The Beat of Sports

He first burst onto the scene when Adrian Killins busted a run in the UCF/Michigan and his Twitter video went viral, now TJ LSU Dad has become known as a super fan for the Knights. He joins the show to discuss his watching UCF from afar and becoming more and more of a fan of them. He and Marc also discuss how conflicted about his Tigers taking on the Knights in a battle of his fandoms.

After another undefeated season for the Knights they will be headed back to a New Years Six Bowl Game but not the one that everyone expected. Most thought he'd be going back to the Peach Bowl to take on the Florida Gators but instead they are headed to the Fiesta Bowl for a match up against LSU. Marc explains how we got to this point and why they aren't going to Atlanta despite them being interested in the Knights.

The final College Football Playoff rankings came out and had UCF at 8 behind a 2-loss Michigan team. Marc explains that as long as they Knights are in the American they will have no path to make the Top 4 and that the committee doesn't care to include them until they join a Power 5 conference.

Austin Lyon from Spectrum Sports joins the show every week for his preview of the upcoming high school football action and before he talks about the games he and Marc discuss the news that Apopka head coach Rick Darlington could be leaving Florida to become a coach in Alabama.

4 million dollars. That is what is at stake for the American Athletic Conference if UCF wins on Saturday against Memphis, not just that but also an opportunity to play in a New Years Six bowl game. If they lose then that goes to the Mountain West conference.

Josh Robbins from The Athletic joins the show for his weekly visit to discuss the Magic's west coast trip and tough defeats to the Warriors and Trailblazers. Josh brings up that one of the keys for Steve Clifford is to change the culture of the team and bring accountability for these close losses.

This time of year we hear the same thing, "why do we need conference championship games it doesn't matter for the playoffs!" Marc talks about how if we these games put the playoff in a weird position because they aren't factored into the rating if a team loses but is a factor the team wins and the committee can't win.

Fans and media have taken to criticizing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for giving season ticket holders free tickets to help fill the stadium on Sundays. Marc explains that this will happen to every team if the fan base feels the product on the field isn't exciting.

The newest member of the Orlando Apollos Garret Gilbert joins the show to discuss the draft process, what he has learned from all the quarterbacks he's been teammates with and what it was like growing up in Texas and playing for the Longhorns.

Fox Sports NFL analyst Charles Davis joins the show to talk the UCF Football season, he gives his thoughts on the College Football Playoff season. He also discusses the rise of offenses in the NFL with the Rams and Chiefs becoming the gold standard and more.