Pair and a Spare Podcast
Ryan Burns, Chip Scoggins and Justin Gaard join forces to discuss all things college football. From the Gophers to the national scene these guys have what you need for your college football fix!
Episodes
October 7, 2025 • 62 mins
Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard are back to discuss the Ohio State rout of the Gophers: What started nicely ended quickly as the defense couldn't stop them and the offense couldn't sustain anything after the first drive. The next month will tell the tale of the season with 3 of the next 4 games at home. The guys wrap up the show talking about a Mark Coyle comment that got some attention and the Penn State problem after l...
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September 30, 2025 • 48 mins
Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard recap the Gophers back and forth victory over Rutgers and specifically discuss the great effort from quarterback Drake Lindsay to help bring it home. The defense made some great adjustments as the game went on, the guys discuss the Gopher coordinators getting the win over some of their mentors. Anthony Smith looks like a first round pick, safety Kerry Brown had perhaps his best game and Ko...
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September 23, 2025 • 75 mins
Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard are back off of the Gophers bye week and dive into Week 4 of college football: They recap what they saw from Rutgers in their loss to Iowa on Friday night (Burnsie gets to go down Rutgers Narrative Street), discuss if Iowa now has their quarterback, how good is Indiana and was Illinois overrated after the Hoosiers beatdown of the Illini, and the Wisconsin Badger fans are down bad right now...
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September 16, 2025 • 79 mins
Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard have gotten some sleep after the late night loss at Cal and review all the things that went wrong in the first Gopher setback of the season. Koi Perich had his worst performance as a Gopher (and maybe ever), the guys talk about how surprising that was before getting into the choppiness of the game in general. They also ode Kirk Ferentz who became the all-time winning coach in Big Ten histo...
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September 9, 2025 • 53 mins
Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard recap (kind of) the Gophers blowout win over Northwestern State, discuss the Darius Taylor injury outlook, preview an interesting game coming up at Cal and spin around the Big Ten with a look at Iowa's struggling passing game.
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September 2, 2025 • 79 mins
Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard get right to it this week with so much college football to discuss after a jam-packed first week! The guys recap the Gophers win over Buffalo: What they saw from Drake Lindsay in his first start, the Darius Taylor workload and the dominant defensive effort. Iowa's new QB struggled, Wisconsin's new QB got hurt and Bill Belichick got smoked in his North Carolina debut. Thanks as always to Ja...
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August 25, 2025 • 65 mins
It's finally game week and Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard are fired up to do a legit preview of Gophers/Buffalo. Max Brosmer has solidified his spot on the Vikings and the guys are amused at some of the discussion surrounding him and his play. The SEC is either folding to the Big Ten or calling their bluff now that they will play 9 conference games, it's now on the Big Ten to get the College Football Playoff expansion s...
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August 20, 2025 • 77 mins
Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard discuss the creative Gopher ticket promotion for the opener, Gaardsy's night on Twitter regarding some of the reaction to that sale, Burnsie's initial Gopher depth chart, the Michigan sanctions and the latest crazy College Football Playoff idea allegedly from the Big Ten.
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August 11, 2025 • 73 mins
Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard are back to start the preseason hype and overreactions now that the guys have been to a few Gopher practices. What questions do they still have about the 2025 roster? They also do a quick run through of the schedule and give some first predictions about final records for the year.
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July 29, 2025 • 54 mins
Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard recap Big Ten Media Days in Las Vegas discussing the main storylines from both the Gophers and conference as a whole: How much will Koi Perich actually play offense? Is James Franklin always complaining? What is next for Wisconsin? Who will blink first in the Big Ten/SEC playoff standoff?
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July 21, 2025 • 71 mins
Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard are back after a short summer break and dive right into the recent news out of Dinkytown regarding the Athletic Department's projected budget deficit and new student fees. The guys also recap Gopher Football's local media day and discuss the first in-depth conversations with new quarterback Drake Lindsey before they give their thoughts on the Big Ten Preseason Poll.
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June 3, 2025 • 69 mins
After a few weeks off Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard are back for more college football talk! The guys recap Burnsie's epic Alaskan cruise, discuss the news out of SEC Meetings including the fight over the next College Football Playoff format and recap the first big summer recruiting for PJ Fleck and the Gophers.
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May 8, 2025 • 49 mins
Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard continue their Gopher Legends series with former quarterback great Adam Weber! Adam talks about growing up with football, what brought him to the U and his career that saw more coaching changes than perhaps any other time in Gopher history. Adam and the guys also discuss some career highlights and his time back on the sideline coaching before moving into a "normal career."
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April 17, 2025 • 59 mins
Gopher head coach PJ Fleck joins Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard for the 100th Episode of the podcast! The guys cover some college football current events after the first half of the show but talked about anything but football with PJ where they learned about his hobbies, favorite vacation spots, love for bourbon and boating and the only traffic ticket he has ever received.
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April 10, 2025 • 62 mins
Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard are back after a few weeks off and announce the big news that Koi Perich, Jaxon Howard and some other players will be joining Saturday's event at Jax Cafe! Burnsie updates the group on what he's seen at Gopher spring practice (including Drake Lindsay observations) and the guys discuss the update on the House Settlement hearings and Gaardsy's interview with Mark Coyle from the Final Four.
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March 27, 2025 • 61 mins
Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard are back to preview their April 12 event at Jax Cafe and spend much of the show this week talking about the Niko Medved hire and what it says about Minnesota's commitment to basketball. They also talk about what they expect the revenue share model to look like at the U and what that can mean for all the programs that will be sharing the money. Burnsie also gives us an update on a nice recr...
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March 20, 2025 • 53 mins
Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard are joined by former quarterback Max Brosmer on the show this week! The guys cover a lot of ground with Max including his experience going through the draft process, his year at the U, how he clicked so quickly with his coaches and teammates, how he prepared for each week and his thoughts on the Drake Lindsay era.
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March 4, 2025 • 65 mins
Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard are joined by one of the all-time great Gophers Matt Spaeth! Matt talks to the guys about some of his favorite memories as a Gopher and in the pros, stories from his recrutiment and a lot more!
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February 25, 2025 • 57 mins
Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard get back together to discuss the reports coming out of the conference meetings as well as the College Football Playoff Committee meetings. They also react to the news that Big Ten Football Media Days are moving from Indianapolis this year and heading to Las Vegas!
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February 11, 2025 • 66 mins
Chip Scoggins, Ryan Burns and Justin Gaard are back for a busy offseason show discussing two coaches leaving Minnesota for the NFL and where PJ Fleck looked to replace them. They also discuss a deep dive from The Athletic into Big Ten spending before Gaardsy somehow gets going on a meltdown regarding Minnesota basketball that left the other guys speechless.
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