Hack and Scratch

00:00 – Cold open + Farmers State Bank intro00:51 – Welcome + Sheets-Adams Realtors read; Episode 21 is "legal to drink," but it's a dry episode01:44 – A new game: the Fearless Forecaster grades each McPherson fall team and names its all-time Mount Rushmore02:56 – Girls tennis: state runner-up and an A; the late Doug Gayer, Ellea Ediger, and 2021 doubles champions Patty Huerta and Perrin Schneider05:16 – Girls golf (five years in and the numbers are up), then cross-country: both teams 8th at state, a B; three-time state champion Caleb Muehler, 2009 champion Adam Porter, coach Nikolous Rempe08:39 – Volleyball: a B-plus after a tough state draw; setter Rylie Whitfield; the 2012 state champions with Katelyn Loecker and Paige Regnier11:32 – Boys soccer: "A-plus-plus-plus" for everything this team went through this year; Coach Adrian, Coach Post and the program's greats14:39 – Coming later: basketball Mount Rushmores and an all-area football team15:03 – Playoffs, round two — 4A: top-seeded McPherson (8-1) hosts Augusta (6-3), a 42-6 Week 1 win; Bishop Miege vs. St. Thomas Aquinas looms in the East18:54 – 1A: Inman (7-2) gets a Hillsboro rematch (21-0 in Week 5); Moundridge at top-seeded Sterling (53-21 in Week 1); TMP-Marian vs. Plainville; Conway Springs vs. Smith Center23:00 – 8-Man Division I: Canton-Galva vs. Southeast-Cherokee (5-4); top-seeded Oswego's single wing; a West bracket led by Lincoln and defending champion South Central25:50 – 8-Man Division II: Little River vs. Osborne (Kevin Ayers vs. Steve Tiernan); Hanover, Axtell and Cunningham, last year's six-man champion; five county teams still alive28:26 – Who goes furthest? Myron picks Little River, with Canton-Galva the dark horse29:38 – McPherson football in the 2010s: the Bishop Carroll "ice game," a 15-14 semifinal loss to Goddard, and the semifinals that got away31:33 – The Back Nine, presented by HCI + standings: Scratch and Ole My 35-27, Hack 32-30, the Fearless Forecaster 31-23 ("fade the Hack")32:32 – College: Oklahoma State at K-State (a clean sweep for the Cowboys with Avery Johnson out); UCF at KU splits the table37:25 – NFL Week 9: Raiders at 49ers (all four take Las Vegas and the points); Jets at Chiefs (another sweep for Kansas City)42:50 – Packers at Patriots: Myron alone on New England46:04 – Wild cards: Miami at Notre Dame ("Catholics vs. Convicts") and the Holy War, BYU at Utah (a fourth clean sweep)50:43 – The Fearless Forecaster's extra games (Rams, Broncos, Texans, Bears) + best bets: Myron's Bears, Hack's Dylan Edwards (80-plus rushing yards vs. UCF), Scratch's Broncos −2.5 at Carolina53:34 – Thanks to all our sponsors / sign-off

00:00 – Cold open + Farmers State Bank intro00:51 – Welcome + Sheets-Adams Realtors read01:25 – The Internet Invitational: Dave Portnoy's $4 million, 64-player YouTube golf event, and the hosts' pitch for an invite03:35 – State recap: McPherson soccer's season ends in the state quarterfinals at Berean Academy; volleyball's brutal pool (Paola, Andale, eventual champion Bishop Miege) and Rylie Whitfield's 2,500 career assists; Moundridge 4th, Little River 3rd, Inman a state qualifier05:14 – Cross country: McPherson's boys and girls both 8th at state; Canton-Galva's Jaycob Dieker and Faith McMannis in the top 3005:36 – Ellinwood volleyball: a viral warm-up video and 94 straight wins06:30 – Sunflower Scorecard, brought to you by Neighbors Cafe: top-seeded McPherson routs El Dorado 49-7 and gets Augusta next08:59 – Smoky Valley's season ends 35-12 at Clearwater; Moundridge wins 24-16 at Belle Plaine to set up top-ranked Sterling; Inman beats Salina Sacred Heart 43-2 and gets a Hillsboro rematch10:36 – 8-man: Canton-Galva wins 36-30 at Lyndon and hosts Southeast-Cherokee; Little River beats Meade 76-16 and gets Osborne (Kevin Ayers vs. Steve Tiernan); Elyria Christian's first season ends 45-33 at Palco14:39 – Players of the Week, sponsored by Contemporary Anesthesia Solutions: Canton-Galva's offensive line and blocking backs (400-plus rushing yards); McPherson's fall sports teams16:57 – College: South Carolina's LaNorris Sellers (301 passing, 96 rushing, five touchdowns in a 42-25 win at Oklahoma); Iowa State's Aiden Flora (29 carries, 221 yards in a 51-49 win over Oklahoma State)19:12 – NFL: Joe Burrow goes back-to-back (462 yards, six touchdowns — only Norm Van Brocklin had done it before); Brock Bowers breaks Mike Ditka's tight-end record22:33 – The Clubhouse Audit, sponsored by B&B Hydraulics23:15 – KU overdrawn after a 13-0 lead turns into a 22-16 loss at TCU26:37 – K-State overdrawn: down to its third or fourth quarterback, and what NIL money does to quarterback depth29:18 – Raiders: Scratch says overdrawn (30-plus points allowed in five straight games); Hack keeps them check to check behind Kirk Cousins' 19 touchdowns33:13 – Would you trade Kirk Cousins to Minnesota, Philadelphia or Baltimore and hand the job to Fernando Mendoza?36:04 – Patriots grind out a win in Miami to reach 5-3: check to check38:45 – Chiefs: check to check but trending the wrong way after blowing a lead in a 28-24 loss at Denver; a soft three-game stretch before Buffalo on Thanksgiving43:16 – "Fade the Hack": Back Nine trash talk and the Fearless Forecaster's big week43:49 – Thanks to all our sponsors / sign-off

00:00 – Cold open + Farmers State Bank intro00:51 – Welcome: the four amigos back together for a late-week episode + Sheets-Adams Realtors read01:20 – State volleyball in Salina: the Bullpups drop their pool-play opener to Paola (26-28, 20-25) with Andale and Bishop Miege still to come03:21 – Area teams at state volleyball: Moundridge, Inman and Little River04:02 – State cross-country Saturday at Wamego, plus Canton-Galva's Faith McMannis and Jaycob Dieker04:36 – Soccer: McPherson beats Circle 4-1, Coach Adrian back on the sideline for an emotional senior night, regional final vs. Wichita Classical School05:40 – Week 9 = playoff round one: McPherson hosts 1-7 El Dorado; the Augusta–Rose Hill winner could be next07:52 – Smoky Valley closes Caleb Lambert's first season vs. winless Clearwater08:51 – 1A bi-district: Inman vs. Salina Sacred Heart, Moundridge vs. Belle Plaine (with Sterling lurking)10:43 – 8-man: Canton-Galva at Lyndon, Little River vs. Meade, Elyria Christian's first season ends at Palco13:11 – Is the playoff format broken? Great Bend's 55-14 loss, Larned not playing Andale, and the case for byes vs. the old district format17:27 – The McPherson Wall of Fame: has it gotten too easy to get on?19:01 – The Fearless Forecaster, 36 years on the committee, explains the criteria and why more names are going up22:16 – Two-sport all-state athletes, coaches-association voting, and the newer all-state lists27:40 – The Back Nine, presented by HCI28:08 – Standings: Scratch leads at 31-24; Hack and Ole My 30-25; Fearless above .500 at 23-2129:49 – College: K-State at Colorado (the line flips with K-State's QB news) and KU at TCU35:34 – NFL: Raiders at the "hapless" Jets38:18 – Chiefs at Broncos: the Fearless Forecaster takes Denver outright42:56 – Patriots at Dolphins and Ravens at Bills47:43 – Undefeated Vikings at Lions50:41 – Fearless's extra games: Packers, Rams, Steelers51:18 – Best bets: Mahomes over 12.5 rushing yards, Ashton Jeanty over 27.5 receiving yards, Myron's Denver money line52:31 – Thanks to our sponsors / sign-off

