The Beat of Sports

As Willie Taggart gets ready for his second season at Florida State and although he needs to get off to a winning start Marc brings up that the university needs the seasons needs to be successful for financial reasons.

The last few years of the College Football Playoff there have been 2 mainstays, Alabama and Clemson. Lately they've been traded National Championships, but are such dynastic runs good for the sport of college football?

Ahead of the UCF season opener at Florida A&M, Marc Daniels got a chance to talk with the newly minted starter Brandon Wimbush. He discusses his decision to come to UCF, why he like the offensively style the Knights run, and more.

Sports fans have and always will be selfish, and that's okay but when you start getting mad at an athlete retires early. Saturday night the sports world got turned on its head when Andrew Luck decided to retire after getting mentally tired of trying to rehab injuries and never being fully healthy. Marc talks about how fans should start becoming sympathetic to athletes and stop treating them like commodities because this is going to start happening more and more.

The opening of the college football seasons got a special distinction, Week Zero. Some complained about the sloppiness during the Florida-Miami game but as Marc explains it isn't going anywhere. Week Zero is here to stay and we should all get used to it.

The NBA Rookie Survey came out this week and one of the biggest talking points from the results were that the rookie class thinks that Cam Reddish will have a better NBA career than his Duke teammate Cam Reddish. Mike O'Donnell joins the show give his thought on why that might be and other basketball news.

The Knights have named the starting quarterback to open the season! It'll be Brandon Wimbush under center but Josh Heupel has indicated that freshman Dillion Gabriel will be involved throughout the game. How will the UCF offense fare with new signal callers, looking at the array of weapons at the skill positions the team should be just fine.

In a recap of the sports legal news throughout the week Richard Hale joins the show to talk about the latest news involving allegations in payments to Zion Williamson, how the NBA doing away with the one and done rule could change how sneaker companies deal with high school athletes, and the latest with the fight for equal pay by the US Women's National Team.

After waiting throughout the summer UCF fans finally know who will be the starting quarterback when the Knights take on Florida A&M, Brandon Wimbush. In a statement released by Josh Heupel he did also say that freshman Dillion Gabriel will also see some snaps in the season opener. Marc talks about how having the depth of these 2 signal callers along with Quadry Jones is a good thing for UCF as they prepare for the 2019 season.

Draft season is here! Have you had your fantasy football draft yet? Well Mike Tuck decided to run through his sleepers and busts to get you ready for your draft, stay tuned and follow along if you might need some help.