Up The Bracket Podcasts

We are back with our 2021 Oscars pod! We tackle the ballot from top to bottom going over our likes, dislikes, favorites, underdogs (got a juicy +275 pod bet in there) and more.A rough estimate:0:00 Intro 8:30 Best Picture23:00 Best Director/Actor/Actress40:00 Best Original Screenplay 45:00 Best Documentary (Yea we talk Mr. Octopus) and the rest of …

We are back with our biggest pod of the new year! A quick timeline of topics if you feel the need to jump around:Intro0:00-5:00 - Zags 5:00-19:00 - Top Chef Bracket19:00 - Beer Pong vs High Rolls Takes a Shot 26:00 - Beer Dice vs F*ck the Dealer 30:00 - Quarters vs Hammerschlagen 35:00 - Kings Cup vs Horse Races 40:00 - Flip Cup vs Never Have I Eve…

The boys are back in their respective studios to break down the 2021 March Madness Bracket! I can't believe it's been 2 years since we've had a March Madness and I hope we never have to skip a year again.Timestamps:West Bracket: 15:15ish East Bracket: 23:30ish South Bracket: 31:00ishMidwest Bracket: 40:00ish 10 team parlay: somewhere around 52:20 T…

As promised during our first episode back, we have cobbled together 16 of the best casual dining restaurant chains for a bracket! No self-serve or buffets, they must have a wait staff, nothing 24-hour and the basic criteria: if it was late at night and you had to stop for food and these were the only 2 options, which would you choose?A rough timest…

Hello, it's us. We are back for one of our favorite pods to do - the Super Bowl pod! As had been tradition in the past, we went over an hour so time breaks below if you want to jump around:0:00-10:00ish - SB plans, favorite SB food, we shoot the shit.10:00-32ish - Intern Eric drop his 3 favorite NarrativEs going into the Super Bowl, do yourself a f…

After a 2 year hiatus, the Fired Up pod is back! Using a similar structure to our most recent pods we broke down 8 different potential 'pod topics' and argued our way down to a single topic that will be the first full-length 16-team bracket for us to breakdown in February. Please excuse as we dust off the rust. First round matchups:Fast Casual Rest…

Following ASU's sweep of No. 14 Oregon and Oregon State, increasing the Sun Devils win streak to seven, Jordan discusses what sparked such a remarkable turnaround. Then Jordan is joined by Pac-12 Network studio host Mike Yam to break the conference race and discuss the wild Pac-12 (29:00).Par Pull Up J's Podcast

After arguably the best weekend of ASU's season, Jordan is joined by former Pull Up J's host and current LA Times reporter Jack Harris to discuss the Sun Devils' thrashing of UCLA and their nail-biting, come-from-behind victory over USC (2:37). Then a conversation with ASU assistant coach Rashon Burno, who touches on ASU's rotation, ball movement n…

After ASU's 66-65 upset victory over Arizona, Jordan discusses what led to the Sun Devils' best win of the season then takes a look at if they can carry the momentum into Washington. He's joined by Matt Moreno, the publisher of GOAZCATS.com to further recap the Arizona game (12:39). Then, former co-host Jeff Griffith reunites with the podcast to di…

The boys are finally back in town and to celebrate December we talked our way through 8 of the best Christmas Movies out there and then cleaned up with a little NBA. We spent the first 10 minutes talking about movies that didn't make the cut before diving in..First round:It's a Wonderful Life vs Love Actually (10:30ish)Elf vs The Santa Clause (17:0…

The boys are back with a few special guests joining throughout the hour to celebrate the one and only JD Vancho. We didn't even build a bracket. We prepared some questions and made him talk all about himself, which people know he doesn't like, and we made it all about him. It was glorious. A wonderful surprise at (42:30) as we surprised him with a …

The boys are back and fired up about the fruit bracket! 18 of the best fruits objectified down to 1. It gets messy, but the juice is worth it. Ok that's enough of that...First Round Match-ups:Cherry vs Avocado (4:30) Watermelon vs Banana (11:00) Apple vs Plum (16:05) Mango vs Blueberry/Raspberry (22:10) Strawberry vs Pineapple (25:00) Kiwi vs Grape…