00:00 – Cold open + Farmers State Bank intro00:51 – Welcome + Sheets-Adams Realtors read: the regular season is over, it's state time for cross country, soccer and volleyball, and the football brackets are out01:23 – Volleyball: the Bullpups win sub-state as the 4 seed (Hugoton, then Wellington 25-22, 25-20) and head to 4A state in Hutchinson in a pool with Andale, Paola and Bishop Miege; Moundridge (2) and Inman (3) share a 2A pool in Salina; Little River is the 5 seed in 1A Division I with Centralia, Goessel and St. John-Hudson04:40 – Cross country: both Bullpup teams second at the Hutchinson regional — Kamryn Prescott, Adeline Kramer and Eliza Jex medal for the girls, Tripp Pelzel and Xavier Hartinger for the boys; Canton-Galva's Faith McMannis and Jaycob Dieker qualify too05:36 – Soccer: the Bullpups host Circle on Tuesday after an emotional three-win week (Augusta 8-0, Hesston 2-0, Circle 5-2)07:19 – Sponsor: Neighbors Cafe (Sunflower Scorecard)07:39 – Sunflower Scorecard: Bullpups 54, Winfield 24 — 7-1 and the 4A West 1 seed after Great Bend fell 55-14 to Junction City; El Dorado comes to McPherson Stadium; Bishop Miege and Aquinas loom in the East10:32 – Around the area: Smoky Valley falls 34-0 to Hillsboro; Inman 41, Moundridge 6 in the "greatest rivalry west of the Mississippi" (Inman hosts Sacred Heart, Moundridge goes to Belle Plaine); Canton-Galva 24, Washington County 38 with 11 players dressed (Lyndon on Thursday); Little River 54, Ellis 012:46 – Larned forfeits its playoff game at Andale — should the 15 and 16 seeds make the playoffs? Hack's 2001 Salina Central–Great Bend district story14:55 – Elyria Christian loses 47-33 at Centre and heads to Palco for the season finale (a geography lesson)16:30 – Sponsor: Contemporary Anesthesia Solutions (Players of the Week)16:52 – High school Players of the Week: Carter Bengtson (17 of 23, 338 yards, five TD passes plus a rushing score at Winfield) and the MHS soccer team; Tyler Jerrick (two interceptions) and the Inman offense's 28-point first quarter19:32 – College and NFL Players of the Week: KU's Blake Herold (a hand on three kicks, the last one the game-saving block in a 25-24 homecoming win over Baylor) and Dylan Edwards (33 touches, 171 yards); Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Amon-Ra St. Brown; Joe Burrow for MVP and Steve's bold predictions24:46 – Sponsor: B&B Hydraulics (Clubhouse Audit)25:11 – Clubhouse Audit, college: KU finally wins a close one (overdrawn for Scratch, up to check-to-check for Hack); K-State overdrawn after Arizona State, with Avery Johnson possibly out for the season28:59 – Clubhouse Audit, NFL: the Raiders slide to check-to-check after a fourth straight loss (Fernando Mendoza questions, a brutal AFC West schedule); the Patriots stay check-to-check after the loss in Chicago33:55 – The Chiefs after the 20-3 loss in Seattle: Scratch moves them to check-to-check, Hack leaves them flush — but living on their savings heading to Denver38:00 – Thanks to all the sponsors / sign-off

00:00 – Cold open + Farmers State Bank intro00:51 – Welcome: Hack, Scratch, Myron and the Fearless Forecaster in the boardroom; Sponsor: Sheets Adams Realtors (and Myron's realtor-emeritus status)01:57 – State tennis: Bullpups runner-up for the fourth straight year behind Wichita Collegiate; Mason Wiens fifth in singles, the No. 1 doubles team second03:07 – State golf: Amelia Moody and Lleyton Kuhn make the cut; Kuhn 13th for a medal — two state medals in three days; six seniors graduate04:22 – Soccer 10-5 after beating Augusta 8-0 and Hesston 2-0; cross country regionals Saturday; volleyball sub-state — Bullpups (29-8) host as the No. 4 seed in the West06:35 – Bishop Miege, club volleyball and a plea to the state legislators07:46 – Area volleyball sub-states: Moundridge (35-4), Inman (32-7), Little River (31-6) and Elyria Christian all with a path to state10:25 – Week 8 football: Bullpups at Winfield (Monty Lewis) — the path to the No. 1 seed runs through Junction City beating Great Bend12:37 – Smoky Valley at Hillsboro; the Inman–Moundridge rivalry; Canton-Galva vs. Washington County for the No. 2 seed; Little River, Elyria Christian16:25 – Myron's scouting report on the Canton-Galva play-caller17:28 – Back Nine standings: Hack and Scratch 28-20, Myron 27-21, Fearless 16-18; Sponsor: HCI (Home Communications Inc., Galva)18:10 – Myron's complaint: identical picks, "Aetna" (all talk, no action) and what $100 units would be worth21:23 – College picks: Baylor at KU (a Baylor sweep), K-State at