The Wingo Network

Trey Wingo
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The Wingo Network is the podcast network led by Trey Wingo, built for fans who want substance over noise. This is the home for smart, adult sports conversation across multiple shows, anchored by credibility, access, and experience. From long-form analysis and reporting to thoughtful interviews and on-course storytelling, every show respects the audience and the game. Shows include Straight Facts, Homie and Trey Wingo Golf, with more to come. Each show is united by one standard: real insight, no hot takes.

  1. 2d ago

    25 Years Later — Bob Ley Remembers the ESPN’s SportsCenter on 9/11

    Twenty-five years ago today, Bob Ley and Trey Wingo anchored the SportsCenter that ESPN almost did not put on the air. Wingo argued against doing a show at all. Ley argued that they had to. Bob Ley was hired at ESPN in 1979 and was on the air the day the network launched. Trey Wingo spent twenty-three years there. On September 11, 2001, Wingo was scheduled to anchor the six o'clock SportsCenter. Ley was off that morning. By the afternoon both were in the building, in a meeting, trying to decide whether covering sports on that day was journalism or an insult. Wingo says he was wrong. Ley says nobody in that room was wrong, and that the only thing that mattered was that everyone in it was telling the truth about how they felt. In 2018, the National September 11 Memorial and Museum mounted a special exhibition on sports after the attacks. Ley visited it once. Standing in the dark at the back of the gallery, he watched strangers stop in front of a screen and watch the hour he and Wingo had done seventeen years earlier. They also talk about the week that followed. Paul Tagliabue closing the NFL office and sending everyone to find a house of worship. Pete Rozelle's decision to play after the Kennedy assassination and the regret he carried for it. Larry Bowa finding out live on the air that the Phillies had turned their bus around. Jack Buck in St. Louis. David Letterman and Jon Stewart going back to work. Mike Tirico taking his kids to a high school football game because it was the only sport left. The Mets and the Braves at Shea Stadium, and Mike Piazza. President Bush walking to the mound at Yankee Stadium in a bulletproof vest and throwing a strike. Twenty-five years on, a large share of the country has no working memory of that day. That is the reason this conversation exists. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    25 Years Later — Bob Ley Remembers the ESPN’s SportsCenter on 9/11

  2. 3d ago

    LIV Golf Bankruptcy Is Official. Here’s How Much It Owes Its Players.

    LIV Golf filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this week, and Jon Rahm had already left the LIV players group chat a month before it happened. Sponsored by Kalshi: https://kalshi.com/r/WINGO Use code WINGO and get $25 when you trade $25. The filing lists what LIV Golf still owes its own players in past due payments, and those totals only cover what is late. They say nothing about the years of guaranteed money still written into contracts that LIV now wants a court to void. Jon Rahm, Bryson DeChambeau, Dustin Johnson, Cameron Smith, Adrian Meronk, Tyrrell Hatton, Bubba Watson, Abraham Ancer, Byeong Hun An and Brooks Koepka all appear on it. Trey Wingo walks through what LIV Golf CEO Scott O'Neil told the players. That includes the memo saying LIV's lawyers would be in court seeking approval to reject existing player agreements, and the separate email handing players talking points about real momentum and a transition to LIV Golf 2.0. He also gets into the plan to expand the field from 57 players to 75 at a league that cannot pay the players it already has. There is the Jon Rahm answer on the DP World Tour about being willing to fulfill his LIV contract, and why that specific wording is a lawyer's sentence rather than a golfer's. There is the group chat exit on August 9th. There are the LIV Golf players Trey texted who could not talk because of NDAs, and the question of why a golf league needs NDAs at all. Reporting on the filings credited to Flushing It and Josh Carpenter, including the detail that LIV Golf's own filing categorizes the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour as competitors, which is the opposite of everything LIV has said publicly for four years. The part that matters most is who actually absorbs this. The top players already collected. The vendors did not. One company was four years out on a contract worth millions of euros a year, and it is gone, with almost half the staff laid off. That is the real legacy of LIV Golf 1.0. Trey Wingo Golf is part of the Wingo Network. Subscribe for coverage of the golf business as this plays out, and drop your questions in the comments for the next Golf Live. Kalshi: https://kalshi.com/r/WINGO Disclaimer: 18+ only. Restrictions and eligibility requirements apply. Event contract trading involves significant risk and is not appropriate for everyone. Please carefully consider if it is appropriate for you in light of your personal financial circumstances. Kalshi products are not available in all jurisdictions. See kalshi.com/regulatory for more information Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    LIV Golf Bankruptcy Is Official. Here’s How Much It Owes Its Players.

