A long awaited interview with the 67th Mayor of Savannah, Van Johnson. MVJ joins HGP for a second time (ep. 48) to talk with Travis and Spencer about his changes to Savannah's St. Patrick's Day, the new arena and what to do with the old Civic Center. One of our better interviews in quite some time begins at 12:35 ... Travis and Spencer talk MLB lockout and local Savannah HS basketball success on the first part of the episode.   *SPONSORS: Coach's Corner; John Carr Realtor; Savannah Adult Baseball League; Braddy Electric*

Travis' interview with writing renaissance man Will Leitch ahead of The 2022 Savannah Book Festival where Leitch will be speaking about his novel, "How Lucky." Leitch is a contributing editor at New York magazine and writes weekly for magazines Intelligencer and Vulture. He also writes regularly for NBC News, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Medium, and MLB.com. Leitch founded the late sports website Deadspin, a blog which radically altered the sports media landscape under Leitch's direction. He lives in Athens, Georgia with his wife and two sons and can be heard discussing UGA Athletics (football, for the most part) on the "Waitin' Since Last Saturday" podcast with co-hosts Tony Waller and Scott Duvall. Follow Will on Twitter @williamfleitch. FOR MORE INFO about the Savannah Book Festival, including a full weekend schedule of events, tickets, author info and more, visit www.savannahbookfestival.org. Leitch will be speaking at the Lutheran Church of the Ascension Fellowship Hall (120 Bull Street) on Saturday, February 19 at 9am Tickets can be obtained on the website, or by calling 912-598-4040.  You can read Travis' story on Leitch by visiting www.connectsavannah.com.

Travis Jaudon and Spencer Maddox back for episode 102 of HGP to recap the Super Bowl from all angles!  *SPONSORS: Coach's Corner; John Carr Realtor; Savannah Adult Baseball League; Braddy Electric; Savannah Baseball Performance Academy*

SUPER BOWL PREDICTIONS from every member of The Coach's Sports Network are listed at the bottom of these show notes!  ...  A bonus mid-week episode with Spencer Maddox and Travis Jaudon looking ahead to Super Bowl 56 in Los Angeles ahead of Bengals vs. Rams on Sunday night. As we promised back on ep. 99, and in honor of the Bengals impossible run to the Super Bowl after entering the season as 150-1 longshots, Travis' younger brother Michael (A.K.A. "Deez") makes his debut on HGP because he is a diehard Bengals supporter with absurdly awesome plans for Super Bowl weekend. 

SUPER BOWL LVI PREDICTIONS

*Coach's Corner Sports Network*

JOHN HENDERSON -- Rams 31, Bengals 17

LAWRENCE BENNETT -- Bengals 37, Rams 28

BRANDON BAIN (Rubbin' & Grubbin') -- Rams 34, Bengals 24

KARL DEMASI (KD Sports Report) -- Rams 35, Bengals 21

SEAN HERB (19th Hole Show) Rams 28, Bengals 21

BRENT HERB (19th Hole Show) -- Rams 28, Bengals 20

SPENCER MADDOX -- Bengals 24, Rams 21

TRAVIS JAUDON (Despite everything he says in this episode) -- Bengals 36, Rams 33

On the season six opening episode, Travis Jaudon and Spencer Maddox talk about several Savannah issues including the opening of the new Enmarket Arena, Russell DeMasi's status as Savannah State Football Interim Head Coach (24:30) and Mayor Van Johnson's ridiculous war on Savannah St. Patrick's Day 2022. Plus, the NFL vs. Brian Flores and Bill Belichick's relatable wrong text fiasco and the Atlanta Professional Basketball Franchise before the NBA’s trade deadline on Thursday ...   *SPONSORED BY: Coach's Corner; John Carr Realtor; Braddy Electric; Savannah Baseball Performance Academy; Savannah Adult Baseball League (SABL).*  — Mayor Van Johnson 2021 interview with HGP: https://anchor.fm/hotgrits/episodes/48--Mayor-Van-Johnson-Interview-Savannah-arena--pro-hockey-team--Pro-Globe-Patrick-Reed-epk4o6

Travis Jaudon and Spencer Maddox host HGP’s season 5 finale. TOPICS: NFL Playoffs and conference championship predictions (2:05) ... UGA transfer WR Jermaine Burton transfers to Alabama, what do we make of this big picture and why did he leave for 'Bama (24:30) ... MLB Hall of Fame Class of 2022 discussions and HGP takes on the Barry Bonds/Roger Clemens debate (28:55) ... Robot umpires coming to AAA baseball in 2022 (37:20) ... Atlanta Professional Basketball Franchise seed ceilings (41:30) ... Savannah Chatham County Public Schools have issued yet another "COVID-19" ruling and it probably has nothing to do with COVID-19 (49:30).  *SPONSORED by Coach's Corner; Braddy Electric; John Carr Realtor and Savannah Baseball Performance Academy.*

The 19th episode of season 5 ... Travis Jaudon and Spencer Maddox record remotely on Monday night, January 17, 2022.   *SPONSORS: Coach's Corner (www.coachs.net); John Carr Realtor (www.seaportrealestate.com/aios_agent/johncarr); Savannah Baseball Performance Academy (www.SBPAsports.com); Braddy Electric*  ...

The Georgia Bulldogs won a CFP National Championship Monday night and episode 98 begins with Travis and Spencer's thoughts on the game, key moments, where the Dawgs go from here and how Stetson Bennett's life has changed forever. Other episode topics: DeRenne Avenue Globe news as Parker's really leaned into taking credit for saving our beloved globe and local media finally realized it was Chick-Fil-A and Starbucks coming also…We learned that on HGP episode 69 (31:15); Falcons failed to hit the over 7.5 wins bet for Spencer (39:10) and other NFL thoughts including Dolphins absurd firing of Brian Flores (45:30); Updates on the Atlanta professional basketball franchise (48:35).  SPONSORS: Coach's Corner (www.coachs.net); John Carr Realtor (www.seaportrealestate.com/aios_agent/johncarr); Savannah Baseball Performance Academy (www.SBPAsports.com) … PLEASE CONSIDER SUPPORTING the pod by signing up for a $4.99/month donation to HGP at www.anchor.fm/hotgrits/support   ...... Follow on Twitter @PodcastGrits & Instagram @TheHotGrits …

Spencer Maddox and Travis Jaudon review how they did in 2021 on new year's resolutions (:25) then look back at UGA/Michigan in the Orange Bowl before looking ahead to the rematch vs Alabama in the CFP National Championship on January 10th in Indianapolis (9:25). Would a UGA national title mean more than the Braves winning World Series? (22:35). Later, topics like the Instagram post from Gilbert Arenas over the weekend torching Kwame Brown (34:30) and an unnamed Atlanta professional basketball team struggling, still.     HOT GRITS PODCAST SPONSORS: Coach's Corner (www.coachs.net); John Carr Realtor (www.SeaportRealEstate.com); Savannah Baseball Performance Academy (www.SBPAsports.com)