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The previous post covered my grades on how the strength of today’s four largest college athletic conferences compare with their previous versions twenty years ago in 2006. Here's a brief recap. In my estimation, only the SEC (which expanded from 12 to 16 teams over that 20 year period) has shown an upgrade in competition levels since 2006.  I awarded the SEC a “B” grade. The Big 12 (which lost four of its prominent members to the SEC) received a C+ for their nimble addition of several relevant regional sports schools. A “D” grade was handed down to the Atlantic Coast Conference.  Their nonsensical addition of West Coast newcomers Cal (Berkeley) and Stanford in 2024 crashed the ACC's overall score. Speaking of lousy grades, I awarded a D- to the Big Ten Conference as its recently-annexed properties have resulted in a BIG thud.  From the east (Maryland and Rutgers) to the west (Nebraska, Oregon, UCLA, USC, and Washington), the Big Ten’s new coast-to-coast configuration has failed to improve this conference for either sports fans or student/athletes. How have the five mid-major conferences fared with recent expansion issues? These other conferences (nicknamed the “Group of Five”) can be quite entertaining but rarely win national championships.  They must compete against the “Big Four” major conferences featuring the wealthiest college sports programs. American Athletic Conference (AAC) The AAC has only been around since the year 2013.  There were 10 initial AAC members and now 14 in 2026. Only Memphis, South Florida, and Temple remain from 2013.  The ACC raided Conference USA to obtain several of its new members. Army and Navy – What's not to like about these two additions?  They bring the focus of the entire college football world to their annual game played in early December.  Grades – A Charlotte – The 49ers have been perpetual cellar dwellers in most sports.  Charlotte, North Carolina sports fans are more likely to follow UNC, Duke, and Clemson.  Yawn.  Grade – D- East Carolina – The Pirates have made the NCAA baseball playoffs ten times since 2013 and have occasionally contended for the AAC title in football.  A hearty fan base makes ECU a fun place to watch sports.  Grade – B Florida Atlantic – A member of the AAC since 2023, this school is best known for its men's basketball team and having a great beach nearby.  Sadly, most local sports fans don’t give a hoot about the FAU Owls yet.  Grade – C- North Texas – The Mean Green had a brilliant 12-2 football season in 2025 in the school's third year as part of the AAC.  The other sports are lagging behind.  Grade – C Rice – Another third year AAC member, the Houston-based Owls have been an athletics flop in their new conference.  Grade – D Tulane – Green Wave football program has rejuvenated Tulane athletics down in the Crescent City.  Unfortunately, the remainder of the school’s sports teams rarely lead the AAC.  Grade – C Tulsa – Golden Hurricane football and men's basketball programs have been on the decline in the past decade.  That's a shame, because Tulsa fans desperately want to get behind the city’s lone major college athletics team.  Grade – C- UAB – Try as I might, I'm having trouble remembering any recent sports successes for the Blazers.  Grade – D- UTSA – Like Tulsa, the Roadrunners have the entire San Antonio market ready for their athletics programs to take off.  Other than some recent success in football, UTSA sports still appear to be taking a siesta.  Grade – C- AAC overall grade for expansion: C- Conference USA (C-USA) I am not going to provide individual grades to Conference USA member schools.  It is not their fault that C-USA management has done such a lousy job of keeping this conference together and relevant in major college sports. The conference has seen a 100% turnover in the past 20 years. Schools being added have generally been former FCS top teams such as Delaware, Sam Houston, and Jacksonville (AL) State. Things have declined so badly in Conference USA (“How badly have they declined?”) that longtime member Louisiana Tech recently agreed to pay a reported $8 million to buy its way out of C-USA.  The Bulldogs’ jubilant athletic department and fans are rejoining the Sun Belt Conference this fall.  Louisiana Tech will save more than $1 million annually in travel costs formerly required to travel to schools within the far-flung Conference USA. Longtime C-USA holdovers Western Kentucky and Middle Tennessee State deserve a better fate.  Save your money and call the Sun Belt in a couple of years! C-USA overall grade for expansion –  F- Mid-American Conference (MAC) In contrast to Conference USA, the MAC has remained remarkably stable for the past 20 years. Eleven of the dozen MAC members in 2006 remain a part of the conference today.  Northern Illinois (which had been part of the MAC for 30 years) is leaving this fall to become part of the Mountain West Conference. In a couple of curious moves, the Mid-American Conference has added two new members recently. UMass – The 2025 addition of the University of Massachusetts (which is at least in regional proximity to longtime MAC member Buffalo) was rather questionable.  Athletic success at Umass has been nearly invisible over the past decade.  After just one year in the MAC, the Minutemen have been a net negative in sports for the Mid-American Conference.  Grade: D- Sacramento State – Seriously?  Yes, the Mid-American Conference will add this longtime FCS member from California to its football schedules this fall.  Sacramento (the #20 TV market) is 2,500 miles from the middle of Ohio. The Hornets will be a football-only member of the Mid-American Conference.  For the usually stable MAC, this is a rather bizarre expansion move.  Grade: F MAC overall grade for expansion:  D- Mountain West Conference (Mountain West) The Mountain West has survived a few departure tremors in recent years.  Of the nine Mountain West members 20 years ago, only Air Force, New Mexico, UNLV, and Wyoming remain.  Let’s review the teams which have come aboard since 2006. Hawaii – The Rainbow Warriors (2012) have posted winning football records in just four of their 14 seasons in the Mountain West.  The other athletic squads are nearly invisible in the post-season tournaments.  Hawaii remains a dream road trip destination for visiting teams and their fans, though.  Grade: C- Nevada – At least the men’s basketball team has appeared in the NCAA March Madness event five times over the past nine seasons.  Otherwise, fans of the Nevada Wolfpack (which joined the Mountain West in 2012) haven’t had much to howl about lately.  Grade: C- North Dakota State – This former FCS division powerhouse football program is stepping-up to play against the big boys beginning this fall.  The move is for football only. The Bison are a terrific geographic fit for the Mountain West Conference, too.  This makes sense.  Grade: A Northern Illinois – The Huskies will join the Mountain West this fall after 30 years in the Mid-American Conference.  Northern Illinois’ sports resume has weakened in recent years.  Other than bringing the #3 TV market (Chicago) to the Mountain West, this move makes little sense.  Grade: D San Jose State – The Spartans (members since 2013) have appeared in four bowl games over the past decade.  On the other hand, the men’s basketball team has won just 33% of its conference games over the past 13 years.  Grade: C- UTEP – This longtime Conference USA member joins the Mountain West this fall.  UTEP’s football team has been downright awful in recent years.  Despite a sports slump, UTEP bring strong fan support from the El Paso area.  They should be a fine geographic fit for the Mountain West.  Grade: C Mountain West overall grade for expansion:  C Sun Belt Conference (Sun Belt) The Sun Belt has been nicknamed the “Junior SEC”.  This conference has grown from 10 members in 2006 to 14 today. Only Arkansas State, Louisiana-Lafayette, South Alabama, Troy, and UL-Monroe remain from 2006. Appalachian State – The Mountaineers (members since 2014) have been a top football contender in the Sun Belt.  Their enthusiastic fans make road trips to Boone, North Carolina a fun stop.  Grade: B Coastal Carolina – Speaking of fun stops, how about a visit to Myrtle Beach to play Coastal Carolina?  The 2017 Sun Belt addition of the Chanticleers has been a terrific addition for the conference.  Coastal’s football team has played in six straight bowl games.  The baseball team won the men’s College World Series in 2016.  Grade: A Georgia Southern – Would it surprise you to learn that the Golden Eagles from Statesboro, Georgia have played in seven bowl games over the past eight seasons?  The other sports programs at Georgia Southern need to step it up.  Grade: B Georgia State – The 2013 addition of the Panthers from Atlanta has not added a lot of sports notoriety.  However, the men’s basketball program has earned four invitations to March Madness in the past 11 seasons.  Grade: C Louisiana Tech – The Bulldogs paid dearly ($8 million) to escape Conference USA beginning this fall.  Louisiana Tech brings several highly competitive sports teams. They are a perfect geographic addition to the Sun Belt Conference Western division.  Grade: A Marshall – This begins Marshall’s fourth year in the Sun Belt Conference.  The Thundering Herd has been a top football competitor and competes well in other major sports.  Grade: B Old Dominion – ODU came into the Sun Belt in 2022.  The Monarchs from Norfolk, VA posted a nifty 10-3 football record in 2025.  Old Dominion has been relatively quiet in its other sports, though.  Grade: C Southern Miss – The Golden Eagles (Sun Belt members since 2022) have been a dominant team in recent NCAA college baseball post-season tournaments.  Last season’s 2025 football team improved from a miserable 1-11 record in 2024 to a hopeful 7-6 mark.  Grade: B Sun Belt overall grade for expansion:  B+ Bonus Conference!  The newly revived Pac-12 Conference “states” its case in 2026 The most prominent names of the long-time Pac-12 Conference bolted for better TV money into the Big Ten and ACC in 2024.  That left holdovers Oregon State and Washington State “homeless”.  The Beavers and Cougars have bagged a few top teams from the Mountain West Conference to help them rebuild the Pac-12 starting this fall. Boise State is the biggest name coming to the new Pac-12.  The Broncos have fielded a nationally ranked football program several times in the past few decades. Other Mountain West migrants include Colorado State, Fresno State, San Diego State, and Washington State. Texas State (formerly of the Sun Belt Conference) will also join the Pac-12 this fall. In case you didn’t notice, each of the eight new Pac-12 schools has the last name of “State”! Summary Only the Sun Belt Conference has earned a positive score (B+) from SwampSwami among the “Group of Five” mid-major conferences. The Sun Belt is the only major college athletic conference opting to maintain two divisions (East and West) to minimize travel expenses for its member schools and lessen the travel impact on their student/athletes.  Bravo! The post Grading the Mid-Major Conference expansions – Part 2 appeared first on SwampSwamiSports.com.