  3. 4d ago

    Warren Sharp’s 2026 NFL Predictions: Chiefs, Cowboys, Rams & More

    Every NFL broadcast puts third-down conversion rate on the screen. Warren Sharp says that is the wrong number. What predicts winning is how often a team avoids third down at all, and almost nobody says it out loud. Kalshi: https://kalshi.com/R/WINGO Disclaimer: 18+ only. Restrictions and eligibility requirements apply. Event contract trading involves significant risk and is not appropriate for everyone. Please carefully consider if it is appropriate for you in light of your personal financial circumstances. Kalshi products are not available in all jurisdictions. See kalshi.com/regulatory for more information Sponsored by Kalshi: https://kalshi.com/r/WINGO Use code WINGO and get $25 when you trade $25. Warren left a decade-long engineering career to model football full time, has consulted for NFL teams under NDA, and has published his betting record every year since 2006. This conversation is about the machinery underneath it. The core of it: early-down efficiency and explosive plays have to be balanced against each other, not optimized separately. Sack avoidance is drastically underrated, and quarterbacks control far more of it than offensive lines get blamed for. His line is that interceptions are game changers and sacks are drive changers, and he has the drive-scoring numbers to show what a single sack does to a possession. On strength of schedule, he does not use last year's records at all. He explains what he uses instead, why the betting market does the work for you, and why 2026 is the year that matters most, with ten new head coaches and a wave of new coordinators changing what every team is trying to do. Then the teams. Why he thinks Houston finishes first in the AFC South and what changed on the offensive line. Why he bet against Cincinnati last year and is not doing it again. What the Cowboys defense has to become, and it is a lower bar than you would think. Why he believes the hype around the Rams and still will not put money on them, which is a distinction most people never make. What Denver's play calling change means for sack rate. And where Kansas City actually stands. Trey brings his own argument too, that the hardest games to win come in September because nobody knows they are bad yet, and gets it tested against the data. Warren is giving Wingo Network viewers the full 2026 preview book, the $34.99 PDF, free. Details at the end of the video and in the pinned comment. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    Warren Sharp’s 2026 NFL Predictions: Chiefs, Cowboys, Rams & More

  4. 5d ago

    Roger Goodell Is Not Going Anywhere — The Eighteenth Game and International Divisions Are Coming

    Roger Goodell isn’t going anywhere. Sponsored by Kalshi: https://kalshi.com/r/WINGO Use code WINGO and get $25 when you trade $25. The NFL commissioner has agreed to a four-year extension that will keep him in charge through the 2030 season, lining up his tenure with the expiration of the league’s current collective bargaining agreement. And Trey Wingo believes that timing is anything but accidental. On this episode of Straight Facts Homie, Trey breaks down why NFL owners continue to put their trust in Goodell, the staggering financial growth of the league during his tenure, and what his new performance-based deal says about the priorities of the people he works for. More importantly, Trey explains why he believes the extension sets the stage for the NFL’s next major push: an 18-game regular season, significantly more international games and, eventually, an international division. What does that mean for the NFLPA when the next CBA negotiations arrive? And what will the players have to get in return if the league gets what it wants? Roger Goodell has spent two decades delivering for NFL owners. Now he has four more years to finish the job Kalshi: https://kalshi.com/R/WINGO Disclaimer: 18+ only. Restrictions and eligibility requirements apply. Event contract trading involves significant risk and is not appropriate for everyone. Please carefully consider if it is appropriate for you in light of your personal financial circumstances. Kalshi products are not available in all jurisdictions. See kalshi.com/regulatory for more information Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    Roger Goodell Is Not Going Anywhere — The Eighteenth Game and International Divisions Are Coming

  5. Sep 5

    Match Play Could Fix the PGA Tour Playoffs. It Could Also Create a TV Problem. | Mailbag

