Dawgs Podcast

This Nick solo episode details; our experience in Clarksville, the close win overall with takeaways from our first true road victory, a quick mention of the Civil War between a family member on X for those who saw, around the Valley, a check-in on Luke Walsh & Daniel Pauliukonis in their hot season starts, KENPOM/NET update and a preview of the very well-coached & Big South preseason favorite High Point Panthers in our final non-conference game this season.

This Nick solo episode details; takeaways from the too-close-for-comfort win over the Screaming Eagles, what this team still needs to figure out as the season goes on, other MVC team matchups with also some injury news surrounding a top team, a small mention of a potential future new Valley school, Luke Walsh dropping 50 POINTS recently, where we stand in KENPOM/NET and a preview of the Governors as we look for revenge on the road.

This emergency episode details; EVERYTHING of recent with the unofficial parting of DC Antonio James, a conversation around what’s ahead defensively, a lot of early portal entries including the current losses of young studs Allen Middleton & Jamond Mathis amongst others, our panic meter, a rundown of the 10 new additions to the roster including some usual incoming Freshmen with a couple new ones, NFL/former Dawgs, an update on the FCS playoffs, putting a final bow on the 2024 season and a sneak peek to this very important offseason.

This Nick solo episode details; the embarrassing defeat to Bradley to open up conference play, overall takeaways of the team & a status report, other MVC first game matchups, Luke Walsh’s own opening 37 point performance, updated KENPOM/NET ranking and a preview of the final of our three-game contract with the USI Screaming Eagles.

This Nick solo episode details; recapping the news surrounding Elijah being out for the season, dissecting each of the three MTE matchups including a lot of disappointments, final takeaways including Scott mentioning his frustrations, other recent games & upcoming first Valley matchups, KENPOM/NET update and a full preview of our first matchup with the preseason favorite Bradley Braves.

This episode details; mainly the injury of Elijah Elliot with what it might be & what the team might do in his absence, perhaps Sheridan Sharp getting the redshirt taken off, small takeaways of the game with what did go completely wrong in the blowout, what other Valley teams have done & have ahead and a FULL preview of our three games in the Gulfcoast Showcase.

This episode details; the DOMINANT blowout/shutout victory over the Racers finishing our season off perfectly, the historic performance of Michael Lindauer in his final career game with breaking the program record for single game TD passes, other notable senior performances, final week matchups with an initial look at the FCS playoff bracket, NFL Dawgs, commits playoff update with also a mention of recruits at the game and a sneak peek to our Season Recap in the future.

This episode details; adding LB/LS Alex Broshears to the 2025 recruiting class, updates on the seasons of every other commit but most notably the playoff pushes for Kaden Clay/JC Mirasola/Zadarran Hart, a short recap of the drubbing up in Brookings with minor takeaways, other MVFC closing matchups, MyCole/Jeremy/Branson check-in and a full preview of Senior Day overall as we host the struggling Racers of Murray State.

This episode details; recapping our first D1 victory over the NDSU Bison in a night that saw some of the worst shooting by a team we can remember, usual player-by-player breakdowns, other recent/upcoming Valley team games, a quick recruiting update, a check-in on Pro Dawgs led by Cash’s recent 20-point permanence & JD Muila showing out once again overseas and a full dissection of the current No. 21 ranked Florida Gators in the first ever matchup between the two programs.

This Nick solo episode details; recapping the biggest comeback in program history including every positive one could find, what a win like this does for the current team but also for the future, Jake Curry’s well deserved weekly accolades, a commits update with who’s still in the playoff hunt, MyCole & Jeremy check-in after recently facing off and a preview of the always-dangerous Jackrabbits as their road for a three-peat continues.

This episode details; Oklahoma State ending their losing streak against SIU, notables as to why we couldn’t get the sweep including the very bad stretch where we dug ourselves a hole, some optimism from Coach Nagy moving forward, what other MVC teams have coming up, quick Signing Day mention and a preview of the North Dakota State Bison coming to Carbondale for the second season in a row.

