The Beat of Sports

In a surprise to no-one the Dallas Cowboys are still the king of the NFL hill, worth $5.5 billion. The 13th consecutive year the Cowboys are football’s most valuable team. The others making up the top five teams are the Patriots, Giants, Rams and 49ers.

But one of the craziest things parts of the story is that there are multiple teams that have standing offers to be bought, Jim Irsay confirmed to Forbes he received a call from someone who offered $3.2 billion for his Indianapolis Colts.

After a disappointing loss to open the season at Boise State now the Seminoles look to rebound but now they have to deal with the distractions their coach has started. On his weekly radio show Willie Taggart made comments about the hydration of his players, many in the media just took this as him making excuses. BUT then he doubled down and spoke to the media after a practice to talk about how everyone should be properly hydrated for Saturday, and boy was it weird.

The Miami Dolphins have continued their roster purge while the Dallas Cowboys have finally inked a mega deal for the Zeke Elliot, but how does any of this affect Vegas lines? David Purdum of ESPN Chalk joins the show to talk about how the lines have changed plus he and Marc discuss what wagering programming we could see this football season.

It was an interesting filing to the trademark and patent office but LeBron James has filed paperwork to trademark the phrase Taco Tuesday. Is there any chance that this is successful? Probably not, but then why is he attempting it?

In college it was a journey that started at Florida (even though his mother wanted him to end up at Miami) and then he ended up at NC State. In the NFL he was drafted by the Patriots and then got traded to Colts, and now he is taking over for Andrew Luck. Marc talks about the interesting football journey that Jacoby Brissett has gone through over the last 4 years.

It took 4 missed free throws in overtime by Turkey to help give Team USA the chance to eek out a victory in the FIBA World Cup. But the bigger question is, why are they struggling? Is it just because the big NBA stars aren't there? Our master of basketball knowledge Brendan Suhr joins the show to talk about why Team USA is struggling and discusses why continuity for the other teams is a big key to success for them.

The Tennessee Volunteers’ home loss Saturday may have been their most embarrassing upset of the decade. Georgia State has only recorded 20 wins since it moved up to college football’s top level in 2013. Dave Cohen the voice of Georgia State joins the show to talk about what the upset means for the football program and more.

In an effort to make football safer across all levels the number of practices keeps getting limited, so much so that in some instances players don't even practice wearing pads. Phil Ziglar, longtime high school football coach joins the show to talk about if football can succeed even with contact at practices going away.

Before the season started Marc talked about how this season for Florida State will be important for the university not just football-wise but also financially. Unfortunately they enter week two 0-1 after losing to Boise State. Marc discusses how they need to figure things out before it gets so bad they lose the fanbase and can't compete in the ACC.

For the third straight season the Oklahoma Sooners will have a new quarterback under center, this time it'll be Alabama transfer Jalen Hurts. Toby Rowland of the Sooners radio broadcast joins the show to talk about what the expectations are for the team, he discusses what he though of when the team first brought in Lincoln Riley to replace Bob Stoops, and if it is playoff or bust for the program.