolt early , but This Week in Texas Sports & History (30:15) features some notable birthdays, including King George and J.P.'s broadcast idol.
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Jeremy Branham co-hosts The Killer B's on 97.5/92.5 from noon-3 CST with Joel Blank. He also does play-by-play for Houston Cougars basketball and baseball for Learfield and he is also the sideline reporter on Cougars football broadcasts. He's on twitter at @JeremyBranham. Jeremy sat down with J.P. before a Rice Owls / Houston Cougars baseball game to talk about the Texans draft and the some current topics around his Cougars and their move to the Big 12. Topics they discuss:
3:30 - The C.J. Stroud and Will Anderson draft picks
9:20 - How did the rest of the Texans draft go?
11:40 - What do Texans fans think of the Cowboys?
15:30 - How are the Houston Cougars looking heading to the Big 12?
18:10 - Cougars basketball can trust in Kelvin Sampson
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Before ripping off some tepid takes on the Cowboys draft J.P. gives a long overdue review of the great Blood Brothers BBQ (4:40) and recaps yet another clumsy fall on a recent morning walk (7:20). Josh reviews his family trip to Globe Life Field to see the Rangers clobber the Yankees (14:40). And the Cowboys had a blah draft (19:00) but that's not a bad thing. This Week in Texas Sports & History (32:30) involves a famous heart surgery, a teeny tiny Astros b-day, and an historic hitting feat in Rangers history.
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J.P. & Josh gather to discuss the Rockets hiring of Ime Udoka as their new head coach (3:30). And why would James Harden want to come back? (8:45) And why would the Rockets want him?
This Week in Texas Sports & History (18:30) features Josh dogging on the Cowboys all-time leading tackler, their favorite Renee' Zellweger movie, some favorite Nolan Ryan moments, and could they beat George Gervin in a game of two-on-one?
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J.P. and Josh tag-teamed to go a south to watch their teams in the Silver Boot. Obviously there was a J.P. awkward encounter. The Texas Sports Hall of Fame inducted its 2023 class and it sure is a star-studded lineup.
2:20 - Josh has upgraded his backdrop and reveals his most recent prestigious writing award.
7:00 - J.P.'s first place Rangers and Josh's third place Astros square off at Minute Maid Park. They discuss the trip with some friends, the pace of play and of course another there's another J.P. awkward encounter (19:00)
26:30 - They discuss the 2023 Texas Sports Hall of Fame class in Waco: Robert Brazile, Jose Cruz, Scott Drew, Carlette Guidry, Priest Holmes, Adrian Peterson, Cynthis Potter, and Michael Strahan.
38:45 - This Week in Texas Sports & History features a "friend" of the show, a Texas NBA center debate, the Battle of San Jacinto and the overrated Tony Romo.
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A friend to many in the Houston sports and media world passed away recently. J.P. shares his own memories of the now late, great Frankie Hicks.
4:45 - Friend of the show Marcus contributed a very nice jersey collection of his own.
7:00 - J.P. found the article that Josh wrote on the start of The Porch in 2006,the precursor to the The Texas Porch.
11:45 - J.P. eulogizes Frankie Hicks, an icon in the Houston radio and television scene for decades.
27:30 - This Week in Texas Sports & History features the opening of two Rangers ballparks and some notable golf feats.
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In the guys first live show in over a year (!) Josh and J.P. yuck it up about a Taylor Swift and Texas MLB road trip and J.P.'s trip to see UConn win it all at NRG Stadium.
3:30 - J.P. flexes his guns before slipping on the jersey of a newly minted Hall of Famer. Josh breaks down his jersey collection and a Little Dribblers coaching story.
7:30 - Josh's road trip to see Taylor Swift was interrupted by three Astros and Rangers games.
18:00 - Apparently J.P. has the magic touch with UConn and NCAA Tourney wins. Thanks to friend and fan of the show Marcus for the ticket!
29:10 - Dirk is a Hall of Famer! Oh yeah, it's a strong Texas connection to this year's class. They talk about meeting your idols.
36:25 - This Week in Texas Sports and History features the birthday the original edition of The Texas Porch debuts, heartbreaking Houston Cougars anniversary, and the birthday of Wayne Graham.
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J.P. and Josh reconvene to dish cutdowns and sprinkle in predictions for their favorite MLB teams. The Astros may have a World Series title but the Rangers had an amazing offseason.
3:00 - J.P. gets dressed and ready to talk some baseball
4:10 - Despite injuries the Astros are still the favorites to win it all
10:20 - The impact of the loss of Justin Verlander
18:00 - Astros win predictions - o/u 96.5
20:10 - Optimism in Arlington starts with Bruce Bochy
25:10 - Is de Grom is the best Rangers pitcher ever?
33:40 - Rangers win predictions - o/u 82.5
37:30 - The glorious pace of play rules
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Josh makes his Season 3 debut. What took so long? And what do we really know about this newspaper man of mystery? Josh and J.P. talk about how they met and tell some old, funny stories before revealing a new direction of the podcast.
3:20 - When did Josh & J.P. first meet?
5:00 - Why does Josh hate vests so much?
8:10 - Their favorite road trip story to McAllen/Edinburg
28:00 - What's the deal with the Third Rate Taco Joint?
30:10 - What's his favorite TV show of all-time?
31:05 - Josh explains his hatred for Mitch
31:55 - RIP Ferdinand the Cat
33:00 - Josh tries to contain his excitement for this BIG POD ANNOUNCEMENT
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J.P.'s favorite announcer Eric Nadel recently made a courageous announcement, stepping away from the Texas Rangers for the start of the season. J.P. discusses that and Eric's influence on his love for radio.
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Does Texas A&M, UH, or Texas have a chance to win a college basketball national title? After a recap of a couple of quick Texas road trips and BBQ review (Guess Family BBQ in Waco) J.P. gives his two cents (7:15) on how the Aggies, Cougars and 'Horns will fare in the tourney. And the return (18:10) of This Week in Texas Sports & History!
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Jamie Lent is Co-host of The Morning Drive on Double T 97.3 FM in Lubbock and loves all things Texas Tech. J.P. and Jamie first met over 20 years ago broadcasting basketball in east Texas. They caught up in Houston after some college baseball at Minute Maid Park. They discuss:
3:20 - Mike Leach's passing
7:20 - How about Joey McGuire?
10:10 - Recent huge fundraising announcement
14:00 - The state of Red Raiders basketball
16:30 - An old story about a mascot that harassed Jamie during a broadcast.
You can listen to Jamie 6-9am, Monday-Friday on Double T 97.3 FM in Lubbock and on any Red Raiders baseball broadcast
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SHOW NOTES
Happy Texas Independence Day! J.P. commemorates the third anniversary of the show officially launching with a look back at his favorite moments and laughs and a quick history lesson regarding the birth of our great state.
2:30 - J.P. can't resist showing off his new toy involving two Texas sports greats - Kyler Murray and Jose Altuve
4:30 - UPDATE!! J.P. gives an update on his truck stereo situation and the third rate taco joint saga from a couple episodes back with Paul.
9:05 - Texas Independence Day quick history lesson
12:00 - J.P. looks back and remembers the motivation for starting the pod.
15:30 - His favorite moment actually came in the very first episode!
17:20 - A clip from J.P.'s favorite episode - Mazzio's Mafia
23:00 - Another favorite was Fighting Words on March 2, 2021. Mitch wasn't exactly nice back then
Other favorite episodes mentioned include:
Vacation Talk Part 2 with Mrs. The Texas Porch about their adventures to Disney World.
Episode 33 - Mental Health spotlight - Walk Across Texas Announcement
Love, Loss, Laughs and a Look Back - J.P. remembers his late, great mother that just passed away and Josh smarts off to J.P.!
Mitch and Josh meet in person in Road Trip Report: Globe Life Field
Willie Concert Review (J.P. & Mitch)
Season 2 Finale - How (Un) Texan Are you?
Honorable mentions as favorites
Ketchup, Vests and Politics
Sandwiches & Storage Units
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J.P.'s good buddy and Rice football broadcast partner Nate Griffin from Fox 26 Houston joins The Texas Porch. They talk about the Texans hiring of DeMeco Ryans (2:00), the reaction of the fanbase (5:15), what to do with the #2 pick and the current wobbly but improving state of the franchise (12:45).
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Paul makes his season three debut! J.P. has to bounce a couple stories off of the former most Texan of the crew.
2:20 - J.P.'s attempt to buy a new stereo for his truck did not go as planned. At all.
21:15 - And earlier the same day did the Third Rate Taco Joint swipe his debit card number?!?
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Kyrie is on the Dallas Mavericks! So now what?
1:45 - J.P. is very much in favor of this move, but understands why some MFFL's are against it.
8:55 - The risk is worth the reward because last season's run to the conference finals is proving to have been fluky.
11:00 - They just had to make this move to appease Luka.
12:25 - It may be blasphemous, but is there another state you could live in besides our great Lone Star State? One in particular is close to his heart
And to cap off the episode J.P. gives a quick Taco Bueno ceiling update referenced in Episode 4.
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SHOW NOTES
After the season-ending loss to the 49ers J.P. could only fall back on his bedrock movie The Shawshank Redemption and try to hope for a better future after another unfulfilled season (2:10).
4:45 - He is sick of conference title games being the barometer of success
7:25 - Mike McCarthy got as much out of this team as you could expect
12:30 - Just lower your expectations with Dak Prescott
17:30 - Please don't bring Zeke Elliott back!
19:55 - Hip hip hooray Dan Quinn is back
21:10 - Bye bye Kellen Moore
24:30 - Philly's two rebuilds since the Dez Caught It game
26:17 - Some Texas-themed notes for Super Bowl 57
28:20 - Quick look at the Dallas Cowboys 2023 opponents
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In Part 1 (listen here) J.P. & Lisa discuss the first two days of their healing trip out west to Big Bend & Terlingua. Lisa loved Front Street Books in Alpine and J.P. loved the scenic beauty of God's country.
In Part 2 they discuss the beautiful sunrise (1:10) on their second day and then find some coffee! (3:55). Then they trek to Santa Elena Canyon (7:00), where apparently no dogs are allowed. J.P. made a return trip to Rustic Iron BBQ, but his guy DB wasn't there (12:34).
When the cold front blew in (15:20) they were ready, but eventually they fell asleep. A stop in Fredericksburg on the way back (18:24) for some Czech baked treats and Hondo's was in order before a trip to The Painted Porch Bookstore in Bastrop. They wrap up their thoughts on the trip (23:00) with J.P. more likely to return.
RIP Dirkie. We miss you bud!
ICYMI J.P.'s previous solo trip to Big Bend that was referenced can be heard here and the awkward apology for that trip can be heard here.
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Shortly after their best bud and mini-schnauzer Dirk passed away (2:00) J.P. and Lisa took a healing trip to one of the best places to travel in our great state, Terlingua and Big Bend National Park.
In Part 1 they break down their trip out west (3:00) and if Lisa would go again. They had a surviving mini-schnauzer Daisy (5:00) that handled the trip like a champ. Guess who ended up sitting in the front seat most of the way!
They bunked in Alpine the first night (8:14) and the next morning they found a nice coffee shop, Cedar Coffee Supply and perused Front Street Books, which was a highlight of the trip. Then they made their way near Study Butte (14:00). Their cabin was truly off the grid (15:40) and the star gazing was AMAZING (16:55) and no surprise the sunrise was equally as impressive.
Oh yeah! Backing up a little bit the trip to the Chisos Mountains (18:49) was on the docket earlier in the day. They conclude Part 1 with a hot take that the chili might not be what it's cracked up to be (22:10).
RIP Dirkie. We miss you bud!
J.P.'s previous solo trip to Big Bend that was referenced can be heard here and the awkward apology for that trip can be heard here.
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J.P. was near the Metroplex and decided to take in a Mavericks game with ole buddy Mitch, who joins the show for the first time in a while. J.P. bought a jersey of his favorite Mavs legend and they break down the sensory overload at American Airlines Center.
J.P. shares two weird encounters he had at two Texas restaurant chains.
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J.P. puts TCU's run this century in perspective compared to Baylor, Texas A&M, Texas Tech and Texas.
Everyone thinks the Cowboys will lose at Tampa Bay so that has to mean they'll win right? Right?
Chris Beard was finally let go on the 40 Acres. Who's in line for the gig now?
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J.P. is back with an update from sickbay. It's his turn to ride the Covid merry-go-round.
He took a recent trip to the Sun City and shares his favorite restaurant spot that he'll miss.
A Longhorns coach legend, Cliff Gustafson, passed away and what a legacy he leaves.
Would TCU's title be the greatest in our state's great history?
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J.P. is back with the season premeir of Season 3 aka The Texas Porch 2.0!
Where's he been and what took so long?
And what's on tap for '23? Are we still friends?
The Core 4 (Josh, J.P., Paul, and Mitch) gather in the Season 2 finale to confess their Texas souls. While they are card carrying native Texans there is still plenty to knock off the bucket list. 3:15 Before they dive into the main topic at hand three of the guys argue about The Power of the Dog on Netflix. J.P. has come a long way since his film professor ragged on him in college.
7:10 J.P. intros the topic of the show.
7:45 Paul is first up in the rotation with a reference to a famous Texas song and J.P. sarcastically breaks down the lyrics. As the former Mr. Texan there isn’t much Paul hasn’t done.
13:45 Mitch takes the reins next and he is actually more Texan than he thinks, although not in the Cowboy or country way that non-Texans think of us.
17:10 Josh chimes in and isn’t confident at all, but he definitely has the sports bases covered and did Enchanted Rock when he was young. He has actually been to an Aggies home game and shares a swaying story.
21:00 J.P. hogs the mic for a while and confesses some shocking things that he’s never done relating to the Lone Star State. Paul reveals some amazing hunting news about his family land.
40:30 Josh boomerangs back around and confirms his Texaness crosschecked to J.P.’s un Texan list.
42:15 Mitch cuts to the chase and asks, “How Texan is the show?”
43:00 Before this thing wraps up the guys share their favorite episodes of Season 2. A consensus is Sandwiches and Storage Units and The Buffer Treadmill.
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Josh immediately consoles J.P. right out of the gate after the end of that poo poo Cowboys season. Kevin (3:30) is inconsolable and didn't even come on the podcast. Josh says to flush it and just give up following the team and he's got the Rockets to root for so it could be worse (5:00).
They start by focusing on the ending (6:10), and it perfectly sums up this dumpster fire of an organization. And a wild concept (10:00) San Francisco was just the better team. J.P. requotes himself from a recent not-Texas radio appearance, (12:10) ranking this season-ender just behind the Dez no-catch game. And why did we get our hopes up? They had ZERO chance of getting to the Super Bowl (20:20). In fact, J.P. says it will NEVER happen again except for his Shawshank reference when he might have a couple marbles rolling around his head.
