Moose & Roons

We get right to the point this week and air our grievances with abysmal performances from the Bears and Notre Dame as well as some talk around the college football world, we play buy or sell with a wide range of topics, open up the mailbag, shout out the Co-Conference Champion Illinois Wesleyan Fightin' Titans, and shut it down with a special subject near and dear to both of our hearts!

It's a bye week, but not an off week for the Moose and Roons podcast, with the Bears on the bye we recap the Saturday that was in College Football, talk NFL Week 9 and look ahead to the Beloved's second half (23:27), discuss the anti-climactic ending to a fantastic World Series as well as some offseason storylines (38:00), Moose airs a grievance on the NFL (46:13), we play Buy or Sell (49:12), open up the mailbag (59:25) and Roons shuts it down (1:02:34). Thank you again for tuning in, be sure to like us on SoundCloud, rate, subscribe, and review on iTunes and send us your feedback!

A spook-tacular (sorry) Halloween episode of Moose and Roons kicks off with the Bears tough loss in New Orleans as well as some news and notes around the NFL, we talk college football ahead of the College Football Playoff rankings debut (30:35), Moose tries to stay hot in our lock of the week segment (39:42), we review what's been a thrilling World Series so far (41:30), Roons briefly breaks down what's been plaguing the Blackhawks (45:05), Is Tiger #Back? (47:50), Roons airs a grievance (51:49), we play Buy or Sell including a topic on Giancarlo Stanton's availability (54:57), we open up the mailbag on our Top 3 cereals (1:06:57), discuss our favorite Halloween candy (1:11:05), and Moose shuts things down (1:14:52). As always thanks for tuning in, follow us on SoundCloud, subscribe, rate and leave a review on iTunes and send along your feedback!

The Bears win again using a formula Bears fans are more than used to, despite a change of expectation this season, is John Fox the right man for Mitch Trubisky's development (19:58)? We go around the suddenly wide open NFL with each conference being as winnable as ever (23:45), we look back on a huge weekend in college football and a dominant win for Notre Dame as well as pick our locks of the week(30:51), the Cubs get knocked off by the red-hot Dodgers (40:25), we go over the mess that is the Chicago Bulls (43:15), Moose airs a grievance (46:40), we play Buy or Sell (49:17) with topics ranging from Jim Harbaugh to Mitch Trubisky's fashion choices, we open the mailbag on bucket list sporting events (58:50), and Roons shuts it down with a tribute to the end of The Streak. Be sure to like us on SoundCloud, rate and subscribe on iTunes and leave us a review and feedback!

It's our silver anniversary episode as we kick off Ep 25 recapping Mitch Trubisky's first NFL win and discuss a suddenly wide open NFC North race with Aaron Rodgers injury, we talk about Games 1 and 2 of the NLCS and what to expect the rest of the way for the Cubs (21:00), the Bulls open up their season Thursday and we attempt to discuss it for roughly a minute (30:50), Roons recaps the week that was for the Blackhawks (36:13), we recap a wild weekend in college football and debate what we think it's effect on the playoff will be (40:04) including a nugget of wisdom from the one and only Coach O, Ed Orgeron (47:42), Moose and Roons both air their (uneducated) grievance with USA Soccer (53:33), we play buy or sell (59:17), we open up the mailbag with a moment near and dear to the hearts of Bears fans (1:09:37), and we shut things down welcoming Eddie Olczyk back to the broadcast booth (1:14:30). As always thanks for tuning in, be sure to like us here on SoundCloud, rate and subscribe on iTunes and leave us a r

In episode 24 of the pod we kick things off with a recap of Mitch Trubisky's first NFL start Monday night and what to expect from the Bears going forward, we break down the fantastic Cubs/Nationals NLDS series so far and go around the MLB playoffs (19:28), the Blackhawks are finally underway and kicked things off with an explosive start (28:06), we recap the weekend in college football and look ahead to the second half of the CFB season (36:25), we make our lock of the week picks as Moose still searches for his first W (42:47), Moose airs a grievance (44:59), we play Buy or Sell (50:03), we open the mailbag with a fashion-related question coming from the one and only RG10 (58:16), we recount the best things we saw all week (1:00:39), and Roons shuts the pod down (1:03:53). Be sure to follow us on Twitter @MooseAndRoons, like us here on SoundCloud, and subscribe, rate, and comment on iTunes with your feedback for us! And as always thanks for tuning in!