Yes, this is a NEW episode! Thanks to Eesa, Grace, and Viki for their suggestions this week. (Actual episode starts at 3 minutes 28 seconds.) Find the Backerkit campaign here! Further reading: Nix Illlustration: Esconichthys The southern hognose snake [picture by Caudatejake – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0]: A beach wolf spider [photo by Memer15151 – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0]: Oviraptor may have looked kind of like this when alive [art by PaleoNeolitic – Own work, CC BY 4.0]: Two halves of an esconichthys fossil: Show transcript: Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. I'm your host, Kate Shaw. Oh, hi! This is a brand new episode, earlier than I expected! I noticed recently that one of the Patreon episodes I'd scheduled for September is one that I'd already run in the main feed a few years ago. I decided to just make a new episode for this week and move the episode that would have run this week to that September slot, because I have an announcement! For our five-year anniversary I published the book Beyond Bigfoot & Nessie: Lesser-Known Mystery Animals from Around the World, with a lot of the entries taken from episodes but also some new topics added. I always intended to do a follow-up for our ten-year anniversary, and have even done a lot of work on it. It's called Small Mysteries, focusing on smaller mystery animals that don't get a lot of attention. It's about half the length of Beyond Bigfoot, all or almost all chapters taken from the podcast. But at this point, I don't think I have time to finish it. I'm staying very busy and happy, with a part-time job taking care of people's pets while they're on vacation, and I'm also writing fiction again. But since that book is half-done, and a lot of people might want a copy even if I don't add much more to it, I'm going to make it available as an ebook only. Do you remember last time I made a crowdfunding campaign, and the people who backed the campaign got a copy of the book as soon as it was published? I'm doing that again, but NOT for Small Mysteries. It's for a different book, called The Moonhound, a cozy fantasy set in an alternate reality Smoky Mountains. The main character is a rabbit who moves to the mountains and meets a possum, and they have adventures. Even if this doesn't interest you, there's a $1 backer tier and if you click that, you have the option to add the Small Mysteries ebook for $2. That means the book is $3. Does that make sense? I feel like it's confusing. The campaign starts on July 15, 2026 and runs through August 15, 2026. If you're listening to the episode before July 15, 2026, you can click through the link in the show notes and follow the campaign, so that you get an email when it goes live. If it's between July 15 and August 15, 2026, click the link in the show notes and there's the campaign! If it's after August 15, 2026, see if there's a link in the show notes that will take you to a place where you can buy the ebook. Okay, that took way too long, so let's get to this week's episode! We have some suggestions that have come in recently, so we'll cover a few of those animals, and we'll finish up with a small fossil mystery in honor of the book. Thanks to Eesa, Grace, and Viki for their suggestions! A quick shout-out to Remy and Julien, and Dylan, Emily, and Michelle for their suggestions too. I'll get to those in the 500th episode that will run at the end of August. We'll start with Viki's suggestion, the hognose snake. The name hognose is used for various species of snake, most of them in North and South America, but some in Madagascar. It's a common snake in many parts of North America, so since we talked about the eastern hognose back in episode 81, let's talk about the southern hognose in this episode. It's found along the coastal plain of the southeastern United States, including parts of North and South Carolina, Georgia, and northern Florida, and because it has a restricted range where people like to live too, it's vulnerable to habitat loss. It used to live in other states too but its range has shrunk considerably since it was first described in 1766. The southern hognose grows about two feet long, or 61 cm, and like other hognose snakes, its nose turns up like a little pig's snout. The shape of its nose actually may help it dig into leaf litter and dirt to hide. Some individuals are brown or gray, some are red or yellowish. It has darker blotches on its upper side and adults have white bellies. It has a big head that makes some people believe it's venomous, but it's actually harmless to humans and most animals. The only animals that really need to worry about the hognose are amphibians, like toads, frogs, and salamanders, although it will also eat lizards, small mammals like mice, and even large insects. It especially likes to eat toads, and while some toads are toxic, the hognose snake is resistant to toad toxins. A toad will frequently puff itself up to make it appear larger and make it hard for a snake to swallow, but the hognose has a solution for that too. It has big teeth at the rear of its upper jaws, like fangs in the back of its mouth. It uses those teeth to puncture puffed-up toads so they deflate, just like a horrible balloon. But the most memorable thing about the hognose is what it does when it feels threatened. Phase one is aggression. The snake will flatten its neck to look more threatening, raise its head like a cobra, and hiss and strike—but without biting. It's just trying to scare you away. If that doesn't work, the snake puts phase two into effect. It will flop down and roll onto its back like it's dead, its tongue hanging out of its mouth. It even emits a foul musky smell from its cloaca. If you call its bluff and roll drama queen snake onto its belly, it will turn onto its back again, because it's really insistent that it's dead. Since we've already scared away a lot of people who don't like snakes, let's learn about a spider next. Grace suggested we talk about the wolf spider, and also wonders if wolf spiders live in northern California. Wolf spiders are common throughout the world, and while they look scary, they bite people very rarely and their venom is weak, no worse than a bee sting. The wolf spider with the biggest legspan is Hogna ingens, with a legspan less than 5 inches across, or 12 cm. It lives on one island in the Maderia archipelago, and is a beautiful soft gray with white stripes on the legs. The Carolina wolf spider is the most common one found in North America. A big female can have a legspan of four inches, or 10 cm, but its body is not much more than an inch long, or 35 mm, and the spider actually weighs less than an ounce. That's barely 28 grams, or just a little heavier than five sheets of printer paper. The wolf spider is a hunting spider, mostly solitary, and most species don't spin webs. When a female lays her eggs, she attaches the egg case to the underside of her abdomen so she can take them with her while she hunts insects. When the eggs hatch, the teensy babies ride around on the top of her abdomen for a few weeks until they're big enough to not need their mother's protection. Some species of wolf spider will dig a burrow to rest in, and will jump out and grab any insect that happens by, while other species of wolf spider rest in rock crevices and other small spaces. Males are smaller than females and often have flashier patterns. The Carolina wolf spider is mainly gray or brown with darker and lighter longitudinal stripes down the head and body. Most species of wolf spider won't come into your house, but if you do have a wolf spider in your house, you should actually consider yourself lucky. They love to eat cockroaches and ants, which are house pests. The wolf spider hunts mostly by sight and has good vision, and its eyes will even demonstrate eyeshine of various colors, depending on species, if you shine a flashlight around in the dark. Maybe don't do that if you're afraid of spiders. And yes, there are wolf spiders in northern California, because there are wolf spiders in just about every part of the world except for Antarctica! Northern California actually has at least six species of wolf spider. One species does actually build a web, and there's even a species that lives on the beach. That's the beach wolf spider, which is a pale sandy color with darker and lighter stripes to help it blend in with sand and pebbles. It's quite small but it moves really fast, and it's mostly nocturnal. It lives not just in northern California but throughout beaches in North and Central America. Next, Eesa sent a list of suggested animals, including oviraptor. I could have sworn we already covered oviraptor, but we haven't! It's a really interesting dinosaur, so let's take a look now. Oviraptor is a name that means “egg thief,” and it got this name because it was found near fossilized eggs. It lived in what is now Asia about 75 million years ago, and the first specimen was found in Mongolia (still my favorite country) back in 1923. The partial specimen was found lying across a nest of dinosaur eggs. When the dinosaur was described in 1924, it was given the name egg thief because the paleontologist Henry Fairfield Osborn assumed it died while robbing a nest to eat the eggs. But even Osborn wrote that he might be wrong about the dinosaur, and in the 1990s new discoveries of oviraptor nesting sites proved this was the case. Oviraptor wasn't stealing eggs, it was protecting them, because they were its own eggs. It probably actually ate fruit, seeds, and other plant material, along with small animals like lizards. Oviraptor was a small dinosaur that was a little more than six feet long, or about 2 meters, and was the height of a medium to large dog. It walked on its hind legs. It had feathers on its arms and tail, and probably also had feathers over much of its body. It didn't have teeth but it did have a beak that would have probablylooked a lot like a parrot's beak. Its arms had three small claws but probably looked a lot like a wing in many ways, although scientists don't think oviraptor could fly. In other words, oviraptor probably looked a lot like a big, weird chicken, and like a chicken and many other birds, scientists think it sat on its eggs to keep them warm. When a bird incubates its eggs, it's not like you dropping down to sit on a chair. The bird's feet are typically on either side of the eggs, and the bird squats down carefully so that its underside makes gentle contact with the eggs without crushing them. Female chickens and many other birds have a spot on the lower breast that doesn't have any feathers, called a brood patch, which contains extra blood vessels just under the skin. This helps keep the eggs warm and is a soft part of the hen's body, which helps cushion the eggs. We don't know, but it's possible oviraptor had something similar to a brood patch, and its feathered arms and tail also helped protect the eggs from cold air and rain. We now have numerous specimens that died while sitting on nests, probably buried in sandstorms, so we know that oviraptor basically brooded its nest the way modern birds do. Finally, let's finish with our small mystery fossil. It's called Esconichthys apopyris and it lived about 308 million years ago in what is now the state of Illinois in North America. 308 million years ago, Illinois was a tropical area and partly covered by a warm, shallow sea. In a particular place known as the Mazon Creek formation, for a few million years conditions were just right to preserve dead animals and plants in astounding detail. A river carried dead plant materials and mud into an estuary along the ocean's edge, where it sank and settled to the bottom of the sea floor. When an animal died, if it wasn't eaten by something else, its body sank into this soft muddy mess. The bacteria in the mud produced carbon dioxide that combined with iron also present in the mud, which formed a mineral called siderite. This mineral encased the dead animal and slowed decay long enough for a detailed impression of the body to form in the mud. As the centuries passed and the mud became stone, the fossilized body impression was surrounded by a protective ironstone nodule. That's why we know about the soft-bodied animals from the area, even though soft-bodied animals rarely leave fossil evidence. Mazon Creek is where the Tully monster lived, which we talked about in episode 339, but the Tully monster isn't the only mystery animal discovered there. Another one was Esconichthys. We have lots of Esconichthys fossils, partly because it seems to have been extremely common, but also because it was a vertebrate. That means it had a notochord, a type of backbone. Most of the fossils we have are body impressions, so we do know a lot about what Esconichthys looked like when it was alive. What we don't know is what it actually was. Esconichthys was named for the Earth Science Club of Northern Illinois, ESCONI, and the latter half of its name means fish. But it doesn't actually seem to have been a fish, even a larval fish. It grew up to about 3 inches long, or 8 cm, and had a pair of very obvious eyes, two pairs of feathery external gills, and a single fin on the underside of its tail. It didn't have legs or any other fins. Some individuals had wide-set eyes, others had eyes that are close together, which may indicate two separate species, but we don't know. Esconichthys fossils are sometimes referred to as ghosts, because the limbless body with two dots for eyes does kind of look like a cartoon ghost. Other people call Esconichthys fossils grasshoppers or blades. This is because the animal's gills were quite long and are often preserved pointing away from the rest of the body, or sometimes the rear of the body is folded upward. This can make it look roughly like a grasshopper or a pocket knife with one blade unfolded. Esconichthys has been proposed as a larval lungfish or a larval amphibian, but it doesn't really match either animal group. It's the most common fossil found at the Mazon Creek formation by far, preserved in amazing detail, but scientists still have no idea what it is or what it might be related to. You can find Strange Animals Podcast at strangeanimalspodcast.blubrry.net. That's blueberry without any E's. Thanks for listening!

