Pair and a Spare Podcast 2026, Week Nine Review: Hoosier Heartbreak, Big Ten Roundup, Coaches Mad

Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard are back to discuss the Gopher heartbreaker at Indiana. What to do with the offense? What's up with Drake Lindsay? Anything the defense could have done different? The guys also go around the Big Ten discussing the latest Nebraska meltdown loss, the new-loo…

Pair and a Spare Podcast 2026, Week Eight Review: Gophers Beat Iowa, Win Pig

With the Gophers winning another rivalry game and setting off another field storming at home Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard spend 95% of the show this week recapping the 13-10 win. Burnsie called it one of the best Gopher defensive performances he has ever seen, did the Gophers "Out-Iow…

Pair and a Spare Podcast 2026, Week Seven Review: Crazy Weekend, Parity, CFP Expansion, Gophers/Iowa

Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard are back after the Gopher bye to review a crazy weekend in college football with multiple Top 10 teams losing. Parity is here in college football just in time for the College Football Playoff to expand. After the break the guys preview the Gophers importan…

Pair and a Spare Podcast 2026, Week 6 Review: Purdue Cooks Gophers, Iowa Rolls, Nebraska Nebraskas

Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard are back to discuss the Gophers momentum-halting loss at Purdue. Blood (not Maverick Baranowski's) was on the hands of all phases on Saturday and the guys talk about the defense imploding, the offense struggling, the game script and flow decisions and the …

Pair and a Spare Podcast 2026, Week Five Review: Gophers Win Jug, Day to Remember, Big Ten Chaos

When the Gophers do something that hasn't been done since 1977 (beat Michigan in Minneapolis) you have to spend most of the show breaking that down. Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard cover it all: the buildup of the morning with Big Noon Kickoff, the sell-out crowd, the Gopher defense agai…

Pair and a Spare Podcast 2026, Week Four Review: Gophers Big Win, Big Ten West Lives!

Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard are back to discuss the Gophers big road win over Washington late Saturday night. It was the most complete Gopher performance in a while, the guys talk about the defense dominating, the offense starting hot and the special teams (again) being a big factor …

Pair And a Spare Preview Podcast: Softy from Seattle Previews Washington

Host Justin Gaard is joined by his longtime friend and Seattle radio legend Dave "Softy" Mahler to get his take on the Washington Huskies season so far. Softy is also the sideline reporter for the Washington Sports Network and gives Gopher fans making the trip a scouting report on what to do in Sea…

Pair and a Spare Podcast 2026, Week 3 Review: Gophers Beat Akron, Washington Preview, Tapping Coach

Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard are back to review the Gophers win over Akron, preview the road trip to Washington and go around the Big Ten. Gaardsy also comes clean about what an idiot he was on Saturday and the guys discover something called a "Tapping Coach" before discussing other g…

Pair and a Spare Podcast 2026 Week Two Review: Gophers Lose, Defensive Issues, Darius Dilemma, Big Ten Recap

Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard are back to review the Gophers deflating loss to Mississippi State on Saturday? What went wrong with the Gophers defense and can it be fixed? How do they need to handle Darius Taylor moving forward? The guys also spin around the Big Ten and talk about Oreg…

Pair and a Spare Podcast 2026 Week One Review: Gophers Win, Michigan Meltdown, Iowa and Wisconsin

Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard are back to review the Gophers dominant win to open the season against Eastern Illinois and preview the Mississippi State game this Saturday before discussing the Michigan Clock Meltdown, Iowa's win and Wisconsin's loss.