J.P. goes to the archives and reads The Fellowship of the Diehards from Bob Sturm (21:00). We can't give up! This comes with being a fan. And Josh points out that a band wagon team (24:00) wins once in a while so the true Cowboys fans definitely aren't bandwagonners.
Troy Aikman had some pretty glaring comments (26:15) on The Ticket and they discuss the identity of this Mike McCarthy team. And Kellen Moore and his scheme is brought into question by 8-ball.
What about McCarthy? J.P. says as long as Jerry is running things (41:00) it truly doesn't matter who the head coach is.
They wrap up with some REM and Adele to get through the pain.
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Leading off (:55) a big milestone is noted before Mitch, J.P. and Paul discuss their recent gatherings around the new year. Mitch took J.P. out for some grub with his girls and J.P. wonders what they thought of his awkward sense of humor. Paul took his kiddos to a big time college basketball game that J.P. happened to be working. J.P. had a notable national radio appearance (6:00) and he breaks down the Texas Bowl like only he can. He nearly went viral thanks to the ESPN dolly (8:00) and he got snubbed for an interview by a Texas sports legend (13:35)! Then the guys break down a dilemma at The Texas Porch home base (21:00). What to do? They break down all the options for a package misplaced by Santa. Finally, J.P. has an update on Javier (35:30) and the Christmas lights.
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Dallas obliterates the Eagles JV team to end the regular season, but what does it mean for the offense? An above-the-legal-limit Kevin makes a return visit to the podcast to talk with J.P. some about 51-26, but mainly to discuss the offense, Kellen Moore, and their infamous trip to see the 2000 season opener. Buckle up.
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The Cowboys offensive inconsistencies continue as Coach Bro and Kyler pull one out at Jerry World. Josh and J.P. break down the 25-22 setback. The refs aren't to blame for this loss because the Cowboys had plenty of opportunities in the first three quarters. A bigger concern is Dallas' offensive struggles of late, but they're still a top offense in the league! But in the end the Cowboys could still be 12-5, which is where Josh and J.P. thought they'd be a few weeks ago. J.P. concludes with his new bad luck blue Cowboys Christmas shirt and talks about his national radio gig.
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Josh and J.P. reconvene to break down one of the biggest hide tannings in Cowboys history. Offense, defense, special teams you name it and it dominated the Washington Football Team in Week 16. And Dak was back, but is it too soon to say he's actually back? And one of the show's #1 fans makes a live appearance!
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J.P. and Josh open with a quick recap of their recent lunch at the third-rate taco joint. Then Paul and J.P. break down their mini-road trip (3:50) to the state championship games. The first couple of the podcast took a recent trip down to Moody Gardens (13:00) and it was fantastic. What was the Dunham crew’s Christmas tour around the Metroplex? (16:10) J.P. is the grinch when it comes to Christmas parades and Josh’s kids are now too cool for them, at least with their uncool dad. (19:50). And don’t overlook Santaland in Aggieland!
The guys have a long talk about getting Christmas lights installed (23:45) at The Texas Porch compound. J.P. says Javier was worth the money but Josh’s son was a better bargain at their house. What is some great Texas Christmas-time grub? (33:00) J.P. has found a tamale spot in the HTX. Paul proves his manhood and cooking skills with his favorite food this time of year (36:30) including a CHARCUTERIE BOARD! Josh is big on the sweets (39:00), specifically crack. The guys round out the episode with thoughts about recent lunches at Killen’s and Terry Black’s. (43:00). And then a nod to REK before a preview of Santa!
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A quick tour around the schedule for all of the Texas High School Football state semifinal games, 12/9-12/11/21.
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J.P. & Josh take an early offseason look at the activity and non-activity of their favorite Texas teams.
Before they get into the nitty-gritty (1:30) J.P. puts Josh on the spot for a spontaneous Texas high school football road trip. Then they break down (3:45) the early offseason storylines from the AL champs. Josh is ok with his team not spending before the lockdown shut things down. Dusty Baker is back (7:00) and you can't really say that's a bad move. But the big story is Carlos Correa not coming back (10:00). Who's the in-house candidate to fill that huge hole, or do they go shopping in the bargain bin? Justin Verlander is back (16:30) and that solidifies the Astros rotation up towards the top of the American League.
J.P. is understandably giddy about his Rangers flurry of moves (21:45)! Marcus Semien got the ball rolling (24:20) and Corey Seager was soon to follow. He comes to Arlington as one of the best hitting shortstops in the game. Texas is speeding up the rebuilding process. Hopefully Jon Gray (32:55) won't be the last pitcher signed in the offseason. The front office (34:45) has earned fans trust adding midlevel starting pitching and this probably isn't the offseason to add front of the line pitching with the young starting pitching right around the corner. And let's not forget the addition of Kole Calhoun! (38:15)
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J.P. and Josh are back at it with their Cowboys recaps, albeit four days after the fact. And an NBA Hall of Famer joins the podcast!
The Cowboys were without Mike McCarthy, but did anyone really notice? (2:15) But after taking a deep breath and looking back a win is a win and this was still a good win after playing three times in 12 days. Can we tap the breaks on Tony Pollard being the no-brainer answer in the backfield (6:30)? J.P. gives his take on things, which is not exactly in line with the Cowboys media. And have you noticed? (11:05) This Cowboys receiving corp is LEGIT, mainly Ceedee Lamb. But seriously, what's been up with Dak? (14:00) He just isn't the same since his calf strain. Then they get into a bit of a detour (18:00) breaking down the remaining schedule. Since they're not in the same town anymore they don't go to the third rate taco joint anymore, but Josh had a very on-brand trip recently. And will J.P.'s idea of not playing on Sundays ever catch on? (26:00) That talk turns into Josh kicking the Texans in the crotch.
Then J.P. relays his story about an interaction with one of the all-time (29:42) NBA greats, Elvin Hayes, and then that interview is played on podcast airspace. That segues into talking some about Texas NBA greats, but that's worthy of a whole other episode.
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In one of the more bizarre episodes of The Texas Porch, Josh and J.P. wrap up the Cowboys blow out win over Atlanta the previous day, that is, before Javier the Christmas lights installer shows up and J.P. has to exit early.
But before they were so politely interrupted they break down one of the better halves in franchise history, Jourdan Lewis's great game and that Dan Quin. He the real MVP of this coaching staff.
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What a time to be a sports fan in our great state! Sunday night was a little wild juggling both the Astros and the Cowboys AND HALLOWEEN but Josh and J.P. size up each of their favorite teams after a good night's sleep and a littler perspective. '*The Texas Porch' is available on Apple, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, Tune-in, I-Heart and all major podcast outlets. Also at* *www.thetexasporch.com*
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Jose Urquidy's pitching boosts the Astros to a 7-2 win in Game 2 of the fall classic, with the roof open no less! Josh and J.P. break it all down like only they can. J.P. butchers details of the game and Josh doesn't know the difference between a harmonica and a violin.
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For the fourth time in five years our great state is playing host to a World Series so naturally Josh & J.P. broke down game one.
The Astros squandered some chances early and Framber Valdez didn't have his "A" game. And one of Dusty's toothpicks has a connection to the pod!
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The Cowboys bloody the lips of the Patriots and Bill Belichik with a 35-29 overtime win in cheatin' New England. J.P. and Josh break it down for the 5-1 Cowboys going into the bye week. CeeDee Lamb is a dude, Treyvon keeps the streak alive, but how is Dak's calf?
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What do you do out on a porch? Well, back in the day the guys would break down such serious items in our society like these: sandwiches and storage units.
(3:10) Peanut butter & jelly sandwiches were in the national discussion and the guys give their Texas spin on perhaps the greatest of sandwiches. Paul breaks down his ratio (5:50) and his kiddos disdain for peanut butter. J.P. quickly chimes in with his bold take and the addition of white bread. Mitch (8:00) reveals his peak pb&j eating powers and sides more with J.P. on the ratio. Mitch’s bread breakdown is somewhat controversial but may be worth a try. (14:45) J.P. relives an old elementary school limerick involving jelly, but first…. they chase a squirrel about being in gifted and talented classes. (18:00) What’s rated as the best sandwich place in Texas? (19:30) Then the guys rattle of a few of their favorite sandwiches. Goodness, the sandwich dominates our meals on a weekly basis! Be wary of the meatball sub though. Things go sideways really quick! (24:30) Don’t even get us started on wraps, but the low-key sandwich is the grilled cheese.(26:30) The chicken sandwich could be the real MVP though. J.P. loved his recent road trip chicken sandwich.
(28:15) A recent move by one of the guys prompted an impromptu deep talk on the things we possess. But storage units sure are taking a lot of our money, huh? (32:40) Paul remembers an ongoing storage unit situation from a long time ago. (34:50) Mitch goes deep on us with things possessing us before his happy-go-lucky tornado story.
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The now 4-1 Cowboys roll past the short-handed, feisty Giants 44-20. Zeke works for his 100+ yards as the offense goes over half a thousand and Treyvon Diggs continues to dominate.
J.P. welcomes back Kevin for a recap of this disjointed win. Kevin explains his gameday drinking habits, kickin' chicken, victory bacon, and the two debate the merits of releasing Jaylon Smith during the week.
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Josh and J.P. wrap up the second half dominance, our new hero Treyvon Diggs, and a sneaky amazing game by Dak. Zeke is back to being Zeke and thank goodness Dan Quinn is the Cowboys DC.
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J.P. tips his cool Stetson to International Podcast Day with a special random show dedicated to tipping and an incident of someone not knowing their personal space, while Josh and Mitch nod along.
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The Cowboys maul the guys from the City of Brotherly Shove in fantastic fashion. Josh and J.P. break down the joyous 41-21 win, from an energized Zeke to a defense that's suddenly forcing turnovers, and of course... everyone's favorite tight end Dalton Schultz!! 'The Texas Porch' is available on Apple, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, Tune-in, I-Heart and all major podcast outlets. Also at www.thetexasporch.com
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J.P., Paul, Mitch, and Josh each grew up in small-town Texas. The topic comes about because J.P. recently made a move (2:50) away from a smaller Texas town and it's been tough at times. What percentage of Texans actually live in small towns? (5:30) Each of the guys talk about their most recent life in small towns and the benefits of it. Mitch gets a slice of both outside of DFW (10:50). J.P. contends that when it comes down to it small town life is the way to go (13:00).
But wait a minute. What exactly is a small town? A college definitely makes a difference in small town life. (15:00)
However you define it there's nothing wrong with wanting to get out. (18:15) As you get older you realize you don't have to get away, but it is a mindset.
What are the best small towns in Texas (22:20)? J.P. and the guys share their favorite small towns and where he wants to retire (32:00).
And one bogus website dares to list the worst places to live in Texas and the guys list a few contenders (35:00). Paul's time in West Texas was one to remember (40:40).
J.P. winds down the show with his XXL Stetson that Josh despises (43:00) before he shares yet another awkward story (45:15) around a recent trip to a Rangers game.
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The Cowboys and Greg Zuerlein delay our sadness and come through with a sensational road win in Jerry's return to LA! Josh and J.P. break it all down, from a beastly performance by Zack Martin to Big Game Tony Pollard on the ground. It certainly made up for that week one loss. 'The Texas Porch' is available on Apple, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, Tune-in, I-Heart and all major podcast outlets. Also at www.thetexasporch.com Subscribe here.
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The Moral Victory Police partners of Josh and J.P. break down the Cowboys season opening 31-29 loss at Tampa Bay. Dak kept throwing and throwing, the defense actually forced turnovers and you know what? They didn't look half bad. They also make record predictions that are sure to be right.
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J.P. and Mitch recently dared to venture into the sweltering heart of Texas to see the Texas icon of icons.
This was Mitch's second Willie show (1:35) and J.P.'s first. Overall they coudln't have been more impressed. The venue (3:00), the crowd (4:00) and the music were all perfect. Wait. Was this really their first concert together? (7:00) Throwing up in South Padre doesn't count apparently. They know what they're doing with these festivals (9:00) and the guys were perfectly content with their seats. Willie is as big a living legend as there is (12:05) and there's only one king that could come close. They agree Willie definitley had his A game (14:10) and singing along with him was a moment to remember. They break down the set list (20:40) and J.P.'s favorite was actually a Lukas Nelson song Forget about Georgia. Lastly J.P. procurred a pic of a guy videoing the concert that he'll never watch. Mitch wraps up paying homage to his bff Lil' Dickey (28:50).
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After begging for months to make a return appearance on The Texas Porch, Jeff returns with Josh and J.P. to break down the most recent wrestling "matches" in Texas. J.P. mocks and Josh nods along.
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Part 2 of Vacation Talk focuses on the better half of the The Texas Porch couple! The Heaths ventured outside the state line for a trip to Disney World (2:45) and it was all thanks to our great vacation planner - Believe Vacations By Kelly. But before getting out of the driveway Lisa had an encounter with an aggressive insect (5:50).
On the way during a stop in Louisiana (7:00) Lisa and J.P. were practically in the middle of an episode of Cops at a gas station. The hotel J.P. picked left a lot to be desired (13:15) but it wasn’t all bad because of the amazing coffee shop right across the street. J.P.’s been chasing the cold brew dragon ever since (15:15).
Unfortunately all of the Buccee’s outside Texas aren’t like the ones back home (17:00). They called an audible to also go to Universal Studios the day before (20:50). Overall it was great because Lisa got to scratch her Harry Potter itch.
They finally make it to Disney World (27:30) and recap their Animal Kingdom experience. The mask police were on patrol, but overall it was their favorite park because of the safari.
On day two (33:20) they trekked to Magic Kingdom for their Be Our Guest dinner and spins on the tea cups and Dumbo. J.P. went on Space Mountain and almost died. Hollywood Studios (39:45) lived up to the hype and then some with the Star Wars rides and Mickey and Minnie Mine Train.
On the final day they experienced Epcot (44:30), which was great but it was so different from the other parks. The food was amazing and thank goodness because a fast food burger establishment was not fast and J.P. and the burger guy had an awkward exchange. (52:50)
Not to be outdone Disney Springs also got some of the Heath’s money a couple of nights. (56:30)
Oh yeah. The Heaths are MOVING! (59:15) Lisa has been near home all of her life and J.P. has been in Lufkin 19 years. But The Texas Porch will continue!
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After an earlier than planned summer break J.P., Josh, and Paul get back together to catch up and talk about a vacation taken and some vacations to come.
J.P. and Mrs. The Texas Porch ventured outside of the Lone Star State’s border to a magical place and it was well worth it (3:00).
