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It's Neal and Justin on the mic this week, delivering all the podcasty jibber jabber you've come to expect from MFFW. We open on Clemson's overwhelming performance in Blacksburg as we run through the slate of college gridiron action. We work Ric Flair into the NFL conversation by way of the Falcons' fancy footwear. Neal deep dives on the frustratingly good UFC card coming up this weekend and Justin takes us home with a whopping four movies to review, including Battle of the Sexes and Tom Cruise's American Made.

We're pretty sure you're a little tired of all the flag talk related to the NFL right now, so we decided to leave it out of our football discussion this week. You're welcome. Instead, we discourse over the week that was on the actual playing field. Upsets, scares and surprises give us plenty to talk about. We break down UFC Saitama and Bellator: Bendo vs Pitbull then finish off the show with a review of Kingsmen: The Golden Circle and Neal talks about how he'd rather watch Jackie Chan jump over fences than see Tom Cruise portrayed as an action badass again.

One thing that is certain with our podcast topics is that nothing is certain. USC vs Texas was a thumping on paper but a classic when played out on the field. The Dallas Cowboys went from looking like a title contender to one whose offense is built around two second-year guys who defensive coordinators have figured out. Boxing put on a legitimate world class fight in GGG v Canelo but all anyone cares to talk about is the suspect draw decision and one judge's incompetent (corrupt?) scorecard. And then there was mother!, the Darren Aronofsky film that labels itself a horror flick, but is full of so much WTF that it's difficult to categorize. All that and more!

Two episodes in the same day!?! You know it. Chris came by after a late work shift to shoot the breeze about the recent developments in the Jon Jones steroid situation. We also talk about Demetrious Johnson's postponed attempt at breaking the all-time title defense record and the recent women's bantamweight championship fight.

We're back after a couple of weeks on hiatus for the birth of Neal's daughter. It's a football-centric episode with Jeff stopping by to discuss the opening weekend of the NFL and the big matchups in early the early weeks of the college game.

Our regularly scheduled podcast was postponed for the birth of Neal's daughter, but Chris and Justin held it down with an impromptu recording at the Tailgate. Chris gives his take on the Jon Jones steroid situation and Justin brings the goods with his reviews of the Hitman's Bodyguard, Logan Lucky and Wind River.

With the birth of Neal's first child less than a week away, we're bringing a super-sized episode to proactively make up for any time lost. You're getting our predictions for the Superbowl and the National Championship Game. We get into a heated discussion on the McGregor-Mayweather fight and acknowledge some of the upcoming mma fights that were just announced. Justin closes us out with a review of Glass Castle and previews of Logan Lucky and the Hitman's Bodyguard. We're taking some time off after this episode but don't worry, will be back real soon!

We examine some early NCAA football rankings, acknowledge the careers of a couple of fresh retirees and try to make sense of Jay Cutler's unretiring. From there we look at UFC Mexico City from the past weekend and discuss the issues being worked through by Ian McCall and Pat Barry. We then weigh in on Paulie Malignaggi's trashing of Conor McGregor after working as a sparring partner. Justin expounds on the disappointment he got from watching Dark Tower and the "something's missing" component of the movie Detroit.

NFL Preseason is upon us! Meaningful football is so close we can taste it. Speaking of taste, our First Four this week is all about our favorite fast food. From there we talk about Colin Kaepernick's consideration from the Ravens and the NCAA's strongarming a kid to choose between football and YouTube. We go over the highlights from an excellent weekend of fights including Jon Jones' masterful performance against Daniel Cormier and his callout of Brock Lesnar. Justin gives us the skinny on Ghost Story and Atomic Blonde then tells us which upcoming films are worth your time. Give it a listen!

Packed show this week kicks off with Hugh Freeze's phone call to an escort service signaled the end of his tenure as head coach of Ole Miss. On the fight front, Neal and Chris preview UFC 214, which features three title fights and an all-violence classic in the making. Justin reviews three flicks - Dunkirk, Valerian: City of a Thousand Planets, and Girls Trip.