Kickin It w/ Keeler

Ep 99: Brady vs. Belichick/Cincy looks for big win in South Bend

On this episode of Kickin' It With Keeler, Ricky begins the show by looking at all the hype around the Bucs-Patriots game Sunday night as Tom Brady faces his former team. With all the talk around Brady and the criticism heaped on Belichick, Ricky wonders why a winner even has to be claimed as to who was more responsible for the Patriots six Super Bowl wins. As usual, you get the Top 5 NFL and College Football games of the weekend and we play NFL Word Association. In our college football segment, Cincinnati-Notre Dame is the headline matchup for Student Section Showdown and Owen Racer of the News Record joins Ricky to break down the Bearcats and their playoff chances, should they win this game. Finally, Ricky looks at the MLB playoff races with just 2 days left in the regular season as the NL West and the AL Wild Card matchup is yet to be decided. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 98: LA Steals Week 3/AL Wild Card Race Tightens Up

On this episode of Kickin' It With Keeler, Ricky begins the show by giving his winners and losers of Week 3, which includes the two Los Angeles teams getting big wins and the Steelers in complete disarray. Plus, he previews Thursday Night Football and what to expect in the matchup between Trevor Lawrence and Joe Burrow tonight in Cincinnati. In the second segment, Ricky looks at the AL Wild Card Race and he thinks there might be a tiebreaker game Monday as the baseball season comes to a close this weekend. After looking back at the week that was in college football, Ricky wraps up the show by talking about the dominant performance Team USA had in the Ryder Cup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 97: NFC Title Game Preview In Week 3?/ND-Wisconsin Breakdown

On this episode of Kickin' It With Keeler, Ricky begins the show by talking about the Panthers win over the Texans. With Christian McCaffrey out for multiple weeks, what does that do to Carolina's offense and how should Jets fans view Sam Darnold's early-season success. Ricky gives his 5 games to watch in Week 3 and plays Word Association. After talking about the Top 5 college games of the week, Mannion McGinley, the sports editor for The Observer, joins the show as a part of Student Section Showdown to help preview Notre Dame-Wisconsin and to look ahead to a tough October for the Fighting Irish. Finally, Ricky gets you set for the final week of the MLB regular season and which division/wild card races are still up for grabs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 96: 2-0, 0-2 NFL Teams/CardGate Controversy in Tampa

On this episode of Kickin' It With Keeler, Ricky begins the show by talking about the 7 NFL teams that are either 2-0 or 0-2 to begin the year. For the 2-0 teams, is their success sustainable with one of those teams playing Thursday night (Carolina) and which 0-2 teams can bounce back, if any? Then, he looks ahead to Carolina-HoustonAfter looking back at last week's college football action, Ricky looks at the weird Cardgate controversy in Tampa Bay and whether or not Kevin Kiermaier should have returned the scouting report card to Toronto. Then, he looks at the Cardinals and their current 11-game win streak.Finally, Ricky discusses the Ben Simmons saga in Philly, a change in the Timberwolves front office, and previews this weekend's Ryder Cup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 95: Cowboys-Chargers and Alabama-Florida breakdown

On this episode of Kickin' It With Keeler, Ricky begins the show by talking about what he took away from Giants-WFT and what the game meant to both teams. Why did he not learn that much about Washington and how come the Giants continue to have early season frustrations? He then previews Week 2 in the NFL with his 5 games to watch for the week. Daniel Wade of Locked On Chargers joins the show to talk about the Chargers' success in Week 1, the keys to a win against Dallas, and he helps Ricky out with Week 2 Word Association. After giving his top 5 college football games on Saturday, Ricky is joined by Ryan Haley, the sports editor of Florida's student newspaper, The Alligator, to help preview Alabama-Florida and why the Auburn-Penn State game will be interesting to watch in terms of Auburn's chances to compete in the SEC. Finally, it's a pennant race update as Ricky looks at the state of the Wild Card races and the few divisions up for grabs with two weeks left in the baseball season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 94: NFC East Showdown in DC/USC Head Coach Search