After our longest hiatus in a year we are back with another Fired Up bracket! This time we tackle the everyday things we take for granted in a special "things we can't live without" bracket. We dive into a little NFL at the end if you need those hawt takes. Timestamps below!First Round Match-ups:DVR vs iPhone (2:30) Food Delivery vs Spotify (6:15) …

After a much needed 2 week break after the Interns' wedding JD and Justin are back with special guest Pouyan for our 2018 football pod! 90 minutes to learn all you'll need to know. We start with Hard Knocks, the rookie QBs and Saquon (3:20), and RotY bets (9:30). Next, we talked about the superstars as we mocked the first round of a 12-team draft (…

We are fired up that it is Intern Erics wedding week so we built an entire bracket around his wedding! We cover almost all aspects of the weekend and argued about his excitement and nerves among other things. Listen in as we celebrate Intern Eric and Lauren and stick around for a special Final Four!First Round:Planning Honeymoon vs Picking Guests (…

We're back with another bracket and this week we got super fired up about bad habits, pet peeves and annoying behavior in general. We get started with the missed cut, which included not soaking dishes, not using your turn signal and some others (3:00). Then we get to the good stuff: the battle of 16 annoying things that people do.First Round:Backpa…

The boys are back for the 50th episode of The Fired Up Podcast! And we are FIRED. UP. A throwback for sure as we revisit some old breakfast favorites as well as some cereals new to me. And for the first time ever we had more than 16 entrants so we had to do some play-in games! We talk about the right way to eat cereal, those that missed the cut and…

After a short hiatus the boys are back in town for a lively discussion about french fries/potatoes and the many ways you can have them followed by a smidgen of NBA free agency. We talk about types not chosen (4:00) and our criteria for the pod (5:00) before diving in (8:30.First round match-ups:Steak vs Hashbrowns (9:20) Shoestring vs Home Fries (1…

After taking 3 weeks to digest our cheese bracket we are back with the Candy Bracket! Pro-tip: FF to 16:00 to get straight to the candy. Unfortunately we were without JD so we brought in all-star guest Tyler Harbaugh to help us on our quest. Because we recorded after Game 3 of the NBA Finals Intern Eric was fired up to talk about the Warriors (1:45…

After a week off we are back with our cheesiest bracket yet! 16 of the best, and most easily accessible, cheeses in all the land. First, we did record this about an hour after Game 2 of the Dubs/Rockets so we start with 3 minutes of NBA (0:30) before we dive into the bracket discussion (3:42). First round match-ups include:Monterey Jack vs Feta(6:3…

Intern Eric came back alive and to celebrate we talked a bit about Coachella (1:00) and his top 3 acts (3:45). That seemed like enough so then in honor of it being the week of the Kentucky Derby at the time of this recording we decided to honor the mint julep and do a 16-cocktail bracket (6:30). First round match-ups include: Manhattan vs Screwdriv…

Special guest Nate Purcell joins us for our latest bracket and an NFL Draft Preview! It's our longest one yet with the first hour being the bracket and the second hour being the draft preview. First, we took 16 of the best network sitcoms and randomized them into a bracket (4:45). Our Instagram has the (poorly) drawn bracket, but first round match-…

Back on the grind as we start with a recap of the Masters (0:30), Patrick Reed (3:30) and a spoiler-free few minutes on A Quiet Place (8:00). Then, we dive into our latest bracket: The Best Picture Bracket (12:40). We took the last 16 Best Picture winners and randomized them into a bracket until only 1 movie stood above the rest. We start with the …

The boys are back in town! We're back in the studio getting ready for the NBA playoffs, arguing about fast food restaurants bracket-style and eager for the Masters to start. We start with the NBA putting Intern Eric on the spot talking about potential Warriors first round opponents (3:30). We start with LAC (6:40) and DEN (8:00) and work our way up…

It finally happened: The Bachelor ended! We're back for our final Bachelor recap (01:00) talking about Lauren/Arie (5:55), Arie's decisions (8:00), Arie never leaving (9:35) and the rest of the gossip/rumors/theories (12:27).Then, we're excited to announce our first ever "Worst Man in America Bracket" (19:30). We took the most annoying, douchiest, …

