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Welcome to the podcast home of the Dawgs Basketball & Football X fan accounts! Hosts and lifelong fans Nick Malone (alum) & Noah Lerch share their super fandom for the Southern Illinois Salukis to others who love it too, while also updating them with everything there is to know.
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This episode details; extra tidbits from our Week One victory including what Coach Hill said on Tuesday, a quick mention on what the NFL Dawgs’ first NFL matchups are this week, updated Top-25’s with other Week Two games, a thorough discussion with Nathan Baird of the IndyStar about Purdue, our own major preview of the Boilermakers with the usual and our final thoughts as we set out for West Lafayette this weekend.
This opening season episode details; our late thoughts on the initial two-deep depth chart, how impressed we were with the large home crowd, usual pregame notables including depth QB ET Harris being in another left arm sling, everything in dissecting our big expected win over Thomas More in a dominant 2H, main takeaways of how both sides of the ball looked with starters, seeing DJ & McClendon get banged up but appear to be alright, the excellent impact performances of the true freshmen, outcomes of the other first games around the MVFC/FCS, adding five-star K/P Weston Schofield to the 2026 class as well as his & the others’ recent HS outcomes, PJ Jules making the Bengals 53-Man, MyCole Pruitt being in attendance this weekend, Branson Combs making the Jags’ practice squad and a sneak peek to our Purdue preview where we have another reporter joining to talk Boilermakers.
This special episode with all-time great Jamaal Tatum details; his journey as a new TV broadcaster with re-uping for next season, his competitive fire in discussing last season’s team with his own experiences, his take on the new cbb with how it’s changed over the many years in comparison, how much pride he still takes in all of his individual/team success, his fondest memories in career from NCAA tourney games to moments with the team, what it meant putting SIU on the ultimate map, who he emulated his game/life after, which recent SIU players he’s enjoyed watching, funniest stories, his thoughts on the topic of how SIU should honor its former great players, dissecting his amazing “Reunion At The Rim” cause AND a last discussion on who wins between the two Sweet Sixteen teams of 2002 & his 2007.
This episode details; the Dawgs being ranked 20th in both the Stats Perform & AFCA preseason polls, Noah’s thoughts on being sixth in the MVFC, a couple new late player additions with mentioning which others are officially gone, K/P Paul Geelen being on the Shrine Bowl Watch List, our main Training Camp takeaways from the team’s videos/interviews, a quick recruiting update with a new commit added, Jeremy & PJ showing out in the NFL preseason, our annual Season Preview with multiple fun topics of who will stick out in our opinion, predicting which will lead us in stat categories, our final two-deep picks AND a short preview of the Thomas More Saints of D2 in what should be a dominating & healthy first game victory.
This Nick solo episode details; the updated countdown to Week One, a dissection of the annual MVFC Preseason Poll as well as the Dawgs’ 12 Watch List members, recapping the inaugural Media Day with quotes from Coach Hill & QB1 DJ Williams, the long-awaited first commits of THREE new players to the 2026 class, FCS news with the expansion to 12 games starting next season, a congratulations to first ballot HOFer Jeremy Chinn & all-time leading tackler Fabray Collins on joining the 2025 Athletics class and a sneak peek to next month’s 2025 Season Preview.
This episode details; recent news of the MVFC finally having a Media Day in late July, what the team’s been up to in the last couple weeks, Noah’s thoughts on VD returning & the recent 10 portal additions, a short talk on the recent House settlement, tidbits from Nick Hill’s recent interview with Luke Martin, a quick recruiting update AND our first dissection of the 2025 depth chart with who’s currently slated to impact the season.
This Nick solo episode details; knowledge of the team beginning summer workouts last week as well as the freshmen joining campus this upcoming weekend of early June, talk on the important return of ‘friend of the show’ WR Vinson Davis III, ALL 10 new portal additions with which more experienced could impact right away, what jersey numbers they now dawn along with other website notables, announced start times for games this upcoming season, some news around the MVFC/FCS including Craig Haley’s early Top-25 that has SIU at No. 16, a quick update of former Dawgs who found pro opps and what’s to come next time.
This Nick solo episode details; unofficially adding the Nevada Wolfpack to the upcoming non-con schedule, dissecting ALL four of the new player additions (freshman G Jalen Haynes, veteran Valpo G Isaiah Stafford, young SLU C Max Pikaar & Seton Hall F Prince Aligbe), why these are all home run additions in their own way, what the team now looks like with the final 14, what an early starting five could look like, Kennard/Elijah/Sheridan finding new homes, news around the MVC, recruiting updates headlined by ‘28 Dylan Steffe and a sneak peek to the summer as the team begins at the very start of June.
This episode details; All-MVFC LB Ben Bogle entering portal with already finding his new P4 home, insights along with young DT Elijah Gunn doing the same thing, other insights within the team including Hunter Simmons getting paid at Wisconsin, dissecting the hire of new CB coach Eriq Moore, non-action notables from last Saturday with who didn’t dress & who’s injured or flipped positions, scrimmage takeaways with who stood out, a mention of all the Juniors in attendance, a couple recent transfer offers, small discussion on a potential Summit League/MVFC partnership AND a sneak peek to the Summer as Spring is about over.
