Dave in the City out West (DITCOW)

Dave hosts a Zoom group call which will feature, hopefully, a lot of familiar faces from the past 15+ years of the DITCOW/Sandwich Corner podcast. We'll chat about everything from Rory's historic Masters win the other day to the years of our conversations about sports and other stuff. Then we'll bring down the curtain on our small but mighty podcast which gave us memories, laughs and more. Saying goodbye is hard, but if we're going to end it, let's end it with a big party. Thank you all so much for tuning in all these years. The Corner may make an occasional return to break particularly big sports stories, but this episode marks the end of its original run. What a run it's been!

Chris in Syracuse, a.k.a. Get Your Own Show joins Dave as we recap the first weekend of the 2025 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. It had a lot of blowouts, but there were also some nice surprises and great battles throughout the field. UConn made a big bid for the Sweet Sixteen only to come up just short to the very tough Florida. We had Duke continuing its dominance with easy wins over their two opponents and BYU pulls together two solid wins to make the Sweet Sixteen. Plus we cover what's to come in the Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight rounds of the Big Dance. The Corner continues its own road to our series finale and it'll be great to hear from GYOS once more before it's all said and done.

Ari in Philadelphia and Gerry in Piscataway join in with Dave for our final MLB spot of the series, for the forseeable future. We'll get into some improvements with the MLB uniforms, the swan song season for ESPN until they end their partnership with baseball next year, plus what's to come for the two World Series teams, the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees. All this plus much more from MLB as we look ahead, plus look back on all the years covering baseball on the podcast. Ari, Gerry, and Dave had some good times chatting about All Star Games, Postseason Games, first-guessed releiver decisions, and much more.  Plus, a cameo from Ari's son Jacob as he breaks down some of the numbers behind key players and muses on the woeful White Sox, among other topics.

As the farewell tour continues, Dave and Junkie reunite one last time to take on the chat's questions and the rest of the world. We look back on all the fun, charming moments of doing Random Questions segments together, a recurring segment that goes back to 2011. Plus we look at what's new : Junkie's family life, Dave's metamorphosis into a musician, and obviously many other twists and turns neither of the two will see coming via their tangents.

Dave announces the "Farwell, for now" podcast tour as the long run of DITCOW/Sandwich Corner begins its journey until the Finale in Early April. Joining in are our golf panelists, John in CT, Mike in North Jersey, and Andy in Seattle. No real topic tonight, but we'll have some golf, football, and basketball talk among other things.

John in CT joins Dave once again for part 2 of our 2024 College Football Preview.  This time out we'll cover coaches on the hot seat, then preview the Group of Five conferences: Mountain West, Sun Belt, MAC, AAC, and Conference USA. There could be some battles between Appalachian State and Texas State for Sun Belt, while Fresno State, UNLV, and others fight it out for the Mountain West title. In Conference USA, Liberty is not just a favorite to win, but potentially a favorite to make the playoff out of the Go5. There's also some changing of the guard afoot in the MAC, known America's favorite Tuesday night pastime. Later we'll make predictions for each of the conferences, both Power Conferences and Go5 conference, and offer any other predictions for the season.

John in CT joins Dave to break down the Power Teams in FBS Football, plus our season storylines for 2024.   Bama enters a new era after Nick Saban retires, Georgia tries to bounce back after their unexpected early exit with a really exciting new quarterback, the Pac 12 folds and gets poached by the Big Ten, Big 12, and ACC, and Texas and Oklahoma start their first season in the SEC. In addition, we have the first ever 12 team playoff on the horizon.  We'll look ahead to how the new format will work and which teams could really take advantage of the bigger field.

John in CT is back to recap the Open Championship won by Xander Schauffele at Royal Troon Golf Club.   We'll also look at some of the other players from the tournament which had many twists and turns. Later, we'll segue to the Olympic Games, where the crew will preview this Olympiad's Golf Tournament in Paris, France.  There will be a lot of heavy hitters in this tournament including Xander Schauffele, Scottie Scheffler who's had some struggles of late, Jon Rahm, Shane Lowry, Collin Morikawa, Tommy Fleetwood, and many more.