    You asked. Trey and Justin answered. Download the Kalshi app and use code WINGO to get up to $500 in bonus credits when you trade $25. iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/kalshi/id1652717295 Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kalshi.android Download Cash App Today: https://click.cash.app/ui6m/pt7csdwp Money is on the line. Always say hello with QUO. Try QUO for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months when you go to quo.com/WINGO The PGA Tour is bringing match play into its future playoff format, but one viewer raised an important question: could a format that creates better competition also create a television problem? Trey Wingo and Justin Ray break down the unpredictability of match play, where one bad day can send even the biggest stars home early. Trey looks back at examples of Tiger Woods being eliminated in match play, while Justin makes the broader point that no playoff system can guarantee the perfect television outcome. Sometimes the Super Bowl is a blowout. Sometimes the favorite loses early. That’s part of what makes a real postseason unpredictable. The mailbag also gets into whether the Presidents Cup should be used to give younger American players experience before future Ryder Cups, whether Team USA got its captain’s picks right after leaving Ben Griffin off the roster, and the smartest strategic golf Trey and Justin saw during the FedEx Cup playoffs. They also discuss whether Scottie Scheffler is being measured against an impossible Tiger Woods standard, whether Jason Day should have made the International Presidents Cup team, and the biggest issue surrounding the Presidents Cup itself: after 10 straight U.S. wins, does the event already have a competitiveness problem? Plus, Justin gives a firsthand preview of Team USA’s Solheim Cup trip, what makes winning on European soil so difficult, and why Nelly Korda doesn’t need to carry the entire team herself. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    Match Play Could Fix the PGA Tour Playoffs. It Could Also Create a TV Problem. | Mailbag

  6. Sep 4

    Scottie Scheffler Finished Another Dominant Season. The Tiger Comparison Is Getting Harder to Ignore

    Scottie Scheffler just finished another dominant PGA Tour season, and the Tiger Woods comparisons are getting harder to avoid. Download the Kalshi app and use code WINGO to get up to $500 in bonus credits when you trade $25. iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/kalshi/id1652717295 Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kalshi.android Download Cash App Today: https://click.cash.app/ui6m/pt7csdwp Money is on the line. Always say hello with QUO. Try QUO for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months when you go to quo.com/WINGO After winning two of the three playoff events and another FedEx Cup, Scottie effectively ended the Player of the Year debate. But Trey Wingo and Justin Ray turn to the bigger conversation: how does this stretch actually compare to Tiger? From ages 28 to 30, Tiger and Scottie each produced 18 worldwide wins, with remarkably similar strokes-gained numbers. But Trey pushes back on one part of the comparison: the idea that today’s PGA Tour is automatically deeper than the one Tiger dominated. Tiger had to beat players like Phil Mickelson, Vijay Singh, Ernie Els, David Duval and Retief Goosen, all of whom proved they could consistently close tournaments and win majors. Justin also adds an important piece of context to Scottie’s era, with players like Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau no longer competing against him every week on the PGA Tour. None of that takes away from what Scottie is doing. It just makes comparing eras a lot more complicated than looking at one set of numbers. Trey and Justin also put together their season podium behind Scottie, with Wyndham Clark and Matt Fitzpatrick rounding out the top three. Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. Cash App Visa® Debit Flex Cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, and The Bancorp Bank, N.A., pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. See terms and conditions for the Sutton prepaid card, Sutton debit flex card, and Bancorp debit flex card. Savings provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosures. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    Scottie Scheffler Finished Another Dominant Season. The Tiger Comparison Is Getting Harder to Ignore

  7. Sep 3

    The Presidents Cup Teams Are Set. Here’s What Stands Out on Both Sides.

