In this episode Nate talks about whether the bye hurts or helps college football teams and discusses all the matchups in the second week of the College Football Playoff. Nate gives his picks, what are yours?

Put the College Football Playoff games on college campuses! That's how Nate opens the show before discussing why Miami and Alabama won their first round games. All that and and more on this Christmas episode of Sports Takes with Nate Skates!

Nate looks at the opening round matchups between Alabama vs. Oklahoma, Miami vs. Texas A&M, Tulane vs. Ole Miss, and James Madison vs. Oregon. Nate gives his picks and discusses who really has a chance to win the playoff.

Nate discusses the biggest moves in MLB free agency including the Braves' signing of Robert Suarez. Nate also answers the question does MLB need a salary floor or a salary cap going forward? Later in the show Nate answers is something wrong with the Kentucky Wildcats? And we discuss the hot start for the Georgia Dunkyard Dawgs. At the end of the show, Nate talks Heisman trophy and invites listeners to join his College Football Playoff Bracket Game.

Nate's take is that while the College Football Playoff Committee got it right on Miami, it got it wrong on Ohio State over Georgia and Alabama over Notre Dame. Nate also compares Notre Dame's decision to opt out of their bowl game to Florida State's mass opt outs in 2023. Will it hurt the Irish the same way?

In part one of a two part episode, Nate talks about Georgia's big win against Alabama, Indiana's historic turnaround, and answers whether Texas Tech is a legit contender.

On the very first episode of Sports Takes with Nate Skates, Nate talks about the latest College Football Playoff Rankings and why Miami and BYU should be ranked ahead of Notre Dame. Nate discusses the case for and against each team on the bubble to make the playoff and whether brand bias towards Notre Dame and Alabama are hurting the playoff.