After an historic season that completed a huge turnaround for the program, JMU baseball (yes, baseball!) will keep this magical year in JMU Sports rolling into June this year. We’re not experts but we can’t wait to watch this team in the Raleigh Regional this weekend against NC State, South Carolina, and Bryant. Can the #EverythingSchool do it agai…

All Dukes, zero beef. Lax makes the tourney and looks for a refresh. Baseball very much in contention, and the last of the World Series Softball Dukes look to stun the SBC in Texas this week!

Todd got a chance to check out the first public display under Coach Chesney. And we talk about Baseball and Softball starting to look like contenders in a loaded Sun Belt. Finally, back to our roots with an old-school, nonsensical OT!

Masters, AD search, Dukettes!, Softball, Kiki, Spradlin on fire, spring game talk, etc. Hopefully this is the last episode till we fix our platform 😉🤞

The boys finally look back on a glorious men’s hoops season and look ahead to the Coach Spradlin era with renewed enthusiasm. Plus they begin the process of turning to Spring sports and whether hopes/dreams/expectations can be matched by results.

The Dukes down Wisconsin, Duke up Next! This is really just two old friends and huge JMU fans recording our own checkin after a magical night in Brooklyn! No plans, bad audio, pure happiness! Shop at Mossy Creek!

Off Wisconsin! The Dukes are headed to Brooklyn to face the Badgers and might get a shot at Duke with a dub (don’t sleep on the HoopCats though!). We get excited for this run and then talk WBIT top seed women’s hoops, lax, and a helluva a weekend on both diamonds. Plus President Alger’s announced departure.…

Immediate postgame reaction after the JMU Men’s Basketball team wins the Sun Belt tourney and punches its ticket to March Madness!

The boys nervously prep for a Sun Belt tourney week like none they’ve experienced at JMUSB.

So much goodness going on with Dukes right now. Hoops, Lacrosse is ranked #2, Softball is back-back! Baseball might even be good again.

Lacrosse opened the season with a national statement, Softball is back up, and both Hoops Teams makes the turn for home. Plus some big-picture thoughts on seating and contracts

An old school roundup as some highly touted spring sports start this week and both Hoops teams have big opportunities as they hit crunch time!

Both basketball teams had great weeks and have huge matchups this week as the heart of conference play has arrived. Plus Todd probably offends some well-meaning Dukes fans with a rant at the end.

Don’t look now but there’s a whole lot of incredible Dukes stuff on tap for 2024. Are you ready to watch an all-time great attempt to put herself on the JMU Mt. Rushmore this spring? What about a reloaded Softball? Maybe an MLB debut? And that’s all before we even talk about postseason contending hoops teams. And oh yeah, and we’re not supposed to …

This one’s for us, but we hope our close friends and JMUSB fam will get some laughs out of it as well. There’s actually a surprising amount of sports given our past Xmas episodes. But of course we jump around between 2024 JMU resolutions, best/worst social media of 2023, SBC in year two, go-to potluck dishes, Xmas music, our favorite 2023 music, an…

Initial thoughts, and all the good vibes, about the hire of Bob Chesney as the new Head Ball Coach. And the happy end of a tough week that felt like a decade.

Great day to be a Duke! Always.

And we all thought Thanksgiving week couldn’t get crazier than Gameday?! But what another whirlwind week ends the way they always do, with it being a great time to be a Duke! We both had a LOT to say this week.

The boys make a mostly futile attempt to process a week filled with every human emotion imaginable. There’s so much here from the heartbreaking loss to the highest highs, even during this game. Plus Gameday and hoops (we’re not talking enough about hoops) and volleyball and soccer (we’re realllly not talking enough about this!) and love for fellow …

Wow, there’s a few good things going on for the Dukes (they are the best). The fellas revel in a week that has us bouncing between seventeen items that would normally anchor our content for weeks. Football, futbol, hoops, Gameday, etc., et al!

JMU crushed Georgia St.’s soul with a dominant performance and are now ranked 21st! Lots of postseason discussion/venting on this one but it’s also opening night for both basketball teams.

The fellas try to calm down after an exhausting Homecoming Week both in the stadium and online 🤣. The Dukes beat a game ODU team and will face a similar challenge scheme-wise at Georgia St. this week. But with JMU rolling, what an unbelievable time to be a Dukes fan! Oh yeah, Todd also has a bit of a meltdown about shenanigans from the Monarchs and…

The Dukes are rolling! We put the noise aside and enjoy the hell out of this incredibly fun team.

Hoo boy was that dominant performance against Georgia Southern fun to review. And now the Dukes have a true program first ahead with THE Thursday national game at Marshall and we can’t wait! In OT, we prove how old and out of touch we are (very) discussing pregame hype ideas poorly.

We’re thrilled to be back with what’s become an annual tradition - an in-depth preview of women’s hoops with Head Coach Sean O’Regan talking us through all it will take to defend the Dukes’ Sun Belt title (1:00)! Plus of course we talk some football with a huge game coming Saturday (45:00)

Score didn’t necessarily reflect it but the Dukes played there best yet in breaking South Al at Bridgeforth this week! As we head into a well-earned and much-needed bye, we start to think about whether JMU can make it 6 (or more) this season.