This episode details; recapping the first win of the Scott Nagy era with positives/negatives headlined by the incredible performance of Kennard “Moo” Davis, other MVC team’s recent/upcoming games, a mention of the first 2025 Signing Day for Luke & Daniel, a G-League Dawgs check-in and a preview of the fellow new-look Cowboys with us looking to complete the three-game SWEEP.

This episode details; Noah’s overall experience in Sioux Falls, a full recap of the Dawgs’ first game of the season with main notables of positives & negatives that caused the defeat, other MVC team’s recent first games & what they have coming up and a quick preview of D2 Missouri S&T in what should be a get-right game before the upcoming gauntlet of the non-conference.

This episode details; ANOTHER 2025 addition in Edwardsville three-star ATH/S Clayton Lakatos, a mention of his season along with an update on his fellow commits, a recap of the Dawgs’ SIXTH loss in a row to a Bears team that remains undefeated in their closing MVFC season, other recent/upcoming Valley matchups, a check-in on Jeremy & MyCole as their teams face off this new week and a preview of the also-struggling but always-talented Penguins of Youngstown State as SIU returns home.

This Noah solo episode details; commit/recruiting updates, upcoming MVFC games and a full preview of the final matchup against the No. 17 ranked Bears of Missouri State as a member of the MVFC.

This episode details; the recent official announcement of the MTE with which teams are involved in playing who/when, thoughts on FanDuel’s MVC betting odds & Rocco’s initial Top-60 non-Power rankings, our overall takeaways from the exhibition with positives/negatives for the team overall AND all players, a quick mention of the other initial matchups for Valley teams and a preview of the always-good & now Chris Mack-led College of Charleston.

This short Nick solo episode details; a quick update on MyCole & Jeremy with a mention of them matching up in two weeks, EVERYTHING from our devastating defeat this past weekend including: the awesome first half in every facet & the strong return from Michael Lindauer but then the receiver drops & multitude of turnovers in the second half solidifying our current 2-6 record and a sneak peek to Noah’s preview of the red hot Bears in a couple days.

This long-awaited episode details; landing in-state 2025 6’9 F Daniel Pauliukonis with quotes from him on becoming a Saluki, other recruiting updates including some 2026 notables, tidbits known from our recent secret scrimmage v. Iowa, a pro-Dawgs check-in, big news around the MVC and a FULL preview of the first season under Scott Nagy including realistic expectations & a final dissection of every player amongst many other topics.

This Nick solo episode details; tidbits out of the BYE including quotes from the returning Michael Lindauer, an update on the Alex’s Lemonade Stand fundraiser with SIU/Chris Presto leading the way in donations, NFL Dawgs update, a quick check-in on a few commits, recent/upcoming MVFC matchups and a full breakdown of the also-struggling Sycamores of Indiana State.

This episode details; GA/QB Michael Lindauer’s waiver being accepted to be able to suit up the rest of the season, pregame field notables including a lot of alumni in attendance, tidbits from the big loss with multiple positives headlined by Jake Curry’s toughness & some young talent getting PT, recent/upcoming MVFC matchups, NFL & commits update and a status report at this much needed BYE week.

This Noah solo episode details; Commit & Recruiting updates, upcoming MVFC games and a full preview of the No. 2 ranked Bison of North Dakota State in our Homecoming weekend matchup.

This Nick solo episode details; the continued discussion of Hunter Simmons' season-ending leg injury with the news from Coach Hill of the potential return of Michael Lindauer via waiver to help fill the now-depleted QB room, other true freshman QB ET Harris having a second surgery, other pregame notables & injury notes, small recap of another blowout loss pretty much dagging the season, frustrating takeaways overall, other recent MVFC games, NFL Dawgs update and a sneak peek to Noah's solo Homecoming preview.

This episode details; our full MVC schedule dissection with toughest/easiest stretches, a mention of the new grey alternate jerseys the team will rock this season, notables from the recent player interviews with Luke, a check-in to recruiting with players lost & still in-on, what some of the pro Dawgs are up to including the whirlwind legend Marcus Domask is going through, a dive into the league’s Preseason Poll/Teams with OUR OWN PICKS as well as who we think could be top newcomers & most-improved and a sneak peek to future episodes just mere weeks away from season tip-off.

This episode details; quickly mentioning the season perhaps being in a spiral after the blowout at the hands of the Coyotes in our first MVFC matchup, pre/during game injury notables, positives/negatives, recent upcoming fellow Valley games, refreshed Top-25’s with us surprisingly still in them, NFL/commits weekly update and a preview of the Redbirds in our first matchup in two seasons in the annual BlackOut Cancer game & our season potentially on the line.

This episode details; the disappointing home blowout loss at the hands of the Redhawks as the Wheel heads back to Cape, the amazing & historic crowd that saw it, more injury news including TE Ryan Schwendeman maybe being out for the season, main game takeaways that led to the defeat, recent/upcoming MVFC team games, refreshed Top-25 rankings, commits & former Dawgs update and a full preview of the No. 5 ranked Coyotes of South Dakota in our first conference matchup of the season.

This episode details; the recent big injury news via Coach Hill outlining DJ Williams’ upcoming surgery & timeframe, mentioning most others hurt from Saturday are good to go along with the confidence in Hunter Simmons, the notable plays from this week’s win including the massive breakout of Keontez Lewis, recent/upcoming MVFC team’s other non-con games, all new Top-25 rankings, the usual commits/NFL/Branson update and finished off with our preview of the RedHawks in the annual War For The Wheel in which the Dawgs are looking to retain the trophy.

This episode details; finally having our non-conference schedule finished including most of the MTE teams known & a new three-year contract with High Point, Luke Walsh coming to visit this weekend, solid multiple other recent offers/visits, a former-Dawgs update including Trent Brown being officially on as a GA at Baylor & Lance/Xavier/Jovan finding overseas opportunities, around the MVC check-in AND our reactions to the annual Blue Ribbon Committee standings/first-team predictions.

This episode details; another new 2025 commit, other fellow commits’ upcoming games, a couple new recruits that the staff has wished Good Luck, injury tidbits from Coach Hill going into this week, MyCole & Jeremy’s NFL matchup this weekend with also a meeting of Branson Combs v. Isaiah Hartrup, other MVFC games, a quick discussion on potential future FCS to FBS possibilities and a preview of the very high-powered Cardinals of Incarnate Word.

This episode details; the very important sideline report that confirms the inaccurate updates for the weekly two-deep, our first dub of the season with the key game moments, the spectacular games of Shaun Lester Jr. & Ben Bogle (among others) that led the way on both sides, other key notables, recent MVFC games & new rankings and capped off with a commits/NFL update.

This episode details; EVERYTHING from our loss out in Provo from Noah’s overall experience to pregame/sideline notables, the game itself with a dissection of particular moments that went the Cougars way, stats breakdown with some PFF grades, positives & negatives, other MVFC/FCS Week One matchups, new Top-25 rankings, a commits update, who the NFL Salukis are playing this opening weekend, other upcoming Week Two matchups and a FULL breakdown of the Governors as us & the Dawgs head to Clarksville looking for the first dub.

This Week One episode details; the recent injury news to the roster with do-it-all TE Aidan Quinn who will miss most of the season & FR QB ET Harris having recent arm surgery, PJ Jules being initially waived by the Bengals but signs point towards him returning for their practice squad, a new 2025 commit with ALL the others’ recent games/stats, a full breakdown of the official depth chart with surprises, our predictions for who will lead us in every stat category, short tidbits from the recent presser/interviews, a rundown of other MVFC/FCS WK1 matchups, a great appearance from BYU Insider Mitch Harper in helping us know more about the Cougars AND our usual picks & predictions.

This special episode details; Nick now being joined by top returning receiver Vinson Davis III with just barely over a week until Week One with discussing his excitement levels for the season with how he & the team are feeling health wise, revisiting his great season that led to him being All-Newcomer & Honorable Mention All-MVFC, how impressive it is doing it in his first year in the Valley with what he also learned, his road to SIU in every football path to this point, his favorite WRs to watch/emulate, his thoughts on evolving as a go-to guy & leader overall but especially amongst his fellow WRs in the room, his expectations & improvements for the offense as a whole this season, what he's looking forward to most in facing BYU, if he prefers a GW long TD catch or kick return TD and his final declaration to SIU fans on why this will be a good season.

