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Join published journalist and sports reporter Jack Vita each week for an in-depth breakdown of the latest news from the world of sports, featuring thoughtful analysis and exclusive interviews with athletes, coaches, executives and media members. Jack interviews athletes that provide a peak behind the curtain and a look at the daily life of a professional athlete. They also discuss life off-the-field and other various topics, including faith. Prominent guests include Brian Urlacher, Bob Nightengale, Jim Callis and Dan O’Dowd. This is the podcast feed for all sports content on the Jack Vita Show. For Jack’s entertainment and reality TV coverage, subscribe to Jack Vita Show: Entertainment, available wherever podcasts are found.
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Tuesday Nov 23, 2021
Tuesday Nov 23, 2021
Join Fort Wayne NBC News anchor Jack Keenan (@jackkeenannews) and Jack Vita for a jam-packed mid-week episode of the Jack Vita Show, as they look back on the past weekend's football action and preview the coming week's games. First, they round-up everything from Week 11 of the NFL season (0:00 - 30:25) and discuss the Bears' ongoing struggles (and what it means for the future of the team - is Matt Nagy ENTIRELY to blame?), the Seahawks falling to 3-7 (and what it could mean for their future?), the Vikings improving to 5-5, Mac Jones continuing to impress, and more. Then, they shift to their attention to how the past weekend's college football games shape the College Football Playoff and discuss paths to the CFP for top ten teams in contention, as well as Nebraska's decision to keep Scott Frost, Florida's decision to can Dan Mullen, how conference title races stand entering the final week of the regular season, the Heisman race, and plenty more (30:25 - 1:15:45). Finally, Jack and Jack preview this week's Thanksgiving and weekend NFL and college football matchups, making some picks along the way.
Monday Nov 15, 2021
Monday Nov 15, 2021
Jack welcomes back his trusty right-hand man and former college professor Andrew Stem to the show to recap all games, scores, news and stories from the tenth week of NFL action and the eleventh week of the college football season. First however, Andrew and Jack share some thoughts on the first week of the college basketball season, and when the proper time to put up Christmas lights is. Then, they dive head-first into college football (0:00 - 1:09:45). With less than three weeks to Selection Sunday, Andrew and Jack discuss College Football Playoff scenarios and how each of them would go about selecting the top four teams, come December 5. With Oklahoma's loss to Baylor, how difficult will it be for the Big 12 to send a team to the CFP? What needs to happen in order for a Big 12 team to get a bid? Andrew and Jack attempt to measure how 1-loss teams from the American, ACC, Big 12, Mountain West and Sun Belt stack up to each other? Where should UTSA's 10-0 record place the Roadrunners in Jack's top 25 for this week? They also talk MACtion, how things stand in major conferences regarding conference championship matchups, the week's best games, and more! Later, they round-up the weekend's NFL action (1:09:45 - END) and assess a messy AFC North, the worst close game of the 2021 NFL season thus far (Steelers-Lions), Ben Roethlisberger's value to the Steelers, the Browns' lingering struggles, and more!
Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
Jack welcomes Andrew Stem back to the show once again, to preview the 2021-2022 college basketball season! Together, they take a look at the lead stories heading into the season: Coach K's final season, the college coaching carousel, players transferring nationwide and players *legally* collecting paychecks in the sport of college basketball for the first time in college sports history. How will these lead stories impact the 2021-2022 season? Then, Jack and Andrew talk national championship contenders and favorites in each power conference, as well as top mid-major programs to keep an eye on coming into the season. They share their thoughts on their alma mater, Valparaiso University's hopes of competing in a loaded Missouri Valley Conference this season. The Big Ten once again looks like it will be the nation's strongest conference: which team from the Big Ten do Jack and Andrew like the most to win the conference? Tune in, as Jack and Andrew attempt to cover as much of Division I basketball as they can in an hour's time, with thoughts on the ACC, American Athletic Conference, Big East, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC!
Sunday Nov 07, 2021
Sunday Nov 07, 2021
Jack's friend and former Carthage College classmate James Ivkovic returns to the Jack Vita Show to recap NFL Week 9 (0:00 - 37:50) and the tenth week of the college football season (37:50 - END). There's a lot to cover from the first weekend of November! Jack and James discuss Derek Carr's MVP case, the Browns cutting Odell Beckham Jr. loose, the Steelers and Bears clashing on Monday night, the Minnesota Vikings' ongoing struggle to win close games (and what the future might hold for Minnesota), Urban Meyer's biggest NFL win yet, the emergence of the best team in the country that nobody is talking about: the UTSA Roadrunners (and why they should get a bid to a New Years 6 bowl), the College Football Playoff committee's first rankings' release, Jack's updated Week 11 top 25 rankings, the Commanders' Classic (Army vs. Air Force) and why the College Football Playoff should be expanded, and more!
