The Beat of Sports

Well after weeks of waiting it finally happened, the Jacksonville Jaguars traded Jalen Ramsey. Marc talks about how for all franchises in sports for the most part great teams don't lose great players, they will always do whatever it takes to keep them. Then Marc gives his thoughts on the statement that Tom Coughlin released explaining why the franchise made the trade of the star cornerback.

Yahoo's senior writer Daniel Roberts joins the show to discuss LeBron James tweet and ongoing NBA/China saga. Then he talk his recent sit down with Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan.

Evan Drellich The Athletic's baseball writer joins the show and shares his thoughts on MLB Playoffs and baseball's problem with its own ball. Then he and Marc talk about baseball players and opioids in response to the Tyler Skaggs situation and if MLB will work to add more testing.

After waiting a few weeks LeBron James finally weighed in on the Daryl Morey tweets about China and the fallout the NBA has had to endure. Marc talks about how the comments James just sounded short-sighted and was basically just reading talking points provided by the NBA.

Aside from all the talk about quarterbacks both on the field and off the field due to injury one of the biggest topics when it comes to the NFL has been referees and missed calls. Marc wonders after more controversy rocked the Monday Night Football game, what do we want from NFL referees? Is it just consistent calls?

The LSU Tigers took down the Florida Gators in Death Valley, Clemson easily defeated FSU, and the Gamecocks had an upset victory over the Georgia Bulldogs. So who has the best college football resume? Marc talks about how even though the only poll that matters is the College Football Playoff poll but we can start to see who the favorites in college football are to make the playoffs.

If you look at all the weapons at the disposal for Tom Brady they seem to be getting injured these days. One guys that they could use is Antonio Brown, if you do some social media detective work you could see that Tom Brady is still a fan of the wide receiver. Adam wonders aloud if there is a chance the star quarterback goes to his owner and demand they bring back Antonio Brown.

We've reached the midway point of the college football season so how are each of our in-state teams doing? Adam Reardon gives out his grades for the teams, Florida fans will enjoy theirs while Hurricane fans should probably look away...

When Mike Shildt’s St Louis Cardinals eliminated the Atlanta Braves in a winner take all Game 5 in Atlanta and the skipper was beyond fired up when addressing his players in the clubhouse during the champagne celebration. It was a hell of a speech and a fascinating look into the atmosphere in a victorious playoff dressing room but Adam Reardon wonder if these kinds of speeches and bulletin board really matters to players? Does it make them try harder?

What will decide the battle for DBU between the Gators and LSU? How can Georgia fix their slow starts? Did the Volunteers finally find their quarterback? Can Jimbo and A&M upset Alabama? Gene Chizik joins the show to preview this weeks slate of college football games.