In this second hour of The Huddle we analyze the new playoff landscape in college football, Jessi Pierce of NHL.com and Bardown Beauties podcast joins us to recap the Wild’s rough stretch and is the injury bug leaving soon? Also Dave and Pete chime in on officiating in the NFL.

It seems the wheels are somewhat staying on for the Minnesota Wild as they have been battling through a laundry list of injuries so we talked to Jessi Pierce of NHL.com and co-host of Bardown Beauties podcast about the struggles, losing a slugfest with Nashville, Marco Rossi leading the way, previewing Colorado on Monday and much more!

This coming Monday marks the finale of a new format implemented into college football where we saw some blowouts and some close battles but overall we saw new additions to the mix when it comes to programs being on a big stage like the playoffs - but we break down how effective this transition has been as Ohio State and Notre Dame prepare to face off on Monday for the National Championship. Also, how does NIL and transfers play in to all of this?

It was a Wild weekend of Wild Card matchups and has been an even crazier Divisional Round - we chat Sam Darnold and the Vikings future, Josh has the Fast Breaks and more as we slowly peel back who will be in their respective Conference Championship games next weekend.

There is one name that has been explosive against two of the best NFL teams so far in the playoffs - Josh elaborates on that, previews a big game on Sunday, Bob Uecker and much more with the Fast Breaks!

With the Vikings season officially behind us we now look ahead to the offseason for the Minnesota Vikings with many questions already put into circulation. We went to Dane Mizutani who has covered the Minnesota Vikings for the Pioneer Press this season - he breaks it all down as we try and make sense of it all including analyzing the coaching of Kevin O’Connell in the playoffs!

It has been a topic of conversation for a few weeks now - what lies ahead for Vikings quarterback and soon to be free agent Sam Darnold in the wake of their Wild Card loss last weekend to the Los Angeles Rams, and what could it take for Minnesota to keep him!

From college football to the high school hardwood, as well as a Rams-Vikings pick - we take you through all levels of the sports world in the second hour of The Huddle!

After a run to the state tournament last year, Cretin Durham Hall boy’s basketball has all cylinders firing so we talked to their coach Jerry Kline Jr about their number one ranked team, recruiting talent into this new season, the scrappy win over Woodbury and even an ode to Mancini’s!

For today’s Fast Breaks, Josh takes his Fast Breaks to South Beach as they will now host the 2026 Winter Classic outdoors between the Panthers and Rangers, Jim Nantz will make history on Sunday when he picks up the headset and also its WIld Card weekend in football and we make our picks known!

Pete and Steve recap the College Football Playoff and weigh in on the final two teams being Notre Dame and Ohio State facing off for it all in the National Championship!