The Lotcast

Trey, Essad, and Alec return from a Thanksgiving break with a men's basketball and football team that have traveled in very different directions over the last two weeks. 

Essad, Jackson, and Alec all learned some stuff from State's win over VCU and Will Wade's latest presser. 

Trey, Essad, and Alec commit the whole hour to the first tastes of the Will Wade era and what may come next for this team. 

In a packed episode, the whole team breaks down Will Wade's debut and wins against #8 in football and women's basketball. 

Trey, Essad, and Alec have an open discussion on expectations for the men's basketball team. 

Joe Giglio of Ovies & Giglio joins the show to examine the state of the football program and look toward a fast approaching future.

State enters the thunderdome with its upcoming schedule. Will it collect some quality wins or go out with a whimper? 

The whole team Discusses a likely inflection point for the Dave Doeren tenure and how State moves forward from it. 

Essad, Trey, and Alec air their grievances from a disappointing result against Duke and get excited as Will Wade talks about lower body strength. 

Alec breaks his streak of 75 consecutive episodes while Trey, Jackson, and Essad carry on to cover with relief the comeback win in Winston-Salem over Wake Forest.
The group discusses CJ Bailey's growth, Hollywood Smothers unstoppable-ness, and potential concerns as we look ahead to Duke.
Then Chat GPT enters the show with some choice words on outside zone and Pop-Tarts...yes, really.