The Beat of Sports

More and more states are now getting into the business of proposing legislation that will allow student athletes to make money on their likeness. Marc talks about how all this dialogue is good but at the end of the day someone will need to make a system that allows it to work for everyone and until that happens all this outcry is for nothing.

Mike Leach is a national treasure. During his weekly press conference he was asked which Pac-12 mascot would win in a fictional Battle Royale, and boy did he give a fantastic answer. Leach broke down the advantages and disadvantages of each mascot. In a world where Celebrity Deathmatch existed can someone animate this?

It has been 5 years since the Ray Rice video was brought to light. AJ Perez joins the show and has the details of how TMZ got the Ray Rice video, what they paid for it and how that video changed so much in not just sports but society in relation to domestic violence.

The day before a college football game all the players get on a bus and travel to a hotel where they stay and then take that same bus to the stadium for game day. Kenny Jacoby shares the details of the deep dive into why college football teams spend millions staying in hotel rooms the night before a home game and who are the biggest spenders.

Former Oklahoma head coach and current XFL coach Bob Stoops joins us to talks his book "No Excuses...The Making of a Head Coach." He discusses who his coaching influences were when he decided to take the job at Oklahoma. Then he talks about why when the Florida job opening up in 2001 he decided to pass on taking it. He tells Marc about the decision to part ways with Josh Heupel on his staff. Plus he talks the decision to get involved with the XFL.

On a recent podcast ESPN broadcaster Kirk Herbstreit talks about how after UCF's performance against Stanford he has now become a believer in the Knights. Marc talks about this is a good thing for the school because when you can have a powerful voice championing your school it could help your case within the polls.

This past weekend there were 2 public trade demands in the NFL, Minkah Fitzpatrick and Jalen Ramsey. Fitzpatrick got his wish and is bound for Pittsburgh while Ramsey is currently still in Jacksonville. Marc talks about how when it comes to Ramsey maybe he is justified to want out because he doesn't want to be part of a dysfunctional team and at the end of the day just wants to win. Is there anything wrong with that?

It was only a matter of time before people turned on Tim Tebow. On a recent television hit Tebow gave his opinion on the California bill that will allow college athletes to make money on their likeness. All he did was give his opinion and the Twitter mobs went after him, and he was speaking on something that he experienced!

UCF continues to cruise with Dillon Gabriel throwing dimes all over the field, the Gators lost their quarterback and squeezed out a victory against Kentucky, and then there is the Seminoles... Marc talks about how each of the in-state college teams fared over the weekend and discusses how Gabriel has handled becoming the starter the last few weeks for UCF.

After a statement win against the Stanford Cardinal many UCF fans expected the team to vault up the AP Poll rankings, but that didn't happen as they only moved up 2 spots to 15. Marc talks about how this is just world of polls n college football, bias exists and you for both the media and coaches they aren't watching every game.