This very long episode details; everything housekeeping wise that has gone on in the last couple weeks including the known almost-full ‘25 & ‘26 schedules & some more FCS rankings, a quick Pro Dawgs update, a long final two-deep co-prediction with the usual season topics we want answers to AND finished off with our team record picks.

This episode details; the very exciting news of landing one of Missouri’s best players in three star G Luke Walsh with also why he chose SIU, other notable recruiting offers/interests, our early reactions to ALL the recent unofficial Non-Conference matchups, a current team update headlined by Coach Nagy’s recent interview with the multiple others provided by Luke Martin, a quick former Dawgs & MVC update and mention of future episodes as the team departs before Fall.

This episode details; the recently announced FBS/MVFC preseason polls/teams with where some SIU veterans reside, tidbits from Coach Hill’s MVFC presser & ALL the other coaches/players interviews as summer has wound down & Fall camp being fully underway, FOUR new 2025 commits at many important positions, a quick Pro Dawgs update and a sneak peek to the other upcoming episodes leading up to the season.

This episode details; the recent news of Purdue being our 2025 FBS opponent, initial thoughts along with another mention of the other 2026 & 2027 B10 matchups, the retirement of veteran QB Michael Lindauer who is staying on staff as a defensive GA, Dune Smith landing at Incarnate Word who will be in town Week Three, all the previous freshmen moving in, a couple new young/old additions to this season’s roster, KY ILB/RB Kaden Clay being our first 2025 high school commit, a check-in on the Pro Dawgs and a sneak peek to future episodes.

This episode details; the exciting news of SIU being a part of the inaugural Field-Of-68 Showcase tipping off the entire 24-25 season, initial thoughts with which other teams are in it, the recent unofficially announced P5 matchup v. Florida in what is the FIRST EVER matchup between the two programs, a quick current team update including trainer Riley Hoistad's return & more team interviews from Luke Martin, a GIANT recruiting update headlined by 2025 stud guard Myles Herro and a check-in on X/Marcus/Lance as their professional careers begin as undrafted free agents.

This episode details; summer workouts beginning, the completion of the 2024-25 roster with a trio of additions including UT-Rio Grande Valley elite scoring guard Elijah Elliot & the No. 58 ranked JUCO player in Antwaun Massey, how both fit into this now-full roster, adding Benton star G Isaac Billington to be a PWO, notables from Coach Nagy’s recent interview with Luke Martin, perhaps more new jerseys coming next season via head of equipment Matt Orbany, a new 2025 recruit coming to visit soon and a touch of MVC news.

This Nick solo episode details; the recently announced kick-off time for our FBS matchup with the Cougars on August 31st, recapping notables from the interview with Ubayd Steed, a new Director of Player Personnel & new FBS DE talented add, other housekeeping things including Izaiah Hartrup's official new home, a mention of the recent 2025 offers in recruiting and a FULL dissection of the current depth chart in its way-too-early addition.

This long-awaited episode details; Nick discussing landing our favorite player in the portal in Ali Abdou Dibba from Abilene Christian who has the scoring/experience this new team needs & a talented Top-48 JUCO player in Jorge Moreno, excitement levels for both with where they profile on this new team, another quick rundown of the roster, where Trey Miller/Cade Hornecker/Brendan Mullins are now headed, a quick recruiting update and a sneak peek to more off-season episodes.

This special episode details; Nick being joined by star nickel safety Ubayd Steed for our first EVER player interview with discussing everything from what he's been up to this offseason, his full journey being from Philly & what his other interests were with also his previous school, what interested him in coming to SIU, his relationships with Coach Hill & Coach James, what it was like playing on that great defense last season, his overall play this past season in being All-Newcomer, which other teammates us fans should look out for and what his individual/team expectations are for 2024.

