D4 Sports

D4 is Perfect at 50!

Intro: Perfect at 50 (:30), Poland Highlights and Dustin's big weekend (4:30), Nick's first cocktail (8:00), Dustin's drinks - with Hops (10:00)
Opening Shots: The Saints fall from grace (12:30) The World Series and MLB's problems (16:35)
D4 Business: Nick's Second Cocktail (24:20), Premier League Dominance (25:50), NFL Pick 'Em Perfection (27:20), DraftKings competition (31:30), Millwall News (33:00), Pitchers not pitching - playoff edition (35:00)
D4 Top4 - The Top 4 Athletes that we would want to party with (39:15)
Sports Roundup: Don's third cocktail (53:30), NBA tip offs (54:45), Nineteen year old leaders (58:40), Are they who we thought they were? (1:00:40), King Henry's revival (1:04:10), Tua and playing when the game is your identity (1:08:30), the Chiefs and what they are now (1:13:35), and the options left for the Jets (1:16:00)
Last Call: HS Football prowess (1:19:00), New York finally gets a basketball championship (1:22:00), and a great new nicknames (1:23:00) Sign off and thanks (1:25:55)

Episode 49 - D4 Puts up 7 Touchdowns

Intro: Learning math through sports (:30), US Food Portions (5:00), Drinks of the day (7:45)
Opening Shots: D4 Mini-Rabbit Hole - NFL consecutive losses to the same team (12:00), the Drake Maye era begins (16:30), and the third best running quarterback in the NFL? (21:00)
D4 Business: NFL Pick 'Em (24:00), DraftKings Shocks the World (27:15), D4 Premier League Standings (30:40), Millwall's current exploits (32:45), MLB wraps up the regular season (35:00), and the Dodgers go for a "bullpen game" (37:45), and Frank Ragnow plays! (42:15)
Sports Roundup: Nick has a second (44:30), MLB end of season roundup (47:00), The Future of Baseball (53:00), NFL week 4 and 5 (55:00), Rodgers and the Jets (57:45), Mahomes and the rest of the NFL (1:03:50), Josh Allen sets a new mark (1:07:00), Running backs get their revenge (1:08:30)
Last Call: Cupcake of the Week (1:10:30), Japan vs America  (1:13:45), The NFL is hard (1:16:15), and the fastest man in the NFL this year (1:19:45)

Episode 48 - D4 Three-way - with Jon Woodard

We welcome Jon Woodard on as a guest host. Jon brings the Czech beer, Nick makes history on the show, and Dustin has no idea what he is drinking. A trio of baseball opening shots gets us going, then we update the NFL pick 'em standings and celebrate D4 fans having babies, and then Jon Woodard hosts his own Relief Pitcher of the Week segment, and gives us his take on the status of modern baseball. We take a look at the NFL and the demise of Bryce Young, the emergence of surprising teams, and then the deer get to rutting. We talk about the Tua and McDaniel situation, the pretenders and the real deals, and then we look at the Cupcake of the Week in College Football. We wrap it up with last calls including dangerous hot dogs.
 
Intro: Wedding week (2:00), Drinks of the Day (4:15)
Opening Shots: Wilson Contreras takes a shot (9:05), Max Matis and the Ohtani ball (13:00), The Greatest game in baseball history? (16:45)
D4 Business: NFL Pick 'Em Update (22:20), FPL Cup (26:20), White Sox (27:20), Pitchers Not Pitching (29:45), Jon Woodard Relief Pitcher of the Week and the state of baseball (30:15), Jon's favorite Millwall story (39:00) and PLL final update (40:00)
Sports Roundup: NFL Chaos (42:00), Surprising division leaders (46:00), D4 gets wild… (48:15), Tua and the Dolphins (49:00), Who is done in the NFL (53:50), and who is for real (58:00), College Football (1:03:15)
Last Call: Stone Cold CTE (1:07:15), MLB team bonuses (1:09:50), Scorigamis (1:11:50), and Dangerous Hot Dogs (1:12:30)

Episode 47 - Lithuanian Beer for the Win!

Episode 47 - Lithuanian Beer for the Win
Don and Dustin run down the week in sports, but first consider Švyturys Lager and Šarūnas Marčiulionis, Shaka Tea, Peach Bellinis and Functional Mushrooms, Deion losing control, and the state of MLB pitching. We provide updates on the D4 contests - NFL pick 'em - with some listener call-outs, DraftKings, and more. Then we break down week 1 of the NFL season, with some focus on Lamar, A-A-Ron, and DeShaun, and take a quick look at college football. Then we wrap it up with giving away $792K, Impressive Kicking, mystery running, and fantasy football penalties.
 