Our good friend Parcells joins us to recap what have been really exciting international soccer competitions in both Europe and the U.S. First, we'll recap a thrilling, spectacular Euro 2024 tournament that was exciting until the very end with a great England/Spain final where the Spaniards went ahead in the final minutes.  Next, we'll recap the more infamous Copa America back in the U.S. where the event was tarnished by terrible fields, poor security, awful performances by the USMNT and Mexico, and more, but still full of great storylines like Canada's Cinderella run to the Semifinals, Lionel Messi's presumed final game with Argentina that ended in a Copa championship, and more. We can also take a few moments to chat about what's to come for international soccer in the next few months, plus a pretty cool friendly between Manchester United and Arsenal at SoFi Stadium later in the month.

Chris in GA is back with Dave to catch us up on the latest in the NBA's offseason.  We'll cover everything from the draft to Summer League and some big trades and free agent signings so far.   Big names on new teams, including a signature name in Klay Thompson going from Golden State to Dallas.  DeMar Derozan is on a new team, plus we look at the Lakers' new coach hiring in JJ Redick, JB Bickerstaff (Cavs' Former Coach) taking a new role as the Pistons coach, plus much more.

Mike in North Jersey and John in CT return to chat about the U.S. Open, won by Bryson DeChambeau after fighting off Rory McIlroy in a riveting finish. John also has an update from the Travelers Championship in CT where he made his annual in-person visit.   This was another exciting finish, but a more unusual ending than normal that included protests on the 18th green. All this plus additional golf coverage and a look-ahead to the Open next month.

Chris and Dave are back to put a cap on the fairly short, very successful, NBA Finals for the Boston Celtics who extend their NBA record to 18 championships.    We'll cover how this likeable, very deep, very strong defensive team put away the Dallas Mavericks in Game 5 and what they did to limit Luka and Kyrie's impact on the series for Dallas. The Celtics find their moment, and we can also look ahead to the future to see if the C's may be back for more next year.   We'll chat about the NBA Playoffs in review as well, recap what has been a very exciting playoffs overall despite the short NBA Finals.

Chris and Dave recap Game 1 of the NBA Finals between the Mavericks and Celtics from Boston. We also took comments from chat and recapped other items from the 2024 Finals after Boston's convincing 107-89 win in Game 1.

Chris and Dave return to recap a really disappointing, pretty short Conference Finals in the NBA, both East and West, where the Celtics and Mavericks both won their series very quickly. Later the two will preview the NBA Finals between said Celtics and Mavericks and all the incredible star power that goes with it. It's Jayson, Jalen, and Kristaps vs. Luka, Kyrie, and Daniel (Gafford). It's quite a matchup and the Mavericks, coming from nowhere, might even be a live dog. We'll preview the NBA Finals and take you through what to expect.

Mike and Andy are back to recap one of the most thrilling majors in recent years at Valhalla. Xander Schauffele finally gets his first major after a spectacular first round and a tremendous final round including some huge shots late, getting out of trouble and landing the ball when he needed it most to win the 2024 PGA Championship. This was quite a battle, featuring great performances by Bryson DeChambeau, Viktor Hovland, and many others. The crew will look at the event in total, the bizarre and tragic morning leading into Round 2 that put Scottie Scheffler in jail for a few hours, the low scoring in Round 3 coupled with the excitement of a tight leaderboard in Round 4, media coverage, and much more.

Chris and Dave return to, first, recap, a great run of two Game 7s in the NBA's Conference Semifinal round. The Timberwolves make a stunning comeback late in their game at Denver to win Game 7 on the road while the Pacers crushed the Knicks over in the Garden. It was a pair of unlikely road wins for two young, exciting teams. We'll also recap the remainder of the Mavericks' series win over the Thunder, plus look ahead at the Conference Finals. The Celtics will have loads of rest as they face the Pacers for the East Finals. Meanwhile, in Minneapolis, the Timberwolves will host the Mavericks in Game 1 of their first West Finals in 20 years. It's a lot of great NBA talk with a lot of exciting action and possibly the best yet to come in the conference finals.

Chris and Dave look at the many twists and turns in the NBA's second round of the playoffs.  Suddenly, the Timberwolves went from up 2-0, to tied 2-2 after losing both of their home games to the defending champion Nuggets.  Likewise, the Knicks are on their heels after losing a close call and then getting blown out in their two games in Indiana.   Did either side gain their momentum back on Tuesday night?  We'll discuss this plus the other series, then we'll look ahead to see potential Conference Finals matchups.

Chris in GA is back to continue the NBA Playoff talk with Dave.  We recap an all-time-great Game 6 between the Knicks and the Sixers featuring Jalen Brunson's standout performance, along with many other series endings, plus the Wolves Game 1 upset of Denver in the second round. Later, we continue the conversation by looking ahead to the Semifinal round in both conferences, matchups, games in progress, the Magic/Cavs Game 7, and more.

Our long time pre-Twitch friend and huge NBA fan Chris in Georgia, who many of you know as sportspope on YouTube, joins in to chat about the NBA Playoffs so far and some of the drama between all the contenders, possible upsets, and more.

Mike in North Jersey and John in CT are back with Dave to give us the latest happening in pro golf.   Scottie Scheffler rises again to win the Masters Tournament in Augusta, while swirling rumors surfaced of Rory McIlroy signing with LIV only to be diminished later on.   We'll share the news and notes from the PGA Tour and LIV and see if changes are in store for both leagues.

Our longtime friends Canadian Karen and "Coach" Andrew Jacobsen join Dave to chat about their beloved teams going against each other in the first round of the NHL's Stanley Cup Playoffs.  It's the Winnipeg Jets vs the Colorado Avalanche going best-of-seven. Who will win?  We'll run down the matchups and much more from the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Who will win?  We'll run down the matchups and much more from the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

John in CT and Dave open the new year chatting about the extremely exciting College Football Playoff semifinals and the potential playoff spot chaos in the NFL.   We'll cover a back and forth duel between Alabama and Michigan in the Rose Bowl semifinal, and a game that nearly got away for Washington despite a dominant performance vs Texas in the Sugar Bowl semifinal. Later in the show, we'll discuss the NFL playoff pushes and the nearly dozen teams fighting for a select few playoff spots in the AFC and NFC.

John in CT is back with Dave to break down the College Football Bowl Season so far.   It turned out to be a very exciting set of games including a thriller in the New Orelans Bowl between JSU and Louisisana, and a ridiculous comeback by Western Kentucky to beat Old Dominion in the Famous Toastery Bowl.  We recap what happened and look ahead to the next round of games including a defensive showdown at the Birmingham Bowl between Troy and Duke, plus the ACC Runner-Up Louisville playing against USC without Caleb Williams in the Holiday Bowl. Later, we chat about the NFL week that was which included wild games of their own.   Who would have seen the Raiders beating the Chargers 63-21?   There were upsets throughout the league including another win for Carroll's Seahawks over Jalen Hurts' Eagles on Monday Night.  Time permitting, we'll dig into the ongoing trainwreck between the PGA and the LIV Tour in pro Golf.  This will be the last podcast of the calendar year, so we'll try to go out with a bang.

John in CT rejoins Dave after our podcast's lengthy hiatus to preview the many fun bowls in store during Bowl Season, and as we do each year, we'll give our "Bowls We Love" followed by our "Bowls We Would Not Have in our Back Yard." Time permitting, we'll offer College Playoff predictions plus our discussion on the massive sea change between the LIV Tour and the PGA Tour with LIV signing Jon Rahm to a massive contract.

John returns to recap a very fun week of football including a thriller in Boulder where USC held off a crazy rally by Colorado to beat Team Prime. We also get into the NFL action where the Chiefs had a real scare at MetLife but still survived the Jets on Sunday Night. Later, we segue to the 2023 Ryder Cup where Team Europe held off a serious rally from Team U.S.A. to win the tournament in Rome, Italy. All this and more plus we'll preview the week's games in both College and Pro Football.

John and Andy return for our first football podcast of the 2023 season. We recap a thriller between Ohio State and Notre Dame, a humbling moment for Colorado at Oregon, a bit of a scare for USC at ASU, and a nailbiter between FSU and Clemson. From the NFL, we recap a weekend of blowouts and ugly games, plus look ahead to the week in both sports. We'll offer some of our favorite bets if we have them during the show!

