8/12/20 Hour 1 – Steve on Ryan Day comments, Kevin Warren struggling; Altoona Mirror’s Neil Rudel
Wednesday 8/12/20 Hour 1 – Topics: Steve is taken back by Ryan Day’s comments, thought B1G Commissioner Kevin Warren struggled, plus he answers questions on who may or may not play for Penn State if there is spring football. Guest: Neil Rudel, Altoona Mirror, he also questions who may or may not play for Penn State in a possible spring season, and he wonders if the Big 10 would regret the decision if other conferences play in the fall with little or no issues.
8/11/20 Hour 2 – PAC-12 cancels fall sports, can B1G teams still play, and when a spring season would need to start
Hour 2 – Topics: PAC-12 cancels fall sports through end of the year, and Nebraska may try to play outside the Big 10 in football – can that be done? And Steve says a spring football season would need to start by mid February.
8/10/20 Hour 2 – SI’s Mark Wogenrich: Penn State created ‘really good bubble’
Hour 2 – Guest: Mark Wogenrich, SI.com, he says Penn State has created a ‘really good bubble’ since players returned, and Pat Freiermuth even mentioned he forgot about COVID while practicing, and he questions what are presidents and commissioners seeing now to stop college football.
8/10/20 Hour 1 – Steve says listen to players & parents, Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press
Monday 8/10/20 Hour 1 – Topics: Steve says the players and parents feeling comfortable with playing this year should say something. Guest: Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press- he confirmed Dan Patrick’s report of no B1G football – he says we’ll see who’s the power broker with the decision, academia or athletics? Plus, players still fear retaliation for opting out, and 2 B1G presidents are medical doctors with infectious disease backgrounds.
8/7/20 Hour 2 – PIAA’s Lombardi: ‘Let’s put our thinking caps on’ w/ fall sports decision
Hour 2 – Guest: PIAA Executive Director Bob Lombardi joins the show following the PIAA’s decision to delay the start of fall sports by two weeks. He says the PIAA ‘doesn’t want conflict’ with the governor, instead ‘let’s put our thinking caps on’ for our young people.’ He says the PIAA is also 100% opposed to having no fans at games, and a lot more. Plus, its weekly sports trivia with ‘The King!’
8/4/20 Hour 2 – BTN’s Brandon Gaudin joins Steve Jones
Hour 2 – Guest: Brandon Gaudin, BTN, on why there’s still no B1G football schedule, how doing the Madden game has helped him prepare to possibly call games in a studio or with no fans, and his views on B1G basketball for next season. Plus, Steve Engle from Purdy Insurance previews tomorrow’s Truman H. Purdy Memorial Golf Tournament.
8/4/20 Hour 1 – No B1G schedule yet, Jim Jackson joins Steve Jones
Tuesday 8/4/20 Hour 1 – Topics: Steve has a B1G football schedule update, and what other NFL teams are doing about fans in the stands. Guest: Jim Jackson, NBC Sports Philadelphia Flyers Broadcaster/Phillies Radio Network, with praise for Carter Hart in the Flyers goal, the team’s hot restart, and he says the MLB ‘had to’ implement the 7-inning rule.
8/3/20 Hour 2 – Steve says PAC-12 players overstepped people’s livelihoods
Hour 2 – Who most baseball fans would rather see at bat, and Steve thinks PAC-12 players overstepped their boundaries on other people trying to make a living.
8/3/20 Hour 1 – Portion of PAC-12 player demands that bothers Steve, Emily Giambalvo
Monday 8/3/20 Hour 1 – Topics: We react to the PAC-12 player demands not to boycott this football season, and Steve’s perceptions on the NBA and NHL bubbles and MLB virus problems. Guest: Emily Giambalvo, The Washington Post, with her analysis of the PAC-12 players demands, worries of administrators of the power players have, players signing waivers, and more.
7/31/20 Hour 2 – Steve reacts to latest Iowa football racial report, sports trivia
Hour 2 – Topics: Steve reacts to newest Iowa football racial report, what should and shouldn’t matter about players conducting themselves on and off the field, and more. Plus, its weekly sports trivia with ‘The King!’
