Local Hour: The U Is Back (For Real This Time)

It's Wild Card Weekend and Football America! has the goods to get you ready. Old Guard vs. Old Guard, and New Guard vs. New guard, and maybe Old Guard vs. New Guard, too, with the Bears vs. Packers and Caleb Williams vs. Jordan Love. Then there's the Jaguars vs. Bills and Trevor Lawrence vs. Josh Allen. Can the betting favorite for Super Bowl MVP make it to the big game? Of course Allen won't. The Jaguars are real. What about the Rams vs. Panthers you ask? Rams. Why even ask? 49ers vs. Eagles? Chargers vs. Patriots? Dave Dameshek and former NFL Lineman Geoff Schwartz and teh Super Fuentes Brothers have the answers on this episode of Football America! (Photo by Rusty Jones/AP) AUDIO Football America! is available wherever you listen to podcasts. Leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/football-america/id1831757512 Follow us: Dave Dameshek: https://x.com/dameshek Geoff Schwartz: https://x.com/geoffschwartz Host: Dave Dameshek Guests: Kevin Hench Team: Gino Fuentes, Mike Fuentes Director: Danny Benitez Senior Producers: Gino Fuentes, Mike Fuentes Executive Producer: Bradley Campbell Arizona Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons, Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers, Chicago Bears, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, Kansas City Chiefs, Las Vegas Raiders, Los Angeles Chargers, Los Angeles Rams, Miami Dolphins, Minnesota Vikings, New England Patriots, New Orleans Saints, New York Giants, New York Jets, Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tennessee Titans, Washington Commanders Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Hockey Show is back after a two week winter break and the gang is all here! Roy, David, Rose, and Ethan catch you up on everything that happened over the break, including the Winter Classic in Miami and all the parity we have seen in the NHL over the last few weeks. The gang steps into the Panthers Den where things are looking bleak after a recent spell of injuries and a few bad losses before Rosie gives us an update on the Seattle Kraken and the gang shares their wins and fails. This week's guest is David Pagnotta of the Fourth Period, who catches us up on the latest trade rumors around the league, how mad the NHL is about the situation with the Olympic rink in Milan, and which fringe playoff teams he believes in most. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"Did he invent the mascot?" Dan yammers to himself about UM playing in the National Title Game, as he plans to do all weekend. Well, Jeremy was there, too, but that doesn't count. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"You don't tell me." After Dameshek delivers his totally-not-yammering analysis of the upcoming NFL Playoff weekend, Dan begs the crew to find a historical comp for Lane Johnson. It's actually kind of weird how much he feels the need to find one. Like, what's that about? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"Cuidado y tu." It's time to explain the different representations of the Cuban community through the eyes of Tony and Jeremy, and Dave and Zas are desperate to figure out where they can slot in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"Genesis is here?" Dan, a Cuban who's very different from Tony's Cuban, found himself, while watching the University of Miami, in a position he hadn't felt in decades: having feelings. Dan is so crazed by this new sensation that he literally yells, "WHERE'S THAT MENDOZA SO I CAN CHEW HIS FACE OFF?" Today's cast: Dan, Amin, Chris, Jeremy, Roy, and Tony. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"I stayed an extra day in Miami for this?" JuJu Gotti, the courtside shorty himself, is ready to help Dan bring some energy for tonight's UM game, but he also has multiple show-inspired Top 5 lists: Top 5 Rewatchable Dramas and the Top 5 Things He Should Have Said This Week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"How do you clean your asshole?" Dan wanted a "bigger and better" breakdown of Ole Miss vs. Miami, so we went and got a guest from Mississippi. Tig Notaro is here to weigh in on Zaslow's airplane conundrum and her total disregard for caring about pop culture. Plus, a breakdown of the Trae Young trade and a new song imploring Stephen Ross to hire John Harbaugh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"Oops, there goes another rubber tree plant." Roy and Jeremy have made competing Fake Pregame Show introductions, but Dan wants it BIGGER! Also, while Zas is ready to complain about his flight to the Peach Bowl, we receive breaking news he's been waiting for over the last 50 days: Mike McDaniel is OUT as Dolphins coach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"I don't know the question I am about to ask." The show gets so stuck in the mud that Dan REQUESTS the Magic Crate of Content. And once we've emerged from the muck, we break down the three-pronged genius of Mario Cristobal and the nation rooting against Miami. They hate us 'cause they ain't us. Right, Pipo? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices