The Take with Andy Sweeney

The Take with Andy Sweeney

Join The Take weekdays 12-3pm on ESPN 680/105.7.

Episodes

January 12, 2026 53 mins

Nick fixes the phone and Jon Hale joins to talk some UK to start hour three.  We revisit The UofL Mikel Brown news.  We get a J Lowe update from Mark Pope.  Some Weekend Overreactions.  Nick fails a Weekend Quiz miserably. 

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Andy laments the lack of pomp and circumstance around portal decisions.  Andy owes Rummage an apology.  The phone breaks and ruins our interview with Eric Crawford.  The Liam Coen sound is cringe.   The guys attempt to give away Reds Fest Tickets.  

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January 12, 2026 67 mins

Hour one for the week Andy goes into the injury news around Jaland Lowe and Mikel Brown.  Some London Johnson talk.  Nick missed a PK presser because he had to go to the bathroom.  A familiar face is on Field of 68 and it pisses the boys off.  

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January 9, 2026 48 mins

Hour 3 the guys wonder if they made a movie about IU football who would play Cignetti, there’s a gay hockey show that Nick breaks down, more portal and CFP talk, and the guys end with some texts.

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January 9, 2026 63 mins

Hour 2 the guys talk NFL with Mike Tanier, Mark Pope had yet another odd quote, do the Cats beat Mississippi State on Saturday, Nick’s Twitter timeline is again full of smut, a little portal QB talk, and our Daily Dakich provides quite the reaction.

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January 9, 2026 61 mins

Hour 1 Andy opens the show with Louisville fans loving Miami winning last night, the guys have a theory, what does it mean for the ACC, Nick has a terribly timed joke, Ole Miss could’ve been a great story, Andy is buying into the Cards in the portal but should he, and what if Demond Williams’ saga happened here?

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January 8, 2026 56 mins

Hour 3 Andy has a portal number for Nick, the guys again talk about Kentucky’s loss to Missouri, does Pope sound like KP, did the producers fumble some sound, who at the station would let PK cut their hair, and we end with our sad UK medley.

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January 8, 2026 54 mins

Hour 2 starts with Andy being in a predicament, what should JQ do, a mythical UofL/UK player trade, a fabulous Cignetti sound, an update to the Cig/Deener/Blank sports bedroom, a twitter poll, Deener joins and says a Brohm Bomb is coming, and Neil Greenberg from The Washington Post joins the show to talk NFL.

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January 8, 2026 57 mins

Hour 1 Andy opens the show with Kentucky’s disastrous loss to Missouri, we need to talk more about the players along with Pope, the guys finally get to Pope being a bum, Nick gargles into the mic, a sad sad UK basketball medley, and Brendan Marks from The Athletic joins the show to talk some college hoops.

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The Take plays some of the best and worst from the UofL basketball post game show after The Cards fell to The Dukies.

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January 7, 2026 61 mins

Hour 3 the guys continue to discuss the Cards losing to Duke, do you remember Matt Khalil, did Brohm win in the battle over more NIL, and the guys play Fill in the Blank.  

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January 7, 2026 52 mins

Hour 2 the guys welcome Phil Baker in studio, Blank believes Scheyer talks out of the side of his mouth, are the Cards live/die by the 3, Soforo provides yet another gem of a segment, Vince Marrow battles a fake account on Twitter, and Creighton was right.

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January 7, 2026 58 mins

Hour 1 Andy opens the show with the Cards losing to Duke last night, that second half just wasn’t good enough, the guys are irked by both local teams being generic, Nick provides a running update, did you see the Auburn old man, and the Demond Williams saga is picking up.

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January 6, 2026 50 mins

Hour 3 the guys love the Tom Izzo/Paul Davis story, do you remember the Red vs Blue review, AJ Green is back, Nick and his terrible NIT take, emo Pope, and a bunch of other nonsense 

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January 6, 2026 37 mins

Hour 2 is filled with college basketball talk and the guys welcome the great Mike DeCourcy to the show.

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January 6, 2026 77 mins

Hour 1 the guys are live from the Poon in downtown Louisville, the latest on Mikel Brown, Goodman chimes in and creates drama, Andy loves that Will Stein stole a QB from Matt Rhule, the guys have a theory, is Cig entering the Deener bedroom, Nick is training for a 5K, and CL Brown from the Courier/Journal joins the show 

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January 5, 2026 58 mins

Hour one Andy reacts to the big stories of the weekend.  The local woes on the hardwood.  Vince Marrow won the weekend.  Andy mutes a chat.  The guys are going to The Poon!  Nick has a take on the UofL QB.  We hear from Pat Kelsey involving the health of Mikel Brown.  

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January 5, 2026 52 mins

Nick's pants are disgusting.  A discussion about ottomans.  Andy weighs in on UofL's loss to Stanford.  A Mikel Brown nugget.  The guys talk about Lamar and his future in Baltimore.  How much is Tyler Shough worth?  Andy quizzes Nick.  

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January 5, 2026 56 mins

Hour two Andy delves into the rough loss by UK at the hands of Alabama.  Nate Oats crushes Mark Pope.  Eric Crawford joins us fresh off The Rose Bowl.  He was invited to a presser that ESPN Louisville was seemingly blackballed from.  EC also weighs in on the local hoops and transfer portal.

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January 2, 2026 53 mins

Hour 3 the guys talk Bama hoops with Damian Mitchell from WJOX, Nick has a booger in his nose, New Year's resolution for the local teams, Zachy C in high school. and more portal talk to end the show.

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