The Beat of Sports

Cord cutting has become the normal for many sports fans but what does it mean for the future of sports leagues? Lucas Shaw joins the show to talk about streaming sports, how Fox is betting big on the NFL, and why it still might be too early for leagues to go all in an partnering exclusively with a digital company.

We've got 4 of the Power 5 conferences playing football this fall, the PAC-12 is still undecided on their plans. Marc talks about how Larry Scott the commissioner of the PAC-12 has no chance to keep his job after how he has handled financials during the pandemic as well as his failure to help the conferences television network grow.

Yesterday was the introductory press conference of Deion Sanders at Jackson State and he put on a show, Rashad Milligan joins the show to discuss what the hiring means not only for the school but also other HBCUs in the country.

Week 2 of the NFL action featured everything, onside kicks being success, 58-yard field goals, marquee quarterback matchups, but also a lot of players going down with injuries.

This coming weekend the SEC will be kicking off the 2020 season while the ACC and Big 12 have already been playing, so how do AP Poll voters handle all of the staggered starts? Matt Baker joins the show to talk about his thought process for voting on this unique season, plus he discusses the woes at Florida State and the new job for Deion Sanders!

UCF kicked off the season with a 49-21 victory over Georgia Tech, and Marc talks about how with a full season for Josh Heupel to implement his playbook we could be seeing the best Knights offense ever.

Tonight is a historic one as Monday Night Football turns 50! Marc lets the audience hear the original theme song, which definitely sounds like its from a game show and he talks about the history of the broadcast booth and how ABC came to air the games.

On this weeks edition of The Beat Of Sports: Weekend Pod, we are joined by the author Don Yaeger to discuss his new book, Turning Of The Tide. Which chronicles the history 1970 college football game between USC and Alabama.

This weekend the UCF Knights kickoff the 2020 season against Georgia Tech, and Gary Parris joins the show to preview the matchup as well as talk about the weapons at the disposal for the Knights.

At least 6 Big Ten players who opted out did sign with agents. At least four have not signed but have an agent advisor. Now that Big Ten has reversed course, can those players regain their eligibility? Richard Hale joins the show to talk about as well as DeShaun Watson being sued by a photographer and waivers for kids to play high school football.