Josh has some trucker blood (7:50) and breaks down an awkward encounter with a family that didn’t leave their rental (10:30) a few years ago.
J.P. just thought he wasn’t wearin’ no mask but Mr. Disney had other ideas (12:10). And to the surprise of no one Bucc-ee’s shirts get much respect outside of the state (17:20).
(19:00) J.P. and Mrs. TTP had an experience to forget at a non-Texas burger chain.
Josh also dares to take his family outside the state lines (24:00) while Paul and his crew plan a venture to see the beautiful brown water down in Galveston (25:50), J.P.’s favorite Texas vacation spot.
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Another organized grab-bag gab session with The Executive Committee discussing recent road trip stories involving Rangers baseball, cult recruitment, and when you get to meet your idol.
But first (2:45) a nod to Mental Health Week from shake-voice J.P. talking about his late brother Collin.
They get back to yucks (9:55) as J.P. has a knack for getting a free item for an unexplained reason during some recent late night gas station trips.
Then, was J.P. scouted out by a cult? (16:00) They pay off with a story on a tease from a few shows ago.
J.P. went to his first Rangers game at Globe Life Field with his dad and Josh (22:35) recently and they spend much of the rest of the time rehashing that trip.
J.P. happened to meet his broadcast idol, Hall of Fame broadcaster for the Rangers Eric Nadel (31:00). And he actually handled it well!
A drunk fan (40:30) had his run of their section because there weren’t any ushers to be found and there was no chance they'd confront him.
And J.P. and Josh got to talking about an outlandish hpothetical (46:45) and Paul and Mitch weigh in before (54:00) Mitch relays his favorite hypothetical of all-time.
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Kevin & J.P. sit down to give the onceover to the 2021 Cowboys draft. First, Kevin is congratulated for his moment of infamy from season one (2:40). Then they get down to brass tax and look at an overview of the draft and what stood out from the eleven picks (4:55). Their linebacker corp is definitely going to have a new look along with the rest of the defense (8:00).
The defense's job is to just not suck so bad next season (9:50) but why oh why do the Cowboys just not care about the character of their draft picks (10:55). Micah Parsons and the Cowboys may have just lucked into the right situation (15:00).
Overall the off the field issues with these guys are just amazing (17:00). Why do the Cowboys always seem to find these guys for their roster? "Bossman Fat" aka Kelvin Joseph had some issues at LSU, but as a rapper he's not.... that... bad. (21:10). Josh Ball though? Wow. Why draft a guy with ELEVEN domestic incidents with his girlfriend??!!
(29:08) A Cowboys legend (?) calls it quits. They break down Sean Lee's retirement and what they'll miss most from him.
Dak gives an update on how he's doing (33:30) and Kevin delivers some fake news about J.P., but then the podcast audience is introudced to a character from circa 2000 from the original porch in college, GRUMPY OLD MAN (37:40)!!
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J.P. and Paul convene to discuss their experiences with the vaccine shots along with some awkward stories that have been on the shelf for a while.
J.P. was under the weather after his second vaccine shot and they discuss the merits of getting vaccinated (1:50) and what the process was like and how they felt.
A male Karen gives J.P. a piece of his mind (22:30) but then J.P. gets the last word. He also stood his ground at a notable Texas food outlet (27:20) and tells a tale of a passive agressive confrontation with a neighbor (32:10).
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Mitch, Paul, Josh & J.P. gather again to break down the highlights and funniest moments and clips of the first season of The Texas Porch. But first they eulogize J.P.'s mom, Marilyn, with laughs and stories. From her kindness and storytelling ability J.P. hopes some of her will always be with him.
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J.P. and Josh gather to break down the significance of Baylor's 86-70 win over Gonzaga for the school's third basketball title, its first on the men's side.
After a congrats to one of the good guys out there (3:30), Voice of the Bears John Morris, J.P. goes into what this win means for basketball in the state of Texas (4:47). Then he butchers a trivia question that Josh gets right, but then gets wrong (9:30).
(12:20) And then to the game itself, Baylor jumped on Gonzaga from the get-go and it was not a game despite what sports Twitter and CBS was trying to tell everyone.
They take a glance at the stat board (14:50) and wow oh wow were there some stats that jumped out. They dominated on the boards, the offensive boards, and from three. Baylor peaked at the exact right time (21:10) and left no doubt who the best team is, and then Josh, a typical Longhorn fan, somehow twists it back to UT. But wow does Baylor have something to hold over those 'horns now (23:45).
Josh points out exactly how far Baylor has come (25:10) in the last 18 years. It's just an unbelievable transformation after the sanctions they served. It may not be the most remarkable rebuild ever like Jim Nantz claimed (28:20) on the broadcast, but then J.P. convinces himself that well it may be the most remarkable rebuild.
Is Baylor a basketball school now?!? (31:30) They discuss their thoughts on both sides of it, but admit football will always be king in Texas of course. Surely Scott Drew isn't leaving anytime soon (35:00) so Bears fans can get used to this high level of play.
To round it out the guys throw the third-rate taco joint under the bus again with a funny story (39:00). And JOSH takes one last jab at Baylor's chances of having a movie made about them (41:50).
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We're back! What a way to kick off season two of The Texas Porch! Josh and J.P. take turns breaking down their favorite teams while also busting each others baseballs a bit.
2:50 - Josh's biggest Astros storyline of the season is obviously fans taking their shots at them after the well documented cheating scandal. While J.P. couldn't care either way but knows they'll be wearing the black hat.
9:10 - J.P.'s biggest Rangers storyline is LOSING! Get ready for it and bring it on, but with new GM Chris Young and so many guys at new spots don't expect any winning anytime soon. But find a few guys to build for the future.
13:45 - J.P. looks at the Rangers rotation and the minor league experiment with the back of their rotation.
18:00 - Josh talks about the Astros rotation with the shocking news that it's better than the Rangers! Greinke and company should keep them in contention.
22:10 - They discuss the Astros lineup with some new faces but Jose Altuve will be in the leadoff spot. And then the contentious Kyle Tucker debate gets tense.
27:50 - J.P. goes into the new many Rangers roles, but much of the time is spent with gleeful J.P. doing cartwheels about a particular punching Rangers second baseman that is thankfully no longer in Arlington. And despite audio proof saying otherwise Josh chides J.P. for a past bold claim.
39:45 - Globe Life Field is allowing 100% capacity but why? Totally speaking out of both sides of his mouth J.P. still can't wait to go to his first indoor Rangers games. And when will the guys actually go watch their teams duke it out for the Silver Boot?
46:30 - They go over win totals and projections for their two teams and J.P. actually predicts a better record for the Astros. Josh makes his bold Astros playoff prediction before they have a quick look at their huge fantasy baseball season coming up.
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Spurs go into the all star break with a 107-102 home loss to the Thunder. One bright spot was about 1000 first responders got to watch the game. First time the SPurs have allowed fans all season. DeMar DeRozan had 20 in the loss. But the Spurs had 19 turnovers that resulted in 26 OKC points. Spurs come out of the break with the Mavs.
#3 Baylor beats Oklahoma St at the Ferrell Center 81-70. Big 12 reg season champs were playing their fourth game in ten days. They got 22 from Jared Butler. Ok St. got 24 from potential #1 pick Cade Cunningham, an Arlington native. He twisted an ankle… Baylor Saturday gets the makeup bs Texas Tech . They hammered Iowa St. 81-54. Mac McClung had 20. … Texas won late at OU, 69-65. Longhorns got 16 each from Andrew Jones and Jericho Sims. … SWAC play. Texas southern squeaked one out 80-78 against Alcorn st. .. Prairie View beat Southern 68-61.
How about UTEP giving Kansas a game. Jayhawks gave the Miners a ring to set up this game as a tune-up before their respective conference tournaments. UTEP even had a 15-point lead, but that was erased and Kansas hit free throws in the final minute. Brison Williams is a dude. 23p 11r in the loss.
Tonight: North Texas hosts UAB. Rice has a tournament tune-up with NAIA Our Lady of the Lake… In the Sun Belt, UTA opens the tournament as the 3-seed in New Orleans. … WAC. Tarleton St. is down at UT- Rio Grand Valley.
Stars woes continue. They drop their fourth straight, 3-2 to Columbus. They’ll run it back Saturday night. I’ll be up in Big D and I’m considering a Stars game to get ‘em back on track. My magic worked in 1999.
Some of the Texas College baseball tonight. Texas goes to Houston. That’s David Pierce’s alma mater. … Aggies start a home series with NM St…. A number of Texas teams in the Shriners Hospital College Classic at MMP this weekend. … Rice has the early start against Sam. TCU plays A&M-CC and Texas Tech plays Texas St. in the nightcap…. Baylor starts a four-game series with Memphis in Waco.
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Podcast Josh was no luck charm for the Rockets last night. James Harden was the bigger story. He came back and dropped a triple double - 29-10-14. Brooklyn wins 132-114. The crowd of 3000 or so was largely booing the beard. John Wall had 36 and Victor Oladipo had 33. Both were season highs in the loss. Rockets have lost a not so lucky 13 in a row. It's their longest was 15 straight 20 years ago. They begin the second half of the season a week from today in Sacramento.
Sans Luka the Mavericks get by the Thunder 87-78. The franchise was sitting out with a sore back officially, but it was the last game before the break so kinda obvious what they were doing. Just 29 combined points in the 4th quarter. Shoutout to my buddy, and mentor really. Scott Garner did PA for that one last night. Dallas only shot 39%, but they held the thunder to a season low for a Mavs opponent - 33% . Kristaps Porzingas and Tim Hardadaway Jr. each had 19 in the win.
Dallas to their credit has really surged. They’ve won 9 of 11 since their schedule gave them some relief. Mavs host the Spurs after the break Wednesday. … Tonight Los Spurs play their final game against guess who? Yeah, the Thunder. Lamarcus Aldridge a game-time decision.
Texas college hoops last night. Texas A&M FINALLY had a game again. It was their first in 32 days because of Covid issues in the program…. But they lost to Mississippi St. 63-57. Savion Flagg did go over 1000 career points. Ags are at 312 Arkansas Saturday to end the regular season…. In the oldest town in Texas. Abilene Christian tops SFA in the oldest town, 63-61. The 7-footer Kolton Kohl tipped one in right before the backboard lit up.… Incarnate Word falls at Houston Baptist 72-67….
Tonight in the B12. Fresh off its first regular season title in 71 years, Baylor plays at the Ferrell Center against Cade Cunningham and the Oklahoma St Cowboys. Cunningham is an Arlington native. Heis the presumptive #1 overall pick for the Pokes. That’s on ESPN2 at 6. … Tech hosts Iowa st…. TCU plays at #6 WVUTexas is in Norman. Sooners and Longhorns tip a little after 8 on ESPN. And sticking in the UT system. How about UTEP? They are playing up at Kansas…
College baseball last night: Aggies over Incarnate word 6-4. …. Texas beats Tex st. in San Marcos 10-3. .. Texas Tech gets the midweek sweep over Texas Southern, 15-0 in 7 innings…. Rice shuts out PVAM 10-0.
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Hey. Happy March 3rd. 364 days until Texas Independence Day
Short-handed and a little worn down? Didn’t matter. Spurs beat a good Knicks team. 119-93. 68-point second half for SA. Trey Lyles had 18 points and four treys. …. Tonight Podcast Josh will be in the house for the Nets and Rockets. At least that’s the last I heard. In Houston, not Brooklyn but that’s prob obvs. Maybe podcast Josh is the good luck charm. His Rockets have lost 12 in a row. … Mavericks back home hosting OKC after three straight on the road. Dallas has won 8 of 10.
Baylor over #6 WV 94-89 in OT. Bears get their first regular season title since get this…. 1950. Jared Butler had 25. Davion Mitchell 20 including the go-ahead layup with a minute left in OT. Bears scored the last six overall. They certainly bounced back from their one loss of the season. An inevitable #1 seed is on the way. Baptists have now defeated four top-10 teams this season.
Texas wins at Iowa St. 81-67. Kai Jones led the Longhorns with a season-high 17 off the bench. UT led for all but 22 seconds. Longhorns still have an outside shot at the #2 seed in the B12 tournament. Little red river action tomorrow at #16 OU.
TT rolls over TCU 69-49. Only meeting of the season for the ole SWC foes. Kyler Edwards notched 17 of his 20 in the first half. Red Raiders didn’t need Mac McClung. He only attempted four shots in 18 minutes. Tech hosts Iowa st. Thursday.
UTRGV falls at NM St. 69-51.
Tonight future WAC bunkmates of the Vaqueros and the Texans play in the oldest town in Texas. SFA hosts Abilene Christian in an 8:00 tip. Both teams 11-2 in Southland play. … Incarnate Word is at Houston Baptist…. A&M CC plays at Sam Houston st.
Some Texas college baseball scores from last night: TCU over SFA 9-3. Horned Frogs have won five straight…. A&M blanks HBU 4-0. Aggies host Incarnate Word this evening at Blue Bell park. …. Baylor shuts out Sam Houston St. 4-0.
Texas Tech’s first midweek of the year. They clobber Texas Southern 14-2…. Longhorns get 15 hits and beat A&M-CC 12-1. Tonight UT is at Texas St, Rice hosts PVAM.
And your hockey pod reports that the Lightning blank the Stars a second straight time. 2-nothing. The march grind is just beginning. Tomorrow Dallas hosts Columbus in the first of two.
And one Lufkin legend quotes another one. I’m still wearing my mask. But be kind. That goes a long way.
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Snowvid 2021, no power and work kept the guys away for a bit, but they return throwing punches, or at least telling stories about the times they were backed into a corner.
2:00 - J.P. introduces the topic and Kevin immediately jumps into the fray talking about taking a lick from his brother and then a friend.
5:00 - Wait a second, let's define what a fight is first. Mitch confesses to sucker punches, but follows up with the first of his school fracases.
7:05 - Mitch's first fight with his childhood best friend. No not J.P.
8:50 - Felipe gives Mitch the business after some lip.
10:00 - Kevin picks on Juan in 3rd grade.
11:14 - Mitch my very last fight with Chris Vieau but can't remember a fight with Jesse Nugent.
13:20 - Not so shocking that Paul didn’t have a fight history but Mr. Texas did get into a small dustup.
18:50 - One member of the crew threatened to fight another member for calling him by his given name.
20:10 - Mitch brings up the three big fights in elementary school.
21:50 - J.P. has actually thrown some hands in his days, all relating to sports.
25:30 - Kevin then remembers a fight story he’s proud of the most.
29:45 - J.P. got in a dustup in front of thousands of people 25 years ago.
32:00 - Mitch admits to hitting a girl, forgets and then remembers it wasn’t a girl but then remembers he did hit a girl.
34:10 - Josh was “working” but chimes in when his sister was involved in a couple scrapes
36:40 Kevin defended a girl’s honor in high school
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HAAAPPPYYYYY TTEEXXASS INDEPENDENCE DDDAAYYYYYY!!!! Without that we may not be here so here’s a history refresher for ya: On this day in 1836, Texas became a republic. On March 1 delegates from the seventeen Mexican municipalities of Texas and the settlement of Pecan Point met at Washington-on-the-Brazos to consider independence from Mexico. George C. Childress presented a resolution calling for independence, and the chairman of the convention appointed Childress to head a committee of five to draft a declaration of independence. In the early morning hours of March 2, the convention voted unanimously to accept the resolution. After fifty-eight members signed the document, Texas became the Republic of Texas. The change remained to be demonstrated to Mexico. And all of this took place after Santa Anna entered Texas with 6,000 of his men. There would later be battles to fight in the ensuing weeks and lives would be lost, but Texas... our Texas was born in Washington-on- the-Brazos.
All three Texas NBA teams were in action last night. Spurs can’t overcome a James Harden triple double. Nets win in San Antonio 124-113. Spurs closed regulation on a 10-oh run, but Nets came right back. How about this wild sports nugget? It’s the Nets first win in San Antonio in over 19 years. It was only the 12th loss in the Pop era when they have 30 or more assists.
Rockets are just not a good basketball team anymore. The AP story says ‘hapless’ and you can’t argue with em. 12 straight losses and it was the Cavs of all teams pulling away with a 101-90 win in H-town. IT’s the rockets longest losing streak in 20 years. John Wall a season high 32 in the loss.Podcast Josh will be at the Harden return coming up tomorrow.
Mavs go Mavsy and knock down 17 threes and Luka gonna Luka in Orlando. Dallas wins 130-124 at the Magic. Doncic with 33-10-and 9. Jalen Brunson 24, 17 after the break Dallas hosts OKC tomorrow night…
A few Southland games last night with texas schools. SFA wins at Central Arkansas 79-66. Lamar beats A&M-CC in Beaumont 66-47. Sam Houston St. wins at HBU 83-70...Incarnate Word falls against New Orleans 88-72.
Tonight #3 Baylor is at West Virginia. Bears looking to regroup after their first loss of the season at Kansas. Baptists need just one win in their last three to win their first regular-season conference title since 1950. … Some other action tonight around the lone star state.#15 Texas is at Iowa St.. This begins the Longhorns three game road stretch in six days to end the regular season.... 18th-ranked Texas Tech is over in Fort Worth to play TCU. It’ll be their first meeting of this odd season...UTRGV is at NM St.
Strugglin’ Stars host the Lightning tonight in the second game of their Stanley Cup rematch.
Again, Happy Texas Independence Day y'all!
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Hey it’s J.P. Before we get going a quick tease. Finally another full pod comes again tomorrow. The guys and I talk fighting. It. Is. Funny. I promise. Your Tx sports essentials in about four minutes. It’s TTP report.
What a game in Big D! Mavericks beat Celtics 110-107. Mavs might have a player in that #77. Luka hits the fadeaway three with a tenth of a second remaining. Luka had 31. KP and Maxi Klieber were both out. Bleacher Report had a story Tuesday morning that the Mavs were shopping Porzingas, a story that the Mavs of course denied.
Rockets have parted ways with Demarcus Cousins. The veteran forward was waived Tuesday. This was a mutual decision between Cousins and the Rockets. Cousins averaged about 10 points and 8 boards in only 25 games. His former team looking to break an eight-game slide. They’re in Cleveland tonight. Spurs back in action after a long layoff. They’re at OKC.
Texas beats Kansas in OT 75-72. It’s the first time the Horns have ever swept the Jayhawks in a season series …. TCU falls to #10 WV 74-66. Horned Frogs have dropped eight of ten and the play at Iowa St Sat… Cylclones were in Waco it had been forever since the #2 Bears had played. Baylor was down 17 at one point and pulled it out, 77-72. Adam Flagler had a season high 22 in the first game in three weeks for the Baptists .
In the SWAC, Texas Southern hosts MS Valley St. Prairie View beats Ark-PB 72-56. ….Texas Southern routs Miss Valley St 82-45. They’ll play again this afternoon.
Tonight:
I’m 99% certain they don’t play for Chief Caddo but SFA is down 103 and in Natchitoches tonight. This could be their last meeting as conference foes. I’m sure they’ll still play…. Lamar makes the I-10 bus ride to play at Incarnste Word. … HBU plays at Nichols St. … A&M-CC is home to NO… Sam Houston is up at Abilene.
McDonald’s All Americans were announced yesterday. This was right down J.P. wheelhouse I junior high and high school. Not so much anymore but there are some Texas ties to it. The game won’t be played cuz #covid. Indeed. Baylor signee Kendall Brown from Wichita, KS made the team.
Atlanta Rabbit big man Damion Collins has shot up the recruiting rankings the last couple seasons and it culminates with getting the big honor….the only other Texas player making the non-game is small forward Harrison Imgram out of St Marks in Dallas. He is Stanford bound.
Horned frogs played host to Texas Southern. How about an inside the park grand slam from Phillip Sikes! TCU coasts past the Tigers 20-0-. … A&M did not coast by Abiliene Christian. In fact, the Wildcats beat A&M 6-5. Kudos to SFA. They upset OU 9-5 in Norman.
Tonight Texas starts a four game series with BYU.
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Rockets fall to the Bulls 120-100 . Houston’s now dropped 8 straight… Someone named David Nwaba scored 22 off the bench to lead the Rockets. Demarcus Cousins sat out. They’re still without Victor Olodipo. Tomorrow they’re in Cleveland.
Mavericks roll over the Grizz, 102-92. Huge win for Dallas after more than a week off from weather postponements. Dallas jumped on Memphis from the start thanks to hot shooting from Josh Richardson. He ended with 17. Jalen Brunson, 19 and Luka had 21. Kristaps Porzingas was out again with a bad back. .Tonight the Mavs host the Celtics and former Flower Mound Marcus Star Marcus Smart. … Spurs were ppd at the Pacers.
Texas Tech falls in OT at Oklahoma St. 74-69. Red Raiders just four points in the extra session. Terrence Shannon had 18 in the loss. Mac McClung 17. Saturday the Red Raiders play host to Texas. … Tonight, the Longhorns host Kansas on ESPN, 8:00 tip. UT has lost four of six. They have never swept KU. .. TCU hosts #10 WV… In the SWAC, Texas Southern hosts MS Valley St. Prairie View is home to Ark-PB.
Florida Panthers beat the struggle-bus occupying Dallas Stars, 3-1. They’ve lost six in a row and eight of nine.
Monday is a rare day for college baseball. Longhorns fall to 0-3 with an 8-1 loss to Ole Miss at Globe Life Park. Texas struck out 46 times and scored four runs in the three games in Arlington . ….. Miss St beats TT 11-5, also at GLP....Arkansas beats TCU 4-1. Horned frogs host Texas Southern tonight. … Rice gets the series win over HBU, 1-0 walkoff from Connor Walsh. Owls had their game at Lamar tonight moved to Wednesday and now it’s been postponed. Tonight A&M hosts Abiliene Christian.
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JJ Watt no longer a Texan. Goodness. As a neutral observer here - in general I want my friends to be happy - and I’ve got some friends that are Texans fans. Feel for y’all out there. J.J. Watt asked for his release and was granted that request. Gotta be the best player in franchise history right? For those of you that respond ‘Andre Johnson’, I totally respect it, but Andre Johnson didn’t win THREE player of the year awards on his side of the ball like Watt did. The impact he made after Harvey alone was enough to endear himself forever. $32 Million-plus raised when he was seeking 250,000. Watt doesn't turn 32 until March so you’ve got to figure there’s AT LEAST two good years left in the tank. He’s had the injury history. Where does it end now?
Today, the late great Darrel Royal’s famous phrase that all Texans know is dead-on. Spring football. REAL Spring football. That counts. He probably wasn’t visioning a team with the Purple Poo as a mascot..The Tarleton St Texans play the McNeese St Cowboys. Texans first game as an FCS program.. It’ll be on Fox Sports Network-plus at 6 pm. Buddies John Liddle and Scott Garner calling it. It’s the only FCS game scheduled this weekend. Next week Sam Houston, Lamar, and Incarnate Word all play.
Mavs went berserk and beat the Pelicans to the 143-130. There’s a lot to get to here so pay attention. Luka careers with 46.13 straight with 25 or more to tie a franchise mark of?? Dirk and Mark Aguirre. Kristaps Porzingas had 36 points with EIGHT of the franchise-best 25 (!!) threes. 25. Dallas has won four in a row.
Spurs start the rodeo road trip off right with a deceiving 125-114 win in Atlanta. It got up to a 39-point lead.. Demar Derozen led a balanced attack with 23. 7 in double figs for SA.. They had a season-high 77 in the first half. Keldon Johnson had 20 in the win. Spurs are in Charlotte Sunday…. Rockets play at the Knicks tonight. Houston attempts to stop its four-game losing streak
Rice fell here in Bowling Green, KY. 77-71. Home of the Corvette museum. Sink hole is still here. They owned it. Saw it last year…. UTSA gets a great win against FAU 84-80. The best player you don’t know about is Jhivan Jackson. Ho-hum he drops in another 30.… North Texas wins 65-49 at Southern Miss… All of the CUSA teams run it back today…UTEP beats FIU 75-59 behind . In B12 play today #13 Texas at the drum against TCU. Longhorns looking for their first win over a team not named Kansas State since Jan. 9. … Remember Baylor is ppd against Texas Tech. … In the swac Texas southern goes to Grambling. … Southland: A&M--CC tries to get off the season-long schnide at first-place ACU…. Lamar heads east on I-10 to play HBU… Incarnate Word hosts New Orleans… Sun Belt: The two Texas teams duke it out in San Marcos as Texas State hosts UTA. …
Stars host the Carolina Hurricanes. Dallas has lost six of seven since the 4-0 start.
Dallas’ Jordan Speith continues his hot play. He leads by one in the att Pebble Beach ProAm.
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Rockets on the business end of another butt-kickin’, this time to the Pelicans in the Big Easy. Pelicans pelt the Rockets 130-101. 17-oh run in the 2nd for the Pelicans. John Wall 25 in the loss. Houston is 0-3 since the Christian Wood injury. Rockets are back in the home digs at Toyota Center tomorrow night against Miami. Homecoming for Jimmy Butler btw.
Warriors pay back the Spus 114-91. Steph Curry NOT from Texas, but he continues to prove he’s ok at this basketball thing with 32 points and a modest four threes. Rudy Gay 17 in the loss. Nearly month-long Rodeo Road Trip is up next for the Spurs…. Tonight the Mavs host the Hawks. 6:30 on ESPN for you commoners that gripe about not getting the Mavs on tv. I’m not buying it personally, but the Mavs have won three of four. They’re still 14th in the west. Dallas won in Atlanta last week
College basketball in our great state: #7 Texas goes down to visiting WV 82-71. Mountaineers take the season sweep Mac McClung 17 points and three of their five threes before fouling out. Terrence Shannon 13 off the bench. Chris Beard tossed in the final minute. Red Raiders scheduled game against #2 Baylor is PPD, so their next one is Monday at TCU..… .
#13 Texas needed every bit of Andrew Jones 24 points and four threes to win in the Little Apple. 80-77 Longhorns over Kansas State. Burnt Orange tied a season-high with 13 3s… Greg Brown 17, Courtney Ramey 14 for UT. They snapped a three-game slide and a wild nugget here. They haven’t beat anyone that’s NOT Kansas State in over a month now. They’ll try to do that against visiting TCU Saturday. .…. Speaking of them Horned Frogs they were home to Iowa State. TCU wins 79-76 thanks to a late 18-7 rally. RJ Nembhard had 20 with seven assists. Kevin Samuel had a double double.… also Tarleton St. squeaked by McMurry 112-54. Montre Gipson 14 points and 14 assists.
TONIGHT: #8 Houston is at South Florida on ESPNU. Slew of games in the Southland. First place Sam Houston hosting SELa. Also first place abilene Christian hosts HBU … Incarnate Word home to NW St… SFA hosts A&M-CC. Islanders are winless in conference play. Lumberjacks are not….. Lamar hosts Nicholls at the Montagne Center.
Stars are in a funk. They get swept by Chicago, 2-1 loss in ot for the second straight game. Stars have dropped five of six since their 4-0-0 start. Anton Khudobin was NOT between the pipes. That honor went to young Jake Oettinger. Roope Hintz scored the lone goal for Dallas. Thursday they’re at Carolina.
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All three Texas NBA teams in action Monday night… Rockets were down three starters In Charlotte in the first part of a back to back. Eric Gordon and John Wall were resting and Christan Wood was still out with an injury. Hornets turned a late 3rd quarter tie game of 87-all into a 22-1 run. It didn’t help matters Houston missed its first ten shots of the 4th and scored just seven points. It tied the fest ever in franchise history. Charlotte won 119-94. Victor Oladipo had 21 in the loss. Houston is now a game below .500. They’re in New Orleans tonight and that’s on TNT.
Spurs hang on and beat GS 105-100. SA was down five at the half. Demar Derozen had 21 points and ten assists including two free throws late to ice it after Steph Curry hit a three to get within 1. DeJountae Murray had 27 points 10 rebounds and EIGHT steals in the win. Spurs are the state’s best fwiw. They run it back with the Warriors tonight.
Mavs barely hang on to beat the one team below them in the western conference standings Minnesota, 127-122. Timberwolves had a late 10-oh run to get it to a one possession game. It was up to 22 in the 2nd half. Josh Richardson hit a fadeaway in the paint with 27.5 seconds left to put Dallas up 5. 11th straight game of 25 or more points for Luka Doncic in the pillow fight. The soft season continues against the Hawks tomorrow night
Life is short and oh so precious. The college basketball world mourning the loss of UT- Rio Grande Valley basketball coach Lew Hill. Hill passed away Sunday. The Vaqueros had lost at Texas Southern Saturday. His cause of death was not announced. Hill was in his fifth year at the head of the program. He led them to a 20-win season two years ago and they were 8-4 this season. Hill won a national title at San Jac as a player before going to Wichita State and playing in the 1988 ncaa tournament. He later was an assistant for six season at Texas A&M.
There was one Texas D1 game last night. Abilene Christian goes to 16-3 with an 82-69 win at A&M-CC.
Three more Baylor games have been canceled. Sat vs TT and b2b games against WV in a home and home. It comes in accordance with the Big 12’s interruption guidelines. …. Aggies got two more canceled.