This episode details; dissecting the two newest Saluki adds in point guard’s Caden Hawkins of Carterville/John A & recent freshman Quel’Ron House of Jacksonville State, what we know on both including going WAY BACK with Caden in his early roots, successfully adding to a position that we struggled with last season, tidbits from a another recent interview AD Tim Leonard made with WSIU, other updates on what’s up with players from last season, notes from Luke Walsh’s interview with Luke Martin, what EVERY other MVC team has done in the last two weeks in adding nice talent and our updated insights in what the team has planned next with portal interests with visits & interests.
This episode details; discussion of the sudden acknowledgment of CB coach Terry Hawthorne appearing to be gone from the program & joining Antonio James at their alma mater Illinois, the team adding D2 Thomas More as the final game of the 2025 schedule with a rehash of all the games, Noah’s newest thoughts of everything from the offseason in his first appearance of the new year, notables from the Spring videos/interviews, a mention of some 2026 player offers/visits and our expectations for this year’s Spring Game with things we’d like to see.
This episode details; discussion on Elijah Elliot entering the portal just ONE day after our last episode, insights from EE himself on getting pushed out by the staff, where his What-If season ranks amongst others cut due to injury in recent years, Ali & Kennard’s recent high major lists, Scott receiving an awesome award, everything around the MVC including Illinois State bringing back a ton of notable players and updated portal interests by the team with one being a recent Zoom meeting.
This episode details; Steve Hawkins getting officially promoted to Associate Head Coach, an entire discussion on Ali Dibba unfortunately entering the portal, Sheridan Sharp/Antwaun Massey/Tyler Bey/Isaac Billington also entering, talks on who else could leave OR comeback, the exciting news of both Drew Steffe & Rolyns Aligbe returning, everything around the MVC from coach/player movements like Ben McCollum heading to Iowa while Drake hires SDSU’s Eric Henderson & others entering portal or committing, all the recent/notable portal/HS interests and our final thoughts on more tough times but what could continue to lie ahead for SIU in this ever-changing college basketball.
This episode details; the tough news of our favorite Kennard “Moo” Davis inevitably entering portal, we look back on his amazing run with us covering him every step of the way, a wide discussion on the continuous harsh realities of being a mid major, Daniel Pauliukonis becoming a 4A STATE CHAMPION with Benet Academy in their first ever title, Luke Walsh’s season ending but a look at the numbers following his historic should-be Gatorade POTY nod, Drake getting an 11 seed in the NCAAs & how far we think they can go, Murray hiring a new HC, other great players in the MVC leaving for the portal too, Bradley & UNI being in the NIT albeit not at full strength for separate reasons, a short recap of this past season including the talk on how Scott Nagy must evolve now moving forward and a look ahead to what’s assured to be another wild offseason.
This Nick solo long-awaited episode details; EVERYTHING that has happened in the last 2.5 months headlined by a Coach Hill interview with Luke that touched on a lot of things but mainly including the decision on coaching changes, other tidbits of that including what power schools both Blake Rolan & Antonio James are now at, Hunter Simmons recently entering the portal, a mention of some official new portal additions BUT also a lot of new 2025 kids that add to a total of 23, a final touch up of NFL Salukis including who Jeremy Chinn is now suiting up for, a trip around the MVFC in news and a sneak peek to what’s ahead now that Spring ball & practices are upon us.
This episode details; initial updates on Luke & Daniel as they continue their title-hopeful journeys, details from our rematch with the Sycamores that kicked off the tournament, takeaways as to how the Dawgs came up on top, other Thursday matchups, summary of our hard-fought rematch with Drake in a loss ending our season, other matchups the rest of the weekend including the inevitable Sunday victory by the Drake Bulldogs over the Bradley Braves cementing a one-bid Valley team, them now joining the 90s Salukis in three-peating, our overall recap of yet another fun conference tournament and a sneak peek to our Season Recap.
This episode details; our dissection of the announced MVC awards & there are for sure some gripes to be had, what has to change in this second Sycamores matchup, topics including will be able to shoot in Enterprise Center & if Scott will be able to keep his composure, who our Dawgs of the Weekend are, our overall game-by-game bracket predictions and our final thoughts before we set out for the best conference tournament in the country in what should be another fun one.
This episode details; yet another blowout defeat that continues to show our season-from-hell, how the team was reportedly “locked-in” beforehand & how we couldn’t guard the Sycamore’s offense, the other Sunday game outcomes, our first reactions of the tourney bracket, quick Luke & Daniel update, the always fun predictions of how we think the awards will turn out and a sneak peek to our annual Arch Madness preview in the coming days.
This loaded episode details; an initial discussion on Ali’s eligibility potential after promising post-game comments, full dissection of the impressive start-to-finish performance that ended our losing streak, other main takeaways from the split with the Redbirds including the amazing 3PT shooting & overall defense, recent Valley games with what the final Sunday matchups are, probability possibilities with predictions of how we think the bracket will end up, other MVC news/notes, extra recruiting insights along with updates on Luke & Daniel and our first preview of the Sycamores in the league finale in what might not be our last matchup with them this season.
This episode details; our fourth straight loss overall & third at HOME, finer specifics as to why, over-arching takeaways including why this team continues to show no emotion on the court, everything usual around the Valley, Luke & Daniel finishing up their senior campaigns and a preview of our second Redbirds matchup where Jarrett Hensley is the lone honoree on Senior Night which brings the mention of who’s still eligible next season.
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