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A podcast to discuss cornhole in the North Texas area

John Garnica Sr, John Garnica Jr & Ernest Monarca


    • Apr 18, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 12m AVG DURATION
    • 49 EPISODES


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    Big Tex Talk Episode 49

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2023 68:07


    Big Tex Talk with John Garnica Sr, John Garnica Jr and Ernest Monarca. The ACL Kickoff Battle singles and doubles and champion, TCL Signature #3 doubles and singles champion Justin Burton Jr joins us and discusses his recent success and how he got started and his plans for the future.

    Big Tex Talk Episode 48

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2023 62:39


    We are back with John Garnica Sr, John Garnica Jr and Ernest Monarca. We are joined by Nick Knabe a longtime TCL player, director and member. We discuss his recent cornhole opinions he posted on FB and his overall thoughts about the game.

    Big Tex Talk Episode 47

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2023 72:51


    Big Tex Talk episode 47 with John Garnica Sr, John Garnica Jr and Ernest Monarca. We are back after a two month break and we discuss plans for the podcast for the upcoming year and some potential changes. We also cover the results of TCL Signature #2 in Mesquite this past weekend.

    Big Tex Talk Episode 46

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2022 77:52


    Big Tex Talk Episode 46 with John Garnica Sr, John Garnica Jr and Ernest Monarca. Tye Thompson has been on a heater lately in TCL, he joins us and discusses his recent success, his participation in FFA and his future goals. We also discuss the recent Signature event change in venues and dates and other cornhole news.

    Big Tex Talk Episode 45

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2022 72:57


    We are back after an extended break from our last episode. We cover some cornhole items, upcoming tournaments, the cancellation of Ryder Cup and some non cornhoLe topics. Glenn Nipp the co-owner of Olympus Cornhole, he discusses his history with success in a card game that lead him to a bag making business. 

    Big Tex Talk Episode 44

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2022 70:53


    Big Tex Talk episode 44, the first big event of the season Signature #1 in Shreveport for TCL just wrapped up and we discuss our thoughts on how it went and also go over the top 3 finishers in each division.

    Big Tex Talk Episode 43

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2022 69:53


    Big Tex Talk Episode 43 with John Garnica Sr, John Garnica Jr and Ernest Monarca.  The Wizard himself the great Johnny Seymour joins us and discusses his history playing cornhole and his new role of broadcasting TCL Signature events.

    Big Tex Talk Episode 42

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2022 75:43


    Big Tex Talk episode 42 with John Garnica Sr, John Garnica Jr and Ernest Monarca.  We discuss the ACL Worlds, including the Grant Upchurch and Sammy Soto's advanced doubles win, the scoring error and controversy in the women's singles bracket and how some of our local players did in the  ACL pro qualifier. We also discuss the upcoming TCL season that begins with the first signature event in Shreveport LA.

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    Big Tex Talk Episode 2022 Top 60

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2022 85:08


    Big Tex Talk Episode 2022 Top 60** Special Episode**  From Possum Kingdom Lake at the Top 60 event we  visit with Neal Cook, Jim Abdella, TCL Directors Ken Langham, John Henderson and Randy Brown.  Chad Jacobson joins us to discuss some big changes for the upcoming TCL season and the new sponsor that will be a game changer for TCL.

    Big Tex Talk Episode 41

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2022 83:02


    Big Tex Talk episode 41, CJ Marquez joins us as we pick the top players from TCL this past season in different categories like top overall player, newcomer, comeback player, best airmail, best roll bag and several other categories. We also talk about the Top 60 event coming up this weekend at Possum Kingdom for all the top 60 players and rising stars. 

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    Big Tex Talk Episode 40

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2022 67:23


    Big Tex Talk episode 40, ACL Pro Ryan Smith joins us to discuss his cornhole career, his college football career and his approach to competing and excelling at the top level.

    Big Tex Talk Episode 39

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2022 45:18


    Big Tex Talk Episode 39, Ruben Adame the creator of Dem Boyz Cornhole Club and 360 TCL regional director joins us to discuss the success of his club and region and he reveals a big announcement for his club. We also make predictions for the ACL Final Chase in Chicago this upcoming weekend. 

    Big Tex Talk Episode 38

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2022 69:34


    Big Tex Talk episode 38, we visit Justin Fowler a member of the TCL State Open Doubles champion from this past weekend in Irving TX. We discuss how it was another successful event for TCL and the top 3 finishers from each division. 

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    Big Tex Talk Episode 37

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2022 72:47


    We cover the results from the ACL Open event in Ft Worth, Ernest discusses his rookie season as a pro and his intentions for the upcoming season and some of insights as a first year pro. We also discuss TCL and the upcoming State championship in a couple of weeks and some of the new events and timeline. We also talk about the current top point leaders for TCL.

    Big Tex Talk Episode 36

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2022 66:06


    Big Tex Talk episode 36, we review the ACL bag brawl in Salt Lake City this past weekend and we also review the winners from TCL Signature #4 in DentonTX.

    Big Tex Talk Episode 35

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2022 80:04


    Big Tex Talk epsiode 35 we visit with the legendary ACL pro AJ Sims who just won the ACL state singles championship. We preview the ACL national in Salt Lake City and TCL Signature event #4 in Denton TX. 

    Big Tex Talk Episode 34

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2022 80:42


    Big Tex Talk episode 34, we visit with ACL pros Duncan Clemmer and Tyler Parent and discuss their singles match from the first National and how some of the technique involved of the game affected the match. We also discuss the results from all the divisions for TCL Signature #4 in Shreveport.

    Big Tex Talk Episode 33

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2022 60:18


    Big Tex Talk episode 33, ACL Cornhole Mania Singles National Champion Matthew Creekkiller joins us to discuss his recent championship in Atlantic City. We also discuss the recent results from the ACL national and upcoming TCL Signature #3 in Shreveport.

    Big Tex Talk Episode 32

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2022 71:34


    We discuss the event and results from TCL Signature event #2 in Mesquite TX. We also discuss our picks for the ACL National Cornhole Mania coming up in Atlantic City. 

    Big Tex Talk Episode 31

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2022 80:58


    We cover the 1st ACL national event in Las Vegas with Ernest and his experience out there. Then ACL Pro Dillon Turpin joins us to discuss his epic run in at the ACL national in Las Vegas. 

    Big Tex Talk Episode 30

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2022 76:19


    Big Tex Talk episode 30 we recap Ryder Cup and preview the first ACL national in Las Vegas.

    Big Tex Talk episode 29

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2022 52:32


    Its Ryder Cup week and we visit with Marty Houdeshell from KO Cornhole he will be selling Zuca bags this weekend and he informs us on what his inventory will be. We also visit with TCL owner Chad Jacobson to discuss how Ryder Cup will be ran this weekend using Scoreholio and a ton of other great information including how the events are going to be ran for singles,doubles and 8 man. He also discusses the bag raffle and how that will work and the switcholio. 

    Big Tex Talk Episode 28

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2022 67:43


    Big Tex Talk episode 28 which I incorrectly thought was episode 29. We visit with ACL Open #5 champion and best female player and top ACL pro Cheyenne Renner. We also discuss Ernest's experience at the ACL Open in Ashville and recent results in the area. 

    Big Tex Talk episode 27

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2021 53:45


    Big Tex Talk episode 27 we recap the first year of the podcast and we discuss recent tournaments and our thoughts on the next year of cornhole.

    Big Tex Talk Episode 26

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2021 96:28


    Big Tex Talk episode 26. We have TCL Signature event 1 Open doubles champs Matt Longoria and Sammy Soto and Open singles champion Grant Upchurch to discuss their success this past weekend in Waco. We also discuss the results from the signature event and how well it was ran with scoreholio and the new rounders format. We also talk about Alex Hicks winning the open singles in the ACL Virginia Beach event this past weekend.

    Big Tex Talk Episode 25

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2021 76:45


    Big Tex Talk episode 25. We talk to TCL owner Chad Jacobson about the first Signature event this weekend in Waco. He informs us about the new rounders format and how tiers will be developed. We also discuss Ryder Cup and some of the changes for the event in January.

    Big Tex Talk Episode 24

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2021 80:14


    Big Tex Talk Episode 24 we have the one and only Trey Ryder from ACL on the show. We discuss several topics, including his start in ACL, the new ACL channel, the ACL teams and his vison for the future of cornhole. We also discuss recent results and upcoming tournaments.

    Big Tex Talk Episode 23

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2021 64:13


    Big Tex Talk episode 23, Anthony Ayon the creator of Cornhole Science. Anthony discusses the instruction videos he creates and his analyst role on the ACL network and his opinions on the future of cornhole. We also discuss recent results from ACL Open #2 and TCL tournaments.

    Big Tex Talk Episode 22

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2021 71:24


    We are back after three weeks and we discuss recent ACL and TCL results and some general cornhole topics.

    Big Tex Talk Episode 21

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2021 67:10


    Big Tex Talk episode 21, Taylor Stone joins us to discuss his WTF bag business and other cornhole topics.

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    Big Tex Talk Episode 20

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2021 67:53


    We visit with Seth Northcutt the new ACL regional director in the DFW area and how players will have options with ACL and TCL in the area. We also discuss the Jordan Camba suspension, Pro Shootout results and upcoming tournaments.

    Big Tex Talk Episode 19

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2021 57:24


    We visit with Scoreholio founder Benjamin Budhu and discuss the growth of his scoring app for cornhole and its impact on the cornhole game and impact on TCL. We also discuss how ACL is growing in the North Texas area and our thoughts on its growth.

    Big Tex Talk Episode 18

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2021 80:58


    Big Tex Talk episode 18 we have new ACL pro and our co-host Ernest Monarca discuss his experience at the ACL worlds and him qualifying to become a pro for the 2021/2022 season.We also discuss the TCL Top 60 event and upcoming area tournaments. We also have well known ACL PRO Jay Rubin who just finished his 3rd season as an ACL pro finishing 6th overall in the singles standings. 

    Big Tex Talk Episode 17

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2021 58:44


    Big Tex Talk episode 17, we visit with Joe Arrington and discuss his cornhole career with TCL and he shares some of his stories. We also go over some different categories and the top performers in our opinions in those categories. 

    Big Tex Talk Episode 16

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2021 69:00


    Big Tex Talk episode 16 we discuss results of the recent State championships this past weekend. We also discuss ACL Final Chase results and the upcoming World Championship coming up in a couple of weeks.

    Big Tex Talk Episode 15

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2021 77:55


    Big Tex Talk episode 15 we have Chad Jacobson on to discuss the upcoming State tournament July 8th,9th & 10th in Denton TX. We also discuss the recent ACL Air Raid tournament in Austin TX.

    Big Tex Talk Episode 14

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2021 72:55


    We visit with Jon White, we discuss his recent back to back Sig championships and his plans for the future. We discuss Signature results and how the weekend went overall and to end the show we call Kevin Meza back to see what he was up to.

    Big Tex Talk Episode 13

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2021 85:39


    Big Tex Talk episode 13, a great podcast this week as we visit ACL PRO Adam Hissner and discuss the great success he has had playing cornhole as a longtime professional. We also visit with  Chad Jacobson owner of TCL and talk about the Signature event coming up at Irving Convention Center and other TCL thoughts. 

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    Big Tex Talk Episode 12

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2021 85:17


    Big Tex Talk Episode 12 and we visit  with the one and only Brandon Gregor or better known as BG. We discuss his view on how cornhole has changed since he started 10 years ago and his plans in the future. We also discuss recent results and upcoming tournaments.

    Big Tex Talk Episode 11

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 80:47


    Big Tex Talk episode 11 a Mothers Day edition where we visit with Veronica Vinson and Marie McCuistion and Austin McCuistion. We also cover the TCL Super Regional results and ACL Bag Brawl in Las Vegas this past weekend.

    Big Tex Talk Episode 10

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2021 79:53


    Episode 10 we visit with Noah Albarado the winner of Competitive singles and doubles at TCL Signature #4 in Shreveport. We also cover results for Sig 4, breaking in bags, payouts and upcoming events.

    Big Tex Talk Episode 9

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2021 91:50


    Big Tex Talk episode 9 with John Garnica Sr, John Garnica Jr and Ernest Monarca. TCL's own Ernest Herrera joins us to talk about him becoming a ACL professional and his experience in his last two national events.  We also talk about recent tournament results and we call Will Davis to talk about him using Scoremagic to track bags in his recent tournament.

    Big Tex Talk Episode 8

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2021 77:32


    Big Tex Talk episode 8, we have Jason Andrews owner of TCL to discuss Signature 3, payouts, future plans for TCL and Signature events. 

    Big Tex Talk Episode 7

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2021 67:02


    We discuss upcoming Signature event in Abilene this coming weekend, recent tournaments, the snow storm and our thoughts on player rankings. We interview Braiden Fink and his recent win at Ryder Cup and his baseball future.

    Big Tex Talk Episode 6

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2021 58:31


    Big Tex Talk episode 6 with John Garnica Sr, John Garnica Jr & Ernest Monarca. This episode we talk about the Ryder Cup event, Super Regional Events, bag raffles and upcoming tournaments.

    Big Tex Talk Episode 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2021 69:04


    Big Tex Talk episode 5 with John Garnica Sr, John Garnica Jr & Ernest Monarca. Ryder Cup week!!!!! This episode is mostly covering one of the biggest TCL events of the year and we visit with Will Davis to talk the history of Ryder Cup.

    Big Tex Talk Episode 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2021 104:27


    Episode 4 with hosts John Garnica Sr, John Garnica Jr and new host Ernest Monarca.  Discuss some strategy, upcoming tournaments & recent results. We interview Ryan and Vanessa Fillingim who recently played in ACL tournament in Myrtle Beach SC, and Ryan placed second in the National College Cornhole Championship and mom and son played doubles and had a ton of success in the pro doubles tournament.

    Big Tex Talk Episode 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2020 70:35


    Episode 3Talk about plans for the podcast for the upcoming year and have Grant Upchurch on for the Upchurch update to discuss his role with TCL and upcoming events with TCL

    Big Tex Talk Episode 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2020 50:41


    Big Tex Talk Episode 2 covering TCL Signature series 2 in Mesquite and ACL Random draw at Texas Assault.Interview with Signature Series 2 Open winner Bella Surprenant

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