The SPA Pod

Join Jack and Joe for USFL Episode 14! We discuss a bit of Week 10 but mostly recap the regular season as a whole. We also react to the major award winners - MVP, OPY, DPY, and Coach of the Year. Lastly, we discuss the upcoming first round of the playoffs, and try to accurately predict our penultimate round of picks for the year. Find us on Twitter @thespapod or email us at TheSPApod@gmail.com. Music credit: Daniel Bollweg and Bill Ellingboe.

Join us for USFL Episode 13! We discuss Week 9, which finalized the playoff field for the first season of the USFL. We discuss how the team rankings have changed since Week 2, and discuss the players who made the All-USFL Team. We also make our last set of picks for Week 10 of the regular season! Find us on Twitter @thespapod or email us at TheSPApod@gmail.com. Music credit: Daniel Bollweg and Bill Ellingboe.

The whole group is back together for USFL Episode 12! We discuss the happenings of Week 8, which was a very decisive week in the first year of the league. We also preview the upcoming Week 9 games, And as always... the picks! Find us on Twitter @thespapod or email us at TheSPApod@gmail.com. Music credit: Daniel Bollweg and Bill Ellingboe.

In USFL Episode 11, Dave and Joe recap the games from Week 7 and again have a general power rankings discussion instead of a draft since Jack was OUT once again this week. They also go through which games they think will be the most interesting, least interesting, most entertaining, and least entertaining games for Week 8. Last but not least... the picks! Find us on Twitter @thespapod or email us at TheSPApod@gmail.com. Music credit: Daniel Bollweg and Bill Ellingboe.

In our USFL Episode 10, Dave and Joe discuss the Week 6 games and have a power rankings discussion instead of a draft since Jack couldn't make it this week. They also give some thoughts on Week 7 and play a mini-game that might stick around. And of course... the picks! Find us on Twitter @thespapod or email us at TheSPApod@gmail.com. Music credit: Daniel Bollweg and Bill Ellingboe.

Episode 9 is another recap-and-preview episode for the USFL. We discuss Week 5 games and give some thoughts on the upcoming Week 6. We also play a surprise game that acts as kind of a mid-season championship contenders breakdown. Find us on Twitter @thespapod or email us at TheSPApod@gmail.com. Music credit: Daniel Bollweg and Bill Ellingboe.

We are enjoying the combo episodes, so we hope everyone else is too! Episode 8 is another recap-and-preview episode for the USFL. We discuss Week 4 games and give some thoughts on the upcoming Week 5. Find us on Twitter @thespapod or email us at TheSPApod@gmail.com. Music credit: Daniel Bollweg and Bill Ellingboe.

We thought it went well last week, so Episode 7 is another recap-and-preview episode for the USFL. We discuss Week 3 games and the league as a whole, and give some thoughts on the upcoming Week 4. Find us on Twitter @thespapod or email us at TheSPApod@gmail.com. Music credit: Daniel Bollweg and Bill Ellingboe.

Episode 6 is our first combo recap-and-preview episode for the USFL. We discuss Week 2 games and the league as a whole, and give some thoughts on the upcoming Week 3. Find us on Twitter @thespapod or email us at TheSPApod@gmail.com. Music credit: Daniel Bollweg and Bill Ellingboe.

Episode 5 is our first weekly preview episode for the new USFL. We discuss a bit more from Week 1 play and the league as a whole, and give some thoughts on the upcoming Week 2. Find us on Twitter @thespapod or email us at TheSPApod@gmail.com. Music credit: Daniel Bollweg and Bill Ellingboe.

Episode 4 is our first weekly recap episode for the new USFL. We discuss the weekend as a whole, from the actual football game play to the production on the TV side to some specifics of the three games from Saturday and Sunday. Find us on Twitter and Instagram @thespapod or email us at TheSPApod@gmail.com. Music credit: Daniel Bollweg and Bill Ellingboe.

Part 3 finishes up our USFL preview series. The guys make some predictions on the final division standings and the playoff results, and also try to guess who will win the big MVP-type awards for the 2022 season. With DFS available on DraftKings, everyone (briefly, but not brief enough) recaps how they tried to build their Week 1 lineups in the new Fast Fantasy in Fifty Five (seconds) segment. Lastly, during the PICKS segment, everyone chooses one game and picks one bet to make for that game,...

In part 2 of our USFL preview series, we discuss the draft format and results, players you already know or will get to know soon, the coaches, and the on-field rules differences from the NFL. Find us on Twitter and Instagram @thespapod or email us at TheSPApod@gmail.com. Music credit: Daniel Bollweg and Bill Ellingboe.

We are back to discuss the new USFL! During part 1 of our preview series, we discuss the "who, what, where, when, and why" of the league. Find us on Twitter and Instagram @thespapod or email us at TheSPApod@gmail.com. Music credit: Daniel Bollweg and Bill Ellingboe.

Joe and Jack discuss a bunch of topics around the sports world, including: Week 13 and more of the NFL, college football, college basketball, the NBA, and the new XFL uniforms We wrap it up with "The Picks!" against the spread for some of the college conference championship games, plus the Sunday Night and Monday Night games in the NFL. We would like to thank Bill Ellingboe & Listener Josh for providing the music for this episode. If you have any recommendations, suggestions, critiques, or...

We discuss the last few weeks of the NFL season. We all take a stab at the conference championship match-ups. Dave and Joe compare some Thanksgiving staples to their NFL counterparts. And finally, "The Picks!" against the spread for all the Thanksgiving games this week. We would like to thank Bill Ellingboe & Listener Josh for providing the music for this episode. If you have any recommendations, suggestions, critiques, or thoughts, we'd love to hear them. Find us on Twitter and Instagram...

We discuss Halloween plans, and costumes. Talk a little bit more about officiating (regarding the MLB a bit) Jack gives his top ten power rankings and honourable mentions and we discuss. We talk about who the MVP, RoTY, Offensive player of the year, and Defensive player of the year are so far this year. We give our picks against the spread of a few games this week. We would like to thank Bill Ellingboe & Listener Josh for providing the music for this episode. If you have any suggestions or...

Recap, breakdown, and discussion of Week 7 of the NFL season. The whole team is back this week! We each bring up a couple of topics, and of course, spend a little time talking about the officiating. Jack gives his top ten power rankings and honourable mentions and we discuss. We give our high point and low point of the week, plus Jack and Dave give a hawt take! We give our picks against the spread of a few games this week. We would like to thank Bill Ellingboe & Listener Josh for providing...

Recap, breakdown, and discussion of Week 5 of the NFL season. We highlight some of the more interesting stories to this point in the NFL season. Jack gives his top ten power rankings and honorable mentions and we discuss. We give our high point and low point of the week, plus we each give a hawt take... but back them up with stats! We give our picks against the spread of a few games this week. We would like to thank Bill Ellingboe & Listener Josh for providing the music for this episode. If...

Recap and breakdown of weeks 3 and 4 of the NFL season. We talk about a lot of the backup quarterbacks, and a few topics from each guy Jack gives his league-wide power rankings and we comment. We give our high point and low point of the week We give our picks against the spread of a few games this week. We would like to thank Bill Ellingboe & Listener Josh for providing the music for this episode. If you have any suggestions or critiques, we would love to hear them. We hope to continue to...