Pistons Look Like Contenders, Nuggets Have Real Problems, Maryland's HC Opening & The Big Ten's CFP Title Streak In Jeopardy With Carlan Gay & Stewart Mandel

On today's program, Chase is joined by Sporting News & USA Network Sports' Carlan Gay to talk about his season covering the WNBA, the Detroit Pistons hot start (6:20), the Nuggets early-season issues (21:00), why Caleb Wilson has impressed him early in Chicago (29:00), and if the Lakers can be the best team in the West (39:00). Then, The Athletic's Stewart Mandel joins the program to talk Big Ten title contenders (53:00), Maryland's head-coaching vacancy (57:00), Georgia's SEC title chances (62:00), Texas and Alabama questions (65:00), Northwestern and UCLA's awesome season (66:00), and what it'd be like covering Lane Kiffin & LSU (71:00). Host: Chase Thomas Guests: Carlan Gay, Stewart Mandel To learn more about CT and the pod please go visit: https://chasethomaspodcast.com By the way, this is a free, independent national sports podcast. To keep it that way, I'm going to need some help from you guys. If you're a fan of the pod and you haven't already, take a second right now and leave the show a 5-star rating and a review on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. It really does help, and it's so quick and easy to do. Thanks, y'all! Keep up with Chase on social media: Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodChaseThomas Follow me on Instagram: https://bit.ly/3kFHPDn Follow me on TikTok: https://bit.ly/3JdZ3RF 'Like' me on Facebook: https://bit.ly/3ZmURo4 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.