Let’s talk this out and never speak of this one again. Dukes dominated, collapsed, escaped! But did we find the offense?! Enormous challenge up next with South Al in town for Family Weekend!

Dukes ground out a big-boy dub over Troy down in southeastern Alabama and hit the road again to Utah St. this week. We talk defensive heroes and young pups. Plus we begin (more to come for sure) to discuss the retirement of legendary AD Jeff Bourne and why his replacement will be so important. And finally a fun OT confessing our pop-culture blind s…

Dukes 36, Hoos 35 in an absolute classic. We had a great time discussing a fan experience that was more emotional than we expected. This one meant a lot and we let our most loquacious sides ramble down the glorious road to victory four decades in the making. Oh yeah, there’s another tough one coming this weekend as the Dukes head way down south to …

JMU downs Bucknell 38-3 but heads to Virginia with all kinds of questions at QB after a frustrating night.

It’s finally time, GAMEWEEK baby! We’re back and worse than ever for what could be a vintage Dukes season (but we’re pretty sure the audio is at least synced this week so we got that going for us). So so good to be back in the saddle and hope some of y’all will enjoy the ride with us all season long.…

It’s that time!! We’re likely off next week and then it’ll be Bucknell week so we’re coming out strong with our delusional and sure-to-look-dumb predictions for this year. We will have an awesome SBC gambling show up for you next week too when we’re on vacation!

Running Backs used to get all the love. These days not so much. But we’ve been fortunate to have some great Dukes toting the rock and it’s time to chat about our favorites. Plus some preseason love at Sun Belt Media Days and which Dukes are in which NFL camps.

Getting ready for Sun Belt Media Days with a trip through an outstanding 2023 Dukes Football schedule. This year is scarier than last but it’s hard to imagine a much more exciting schedule!

This was a fantastic conversation with former Dukes soccer star Ashley Herndon. She’s now an Assistant Coach for the Griz, but she’s also had an incredible journey since finishing JMU in 2016. From NWSL to a Champions League quarterfinal, she’s done a ton in a short time and is now settled and doing great in Missoula. Plus she has a great story abo…

We kick off our summer series catching up with former Dukes now doing cool things elsewhere in sports by having a great conversation with former Dukes soccer star, MLS player, and now coach at Mississippi St. Nick Zimmermann. Coach clearly has nothing but love for JMU and it was a pleasure hearing about his journey to JMU and how he ended up in Sta…

Looking back on the best games, outstanding performances, top moments, and even a couple disappointments from JMU’s first year in the Sun Belt.

Lax beat the Terps again in dramatic fashion and heads to the spiritual home of college lax to face the mighty Orange this week! Plus, what a delightful surprise this JMU baseball season has turned out to be. And Nooch signs, season ticket records, and dropping field goal 💣!

Lacrosse is the seven seed in the NCAA tourney and hosting at least two rounds starting Friday. Softball is a dangerous underdog in the SBC tourney where they’ll face the conference’s best pitcher from South Alabama. Baseball has been shockingly competitive in the SBC but can they hang in there the last two series and make the postseason? Plus a fe…

Lots of good stuff and TWO voice tracks this week (🤞 )

One of our favorite shows and interviews we’ve ever done. An extended, funny and ridiculous conversation with Ryan Nanni from the Shutdown Fullcast (the Internet’s only college football podcast) about perceptions from the outside of JMU and the Sun Belt, off-season podcasting (including disaster episodes thanks to @CraigMac), expanded playoffs, inv…

Great season wraps for women’s hoops and spring sports are rolling. BIG guest coming next week!

We can’t believe it either - somehow we tricked Coach O into coming back on to talk all things hoops. The Sun Belt title, that shooting night from Peyton and Kiki, and how they prep for the NCAA tourney and scout Ohio St. Plus we all dream about a Sweet 16! Go Dukes!

The women’s team gave fans one of the best and most fun big-game performances we’ve ever seen at JMU. And they’re back in the NCAA tourney for the first time in the oft-snake bitten Coach O era! We are so happy and proud and here to celebrate!

We’re fortunate to have WBB Head Coach Sean O’Regan with us to preview the Dukes first Sun Belt Conference tourney and trip to Pensacola.

Four wins from hoops, two from Lax, and a great bounce back from Softball made this a W-filled week in the ‘burg!

Lots of hoops talk, including Todd’s first trip to the AUBC and an incredible day! Plus some fun Super Bowl chat.

OGL Roundup and worst products ever OT

Finally talking Diamond Dukes as the squad gets ready for a massive step up to one of college baseball’s premiere conferences with its inaugural season in the Belt! A great conversation with Head Coach Marlin Ikenberry where he educates us on an under-the-radar Dukes roster, scheduling, coaching a top prospect, what the Sun Belt means for recruitin…

Catching up on all things Dukes and digressing on cover songs for OT.