The Beat of Sports

The CFB Playoff committee released their latest rankings Tuesday and there's a ton of outcry over some teams and their rankings. Marc explains why what the committee is doing is nothing new and how the process is just a 'made for TV' event.

It was anything but a normal high school football season but we have finally reached championship weekend. Eric Lodge the head coach at Seminole joins the show to talk about the challenges this season has presented, as well as the matchup this weekend with Osceola in Tallahassee.

After the Florida Gators lost to the LSU last weekend it put their playoff chances on life support, and tonight we will learn how far down the College Football Playoff rankings they will be. Marc runs through the scenarios of who will be in the top 4 and some things to look for like the Gators rankings, and where they put Texas A&M.

Last night on Monday Night Football we saw a fun one between Lamar Jackson and Baker Mayfield, and this leads Marc to talk about how difficult it has become for teams to find and draft a quarterback and develop them to being successful in the league. He and Scott run through the last 10 drafts and find that ones drafted after the first round don't have a very good track record.

Auburn has fired head football coach Gus Malzahn, it was move that was discussed for many years but this time the school finally made the move the Tigers finished 6-4. Marc talks about the money that is owed to Malzahn and why people have to remember football is treated differently when it comes to financials.

As the SEC was scrambling to reschedule games, Alabama sat comfortably at number one and Florida was sitting sixth. But everyone agreed that a Florida win over Alabama would land them in the playoff and Alabama would likely still get in. So why make both play an extra game? Neither needed to improve their rankings in the eyes of the committee? The only that could ruin the scenario of getting both in was if one or both lost a game they didn't need. Well, Alabama blew out Arkansas but Florida lost.

Florida State was the surprising choice by McKenzie Milton. He will transfer to Tallahassee and play for a coach Milton never lost to in Mike Norvell. FSU was the first school to call Milton when he entered the transfer portal, and Brendan Sonnone joins the show to talk about how the deal happened and what it means for the Seminoles.

As the first deadline approaches for Giannis to sign his super max deal, Mike O'Donnell explains why he fells that the 'Greek Freak' staying with the Bucks would be good for the NBA. Mike also talks about Alabama basketball coach Nate Oats calling out Coach K.

Richard Hale joins the show and he talks about the possibility of a team inside the Big Ten suing the conference over them changing the rules to allow Ohio State to play in the conference championship game.

As the high school football playoffs roll on, JC Carnahan joins the show to recap and preview all of the action. He also talks about the latest coaching news and explains why this year's signing day for high school players will be different than other years.