Seasons Over Without Closure
Until Saturday: A show about college football
The Athletic
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2020
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Andy Staples is joined by The Athletic's Scott Dochterman. Scott says the NCAA's decision to cancel remaining winter and spring championships is "devastating" in Iowa. The guys talk about what type of storytelling they will do while the world has seemingly come to a stop and what college football games to rewatch during social isolation. Plus, Andy & Scott discuss some of the country's best craft brews.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Andy Staples show. What the hell do we do now, edition? |
| 0:24.4 | There are no sports for the foreseeable future. |
| 0:28.8 | Most of us are confined to our homes, except to go to work and to the grocery store. |
| 0:34.9 | A lot of us are staying home with our kids. |
| 0:39.1 | A lot of us are in charge of education for the kids, whether the lessons are coming through the internet or not. |
| 0:44.8 | It is going to be a very different time for all of us over the next few weeks, possibly months. |
| 0:51.2 | We don't know yet. And to help break it down, I'm bringing on the most rational person we have at the athletic. |
| 0:58.3 | The man who, when there's a gathering of people, when that sort of thing is allowed and responsible, |
| 1:05.4 | always brings a cooler of beer for everyone to enjoy. |
| 1:08.8 | Scott Docterman, our Iowa beat writer. |
| 1:10.9 | Scott, welcome. Hey, thanks beatwriter. Scott, welcome. |
| 1:12.5 | Hey, thanks for having me on, Andy. |
| 1:14.2 | I really appreciate it. |
| 1:15.8 | So, Scott, what's this been like for you? |
| 1:19.7 | You cover Iowa. |
| 1:21.2 | They are in the midst of a really good time in the sports world. |
| 1:26.5 | I got Luca Garza, who may be the best basketball player in the |
| 1:29.1 | country this year. He and Obie Topin, unfortunately, will not get to have that argument hashed out |
| 1:34.4 | during the NCAA tournament. But you've got that, the wrestling team, obviously. They're about |
| 1:39.8 | to start baseball, softball conference play. What was it like at Iowa last week as all of this news started to roll in? |
| 1:50.4 | You know, it's been pretty devastating, really. |
| 1:53.4 | Because as you mentioned, you know, and you talk about the winter sports. |
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