Tonight #13 Texas is at Kansas State…. TCU home to Iowa State at 8 on ESPNU, and Red Raiders on big ESPN. 7th ranked Texas Tech hosts 14th ranked WV at 8:00 on the south plains. … also Tonight Tarleton St. hosts McMurry.
Stars try to avoid getting swept by Chicago. It’s unknown if Jake Oettinger will remain in goal or Anton Khudobin is back in the good graces of Rick Bowness after missing practice Saturday.
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Rockets six-game winning streak comes to a screeching halt in OKC 104-87. John Wall was sitting out due to maintenance. Houston falls to 2-6 without him. They’re 8-4 with him. A game after a franchise-best 28 threes they hit 12. They also followed their season-high 133 Monday with the season-low 87 Wednesday. Eric Gordon 22 and Victor Oladipo 19. Christian Wood an uncharacteristic 8 points and 6 boards.
Spurs cap the homestand with a 111-108 win over a bad Minnesota team. SA had to rally with a 30-11 run the last four minutes. Lamarcus Aldridge and Rudy Gay were out with hip injuries.DeMar Derozen had 30 points. I-10 rivalry with the Spurs and Rockets in Houston Saturday.
Mavericks get back in the win column, 122-116 in Atlanta. Dallas breaks its six-game losing streak. Luka 27p 14a. KP 24 and 11. His tip-in iced it with 32 seconds left. Tonight Mavs have a national TV tilt with the Warriors to start a long homestand.
National Signing Day. Most top recruits had already signed in the December Signing Day. The state’s top recruit , T tommy Brockermeyer is headed to alabama. Twin brother C James is going with him…. Only 4 of the top 10 staying in-state - 3 of those to A&M- LJ Johnson a corner from Cy-Fair, DE Tunmise Adeleye from Katy Thompkins, and DT Shemar Turner out of DeSoto… Longhorns top recruit was Ja’Tavion Sanders. The Steve Sarkisian Magic Dust was sprinkled and the Horns did land the Klein Cain class of ‘22 top RB Jaydon Blue as a commit…. SMU held onto highly touted QB of Parish Episcopal Preston Stone… Overall 28 of the 247 Top 50 left the state. 7 of the top 39 went to Alabama.
Two days after moving to their highest ranking since Phi Slamma Jamma #5 Houston gets stunned at East Carolina 82-73. Pirates came in at the bottom of the American. Cougars 8-game winning streak is snapped. They made only 8 of 31 FGs in the second half. DeJohn Jarreau tied his career-high with 25 points in the loss… They’ll take it out on Our Lady of the Lake Saturday … SMU squeaks one out at Tulsa 65-63.. Kendric Davis 22 points and 10 assists for the Mustangs.... TCU’s Jayden LeDee (LETTY) hits the game-winning layup with 2 seconds remaining over Ok St.. Horned Frogs 81-78… . Incarnate Word takes one 67-58 at Lamar in the battle of the Cardinals ….SFA wins at AM-CC 84-75. Cameron Johnson 29 in the win. Lumberjacks now 8-1 in SLC play.
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The Power Play is POPPIN’. Dallas Stars beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 6-3. It’s the third time already this season they’ve scored six or more goals. They had three games of six more more all of last SEASON. Joe Pavelski had two goals and two assists. Jake Oettinger with 23 saves. Stars stay in Columbus for one tomorrow night at 6 on FSSW.
It was the marquee game in perhaps the marquee conference this season. It didn’t turn out that close. Baylor matches its best start in school history last night.The Bears mosied down I-35 and took down Texas at the drum 83-69. They are 17-0. Each win has been by at least eight. That hasn’t happened in 31 years since UNLV. They were decent. Texas had two brief leads. How about these other notes from college basketball twitter. 1) Bears have beaten the Longhorns 10 of the last eleven times they’ve met. And 2) Baylor is 10-1 in its last 11 games vs ranked teams. That hasn’t been done in 45 years. Davion Mitchell and Jared Butler both went over 20 and combined for eight threes.
The Baptists look to make it 18-0 Saturday when they host TCU. Andrew Jones 25 in the setback. Texas is down to 11-4. They are in stillwater Saturday. ….Aggies have had to pause their activities and that includes postponing their tilt against Vandy tonight. Multiple positive C-19 cases inside the aggies program… #5 Houston is in the cozy hamlet of Greenville, NC. Coogs have won 8 straight. In their last six they’ve won by an average of 21….SMU is at Tulsa on ESPNU… TCU home to Oklahoma State on espn2…. SFA is a double-digit road favorite at A&M-CC. Lumberjacks are 6-1 in league play. .. Incarnate Word plays over in Beaumont at Lamar.
Rockets run it back in OKC. Two nights after a franchise-record 28 threes they play a Thunder team on the skids. Houston has won six in a row. They’ve been the best defense in the league since the James Harden trade.Early jump on ATT SW …. Mavericks are somehow 1.5 point road favorites in Atlanta. Despite their six-game losing streak. Kristaps Porzingas probably won’t play. Atlanta has won 11 of their last 13 against the Mavs. The pillow fight will ensue at 6:30 on Fox Sports Southwest. … Spurs try to find their winning ways again. They close a seven-game homestand against Minnesota
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All three NBA teams in our Lone Star State were Rockets DESTROY the Thunder in OKC 136-106. Houston harkens back to the good ole D'antoni and Harden days. They hit a franchise-record TWENTY. EIGHT. Three pointers. 11 of those came in the first two tie an NBA record. Eric Gordon led off the bench with 25 points. He had 5 threes. Demarcus Cousins also hit five threes. John Wall and Danuel House hit four each. Break up the Rockets. Christian Wood had another double double of 18-11. Houston has won six straight and look to make it seven again in OKC tomorrow night.….. Suns absolutely gut and filet the Mavericks when Dallas needed a win the most. Devin Booker hit a go-ahead three with 1.5 left. 109-108 Suns sweep the two-game series. Luke had a good look despite being double-teamed. Mavs fall to 8-13. That’s six straight losses for Dallas. Last night was their first game back with a full roster. They are in Atlanta Wednesday. … Grizzlies blow out the Spurs 133-102. Memphis shot 56% and scored 30 points off SA’s 14 turnovers. Keldon Johnson 25 in the setback. Spurs host the Timberwolves tomorrow night.
A Big 12 skirmish on the south Plains. Texas Tech holds on late to beat OU 57-52. Terrence Shannon, Jr. scored 15 off the bench for the Red Raiders. Wasn’t a pretty one. Both teams shot 33% from the field and combined for only 11 threes.
Tonight it’s the game of the year in the state of Texas. They couldn’t play in December. #2 Baylor makes the short trek down I-35 to play at #6 Texas. Baptists looking to tie their school-record 17th straight win to start the season. Longhorns have actually lost two of three. UT expected to get Courtney Ramey and Jericho Smis back from protocol. Shaka Smart will also be back on the sideline.
Dallas Stars back in action tonight at the Columbus Blue Jackets. Their star forward Patrick Laine loves playing Dallas. He’s scored 18 goals in 17 games. He’s a little nicked-up though.
Back to the South plains in transfer news. Matt Wells has added the Red Raiders fifth power 5 transfer of the young offseason. UCLA Corner Rayshad Williams gettin’ them guns up. He’ll have THREE years of eligibility remaining. He appeared in 22 games over the last three seasons for the Bruins.
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Rockets explode for 48 in the 2nd quarter against the Pelicans. Houston’s third-most in one quarter in franchise history. They win it 126-112. Christian Wood scored 27. Rockets are 6-3 since the trade despite dropping three of their first four and being injury-riddled. They’ve won five in a row. Dallas meanwhile…. Suns over the Mavs 111-105. It was a tie game at 96 late but a 9-zip run sealed it. Tough to beat a Phoenix team with Devin Booker. … on the roster! He didn’t even play. Luka Doncic had 29 in the setback. 5 losses in a row for the 13th place Western Conference Mavs. They play the Suns again Tomorrow against the Suns.
BIg 12 / SEC challenge yesterday comprised most of the state’s college basketball action…#2 Baylor rips off its 16th win to start the season, 84-72 over visiting Auburn. More Baptist balance. 5 guys between 13 and 19 points…. 10th-ranked Texas Tech goes WILD in the final minute. A 12-oh run in the final 1:03 turns a Red Raider 7 point deficit. Mac McClung had half of that 12-0h run with two threes. He finished with 22 but Terrence Shannon popped with 23…. Texas A&M gets off the schnide and wins 68-61 at Kansas St. Jay Jay Chandler and Savion Flagg each scored 14…. TCU fell in a wild one 102-98. Mike Miles had 28 in the setback. …. Texas was ppd at KY. …. Abilene Christian bests Incarnate Word in Alamo City…. Lamar beats visiting McNeese 64-56….Prairie View beats Alabma A&M 79-57. Texas Southern tops Alabama St 80-73.
Some Sunday college basketball today: #5 Houston is a double-digit home favorite to SMU. Coogs expected to get Quentin Grimes back from an ankle injury. High noon jump on Big ESPN. ….North Texas hosts Rice at the Super Pit. … Two of the fathers of Texas institutions, Stephen F. Austin and Sam Houston square off in some hardwood hate. This will be in the oldest town of Nacogdoches on ESPNU at 3.
Happy Birthday to THE GREAT Nolan Ryan. From sports standpoints maybe the greatest? It’s worth a longer pod discussion. In my mind, FROM Texas played a majority of his career in Texas, got his big milestones in Texas., but really who else could be better? Earl Campbell is the first that came to mind...Big Tex turns 74 today….. Also of note today 28 years ago TODAY, The Dallas Cowboys defeat the Buffalo Bills 52-17 to win SB 27. Should’ve been 59-17. Thanks a lot Leon Lett.
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Three straight wins for the Spurs 119-109 over the Nuggets. DeMar Derozen and Dejounte Murray were fantastic. DeRozan 30 points and 10 assists. Murray had 26 points. SA is 11-8. They close January tonight against the Grizzlies ….. Mavericks got down 26 (!!), 26 (!) in the first quarter. ThThe final score? Just don’t worry about that so much. They made it somewhat respectable in the second before Utah coasted to the easy win. They fall to 8-11.
Texas college basketball from yesterday. CUSA North Texas beat Rice 79-74. It was the Mean Green’s first game in 13 days. Javion Hamlet had a career-high 30 points…. Utah Valley St. beats Tarleton St. 73-60. Texans fall to 3-8. They play again today in Orem, UT.
Texas A&M plays at Kansas St. in the Big12-SEC challenge. Two teams that have really been scuffling lately.. 10th-ranked Texas Tech is at LSU… TCU plays at #12 Missouri.. #2 Baylor home to Auburn at 3 on ESPN. Baptists looking to start the year 16-0. The school record is 17 over 100 years ago… Texas MBB game at Kentucky canceled because of Kentucky pausing it’s program… Texas Southern hosts Alabama St…. Prairie View a home favorite against Alabama A&M. Houston Baptist plays at A&M-CC. Lamar hosts McNeese St…. Abilene Christian canceled at Incarnate Word.
TT picked first in the Big 12 preseason baseball poll. Side note, and you may know this but there are 9 baseball-playing schools in the Big 12. But there are 10 schools that play football and basketball. Just like pointing that out, but Red Raiders got seven of the nine first-place votes. TCU picked second. Texas third. Three weeks from yesterday college baseball gets underway.
27 years ago today 1-30-94 … The Cowboys defeated the Buffalo Bills, 30-13 in Super Bowl 28. Cowboys were down 7 at the half but scored 24 unanswered points. THOSE were the days.Emmit Smith 130 yards and two scores. He was named MVP…. Stay tuned. Season-ending pod with Podcast Josh and Podcast Kevin…
1-30-2018 James Harden puts up the highest scoring triple double in NBA history vs Magic. 61p-10reb-11ast
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In a move that surprised no one Deshaun Watson formally asked for a trade. Gets his cake and can eat it too I suppose with the no-trade clause he has. No teams were released that he’d be so gracious to allow the Texans to trade him to, but the writing is obviously on the wall. No professional sportscast style sounder but I did hear Peter King on The Ticket in Dallas Thursday said he thinks Watson will be in Houston when the season starts. Big Pete siding with the Big Man! Check out our latest full pod. I outlined four or five reasons he won’t be traded.
Rockets d up and beat the Trailblazers 104-101. Break ‘em up. It’s their fourth straight win. Christian Wood 22p-13r… They were down TWENTY in the first. Small sample size, but it’s the first time they’ve won when being down double digits. Twitter tells us (Tim McMahon specifically courtesy of podcast Josh) that Houston is 5-3 since the trade. Not hard to do that math. BUT in that time they have THE BEST defensive rating in the NBA. It’s not for nothing. Rox look for win number five in a row Saturday in the Big Easy…. Spurs host the Nuggets tonight… Mavs are in Utah for the second straight game.
#5 Houston wins at Tulane 83-60. They get the w without Quentin Grimes. Cougars Cameron Tyson had 31 and NINE threes. UH has won seven straight…. SMU 67-65 win over visiting Memphis. Ponies would not trail after two Yor Anei FTs w/ 1:27 left. … Dr. James Naismith would’ve been proud (Maybe?) of TCU and Kansas last night. Remember he coached at Kansas. It was 19-18 Horned Frogs at the half. They were playing for the first time in two weeks and it showed. No peach baskets in this one. Kansas won the pillow fight 59-51. … CUSA basketball last night: UTSA beats visiting UTEP 86-79. Jhivan Jackson 32 in the win. Guy can play. Today! They run it back. Rice and North Texas were postponed yesterday to today at 2pm.
Break up the Dallas Stars! 4-0-0. Jake Oettinger 20 saves in his first career win between the pipes. Stars beat up the Red Wings again 7-3. 7 guys with the goals and 12 different players have scored goals through the first 4 games.
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The Texans have their man! After a twisting and turning search with storylines from a soap opera, David Culley has been named the fourth head coach in franchise history. Culley was the assist head coach and passing game coordinator at Baltimore. He is 65. That’s the oldest first-time coach in NFL history. Culley graduated from Vanderbilt in 1978 where he was one of the first black QBs in the SEC. Gauging by the Texans twitter reaction it’s a curious hire to say the least and it may back up that a lot stayed away from the gig the more vocal Deshaun Watson got about wanting to be moved. . Culley’s never even been a coordinator before. Who knows if #4 stays, but Culley is supposed to be a
Spurs win 110-106 against the visiting Celtics.. It’s SA’s 10th win of the season. DeMar Derozen had 21 points and 7 assists. Spurs wouldn’t trail again after his jumper with :27 left. Lemarcus Alldridge scored 20. Keldon Johnson a double double with 18-10. Spurs turned it over 19 times but hit 56% of their shots. They’re now 10-8. Friday they host the Nuggets.
