Sean and Lucas are back and dive right into their thoughts of the 24 team playoff for college football being announced. They are joined by Bill Bender of the Sporting News as well as Alec Busse from 247 Sports discuss if this is good for college football as a whole. Alec and Sean get heated a little with each other but was a good conversation.

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The boys start the show with a little pumpkin carving competition followed by will Iowa make the CFP? Sean Bock from 247 Sports joins the show to talk Hawks. In hour 2 Sean and Lucas discuss a potential cheating scandal in Iowa High School golf followed by Bill Seals from On3 to talk Cyclones. They wrap with Lucas' Picks.

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Sean and Lucas are joined by voice of the Iowa State Cyclones John Walters to start the show and gives insight into the Cyclone football program and his thoughts on Coach Fennelly retiring. They boys then get into the rest of college football from over the past weekend. Iowa State Women's Head Basketball Coach Bill Fennelly joins in hour 2 to discuss why he is retiring and more. They wrap with Lucas' Picks.

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The boys are back to recap the Hawkeyes and Cyclones as Iowa beats Washington and Iowa State falls to BYU. Is there a QB controversy fat both schools? The boys discuss. David Eickholt from 247 Sports hops on for his weekly segment and Sean and Lucas wrap with Lucas' Picks and the bookmark.

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The boys are LIVE from the ACE Hardware in Ankeny and essentially run a pregame show for the Hawkeyes and Cyclones as they both play on Friday night. Professional Sports bettor Rob Donaldson joins the show to give his bets for the weekend and the boys wrap with Afternoon Pick Em' presented by Circa Sports. Checkout our website!

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Beyond the Bench with Sean Roberts and Lucas Strain, Thursday, October 8, 2026.

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The boys start the show off discussing Tyrese Haliburton playing in Ames tonight as the NBA comes to town. Sean Bock from hawkeyeinsider.com and 247 Sports joins to talk some Iowa Hawkeyes and Bill Seals from Cyclone Report and On3 joins to talk Cyclones. They wrap with Lucas' Picks and the bookmark. Checkout the YouTube Channel and give it a subscribe and the videos a like!

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The boys start off the show talking about the MLB Playoffs. Is the Yankees/ Rays series done? Will the White Sox clinch to head to the ALCS? Sean and Lucas discuss. Jeff Dubrof joins the show for his weekly segment as they cover college football and baseball. They start the second hour discussing the QB battle for Iowa now with the Hank Brown injury news. They then have friend of the show and PXP voice of the Iowa Wild Ben Gislason hop on to talk some puck and wrap with Lucas' Picks and bookmarks. Hit that subscribe button on the YouTube Channel and give the video a like!

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