On Episode 45 of The Hot Grits Podcast, The guys discuss the Coach’s Corner Bowling for Charity Match which has been set for 2/28/21 at the Largo Lanes in Savannah (:30). A now-former Mets’ GM, Jared Porter sent HOW MANY “Richard” pics to a female reporter? An embarrassing text messaging scandal is soooo Mets (4:30). RIP to Braves’ radio mainstay, and Baseball Hall-of-Famer, Don Sutton. Travis tells why Sutton was so important to him growing up in Georgia learning the game through Sutton’s voice and quips (9:20) ...... And, another installment of Atlanta Hawks ceiling updates led by Spencer (10:25) ..... On the second half, Travis talks over the phone with WJCL Sports Director, newscaster and Savannah Sports Media O.G. 'The Big Guy' Frank Sulkowski (17:00).

Sulkowski and Travis talk for 40+ minutes on: Frank's 15-year run at WJCL, how he was just days away from leaving for Texas and why he hasn't left Savannah despite having received several other job opportunities.  Then, just how special was that 2018 Georgia Southern football season (Travis' 1st season on GS beat for The Savannah Morning News) and could Chad Lunsford have set the bar too high in Year 1?

The Athletic's Senior Atlanta Sports Writer, Jeff Schultz joins Travis & Spencer for a Georgia sports breakdown of Falcons/Hawks/Braves/UGA Football. *An award-winning columnist at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for nearly 30 years (1989-2018), Schultz has been covering Georgia sports at The Athletic since July 2018. ..... The interview begins, at 43:05, with Schultz discussing the still-lingering impact of Kirby Smart's decision to stick with Fromm over Fields following the 2018 season. ... Other UGA topics with Schultz: His formula for pushing Kirby Smart to answer during press conferences (46:15) & Kirby “should’ve started JT Daniels Week 1.” ...... Among many crushing Georgia sports defeats since the Braves won the 1995 World Series, do any of the Braves/UGA collapses in playoff games/title games come anywhere close to the magnitude & impact of the 28-3 Super Bowl collapse by the Falcons? (50:55) ; Does one Georgia team winning a title open the floodgates for the other teams to finally win? (56:45) ; Do younger Atlanta pro athletes (Trae Young/Ronnie Acuna/etc.) feel pressure to make up for the prior ATL teams having historic losses? (59:00) ; Hawks have dealt with a Jon Collins “maturity “issue” (62:00) ; Jeff promises to give HGP a key cellphone number to entice another Athletic Atlanta writer to come on HGP (66:35) — — FIRST HALF: Houston Texans nightmare continues (2:30) ; Falcons GM/HC hires (3:55) ; NFL Playoffs & Drew Brees retiring (5:10) ; Urban Meyer to Jacksonville (12:15) ; Camoflauge's daughter Flau'jae is a walking bucket and she went off last week (23:25) ; Gene Clemons, from HGP episode 30 and the never-punt coach at Jenkins this season, resigned Friday & Travis broke the news during the podcast (25:50) ; Braves contracts (29:40) ; If MLK were alive today, he'd go viral routinely because his speeches were exclusively absolute bangers (34:45). Follow Jeff Schultz on Twitter @JeffSchuktzATL & @TheAthleticATL.

Sneak peek at HGP’s interview with Jeff Schultz of The Athletic ..... Listen to full interview on the second portion of The Hot Grits Podcast’s 44th episode, released Monday, Jan. 18.

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The 43rd episode of The Hot Grits Podcast. Spencer and Travis recap the dominating performance from Alabama in the National Championship over Ohio State and discuss a hypothetical game between the 2020 Alabama team versus 2019 LSU. The winner of our 2021 John Carr Realty Bowl Pick 'Em Promotion, Jasen Cheatham, calls in to collect his winnings via Venmo and tell us what he plans on buying with his sudden influx of cash (7:30) ..... Hawks Ceiling Watch (10:40) ..... Brooklyn Nets drama and guesses at Harden trade destinations (16:30) ..... Bowling rivalry develops (25:00) ...... Mitch Trubisky, AKA “Mr. Biscuit” won the NVP (26:50) ..... James Harden gets traded and everything else is put on holod to react real-time (29:55).       ***LIKE and FOLLOW The Hot Grits Podcast page on Facebook! Stay connected with #HGP on Twitter @PodcastGrits and Instagram @TheHotGrits. Follow Travis @JaudonSports & Spencer @SpencerMaddox_***