Jazz own the Mavs last night in Utah 116-104. Dallas has its second three-game losing streak in ten days. Remember they didn’t lose three in a row at all last season.This one was never really too close. Wire-to-wire win for the Jazz in Salt Lake City. Mavs drop to 8-10. They’ll run it back in Utah Friday night.
2nd-ranked Baylor THUMPS Kansas St. 107-59 at the Ferrell Center. Davion Mitchell had a career-high 33 points. He had 7 3-pointers. 3rd time in history the Bears have started 15-0. The school record is 17 … Abilene Christian beats SFA 82-62. … SHSU gets out of Corpus Christi with a 75-70 win over the Islanders. Demarkus Lampley had 21 in the win. Bearkats now in 1st place in the Southland with that SFA loss…. HBU wins at Incarnate Word 73-57… Tonight #5 Houston plays at the quaint Devlin Fieldhouse… UTEP plays at UTSA. North Texas and Rice have been postponed until Friday.
Aggies announce their SEC schedule. Some notables. Kyle Field opponents include Miss St, Alabama,South Carolina and Auburn. They’ll go to Missouri, Ole Miss and LSU. The neutral game vs Arkansas remains for the 2021 season.
Dallas stars look to start 4-0-0. Their second in three days vs the Red Wings. The Stars will still be shorthanded. Ben Bishop still out in goal but Captain Jamie Benn And Roope Hinz may both be back.
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Rockets beat the Wizards 107-88. First time the Rockets have won three straight. Not ever. That would be weird. John Wall 24 against his former team. Russell Westbrook 19 points and 11 rebounds against his former team. See what I did there? They were traded for each other before the season started. And that led to a little jaw-jacking. They each got teed up for yapping at each other. Victor Oladipo and Eric Gordon added 20 points apiece. Boogie Cousins 19 and 11. Rockets had their most healthy lineup of the season. They’re still missing Christian Wood with a sprained right ankle. Houston hosts Portlant Thursday night before a four-game road trip.
A&M drops another one on the hardwood. This time to LSU 78-66. Ags went almost the last 9 minutes without scoring. They were led by Jay Jay Chandler’s 21 off the bench. 17 for Savion Flagg. One positive is they only turned it over 8 times. It had recently been a huge reason behind their slide down the standings. They’ve now lost five of six. They’ll face Kansas St. coming up Saturday in the B12-SEC Challenge….. Texas falls late to OU 80-79. Longhorns had a couple cracks at late shots and then couldn’t complete a full length of the court pass for one more attempt at a game-winner. UT had five scholarship players late in the game AND they were playing without Shaka Smart. Their head coach wasn’t on the sideline after testing positive for Covid. Kai Jones had a double double with 15-10 in the loss. Big 12-SEC challenge also next up for the Horns. Not much of a challenge. They get the worst Kentucky team in decades on Satruday….. SMU falls in Memphis 76-72. Mustangs without their head coach Tim Jankovich, You guessed it. Positive on Covid-19. Tyson Jolly 15 in the loss. Leading scorer for the ponies Kendric Davis held to 8 points.
Action tonight for Texas teams… #2 Baylor hosts Kansas State. Bears looking for the season sweep. They won by 31 in Manhattan in the Big 12 opener. It’s on espn2 at 8:00…. Not sure how this escaped me, maybe because I was off, but how about the fact that four teams from Texas are in the top-10. Probably won’t be that way next week with Texas and Texas Tech both losing the last two nights, BUT Houston holding steady. They’re back in action at Tulane Thursday night.….. in the Southland Conference: HBU is at Incarnate Word. Sam Houston plays down at A&M-CC. Two future WAC rivals: Abilene Christian home to first place SFA.
Stars are rolling! Three games in and six points. First of two in three days against the Red Wings. Jason Dickinson the early first overtime game-winner. 2-1 win for Dallas. First time in eleven seasons they’ve won their first three. Run it back Thursday.
College football transfer season. See the tweet bomb if that’s even a fair term for Keontay Ingram. He tweets that he is heading to….. USC.
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Back to the scene of the crime for Mavs/ Nuggets in Big D. It was the site 10.5 months ago the night the sports world came to a screeching halt… Very good game. Denver wins it 117-113. It looked like the Mavericks had turned the tide after Tim Hardaway was punched in the nads by Jamal Murray in the 3rd quarter but then Michael Porter went off for 30 for the Nuggets. Luka’s league-leading 6th triple double in the loss - 35-11-16 But the Mavs are 8-9. Mavs at the Jazz Wednesday AND Friday… SPurs postponed at New Orleans. Neither team was going to have enough players because of contact tracing…. Tonight John Wall will play his former team the Wizards . Christian Wood remains questionable for the Rockets
Texas Tech falls in Morgantown. 88-87 loss at WV. Mac McClung had 30 in the loss… Prairie View A&M wins at Ark-Pine Bluff. Jeremiah Gambrell had a career-high 23 points. Texas southern was ppd at Miss Valley St.… Tarleton State Texans and Billy Clyde Gillespie score a season-high points in a 115-53 win over Howard Payne.
Tonight the Longhorns get back to action. #5 UT missed its last two games because of two other team’s covid protocols. They’ll be without head coach Shaka Smart against red-hot OU. He tweeted he has tested positive, Red River basketball rivalry has an early 6:00 jump on espn2… Texas A&M is home to LSU. Aggies have been coughing the ball up way too much. Aggies and Tigers on the SECN at 8:00.
2-0 Stars and Red Wings start a two-game set in Dallas tonight….
Michael Brantley’s deal with the astros was made official Monday. The 40 man has 40 guys.
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1.23.21 ---- All 3 Texas NBA teams in action, 2 against each other. I-35 tussle in the Alamo City. A Luka fadeaway and a Jalen Brunson three sealed the game in the final minute after the Spurs cut down to an 18-point deficit down to 1. Dallas wins 122-117. Spurs dealt a big blow with dejounte Murray going down in the opening minute. DeMar Derozan 29, Pride o’ Seagoville LaMarcus Aldridge 26. Luka messed around and almost got another triple double - 36-9-11. Kristaps Porzingas and Tim Hardaway, Jr each with 21. Spurs host the WizardsSundy. Mavericks host… the Rockets tonight. Whoooo survived in the Motor City. 103-102 Rockets win. Snaps a 3-game skid for the Rockets. Pistons thought they had a foul on PJ Tucker before time ran out, but the replay went in the Rockets favor. Tucker in his first game back. He had 15, one of 6 in double figures. Eric Gordon goes for 20.They’re now 5-9.
Texas college basketball tonight. In Conference USA, first of two games in two days, UTSA edged Southern Miss 70-64. Jhivvan Jackson 25 points… Rice playing without their second-leading scorer Travis Evee, They fall 78-68 at UAB. … UTEP gets a huge win at home vs LA Tech, 82-74.Souley Boum 25 points ..North Texas PPD at ODU…. Texas St gets its 10th win, 57-47 at ULM. Bobcats held the Warhawks to 13 first half points. UTA fell to visiting Ark-Little Rock 66-59. Mavericks only shot 28%.... Selfish shoutout. My A&M-Commerce Lions win 79-75 against UT-Tyler… as long as we’re talking D2, #15 DBU beat Midwestern St. 81-80.
Today in B12 play… #2 Baylor plays at Oklahoma St. 1:00 on CBS. Not easy for the Baptists. While they’re one of four unbeaten teams in the country, the Cowboys are 9-3. If you tune in check out Cade Cunningham. He’s the favorite to be the #1 overall pick… ...Texas Tech postponed b/c of Iowa State Covid protocol. #5 Texas PPD at TCU because of Horned Frogs protocol … Texas A&M is at Ole Miss. Aggies are the lowest scoring team in the SEC. 230 on SECN. … Texas southern is at Ark-Pine Bluff…. Southland play today: A&M-CC plays up I-37 at Incarnate Word. .Abilene Christian hosts Central Arkansas….Lamar goes up to SFA. Lumberjacks are in first place. They look for their 6th straight win….
Notable B12 news- Texas Tech QB Alan Bowman to transfer. He’s got THREE seasons of eligibility. He used the new redshirt rule last season and has the blanket waiver for the 2020 season. Henry Columbi looks to be the favorite behind center this fall now for the Red Raiders.
Dallas Stars POUR. IT. ON. in their season opener. 5 power play goals will do it in a banner-raising night for the Western Conference champs... 7-ZIP win against the Nashville Predators. Antoin Khudobin’s team in the net with Ben Bishop out for a while after knee surgery. He had 34saves. Captain Jamie Benn left early with a lower body injury.
Well that’s it. I think. It’s all I’m doin… Signing off from not-Texas, Alabama, RIP to Hammerin’ Hank, the greatest all-time in my book. I’m J.P. Be kind. Happy Saturday.
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No time for any nonsense. J.P. is reporting from not-Texas and joins Josh to dive right into the three massive stories that are swarming around our great state’s biggest city. The pod’s resident Astros fan (3:00) isn’t crying about George Springer’s departure because he was expecting it. (12:00) Chubby James Harden forces himself out but in the long run Rockets fans won’t remember his childish behavior. (22:45) And then there's the Texans, redefining how not to handle a star player. J.P. outlines the four reasons there’s NO CHANCE Deshaun Watson gets traded.
This Week in Texas Sports & History (32:50) features some great Texas sports birthdays, Josh’s steamboat past and the Republic of Texas Coat of Arms. A great Texas war hero is discussed and J.P.’s favorite radio station of all-time was formed. The first Baptist church of Texas was formed and fittingly they end arguing about when the Cowboys will win their next Super Bowl. Josh's daughters are some ballers too!
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From my road office in NOT Texas… Sorry about yesterday. Gotta get that rest. And day job prevailed. I’m in Birmingham. More on that in a bit….make sure you catch Josh and me in our just released full episode. Your Texas sports essentials in four minutes. Or so.
The Cowboys officially announced their three new recent coaching changes. Dan Quinn indeed is the new DC, Joe Whitt Jr is the secondary coach and the defensive pass game coordinator. Harold Nash Jr has been promoted to head strength and conditioning… OC Kellen Moore is officially safe. For now. Eagles hire Nick Sirriani
Ted Thompson passed away Thursday at his Atlanta, TX home. Most widely known for being Packers GM for ten years. Aaron Rodgers was his first draft pick. he was a captain at SMU and went to the NFL as an unstaffed free agent. Thompson played ten years for the Oilers as a LB and special teams captain. .
Former Texans head coach an all time wins leader Gary Kubiak has hung em up for good. The Houston native and former Aggies QB left his Vikings OC post Thursday and said this was it this time. He spent 36 years in the NFL as a player and coach. He’s only 59. He had to leave previous coaching stops because of health. Kubiak retires with four super bowl rings as an asst with the 49ers, Broncos, and Ravens.
I-35 rivalry with Spurs host the Mavs tonight. Spurs have been in almost every game. Four of their losses have come by 8 points or less …. Rockets at Pistons tonight. 6:00 jump. Still no John Wall. Christian Wood sprained an ankle Wednesday. It’s not certain if he’ll go.
The four Texas schools joining the WAC will officially be there sooner than originally expected. SFA, SHSU, Lamar, and ACU will officially join July 1st now. That’s up one full calendar year. You read between the lines the Southland Conference is saying ‘don’t let the door hit ya.”
Texas college basketball tonight UTSA home to Southern Miss… Rice at UAB… UTEP hosting LA Tech, North Texas at ODU.Texas St at ULM, UTA hosts Little Rock
Good news keeps rolling in for the Astros. A day after re-signing Michael Brantley, it was reported Jason Castro will be back. 2 years possible $9million deal
Longhorns WR Tarik Black has declared for the NFL draft.
And FINALLY this is a hockey pod. the Stars are back. After their first four games had to be postponed because of COVID-19 in the team they host the Nashville Predators tonight. Ben Bishop working his way back from knee surgery. He won’t play in the net.
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A couple of coordinator hires at Texas schools. Some bad news for Astros fans, and College basketball I suppose. Howdy I’m J.P. Heath and here’s The Texas Porch Report: your Texas sports essentials in four minutes or less.
But the big news. Hold on Astros fans, if you haven’t heard. George Springer and the Blue Jays are in agreement on a deal. This is still pending a physical. But 6-years and $150 Million was enough to lure him away. 7 seasons for Springer in Houston and from the Astros fans perspective I always gathered this day would come. Podcast Josh for one. A while back he said it’s inevitable. Now it’s here. Another huge piece of the 2017 title team appears to be gone. The tough time continues for Houston sports fans.
All 3 Texas NBA teams in action tonight. Rockets are 12 of their 72 games into the season. They’re anxious to turn it around. Houston hosts the Suns tonight with their big gun still out. John Wall still out with his knee issue. Former Cougar and Aggie Danuel House has Covid protocol and Dante Exum is still out, but he still hasn’t played since coming in the James harden trade. Suns and Rockets jump at 8:30 on ESPN…. Spurs look to continue their better than expected start. San Antonio a late one at Golden State. … Mavs try to break a 3-game losing streak. They play in Indiana. Early 6:00 tip.
On the college front remember #5 Texas is postponed at Iowa State. Ditto for Texas Tech. 12-th ranked Red Raiders won’t play at TCU. Head coach Jamie Dixon tested positive Monday…. In Southland play Northwestern St. is at SFA Lumberjacks 4-0 in Southland play. That’s good for first place. … HBU home to Nicholls St. … A&M-CC plays at UNO… Abilene Christian goes to play Sam Houston St. That’s on ESPN+. Late 8:30 start… Incarnate Word @ Lamar, PPD
Looks like Kellen Moore will interview after all in Philly. This a day after it looked like the Eagles had zeroed in on Josh mcDaniels as their coach.
Steve Sarkisian is going back near his Washington roots for his next DC. Pete Kwiatkowski has agreed to come to the 40 acres to head a once-proud defense. This according to the Football Brainiacs. Kwiatkowski’s time with the Huskies was not at the same time as Sarkisian when he was head coach. Kwiatkoswki was DC under Chris Petersen at Boise State before going to the northwest the last 7 seasons. All 7 seasons they’ve led the Pac-12 in yards per play. He’s coached 16 NFL draft picks, 10 in the first two rounds the last 6 seasons for what it’s worth.
Houston Cougars are going to promote Doug Belk as DC. He was the co-DC with Joe Cauthen, who was let go tuesday. Shoutout to to Cauthen, old DC when I was at A&M-Commerce in school. You can see the timing. Belk will continue to coach safeties and retain the title of associate head coach.
ON THIS DATE in Texas Sports History….
1-20-68, the #2 Houston Cougars defeated #1 ranked UCLA 71-69 in the “Game of the Century” at the Astrodome. It was the first NCAA regular season game broadcast nationwide in prime time & paved the way for modern “March Madness” tv coverage.
Jeremiah Trotter turns 44 DOB (Hooks, SFA, 3rd rd Eagles, Redskins, TB)
An Aggie is getting a crack at another NFL job. More on that in a little bit. AND gets a massive home win. I’m J.P. Heath and here’s The Texas Porch Report: your Texas sports essentials in four minutes or less.
All 3 Texas. NBA team had MLK day games. ….
Four Spurs go for 20 or more and they go to 8-6 and beat the Trailblazers 125-104. LaMarcus Aldridge had 22 against his former team and DeMar DeRozan had 20 points with 11 assists. The ageless one Patty Mills had 21 and so did Rudy Gay. SA’s bench was dominant. They scored almost half their points. Tomorrow the bench and the starters play at golden State.
Short-handed Mavs get whalloped in Tampa. I feel like a bad NBA fan and questionable host of a sports-ish podcast for not knowing until a couple days ago that the Raptors have moved their because of that whole Canada banning travel from the US thing. But Florida venue or not the 2019 champs blow out Dallas 116-93. KP 23 points and 9 rebounds. Dallas goes below .500 at 6-7. It’s their first three-game losing streak in almost two years.
Bulls pull one out and beat the Rockets in Chicago, 125-120. Houston shot 52% from the field but way too many first half turnovers to overcome. Victor Oladipo 32 points and 9 assists in his Rockets debut. It was the second most points in a debut in Rockets history. John Wall still out with a sore knee. Christian Wood continues to impress - 30 points and 9 rebounds. Rockets are 4-8.
#2 Baylor was on the way to throttling #9 Kansas at the Ferrell Cnter. Jayhawks got it down to 5. 77-69. Jared Butler if you somehow don’t know about him. Man. 30 points and 9 assists. Bears hit 54% of their shots and that made up for 18 turnovers. …. TCU head coach Jamie Dixon pops a positive for COVID-19. Two Horned Frogs upcoming home games are now postponed. Wednesday vs Texas Tech and Saturday vs. Texas. The Longhorns had their game tomorrow postponed at Iowa State.
The Texans finally interview Eric Bienemy for their long-vacant head coaching job. He joins Leslie Frazier, Matt Eberflus, and David Culley. This straight from the Texans twitter account. … Clifton, Texas, native and former Aggie and Cowboy Dan Campbell will get another crack at an NFL head coaching job. He was interim head coach for the Dolphins in 2015. Most recently
ICYMI, Pride of Whitehouse Patrick Mahomes did NOT suffer a concussion in that awkward fall against the Browns Sunday. He tweaked a nerve in his neck. He’ll still undergo tests this week before getting the final medical sign-off. Technically he’s in concussion protocol but Sunday he immediately passed the initial concussion tests after the hit from Mack Wilson
It might be safe for Cowboys fans… for a bit at least. OC Kellen Moore may not be Philly’s top target after all. Jefferie Lurie and co. reportedly have eyes on Josh McDaniels…. Another Texas- NFL note. Baylor Heismann winner Robert Griffin III was waived by the Ravens Monday.
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From our Houston office, it’s The Texas Porch Report. Don’t forget the Happy New Year pod with the guys. Here are your Texas sports essentials in four minutes… or so.
Texas High School Football 5A title games last night at AT&T Stadium. A pair of blowouts. The Cinderella slipper was yanked off the Crosby Cougars foot (does that metaphor work?). Titletown Aledo Bearcats get their TENTH championship 56-21.. … Denton Ryan wins its second state title, 59-14 over Cedar Park’s Timberwolves. Raiders last title was 2002…. TODAY the longest TXHSFB season ever is wrapped up. What a way to go out The Dodge Bowl. Dad Todd of Austin Westlake against son Riley of Southlake Carroll in the 6A D1 title game. It’s believed to be the only time dad and son have coached against each other in a title game. Dragons looking for their 9th title. Westlake won the D2 title last year…. It’s Houston v Dallas in the D2 title game. Katy Tigers play Cedar Hill. Katy looking for its 9th state title.This is the fourth meeting between these two programs for a state title. Katy won in 2012- The Longhorns won the next two years. Can’t wait. It’s all on fox sports southwest today..
Mavericks had their cracks at it late, but the Bucks win in Milwaukee 112-109. Dallas short-handed again with five regulars still out with Aggie Khris Middleton averaging a career high in points and rebounds.
CUSA play -- North Texas blows out visiting UTEP 63-33. Miners had just 11 FGs. Fewest points allowed in Mean Green D1 history.… The game I was on, Rice goes to 4-1 in conference play. They defeat ODU 69-59. Fun game. Owls Quincy Olivari 7 3s in the W…. UTSA falls to 1-4 in conference, 77-66 loss at LA Tech… All the Texas CUSA teams play again today.
Texas St. upsets first place Ark-LR 63-59.. Bobcats had a 12-day layoff due to Covid-19.. They run it back today at 4…. UTA won 91-86 against visiting Lousiana.
Today A&M hosting 17th-ranked Missouri at Noon on SECN… Game of the day in the B12 has #2 Baylor on the South Plains. ESPN at 3:00. This is the first time they’ve played each other when both the Baptists and the Red Raiders are ranked in the top-15.…. Texas tries to bounce back. They’re huge home favorites vs Kansas St…. Texas Southern hosts Grambling, Prairie View PPD vs Jackson St…. In Southland play, SFA is at Incarnate Word. Cardinals 4 of 5. Lumberjacks have won four in a row. Head coach Kyle Keller celebrating a birthday today. …. HBU goes north to Sam Houston St. on ESPN+. ACU hosts SE LA on Espn+... A&M-CC ppd @ Lamar.
Carlos Correa and the Astros are heading to arbitration. They’re $3 Million apart right now. A deal can be struck before then and it usually does. Friday was the deadline for both sides to release their numbers. Correa’s camp wants $12.75M. He killed it in the postseason with 6 HRs and hit .366.. Astros were however to strike deals with Lance McCullers and Aledmys Diaz.
Notable birthday in Texas history. 1-16-35 Houston native AJ Foyt turns 85.
1-16-72 The Cowboys beat the Dolphins 24-3 in SB 6 at Tulane Stadium to win their first title.
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After a quick reconnection and sharing some sips (2:30) Kevin introduces Mitch, Paul, and J.P. to his pups. (3:00) The guys talk about their Christmas gifts of note. Mitch bought himself a new truck for Christmas and gives us a quick lesson on his former cars. Paul got some Dad Jeans and J.P. has audio proof of his gift (7:00) and of course Mitch makes his second Toobin reference of the season.
(9:00) J.P. couldn’t pull the trigger at the store on a middle-aged item of choice but gets some advice from the follicly challenged guys on the show. Then a story (19:45) about one of the only times Mitch was actually mad at him.
They discuss their Texas New Year’s Resolutions, (24:00) and agree that what they want to do most is getting to the Hill Country and seeing some live music wherever it is.
A member of the crew has a birthday coming up (34:00) and after some talk from old Mazzio’s Pizza days they kick around his topic of choice (37:30). It gets a little deep for a little bit as they discuss the best and worst things about getting older.
The first This Week in Texas Sports and History (48:45) features the birth of Fort Hood and the time someone broke wind in their junior high Texas history class and it cleared the room. And there’s also two great Cowboys anniversaries, and a note on the life of the great Texan Barbara Jordan.
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The Houston strip club business will SUFFER!! Has anyone thought of them??!!
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Harden said WHAT?!?
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It surprised me that each team Monday night had 8 Texans on their rosters.
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Mike McCarthy's first big coaching interview. It's a family affair in the 6A-I state title game coming up. And the Longhorns win won with their hero.
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Jam PACKED with some good good to start your weekend. Cowboys make an obvious fire and a heart-breaking high-school football loss.
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Our first pod from El Paso!! BIg west coach road wins for the Spurs and Mavericks. Deshaun ain't happy. Astros get some help for the 'pen.
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Thursday is the best day of the week. Tell a friend.
Baptists are balling.
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Cal loves him some New England huh?!?
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Who wants Jason Garrett as their HEAD coach?!!?
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First try at this! So here... you...go!
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Josh, J.P. and Kevin wrap the regular season and playoff-hope crushing loss to (Jason Garrett!! and) the Giants. After some initial thoughts they break down the game (6:00) the key moments, all the scores and why Mike McCarthy didn't go for two. As you'd expect J.P. and Kevin argue some (19:30). The bigger decision was not challenging the trapped catch by the Giants (26:00). We all want Dalton back, but does he even want to come back? (35:30). Thankfully Kellen Moore is staying because we saw enough from the offense despite all of the injuries. (40:00) We are around the anniversary of one of the great Cowboys/Giants moments ever (44:00). The guys bid a fond farewell until the season wrap-up show around the Super Bowl.
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After a longer than planned hiatus the Cowboys crew of Josh and J.P. is back with a recap of the 41-33 win that (unfortunately) keeps them alive for the division.
They break down how it happened, the injuries keep stacking up, and speaking of they didn't exactly miss Zeke did they? Tony Pollard wasn't a bad replacement at all. J.P. puts to rest any talk of tanking. It ain't happening. They'd screw it up anyway. After some fun with numbers they discuss their favorite Cowboys-49ers memories from nearly 30 years ago.
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The Core Four gets back together for some beverages and many laughs. After some catching up chit-chat J.P. reveals an update on a certain popular article of clothing (5:00) before breaking down a recent embarrassing "J.P. moment." Then there's a quick Rusty Buckle BBQ review with more to come later.
Mitch, Josh and Paul kick around J.P.'s question of their Texas Christmas wish list (17:00). From BBQ to road trip stops and concerts they go back and forth about a better 2021 to come.
This Week in Texas Sports & History (34:30) covers the rest of 2020, from botched Santa robberies to annexation confusion and mischievous Pomeranian priests and Brad Davis. With some high school basketball memories as well.
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J.P., Paul, and Josh get back together for the first time in a couple weeks. After some small talk they discuss a recycling conundrum that J.P. is in and how to solve it (4:30). A review is offered up for Luling City Market BBQ (17:00) during a recent road trip, which segues into an interesting adventure that Josh and J.P. took over the Thanksgiving weekend (29:00).
(43:20) This Week in Texas Sports and History features a lot of Heisman Trophy notes, Southwest Conference notes, the forming of two Texas towns, and the naming of the Houston Astros.
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J.P. and Josh break down the Cowboys entertaining 31-28 win in Minnesota. Zeke's best rushing game of the year and Andy Dalton's three touchdown passes fueled Dallas' most important win of the season. At least if you don't subscribe to the tanking theory. J.P. authoritatively shoots that theory down while also dropping in some Lizzo rhymes.
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Postseason underway for 4A down to A!! Results from the Top 5 teams in all 11 classifications in the Lone Star State in Week 12 of Texas High School football. Segment from Friday Night Frenzy on Kicks 105 with J.P. Heath & Kent Havard. www.kicks105.com
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It's the first combo of J.P., Josh, and Paul! After Paul gets up to speed with the ketchup, mayo and vest conversation from last time out Josh tells a story from the week about an incident he saw at their third-rate taco joint (7:30) and should they be calling it 'third-rate'? That prompts a talk about old working days.
19:00 - J.P. gives his review of The Pit Room in Houston from a couple weeks back. Simply amazing. Worth the hype.
24:30 - Yeah Rona is on the upswing with the 1,000,000th case in Texas. Paul and J.P. get in a knockdown dragout about how Texans would respond to a shutdown from a certain President-elect.
29:15 - J.P.'s off the cuff speech about what makes Texans so great and why we'll get through all this.
32:00 - Will anyone join J.P. on a quick golf and BBQ trip? Nope
35:30 - The Greenberg turkey plant exploded in Tyler, which brings up a fair question. Is turkey really that great?
40:30 - Mixing in some sports with Russell Westbrook's comments about the culture on the Rockets.
46:30 - This Week in Texas Sports & History features the birthday of Hall of Famer Ken Houston, who has ties to a member of the crew. A surprise birthday call is made to a certain web designer. The story of the Twin Sisters path to the Texas Revolution. And why does the Mavericks fan have to display the Sam Cassell "dance" to Paul?
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The gang is all back together and newly engaged Kevin is peeing in J.P.'s Cheerio's while Josh plays traffic cop of the Steelers expected 24-19 win in Arlington.
Dallas' best defensive and special teams game of the season wasn't enough for the Garrett Gilbert campaign to be the new starter the rest of the way.
J.P. thinks this game should make us re-evaluate their record the rest of the way, especially with how the defense stood strong, and then Josh takes a turn and pees in J.P.'s punch bowl.
Kevin wants to tank and J.P. is emphatically against that because they'd manage to mess that too.
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Results from the Top 5 teams in all 11 classifications in the Lone Star State in Week 11 of Texas High School football. Segment from Friday Night Frenzy on Kicks 105 with J.P. Heath & Kent Havard. www.kicks105.com
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Ben DiNucci's arm and Greg Zeurlein's leg couldn't get the Cowboys a win in Philly. At least they tried right? Josh and J.P. break down the improved effort, DiNucci's game, and the addition by subtraction on the Cowboys defense. What will their final record end up being?
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Mitch, Josh and J.P. have an organized chaos session. Their topics range from putting ketchup on a hamburger, J.P.'s most underrated garment of clothing, and Professor Mitch breaks down the Texas angle of this tense political season.
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J.P., Mitch, Josh, and Josh's dad took a road trip to get a gander at Globe Life Field in the NLCS and spoiler alert: It was FANTASTIC. For the most part. They talk about the nooks and crannies in the $1.5 Billion stadium and then they bring to podcast airspace a long discussed hypothetical, which begets another insane old hypothetical.
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Results from the Top 5 teams in all 11 classifications in the Lone Star State in Week 9 of Texas High School football. Segment from Friday Night Frenzy on Kicks 105 with J.P. Heath & Kent Havard. www.kicks105.com
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Kyler Murray continued to own AT&T Stadium in his pro homecoming. It looked like the Pearland and Cy Ranch defenses in n the state title wins when he was at Allen.
J.P., Josh and Kevin reunite for that turd-floater of a football game. The only bright spot was it ending. They discuss the insane notion of Mike McCarthy not lasting the season, only half jokingly. And could a familiar, loveable coach come in and fix this S show of a defense?!?!
Ugh.
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Paul had to get out of the big city so he cruised down Austin way and reviews the original Salt Lick and Valentina's Tex Mex BBQ while J.P.'s mouth waters. They also discuss the greatness of a Texas road trip and just getting away from it all.