Plenty to be fired up about this week! First, we talk the Bachelor (2:45). Then, our favorite Will Smith movies (21:00). And finally, some Oscars talk (37:14). For the Bachelor we talk Arie's tattoo (3:40), all 3 dates (Kendall - 5:45, Lauren - 11:30, Becca - 14:30) and of course we talk about Ross's 15 minutes (15:50). For our intermission segment…

Our all-star break is officially over, which means that we are back in the studio! This week we get a little sidetracked talking spiders and bugs (1:07), but eventually got to The Bachelor and talked Jacqueline's exit (8:33), Tia (12:40), hometown dates (14:07), Lauren (18:12) and Kendall (23:30). We took a brief intermission and talked about our f…

They say 'two out of three ain't bad' so JD and Justin are back to talk about the usual suspects. Listen now as we discuss the latest episode of the Bachelor (2:45). We talk Krystal (7:25), Bekah (9:50), Jacqueline (11:30), all 4 dates from last week and some other good shit. We couldn't not talk about the biggest This is Us to date (18:23), which …

The 3 heads of the dragon are back and ready for Super Bowl 52! First we give a quick Tahoe recap (1:35)and discuss The Bachelor (7:23), the bowling date (12:00), Krystal (14:47), and the rest of the girls (18:45). We talk a little NBA: the Blake Griffin trade (21:30), the Omer trade (28:15) and Intern Erics NBA 2K9/Rasual story (30:40). Finally, w…

Your 3 favorite hosts are back in studio to talk about the status of our pod resolutions (:34) including Eric (2:45) and JDs (5:18) current reading material. We get way more into chicken feet than we had planned (8:38) and discuss some gambling strategy with 2/3s of the pod heading to Tahoe (13:08). We dive into the latest Bachelor episode (21:38) …

How is January half over? This week we dive right in with a discussion about arcade games (1:05) including a new favorite (4:45), old favorites (6:00), tables games (7:20) and then somehow a quick chat about Shake Shack (10:15). Then, we get a nice surprise during The Bachelor segment (13:45) as we discuss the girls, our favorites (30:30), and the …

The band is back together for the first time in the new year! First, we welcome back Intern Eric (0:40), discuss and revisit our pod resolutions (1:20) and shoot the shit (6:00). Then, as promised, we discuss all things The Bachelor (11:00) going over the girls and all 3 dates from the second episode (in order 20:15, 23:25, 26:15). We talk bachelor…

JD and Justin are back for the first pod of 2018 for The Fired Up Podcast! Listen as we talk about our New Years Eve plans (3:30), which includes JD and Steph cooking lobster (4:30) and Justin at a wedding (6:00); Pod Resolutions (13:30), which includes talk about Ready Player One (15:15) and encouragement for Mr. Kleppert (20:00); karaoke (22:00) …

Special guest Tyler Harbaugh joins us to talk 2017/2018. We get into some of our favorite trips (2:30), Japan (7:30), Tyler's favorite music of 2017 (12:13), JD at OSL (15:35), concerts (20:15), Justin's Xmas Movie Extravaganza (26:00), Star Wars - no spoilers (29:00), JD's 2017 movies (32:35), 2017 TV(36:30), books and other media shit (39:00), re…

The 3 amigos are back for their first December pod and are fired up about the holidays! Listen as we discuss people watching at the mall, Christmas, the NBA on Christmas, Doug Jones and Roy Moore, a little Trump, a little more politics, and of course our 5 picks of the week including our PLOW. As always, thanks for listening!…

Intern Eric is back from his hiatus and fired up as he joins JD and Justin for episode #31. This episode we get fired up about a late November birthday (0:30), Ironman races and how far JD could make it (2:20), and some Thanksgiving recaps (10:00). We also got fired up about donuts (13:20), breakfast foods (20:30), Project Veritas (25:00), Marty Ba…

JD and Justin are ready for thanksgiving and fired up about pool tables (03:00), Charlie Rose (10:00), Net Neutrality (15:25) and JD when he has no data (20:00). We talk books for a bit (21:15), Al Franken (27:15), Roy Moore (29:30), Trump and Lavar (34:20) and finally, our week 12 NFL picks including the PLOW (37:00).As always, thanks for listenin…

