*DAY 8 SPOILERS*

Halfway in and we have a real weird pack of front runners. Join us as we try to come to terms with Tokushoryu being tied for the lead and hear from our new clairvoyant sponsor at 51:48. After the break we introduce our new injury tracking project.

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The first sumo of the year is nearly upon us. Join the GSB crew for a (long-ass) episode on what we expect to see. We have a new sponsor at 1:15:20 and after that we review our new fantasy sumo rules that we're going to try. Find us on social media or leave us a message at 805-613-SUMO (7866).

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With approximately 38 Christmas gatherings and 11 bouts of sickness, it's perhaps a wonder we were able to get anything together at all. Ryan and Jake review this weird banzuke, the first of the new year. Keep an eye out for our preview episode for the full tournament, should be out tomorrow night.

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Happy New Year! 2019 is in the books so it's time for our annual awards show. We narrowed down some of our favorite bits from the last year to discuss and give our highly prestigious awards to. In between, we share some New Year's resolutions too.

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A few months back we recorded and subsequently lost a fun little bonus episode of sumo trivia in Ryan's favorite format: the TV game show knock-off. Please enjoy this show once thought lost and feel free to send complaints and angry ramblings to us on social media or leave us a message at 805-613-SUMO (7866).

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Ryan tries his best at inventing new mathematical formulas to justify his Hatsu banzuke prediction and Jake tries his best to figure out what the hell Ryan is talking about.

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Not the most drama we've ever seen in a yusho race, but still plenty to talk about for the last basho of the year. From the wreckage that is the ozeki rank, to the resurgent debate about the height of the dohyo, join us for a recap of Kyushu. We have one more ad from our audio book sponsor at 1:12:01, and you can leave us a message at 805-613-SUMO (7866).

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The boys from Akaguma-beya are back from their time off after a thrilling playoff last basho. It's time for them to grit their teeth and train harder than ever if they want to get their feet in the door in Juryo. If you like this little side project of ours, send us feedback on social media or leave us a message at 805-613-SUMO (7866).

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This episode features:

• Akaguma-oyakata 赤熊, the former dai-yokozuna and coach of Akaguma-beya
• Kumanoyama 熊の山 (Ryan), an ambitious young upstart and former university star. A strong, no-nonsense bruiser of a rikishi
• Kawa 川 (Mak), a mysterious orphan making a living however he can. He uses his speed and skill to dance around larger opponents
• Goniku 剛肉 (Flyric), the hungry (literally) veteran hoping to turn over a new leaf after bating his stablemates in a playoff for the Makushita yusho last month

*Spoilers through Day 8*

For those of you listeners who haven't gone kyujo, here's the GSB guys' take on the first week of Kyushu 2019. We have another audiobook offer at 39:33 and plenty of premature griping about the Minnesota Vikings game. Drop us a line at 805-613-SUMO (7866) or find us on social media.

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One more to go in 2019, so we head South to Fukuoka for the Kyushu basho. Plenty to talk about from the ever-shifting ozeki picture all the way down to an exciting juryo debut. We have an ad for some sumo audio books by the great author Charles Thickens at 1:10:26, give us a call at 805-613 SUMO (7866) to order!

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