Cinema Is Life

What the heck is going on at Baylor and what impact will it have on the rest of the college football landscape? The guys discuss it and wonder what other schools could we see fostering a similar environment. Also, who knew the Spelling Bee could showcase some next level savagery? Throw in a preview of UFC Fight Night 88 and reviews of Nice Guys and X-Men Apocalypse. Get you some!

Dikembe Mutombo spoils the NBA Draft Lottery and makes us think back to the frozen envelope conspiracy theory surrounding PatricK Ewing. Cleveland finally has a world champion but all anyone cares about there is LeBron. Jeff, Gilly and Justin spend a ton of time talking football before Chris shows up and we get to the business of breaking down the awesomeness that was Captain America: Civil War. ***Major Spoilers*** in the last segment if you didn't see the movie yet.

Neal and Jeff drive the conversation for much of this week's episode with Chris making an appearance in the last segment. On top of our usual discussions of football, fights and films, we also talk a little baseball to start the show off. We get into the big big business of Texas high school football and the possibility of the Raiders moving out of Oakland and into Las Vegas. And what role might Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta (co-owners of the UFC) play in the whole thing? Plus a spoiler-free first take on Captain America: Civil War.

Jeff and Gilly hold it down for the first hour with NFL draft talk ranging from Laremy Tunsil's weird night to Tampa moving up to grab a kicker in the second round. With Chris and Martino unavailable in the fight segment, we recap WWE Payback and discuss Floyd Mayweather's return instead. We close it out on films with Justin giving high praise to the Green Room, which he dubs his favorite movie of the year so far.

It's draft day! We've got the first round on in the background while we debate the ruling that reinstates Tom Brady's 4-game suspension. Lew Gilly is back to preview WWE Payback. The Reebok snafu over the Alien Stomper shoes gets some time, as does the latest drama over the UFC 200 main event. Finally, we talk wonder aloud why movie trailers spoil what should be the coolest moments of their own films.

Neal, Chris and Martino break down every fight on the UFC 197 card. With all eyes on what's happening with UFC 200 and Conor McGregor, some might overlook this solid card that features four fighters who've held UFC championships and one who's captured Olympic gold. Can Mighty Mouse turn away Henry Cejudo? Can underdog Ovince Saint Preux derail the Jon Jones train? Who wins the battle of flashy kicks when Edson Barboza meets Anthony Showtime Pettis? Listen and find out!

We're all bummed about the passing of the artist formerly known as the Artist Formerly Known As Prince, but we've got podcasting to do. This week we wonder aloud if it's possible to develop a franchise quarterback via the later rounds of the draft. Conor McGregor's faux retirement dominates the MMA talk. Justin sheds some light on Hollywood whitewashing and Jeff reviews Eye in the Sky.

It's a fights-only episode! Neal, Chris and Martino team up to recap UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs dos Santos and preview UFC on FOX: Teixeira vs Evans.

It's Sunday afternoon, the Masters is on, and the guys are getting together to watch the UFC Zagreb show. Why not tape a podcast? We discuss the traffic incident in New Orleans that resulted in the shooting death of former Saints player Will Smith. A couple of us saw the first-person shooter style movie Hardcore Henry and have some opinions on whether the POV gimmick can be used effectively in non-action genres. Plus, did you see that baller Rogue One trailer?!?

The schedule got a little wonky this week but we made up for the delay by bringing Jeremie back into the fold. He rails on Colin Kaepernick's proposed move to Denver, Neal and Martin talk about the ever changing UFC 198 card, and Justin leads the guys in a very spoiler filled discussion of Superman v Batman: Dawn of Justice. Don't worry; we saved that for the end so you can stop listening when you get to that part if you haven't yet seen the flick.