TrapDraw Podcast – No Laying Up

What better way to wrap 2024 than a Chop Session to get people through the holidays? TC & Randy cover *a lot* of ground in this one. They unpack Randy's wedding, they offer up a bunch of mea culpas, they discuss the biggest news stories, and get into some sports. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The stove is hot! Baseball's winter meetings have come and gone and we've got plenty of new faces in new places. Randy and DJ talk ball in the first half of the episode, including their reaction to the biggest moves of the offseason thus far. In the second half of the show (at the 1:00:18 mark), Keith O'Brien stops by to discuss his new book, "Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball." Keith has written the definitive biography of the late Hit King, Pete Rose. Whatever your opinion of Pete we think you'll learn something about him and hopefully grab the book, either for yourself or the baseball fan in your life. It's the perfect read while biding time until pitchers and catchers report. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this Owners pod we head to Duuuuval and profile the ownership history of the Jacksonville Jaguars. We begin with the franchise's beginnings in the mid 90s NFL expansion and the original owner, Wayne Weaver. From there it's on to the Shahid Kahn ownership tenure, highlighted by the infamous Urban Meyer era, the flirtation with a potential move to London, stadium renovation plans in Jacksonville, and a ton more. If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest members help us maintain our light commercial interruptions (3 minutes of ads per 90 minutes of content) and receive access to exclusive content, discounts in the pro shop, and an annual member gift. It’s a $90 annual membership, and you can sign up or learn more at nolayingup.com/join Support Our Partners: ServPro fanduel.com/nlu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Neil and Cody are back for a wide-ranging Booth episode of the TrapDraw as we look back at the college football games over Thanksgiving, deal with the breaking news of the South Korean president declaring martial law and other global conflicts, reflections on the NLU Census, audio and video podcast strategies, updates on what we're watching and reading and some merch updates as well. If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest members help us maintain our light commercial interruptions (3 minutes of ads per 90 minutes of content) and receive access to exclusive content, discounts in the pro shop, and an annual member gift. It’s a $90 annual membership, and you can sign up or learn more at nolayingup.com/join Support Our Partners: Rhoback Stone Creek Coffee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The long wait for another college football-focused Trap Draw episode is over as Ryan Nanni returns to the pod to discuss his latest content series - Who Killed College Football. Ryan partnered with Steven Godfrey for an all-encompassing look at the current state of college football and the impacts of various stakeholders in the game including TV Networks, conference offices and commissioners, the NCAA, the NFL and more. If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest members help us maintain our light commercial interruptions (3 minutes of ads per 90 minutes of content) and receive access to exclusive content, discounts in the pro shop, and an annual member gift. It’s a $90 annual membership, and you can sign up or learn more at nolayingup.com/join Support Our Partners: Holderness and Bourne Stone Creek Coffee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tron and Randy are back to chop it up about all the most important current events going on across the world. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The BallKnowers have reconvened as we head into the second half of the NFL's regular season. We talk through some contenders, pretenders and frauds, MVP candidates, quarterback play and our favorite uniforms. If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest members help us maintain our light commercial interruptions (3 minutes of ads per 90 minutes of content) and receive access to exclusive content, discounts in the pro shop, and an annual member gift. It’s a $90 annual membership, and you can sign up or learn more at nolayingup.com/join Support Our Partners: Rhoback Stone Creek Coffee fanduel.com/nlu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've reached a tenth installment of our Owners Series pods as we look to the shores of Lake Erie and the Buffalo Bills. If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest members help us maintain our light commercial interruptions (3 minutes of ads per 90 minutes of content) and receive access to exclusive content, discounts in the pro shop, and an annual member gift. It’s a $90 annual membership, and you can sign up or learn more at nolayingup.com/join Support Our Partners: Holderness and Bourne fanduel.com/nlu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tron and Randy are back to chop it up this week. They offer a few mea culpas to begin before turning their attention to life, sports, and news stories from around the world. Then, at the 41:25 mark, they welcome Matt Stoller on the show to examine the current state of antitrust. He talks about the Google case specifically, the monopolistic behavior of pharmacy benefit managers, whether the Krogers/Albertsons merger will go through, and a lot more. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

DJ is back off paternity leave as the full Seamsters Union gathers to recap the 2024 MLB regular season, the playoffs thus far and look ahead to the Yankees and Dodgers squaring off in the World Series with the help of a special guest - A's Outfielder Brent Rooker who joins us a half hour into tonight's show. We also get Brent to nerd out on advanced stats, automated strike zones, the A's upcoming relocation to Sacramento and more. If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest members help us maintain our light commercial interruptions (3 minutes of ads per 90 minutes of content) and receive access to exclusive content, discounts in the pro shop, and an annual member gift. It’s a $90 annual membership, and you can sign up or learn more at nolayingup.com/join Support Our Partners: Rhoback Stone Creek Coffee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cody and Neil are back - and overcoming the adversity of podcasting with sick kids - to bring you the latest edition of The Booth. We're also checking in on DJ Pie, looking ahead to the possibility of a Subway Series, an update on what we're reading and watching, and more. If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest members help us maintain our light commercial interruptions (3 minutes of ads per 90 minutes of content) and receive access to exclusive content, discounts in the pro shop, and an annual member gift. It’s a $90 annual membership, and you can sign up or learn more at nolayingup.com/join Support Our Partners: Holderness & Bourne Omni fanduel.com/nlu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The BallKnowers are back as we look at the issues plaguing the Niners, Jags and Bengals and react to the news of Robert Saleh being fired as Jets head coach. On the back half of tonight's episode we reveal our current top five quarterbacks in the NFL, guess at the next coach to get fired, and look at the standings in our season long team draft contest. If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest members help us maintain our light commercial interruptions (3 minutes of ads per 90 minutes of content) and receive access to exclusive content, discounts in the pro shop, and an annual member gift. It’s a $90 annual membership, and you can sign up or learn more at nolayingup.com/join Support Our Partners: Stone Creek Coffee fanduel.com/nlu ServPro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TC & Randy chop it up this week and oh boy do they have a lot to cover. They catch-up on their personal lives to start, hit on a few quick sports topics, and then span the globe discussing the most important news stories. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are only have six days left in baseball's regular season so you know it's time for the Seamsters Union to call a meeting. With DJ on the paternity list, Soly and Randy chat through the playoff scenarios still in play, including who'd they'd like to see make the postseason. They revisit their beginning of the season predictions (narrator: it's not pretty) and discuss who they think will win the biggest awards. After that they recognize some good seasons and discuss a few broader questions. Finally, stay tuned til the end to find out who won the famed fantasy baseball championship. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cody and Neil are back with another edition of the Booth covering some goal updates and thoughts on recent news from New York City and the Middle East. Show Links: Neil's recent appearance on the We're Just Ken podcast NYT The Daily Podcast - Israel's Existential Threat From Within If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest members help us maintain our light commercial interruptions (3 minutes of ads per 90 minutes of content) and receive access to exclusive content, discounts in the pro shop, and an annual member gift. It’s a $90 annual membership, and you can sign up or learn more at nolayingup.com/join Support Our Partners: Rhoback Omni Golf & The Omni Golf Generation Cup Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TC & Randy re-convene to discuss all the most pertinent issues from around the globe. They begin with housekeeping items and mea culpas before moving into big stories they're monitoring, NFL Week 1 reactions, and highlighting some recent travel issues. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

KVV, Neil and Tron are back with the ninth installment of our Owners series. We open with a few thoughts on the news of NFL ownership approving private equity investment into franchises before our profile of the ownership history of the San Francisco 49ers. Link to Cleveland Magazine profile of Edward DeBartolo Sr If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest members help us maintain our light commercial interruptions (3 minutes of ads per 90 minutes of content) and receive access to exclusive content, discounts in the pro shop, and an annual member gift. It’s a $90 annual membership, and you can sign up or learn more at nolayingup.com/join Support Our Partners: Rhoback fanduel.com/nlu  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The NFL returns a week from today, so the BallKnowers had to convene to talk ball and draft their teams for the upcoming season. Tron, Randy, KVV and Mr. Poosh go through some big questions around the league as we approach the season before getting into the draft. Just like last year, the scoring for the competition is as follows: 1 point for each regular season win (0.5 points for a tie) 2 points for making the playoffs 2 points for making the Divisional round 3 points for making the Conference championship 4 points for making the Super Bowl 2 points for winning the Super Bowl Let us know what the loser should have to do for punishment this year. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For our eighth installment of the Owners series, KVV, TC and Neil profile the ownership history of one of the NFL's original franchises, the Chicago Bears. If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest members help us maintain our light commercial interruptions (3 minutes of ads per 90 minutes of content) and receive access to exclusive content, discounts in the pro shop, and an annual member gift. It’s a $90 annual membership, and you can sign up or learn more at nolayingup.com/join Support Our Partners: Holderness and Bourne fanduel.com/nlu  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's episode features TC & Randy chopping it up about the most important, relevant stories around the world. Before getting there though, the two offer some mea culpas, reflect on the Olympics, and catch-up on what's been going on in life. Enjoy! If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining The Nest: No Laying Up’s community of avid golfers. Nest members help us maintain our light commercial interruptions (3 minutes of ads per 90 minutes of content) and receive access to exclusive content, discounts in the pro shop, and an annual member gift. It’s a $90 annual membership, and you can sign up or learn more at nolayingup.com/join Support our Partners: Stone Creek Coffee ServPRO Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices