FULL SHOW: Big USD transfer news, SEC Network's Dari Nowkhah (Alabama, CFP), and Packer podcaster Bart Winkler episode artwork

EPISODE · Jan 8, 2026 · 1H 33M

FULL SHOW: Big USD transfer news, SEC Network's Dari Nowkhah (Alabama, CFP), and Packer podcaster Bart Winkler

from Happy Hour with John Gaskins · host John Gaskins

If you're trying to keep up with college football's transfer portal, you're getting dizzy.   Wednesday brought a tidal wave of news for three of USD's best players from last year who are taking their talents to not just the FBS, but Power Four teams:   * L.J. Phillips, the top rusher in the FCS, is visiting Iowa this week   * Larenzo Fenner, one of the top receivers in the Missouri Valley Football Conference, committed to Cincinnati and will join former USD offensive lineman Joe Cotton, who was named All-Big 12 in his first year with the Bearcats   * Caden Crawford, a second team All-MVFC defensive lineman who started his career at Iowa, is joining former SDSU coach Jimmy Rogers at Iowa State   Happy Hour host John Gaskins breaks down what it would mean for both the Hawkeyes and Phillips if he decides to commit to Iowa, and also dives into what is in store for Fenner's potential productivity in Cincinnati.   There have been plenty of other relevant developments in recent days — like former SDSU and Washington State defensive lineman Max Baloun headed to Iowa State with Jimmy Rogers, as well — plus SDSU bringing in former Notre Dame quarterback Anthony Rezac over the holidays.   GUESTS   Dari Nowkhah, SEC Network lead anchor Meanwhile, the biggest college football news of the day Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson — at midseason, considered a Heisman Trophy candidate — leaving for the NFL.   Where does this leave South Dakota native Kalen DeBoer at quarterback heading into year three after a disastrous Rose Bowl loss to Indiana?    Nowkhah has blunt thoughts on that, how the offense plummeted in the last few games, and the low energy level of Bama fans at the moment.    The bigger picture is not just Bama's erosion on the national stage the last few years — yes, even under Nick Saban before DeBoer arrived — it is the entire SEC at the moment having lost its grip as the best league in the country to the Big Ten.   How did that happen? What does the future hold? And who will win this week's CFP semifinals? Oh, and that whole Lane Kiffin and Ole Miss/LSU thing — which Kiffin team has a brighter future?   Bart Winkler, Packer podcaster & former national radio host Green Bay lost its last four games, including a meltdown in Chicago, and yet is favored to beat the No. 2 seed Bears in Soldier Field on Saturday. How is that possible?   How should we look at Matt LeFleur now that the Packers are the No. 7 NFC seed for the fourth consecutive season?    Winkler will make you think and laugh hard, no matter if you're a Packer fan or hater. He also gives his own esoteric and big picture ramblings on the Vikings, Bears, and Lions — stay for his rant about how J.J. McCarthy is being treated.

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