That's What It Says In The Yearbook Podcast: Recent Episodes
Doug
Bring on the amateurs (well, not-famous professionals)!
Key Players: Michael Farber, Gravity Falls, Contradiction, Brian Gionta, Switzerland, Olympics, NHL
“Trick plays are just another way of saying ‘we give up’.”
-awesome line from ESPN Classic’s “Cheap Seats”
…but these plays aren’t tricks and again produced a win.
Key Players: Memphis Grizzlies, Phoenix Suns, great tackle, Ty Montgomery, Jaylen Johnson, Cheap Seats, Louisville Basketball, Tyson Chandler, Green Bay Packers, Lester Coleman, change the rule in volleyball, Jay Triano, Virginia Football, NBA, NHL, NFL, Sean Avery
We now know a lot more about whose bubble has burst.
Key Players (for no scientific reason): Iowa Basketball, Aly Michalka, Monmouth Basketball, Arizona State Basketball, Loyola-Chicago Basketball, Navy Basketball, Ball State Basketball
Man booed for not dominating an opponent returns home a hero, but not before rehabbing the opponent. Also, the Heisman Trophy becomes even more irrelevant, and huddling on offense is the hardest part.
Key Players: Bazine Netal, Frances Pomeroy Naismith, Anna Brewster, Natalie Woodruff??!!?, Tennessee Football, Nick Bellore, Detroit Lions, irony, MTV, Ohio State, UCF, Central Florida, Jeremy Pruitt, New England Patriots, Tom Osborne, Rob Gronkowski, Heisman Trophy, Scott Frost, San Diego State Football, Star Wars, Nebraska Football, Rashaad Penny
Was David Fizdale set up to fail? Short answer: too soon to tell. This podcast is a longer answer. And who were the talent evaluators at the University of San Diego in the 1990’s? They were really good.
Key Players: NBA, USFL, Tank McNamara, University of San Diego, USD, Portland Breakers, Memphis Grizzlies, Genndy Tartakovsky, Kevin Hanson, James Borrego, David Fizdale, Toreros
Dude, Where’s My Kirby Smart?
Key Players: Florida, Arizona State, Texas A&M, Tennessee, Chip Kelly, Scott Frost, Nebraska (again), Mike Norvell (not pictured), Well I’m Out Of Candidates
Nearly 20-years ago Nebraska Football had a ‘how do you replace a legend?’ problem. They still haven’t solved the problem. Fortunately that’s mostly the problem.
Key Players: Samantha Fish, Emma Stone, Nebraska Football, Tom Osborne, Kansas City Royals, Woo!
Which was the real westbound one-handed-shirttail-tackle-defying run, and which one was more effective?
Key Players: North Texas Basketball, San Diego State Football, Windsor Spitfires, Adirondack Phantoms
The college basketball season isn’t as long as it seems. Well before mid-December many teams will already know whether or not they have to win their conference tournament.
Key Players: Iowa Basketball, Monmouth Basketball, Texas-Rio Grande Valley Basketball, Hickory Crawdads, Kyle Cody, Origin Story, Georgia Tech Basketball, Arizona State Basketball, Will Ferrell, Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award
One of sports newer, and most annoying, cliches finally goes down, thanks to one man.
Key Players: Zoe Kazan, Carson Meyer, one man
You’ve seen a courtroom drama, come up with a better nickname for Aaron Judge before it’s too late.
Battle of the Network Starscame back, but not really. So we went D&D (or at least producer Rob did), drafted real network stars from real networks, and played out (with charts & dice) the entire competition like it should have happened.
SUMMARY (giveaway-free): One network actress’ specialty wasn’t a Battle of the Network Stars-sanctioned event, one network actress spent all night shooting her show and lost her event, and then somebody won.
Key Players: Aly Michalka, Molly Ephraim, Sean Pertwee, James Spader, Grant Gustin, Jaimie Alexander, Kat Dennings, Christine Baranski, Rose McIver, quirky girls, May 22nd
Why should college football’s scholar-athletes continue to study, learn, and better themselves if NFL.com won’t rank them?
Key Players: Sam Scofield, Jordan Italiano, Leila Wagner, Zach Terrell, Cooper Rush, Campbell Trophy
Was star UCSB (California Santa Barbara) basketball player Alan Williams never heard from again? NO! He was heard from again, and then heard from again, and he kept being heard from again until the NBA finally listened. Meanwhile college basketball killed the Naismith Award (the other one).
Key Players: Tiny Kittens HQ, Speedy Claxton, Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award, UCSB, America West
These drivers are HBO “Hard Knocks”-interesting. Unless you no longer find “Hard Knocks” interesting. Then these drivers are the opposite of that.
Key Players: Will Power, Josef Newgarden, Graham Rahal, Takuma Sato, Max Chilton, J.R. Hildebrand, Conor Daly, Mikhail Aleshin