In this college football podcast episode, we continue our 2026 Group of Six conference previews by breaking down the resurrected Pac-12, the new-look Mountain West and a wide-open Conference USA. We start with Boise State’s move into the Pac-12 and discuss whether the Broncos are truly a College Football Playoff threat or simply the best team in their new neighborhood. From there, we examine the cases for Fresno State, San Diego State, Texas State and Washington State, along with the conference’s unusual plan to flex matchups during the final week of the regular season. The Mountain West has undergone an even more dramatic transformation, with North Dakota State making the jump to FBS and Northern Illinois and UTEP entering the league. Can NDSU immediately contend with UNLV and New Mexico? Does Hawaii have enough around Micah Alejado to make a run? And can Air Force, Wyoming or one of the conference’s rebuilding programs force its way into the race? We also venture into Conference USA, where Western Kentucky may be the preseason favorite, but Jacksonville State, Kennesaw State, Liberty and several recent FBS arrivals give us plenty of reasons to question the established order. Finally, we bolt independent UConn onto the end of the preview and explore Jason Candle’s attempt to rebuild a roster that lost nearly everything from last season. Timestamps:0:00 - Intro5:05 - Pac-12 Conference Preview38:44 - Mountain West Conference Preview1:09:55 - CUSA Conference Preview1:27:24 - UConn Football PreviewSupport the show!: https://www.patreon.com/solidverbalSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How do principals serve in Northern Illinois? Kevin Becker (Principal of Immanuel Lutheran School in East Dundee, Illinois) and Kate Thoelke (Principal of St. Paul's Lutheran School in Brookfield, Illinois) join Andy and Sarah to talk about their paths to becoming church workers, some of the key figures who encouraged their formation, the schools each of them serve in today and their paths to their current vocations, why it's important to each of them to invest in Lutheran education, and how Lutheran teachers and principals can cultivate a culture of church work formation and recruitment in our Lutheran schools. Christ's church will continue until He returns, and that church will continue to need church workers. Set Apart to Serve (SAS) is an initiative of the LCMS to recruit church workers. Together, we pray for workers for the Kingdom of God and encourage children to consider church work vocations. Here are three easy ways you can participate in SAS: 1. Pray with your children for God to provide church workers. 2. Talk to your children about becoming church workers. 3. Thank God for the people who work in your congregation. To learn more about Set Apart to Serve, visit lcms.org/set-apart-to-serve. Have a topic you'd like to hear about on The Coffee Hour? Contact us at: listener@kfuo.org.

Cory Brada and Mark Rogers discuss the latest with Iowa Football. Steve Helwick of Underdog Dynasty also joins the show to preview the Hawkeyes' season-opener vs. Northern Illinois.Join Mark Rogers and Cory Brada every Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. CT for Iowa Hawkeyes LIVE on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Iowa at the Voice of CFB channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on YouTube.

​In May 2025, a Dodge Durango reported stolen in Chicago was being tracked via GPS, and was in the parking lot of the Best Buy in Crystal Lake. ​Police say they located the unoccupied vehicle, and when Wayne Mikulski of Ogle County saw the police near the Durango, he ran away, but quickly was apprehended. Crystal Lake Police say Mikulski was carrying methamphetamine, and there were several credit cards in the stolen Durango that belonged to other people. This week, Mikulski was sentenced to nine years in prison.

​In May 2025, a Dodge Durango reported stolen in Chicago was being tracked via GPS, and was in the parking lot of the Best Buy in Crystal Lake. ​Police say they located the unoccupied vehicle, and when Wayne Mikulski of Ogle County saw the police near the Durango, he ran away, but quickly was apprehended. Crystal Lake Police say Mikulski was carrying methamphetamine, and there were several credit cards in the stolen Durango that belonged to other people. This week, Mikulski was sentenced to nine years in prison.

​In May 2025, a Dodge Durango reported stolen in Chicago was being tracked via GPS, and was in the parking lot of the Best Buy in Crystal Lake. ​Police say they located the unoccupied vehicle, and when Wayne Mikulski of Ogle County saw the police near the Durango, he ran away, but quickly was apprehended. Crystal Lake Police say Mikulski was carrying methamphetamine, and there were several credit cards in the stolen Durango that belonged to other people. This week, Mikulski was sentenced to nine years in prison.

-We ask the question as EA Sports once again did not have Memorial Stadium in Lincoln as one of the Top 25 toughest places to play---and based on the record in the stadium the last 10 years, it's valid to not include them-It's a stadium that has seen the likes of Troy, Northern Illinois, several mediocre Northwestern and Purdue teams, plus Maryland win in and help provide average overall records for the Huskers…the stadium is too iconic to fall from these levels of being tough to play inShow sponsored by PINNACLE BANKOur Sponsors:* Check out Hims and use my code hims.com/EARLYBREAK for a great deal: https://www.hims.com* Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Kai Moore is a quarterback at Miami Christopher Columbus and committed to Northern Illinois talks about his journey from transferring from Miami Norland. He talks about his time meeting national champion college football QB Fernando Mendoza and so much more. Tony Sands a former running back for the University of Kansas Jayhawks, joins Larry Blustein as they talk all things NIL and having the mindset for football. South Broward High School Head Coach Darryel Bethune Darryel Bethune, the head coach of South Broward High School, joins Larry Blustein to talk about all his programs and what changes he wants to see in the state with athletics. Chris Creighton, the head coach at Eastern Michigan University, joins Larry Blustein to talk about their offseason. Coach talks about the schedule this year before leading into conference play. Derrick Gibson, the head coach of Miami Central, joins Larry Blustein as they talk about what happened last football season. He talks about what the year-to-year difference will be and how it will impact the roster. They talk about the offensive line development from last year to this year and so much more. David Lake from inside the U joins Larry Blustein to talk about the latest news of recruiting for the Miami Hurricanes football team.

