The Beat of Sports

The regular season for high school football enters its final week and JC Carnahan discusses the playoff ramifications and previews the big matchups.

Reports have come out that Gonzaga's AD met with the Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark as part of discussions about the Zags joining the Big 12. Marc takes a deeper look into these rumors and talks about the benefits for both the school and the Big 12 if it happened.

Eric Adelson joins the show to discuss the Kyrie Irving coverage, Ime Udoka's apparent move from Boston to Brooklyn and the tunnel fight in Ann Arbor.

It was a busy NFL trade deadline and Leger Douzable joins the show to talk about who made the biggest moves.

Miami has gone from dysfunctional to contender and their offense looks like one of the NFL's best. McDaniel has his quarterback playing at a high level and the fun is back in Miami. This team may not win a Super Bowl but the playoffs are a real goal. The team sits at 5-3 and have looked sharp on offense in their last two wins with Tua back. With games at Chicago and then home for games with Cleveland and Houston, Miami could be 8-3 or 7-4 before a big two game road trip to play the Niners and Chargers.

After a disappointing start to the season the Nets change coaches, Keith Smith joins the show to talk about the Brooklyn dysfunction plus can the Magic get healthy and the latest from the Association.

The first set of College Football Playoff rankings have been announced and the top 4 isn't very surprising. Marc talks a look at what was revealed, what the path for lower ranked teams is to get into the top 4 and more.

After less than two turbulent seasons, Auburn fired football coach Bryan Harsin. Brandon Marcello joins the show and talks about what's next for Auburn in their coaching search

With the College Football season heading into the month of November, the first set of College Football Playoff rankings will be announced tonight and Marc runs through the tools put in place for the committee to help them make informed decisions.

The former FOX Sports president Bob Thompson joins the show and talks about the new Big XII media deal and what is means for the Pac 12.