Dirt & Sprague

Dirt wants to play Michael Jordan's golf course with all its high tech amenities, plus Swag has another edition of Stat or Story, and if you had a famous surname would you want the first name that went with it. 

President and GM of the Hillsboro Hops, KL Wombacher joins the guys to discuss the teams promotion to Advanced A ball with the Arizona Diamondbacks this coming season. 

The guys detail the Big Ten altering their rules today to allow Ohio State into the Big Ten Title game, plus Sprague ponders NFL awards at the 3/4 pole, Giannis still hasn't signed his extension with the Bucks, and Hops GM KL Wombacher joins the guys to discuss a big promotion for the D-Backs minor league affiliate. 

The guys go to Seattle with Dave "Softy" Mahler of 950 KJR with the latest on the Huskies current issues with COVID in their Football Program and what it will mean for their game against the Ducks this Saturday and their ability to play in a potential Pac-12 title game. 

Sprague's got a dead arm this morning after a flu shot, The Ducks-Huskies game is in jeopardy after UW halted football activities due to positive COVID cases, they guys go to Seattle in the Daily Ticker, and what should the Ducks do if the Huskies can't play this Saturday.

The guys work through some CFB coaching nuggets and rumors then dive deep into the Mailsack answering all the pressing questions of the day. 

2 stops for the Ticker today beginning in Houston with Chris Gordy of SportsTalk 790 on the latest saga involving James Harden and the Rockets, and then to Conway, SC with play by play voice of the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers Joe Cashion, after they knocked off BYU trying to run the table in the Sun Belt. 

The guys already starting to dream of White Christmas, plus the Michigan-Ohio State game is off, now what for the Buckeyes, stops in Houston and Conway, South Carolina in the Daily Ticker, and the Big Ten is in a pickle regarding the Buckeyes currently ineligible for the conference title game. 

Our FAN Blazers Insider, Jason Quck checks in with the guys on Carmelo Anthony getting Brandon Roy's blessing to wear #7, Damian Lillard going for it this season, and how the new acquisitions show the team is finally committed to the defensive end of the floor. 

The guys update the Blazers COVID situation and wonder if Carmelo should be allowed to wear #7, plus James Harden is a no show for Rockets training camp, and the Jets and Eagles tales of woe. 

The guys still searching for answers as to how the Seahawks lost at home to the Giants, and they hoped ESPN Seahawks reporter Brady Henderson could provide some insight. 

The guys run through all the wild highlights from Week 13 of NFL in the Whiparound, then chat with Brady Henderson who covers the Seahawks for ESPN on how they lost to the Giants, plus the Huskies slipped up against Stanford so who is the best team in the Pac-12

It was a wild weekend of football all around, not rewarding for Northwest teams as the Ducks lost at Cal their first back to back losses since 2018, plus the first start for Chance Nolan as Beavers QB not helped by the absence of Jermar Jefferson to take some of the pressure off. 

The guys make their Pac-12 picks as they may get all 6 games in, then some Who Wants to be a Millionaire fodder, plus the guys Sprague the Line as Kevin Todd questions Dirt's loyalty, and we say a fond farewell to Buck. 

Covering the Blazers for Trailblazers.com, Casey Holdahl returns to the show as the 1st half season schedule is released and the first preseason game is a week away.

The guys break down the top games in a very busy Week 13 of the NFL, plus Casey Holdahl of Trailblazers.com previews the upcoming season as the 1st half schedule was released by the NBA today. 

We celebrate Sprague's birthday as Dirt pays off his Oregon-Oregon State bet, plus Mike Yam hops on the Daily Ticker to discuss all things football, plus we preview the Ducks trip to Berkeley and the Beavers visit to the Utes. 

Just a giant football sandwich in the Ticker with NFL Network host and Pac-12 Radio analyst Mike Yam. 

The guys make their Week 13 picks for the Pro Football Challenge, note some national praise for the Blazers offseason moves and Jason Quick's new piece on Damian Lillard.

Former Ducks and NFL TE George Wrighster returns to the show to discuss his former Oregon team and how they are set up for the rest of this season and beyond, plus why the Pac-12 needs a leadership change right now. 

The guys appreciate Adam Gase waiving the white flag with Sam Darnold, then former Ducks TE George Wrighster chimes on in what's ailing the Pac-12, and the BYU-Coastal Carolina game is on for Saturday.

2 stops for the guys beginning in DC with Scott Abraham of ABC7 on the trade of John Wall to the Rockets for Russell Westbrook, then to The Farm with former Stanford QB Todd Husak on how the Cardinal will handle being nomads for the rest of the college football season. 

Sprague drops some serious first world problems to start the show, then the guys break down the Russell Westbrook-John Wall trade, make stops in DC and Palo Alto for the Daily Ticker, and get the news that Josh Gordon will be reinstated for the Seahawks for the final two weeks of the regular season. 

The NBA has released its opening week National TV schedule, and the Blazers are not a part of it, plus a Wednesday NFL edition of Stat or Story, Bill Walton pissing off Hoosiers fans at Maui Invitational, and Evander Holyfield wants another shot at Mike Tyson.

The guys hoping the expanded college football playoff is not far away, plus Sprague wonders how long the Lions can continue to suck, and Roger Goodell draws a hard line with the NFL's COVID protocols...and in Crunch Time the dirty laundry of the Clippers internal conflicts starting to come to light. 