Kai Moore is a quarterback at Miami Christopher Columbus and committed to Northern Illinois talks about his journey from transferring from Miami Norland. He talks about his time meeting national champion college football QB Fernando Mendoza and so much more.

On this episode of the podcast, we break down a rough 10-day illness and a frightening overnight breathing episode that nearly led to an ER visit. The show shifts to sports news, including Zach Johnson winning the Principal Charity Classic and a discussion of the rarity of golf's Grand Slam. They briefly talk about the Knicks' title drought, fan unrest, a Villanova-to-Knicks storyline, and World Cup chatter sparked by visitors reacting to Buc-ee's and other American staples. The hosts preview FanDuel lines for Iowa football, debating big spreads vs Northern Illinois and Iowa State, roster inexperience, defensive questions, and a reportedly 50/50 QB battle. They then unpack the Brendan Sorsby/Texas Tech sports-betting controversy, contrasting it with Iowa/Iowa State gambling punishments and arguing college football's rules are in a bad place, before closing with Iowa players doing paintball in Kinnick. If you love the show and want to show support, tell your friends! And, check out our exclusive content at Patreon.com/washedupwalkons where you can find extra podcast episodes, exclusive merchandise, Merch discounts with every tier, private Walkon discord channel access, and more! Find us on social media @washedupwalkons Visit TheWashedUpWalkons.com for all of our episodes, merchandise, and more! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

 Fact-Checked: Weather with Enthusiasm – (June 9, 2026)This episode has been independently fact-checked. Here's what held up — and what didn't.**✅ Confirmed Accurate**- St. Louis heat advisory (noon–10 PM CDT) and heat index values for the metro area- Cape Girardeau, MO dew points in the upper 70s and heat index near 108°F- Scott City, MO heat index up to 115°F (consistent with 83°F dew point + 91°F temp); 115°F = 46°C conversion is correct- SPC Enhanced Risk (Level 3 of 5) for the Northern Plains, including Bismarck, Fargo, Minot, Mandan, Jamestown, Devils Lake, and Sioux Falls- 10% hatched tornado risk (EF2+ possible) and 45% damaging wind probability for the Northern Plains- Elevated Mixed Layer (EML), triple point, and CAPE/shear explanations are meteorologically accurate- Portugal's Mora reaching 40.3°C (104.5°F) — confirmed as a national May record by IPMA- Kew Gardens, London hitting 35.1°C on May 26 — confirmed as UK's hottest May day on record- WHO formally flagged extreme heat as a permanent public health crisis in Europe (June 2, 2026)- Heat is the #1 U.S. weather-related killer on a 30-year average — confirmed by NOAA data Minor Notes**- In the intro, "590 decimeters" should be "590 **decameters**" (dam) — the correct unit for 500 mb geopotential heights. The AI-voiced segment uses the right term.- Seville and Córdoba temperatures were forecast at ~36°C; 37°C is at the very top of the range. "Fito, France, 39°C" during the late-May European heat wave could not be confirmed. France's documented peak for that event was ~37.8°C (Angoulême-La Couronne).Podcast Title: Weather with Enthusiasm: Midwest Inferno & Global Heatwave Timestamp Breakdown:00:00 - 00:15: Introduction and current date/time.00:16 - 01:22: Overview of the powerful summer air mass, high dew points, and severe weather outbreak in the Midwest. Specific mentions of high dew points in Texas and Missouri.01:23 - 02:22: Detailed breakdown of specific locations in Missouri and Illinois with extreme temperatures, dew points, and heat indexes (St. Louis, University City, Maconda, Eden Park, Cape Girardeau, Scott City).02:23 - 03:25: Continued extreme heat data for Scott City, Paducah (brief mention), Chicago, and the presence of a heat dome to the south suppressing thunderstorms.03:26 - 04:18: Discussion of the heat dome's impact on thunderstorm development and a transition to the AI-voiced segment covering global heat.04:19 - 05:21: AI voice introduces the dynamic atmospheric setup, brutal Midwest humidity, multi-day severe weather threat, and European heatwave. Explanation of the heat dome and its impact on bringing tropical air north.05:22 - 06:25: Deep dive into the danger of high dew points, specifically in Cape Girardeau and Scott City, Missouri, with heat indexes pushing life-threatening levels. Mentions of model verification.06:26 - 07:26: Official heat advisories and major heat risk levels from NWS Paducah, emphasizing the likelihood of heat illness.07:27 - 08:31: NWS St. Louis and Chicago forecast discussions, including heat advisories, heat index predictions, and the potential extension of advisories.08:32 - 09:32: Explanation of the Elevated Mixed Layer (EML) and its role as a "secret ingredient" for severe weather, capping the atmosphere and providing steep lapse rates for thunderstorm fuel.09:33 - 10:34: Severe weather environment details, including high CAPE values and shear. Discussion of the Storm Prediction Center's outlook for the Northern Plains (enhanced risk, widespread damage, tornado risk).10:35 - 11:48: Location of the "triple point" for severe weather in the Dakotas, dry line, and warm front interaction. Looking ahead to Wednesday's enhanced risk in Northern Illinois (damaging winds, hail, tornado).11:49 - 12:50: NWS St. Louis and Chicago forecasts for Wednesday and Thursday, detailing the evolution of severe weather from supercells to quasi-linear convective systems (QLCF) with various hazards.12:51 - 13:28: Crucial safety reminders for tornado watches and warnings, including seeking shelter and avoiding vehicles/mobile homes. Heat safety advice (hydration, checking on others).13:29 - 14:00: International weather update: Spain's split temperatures with sizzling heat in the south and an upcoming heatwave forecast.14:01 - 15:03: Broader European heat pattern, historic events in May, and the World Health Organization's classification of heat as a public health crisis. UK's upcoming humid heatwave.15:04 - 15:39: US heat dome shifting westward into the desert Southwest.15:40 - 16:16: Relief for the Midwest expected by Friday, with cooler temperatures and lower humidity. A recap of extreme heat index numbers from earlier.16:17 - 17:19: Conclusion: Summary of active weather stretch, brutal humidity, multi-day severe weather, and the persistent heat dome. Call to action for listeners to stay alert, hydrated, and check on loved ones. Podcast outro and supporter club mention.17:20 - 18:33: Bonus segment on extreme heat in the Arctic, including high temperatures, rapid warming, and a heat dome interacting with an atmospheric river. Promotion of another podcast.20 Hashtags:#WeatherWithEnthusiasm#MidwestHeatwave#SevereWeather#HeatDome#DewPointDanger#HeatAdvisory#TornadoRisk#EML#GlobalWarming#EuropeanHeat#ClimateChange#StormPrediction#Meteorology#WeatherPodcast#ClimateCrisis#HeatIndex#StayHydrated#WeatherSafety#ArcticHeat#ExtremeWeatherBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.Weather with Enthusiasm is produced by Kol Simcha Productions.New episodes drop daily (B'N)— a morning forecast at 7 AM and historical deep dives Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact: kolsimchaproductions@outlook.comHistorical content is thoroughly researched and factually verified. After it has been factually verified it often will say so in the description. Should you find any mistakes, please email kolsimchaproductions@outlook.com so we can look into it and correct it. Not affiliated with any government agency or academic institution. 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The road to the 2026 college football season begins as the Play The Fight Song CFB Show breaks down the entire Mid-American Conference (MAC)! Join us LIVE as we preview every team in the conference, analyze key returning players, discuss coaching storylines, predict conference standings, and make our official season predictions.Will WMU remain the team to beat? Can Miami (OH), Ohio, Northern Illinois, or another contender rise to the top? Which programs are primed for a breakout season, and who could be this year's surprise team in the MAC?

Transportation infrastructure plays a major role in how communities grow, businesses move goods, and regions stay connected. In this episode of the DuPage Business Beat Podcast, Greg Bedalov talks with Manar Nashif about the Illinois Tollway's long-term vision for the future of mobility across Northern Illinois. As Chief Engineering Officer, Nashif oversees the agency's engineering operations, including planning, design, construction, maintenance, and capital improvements across the Tollway system.The conversation highlights key updates from the Illinois Tollway's capital programs, including Move Illinois and Bridging the Future, and explores how these projects are improving mobility, supporting economic development, and strengthening regional connectivity for businesses and communities throughout DuPage County and beyond.To keep up with what's happening in DuPage County and the Chicagoland region, follow Choose DuPage on social media or visit ChooseDuPage.com/Ready. Thank you to our sponsor, Fastener SuperStore, Inc. Visit them at fastenersuperstore.com to easily purchase standard screws, nuts, bolts, rivets, and other fasteners in bulk.

