Show Open: My oh my it's a loaded show today with a nice guest list and Mike Lee hanging out behind the glass, Doug was surprised by the timing of Gary Pinkel's retirement news, The Cat just feels for the man as he's going through a tough time personally, Tim was completely blindsided and initially was skeptical as to Coach's reasons because of his experience with the Sports Information Department, apparently there was a curator who was unhappy and this forced the timetable for Pinkel's announcement to be moved up, The Cat thinks media relations put Coach in a bad spot with that radio interview in Kansas City last week, audio of Coach Pinkel's postgame locker room speech to his players on Saturday, Post-Dispatch columnist Joe Strauss joins the program to discuss the Mizzou situation and an embarassing Rams loss, Blackhawks fans swarmed the Scottrade Center on Saturday, Plowsy grew up among Hawks fans in Canton, the Bears came in with some key injuries so Doug really expected the Rams to win this game, how is Coach Fisher still never on the hot seat.