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When your franchise quarterback goes down it brings out some deep and tough conversations. WHY DIDN'T JERRY PAY HIM?!?! And IS THIS IT FOR DAK IN DALLAS?!!? Surely not, but the guys are pretty downtrodden.
J.P. and Kevin try to get through the worst win in franchise history. Then Kevin's dogs try to cannibalize each other and that leads to talk of the Andy Dalton Era officially beginning in Big D.
And Kevin cusses.
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It’s World Mental Health Day and the end of Mental Health Week as I release this episode and I couldn’t pass up this chance to talk about a topic I’ve felt more bold opening up about during the last few months.
This podcast was definitely part of that. Chasing a new endeavor, cobbling together a dream and laughing with my best friends along the way has been life-altering, I crap you not, especially during the pandemic. Before we get really going here I bet you were wondering where episode #33 was! Probably not, but I like to think some of the type A’s out there may have been curious. But why 33? Let me tell ya about it and tell you a story close to my heart. So I gritted my teeth, fought through the self-created tension and did E14 Mental Health with ole buddies Mitch & Paul. It centered around me seeking grief counseling after the deaths of my two brothers, Collin and Alex. Collin left us in March of 2015 after a quick trip to the hospital and I didn't get a chance to see him before he passed away. Alex passed away in May of 2019. I'm fortunate to have talked to him one last time before he passed away. Both were 33. Now you see where I’m going here. I listened back to that E14 a couple times and to me it was awkward and cringe-worthy. How’s that different from a regular episode or J.P.-moment you ask (Ba-DOOM Boom CHING)?!? But the cringe-worthy nature of it is what made it good. Did I just unearth a paradox? Embrace the awkward as the mental health saying goes or to you fans of the pod, “It’s only tense if you make it tense,” as Paul and I broke down in his Get to Know episode 20 referring to an epiphany in college at the Paisano’s in Commerce, America. Context is important. During my senior year in college as I was mapping out my future dominance in the internet sports broadcasting world, I took a capstone class in sociology that looked interesting called Drugs & Society. It was probably the easiest class I ever took. It just came naturally. It turns out my curiosity in what I thought would be a blow-off class on the way to graduation was part of a foundation for the rest of my career and more so for the future of The Texas Porch. I don’t want to bury the lead because this is about a newfound passion of mental health awareness. On this episode you'll also hear from one of my compadres on the Friday Night Frenzy on the great KICKS 105.1, Darrell Derbin. Some quick background on “Double D." He's Tik Tok famous. I trust him on that. They say it’s a big deal. Darrell has a history of friends and family that have died of suicide. And he recently released a song relating to that. During this show we'll hear him speak about that. Context is important as to where we take it from here and this is my platform so how about a little background first? I’ve worked in tobacco prevention for about nine years. In 2009 I got a job at the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council of Deep East Texas. I had grown tired of my radio gig for reasons that will fill a chapter or two in a future book. I also wanted to chase that college play by play dream that was made possible by a call from KETR Program Director Jerrod Knight to broadcast games at my alma mater, A&M-Commerce. The executive director of ADAC, Phyllis Grandgeorge actually walked up to me at church and said “I think I have a job for you,” and I would have had to be pretty dense and/or thick-headed to not realize God was telling me, “TAKE THIS JOB!” I left that gig for the Rice job in 2012 and started back circa 2014. Now I work at another non-profit, The Coalition and get to teach a tobacco prevention curriculum to sixth-graders, serving a few hundred students per year. All of this non-profit work if you bundled it together has opened my eyes to many things, but mainly, and here’s the payoff of the long tease: It has helped me think more about people who can’t defend themselves. It’s also stressed that prevention is the best medicine. About 3.3 million adults in Texas are living with a mental illness according to www.mentalhealthtx.org. 61% of adults in Texas who needed mental health treatment in the last year did not receive any. And sadly 754,000 Texans have had serious thoughts of suicide in the past year. If we prevented the onset of these mental health episodes in young people before they get to adulthood we change their life. My counselor told me a stat that was jarring. One out of every four students has a mental health need. And only one out of those four gets treated. Staggering. So for every 500 students at a Texas school district we’re missing 94 students that cut, overeat, undereat, get bullied, bully, drink, use marijuana and perform other forms of self-harm because they feel like they’re not good enough. Hopefully it goes without saying but school counselors and teachers do a wonderful job trying to fill that gap and I’m just a guy with a dream at the beginning of this journey. But I’m all ears. Where can we help? It’s amazing to see the strides we’ve made in the last two years alone discussing mental health. Bottom line, I just want to encourage anyone to get the help you’ve earned. You’re living this life and you deserve to live it to the full. If you have anxieties, don’t think you’re good enough, abused drugs and alcohol to cope, you’ve bottled up stuff for decades, or if you’ve been abused please ask for help from a licensed counselor. Oh, let me tell you it’s awkward at first. But it’s the first step to a journey of forgiving yourself. There’s still a lot I don’t want to talk about. And that’s ok. “You’re still friends” as it were if you know the vernacular of the show (Get to Know Mitch E23). Collin and Alex’s passing rocked me to the core and I can tell you this. I’ll be comfortable sharing more in the future as my own wounds continue to heal. One last thing I do want to talk about and if you’ve made it this far I’ll leave you here with a big, bold, audacious goal. Back to that E14 I’ve seemingly promoted over and over. I told Mitch and Paul I would like to.... Walk. Across. Texas. So yeah. Most importantly, I’ve saved the best for last. As if walking across the best state there is wasn't a big enough goal, Alex and Collin were both 33 when they passed. I am determined somehow to bring good out of that. I have felt led to opening up a foundation, starting a 501-c3 - whatever the lingo- called Forever 33 that will address mental health awareness and prevention. I don’t know how the best way to form a foundation or anything like that but I like to ask questions so if you’ve got any pointers fire away. I will walk across Texas for Forever 33. Let’s do it. Coming October 2021. I love you Collin and Alex. The video Darrel mentioned: This Ride by Tilley & Alpha Norris
"You don't have to know someone to help someone."
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a United States-based suicide prevention network of over 160 crisis centers that provides 24/7 service via a toll-free hotline with the number 1-800-273-8255. It is available to anyone in suicidal crisis or emotional distress.
61% of Texans who needed mental health treatment in the last year did not receive any. And 3.3 million Texans are living with a mental illness. More info at mentalhealthtx.org/
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Results from the Top 5 teams in all 11 classifications in the Lone Star State in Week 7 of Texas High School football. Segment from Friday Night Frenzy on Kicks 105 with J.P. Heath & Kent Havard. www.kicks105.com
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At least J.P. didn't predict that "Dallas is easily going to cover" like Josh did earlier in the week. A fourth straight dreadful start dooms the bumbling Cowboys, who can't get out of their own way. They discuss how this offense perfectly complements this terrible, soft defense. And yeah, Dak is setting records and all, but where's Zeke and how is this any different than the last decade?
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Results from the Top 5 teams in all 11 classifications in the Lone Star State. From Kicks 105 Friday Night Frenzy with J.P. Heath & Kent Havard
J.P. has gone and done it. He reveals an all-time cringe-worthy moment. Mitch, Josh, and Lamar support him at times, but mostly ridicule him, deservingly so.
This Week in Texas Sports and History features the start of The Texas Revolution (20:30), Mitch's tale about taking blood money near the Astrodome, and odd political analogies between Charlie Hough and Barry Switzer.
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All the games gonna be like this?!?! Ugh. J.P. and Kevin break down the Seattle win. The special teams stunk, Dak was good but not great when it counted, and Aldon Smith and the receivers had a good game.
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Mitch and Paul make an impactful return as J.P. recaps his trip out west to the middle of nowhere.
On the way there was a trip to Cooper's in Llano and some time to collect his thoughts.
The first installment of Interesting Texans features DB from Rustic Iron BBQ and J.P. talks about his trip to Big Bend and a long haul on the way back.
This Week in Texas Sports and History feature more Nolan Ryan notes, some notable Astros birthdays and the greatest female athlete of all-time.
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Just WOW!! It was about as wild a game as in Cowboys history and the Cowboys Crew breaks it down. Dallas avoids going 0-2 thanks to an epic comeback/meltdown. Kevin and J.P. fight about going for two late but REJOICE about the onside kick. Dak is a dude but this defense may suck.
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The opener to the Mike McCarthy era was not what anyone wanted. J.P. and Kevin dish about the Rams second win over the Cowboys in three seasons. They go frontwards and backwards about the 4th and 3 call, INJURIES, and Aldon Smith.
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It's a Kevin and J.P. spectacular preview of the 2020 Dallas Football Cowboys! Many wild turns include:
2:30 - Is Kevin's BAC going to be low enough to do our post-game pods?
3:30 - Quick warm-up questions that turn out to not be quick at all. The best and worst position groups on the team.
8:45 - Dak's brave admission about anxiety and depression. J.P. can relate with his own past and it makes him like Dak that much more.
13:45 - Troy Aikman gives Dak some love on his character and leadership.
20:30 - The surprises in the roster from Randy Gregory and Aldon Smith to the additions to the ridiculous secondary.
26:00 - As wild as it sounds is Zeke poised for a breakout year and will he have his stuff together?
30:00 - No-Fun J.P. makes an appearance to bring the room down with talk of injuries. Looking at you, Sean Lee.
35:00 - The difference Mike McCarthy makes on this staff and will Kellen Moore really call the plays or will McCarthy overrule him like great Cowboys coaches of the past?
39:30 - Mike Nolan's impact on the defense, but his resume isn't that glowing.
42:00 - Some of the Top 60 All-Time Cowboys, with J.P.'s buddy Rayfield Wright somehow making it twice. They get in a slight disagreement about Dez's spot on the list and there's no surprise in the top few spots.
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The technology couldn't be trusted but the Texas sports talk sure could! Josh and J.P. buddy up and break down the week that was and what is to come in the NFL, NBA, and college football.... and NHL... sort of.
2:10 - While the Rockets series isn't over it's not looking great.
7:45 - J.P. proves who the REAL Mr. Hockey is!!
12:50 - The Astros are struggling, but guess who has the best chance of winning the A.L. pennant? Certainly not the Rangers.
16:45 - Despite a wifi outage the guys move on with some Texans and Cowboys talk.
26:00 - J.P. breaks down his trip to see some college football live action in Denton before a disinterested Josh pops a top.
30:30 - A tease of some monster college football road trips, but Josh has no desire to go to Lubbock.
35:30 - GUESS THE SPREAD is back and Josh is warming up!
41:45 - This Week in Texas Sports & History features a lot of notable Texas sports birthdays and the story of the first oil well in Texas.
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J.P. and Josh recap another wild sports week across Texas.
2:10 Still no whereabouts from Ferdinand the Cat
3:00 A lot of Rockets defense talk. James Harden has bought some time for now. Now it's on to the Lakers, but can you just shoot threes over and over?
11:30 A satisfactory end to the Mavericks season all things considered, but some serious load management needs to be considered.
15:30 J.P. is baffled by some folks' stance about equal rights and they reason that they just don't understand where the players are coming from.
25:00 The Silver Boot is on the line!! Rangers do very little at the trade deadline while the Astros have an ailment to Altuve to worry about.
30:30 With Texas college teams in action they play GUESS... THE... SPREAD!! And J.P. will be at one of the games.
39:15 Mr. Hockey makes a return, but he can't find time to watch a Game 7.
42:30 This Week in Texas Sports & History features the former floating capitol of Texas, Sam Houston, pizza places in Huntsville, the Galveston Hurricane and the first mention of chondrite in TTP history.
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Kevin makes his first appearance in three months and it is a memorable one, immediately bringing out an embarrassing story from J.P.'s childhood. Josh chimes in from time to time and they discuss Hurricane Laura and the latest Texas sports news.
3:00 - Kevin's "hurricane" story
4:45 - J.P. doesn't care anymore and shares a forgettable memory as a kid.
6:00 - Where's Ferdinand the Cat, Josh?!?!
7:00 - An awkward segue to talk of Hurricane Laura
15:40 - NBA boycotts and the Rockets & Mavericks respective series
28:00 - The Earl Thomas soap opera has the Cowboys written all over it! Jerry just has to flex his muscle.
33:00 - Rangers and Astros news and notes. They are not playing similar baseball.
37:00 - This Week in Texas Sports & History -Birthday shout-out to Mrs. Texas Porch!! J.P. plays DJ and spins some Texas hurricane and Galveston tunes before a note on the Texan that signed the end to WW2.
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This is a little late, but I wanted to do it right. Growing up in Texas I certainly knew the name Bill Yeoman, but it wasn't really until I got into broadcasting and talking to coaches that I realized the impact he made with the veer offense.
Yeoman spent his freshman year at Texas A&M before going to Army where he was part of some amazing teams with two Heismann Trophy winners in the backfield. Heck, he was even a second-team All-American at center. You're no dummy if you go to Army and Wyatt told me his old coach had a 165 IQ, but he was able to make the complex things simple.
He eventually got back to Texas after a stint at Michigan State, coaching the Cougars to four SWC titles. I'm embarrassed to admit I didn't know he signed Warren McVea when no one else in the South had signed an African-American player.
I talked to former Houston Cougars punter Jay Wyatt to gain a little more perspective on the man that put the Coogs on the map. I have known Jay since I started broadcasting Diboll Lumberjacks football way back in 2002 and I knew he'd have some great stories about the College Football Hall of Famer.
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Josh and J.P. go rapid-fire during a busy week and touch on all of the big sports news across the Lone Star State.
2:50 - The Gerald McCoy era is over before it started for the Cowboys. Everson Griffen's impact will be needed now. Not just us right? This just doesn't feel like training camp. GREAT NEWS. The Original 88 looks like he is headed to Canton.
10:30 - What are the Houston Texans storylines to be discussed as we approach the start of the season? Is the WR corp really as good as it's touted? Deshaun Watson has to make everyone better.
14:00 - Former Houston Cougars punter Jay Wyatt eulogizes his coach Bill Yeoman, who passed away recently. (Full Conversation in E29)
17:00 - No-Fun J.P. doesn't care about Luka's playoff scoring record, but harps on his 11 turnovers in Game 1 vs the Clippers. J.P. does have glowing things to say about the Rockets chances to... go all the way??
26:15 - Rangers gonna Ranger. Josh's Astros have gotten hot since the last pod episode.
31:45 - Mr. Hockey makes an oh-so-brief appearance!
32:30 - This Week in Texas Sports & History includes another Nolan milestone, Rayfield Wright's incorrect birthday reported by J.P. (He's not 46), Big Shot Bob, The Beard, the birth of a President and the passing of a Texas icon.
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