The crew catches up on life updates—DFW golf events, BottleRock, Kevin's Hawaii trip, and dad duties—before diving into sports. They discuss Colorado teams' recent disappointments, Kluver's upcoming CrossFit competition adding combine-style tests (40, 5-10-5, broad and vertical), and Iowa football kickoff times for UNI, Northern Illinois, Iowa State (a night Cy-Hawk game at Kinnick), and Nebraska (11 a.m. on Black Friday). They debate the proposed 24-team College Football Playoff and potential changes like eliminating conference championships, weigh how expansion affects regular-season meaning, and react to a new punt rule restricting motion and formations, including numbering-workaround details. The episode includes sponsor mentions (FanDuel, Grey's Gourmet To Go, Illini Golf, Urology Center of Iowa) and previews upcoming summer episodes and guests. If you love the show and want to show support, tell your friends! And, check out our exclusive content at Patreon.com/washedupwalkons where you can find extra podcast episodes, exclusive merchandise, Merch discounts with every tier, private Walkon discord channel access, and more! Find us on social media @washedupwalkons Visit TheWashedUpWalkons.com for all of our episodes, merchandise, and more! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

226: On this episode, we are back from a week away because of setup and working the 2026 Northern Illinois Section Championship! Springfield offers a stripper version of the Echelon and COA on the Prodigy LSI looks to have a new 2011 grip in the horizon with removable grip panels Jaki shoots her first major in a long time Tony has a HORRENDOUS start to his match! Check Out Our Partners & Affiliates For The Best Deals On Gear:

226: On this episode, we are back from a week away because of setup and working the 2026 Northern Illinois Section Championship!Springfield offers a stripper version of the Echelon and COA on the ProdigyLSI looks to have a new 2011 grip in the horizon with removable grip panelsJaki shoots her first major in a long timeTony has a HORRENDOUS start to his match! Check Out Our Partners & Affiliates For The Best Deals On Gear:

The Grand Illinois Trail aims to connect Northern Illinois by bicycle. It spans more than 500 miles, from Chicago to the Quad Cities and back. And after 30 years of planning, it's almost done. We'll talk with Sara Egan of Openlands, which is pushing to get the project across the finish line.

We are joined by Dr. Kyle Hulsebus, a Health & Human Potential Specialist, author & third-generation chiropractor based in Northern Illinois. Kyle's work redefines health as an internal state & integrates purpose, performance & well-being for longevity & impact. We discuss travel, philosophy, ball room dancing & why purpose may be the missing health metric. An interesting & inspiring conversation with a fascinating man on a mission to spread true health far & wide.

The K-State women's tennis squad stepped it up in the singles matches to take down Northern Illinois on Tuesday to advance!

Chicago Weather Briefing: Cooler Air, Showers & Lake Breeze00:00 Intro00:15 Showers near I-80 and south00:40 Cooler temperatures today and Wednesday01:05 Frost watch note for Wednesday night01:25 Aviation update: MDW, GYY, ORD, DPA01:50 Friday and weekend shower chances02:05 Bottom line forecastA quick Chicago-area weather update for Tuesday, May 5, 2026, covering scattered showers, cooler temperatures, lake breeze wind shifts, and the next rain chances later this week.#Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.

Opening morning in Northern Illinois kicks off with sky-high expectations, a perfect setup, and gobblers everywhere… but nothing goes as planned. In this episode of Bowhunt or Die, Kurt dives into one of the most frustrating turkey hunts you'll ever see. Birds are everywhere, circling decoys, hanging up just out of range, and busting him at every move. Hunting without a blind proves just how brutal bowhunting turkeys can be. Then a massive Midwest storm rolls through — bringing tornado warnings, heavy rain, and uncertainty about whether the hunt is even still possible. But when the weather finally breaks, everything changes.

Jared (@CFF_Jared) and Chris (@FFChrisB) are splitting up spring games this week! In today's episode, Jared covers the spring games of the Group of 6 schools from this past weekend, covering schools from Boise State to Central Michigan and Northern Illinois to UMass and so much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jared (@CFF_Jared) and Chris (@FFChrisB) are splitting up spring games this week! In today's episode, Jared covers the spring games of the Group of 6 schools from this past weekend, covering schools from Boise State to Central Michigan and Northern Illinois to UMass and so much more!Join Jared Palmgren and Chris Battistel as we look to analyze the college football landscape and determine how to win your fantasy leagues this fall!Email: ctn.fantasyfootball@gmail.comEmail 2: cffjared@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter:https://twitter.com/CFF_Jaredhttps://twitter.com/FFChrisBhttps://twitter.com/ChasingthenattyFollow us on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3EdFkDN...Follow us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/chasing-the-natty-a-college-football-fantasy-podcast/id1557043581

00:00 - Introduction & Moderate Risk AreaDiscussion of the SPC Day 1 Convective Outlook, highlighting the moderate risk for severe thunderstorms across Missouri and Illinois, and the potential for strong to intense tornadoes, widespread damaging winds, and large hail.01:07 - Afternoon & Evening Forecast:Details on atmospheric conditions becoming unstable, strong wind shear, and the development of discrete surface-based supercells with potential for strong tornadoes and large hail. Transition to clusters and lines with widespread damaging winds.02:08 - Northern Illinois & Chicago Area Outlook: Analysis of the lower but not zero severe risk for northern Illinois and Chicago, emphasizing less instability but strong wind shear. Possibility of isolated hail, damaging winds, and a couple of tornadoes. Local takeaways for West Rogers Park.**Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.This episode includes AI-generated content.

Chicago Area Overnight Forecast: Weakening Storms & Gusty WindsFriday's Forecast: Scattered Showers, Limited Severe ThreatShabbos Times for Chicago: Candle Lighting & SunsetMotzei Shabbos Times: Different Customs for HavdalahBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weather-with-enthusiasm--4911017/support.This episode includes AI-generated content.

Rivers across northern Illinois are rising after a stretch of severe storms that produced at least 15 tornadoes and dumped heavy rain across the region, leaving communities dealing with flooding concerns into the new week.

Rivers across northern Illinois are rising after a stretch of severe storms that produced at least 15 tornadoes and dumped heavy rain across the region, leaving communities dealing with flooding concerns into the new week.

Rivers across northern Illinois are rising after a stretch of severe storms that produced at least 15 tornadoes and dumped heavy rain across the region, leaving communities dealing with flooding concerns into the new week.

Bob and Jim talk with new Northern Illinois head coach Matt Majkrzak. Among other things, they discuss his time at NMU, as well as his Green Bay roots and the approach he'll take as he builds his roster.Subscribe: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠horizoneroundtable.com/subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Donate: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠horizoneroundtable.com/donate⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/horizoneroundtable

Wright State is the Horizon League Tournament champions, and Bob and Jim discuss the tourney, the Raiders' NCAA Tournament opponent Virginia, and news of the conference tournament's change in venue. They also talk about Northern Illinois' coaching change, as well as the changing of the guard at Northern Kentucky.Subscribe: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠horizoneroundtable.com/subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Donate: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠horizoneroundtable.com/donate⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/horizoneroundtable

For the final act of state championship Saturday, Brian Sullivan called both the 1A and 2A state championships tonight. He gives us a breakdown and how rewarding it was to see dreams come true for Borden and Eastern Pekin. We move back to the 3A and 4A games with Greg Rakestraw as well as the final game in the jungle for IU-Indy today. We then move to David Eha who touches on Ball State men’s basketball, getting back in the win column with a road victory over Northern Illinois. Next, it’s John Herrick who called the thriller between Norwell and Center Grove in the 4A game Saturday evening. Also, he previews the Indiana Hoosiers game versus the Michigan State Spartans. Lastly, it’s a Saturday night which means we’re talking to Kip Wesner of the Hoosier Basketball Magazine. He gives us his point of view on the games and what the month of March looks like for him. Congrats to all the state champs! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chuck's opening monologue. Chuck and Heath discuss the wait for Northern Illinois players to get access to the transfer portal after a coaching change. Pro Football Network draft analyst Ian Cummings previews the NFL Combine that begins Thursday.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today on Coast To Coast Hoops Greg recaps Monday's college basketball results, talks to Mid Major Matt Josephs of ESPN Radio in Richmond about his takeaways from Duke vs Michigan & Houston vs Arizona, the teams trying to track down the top four, the ACC & Atlantic 10 landscapes, & Tuesday games, & Greg picks & analyzes every Tuesday game! Link To Greg's Spreadsheet of handicapped lines: https://vsin.com/college-basketball/greg-petersons-daily-college-basketball-lines/ Greg's TikTok With Pickmas Pick Videos: https://www.tiktok.com/@gregpetersonsports?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc Podcast Highlights  2:02-Recap of Monday's Results 10:09-Interview with Mid Major Matt 28:27-Start of picks Washington vs Rutgers 30:44-Picks & analysis for Miami OH vs Eastern Michigan 33:04-Picks & analysis for George Washington vs La Salle 35:34-Picks & analysis for Saint Louis vs Dayton 38:04-Picks & analysis for Northwestern vs Indiana 40:24-Picks & analysis for Duke vs Notre Dame 42:28-Picks & analysis for Marquette vs Georgetown 45:46-Picks & analysis for NC State vs Virginia 48:13-Picks & analysis for Wake Forest vs Boston College 50:29-Picks & analysis for Cincinnati vs Texas Tech 53:02-Picks & analysis for West Virginia vs Oklahoma St 56:08-Picks & analysis for Kentucky vs South Carolina 58:54-Picks & analysis for Old Dominion vs Marshall 1:01:31-Picks & analysis for Buffalo vs Akron 1:04:00-Picks & analysis for Massachusetts vs Ball St 1:06:29-Picks & analysis for Central Michigan vs Kent St 1:08:44-Picks & analysis for Western Michigan vs Bowling Green 1:10:00-Picks & analysis for Louisiana vs Troy 1:12:51-Picks & analysis for Northern Illinois vs Toledo 1:15:23-Picks & analysis for Xavier vs Providence 1:17:50-Picks & analysis for Coastal Carolina vs Georgia St 1:20:38-Picks & analysis for Southern Indiana vs Morehead St 1:23:05-Picks & analysis for Bradley vs Illinois Chicago 1:25:38-Picks & analysis for Southern Miss vs Arkansas St 1:28:07-Picks & analysis for Minnesota vs Michigan 1:30:36-Picks & analysis for Iowa St vs Utah 1:33:17-Picks & analysis for Auburn vs Oklahoma 1:36:20-Picks & analysis for Fresno St vs Colorado St 1:39:02-Picks & analysis for San Jose St vs Air Force 1:41:29-Picks & analysis for Miami vs Florida St 1:43:27-Picks & analysis for Arizona St vs TCU 1:45:54-Picks & analysis for Arizona vs Baylor 1:48:42-Picks & analysis for Wyoming vs Boise St 1:51:06-Picks & analysis for Tennessee vs Missouri 1:53:48-Picks & analysis for USC vs UCLA 1:56:11-Picks & analysis for Central Florida vs BYU 1:58;33-Picks & analysis for New Mexico vs Nevada 2:00:50-Picks & analysis for St. Francis PA vs New Haven Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