Season 3, Episode 2. HGP No. 42 features a conversation with Uncle Carter, an old-soul with plenty of gambling thoughts for the HGP guys, so they thought they'd share him with the people. Before they talk about the best bets for the College Football National Championship with Carter, Travis and Spencer give thoughts on: the Hawks rough week so far and an update on Atlanta's playoff-seed ceiling (1:00) ..... The Mets made a big trade to acquire Francisco Lindor and Carlos Carrasco from the Indians on Thursday; What does that mean for the Braves in the NL East? Are the Mets now the division favorite? (7:40) ..... The upcoming NFL Playoffs and the latest news from the NFL's resident circus, the Houston Texans (12:00) ..... Is Alabama football the greatest dynasty of our lifetimes, who should UGA fans be rooting for in CFP Natty on Monday, Jan. 11 in Miami? (21:10) ..... Prop bets and betting outlook for National Championship game between Alabama and Ohio State (30:00).      *LIKE The HGP Facebook page at  www.Facebook.com/HotGritsPod & follow along with the pod on Twitter @PodcastGrits and on Instagram @TheHotGrits* .... **Check out the "Beyond The Check" show and like its Facebook Page, and the Independent Lasagana Facebook page**

Spencer and Travis are back for 2021 and a third season of The Hot Grits Podcast! The guys have plenty to talk about, including: Goals for 2021 and what's next for HGP? A new rivalry? A parking spot? Plus: Doug Pederson and the Eagles tank in Week 17 (4:55) .... NFL Coaching changes on 'Black Monday' in the league, who are the Falcons “reportedly” interviewing? (11:00) .... Reviewing and updating our NFL Playoff picks from the preseason (16:40) .... College Football Semifinals recap, Dabo humbled (21:40) .... A March Madness Bubble in the Hoosier State (25:10) .... Alabama vs Ohio State early preview, early bets from Travis & Spencer (27:25) .... An unexpected noise starts the second half, Travis throws a hand up, Tom Rinaldi leaves ESPN, who should replace him (33:50) .... Yet another outrageous quote from HGP Public Enemy No. 1, Dan Mullen (36:00) .... Looking back at UGA vs Cincy in Peach Bowl and Georgia Southern's win early in bowl season (*Shai Werts transferred to Louisville after this recording), a bad bowl season for the guys screaming to "let the Group-of-5 in the playoffs" (37:45) .... Heisman thoughts (41:30) .... Hawks ceiling update from Travis (43:45) .... NETFLIX got rid of The Office (52:30) .... A legendary Spencer rant on the Georgia senate election and the television ads (54:15).     ***NEW FORMAT FOR SEASON 3 .... As we aim to release 80+ episodes in 2021, HGP will have early-week episodes out on Monday nights as well as late-week episodes (usually featuring interview w/guest) on Thursdays/Fridays weeks.     Check out the "Beyond The Check" show and go like its Facebook Page, and the Independent Lasagana Facebook page!***

These are the hottest grits of 2020 (HGP’s first 40 episodes). The guys relive memorable moments from seasons one and two and you'll hear plenty of the weirdest, funniest and best clips from HGP episodes 1-40. Let’s go ... on a ‘best-of’ trip back through Hot Grits history.  See you fine folks in 2021.    SHOW NOTES   1:30 - The Lost Episode (recorded on March 10, 2020 and never released as sports shut down the next day) ... 6:30 - Tiger King & The Last Dance ... 18:45 - Mustache momentum and the UK cheerleading story ... 24:40 - Gehrig, Yasiel Puig/Herschel Walker, Canada guys and Jokic/Ingles takes ... 31:35 - Who have we interviewed? ... 32:15 - Bachelor Party recap and Wedding recaps ... 38:12 - Save the globe, Dan Quinn can't close, Set-The-Tone dates and lefty stats ... 44:29 - Travis and Spencer's original reasons for starting The Hot Grits Podcast (from episode 1, 3/6/20)   *Thanks to our top-notch sponsors for being with us through 40 bangers, including title sponsor Coach's Corner in Savannah. Thanks to Kenny Gold (@KennyGold912) for the intro/outro music on each episode and Independent Lasagna (@IndLasProd) for audio production beginning with Episode 24.   *Follow us on Twitter (@PodcastGrits) and Instagram (@TheHotGrits).   Email at [email protected].