Intro: Celebrating the Patriots (:30), Drinks of the Day (5:15)
Opening Shots: Kegs, Eggs and Football (12:15), Buffaloes woes (13:45), Head shots in MLB (17:15)
D4 Business: NFL Pick 'em standings and DraftKings Updates (23:40), Whipsnakes going for Glory (29:15), MLB - White Sox Watch (29:50), Pitchers both pitching and not pitching (31:40), Jon Woodard Relief Pitcher of the Week (34:35)
Sports Roundup: NFL Week 1 (37:30), Panic Mode and DeShaun Watson (39:00), Game Rundown (44:00), The Fourth Leading Rusher in the NFL (48:50),The most important play of week 1 (54:05), We're talking about the Jets? (56:30), The Game of the Week (1:02:15) - and the NCAA Cupcake of the Week (1:06:15)
Last Call: Holdout Hassan (1:11:30), Punting for Glory (1:14:25), Distance Running life lessons (1:17:00), 2-4-6-8 Challenge (1:18:45

Episode 46 - Getting Our Own Rebounds

Intro: Hope for Chicago and Ukeleles (2:45),  Drinks of the Day (8:00),
Opening Shots: The Brewers get a Brewer (11:45), Joey Chestnut towers over Kobayashi (13:00), and Mondo jumps higher (16:10), Stephen F Austin goes to town (17:27)
The Flight: FPL Week 3 (22:00), The White Sox going all in for D4 Glory (29:00), Pitchers Not Pitching (31:30), Jon Woodard Relief Pitcher of the Week and a long reliever sighting (33:30), The Whipsnakes (35:45), Millwall and new face (36:45),
Sports Roundup: College Football (41:00),  Drunk Uncle Cupcake of the Week (46:00), The Craziness of the US Open (49:30), the Astounding Scottie Scheffler (54:55), Jack "Machine Gun" McGurn (57:00), the 50/50 club (59:00), D4 49ers update (1:01:49),
Last Call: Angel Reese's rebounds (1:06:00), and taking a misguided trot (1:11:45)

Episode 45 - D4 NFL Preview

Intro and Opening Shots: D4 Pick 'Em Contest (2:30), Drinks of the Day (3:45), Baseball Heaven is Empty (7:50), Lamar Jackson gets released and Trey Lance goes full Peterman (10:23)
D4 Business: FPL Update (12:15), White Sox Watch (14:55), Jon Woodard RPoW (17:05), Danny Jansen sets a new record (19:00), Millwall's early struggles (20:10)
NFL Preview:
Top Team Predictions: (22:00)NFC: Division Winners (23:00), Wild Cards (26:20), Dark Horses (30:35), Cellar (34:15)
AFC: Cellar (35:30), Division Winners (38:30), Wild Cards (41:10), Dark Horses (43:35)
Player Predictions: (45:50)Top Shelf: QB (47:05), WR (49:00), RB (51:10), TE (52:45)
Overpriced: TE (53:30), WR (54:45), RB (56:25), QB (58:30)
Surprising Value: QB (1:00:05), RB (1:02:00), WR (1:03:25), TE (1:04:37)
Store Brand: QB (1:06:30), WR (1:08:20), RB (1:10:45), TE (1:12:15)
Stories We Love and Bold Predictions (1:14:00)Mahomes and A-A-Ron again? (1:14:30), Sophomore Quarterbacks (1:16:45), What are the Chargers doing? (1:18:20), Cowboys and Ravens (1:20:15)
Bold Predictions… (1:22:00)
Last Call: Florida State Fan's questionable bets (1:27:45), Just too fat to fly (1:29:10)

Episode 44 - D4 in Perfect Symmetry

Intro: Celebrating Symmetry (:30), Drinks of the Day (7:15)
Opening Shots: UK Beer Wars (10:50), Heckling tennis players (16:45), Tennis doping scandals (19:45)
D4 Business: White Sox Going Full D4 (24:00), D4 Ahead of the Game (27:55), Baseball's big problem (30:25) Jon Woodard Relief Pitcher of the Week (32:45), Waterdogs Done, Whipsnakes move on (34:45), Millwall's rocky start (35:45), and FPL week 1 update (37:00)
Sports Roundup: The NFL not suspending the criminals (43:35), Minshew Mania and NFL QBs (45:05), First QB Benched in 2024 (50:00), Tom Brady's Top 5 QBs (52:10), NFL Trivia (55:30)
Last Call: QR Codes in College Football (1:00:00), Stealing Sand (1:04:10), The beautiful smell of Mayonnaise (1:05:15)

Episode 43 - D4 Taking Mental Reps

This week Don and Dustin welcome a special guest, Ade Odusanya, to the pod! Don't miss it...
Intro: Opening Pour (:30), Drinks of the Day - and how to collect rainwater (4:20)
Opening Shots: Curry's big Olympics (8:35) World champions? (10:30), Randy Johnson and modern pitching (13:05)
D4 Business: Games and Contests (20:30), Millwall season opener (22:30), Waterdogs and Whipsnakes (24:30), White Sox Watch and Modern Baseball (25:40), Jon Woodard RPoW (28:05)
Special Guest: Ade Odusanya - Jiu Jitsu Champion! (30:05), Ade's explanation of Jiu Jitsu (34:10), In the European Championship… (38:05), Ade the fighter (45:45), Ade's drinks of choice and fighting escapades (48:15)
D4 Olympic Experience: Passing the Torch to LA with Snoop Dogg (55:40), Final reactions and reflections (58:40), The travails of Javelin throwers custom bronze medals (1:01:30), Breaking… being Breaking (1:04:00), and Modern Pentathlon (1:11:10), the worst event in the Olympics (1:14:10)
Last Call: Keep your tee time with Tiger (1:17:00), and going nuts for world records (1:20:30)