Hack and Scratch Episode 20
Bullpups rout El Dorado 49-7, Canton-Galva and Little River advance in 8-man, and KU and K-State come up overdrawn in the Clubhouse Audit
00:00 – Cold open + Farmers State Bank intro
00:51 – Welcome + Sheets-Adams Realtors read
01:25 – The Internet Invitational: Dave Portnoy's $4 million, 64-player YouTube golf event, and the hosts' pitch for an invite
03:35 – 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 qualifier
05:14 – Cross country: McPherson's boys and girls both 8th at state; Canton-Galva's Jaycob Dieker and Faith McMannis in the top 30
05:36 – Ellinwood volleyball: a viral warm-up video and 94 straight wins
06:30 – Sunflower Scorecard, brought to you by Neighbors Cafe: top-seeded McPherson routs El Dorado 49-7 and gets Augusta next
08:59 – 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 rematch
10:36 – 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 Palco
14:39 – 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 teams
16:57 – 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 record
22:33 – The Clubhouse Audit, sponsored by B&B Hydraulics
23:15 – KU overdrawn after a 13-0 lead turns into a 22-16 loss at TCU
26:37 – K-State overdrawn: down to its third or fourth quarterback, and what NIL money does to quarterback depth
29:18 – Raiders: Scratch says overdrawn (30-plus points allowed in five straight games); Hack keeps them check to check behind Kirk Cousins' 19 touchdowns
33:13 – 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 check
38:45 – 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 Thanksgiving
43:16 – "Fade the Hack": Back Nine trash talk and the Fearless Forecaster's big week
43:49 – Thanks to all our sponsors / sign-off
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