Cook And Poni

Chris thinks Nate Yarnell and Eli Holstein are in a close battle to be the starting QB and Holstein has closed the gap in the last few weeks. Chris thinks each will play in the next two games to determine who will start against West Virginia.

Pirates reporter John Perrotto of Pittsburgh Baseball Now joined the show. It's one of the worst losses John has seen in a while, but the 1992 will always be the worst. John had some fascinating things to say about how Shelton and Cherington will be back. Shelton has been a good 'yes man' and only showed some frustration yesterday. Why are Billy Cook and Nick Yorke not here?

College Football picks for Pitt, Penn State, and West Virginia this season. What will their final records be?

We hear what Derek Shelton said about the Pirates' disastrous 14-10 loss to Chicago. Shelton sounded as mad as maybe he's ever been as Pirates manager.

The offensive line continues to be depleted. Spencer Anderson and Mason McCormick will battle to be the starting left guard.

The Pirates lost what Greg Brown called one of the worst losses in Pirates history. They led 10-3 going into the 7th inning... and lost. Aroldis Chapman allowed three runs in the 8th and David Bednar gave up five runs in the 9th. Is Derek Shelton on the hot seat??

The full Joe Starkey Show with Joe Starkey and Paul Zeise from Wednesday, August 28th, 2024

Hour 1 with Joe Starkey and Paul Zeise: Pirates, Steelers, and Pitt six pack. Pitt's Heather Lyke is a finalist for the Northwestern AD job. How do you think Heather Lyke has done at Pitt? Paul thinks the job she's done is extremely overrated. The programs doing well now, the coaches weren't hired by Lyke. Paul thinks the Pirates aren't going to fire Derek Shelton, but Joe thinks there's a 75% chance.

Hour 2 with Joe Starkey and Paul Zeise: Would you rather be the Steelers with the non-losing season streak or the Eagles with multiple coaches but trips to the Super Bowl? Deion Sanders and Colorado banned a reporter from the Denver Post who has been critical of the team.

Hour 3 with Joe Starkey and Paul Zeise: The Quiz Show. Pirates injuries. Pirates pre and post host Dan Zangrilli joined the show. Dan wouldn't have moved Oneil Cruz to center field now and thinks if Cruz was healthy last season they would have given him two full seasons to figure it out at short.

Hour 4 with Joe Starkey and Paul Zeise: Steelers correspondent for ESPN's Pat McAfee Show, Mark Kaboly, joined and told us how Russell Wilson was going to be named the starter. Later on, Wilson officially became the starter for Week 1 against Atlanta.

Mike Tomlin has confirmed what we all expected, Russell Wilson will start week 1.

Mark thinks it would be difficult to pull off a Brandon Aiyuk deal now and is going to stick with what they have. Mark is also writing for WWE. Depth at receiver and corner are the two most glairing areas of weakness for the Steelers.

Dan wouldn't have moved Oneil Cruz to center field now and thinks if Cruz was healthy last season they would have given him two full seasons to figure it out at short. 

Today's quiz show: Does Paul win AGAIN?!

It's been a while since Colorado has been relevant, but some people are accusing Deion of being a bully towards reporters and bad with the media, despite formally working for NFL Network.

Would you rather be the Steelers with the non-losing season streak or the Eagles with multiple coaches but trips to the Super Bowl? The Rams are up and down. Expectations are too low for Tomlin and the Steelers.

Paul thinks the Pirates aren't going to fire Derek Shelton, but Joe thinks there's a 75% chance. Fans weighed in on the Steelers roster issues. Jeff Patton of Baseball Card Castle joined the show.

Pitt's Heather Lyke is a finalist for the Northwestern AD job. How do you think Heather Lyke has done at Pitt? Paul thinks the job she's done is extremely overrated.

The Joe Starkey Show with Paul Zeise from Tuesday, August 27th, 2024