This episode details; the RETURN of our favorite Kennard Davis Jr., THREE other transfer additions including Missouri State's Damien Mayo Jr. & Tyler Bey along with Texas State's Davion Sykes, a discussion about how their skill sets profile to the team, other insights within the team, the new "Pride of Little Egypt" NIL collective with comments from AD Tim Leonard, a quick recruiting & MVC update and a sneak peek to upcoming episodes.

This episode details; the success of last Saturday’s Saluki Equipment yard sale, Dune Smith/Mark Davis & others entering the portal, some finding new homes already, the FIVE new portal additions, a discussion around the new "Pride of Little Egypt" NIL collective, short Spring Game takeaways, a check-in on PJ/Justin Strong/James Caesar and a quick trip around the MVFC.

This long episode details; the recent return of Jarrett Hensley, other former players who have still yet to make a decision or have already found new homes, ALL new player additions including a couple incoming freshmen & one who recently redshirted, ALL new staff members with one special return, the massive news of a new deal with Banterra Bank that includes NIL assistance, a quick recruiting recap of recent visits/interests, what other teams have done around the MVC so far, where previous great Valley players are now headed and we officially put a bow on the tremendous college careers of Lance Jones, Marcus Domask & Xavier Johnson.

This episode details; a team update with a couple recent portal entries including one at an important position in punter Nathan Torney, Jacob Caughell leaving the program, some new roster additions, biggest takeaways from the Friday night practice in Du Quoin including the struggles from the specialists & quarterbacks, other things like who else stuck out most & who wasn't there/participating, Justin Strong showing out in testing for his NFL opportunity, a couple new homes for legends Jeremy Chinn & MyCole Pruitt, some former Dawgs getting IFL/UFL opportunities and a sneak peek to our first attended Spring Game.

This episode details; the exciting new hire of Wright State's HC Scott Nagy, the whirlwind process to get to this point, everything in said process that Tim Leonard described, Scott's history to this point and where else he's been to have all this success, what he likes to do X's & O's wise, what he's going to do with recruiting for HS/portal, his process on keeping previous players, dealing with NIL & assembling a staff, what else has gone on around the MVC and a sneak peek to future episodes regarding what next moves Coach Nagy could make.

This episode details; the historic weekend in STL overall in Thursday’s 2OT loss to UIC being the final game in the SIU HC career of the legendary Bryan Mullins, quick thoughts on the game itself & also on this past season as a whole with mainly revolving around the players, the FULL discussion on why firing Bryan was a bad choice in the moment, our thoughts around EVERYTHING AD Tim Leonard has said about the decision, what this means for early candidates of replacement with perhaps a timetable, our ending thoughts of the Bryan Era in what it has meant to us to cover his tenure and a sneak peek to the next episode.

This episode details; housekeeping info with X leading the MVC in both points & assists, the number for total fans at Banterra this season reaching over 90K, RJ McGee reportedly leaving the bench at the end of Sunday’s Senior Day loss & it looks like isn’t with the team anymore, a discussion on the official MVC awards being announced, a new JUCO interest, Lance & Purdue sweeping Marcus & the Illini, our game-by-game picks with what SIU has to do to go on a run and who we predict will be on Selection Sunday as the Valley’s AQ.

This episode details; the very poor 2H performance that ended our hopes of getting a BYE at Arch Madness, why this team faltered down the stretch even against a red hot & solid Panthers team, what other final games looked like today, a mention of recruit Anthony Gause’s season coming to an end as well as a new 2025 offer, our final Valley Award predictions before they’re announced early next week and a sneak peek to our next episode.

This episode details; the poor performance up in Peoria in one that we know didn’t mean much but it’s how it was played that has us a little uneasy, why the old Dawgs showed up in turnovers & lack of rebounding, recent games & the other inportant seeding-implicated matchups tomorrow, a new NET update with a mention of the final scenarios, a recruiting update including top recruit Anthony Gause in the F4, Marcus dominating the Badgers back home & JD's final season stats and a preview of the biggest game of Bryan Mullins' career in a Fight For Fourth Place v. the UNI Panthers on Senior Day.