During the winter, Illinois is home to the largest population of eagles in the continental U.S. But the national bird didn't always have such a large presence in the state. 

Ben Maller handicaps the field to buy the Seattle Seahawks as the team begins the sale process, why Thomas Hammock would leave a college head coaching gig at Northern Illinois for a low-level NFL assistant coaching gig, San Francisco being the worst Super Bowl host city, #AskBen, and more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

-Northern Illinois has had lots of success over the years in the MAC---remember when they played FSU in the Orange Bowl?---and now is headed to join the Mountain West this year-One slight problem---head coach Thomas Hammock left the school yesterday to take an assistant role with the SeattleSeahawks—that's just dandy!Our Sponsors:* Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

David Haugh and Ruthie Polinsky were joined by college football insider, Matt Fortuna on the latest on Thomas Hammock leaving Northern Illinois as it's football head coach

In the second hour, David Haugh and Ruthie Polinsky discuss the latest on the Bears stadium. Later, David and Ruthie were joined by college football insider, Matt Fortuna on the latest on Thomas Hammock leaving Northern Illinois as it's football head coach

David Haugh and Cassie Carlson reacted to the breaking news that Northern Illinois football coach Thomas Hammock is leaving the program to join the Super Bowl champion Seahawks' coaching staff.

In the final hour, David Haugh and Cassie Carlson were joined by Bob Nightengale of USA Today to discuss the latest MLB, Cubs and White Sox storylines. After that, Haugh and Carlson reacted to Northern Illinois football coach Thomas Hammock leaving DeKalb to join the Super Bowl champion Seahawks' coaching staff.

We start the show talking all the upsets happening in college basketball and talk the new look Mountain West Conference with Sacramento State joining North Dakota State and Northern Illinois next season. We look at how the new stadiums of the D2 schools joining D1 stack up against other schools and even high schools in Texas. We then ask if we have what it takes to be referees and go out there and take control of a game. We end the show in a rabbit hole talking about the Seven Wonders of The World.

We analyze Caller Mark, read your texts, and ask if Thomas Hammock leaving Northern Illinois for the Seahawks could be a sign of things to come in college football.

Today on Coast To Coast Hoops it is a simple podcast as there are over 130 games on the college basketball betting board for Saturday & Greg picks & analyzes EVERY one of them! Link To Greg's Spreadsheet of handicapped lines: https://vsin.com/college-basketball/greg-petersons-daily-college-basketball-lines/Greg's TikTok With Pickmas Pick Videos: https://www.tiktok.com/@gregpetersonsports?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pcPodcast Highlights3:13-Start of picks TCU vs Oklahoma St5:35-Picks & analysis for Clemson vs Duke7;41-Picks & analysis for California vs Boston College9:46-Picks & analysis for Georgia Tech vs Notre Dame12:02-Picks & analysis for Fordham vs Rhode Island14:20-Picks & analysis for Samford vs East Tennessee16:50-Picks & analysis for UCLA vs Michigan19:18-Picks & analysis for Northwestern vs Nebraska21:31-Picks & analysis for Kansas vs Iowa St23:38-Picks & analysis for Texas A&M vs Vanderbilt26:16-Picks & analysis for St. John's vs Providence28:43-Picks & analysis for Mercer vs The Citadel31:12-Picks & analysis for Furman vs VMI33:19-Picks & analysis for Florida St vs Virginia Tech35:16-Picks & analysis for East Carolina vs Rice37:38-Picks & analysis for Louisiana Tech vs Florida INternational40:57-Picks & analysis for Elon vs William & Mary43:36-Picks & analysis for Western Michigan vs Eastern Michigan46:05-Picks & analysis for Pittsburgh vs North Carolina48:32-Picks & analysis for Kent St vs Ball St51:00-Picks & analysis for SMU vs Syracuse53:12-Picks & analysis for North Dakota St vs North Dakota55:42-Picks & analysis for Liberty vs UTEP58:02-Picks & analysis for Villanova vs Creighton1:00:07-Picks & analysis for Marquette vs Xavier1:02:31-Picks & analysis for Penn St vs Oregon1:04:43-Picks & analysis for UL Monroe vs Texas St1:07:05-Picks & analysis for Kentucky vs Florida1:09:02-Picks & analysis for South Alabama vs Arkansas St1:11:23-Picks & analysis for Delaware vs Missouri St1:13:41-Picks & analysis for Southern Utah vs UT Arlington1:16:10-Picks & analysis for Georgia St vs Old Dominion1:18:38-Picks & analysis for Tennessee St vs Morehead St1:20:45-Picks & analysis for Georgia vs Oklahoma1:22:46-Picks & analysis for Wyoming vs Colorado St1:25:18-Picks & analysis for Appalachian St vs James Madison1:27:29-Picks & analysis for Stanford vs Wake Forest1:29:55-Picks & analysis for Tarleton St vs Abilene Christian1:32:09-Picks & analysis for Portland St vs Northern Colorado1:34:20-Picks & analysis for Hofstra vs UNC Wilmington1:36:19-Picks & analysis for Colorado vs BYU1:38:32-Picks & analysis for Louisville vs Baylor1:40:43-Picks & analysis for Miami vs NC State1:43:00-Picks & analysis for Duquesne vs St. Bonaventure1:45:31-Picks & analysis for SE Missouri St vs Lindenwood1:48:07-Picks & analysis for Little Rock vs Eastern Illinois1:50:23-Picks & analysis for UT Martin vs SIU Edwardsville1:53:04-Picks & analysis for Western Carolina vs Chattanooga1:55:31-Picks & analysis for Tennessee Tech vs Southern Indiana1:57:34-Picks & analysis for Wofford vs UNC Greensboro1:59:37-Picks & analysis for Purdue vs Iowa2:01:46-Picks & analysis for Weber St vs Eastern Washington2:03:56-Picks & analysis for Sam Houston vs Kennesaw St2:06:47-Picks & analysis for Toledo vs Bowling Green2:08:56-Picks & analysis for Grand Canyon vs San Jose St2:11:36-Picks & analysis for Loyola Marymount vs Pepperdine2:13:42-Picks & analysis for Long Beach St vs UC Davis2:15:54-Picks & analysis for New Mexico St vs Jacksonville St2:18:09-Picks & analysis for Idaho St vs Idaho2:20:34-Picks & analysis for Northern Illinois vs Central Michigan2:22:44-Picks & analysis for Air Force vs Fresno St2:24:52-Picks & analysis for LSU vs Tennessee2:27:10-Picks & analysis for Brown vs Dartmouth2:29:26-Picks & analysis for VCU vs Richmond2:31:49-Picks & analysis for Columbia vs Pinceton2:34:00-Picks & analysis for Texas Tech vs Arizona2:35:51-Picks & analysis for West Virginia vs Central Florida2:37:59-Picks & analysis for Cornell vs Pennsylvania2:40:03-Picks & analysis for Mississippi St vs Ole Miss2:42:44-Picks & analysis for Yale vs Havard2:43:50-Picks & analysis for UC Santa Barbara vs Cal Poly2:45:49-Picks & analysis for Tulsa vs Wichita St2:48:13-Picks & analysis for Memphis vs Utah St2:49:59-Picks & analysis for Virginia vs Ohio St2:51:04-Picks & analysis for Georgetown vs Connecticut2:54:05-Picks & analysis for Middle Tennessee vs Western Kentucky2:56:03-Picks & analysis for St. Thomas vs Kansas City2:57:54-Picks & analysis for Hawaii vs CS Northridge2:59:55-Picks & analysis for Sacramento St vs Northern Arizona3:02:02-Picks & analysis for South Dakota St vs Oral Roberts3:04:10-Picks & analysis for Auburn vs Arkansas3:06:18-Picks & analysis for Marshall vs Georgia Southern3:08:26-Picks & analysis for Texas vs Missouri3:10:16-Picks & analysis for South Dakota vs Alabama3:12:28-Picks & analysis for Troy vs Southern Miss3:14:06-Picks & analysis for Cal Baptist vs Utah Tech3:16:14-Picks & analysis for Minnesota vs Washington3:18:15-Picks & analysis for Kansas St vs Houston3:20:07-Picks & analysis for Montana St vs Montana3:22:19-Picks & analysis for UC Riverside vs UC San Diego3:24:17-Picks & analysis 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Go to www.LearningLeader.com This is brought to you by Insight Global. If you need to hire one person, hire a team of people, or transform your business through Talent or Technical Services, Insight Global's team of 30,000 people around the world has the hustle and grit to deliver. www.InsightGlobal.com/LearningLeader My guest: PJ Fleck is the head football coach at the University of Minnesota. Before that, he transformed Western Michigan from one win to 13 wins and a Cotton Bowl appearance. Before his coaching days, PJ was a stud receiver at Northern Illinois and was a guy I played against in college. Coach Fleck has built one of college football's most distinctive culture-driven programs. You'll hear why he maintains an 80-20 split favoring high school recruiting over the transfer portal, how he runs practice with a 32-second clock to make it harder than games, and why he sees himself as a cultural driver rather than a motivational coach. This is a conversation recorded with all of our coaches inside "The Arena." That is our mastermind group for coaches in all sports. And it did not disappoint. Notes: Stop recruiting, start selecting. PJ doesn't chase the highest-rated players... He looks for fit and alignment with his values. Ask yourself: Are you trying to convince people to join your team, or are you selecting people who already want what you're building? Efficiency beats duration. PJ runs 95-minute practices with a 32-second play clock, always moving, always intense. The principle: Make practice harder than the game. Where in your work are you confusing time spent with intensity and focus? Internal drive trumps external motivation. PJ calls his ideal players "Nektons," always attacking, never satisfied. He's looking for people who prove their worth to themselves, not to others. If you need constant external motivation, you're not ready for elite teams. A leader must teach and demand. A team member must prepare and perform. These aren't opposing forces—they're two sides of the same commitment to excellence. My junior year at Ohio University. I was the quarterback of the Ohio football team. We lost to No. 17 Northern Illinois 30-23 in overtime on a Saturday night. P.J. Fleck caught the game-tying 15-yard touchdown pass late in the fourth quarter. PJ finished with 14 catches for 235 yards and a touchdown. (I threw a 30-yard TD pass to Anthony Hackett to put us up a TD right before halftime). Let your team see you played. They do"Guess that Gopher" before team meetings, where players guess which coach's highlights they're watching. Give them a peek behind the curtain. It builds credibility and connection. PJ honors his mentor, Jim Tressel, by wearing a tie while coaching. Who are you honoring through your daily practices? Keep your door open. PJ has no secretary. Players can walk into his office at any moment. Create fluidity between you and your team. Transparency after tragedy is a choice. When PJ's son died from a heart condition, he had two options: never talk about it again, or let it shape him. He chose radical transparency, knowing it would get scrutinized. That's where "Row the Boat" comes from. A losing season reveals what you actually need. After going 1-11 at Western Michigan while also getting divorced, PJ says every coach should experience a losing season. It forces you to identify what you actually need versus what you don't need. Choose what scares you. When deciding on Minnesota, Heather asked him, "Does this scare you?" He said, "Hell yeah, it scares me." His response: "Well then, that's where we're going." Life versus living. Living is the salary and contract. Life is about moments and memory. If you can't stay in the moment and reflect on great moments or hard moments, life will be like mashed potatoes to you. Your expectations should match your resources. The gap between expectations and resources is called frustration. The bigger the gap, the more frustration from everyone around you. Maintain an 80/20 model if you can. 80% high school players, 20% transfer portal. PJ has one of the highest retention rates in the country because of selection and fit, not recruiting. "It's not about the money until it's about the money." The kids' PJ gets value for other things before the money talk. They enjoy the experience of being a college athlete. PJ leads with "I'm really difficult to play for." PJ's opening line to recruits. He asks for a lot. This makes people who are lazy, complacent, or fraudulent run like hell. "This is going to expose me." Start with good people, not good players. Out of 500 kids, who are the best 25 young men? PJ doesn't get five stars. He gets two and three stars who believe they can be five stars. A chip versus a crack on your shoulder. Once you do something the media says you couldn't do, they'll set a new bar. All PJ wants is kids who want to prove to themselves that they can do what people say they couldn't. You don't need PJ's personality. You need the internal drive to be the best version of yourself. That's what he's selecting for. "I'm not a motivational coach. I'm a cultural driver." PJ picks their "how." He picks their journey. If someone needs constant motivation, they're not ready. Peel back the Instagram filter. Everything you see on social media is filtered. You have to dig deeper with this generation to find out who they really are. Hire former players back. PJ's staff has more former players who played for him than ever before. They cut their teeth in the building. In this transactional era, former players help you stay transformational. The HYPRR System. This is PJ's hyperculture framework he created after going 1-11: H (How): The people. Nektons who always attack. How you do one thing is how you do everything. Consistency matters. Y (Yours): Your vision. It's YOUR life, not anyone else's vision. Players are the builders. Don't tell me you want an extravagant home and then hire bad builders. P (Process): The work. The who, what, when, where, and why. Anyone should be able to ask those questions at any point. R (Result): Focus on the HYP. It's not the officials' fault. It's not the other team's fault. R (Response): How will you respond to the result? Don't believe the hype. Everything about hype is before the result happens. Focus on How, Yours, and Process instead. Someone will take what you were taught was horrible and create a business model. PJ uses Uber and Airbnb as examples. We were taught "stranger danger" as kids. Now we get in cars with strangers while drunk and sleep in their homes. The right people plugged into crazy visions can change everything. Define success as peace of mind. That's how PJ's program defines success. Not wins and losses. Train body language. "Big chest" means standing up straight. Players are not allowed to put their hands on their knees or their heads. If you can't hold yourself up, trainers need to check on you. Teach response, not reaction. You can have emotions, but train to not be emotional. The real world wants to see you react. Train to respond properly in every situation. Your words have power. PJ's players know the definitions of 150 words that will help them for the rest of their lives. Give substance to the filters. That's your job as an educator. Cut all the fat off practice. PJ was from the era of 3.5-hour practices. He has ADD and needs to move. He got bored as a player, so he vowed to run practice differently. Run a 32-second play clock constantly. Every 32 seconds, you run a play. You are always under the two-minute warning in practice. This trains your team to operate under pressure. Never practice longer than 95 minutes. It's one thing to watch as a recruit. It's another to experience it as a player. Kids puke during dynamic warmup in the first week because it's that intense. Make practice harder than the game. The game will eventually slow down for your players if practice is legitimately harder. Nektons flow through water currents without being affected. Don't let circumstances dictate behavior. Train this mindset daily. The biggest jump in sports is from high school to college. 17-year-olds playing against 24-year-olds. It's not just talent. It's experience, development, strength, and confidence all at once. Never let any environment be too big for your coaches. Train your staff to be comfortable in all situations, not just your players. Always be learning outside your field. PJ attends leadership seminars with SEALs and Green Berets. At one dinner, a retired military officer who looked like Sean Connery scanned the room quietly, then said: "I'm taking in all the good in the room. I'm also coming up with a plan to kill every one of you, in case I need to." He never came back to the table because he got called to active duty and left for Afghanistan. Always be ready. That's what makes you special. Watch to learn. PJ watched "Landman" and took notes on how to run the next team meeting. His wife hates that he can never relax. Find teaching and education in everything you do. When you stop, you stop growing. Get better at celebrating. PJ has a great bourbon and champagne collection. He celebrates more than he ever has. Balance the intensity with moments of joy. Make transformational programs real. Gopher for Life program. Monthly educational courses. Monthly date nights where players bring their dates and learn dinner etiquette. Monthly racial education class. Weekly coach development on Thursdays, where coaches speak on any topic to advance their careers. Don't let important things stop when the news cycle moves on. COVID and racism got put in the same bracket. When COVID stopped, racism education stopped everywhere. Not at Minnesota. Keep going. Bring back the fun. After wins, players can't wait to pick the design for the next team shirt. PJ gives them five options, and they get into it. People are losing the fun connection that made elementary school great. A coach's job is to teach and demand. A player's job is to prepare and perform. If you're a coach, you better be teaching things: life, sport, relationships. Elite teams are led by players. Your job is to get as many elite people to the front of the bus as possible. More Learning #226 - Steve Wojciechowski: How to Win Every Day #281 - George Raveling: Wisdom from MLK Jr to Michael Jordan #637 - Tom Ryan: Chosen Suffering: Become Elite in Life & Leadership  

