Dirt & Sprague

The guys saw new Pac-12 Commissioner George Kliavkoff did an interview with the LA Times and hope he can deliver on all his promises, plus with NIL and the transfer portal it is full on free agency in college football. Pat Donovan joins the Daily Ticker with the details on the Antonio Brown undoing with the Bucs and the WFT is set to announce its new team name.

The guys would like an extra week, as they do not feel prepared to tackle the new year, plus Ant's big night for the Blazers, Klay's return and Big Ben's farewell game at Heinz in the Morning Crunch. The guys wonder about Roethlisberger's legacy in the NFL, and Mike Tomlin's record of success in Pittsburgh.

The guys have come to the conclusion that Nick Saban's brilliance has ruined college football for good, that the Giants are now the worst franchise in the NFL for sticking with Joe Judge, and that the Blazers season is officially over and that Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper on CNN New Year's Eve was much more worthy of eyeballs than playing the Lakers.

The guys begin the hour chastising Kirk Herbstreit and Desmond Howard for their critical comments on air of players opting out of bowl games, then recap the weekend of bowl games, chat with ESPN's Adam Rittenberg in the Daily Ticker about how to end the SEC's dominance.

ESPN National College Football Writer Adam Rittenberg returns to the Ticker with thoughts on how to bring more parity to the game after a pair of SEC teams dominate the national semifinals again.

5 more teams clinch playoff berths in the NFL as records are reached and division titles are locked up.

The guys are back for the new year as Sprague shares his COVID Christmas ordeal, then they dive into Week 17 of the NFL slate in the Morning Crunch before asking the question of what happened with Antonio Brown in the Bucs game. Plus, how should the NFL handle records with the expanded 17 game regular season.

On the Bama beat for Touchdown Alabama, Steven Smith returns to the show changing planes on his way to the Cotton Bowl with the latest on the Crimson Tide trying to roll to another national championship.

Covering the Cincinnati Bearcats for 24 7 Sports, Chad Brendel joins us en route to Dallas with a preview of Cincy's chances to upset Bama in their CFB Playoff Semifinal.

Anthony Broome covers the Michigan Wolverines for Wolverine On 3 Sports, and joins the Ticker with a preview of what it will take to knock off Georgia and get to the CFB National Championship.