Wednesday Nov 03, 2021
Wednesday Nov 03, 2021
The Atlanta Braves have defied the odds and won the 2021 World Series! Jack has three friends that are lifelong Braves fans call in to share their thoughts and break down the World Series. Back on June 20 when the Braves were 5.5 games out of first place in the NL East with a losing record, former Bachelorette contestant and current golf pro Garrett Powell predicted on this show that the Braves would get to the World Series. He calls in for his victory lap, and makes his way-too-early 2022 World Series predictions with Jack (0:00 - 25:05)! Survivor: South Pacific star and fan favorite of the Jack Vita Show Albert Destrade flew to Houston and was on-hand for Game 6 of the World Series. He joins Jack via phone to recap and break down all things 2021 World Series, and he even has his pal Branden Shaw chime in (25:05 - 1:08:20). They also ask if the National League was better than the American League this year, discuss Jorge Soler becoming the second-ever Cuban-born World Series MVP, Max Fried's stellar game 6 outing, the ending of pitchers hitting in Major League Baseball, and how National League baseball can be preserved in the future (Jack has an idea!). Finally, Survivor: Africa contestant and friend of Brian and Ronnie Snitker, Teresa "T-Bird" Cooper, visits the Jack Vita Show for the second straight week, this time to celebrate the city of Atlanta's first championship since 1995 (1:08:20 - END)! Log on to jackvita.com for more content!
Sunday Oct 31, 2021
Sunday Oct 31, 2021
Jack welcomes back Chad Vautherine to the show to recap the weekend's sports action, including a World Series update, and how the Braves have taken a 3-1 lead in the World Series (0:00 - 24:25). Is this the last dance season for the Astros' core, as we know it? If the Braves run away with this series, is it indicative that the National League was better than the American League this year? Did the NL have more true contenders than the AL did? Then, they shift their attention to college football and get you caught up on all the weekend's scores, stories and news (24:25 - END). Jack and Chad provide their updated top 25 rankings, share their displeasure with Iowa and Pittsburgh (and the ACC for that matter), and talk Michigan State's Kenneth Walker entering the Heisman conversation, the TCU Horned Frogs parting ways with longtime head coach Gary Patterson, Michigan falling to Michigan State, Cincinnati's chances at the College Football Playoff, the best from the group of five conferences, and more!
Tuesday Oct 26, 2021
Tuesday Oct 26, 2021
The Atlanta Braves and Houston Astros are heading to the World Series! Ryan Pacatte and Jack recap the ALCS and NLCS and talk about how the Braves dethroned the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers, finally breaking through after losing to the Dodgers in two of the Braves' last three postseason trips. How did a supremely talented Dodgers team come up short to a team that won 20 fewer games? Ryan and Jack break it all down and preview the 2021 World Series, highlighting the keys to victories for each team, and strengths and weaknesses each team possesses heading into the Fall Classic. Who are Ryan and Jack picking to win, and in how many games? But first, former Bachelorette contestant, golf pro, and friend of the show, Garrett Powell calls in to brag about his Braves winning the NL Pennant, after he predicted it on this show on June 20, when the team was 33-36 and 5.5 games out of first place in the NL East. Garrett shares his excitement and gives his World Series pick.
Monday Oct 25, 2021
Monday Oct 25, 2021
In this special bonus episode of the Jack Vita Show, longtime Braves fan and Survivor: Africa contestant Teresa "T-Bird" Cooper calls in to celebrate the Braves' first National League pennant since 1999. T-Bird attended the Braves' NL pennant-clinching game 6 of the NLCS at Truist Park in Atlanta Saturday night. T-Bird tells us of her experience at the historic game, her 40-year friendship with Brian Snitker and Snitker's wife Ronnie, and her favorite Braves' players and uniforms from over the years. T-Bird sets the stage for the World Series and shares her contagious enthusiasm and excitement with Jack and the listeners as the Braves head to their first World Series in 22 years.