The Armchair Authority

The Armchair Authority

By: Ryan Shultz & Kelly Veneklasen

Language: en

Categories: Sports, Comedy

Two Guys, Two Mic's, One table and some pretty stupid sports talk.RSSVERIFY

Episodes

#83: Ravens Luck, Iowa State Drama & Driving Lessons
Jan 09, 2026

This week Kelly gives his thoughts on the drama in Ames Iowa. The Boys talk about how "unlucky" the Baltimore Ravens are and they also take a peak at the upcoming CFP and NFL Playoffs. Also the Quizard Of Oz returns for its third weeks and Kelly teaches everyone how to drive.

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Duration: 01:52:53
#82: CFP Mockery, Metcalf Madness, Harbaugh’s Hiccups, and Chiefs Home Sweet Dome
Dec 25, 2025

This week, Ryan and Kelly dive into the College Football Playoff (CFP) and the controversies surrounding it. Is John Harbaugh's position in the hot seat justified? The boys chime in on DK Metcalf's recent and expensive off-field incident and the Kansas City Chiefs moving to Kansas. Let us not forget the Quizard of Oz with a friend of the show. All this and more of the best content on the planet in this week’s episode of The Armchair Authority.

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Duration: 01:50:34
#81: Moore Than Kiffin, The Playoff Edition & Blitz Trivia
Dec 18, 2025

This week’s early-Christmas episode brings the heat from kickoff to the final whistle. The boys dive into the worlds of Sherrone Moore and Lane Kiffin. Ryan then flips the switch to full-throttle NFL Playoff chaos. Kelly introduces a new segment that tests Ryan’s knowledge on various subjects. Smart, loud, and always entertaining, the boys take the no-huddle and no-filter approach delivering the best content on the planet.

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Duration: 01:23:56
#80: Playoffs, Eulogies, and Bears…Oh My
Dec 11, 2025

This week, the boys continue discussing the College Football Playoffs. Did the committee get it right? Kelly chooses to take the high road, but he can’t stay there for long. Another deep dive into random NFL talk leads to saying goodbye to Kelly’s beloved Chiefs. Kelly discusses the hiring of Matt Campbell and Ryan shares his love for the Bears. All this and more of the best content on the planet in this week’s episode of The Armchair Authority.

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Duration: 02:00:08
#79: Baldness, Trust No One, CFP Chaos, and Lane Change
Dec 04, 2025

This week, Ryan begins the show with great news about Kelly’s baldness. Kelly and Ryan talk about why they trust no team in the NFL as the playoffs approach. Is the college football playoff system still broken? The boys think it might be. If you haven’t heard, Lane Kiffin is now coaching at LSU, and the boys have some thoughts and feelings about that. All that and more of the best content on the planet on this week’s episode of The Armchair Authority.

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Duration: 01:47:18
#78: Turkey Noises, Denver Broncos Expert & NFL Teams You Trust
Nov 28, 2025

It's turkey week and the boys are visited by a local Denver Bronco's expert, they talk NCAA coach openings that may be filled in December and they take a look at the best Thanksgiving Day side dishes.

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Duration: 01:53:36
#77: Daughters, CFP Rankings & The NFL's Top Teams
Nov 21, 2025

This week the Boys talk about the terrible situation that is your daughter starting to date. The crazy situations in college football and the teams that are for real in the NFL. Plus Kelly predicts a Chicago second half season meltdown.

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Duration: 01:46:15
#76: Frauds, Lawsuits & Bubble Teams
Nov 15, 2025

This week the boys talk about the CFP Bubble Teams, Brian Dabol getting fired and The LSU & Brian Kelly Lawsuit drama. Ryan also goes on an unscripted rank about the the fraudulent Packers and Kelly lets one rip.

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Duration: 01:51:55
#75: Tantrums, Attractive, and Power
Nov 07, 2025

This week, the boys discuss the joys of parenting as it relates to sons and their tantrums. Ryan takes a shot at ranking the most attractive college head coaching jobs, and are the NFL power rankings accurate? All this and more of the best content on the planet on this week’s episode of The Armchair Authority

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Duration: 01:26:33
#74: A Boring World Series, A Bad Trophy, and A Mid-Season MVP
Oct 31, 2025

On this weeks episode, the Boys talk about why people hate the LA Dodgers, and what has been a rather boring World Series. They also go on a random tangent to discuss the atrocity that is the CFP trophy and Kelly gives you his NFL Mid-Season MVP.

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Duration: 01:46:29
#73: All We Know Is That We Know Nothing
Oct 18, 2025

On this weeks episode the boys discuss the DUDE that is Bijan Robinson, and Kelly fills you in on his feelings when it come life, free speech and the firing of James Franklin.

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Duration: 01:00:42
#72: MLB Changes, NFL Week 4 & Gym Attire
Oct 03, 2025

This week Anthony fills in for Coach Kelly and the boys discuss potential changes to the MLB format. All the action from weeks 4 in the NFL as well as week 5 in the NCAA and the also give some thoughts on proper gym attire.

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Duration: 01:47:04
#71: Surprise, Panic, or Chill
Sep 19, 2025

This week, Ryan and Kelly discuss early surprises throughout college football. Several teams in the NFL are 0-2. Is it time to panic, or should we chill out? Plus, Ryan rattles off his list of observations over the past two weeks. All this and more of the best content on the planet in this week’s episode of the Armchair Authority.

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Duration: 01:32:23
#70: Bold NCAA Predictions & Kansas City Chiefs: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
Sep 03, 2025

This week NBC Sports made their bold prediction for the 2025 NCAA football season. We will see if Kelly Agrees! And we'll take a look at the punishment handed to Rashee Rice, The Kelce/Swift Engagement, and the Tyreek Hill Divorce costing him millions.

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Duration: 01:19:36
#69: Tired, Tiers, and Teething
Aug 20, 2025

This week, a very special guest joins the boys to discuss the return of everything glorious, to include Ranger football and college football. Kelly whines about being tired and Ryan brings back his Sherlockian observations. There’s no crying in football, but apparently there are “tiers.” All this and more of the best content on the planet in this week’s episode of The Armchair Authority.

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Duration: 01:10:10
#68: Let’s Bet On That, MLB & Please Stay Home, NFL
Aug 06, 2025

This week, Ryan has yet another airplane experience that’s dripping with humor. The boys discuss MLB and yet another sports betting issue. Should the NFL ground the planes on international games? This and more of the best content on the planet on this week’s episode of the Armchair Authority.

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Duration: 01:03:44
#67: The WNBA & Top 10 All-Time NFL RB's
Jul 30, 2025

This week, the boys tackle issues within the WNBA….yes, WNBA. Ryan knows top-10 QB’s, but what does he know about the top-10 RB’s? How about those Rockies? This and more on this week’s episode of the Armchair Authority.

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Duration: 01:26:32
#66: Kelly's 2025 NFL Awards and Ryan is always wrong
Jul 16, 2025

This week, the boys are back in the lab talking about the way-to-early 2025 NFL awards, and Ryan nails down the Top-10 Greatest QB’s.

Was Ryan wrong in considering Joey Chestnut an athlete? Should church league softball be as competitive as MLB? If only the umpires didn’t dictate the outcome of games. And then there’s the master debaters.

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Duration: 01:34:13
#65: Joey Chestnut, Jason Kelce & Soccer?
Jul 09, 2025

This week, the boys discuss US Soccer, Roethlisberger v McCoy, Jason Kelce’s social media controversy, and AFC South predictions. They also banter about the competitive-eating Joey Chestnut and his “athlete” status. Of course, they cannot forget to provide an update on the Rockies’ historic season as well.

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Duration: 01:50:03
#64: QB Cadence Quiz, Steelers Making Moves, & Overrated Foods
Jul 03, 2025

This week the Boys review Happy Gilmore, they have a QB Candence quiz and they discuss the Steelers being all in on yet another .500 season!

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Duration: 01:55:10
#63: BASEketball, Superman & a Baseball Rant
Jun 27, 2025

This week the boys play "Where are they now!?" and discuss the cult classic that is BASEketball. They have a heated argument over Superman and Ryan goes on a rant to try and fix baseball.

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Duration: 01:42:25
#62: Major League, the NFC North & the KC Wolf
Jun 20, 2025

This week the Boys discuss the retirement of 35 mascot Dan Meers. They Review 1989's Major League and they tell you how the NFC North will playout in 2025.

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Duration: 01:28:51
#61: The Circus comes to Pittsburgh and the Podcast gets a facelift
Jun 11, 2025

This week the Boys discuss Aaron Rodgers, signing with the Steelers. We make our weekly check-in with the Rockies and A guest joins the Show!

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Duration: 01:47:11
#60: College Running Backs, Minnesota Sports, and Dad Hats
May 28, 2025

This week the Boys discuss the state of Minnesota sports. They check in on the train wreck that is the Rockies and Ryan shows you how terrible he is as guessing where players went to college.

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Duration: 01:26:57
#59: Birth Control and NFL Quick Questions
May 21, 2025

This week the Boys discuss Ryan's recent vasotomy and they ask each other their top 5 NFL questions for the 2025 season.