On the latest episode of Kickin' It With Keeler, Ricky begins the show by talking about the big NFC East matchup Thursday night between the Giants and the Washington Football Team. Which team needs the game more? Then, he gives his takeaways from Week 1 of the NFL season with his winners and losers of the week. In the second segment, Ricky looks at USC's firing of Clay Helton and wonders if they didn't believe in him, why did they even bring him back for this season? Who would be the great candidates for this job and USC get back to their Pete Carroll days of being at the top of college football;. Finally, Ricky looks at the race for AL MVP and says Shohei Ohtani's isn't a lock to win the award in his opinion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 93: NFL Word Association Is Back/Iowa-Iowa State Preview

On this episode of Kickin' It With Keeler, Ricky begins the show by giving his takeaways from Opening Night in the NFL. The Buccaneers hung on to beat the Cowboys, but Ricky says we learned more about Dallas than we did about Tampa Bay.Then, it is time for Week 1 Word Association as Ricky previews each game with a word or phrase and gives his Top 5 games to watch this week. After that, Ricky discusses his Top 5 college football games in Week 2 and he is later joined by Austin Hanson of The Daily Iowan to help preview Iowa-Iowa State Saturday afternoon.To wrap up the show, Ricky focuses on what will be an emotional and memorable scene Saturday night at Citi Field when the Yankees play the Mets, 20 years after the tragedy of 9/11. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 92: NFC Predictions/ACC’s Week 1 Failure

On this episode of Kickin' it With Keeler, Ricky begins the show by talking about Mac Jones winning the starting QB job in New England and what it could mean for the Patriots in terms of 2021 expectations. Then, after previewing the AFC last week, he looks to the NFC this week and gives his division-by-division thoughts and picks who he thinks will win the Super Bowl. Plus, a brief look ahead to Dallas-Tampa Bay on Thursday night and why the odds are stacked up against the Cowboys.Then, it's onto college football. With the great stadium atmospheres this week, the ACC laid a big egg and why Clemson's playoff chances are in jeopardy already. Plus, which other teams stood out in Week 1?Labor Day is the final unofficial checkpoint in the baseball standings, so where do the pennant races stand right now and Ricky tells you why September 19 is the next big day on the baseball calendar (2 weeks left in the season at that point).Finally, Ricky gives his thoughts on the US Open, the Fedex Cup Playoffs, and the disappointing start the US Men's Soccer team has had in World Cup qualifying. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 91: Looking Ahead To The AFC/UGA-Clemson Preview

On this episode of Kickin' It With Keeler, Ricky begins the show by talking about how he thinks the AFC will shake out in terms of division winners, playoff teams, and who will win the conference. Plus, he gives his takeaways from the final week of preseason games.Then, it's all about college football as Ricky gives his Top 5 games to watch this Saturday, his playoff picks, and he is joined by Drew Hubbard from Georgia's student newspaper, The Red and Black, to preview the big game in Charlotte Saturday night between Georgia and Clemson.In the third segment, Ricky talks about Javier Baez being mad at Mets fans for booing him and the team when they struggle and how the pennant races are looking heading into September. Finally, he discusses his expectations for the US Open and why -27 is too low of a winning score for a PGA Tour playoff event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 90: Is it Fields Time in Chicago/College Football Preview

On this episode of Kickin' It With Keeler, Ricky begins the show by looking back at Week 2 of the NFL preseason schedule, Cam Newton missing the first few practices this week, and a look at who is ranked as the Top 10 players in the NFL? Some of the Week 2 takeaways go into rookie quarterbacks and should Justin Fields start Week 1 after the Bears saw what Mitchell Trubisky did to them in preseason this week?In the second segment, Ricky looks at the reported possible alliance between the Big 10, ACC, and Pac-12 and what it could mean for college football. He is later joined by Steven Lassan from Athlon Sports to preview the upcoming College Football season and they both give 3 players that can most impact the CFP standings at the end of the year.Later in the show, Ricky talks about Miguel Cabrera reaching the 500 home run mark in his career, the Orioles 18-game losing streak, and the Padres dismissing their pitching coach. Plus, did the NBA get their decision right with the Christmas Day games? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices