Le Batard & Friends Network

The college football world wants you to accept Pudge the Cat as "cute" but Mike is not having it. Billy unveils a conspiracy theory behind FIU receiving one vote for the Coach's poll. Jessica invites the show to South Bend and Jeremy deep dives the Wikipedia's of New York politicians.

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We’ve got Brady Quinn joining us today! Former Notre Dame and NFL QB. Current analyst on Big Noon Kickoff on FOX! HE breaks down college football, the Eagles and Cowboys, Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen, and more! (27:30) My Super Bowl picks! (30:00) NFL RedZone with commercials? How dare they? (36:00) Roger Goodell went on the Today Show to talk about the season. Let’s break it all down. (47:00) Aaron Boone was ejected. Devin Williams was ejected. The Yankees are furious with Brian Walsh.

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Today’s word of the day is ‘untoward’ as in inconvenient as in unexpected and inappropriate as in the Clippers as in the NBA as in Pablo Torre as in Mark Cuban. We have a ton of updates from the PTFO episode that was released yesterday. The Clippers say it was false. Cuban says Ballmer would never! But the reporting is the reporting! (20:40) Now we get to Mark Cuban. (33:30) Review: The War of the Roses. (37:40) Roman Anthony is hurt. Not good! (43:40) The New York Mets have two major problems. Pitching and pitching. (48:40) NPPOD.

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You can watch the latest PTFO episode here for more: https://www.youtube.com/live/1OwzYk6OCFM

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We’ve got Larry Beinfest on with us today! Former president of baseball operations for the Marlins. He won a World Series with us in 2003 as the general manager! (29:00) Let’s go over my August predictions from the MLB. What did I get right? Wrong? (33:00) Here are my September predictions! (38:40) Wait to see updates! (42:30) The Angels are furious with the Astros ballpark after Taylor Ward’s injury. He split his face open on the out-of-town scoreboard in left field. Brutal. (46:00) Aaron Judge talk.

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Today’s word of the day is ‘ichiro’ as in Suzuki as in Japan. Let me tell you about my weekend. It was a fun one! I went to Japan for 48 hours. Yes. (10:30) Bill Belichick made his UNC debut on Monday and the Tar Heels were crushed. A-list celebrities in the crowd. High expectations. A 7-0 lead. And then the wheels fell off! How bad does he want this? (18:15) People are crushing Arch Manning after one game. Lose to the Buckeyes in Ohio by 7 points. That’s it. Season over…. GIVE ME A BREAK! (24:00) Let’s talk about Micah Parsons again. There’s two stories here. First we have the Cowboys players talking about the trade. Part deux is about the back injury Parsons is dealing with. (34:10) Review: F1. (38:00) Luis Suarez spit on a Seattle Sounders staffer after Miami lost in the Leagues Cup final. Disgraceful. (46:00) NPPOD.

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Today’s word of the day is ‘flabbergasted’ as in Jerry Jones as in Micah Parsons as in Dallas Cowboys as in the Green Bay Packers. Micah Parsons has been traded. Wow. Are you shocked? This fight was something serious in the end. And Jerry believed the Cowboys could not come to any sort of resolution to keep Micah in Dallas. Did the Cowboys get enough back? Did they make a mistake? Is the future brighter in Dallas or Green Bay or both? (23:00) How are the Red Sox doing without Rafael Devers? DO you believe in Craig Breslow now? The Red Sox are rolling! (30:30) Kyle Schwarber had a monster night. Historic night. Four home runs. 9 RBI. What a night! (37:40) Review: Hostage. (39:00) How do you feel about the Savannah Bananas? Do you think they’re in competition with MLB? They don’t think so. MLB doesn’t think so. But business is booming. (50:00) NPPOD

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Tony deep dives what makes up the Billy Gil food pyramid before sharing how he was able to convince his mother to get him an Ipod Nano when he was younger. Later, Billy wants to know if Roy is a "Do it Yourself" type guy and tells a story of how he ended up on a yacht he had no business being on.

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