Arizona State, Houston at Utah30:25 – NFL picks: Patriots at Bears on Thursday night — Hack picks against his Patriots33:41 – Rams at Raiders — Scratch's Raiders are 5-1 against the spread37:05 – Chiefs at Seahawks on Sunday night (Zoom's 40-minute limit stops the recording after Scratch's pick; it resumes with the next game)39:56 – Packers at Lions — Myron's phone call, and the pause explained43:44 – Best bets: TreVeyon Henderson over 32.5 rush-plus-receiving yards, Ashton Jeanty over 25.5 receiving yards, CMC 5+ receptions, Myron's 49ers at Atlanta45:40 – The Fearless Forecaster catches up with three NFL picks: Vikings, Ravens, Broncos46:48 – Bo Nix and Ryan Fitzpatrick's barbs47:44 – Wrap-up: thanks to the sponsors / sign-off

00:00 – Cold open + Farmers State Bank intro00:51 – Welcome + Sponsor: Sheets-Adams Realtors01:19 – With heavy hearts: Saturday's tragedy at Stryker Sports Complex in Wichita. Scratch was there, a parking lot away from the field where it happened; the waiting, the not knowing, then learning it was a McPherson team. Thoughts with the Adrian and Schafer families and every family affected, and with the community that has come together — the fundraisers, Monday evening's soccer game where everyone wore red or blue (blue was Cole's favorite color), Sunday morning's sunrise05:48 – Sponsor: Neighbors Cafe (Sunflower Scorecard) — the lunch specials, and why both hosts will clear a day for crispitos07:30 – Sunflower Scorecard: McPherson 38, Tonganoxie 19. The Bullpups are 6-1 and ranked No. 2; Great Bend's loss puts the 4A West top seed in play before the finale at Winfield. The offense is finding new ways to get its playmaker the ball10:10 – Around the area: Smoky Valley falls to Concordia 18-14; Inman loses to Council Grove 36-21 but stays 3-0 in district ahead of the Moundridge rivalry; Moundridge goes for two and beats Remington 15-14; Canton-Galva stumbles at Bennington 37-32 with Washington County next for the No. 2 seed; Sylvan-Lucas (coach Ben Labertew) beats Little River 54-38; Elyria Christian falls 45-2013:22 – McPherson College vs. Friends (Friends 48, Bulldogs 24): competitive first half, then the Friends flexbone pulls away. A text from a happy Friends dad14:41 – Sponsor: Contemporary Anesthesia Solutions (Players of the Week)15:04 – Players of the Week, high school: Scratch picks Council Grove quarterback Luke Stewart (341 passing yards, two touchdowns through the air and two on the ground against Inman). Hack gives his to the McPherson community and the area teams that have rallied around the victims16:37 – College: Scratch picks Friends running back E'derian Sykes, who ran for 140 yards and four touchdowns on 18 carries against a stingy Bulldog defense; Hack picks the underdogs after a weekend of upsets (Auburn over Georgia, BYU over Notre Dame, Tennessee over Alabama, Florida over Texas) and a word for the Big 1218:43 – NFL: Hack reluctantly picks Kenneth Walker III (128 yards, two touchdowns) and the Chiefs' run game; Scratch picks the Browns defense, 4-2 and leading the division after holding Derrick Henry to 58 yards21:12 – Sponsor: B&B Hydraulics (Clubhouse Audit)21:54 – Clubhouse Audit, college: the Sunflower Showdown. KU stays overdrawn after another game it had to win; Hack drops K-State to overdrawn, Scratch keeps them check to check, barely26:44 – Clubhouse Audit, NFL: the Raiders' 33-30 loss to the Bills (Hack flush, Scratch check to check); the Patriots check to check with AJ Brown's drops and a growing injury list; the Chiefs flush; bonus audit: the Cowboys overdrawn34:17 – Canton-Galva girls at the state golf tournament, day one: Lleyton Kuhn shoots a career-best 79 and sits tied for sixth, Amelia Moody makes the cut at 90, two seniors close out their careers, and the bunker lesson from Coach Kinnaman37:03 – Sign-off: thoughts and prayers with the families and victims of Saturday's tragedy, and thanks to McPherson and the area for rallying to support them