The Hot Grits Podcast celebrates its first birthday with a 56th episode, Season 3, Episode 16. Travis Jaudon & Spencer Maddox for the entire episode and the topics are headlined by another bizarre Rush Propst story where the Valdosta High School football coach is seemingly explaining how he uses 'funny money' cash to recruit and keep players, and how Kirby Smart & Nick Saban have done the same thing. Here's the show rundown recorded Monday, March 8.  TOPICS: HBD to HGP (:40) ..... NBA All-Star Game (2:45), Atlanta will be Atlanta (7:20), LeBron v Time (9:00) ..... Braves spring training chatter (17:00) ..... Golf, Bryson wins Arnold Palmer Invitational, Travis is a Jordan Spieth guy now (22:45) ..... Crazy Rush Propst audio leaks of the coach accusing Kirby Smart, Nick Saban of paying players and details Propst’s drug money scheme in Hoover, Alabama (31:30) ..... Benedictine senior Carter Holton deals a perfect game and the Vandy commit is going to be a high pick in the 2021 MLB Draft (45:40). #HGP @PodcastGrits

Episode 55 of HGP is a coaching heavy episode where Travis Jaudon and Spencer Maddox talk about the firing of Lloyd Pierce (:45) and where the Hawks go from here (11:00). Then, Travis tells Spencer about Rush Propst and the coach's new scandal at Valdosta High School (13:30). Other topics include the NBA All-Star Break and the dunk contest in Atlanta, Hawks ceiling updates, Coach Mike Anthony leaves a weird, rambling voicemail (35:45). At the end, a second all-time HGP interview (Episode 4) with Malik Benlevi, the former Jenkins High School and Georgia State star basketball player now playing in the NBA G-League Bubble in Orlando. Benlevi calls in to discuss what it is like living inside the bubble (40:25) Let's go for a 55th time.     *** SPONSORED by Coach's Corner in Savannah, John Carr Real Estate, Beaulieu Oaks Home Improvement & Savannah Adult Baseball League *** @JaudonSports @SpencerMaddox_ @PodcastGrits   [email protected]

MIke Anthony visits Travis & Spencer for one last pump-up before the biggest bowling match in human history. LFG ..... **If ya missed it live, you can go back and WATCH the HGP duo compete in the Coach's Corner Charity Bowling Match (2/28/21) vs. the rest of the CC Sports Network at any time on the Coach’s Corner Facebook page**

Season 3, Episode 13. HGP Episode 53. Travis & Spencer preview Sunday's Coach's Corner Bowling for Charity match with the rest of the Coach's Corner Sports Network. Sunday, Feb. 28 at 1 pm on Facebook/YouTube live ...... The guys also give their thoughts on the Hawks as Atlanta (13-17) returns head coach Lloyd Pierce to the bench this week. Other topics on the first half: OU Bar Fight video & the NBA All-Star Game ..... On the second half, they react to the news of Tiger Woods crashing in California while Woods is in surgery on Tuesday afternoon.

Season 3, Episode 12. Episode 52. Travis Jaudon (@JaudonSports) & Spencer Maddox (@SpencerMaddox_) begin with strong feelings about head coach Lloyd Pierce and his 11-16 Atlanta Hawks (:50), then pivot to Draymond Green's 2-minute tirade about teams vs players in the NBA (5:50) ..... Is college basketball in 2020-21 as bad as it seems? (13:40) ..... Demetris Robertson and expensive car boots (21:55) ..... A Daytona 500 recap (25:15) ..... Urban Meyer (28:30).

Episode 51. Travis Jaudon & Spencer Maddox are back for Season 3, episode 11 and the guys quickly run through a lot of topics. SHOW MINUTES: HGP gives love and dating advice for a successful Valentine's Day for the single and taken bros out there in the G-Fam (:35) ..... Tom Brady is even great at being drunk (7:00) ..... Who are the Falcons projected to take in the NFL Draft, according to numerous mock drafts from various media outlets (10:05) ..... MLB readies for a strange spring training with updated COVID protocols and strict road rules, Red Sox trade Benentendi exactly 1 year after trading Mookie Betts, and asking/answering 2 big lineup questions for the 2021 Braves (12:50) ..... Bowling and NASCAR preseason predictions, can either Travis or Spencer actually name a driver in the Daytona 500? (21:15) ..... Hawks playoff ceiling updates (23:45) ..... PGA of America to allow distance measuring devices (range-finders) in all 2021 events including the PGA Championship in May (30:05).   *SPONSOR HGP in the Feb. 28 Coach's Corner Charity Bowling Match to be live streamed on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.   $.10 per pin, $.25 per pin, $.50 per pin, or $1.00 per pin. HGP expects to knock down 300 pins in total*

Season 3, Episode 10 of The Hot Grits Podcast with Travis Jaudon & Spencer Maddox. Travis and Spencer recap the Super Bowl (:45) and ask if, after winning his 7th Super Bowl in 10 tries, is Tom Brady the most dominant athlete of all-time? (11:45) ..... On the second half, the Braves signed Marcel Ozuna, so where do they go from here and where do they stand in the National League pecking order? (28:15) ..... Hawks Playoff Seed Ceiling updates (35:00).    ** CALL Rhines Florist before Friday, Feb. 12 to have flowers delivered to your lady on Valentine's Day in the Savannah area. Mention The Hot Grits Podcast and get 10% off your order. 912-547-3364 **  ......   ***SPONSOR HGP in the Feb. 28 Coach's Corner Charity Bowling Match live streamed on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. $.10 per pin, $.25 per pin, $.50 per pin, or $1.00 per pin. HGP expects to knock down 300 pins in total.***

