Welcome to the podcast home of the Dawgs Basketball & Football X fan accounts! Hosts and lifelong fans Nick Malone (alum) & Noah Lerch share their super fandom for the Southern Illinois Salukis to others who love it too, while also updating them with everything there is to know.
This emergency episode details; EVERYTHING of recent with the unofficial parting of DC Antonio James, a conversation around what’s ahead defensively, a lot of early portal entries including the curre…
This Nick solo episode details; the embarrassing defeat to Bradley to open up conference play, overall takeaways of the team & a status report, other MVC first game matchups, Luke Walsh’s own opening…
This Nick solo episode details; recapping the news surrounding Elijah being out for the season, dissecting each of the three MTE matchups including a lot of disappointments, final takeaways including…
This episode details; mainly the injury of Elijah Elliot with what it might be & what the team might do in his absence, perhaps Sheridan Sharp getting the redshirt taken off, small takeaways of the g…
This episode details; the DOMINANT blowout/shutout victory over the Racers finishing our season off perfectly, the historic performance of Michael Lindauer in his final career game with breaking the …
This episode details; adding LB/LS Alex Broshears to the 2025 recruiting class, updates on the seasons of every other commit but most notably the playoff pushes for Kaden Clay/JC Mirasola/Zadarran Ha…
This episode details; recapping our first D1 victory over the NDSU Bison in a night that saw some of the worst shooting by a team we can remember, usual player-by-player breakdowns, other recent/upco…
This Nick solo episode details; recapping the biggest comeback in program history including every positive one could find, what a win like this does for the current team but also for the future, Jake…
This episode details; Oklahoma State ending their losing streak against SIU, notables as to why we couldn’t get the sweep including the very bad stretch where we dug ourselves a hole, some optimism f…
This episode details; recapping the first win of the Scott Nagy era with positives/negatives headlined by the incredible performance of Kennard “Moo” Davis, other MVC team’s recent/upcoming games, a …
This episode details; Noah’s overall experience in Sioux Falls, a full recap of the Dawgs’ first game of the season with main notables of positives & negatives that caused the defeat, other MVC team’…
This episode details; ANOTHER 2025 addition in Edwardsville three-star ATH/S Clayton Lakatos, a mention of his season along with an update on his fellow commits, a recap of the Dawgs’ SIXTH loss in a…
This Noah solo episode details; commit/recruiting updates, upcoming MVFC games and a full preview of the final matchup against the No. 17 ranked Bears of Missouri State as a member of the MVFC.
This episode details; the recent official announcement of the MTE with which teams are involved in playing who/when, thoughts on FanDuel’s MVC betting odds & Rocco’s initial Top-60 non-Power rankings…
This short Nick solo episode details; a quick update on MyCole & Jeremy with a mention of them matching up in two weeks, EVERYTHING from our devastating defeat this past weekend including: the awesom…
This long-awaited episode details; landing in-state 2025 6’9 F Daniel Pauliukonis with quotes from him on becoming a Saluki, other recruiting updates including some 2026 notables, tidbits known from …
This Nick solo episode details; tidbits out of the BYE including quotes from the returning Michael Lindauer, an update on the Alex’s Lemonade Stand fundraiser with SIU/Chris Presto leading the way in…
This episode details; GA/QB Michael Lindauer’s waiver being accepted to be able to suit up the rest of the season, pregame field notables including a lot of alumni in attendance, tidbits from the big…
This Noah solo episode details; Commit & Recruiting updates, upcoming MVFC games and a full preview of the No. 2 ranked Bison of North Dakota State in our Homecoming weekend matchup.
This Nick solo episode details; the continued discussion of Hunter Simmons' season-ending leg injury with the news from Coach Hill of the potential return of Michael Lindauer via waiver to help fill …