In this episode, Professor Mike Lewis and co-host Doug Battle talk about the week in sports and dig a little deeper into two stories: one national and one very local.

The Sarah Fuller story keeps coming, but there has been a fork in the road. The major media outlets continue to laud the history-making, glass shattering event while Twitter and Youtube contain plenty of amateur commentators happy to mock Vandy’s alleged publicity stunt. Mike and Doug break down why.

This sparks a conversation on authenticity in sports and leads to a conversation on Logan Paul's upcoming boxing match with Floyd Mayweather.

Then, Mike and Doug take a moment to discuss Doug's personal podcast: The Savage Pads Podcast. This conversation stems from something that Doug said to Mike off-air about how the podcast feels different based on how the Georgia Bulldogs are playing.

The key construct for this discussion is the theme of Hope in sports fandom.

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