John in CT joins Dave to preview the biggest schools in College Football including the Pac 12 in its final season ever. In part 2, we'll look at big CFP contenders like Georgia, Ohio State, Alabama, and others plus the middle of the road teams that could make some noise. It might be another solid season for programs like Tennessee, USC, Michigan, and the like, but who will rise up to the expectations. Before our preview, we'll cover season storylines including the aforementioned death of the Pac 12, Pat Fitzgerald's unceremonious exit from Northwestern, other big realignment on the Horizon and much more.

It's part one of our College Football Preview with John in CT.  John and Dave preview the smaller schools a.k.a. the "Group of Five" which had some great storylines in the previous year.  Can some of the feel-good stories of recent years like Coastal Carolina , UTSA, and Tulane keep it going in 2023?  We'll have the previews of the Group of Five, then we'll tease the Power Five previews coming in our next podcast.

Mike and John return to recap a surprisingly disappointing Open Championship from Royal Liverpool. Andy is on assignment this week. It was a decisive win for Brian Harman, who won his first career major over the weekend. We'll chat about the big win, the trouble that Harman had to start his third round and how he got out of it. We'll also discuss the rest of the field who were in contention like Tommy Fleetwood, Jon Rahm, Sepp Straka, and Rory McIlroy.Later we offer some other quick hitters about the course and the broadcast. Time permitting, we'll chat about some other scenarios in pro golf and what's to come for the rest of the season.

Our golf panel featuring Mike in North Jersey, John in CT, and Andy in Seattle is back to chat about a very strange U.S. Open from LA Country Club.   Wyndham Clark is the winner this year edging out Rory McIlroy at a club that had been roundly criticized throughout the weekend.  Was it really as bad as social media depicted?   Later we'll look ahead to the Travelers Championship then we'll discuss the merger between the PGA Tour and the LIV tour that shook up the golf world.

The golf panel returns!  Mike in North NJ and John in CT re-join Dave to recap a thrilling, and most eventful PGA Championship from Oak Hill in Rochester, NY.   Rain made for very ugly conditions and uglier performances during the 3rd round, but the final round on Sunday made up for it with some incredible golf.  Brooks Koepka outlasted Viktor Hovland in what was a great back nine, and despite a really good round from Scottie Scheffler, he still had too much of a hole from Saturday.  The panel get into the big win for Koepka and what the potential impact is the LIV tour where he plays. Plus: our usual surprises and disappointments and a look ahead to the rest of the golf schedule.

Our long-time sports podcast friend Tom in NJ joins us for this "second pilot" episode of The Sandwich Corner.  On the show, we filled in our Twitch audience on how Tommy and Dave met, then we got into some NBA, talk, golf, candy discussion, and a bunch of great Random Q's from folks in chat, including friends from the DITCOW days and newer friends from the Sam Fam.  Tommy's 3 year old son Landon was the real star of the show, dazzling the rest of us with his charisma and trying to eat Smarties that Dave threw at him. It was a great way to test out the new audio setup and start our new companion sub-series within the Sandwich Show on Twitch.

We made some key connection changes from the mixer to the computer and I think second pilot, or "version 1.5" breaks down how we cleaned up the connections, but also created a new problem of extremely low sound output to the computer. It's always something!  Anyway, enjoy this extremely short update that's hopefully a lot better sounding than the first pilot.

Dave (Davy) tests out all the audio after a series of equipment updates, plus we share the latest on what's coming up on the Sandwich Show Q&A series, what's to come for this podcast, and some anecdotes about last week's Sandwich Show Twitchiversary Special.  Note: This is a pilot for the re-purposing of the podcast, but the podcast itself is still a continuation of Sandwich Sports.  The old episodes of Sandwich Sports/DITCOW will remain on this feed for the forseeable future.

Mike, John, and Andy re-join Dave to recap a very thrilling 2023 Masters Tournament that had it all: nasty weather that prompted lengthy delays and tree-falling hazards, an exciting leaderboard with Jon Rahm and Brooks Koepka going toe to toe most of the weekend, and many historic moments including Phil Mickelson's tie for 2nd making him the oldest to finish in 2nd place at Augusta National.  The panel recap a brilliant final round by Jon Rahm and quite the opposite from Koepka who went over 18 holes without a birdie on the final day.  Plus we'll get into the other folks in the field from Jordan Spieth to Tiger Woods, and much more!