    The Presidents Cup teams are officially set. Download the Kalshi app and use code WINGO to get up to $500 in bonus credits when you trade $25. iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/kalshi/id1652717295 Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kalshi.android Download Cash App Today: https://click.cash.app/ui6m/pt7csdwp Money is on the line. Always say hello with QUO. Try QUO for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months when you go to quo.com/WINGO Trey Wingo and Justin Ray break down the captain’s picks for both Team USA and the International Team, including where each captain followed the points list, where they went in a different direction and which selections stood out the most. On the U.S. side, Brandt Snedeker added Chris Gotterup, Xander Schauffele, Justin Thomas, Jacob Bridgeman, Patrick Cantlay and 21-year-old Jackson Koivun. Koivun immediately becomes one of the most intriguing players in the event, while Cantlay brings a proven team-golf track record and Bridgeman gives the Americans another chance to see a younger player in this environment. For the International Team, Jeff Ogilvy also made some interesting choices, leaning on a mix of current form, Presidents Cup experience and players he believes can help close the talent gap against a historically deeper American roster. Trey and Justin break down the biggest surprises, the players who were left out and what each side’s selections tell us about how the captains are approaching Medinah. The picks are done. Now it’s Team USA vs. the International Team. Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. Cash App Visa® Debit Flex Cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, and The Bancorp Bank, N.A., pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. See terms and conditions for the Sutton prepaid card, Sutton debit flex card, and Bancorp debit flex card. Savings provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosures. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    The Presidents Cup Teams Are Set. Here’s What Stands Out on Both Sides.

  8. Sep 2

    The NFL Front Office Playbook Has Arrived College Football — Here Is the Man Who Brought It

    Every NFL team works under the same cap. Every college program is in the same mess. Jake Rosenberg says neither one explains who wins. Download the Kalshi app and use code WINGO to get up to $500 in bonus credits when you trade $25. iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/kalshi/id1652717295 Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kalshi.android Download Cash App Today: https://click.cash.app/ui6m/pt7csdwp Money is on the line. Always say hello with QUO. Try QUO for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months when you go to quo.com/WINGO Rosenberg spent twelve years in the Philadelphia Eagles front office as Howie Roseman's right hand on the salary cap, and he now advises college programs through The Athlete Group, which helped build Oklahoma's football front office and worked with Florida to hire Dave Caldwell. He is one of very few people who has done the job on both sides of the line, and his read on why teams win is the opposite of the one you usually hear. The standard explanation in the NFL is that the cap constrains you. The standard explanation in college is that there are no rules. Rosenberg's answer is that both are alibis. Every organization in both leagues is working under the same conditions as its competitors, and the ones losing are losing on how they operate, not on the constraint they blame. Give two teams identical money and you get wildly different rosters, which means the money was never the variable. Trey does not let it go, and pushes back through most of the conversation. He makes the case that college football is genuine chaos, that the NCAA saw name, image and likeness coming and did nothing, and that colleges will not cooperate with each other the way the NFL did when free agency arrived. That disagreement is the spine of the whole thing. The NFL half is the control group. Rosenberg on what separates Howie Roseman, Les Snead, Brett Veach and Eric DeCosta from everyone else, on why so many owners want to win without having any plan for how, and on why a team refusing to do contract extensions during the season is a leadership failure rather than a policy. Trey argues the NFL only works because it is a socialist league run by capitalists, and Rosenberg traces that back to how the thing was built. The college half is the proof. What he actually finds when he spends two days inside a program talking to everyone from the head coach down, with nobody knowing what anyone else said. Why the conferences behave like cartels and why a cartel collapses the moment one member steps out. Why he thinks the LSU eligibility fight was an avoidable strategic error rather than evidence the system is lawless. And what happens to forty million dollars in the hands of a program that does not know what it is doing. Also here: why a commodities trader took an internship at thirty five and commuted eighty five miles each way, and why he did the same thing again years later when he walked away from the NFL with no backup plan. The question worth sitting with afterward is whether a cap fixes any of this, or whether it simply makes the gap between the operators and everyone else impossible to hide. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    The NFL Front Office Playbook Has Arrived College Football — Here Is the Man Who Brought It
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The Wingo Network is the podcast network led by Trey Wingo, built for fans who want substance over noise. This is the home for smart, adult sports conversation across multiple shows, anchored by credibility, access, and experience. From long-form analysis and reporting to thoughtful interviews and on-course storytelling, every show respects the audience and the game. Shows include Straight Facts, Homie and Trey Wingo Golf, with more to come. Each show is united by one standard: real insight, no hot takes.

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  • Creator
    Trey Wingo
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    259
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Trey Wingo
  • Show Website
    The Wingo Network

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