Saturday's SIU game is the annual Blackout Cancer game.  SIU coach Nick Hill spoke with media on Tuesday and discussed with Matt Varney the struggles his team has recently faced and how Illinois State poses a challenge this week.

 

Following a pair of semifinal games in the College Football Playoff, the guys discuss college football.  A winter storm ices high school ball.

 
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Coach of the Carterville Lions, Brett Diel, joined the podcast this week to talk about his team's huge win over St. Joseph-Ogden, the emergence of Brandon Skelcher, and more!

 
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The Christopher Lady Bearcats are out to a hot start this season with a 9-1 record, winning all nine in a row.  Matt Varney talks with Coach Seiger Shurtz about that start to the season, Amiah Hargrove, their big game against Vienna on Thursday night, and what's to come during the Christmas break:

 
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