John in CT, Andy in Seattle, and Tom in NJ are back to recap one  of the best weekends in NCAA Tournament history!  Many huge upsets went down, including the epic 16 seed Fairleigh Dickinson upset of the 1-seeded Purdue.   It's only the second time in tournament history it's happened.  Upper seeded Arizona, Kansas, and Baylor also were wiped out over the weekend, and there were many great games throughout all four days so far.   There were also two notable bad beats in tournament action we'll get to as a panel.  Join us as we preview a potentially spectacular weekend of Sweet Sixteen Action.  Among the great matchups, a rematch of the 2006 iconic game between Gonzaga and UCLA.  Both teams are much different these days, and it should be a great clash of styles.    We also preview Arkansas and UConn, both tough teams who have risen of late.   Plus, Florida Atlantic meets Tennessee, and Michigan State featuring the prolific tournament coach Tom Izzo meets Kansas State who just fought off Kentucky in the previous round.  All in all, it sets up to be another chapter in what will be an all time great tournament, and we're excited to give you all the scenarios and potential betting angles.

John in CT and Mike in North NJ are back for the first golf recap of the year, a pre-Majors recap of the last month of pro golf, including the dwindling numbers for the LIV tour, a very underwhelming Players tournament that resulted in a return to glory for Scottie Scheffler, and a new ruling that could change the style of golf balls for the field.  Later, John stays on for an NCAA Tournament Preview, going through the past two weeks of conference tournaments, then a look-ahead to each region of the big tournament as we begin March Madness.  It's a season that many think is wide open for the sports, with no clear-cut favorite to win the championship.  We'll recap everything in one big podcast as Sandwich Sports makes its return.  

John in CT and Andy in Seattle join Dave for a preview of Super Bowl LVII between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs.   The Chiefs had a dubious path to the Super Bowl which included a lot of bad officiating that went in their favor during the AFC Championship.   The Eagles also were underwhelming in their NFC Championship game, and some key calls bailed them out of a possible 49ers comeback.   The panel will dig into the matchups and make their predictions for the game.  If there's time left over, we'll have a few quick hitters on prop bets, chat about other potpourri, or both.

Incredibly, it's 2023, and we're doing our first Podcast RQ's of the year with our long-time co-host Kevin on the Cape!   We'll catch up, chat about where Kevin and Dave are and the future of the podcast and the Sandwich Show Twitch channel.  As we do, we'll have plenty of potpourri, and we'll be glad to take Random Questions from the chat.  

John in CT joins Dave for our final week of Football Picks for the season.  We lead off with the tragic injury for Bills DB Damar Hamlin and his fight for survival at the ICU.   Part of that includes a look at how the NFL will re-shuffle the schedule to make up the ground for the Bills' postponed game vs the Bengals. Later, we recap a WILD, wild fantastic Bowl Season in College Football, preview the CFP Championship between TCU and Georgia, and look ahead to the final regular season week in the NFL.   Plus we share our picks including text picks from Andy, Ron, and Kevin.

We close the calendar year of sports shows with our Week 16 Football Picks show.   We'll have a recap of the NFL action last weekend including a surprisingly close call between the Texans and Cowboys, plus big wins for the 49ers and Lions, and more.   Later, the panel will segue to our Bowl Previews for 2022-23, we'll present the bowls we love and the "bowls we wouldn't watch in our back yard."   Then its our picks for the NFL and for Week 1 of Bowl action!  Happy Holidays from the Sandwich Sports Show!

The panel is back to preview all the Conference Championship games in College Football, including a rematch of USC and Utah to decide the Pac 12 title and a college football playoff berth for USC.  In the NFL, we look ahead to a monster weekend of games and recap an awesome Thanksgiving weekend.  Later we have the picks from both sports as things tighten up in our contest.

The panel (John, Andy, Ron, and Kevin) is back to recap amazing things from last weekend in football.  The Jets pulled a huge upset over the Bills on Sunday, and LSU beat out Alabama in overtime at Baton Rouge.  Notre Dame stomped a Top-5 Clemson team in South Bend, and we had a lot of excitement in both college and pro ball.  The weekend ahead may not be quite as exciting but we'll share all the best matchups in Week 11 plus give you our picks of the week as the contest continues. 