The guys check in with Dan Rubenstein of the Solid Verbal podcast, on the hornets nest Kirk Herbstreit has stirred up questioning the integrity of college football which he believes is overly concentrated on the playoff.

Dirt is quickly becoming an 80 year old man, plus Kirk Herbstreit has had an interesting 24 hours after questioning Michigan's integrity about the Ohio State game they welcome Dan Rubenstein into the Daily Ticker and is the CFB Playoff ruining the sports of College Football. 

The guys share the highlights of Damian Lillard's media session as training camp opens up for the Blazers, plus they answer questions from the Mailsack, the ACC is making a late season overhaul to the football schedule and Kenneth Copeland goes heavy metal.

The guys hash through the latest Pac-12 football notes and wonder if the Beavers win over the Ducks is truly program changing, plus Sprague is getting hyped for the Blazers season, Swag has a new edition of NFL True or False, and the latest CFB coaching rumors

The guys go to Seattle with Curtiss Crabtree after the Seahawks regained control of the NFC West after beat the Eagles on Monday night. 

Sprague convince Doug Pederson had money on the MNF game, as the Seahawks made the Eagles look bad on Monday night, they welcome Curtiss Crabtree back to the show for the latest on the Seahawks after the win, and Nate Robinson does not have a good boxing debut.

The guys wonder why Pac-12 referees can't get their stuff together, plus the fallout in Eugene from the Ducks loss to the Beavers, and more mysterious monoliths are showing up around the globe, plus Seahawks and Eagles on Monday Night Football. 

The guys dive into the NFL with the whiparound from a wild Week 2, and then take stock in all the chaos that COVID is now causing, plus how the rest of the PAC-12 looked. 

Dirt & Sprague wrap up the Beavers victory over the Ducks with stops in Corvallis with Carter Bahns of Beaverblitz.com and in Eugene with Tyson Alger of The Athletic.

It's all Ducks-Beavers recap in the first hour as Sprague is still floating after Oregon State's 4th quarter rally to beat Oregon and all the fallout that has followed, including Daily Ticker stops in Corvallis and Eugene and Dirt paying off his bet by singing the OSU Fight Song. 

The guys make all their picks for the week beginning with the Pac-12 slate, then the Pro Football Challenge Week 12 games before Spraguin the Line and Dirt and Sprague set the terms of their bet on Oregon-Oregon St. 

Former Ducks and NFL stud Anthony Newman joins the guys to discuss his favorite memories playing against the Beavers, and what it will take for his Oregon team to win this year. 

Voice of the Beavers Mike Parker gives the Oregon State perspective of this rivalry week and his favorite memories of the near 5 decades of witnessing this game in person. 

It's all Oregon-Oregon State this hour with Mike Parker and Anthony Newman, plus the guys remember their favorite editions of this rivalry. 

So why doesn't the CFB Playoff Committee like anyone west of the Rockies, the guys ask ESPN CFB Playoff Expert Heather Dinich that and other questions after the first rankings were released. 

The guys are mystified by Swag's Gordon Gecko look today, but are more interested in the first edition of this season's CFB Playoff rankings and have Heather Dinich join them in the Daily Ticker plus a couple of NFL notes. 

Dirt and Sprague try and wrap their heads around the idea that Noah Sewell was back at practice Monday, after a scary looking injury during the Ducks' win vs. UCLA, last week.

The guys run through the NBA win totals just out in Vegas, as the Blazers picked 6th in the West by oddsmakers, then a pre Thanksgiving edition of the mailsack, and what to expect when the first college football playoff rankings get released. 

The guys are more curious about teams just outside the top 4 of the first CFB Playoff Rankings when they get released today, plus why is everyone so quick to try and rename the Oregon-Oregon St. rivalry, plus Swag has a fresh edition of NFL True or False and the Steelers/Ravens Thanksgiving night game is in doubt with COVID issues in Baltimore. 

The guys need help sorting out which teams are the best in the NFC, so they welcome in Eric Eager of Pro Football Focus to help break it down by the numbers. 

Sprague is having family dilemmas over Thanksgiving plans in the current freeze situation, plus the NFC is more jumbled than imaginable after the Rams beat the Bucs on Monday night, they welcome Eric Eager into the Daily Ticker for more insight, and should teams alter their late game clock management against the top quarterbacks in the NFL.

The guys recap the weekend in college football outside of Oregon and Oregon State, plus Noah Sewell is back on the practice field for the Ducks today and the start of the college basketball season is fraught with uncertainty. 

The guys hit the NFL whiparound with all the crazy action from Sunday, then dive into the Blazers busy weekend with the roster now set at 14 players featuring a group that has some national pundits believing the Blazers have what it takes to go deep in the Western Conference Playoffs. 

The guys go to Provo with Ben Bagley of BYU Sports Nation as the top 10 ranked Cougars football team has an open date as do the Washington Huskies, can they figure out a way to play over the Thanksgiving holiday.

The guys are all fired up for the Thanksgiving week but still mystified about 12 hour waits for IN-N-OUT burgers in Colorado, plus the Ducks just hold on to beat UCLA and get to 3-0, the Ticker goes to Provo to see if  BYU-UW game is a possibility, and the Beavers get their first win of the season in dramatic fashion over Cal. 

The guys make their Pac-12 picks for Week 3, then dive into the latest Blazers free agency rumors before they Sprague the Line with Kevin Todd as Sprague tries to end an 0 for 6 run.