The Season 2 finale of The Hot Grits Podcast. An old-school HGP Episode 40 with Travis & Spencer riding solo on topics like: the shoe throw heard ‘round the world in UF/LSU game; Sarah Fuller & Vandy (recorded before cancellation of UGA/Vandy); Heisman update; bowl guesses for UGA; a Big-Easy bid is confirmed for Georgia Southern (8:30); a youth football coach from Savannah slapped around a little kid and the video thankfully went viral, forcing his resignation from the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office (23:10); Falcons and Matt Ryan’s future; and college hoops talk. On the second half ... after Cleveland Indians announce mascot/name change, are the Braves next? Is PornHub selling out by booting the lowly amateur? We stand up for the everyday amateur on HGP... Can the Hawks make people care about them this season, will the Greek Geek resign in Cream City? And is LeBron James really an “athlete activist” as Time Magazine says? Our last live episode of 2020. Let, us, goooo. **2021 plans, Season 3 schedule and Christmas week’s release of the bonus ‘Best-Of HGP’ Episode announced at end**. —Presented by Coach’s Corner in Savannah—

WSAV Sports Director Greg Talbott hangs out on the second half and talks about a number of topics, including some big career news which he announces, for the first time, on this episode. A Portland native, the 29-year-old Talbott has been in Savannah since 2016 after coming to the southeast from Washington State and graduating from Gonzaga. He talks about the Savannah sports media landscape as he sees it, his well-known skepticism of Twitter and how the Big J’s are ruining it, the Georgia Southern fan base, why reporting negative news in sports is so volatile, his favorite Savannah sports event to cover and much, much more! Our headiest interview to date on the second half of Episode 39. — On the first half, Travis & Spencer tell some stories from a strange last week for both of them. Orlando owns Spencer, Travis was an innocent victim in a Savannah bar bathroom ... SPORTS TOPICS: Coastal Carolina/Mullets; CFP rankings; Georgia Southern v App State; Westbrook/Wall trade and Harden holds out; Rumors suggest the Falcons’ GM search includes an ESPN employee; Mayweather v Paul set for Feb. ‘21. Buckle up for an extra lengthy Episode No. 39. #HGP

Season 2, episode 18...It’s Episode 38 of The Hot Grits Podcast with Spencer Maddox & Travis Jaudon. On the first half, the topics include: Vanderbilt doing the damn thing with a female kicker, Sarah Fuller (2:55) ... but then Vandy didn’t do the damn thing, losing 41-0 and firing their coach, but at least they taught Chris Collinsworth worth a lesson; UGA got revenge on USC and South Carolina actually isn’t a good football program w/o Steve Spurrier (13:00); Mike Tyson got robbed vs Roy Jones Jr. (19:00) and Jake Paul murdered Nate Robinson (21:00); LeBron signs extension in LA before he goes elsewhere to play with his son during Bronny’s rookie season in 2023 (25:05). Plus, Travis tells Spencer the story of his “date” last week, and it actually was not a date at all (29:00). On the second half ... Georgia Southern football deep dive with Travis & Mike Anthony of the Statesboro Herald (38:10). On and off the field, the Eagles haven’t lacked in the drama department this season, so Mike & Travis talk about it all. The conversation starts with head coach Chad Lunsford and his decision to fire OC Bob DeBesse. It closes with Mike’s hypothetical story of a car ride, and Travis’ thoughts on how the news of Wesley Kennedy III, Chris Harris, CJ Wright and Ephriam Kitchen being arrested has been handled by GS, and by local media. Let’s goo for the 38th time. Instagram: TheHotGrits ... Twitter: @PodcastGrits