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Duration: 01:38:50
#58: NBA Playoffs, Pete Rose, & Invisible Art
May 16, 2025

This week the Boys discuss the top 5 things that caught their eye from the week in sports and they discuss if art is truly in the eye of the beholder.

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Duration: 01:45:42
#57: Dallas Gets Pickens, Utah Gets Their Mascot, & The NBA Playoffs
May 09, 2025

The Boys are back! After a few weeks off the boys return to talk about the latest NFL trade, Utah Hockey Club's new mascot and a brief look at the NBA Playoffs.

Duration: 01:49:59
Podcast Update!
Apr 30, 2025

Quick podcast update for you guys!

Duration: 00:01:44
#56: Mike Malone, NCAA Championship & 1 Question for each NFL team
Apr 11, 2025

This week the boys take a second shot at recording an episode. They also talk about the Denver Nuggets odd firing of Mike Malone. The NCAA Basketball championships and 1 question for each of the NFL teams going into the 2025 season.

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Duration: 02:01:49
#55: The Final Four, Torpedo Bats, and Weird Science
Apr 02, 2025

This week the boys discuss the Men's and Women's final four, The MLBs new bat and some weird science.

Duration: 01:54:45
#54: JuJu Watkins, Randy Savage & New NFL Rules
Mar 26, 2025

This week the Boys discuss the impact of the injury to USC Star Juju Watkins, the men's and women's sweet 16 teams and whether or not the cream will rise to the top!

Duration: 01:36:50
#53: Life, Sports, and Pure Nonsense
Mar 19, 2025

This week the Boys talk about literally everything. From The NFL to The NCAA, Kelly's Hate of Aaron Rodgers and Ryan's Michael McDonald impression. They Cover it all!

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Duration: 01:33:44
#52: NFL Free Agency Frenzy & Birth Control
Mar 12, 2025

This week the Boys discuss the craziness that is NFL Free Agency and they have a good chat about vasectomy's!

Duration: 01:27:29
#51: Is Greatness Subjective?
Mar 06, 2025

This week the boys discuss Individual Greatness vs Team Greatness and they take a peek at the first half of the first round of the NFL draft.

P.S. I stole the joke from my buddy Nate. He deserves the credit. Not me.

Duration: 01:31:37
#50: Hockey is Awesome & NFL Fact or Fiction
Feb 26, 2025

This week the Boys discuss their new found love of Hockey and they play NFL Fact or Fiction.

Duration: 01:34:52
#49: Violence Might Be The Answer
Feb 19, 2025

This week the Boys discuss the recent action between the USA and Canadian Hockey Teams. They make fun of the NBA All-Star Weekend, and chat about the Salary Cap situation around the NFL.

Duration: 01:41:10
#48: Super Bowl LIX Recap
Feb 12, 2025

This week Kelly returns, and the Boys talk all things Super Bowl LIX! They also look into the Patrick Mahomes G.O,A.T. conversation and what teams still have an open window to win a Super Bowl.

Duration: 01:38:16
#47: The Biggest Trade in NBA History
Feb 05, 2025

This week Kelly is out with the flu, so Ryan has special guest Jake fill his spot to discuss all things Luka and the trade that shocked the sports world.

Duration: 01:43:37
#46: Everyone Hates the Chiefs
Jan 30, 2025

This week the boys discuss the results from last weekends NFL Championship games, why everyone hates the Chiefs and they have a short discussion on how Dallas continues to break coaches.

Duration: 01:41:09
#45: Is the NFL Rigged?
Jan 22, 2025

This week the Boys discuss the results of the College Football National Championship Game as well as this past weekends NFL Divisional Round Playoffs. Leading them to ask the question; Is the NFL Rigged?

Duration: 01:41:58
#44: Orphan Mom's, AppleKnockers, and Playoff Football!
Jan 15, 2025

This week the boys receive a very special gift from a listener and they discuss the results of last weeks football playoff palooza!

Duration: 01:38:58
#43: Football Playoff Palooza & The Importance of Making Memories
Jan 08, 2025

This week the boys look ahead to "Playoff Palooza Weekend." They write letters to the NBA and Bronco's Country. And discuss how important it is to make memories when given the opportunity.

Duration: 01:44:17
#42: Is the CFP Working and Does the NBA need a Restructure?
Jan 03, 2025

This week the boys discuss the College Football Playoff's and their success so far. They talk about the end of the NFL Season as well as the rating dropping for the NBA.

Duration: 01:20:02
#41: The MVP Dating Game
Dec 18, 2024

This week Kelly find his Prefect MVP match, and the Bears still suck!

Duration: 01:49:10