The Beat of Sports

Is the newest SEC 5-star QB commit the one with the $8M deal with a school's collective? Sports Business expert Kristi Dosh joins the show and talks about collectives and how these deals may or may not work out.

According to coaches, players and staff in Jacksonville, the Urban Meyer experience was a toxic environment with reports that he threatened to fire coaches, cut players and was unfamiliar with star players in the league. Marc talks about how we shouldn't be surprised by a lot of these details but pushes back on the reports of Meyer not knowing the names of star players, and points out how many coaches would know the names of every players on every roster.

The US Men's National Team is on the path to qualify for the World Cup and plays its next match in Orlando against Panama on March 27th and Jason Siegel of the Greater Orlando Sports Commission joins the show to talk about the big match and gives an update on the site selection process for World Cup 2026.

The legend, Gene Deckerhoff, has announced plans to retire from calling FSU games. He will finish out his Bucs contract before hanging up the mic. Gene is one of the greatest to ever do it.

Matt Murschel has his weekly visit and takes a look at why Emory Jones decided to enter the portal now and he gives his thoughts on how the UCF QB battle may play out. He also discusses the new facilities for the Seminoles and the Gators hiring Todd Golden to replace Mike White.

The Browns said their research was "extensive" regarding Deshaun Watson before agreeing to trade for him. What the heck does that mean? Did they interview any of the 22 women who allege Watson was inappropriate with them? No. Did they talk to the attorney of the women? No. But then again, this is about winning and this is the NFL.

Iowa State beat Wisconsin and the Cyclones are headed to Chicago for the Sweet 16. Iowa State won two games last season...two!...Houston is in its third straight Sweet 16...St. Peter's Head Coach Shaheen Holloway played at Seton Hall and is likely headed to his alma mater to replace Kevin Willard who is likely to take the Maryland job.

Florida hired Todd Golden as its new basketball coach replacing Mike White. Is it a good hire?

Orlando City had a disappointing loss against FC Cincinnati last week, but now they prepare for a west coast trip against the LA Galaxy. Evan Weston joins the show to talk about what went wrong against Cincinnati, the attacking players for Orlando working to gel and looks ahead to the Saturday afternoon match against LA.

A No. 15 seed knocking off the No. 2 seed, was it the biggest upset ever in an NCAA Tournament? Mike O'Donnell joins the show to discuss St Peter's taking down Kentucky in round 1, then he discusses some of the other games and looks ahead to day 2 of the tournament.

In the first round of the Women's NCAA Tournament the Knights will square off against the Florida Gators and Scott Adams joins the show from Hartford to preview the action. He talks about how the season has gone for UCF, what a potential matchup with UConn will mean and more.