Tons to get to on our Jordan episode starting with the dawning of Mitch-a-palooza as Mitch Trubisky is set to make his Bears debut Monday night, along with that we recap everything from the Bears brutal debacle in Green Bay Thursday night, we preview the Cubs and Nationals NLDS matchup (20:04), Moose lets Roons talk hockey (26:00), Moose tries to get his first win in our lock of the week segment and follow that up with some college football talk (34:27), we choose to forego Airing of Grievances for the week (44:44), we play buy or sell with a wide range of topics (46:35), we open the mailbag for a question about rule changes in sports (55:55), shoutout the IWU Titans for the program's first win at #4 Wheaton College since 1996 (1:01:25), and Moose shuts it down with a special tribute (1:02:28) Remember to follow us on Twitter @MooseAndRoons, like us on SoundCloud, subscribe and leave a review on iTunes, send us your feedback and keep tuning in!

It's the first Victory Tuesday for the Moose and Roons podcast as we get to break down a Bears win as well as look forward to Thursday Night's showdown in Green Bay and recap the week that was in the NFL, we also take a look back on a big weekend on the college football front (20:56), recap the Cubs huge week and look toward their playoff run (34:42), Moose airs a grievance (40:09), we play Buy or Sell (44:00), open up the mailbag (52:30), we list the best thing we saw this week (56:16), and Roons shuts it down (58:35). Be sure to rate and subscribe on iTunes, like us on SoundCloud, and follow us on Twitter @MooseAndRoons and tune in next week!

Unlike the Bears, we are #back for Episode 21 to discuss the Bears debacle in Tampa, we break down the weekend that was around college football (15:51), the Cubs try to pull away in the NL Central (30:20), Matt's Hockey Minute on the Blackhawks training camp updates (35:10), Roons airs a grievance (37:59), we play buy or sell (42:10), we list the best things we saw all week (54:49), we open up the mailbag on for a question on dumb viral trends (57:27), and Moose shuts it down (1:01:04)

Today marks 20 episodes down for Moose and Roons as we break down a heartbreaking, yet encouraging Bears Week 1 loss to Atlanta as well as go around the NFL, we transition to the college side of things including another oh so close effort from the Fighting Irish and Roons' issues with it (27:33), we talk Cubs panic meter after a weekend sweep by the Brewers and other topics around the Majors (39:27), Moose airs a grievance (48:58), we play Buy or Sell (52:14), we make our Lock of the Week picks (58:03), and Roons shuts it down (59:28). Make sure to rate, subscribe, and comment on iTunes, leave us feedback and be sure to keep tuning in!

In our Jonathan Toews numbered Podcast we begin be recapping everything from Week 1 of the college football season including the weekend's biggest news: Illinois Wesleyan SHOCKING the college football world defending the Dub at Tucci Stadium, we then transition to a full Bears week 1 preview vs Atlanta (11:50), We debut our Lock of the Week segment, discuss the shakeups of the baseball landscape following a Jake Arrieta injury and Justin Verlander's move to Houston, talk yet another win for Justin Thomas on the PGA Tour and discuss his belonging amongst golf's elite, Roons airs a Texas A&M related grievance (40:03), We play buy or sell with a wide range of topics (48:07), we answer a mailbag question on our top gameday food choices (54:13), and Moose shuts things down (Hint: Don't tell him about your fantasy team) (59:42).

Football. Is. Back. The title says it all folks, in this special Friday edition of Moose and Roons we set the table for all things football, college and the pros. We make our Big Ten predictons, CFP predictions, Heisman picks, NFC North winners, NFC/AFC Title games, Super Bowl winner, NFL MVPs, our storylines to watch for, and wrap up with a forecasting of our alma mater, the Illinois Wesleyan Fightin' Titans' upcoming campaign! Happy football season everyone!