We've got a preview of Tennessee/Georgia and Alabama/LSU among our many topics tonight on Football Picks this week.  Andy and John join us on stream while Kevin and Ron send picks via the text.  There are a lot of late night underdogs the panel liked, and other sneaky good games we got into.  We also got into the tough sledding going down in the NFL and our best bets from the pros as well.  It's quite a spirited episode as we get funny comments from TurboSwim and DaraHaydenMusic in Twitch chat while we cover another wild week in football.

Andy, John, and Dave are back after a great week of picks to recap some crummy games in both college and pro football, but there was still juice between the games when the 49ers traded for Christian McCaffrey before their game against the Chiefs.  Despite his great game, the Niners still lost, but it could present a new dimension for San Francisco.   We'll get into the trade, plus look ahead to games in both the NFL and College.  There's a showdown brewing between Kentucky and Tennessee alongside a solid matchup between Oklahoma St. and Kansas St.  In the NFL, we look at the pleasant surprises that are the Giants and Seahawks.  This week, they play each other in what should be a sneaky good game.  Later we have the picks as we try to build off a great Week 8 for the contest.

Our long-time friend of the podcast, Santoro, joins Dave to revisit the old days on TMF.com and their transition over to the new SFZ on Discord.  We also debate a lot of random questions, such as is a hot dog a sandwich, embarrassing things Dave said on the podcast, TV shows, and more. We heard from some names from the Mike Francesa world over in Twitch chat, plus some of the regulars from Dave/Davy's new Sandwich Show, and it was a showcase of worlds colliding as we bridge the past with the present.

It's our first-ever Football Show streamed live on Twitch, as the panel returns to recap an electric Week 8 in football.   Andy, John, and Kevin are scheduled on air, while Ron sends picks via the text.   Tennessee pulls the huge upset over Alabama to remain undefeated, while Utah mounts a big comeback to beat USC in Salt Lake City.   In the NFL, the Bills edge out the Chiefs in a much lower scoring game than expected while it was another battle of attrition with the Broncos, losing out in OT to the Chargers on Monday Night.  The panel recap all the madness, then look ahead to this week's action which appears very disappointing on the NFL side while the College Slate features matchups with some potential with Texas taking on Oklahoma State, Ole Miss taking on LSU, and other games.  Then it's our picks as we continue the contest and try for another solid week against the spread.

Kevin and Dave bring you a special Random Questions podcast where we'll recap the Picks results from Week 6 and the action on the football field last weekend.   Later, we'll segue to Random Questions and take your questions about anything: Football, Food, Streaming, and anything else!

The panel is back to recap an enormous upset for the Miami Dolphins over the Buffalo Bills in a great showdown last Sunday and a similarly large upset for the Colts against the Chiefs in Indianapolis.   Tennessee gets a big win over Florida in their big rivalry game, though not without a lot of fight by the Gators in the fourth quarter.   USC toughs out a quality victory in Oregon State despite a bad offensive performance. Yet another coach is fired in College Football, Kevin will break that down, and the rest of the panel will join him in recapping the most exciting NFL Sunday yet back in Week 3 and look ahead to more great matchups in both college and pro football this coming weekend.   Note: there were audio issues in the first 10-20 minutes of the show, the audio was only working on the left channel during this period of the podcast.

We try to pick up the pieces and recap a strange weekend of football with numerous blowouts and some shocking comebacks by the Dolphins, Jets, the Cardinals, and others.  Herm Edwards was fired from Arizona St. back on Sunday and other programs had some shaky performances, notably UCLA vs South Alabama and Notre Dame vs Cal.   The Bills dominate the Titans on Monday Night, and the panel look ahead to a showdown between the Bills and Dolphins.  All this and more on our Week 4 Football Picks show!

Ron, John, Andy, Junkie, and Dave recap a positively chaotic Saturday in College Football featuring big upsets by Marshall and Appalachian State over Notre Dame and Texas A&M.   We also saw a thrilling finish in Austin between Alabama and Texas where things got away from the Longhorns in their near-upset of the Crimson Tide. Later, we cover an exciting opening week in the NFL, featuring the Giants unlikely upset of the Titans, the Seahawks upsetting their former QB Russ Wilson and the Broncos, and a great game between the Raiders and Chargers.  Then it's on to our picks from both sports, plus some coverage of Scott Frost's predictable, although sudden, firing from Nebraska.