The band is back together as JD, Justin and Intern Eric return fired up about Thanksgiving, Superhero movies and Week 11 in the NFL. We talk Thanksgiving with the future in-laws and our own family traditions (01:00), Black Friday (10:30), the Vancho family Thanksgiving story featuring JD (14:00), NFL on Thanksgiving vs NBA on X-mas (20:49); we also…

JD and Justin are back and fired up about Game 7 of the World Series (0:15 and 9:10), JDs funny excuse for missing Game 7 (2:05), the reason for Intern Eric's absence and we discuss his divisive betting quirk(15:05), TNF and MIN/WAS (19:30), SNF and a little collusion talk (27:50), our PLOW - Pod Lock Of the Week (33:30), MNF and the rest of our pi…

We are back and Justin is fired up to talk a little baseball plus JD and Intern Eric share their own playoff baseball experiences: the Bartman game and Pablo's 3-homer game (0:45). Then, Netflix somehow came up and we started talking Narcos/Mindhunters/American Vandal (12:40), which led to JD telling the story of the most scared he's ever been (15:…

Intern Eric is back and joins JD and Justin to discuss (01:00)Gordon Hayward and the Celts, (06:00)KD's contract and the Warriors, (08:30)parity in the NBA and the schedule, (12:00) Draymond,(14:10) the Bulls being in disarray, and (17:15) every NFL game, which includes our (25:00) Pod Lock Of the Week and (52:00) each of our 5 favorite picks this …

Week 6 is here and even though Intern Eric took the week off the show must go on! JD and Justin are here to talk (2:10) Jerry Jones and his new policy, (6:00) what we may see/would like to see moving forward, (9:30) Nixon and Ava Duvarney's 13TH, (12:30) every NFL game this week and (54:00) a few special anecdotes that reveal a forthcoming pod.As a…

Oh, boy, we are FIRED UP that the NBA season is a week away! Listen as we discuss (00:45) Melo joining PG13 and Russ in OKC (06:45) KD and his fake twitter stuff (11:18) D-Wade and the Bulls (16:15) the Warriors with a little Spurs/Celtics (20:50) the Bucks (25:05) the Clippers (31:00) ROY candidates plus general rookie talk (36:20) some Celtics, b…

How is it already a quarter of the way through the NFL season!? Listen as JD, Justin and Intern Eric talk (01:30) kneeling/sitting/making a statement during the national anthem and what it means vs what people think it means, (10:00)some tidbits about Goodell and his awfulness, (13:00) every NFL game including TNF, SNF and MNF, and (57:30) our top …

Week 4 of the NFL season is right around the corner and we have a full slate of game for the last time until Week 12. Listen in as we (01:45) play another round of "Cash 'em, Trash 'em or Stash 'em - this time with TEs", go over each game on the schedule and (46:45) pick our pod lock of the week plus each of our 5 favorites for the week!As always, …

JD returns and brings with him a game of "Cash 'em, Stash 'em or Trash 'em" as we discuss a few top-tier running backs struggling out of the gate, TNF, Deshone and his migraines, the London game, AJ Green, every single game and so much more in preparation for Week 3.As always, thanks for listening.Par Justin, JD and Intern Eric

Intern Eric and I, hailing from opposite sides of the state but having each spent 4+ years in enemy territory, get together to discuss all things Southern California vs Northern California. We cover the basics like growing up there but also: (12:30) driving vs not driving as a teenager and the high-school systems, (21:40) college in LA, seeing the …

Intern Eric and I man the mics as we talk DJ and the no-good Colts, Thursday Night Football, Monday Night Football, Goff and his first 300-yard game, Young Tom Brady, Matt Ryan coming home and every other game on the schedule during week 2! Skip to 57:00 to hear our 5 picks of the week,Thanks for listening!…

We've had a lot of football pods recently, but we are just as amped that basketball is around the corner so we decided to talk about some of the more exciting trades that have happened so far this year. We won't get into each teams' offseason or anything like that, but listen as we discuss the Sixers and Markelle Fultz, D12, Jimmy Butler, CP3, PG-1…

Aside from the fact that it's impossible that it's September already we are fired up for the new NFL season!1:12 A round-table discussion of all 16 NFL games this weekend. 43:52 Our 5 favorite picks against the spread.Thanks for listening!Par Justin, JD and Intern Eric