It's the top betting day of the sports calendar every year, the Super Bowl. Uncle Carter joins HGP on the second half to break down the best betting tactics and top prop-picks for Sunday's game between the Bucs & Chiefs. On the first half of Episode 49, Travis Jaudon & Spencer Maddox talk about the fiasco at State Farm Arena Monday night (2/1/21) in Atlanta. LeBron James allegedly was called a b***h by a woman sitting courtside with her husband watching the Hawks/Lakers game and the woman was telling LBJ to leave her husband alone or else. Security removed the fans, who quickly took to Twitter/Instagram afterwards to tell their story (:40) ..... Plus, Bowling Match updates including where is the 19th hole golf show hiding?? (5:50) ..... Hawks playoff ceiling update (9:35) ..... The return of the NCAA Football game (12:15). UNcle Carter joins with a betting outlook for the Super Bowl on Sunday (18:05).    *** LIKE The Hot Grits Podcast on Facebook, follow them on Twitter @PodcastGrits, and follow them on Instagram @TheHotGrits.     *** Title sponsor: Coach's Corner -- Segment sponsors: John Carr Real Estate, Beaulieu Oaks Home Improvement ***

Chris Cokley is a former Savannah High, and UAB basketball star playing international hoops now as a pro. Cokley graduated from SHS in 2014 then went on to star at UAB in Conference USA before playing professionally overseas as he still does. He is widely considered to be one of the top Savannah basketball products of this era. Cokley joined Travis & Spencer to talk hoops in Savannah, and what it was like playing in "The Basketball Tournament" in the summer of 2020. ..... You can follow him on Twitter and Instagram -- @CampaignCokley ..... Topics in the interview with Cokley, from a Jan. 26th phone recording, include: The Savannah “brand” of basketball (2:05) ..... Who are best Savannah high school players from this “era”, or the last 20ish years (3:40) ..... Casey Mitchell vs. Cashmere Wright, who was the better scorer? Who was the better player? (5:45) ..... What did '13 Johnson & '16 Jenkins statitles do for the schools? For the city? For the stars from those teams including Tim Quarterman, Eric "Bubba" Johnson & Malik Benlevi (HGP ep. 4) (7:10) ..... Does Cokley feel like Savannah players root for each other at the next level, or does the city root against its stars; Is it really 'all love' for Savannah, from Savannah? (9:20) ..... Remembering the gym atmosphere in big games against Beach, Johnson, Groves and others. Cokley says he tells Savannah HS players now that the crowds they attract, is "nothing compared to what we used to see. Not even just Savannah High, just Savannah basketball. Every game used to sell out before the girl's varsity game." (11:35) ..... What has Cokley been up to of late, and how did he spend 2020 through COVID? What's next for his professional career? Israel this season (14:20) ..... Does he want to coach after his playing career finishes? (15:40) ..... Cokley shares his "bold statement" declaring a surprise as this year's "best team in Savannah." (16:05) ..... What kind of substitute-teacher is Cokley right now? Mean or nice? (20:00) ..... Playing in 2020's version of 'The Basketball Tournament' for Team Herd That, a Marshall University Alumni team. Playing Joe Johnson; playing "inside the bubble" at TBT; his viral teammate, Ot Elmore (21:10).      *Season 3, Episode 7. HGP 47*              ** Please consider donating for the Feb. 28 Coach's Corner Charity Bowling Match feat. #HGP vs. Rubbin' & Grubbin' NASCAR Show, Karl DeMasi Sports Report with AD Chad Griffin, & the 19th Hole Golf Show. You can write a check to "Help Save One of Our Own", write "HGP" in memo line, and drop it off at Coach's Corner in Savannah (3016 E Victory Dr.) before Feb. 28  OR  Email us with your preferred method of donating at [email protected] **

Episode 46 of The Hot Grits Podcast with Travis Jaudon & Spencer Maddox has a little bit from every sport. The rundown of topics includes: The NFC/AFC Title games and Tom Brady returning to yet another Super Bowl (:45) ..... Can we get rid of the roman numerals already? (6:15) ..... Is Aaron Rodgers joining Deshaun Watson and Matthew Stafford in the QB carousel this off-season? (11:30) ..... Hawks playoff ceiling updates (14:55) ..... Jimmer Fredette A.K.A. The Mormon Megalodon dripping buckets in China this week, drops 70 points for Shanghai Sharks (18:40) ..... Kobe Bryant has been gone for 1 year. Is anybody in the NBA today close to his intensity/mentality? (21:20) ..... Hank Aaron passes, and baseball has got to figure out who its All-Time Homerun King is (24:25) ..... UFC 257 recap and what bar was Spencer at? Travis needs answers (30:30) ..... Spencer attends his 10-year High School Reunion (35:40) ..... Barry Bonds, Curt Schilling and Roger Clemens were trending upwards for induction into the Baseball HOF (as of late Tuesday), ‘they’ are getting closer to induction (37:45) ..... Twitter's trending headlines for Jan. 26 (41:15).      *PLEASE consider donating ahead of the Feb. 28 Coach's Corner Charity Bowling Match featuring The Hot Grits Podcast versus Rubbin' & Grubbin', Karl & Chad, and the 19th Hole with the Herb Brothers. You can write a check with your donation ($1 - $1 Million) made out to "Help Save One of Our Own", write "HGP" in the memo line, and drop it off at Coach's Corner in Savannah before Feb. 25. OR Email us with your preferred method of donating at [email protected]*