Week 18's episode kicks off with a full Bears recap from Sunday's preseason win in Tennessee, we talk Trubisky vs. Glennon as well as the hopeful return of a dominant defense on the Lakeshore, we break down the fight of the century between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor and debate McGregor's next move (23:05), discuss baseball on both sides of town (33:00), review the Dustin Johnson/Jordan Spieth playoff (39:35), Moose airs a grievance (44:14), we play buy or sell with topics ranging from Kyrie Irving to Taylor Swift (49:18), Empty the mailbag to celebrate our affiliation with #TeamWhitewalker (57:45), choose our highlights of the week (1:00:44), promote our football prediction special dropping this Friday, and Roons shuts the week down.

Back and better than ever for Week 17, we break down the Bears preseason win in Arizona, recap the Junior Welterweight Title fight Moose was ringside for this weekend as well as preview Mayweather/McGregor (22:43), talk about yet another momentum shift in the Cubs roller coaster season, Roons airs a grievance (38:38), we play buy or sell with topics including the White Sox, Notre Dame Football, Matt Ryan, and the eclipse (42:38), we open up the mailbag and discuss bucket list concerts (55:23), we choose our highlights of our week (58:30), and Moose shuts it down with a tribute to the return of Friday night lights (1:00:51). Make sure to subscribe, rate, review on iTunes, give us all your feedback, and tune in each and every Monday!

Episode 16 kicks off with a recap of an eventful August Thursday night for Mitch Trubisky and Yoan Moncada, we break down Week 1 of Bears preseason action, Yoan Moncada's big night vs. Houston and discuss what exactly the 2017 Cubs are at this point(20:40), Recap the PGA Championship and talk some golf (29:22), Moose airs a grievance on Roons' trip to play Erin Hills (35:47), we play Buy or Sell with NFL and MLB topics (41:09), open up the mailbag (50:39), and Roons shuts it down with an NFL topic (57:55). Make sure to subscribe, follow, and rate us on iTunes or check us out right here on SoundCloud!

Football is back and so are we! We open the first half hour on Cutler to the Dolphins as well as Bears talk, discuss the PGA's schedule change for it's Majors (29:11), Roons airs a Joe Maddon related grievance (40:00), We play Buy or Sell (44:22) with some football and baseball related questions, open up the mailbag to one of our listeners (53:52), and Moose Shuts it Down with a salute to college football (57:25). As always we want to thank our listeners to please leave comments or feedback, and please rate and subscribe on iTunes!

Back and better than ever for episode 14, the Cubs are #back and rolling after the break, the White Sox ship off another veteran, the Bears are in Bourbonnais and are off to a rough start staying healthy, baseball gains a Mr. 3000, Moose airs a passionate grievance, we play Buy or Sell with questions involving Lesnar/Jones in the Octagon, college football and more, and finally Roons shuts it down talking the latest CTE studies and its effect on football.

It's a baker's dozen for Moose and Roons as we recap Jordan Spieth claiming his 3rd major becoming the Champion Golfer of the Year and where golf is now, the Cubs seem to have found their swagger in time for the Crosstown Classic(11:50), we talk Bears training camp because we both REALLY want football back (22:58), Matt's Hockey Minute (29:13), Roons airs a grievance on Jordan Spieth (31:57), we open up the mailbag which sparks a shocking revelation from Roons putting the podcast's future in jeopardy (41:38), we play buy or sell (47:08) with topics ranging from the NFL, NBA, the month of July, and fashion, and Moose shuts it down with an emotional tribute to someone we lost too soon.

Another day of loaded Moose and Roons action, we break down Cubs and Sox blockbuster deal sending Jose Quintana to the North Side, sit down with the hardest working man in Chicago sports, David Kaplan (12:20), Moose airs his grievance on Mayweather/McGregor (41:20), we play Buy or Sell (41:20) including our British Open picks, and Roons shuts it down talking Zeke Elliott and his off field issues (1:04:02)

It's a down time on the sports calendar, but never a down time for the Moose & Roons podcast and in Ep. 11 is no different. For the first portion of the podcast we talk everything baseball, from the Cubs slumping in the first half, to second half predictions and who the White Sox need to move by July 31st. Moose and Roons reveal their ideal "Banana Boat" crews (28:32), Roons airs a grievance on wanting more football in his life (37:48), we reveal our Mt. Rushmore of Chicago food establishments (42:28), we play Buy or Sell (50:07), and Moose shuts it down with a tease of next week's guest, The Kapman himself, David Kaplan.