Tailgate Till May

We continue our football previews with the SEC, but first we talk about the inaugural Coaches Poll of 2022 (05:23). We recap the 2021 season in the SEC (09:10), discuss whether any team can beat Alabama and Georgia (13:12), the likelihood of Texas A&M getting over the hump in the next few seasons (21:42), Kentucky's place in the SEC East, Kentucky's basketball vs. football feud (28:19), and whether Florida or Tennessee is on a better trajectory as a program (36:24). 

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Football previews continue with the Big Ten! We recap the 2021 season (01:15), discuss which "half team", Maryland or Minnesota, is more likely to become a "full team" in 2022 (04:26), Ohio State's defense and national title potential (12:27), Michigan State's short- and long-term outlook (19:18) and whether we should expect more from Penn State in 2022 than what we've seen the past two seasons (25:55). We finish the show by talking about what we're buying and selling in the Big Ten (34:11), and our best bets (44:31).

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Football previews continue with the Pac-12! We sing a snippet of the OC theme song (01:07-01:14) to get us in the right state of mind, recap the 2021 season (01:15-05:12), discuss realignment (05:12-08:26), whether the Pac-12 can win this year's "Pac-12-Mountain West Challenge" (09:09-12:15), dark horse conference title contenders (12:17-14:38), expectations for USC (14:39-24:20) and the most impactful transfer quarterbacks not named Caleb Williams (24:30-32:30).

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Football previews continue with the ACC! The guys recap the 2021 season (01:42-03:54), discuss Miami and the Coastal Division (04:20-11:48), Clemson's offense and what it needs to do for the Tigers to get back to the CFP (11:50-19:10), which of the ACC's outstanding quarterbacks they trust the most (19:11-27:51) and which schools could make a mid-season coaching change if they get off to a slow start (27:53-30:50).

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Steven and Brian kick off football conference preview season with the Big 12. The guys recap the 2021 season (02:25-09:35), discuss which first year head coach is most likely to overachieve (09:55-17:41), what Oklahoma will look like under Brent Venables (17:50-27:12), Bijan Robinson vs. Deuce Vaughn (27:22-30:56) and whether the "real Baylor" is the two-win team from 2020 or the conference champs from 2021 (30:58-37:20). The guys finish the show by talking about which Big 12 stocks they're buying and selling (37:30-48:48), and their best Big 12 bets (48:49-1:00:24).

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Steven breaks down each of the Final Four matchups and discusses how he is going to bet each game.

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The Final Four is set and all the talk is about Coach K riding off into the sunset. Steven discusses some Final Four storylines that don't involve Duke winning the national title.

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Steven reacts to Thursday's Sweet 16 games with a focus on Arkansas' win over Gonzaga and Duke's win over Texas Tech. Is the narrative surrounding Gonzaga fair? What's next for the Bulldogs? Is Duke the team of destiny? What type of team can stop Coach K from ending his career with a title? 

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Steven shares some big picture takeaways from conference tournament week and gives out his picks for Sunday's slate of championship games.

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Steven makes the case for why the Thursday and Friday of conference tournament week are just as good as the first two days of the NCAA Tournament. He finishes the show by discussing the games he's watching on Thursday and gives out his favorite pick.

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