NFL Kicking off on a Wednesday, Latest with Puka Nacua, Final Four Picks
3 and Out with John Middlekauff
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
4.8 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 26 March 2026
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
A wide-ranging episode of 3 & Out tackling some of the biggest conversations across football and college sports.
The show opens with a take on the NFL potentially kicking off on a Wednesday and why it doesn’t sit right, breaking down what it means for the league’s traditional calendar. Then, a look at how college sports continue to evolve in the NIL era and the long-term impact on programs, players, and the overall landscape.
From there, the focus shifts to Puka Nacua and the latest surrounding his off-field situation, followed by an update on Patrick Mahomes and his timeline as he tracks toward a return.
The episode also dives into Ty Simpson’s draft outlook, where he should be selected, and how teams may evaluate his upside at the next level. To close, Final Four picks and a breakdown of the remaining teams as March Madness reaches its peak.
Finally, John answers your questions in this episode's mailbag segment.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:05.2 | The volume. |
| 0:19.5 | What is going on, my people, John Middilcoff, Three Now Podcasts? |
| 0:23.6 | Happy Sweet 16. |
| 0:25.9 | Let's go Arkansas and the Johnny's. |
| 0:28.3 | I'll actually pick my final four a little bit later, but we got a busy, busy show. |
| 0:32.7 | Because I need to dive in on the Australian game, which is kicking off at 10.30 a.m. on Friday in Australia for the Niners and the Rams. |
| 0:42.3 | A take with college sports that is driving me nuts I want to dive into. |
| 0:46.1 | Puka Nakua feels like the guy's kind of life-set-a-fork in the road. |
| 0:51.3 | Ty Simpson, that argument just continues. |
| 0:55.1 | There's video of Mahomes. |
| 0:57.3 | We will do a little change of scenery today. |
| 1:01.7 | And we'll end with a couple mailbag questions. |
| 1:04.5 | At John Middlecoff is the Instagram firing those DMs. |
| 1:07.6 | So, yeah, that'll kind of do. |
| 1:09.5 | We've got a lot going on. |
| 1:10.4 | I'm fired up for today's show you |
| 1:12.1 | you guys know the drill if you listen on collins feed make sure you subscribe to three and out if |
| 1:16.5 | uh all of our video all of our video up on netflix go check that out i'm actually recording this |
| 1:25.0 | before the uh giant's yankees which is also on netflix It's weird. I mean, I grew up a diehard Giants fan, but I kind of enjoy the Yankees in a weird way, because I don't think the Giants are going to be any good. I'm going to root for the Yankees this year. Maybe not tonight. But I'm excited for a little regular season baseball on in the background. |
| 1:45.6 | But let's dive into some football. |
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