The Beat of Sports

Yesterday alone we saw a few Florida Gators announce that they are opting out of their bowl game, Marc talks about how this will slowly become the normal in college football and explains why it will also become more accepting by fans and the media.

The end of the 2020 season for the UCF Knights was a disappointing one as the fell to BYU in the Boca Bowl. Marc looks back on this season for the Knights, and talks about all the challenges schools faced dealing with COVID-19 and the ripple effects of players opting out during the season.

Now that Jon Gruden has the job coaching the Raiders, the new hot name for job openings has become Urban Meyer. Marc talks about how a job like the Jacksonville Jaguars could be appealing not only for Meyer but also for Jags owner Shad Kahn. He also discusses why we could start seeing more college coaches making the job to coaching in the NFL.

Week 16 is almost in the books and now we've got a clearly picture of the playoffs in the NFL, Marc talks about the Dolphins deciding to the bench Tua, the play of Tom Brady with the Buccaneers, and what the Jaguars getting the no. 1 pick means for Jacksonville and the ripple effects on the Jets.

Yesterday the Magic made two big moves locking up some of their talent, as they agreed to extensions with Jonathan Isaac and Markelle Fultz. Philip Rossman-Reich of Orlando Magic Daily joins the show to talk about what these moves mean for the future of the team, and what expectations will be for this season.

With the regulars season over and a bowl game tonight in Boca Raton against BYU, Marc Daniels joins the show with Mike Tuck to discuss this season for the UCF Knights. He and Tuck talk the growth of Dillion Gabriel, what the ultimate goal will be next season, and how the matchup with BYU will go.

The bowl lineup for this season is now set and Orlando will host Northwestern and the Auburn in the Vrbo Citrus Bowl on January 1, and Miami vs Oklahoma State Cowboys in the Cheez-It Bowl on December 29. Steve Hogan the CEO of Florida Citrus Sports joins the show to talk about these bowl games, how they came to be, and how putting on a bowl game during the coronavirus pandemic.

If someone said to you "do you remember March 11th, 2020" you probably couldn't recall anything that happened that day. Well it was the day that the sports world dealt with the coronavirus head on, and then everything stopped.

After 51 weeks and 13 games without a win, the Jets finally got a chance to celebrate this season! Marc runs through the latest NFL news like the Jets getting a win, does Jalen Hurts keep the job in Philadelphia, and don't count out Tom Brady just yet. Plus with the chance the Jaguars getting Trevor Lawrence how much more money for Shad Kahn make over the next season.

It would've been a marquee matchup at the beginning of December but then COVID-19 ruined it, but at this years Cure Bowl we will get getting Coastal Carolina vs Liberty. Alan Gooch joins the show to talk about how the this game came to be in Orlando, the challenges of bowl season this year, and the importance of the Cure Bowl.