Today on Coast To Coast Hoops it is a simple podcast as there are over 150 games on the college basketball betting board for Saturday & Greg picks & analyzes EVERY one of them! Link To Greg's Spreadsheet of handicapped lines: https://vsin.com/college-basketball/greg-petersons-daily-college-basketball-lines/Greg's TikTok With Pickmas Pick Videos: https://www.tiktok.com/@gregpetersonsports?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pcPodcast Highlights 3:37-Start of picks Wisconsin vs Indiana5:51-Picks & analysis for Louisville vs Wake Forest8:10-Picks & analysis for Arkansas vs Mississippi St10:15-Picks & analysis for Villanova vs Georgetown12:50-Picks & analysis for Syracuse vs Virginia15:20-Picks & analysis for Nebraska vs Rutgers17:55-Picks & analysis for Drexel vs Elon20:03-Picks & analysis for Temple vs East Carolina22:23-Picks & analysis for Massachusetts vs Coastal Carolina25;06-Picks & analysis for East Michigan vs Appalachian St27:26-Picks & analysis for Middle Tennessee vs Delaware29:53-Picks & analysis for Missouri vs South Carolina32:45-Picks & analysis for Oregon vs Purdue34:57-Picks & analysis for East Tennessee vs VMI37:16-Picks & analysis for Virginia Tech vs NC State39:48-Picks & analysis for Richmond vs Rhode Island42:37-Picks & analysis for Kansas St vs TCU45:06-Picks & analysis for Denver vs North Dakota47:05-Picks & analysis for Princeton vs Pennsylvania49:34-Picks & analysis for Miami vs Boston College51:46-Picks & analysis for Cleveland St vs IU Indy54:19-Picks & analysis for Baylor vs Iowa St56:11-Picks & analysis for Sacred Heart vs Manhattan58:37-Picks & analysis for Butler vs Marquette1:00:49-Picks & analysis for Cornell vs Columbia1:03:14-Picks & analysis for Detroit vs UW Green Bay1;05:28-Picks & analysis for St. Bonaventure vs Fordham1:07:26-Picks & analysis for Northern Illinois vs Georgia St1:09:53-Picks & analysis for George Washington vs Duquesne1:12:15-Picks & analysis for Missouri St vs Liberty1:14:15-Picks & analysis for Ole Miss vs Texas1:16:14-Picks & analysis for Omaha vs North Dakota St1:18:40-Picks & analysis for The Citadel vs Chattanooga1:20:39-Picks & analysis for Siena vs St. Peter's1:22:38-Picks & analysis for North Texas vs UT San Antonio1:24:41-Picks & analysis for Campbell vs North Carolina A&T1:26:58-Picks & analysis for Niagara vs Quinnipiac1:28:18-Picks & analysis for William & Mary vs Hampton1:30:32-Picks & analysis for Utah vs Kansas1:32:28-Picks & analysis for Kent St vs Southern Miss1:34:51-Picks & analysis for Florida International vs Western Kentucky1:36:57-Picks & analysis for La Salle vs St. Louis1:39:16-Picks & analysis for Sam Houston vs Louisiana Tech1:41:22-Picks & analysis for Bowling Green vs Arkansas St1:43:30-Picks & analysis for Ball St vs UL Monroe1:45:25-Picks & analysis for Oklahoma vs Vanderbilt1:47:31-Picks & analysis for SMU vs Pittsburgh1:49:20-Picks & analysis for Central Michigan vs Louisiana1:51:09-Picks & analysis for Eastern Illinois vs Tennessee Tech1:53:03-Picks & analysis for UC Riverside vs CS Northridge1:55:05-Picks & analysis for Alabama vs Auburn1:57:35-Picks & analysis for Buffalo vs South Alabama1:59:45-Picks & analysis for Northeastern vs Stony Brook2:02:01-Picks & analysis for Florida St vs Notre Dame2:03:46-Picks & analysis for Oklahoma St vs Arizona2:05:48-Picks & analysis for DePaul vs Providence2:07:46-Picks & analysis for Western Carolina vs Wofford2:09:50-Picks & analysis for St. Joseph's vs George Mason2:11:51-Picks & analysis for SIU Edwardsville vs Little Rock2:13:38-Picks & analysis for Miami OH vs Marshall2:16:08-Picks & analysis for Toledo vs James Madison2:18:10-Picks & analysis for Towson vs Hofstra2:20:07-Picks & analysis for UT Arlington vs Utah Valley2:22:07-Picks & analysis for Grand Canyon vs UNLV2:24:01-Picks & analysis for Morehead St vs UT Martin2:26:00-Picks & analysis for Western Illinois vs Tennessee St2:27:39-Picks & analysis for Robert Morris vs Youngstown St2:29:39-Picks & analysis for Southern Indiana vs SE Missouri St2:31:55-Picks & analysis for Western Michigan vs Texas St2:33:54-Picks & analysis for UW Milwaukee vs Northern Kentucky2:35:53-Picks & analysis for Cal Poly vs UC Davis2:37:50-Picks & analysis for Harvard vs Dartmouth2:39:43-Picks & analysis for Kennesaw St vs Jacksonville St2:41:53-Picks & analysis for Oregon St vs Gonzaga2:43:50-Picks & analysis for Georgia vs LSU2:45:36-Picks & analysis for Seton Hall vs Crieghton2:47:35-Picks & analysis for South Dakota vs South Dakota St2:49:32-Picks & analysis for Northern Colorado vs Idaho St2:51:41-Picks & analysis for Mercer vs Samford2:53:44-Picks & analysis for Idaho vs Montana2:55:39-Picks & analysis for Santa Clara vs Washington St2:57:56-Picks & analysis for Akron vs Troy3:00:24-Picks & analysis for Duke vs North Carolina3:02:26-Picks & analysis for Merrimack vs Rider3:03:55-Picks & analysis for CS Bakersfield vs CS Fullerton3:06:15-Picks & analysis for Ohio vs Old Dominion3:08:13-Picks & analysis for Marist vs Fairfield3:09:57-Picks & analysis for Mount St. Mary's vs Iona3:11:38-Picks & analysis for Fort Wayne vs Wright St3:13:35-Picks & analysis for Eastern Washington vs Montana St3:15:25-Picks & 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St3:50:48-Picks & analysis for Boise St vs New Mexico3:52:36-Picks & analysis for Fresno St vs Nevada3:54:36-Picks & analysis for Washington vs UCLA3:56:24-Picks & analysis for Houston vs BYU3:58:16-Picks & analysis for San Francisco vs St. Mary's4:00:08-Picks & analysis for UC San Diego vs Hawaii4:04:37-Start of extra games Lafayette vs Army4:06:23-Picks & analysis for Loyola MD vs Boston U4:08:20-Picks & analysis for Wagner vs Central Connecticut4:10:18-Picks & analysis for Chicago St vs New Haven4:11:58-Picks & analysis for St. Francis PA vs Le Moyne4:13:59-Picks & analysis for Florida Gulf Coast vs Bellarmine4:15:41-Picks & analysis for Charleston Southern vs USC Upstate4:17:39-Picks & analysis for Lehigh vs Holy Cross4:19:38-Picks & analysis for Jacksonville vs West Georgia4:21:19-Picks & analysis for New Hampshire vs Vermont4:23:15-Picks & analysis for Longwood vs Winthrop4:25:00-Picks & analysis for Gardner Webb vs Presbyterian4:26:37-Picks & analysis for North Florida vs Queens 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Paige and Nick break down two of the most polarizing prospects in the 2026 NBA Draft in this episode as they discuss Arkansas sophomore wing Billy Richmond III and Syracuse sophomore forward Donnie Freeman. They dive deep into Richmond's remarkable defensive game, as well as discussing the strengths and areas for improvement in his offensive game. Then, they discuss the high peaks and concerning valleys of Freeman's game, including his potentially lethal offense game and his defensive lapses. Finally, Paige wraps up by covering her recent trip to see the currently undefeated Miami (OH) squad facing off against Northern Illinois. Timestamps: 2:00: Billy Richmond III 25:00: Donnie Freeman 53:00: Miami (OH) and Eian Elmer To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Thomas Carey, PharmD, Senior Director, Pharmacy Services, UW Northern Illinois, shares how the organization elevated its Med to Bed discharge program using multidisciplinary coordination, driving a nearly 30% reduction in 30-day readmissions. He also discusses agility in 340B compliance, leveraging learners, and the future of pharmacy growth through technology, automation, and workforce investment.