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Geoff and Blu discuss the state of MEAC basketball, a possible 1 v 16 match-up involving their almae matres, a possible playoff revenue split, how much we do not like said revenue split, how labor negotiations could come out of this, a proposed direct NIL deal to Caitlin Clark, the books we are reading (including Soviet Space Dogs), the Space Pen story, and tennis.

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Geoff and Blu discuss our field storming experience, UMass returning to the MAC, the Atlantic 10 and CAA, ask UMass to bring the band to Muncie, why people are calling for bans to court storming, what current policies around them are, how new policies and stadium design can impact them, and we get very mad about the proposed 14 team playoff.

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After a short detour about Death to the BCS, we continue our series on HBCU's with Texas's Prairie View A&M. Starting with its founding (before the University of Texas), its growth as a university, its role in Texas high school sports and activities, its own football history, and the Marching Storm.

Marching Storm Links:

2023 at SMU: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-inHCAlE48

2016 at TAMU: https://youtu.be/iIm7ffOT4do?

2021 at TAMU: https://youtu.be/dfN8CUbWclY?

Hell is a World Without You: https://www.jasonkirk.fyi/p/novel

Donald Wine's Black History Month Posts: https://www.starsandstripesfc.com/black-history-month

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Blu and Geoff and joined by friend of the show Gracchus (and also Baby Blu) to discuss King Cake etiquette, Louisiana Lent, what is or is not seafood, Baton Rouge Food Recs (yes, I've got them in the show notes), "That guy from Les Mis", film movie musicals, NLRB rulings involving Dartmouth basketball,what it means for college sports more broadly, the Pac-(1)2 and MWC contracts, and what a merged MWC-Pac-(1)2 could look like.

Baton Rouge food

Breakfast

Louies Cafe (http://louiescafe.com/)

Coffee Call (https://www.facebook.com/CoffeeCallbr/)

Lunch

Elsie’s Plate and Pie (https://www.elsiespies.com/)

Dinner

Pinetta's (https://maps.app.goo.gl/5vVWJ1hts4VCZprb9)

Ask for red sauce for bread

We've got a re-air this week due to Blu getting sick (get well soon).

Geoff is joined by Prof. David Lunt of Southern Utah University and Prof. John Haberstroh of UNLV to discuss sports in the ancient Greek world and their influence on modern sports and imagery. Spoiler alert: the NCAA is built on a lie. And a lot of how we experience sports never changes (even if a lot also has).

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Blu and Geoff are joined by friend of the show and Boise State law professor Sam Ehrlich to discuss anti-trust law, Congress talking about NIL, how current student-athlete benefits might be wages, applying the IRS's logic to determine if student-athletes are employees with Form SS-8 (https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fss8.pdf), DCI and college band, head coaching changes at HBCUs, the Australian Open, and the Purdue-IU rivalry.

Find Sam at @samcehrlich on various social networks

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Blu and Geoff are back on the mic doing deep analysis of the Alabama and Michigan bands half time shows at the Rose Bowl (see below for links), review the Rose Bowl, discuss why Michigan is really, really good at defense, wax poetic about Pasadena and what it means to Big Ten fans, review the Sugar Bowl, NOLA being NOLA, how good Washington is, ponder Penix, discuss how teams use pace, and follow the developing story of a possible new home for the CIAA championship game. With much digression at each point.

Alabama Half Time at the Rose (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66slee3kz9E&t=418s) and SEC Title games (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp0D1A91ugY) (same show, different camera positions)

Michigan Half Time at the Rose (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u29VA6nKjHc)

Geoff's Half Marathon Fundraising Link: ⁠https://rundisney-disneyland-half-marathon-weekend-2024.raisely.com/geoffrey-tanner-fundraising-page⁠