The Beat of Sports

If you spend anytime on social media after a game or college football rankings come out you can just see that there is no pleasing fan bases. Not being specific but in general everyone is upset. Marc explains that the hate the exists in college football is different than in any of sport in this country.

After yet another dismal performance yesterday by the Jaguars it appears as though the wheel are coming off the Jacksonville bandwagon. It was especially bad for Blake Bortles because he got benched and head coach Doug Marrone said the position needs to be evaluated. This move signals that the search is now on for the Jaguars to find a new quarterback of the future.

What happens when you team up with Nike to create a shoe for someone that was special.

Josh Robbins who covers the Orlando Magic for The Athletic joins the show to preview the upcoming season. He talks about the balance that new head coach Steve Clifford will have to deal with in developing talent while also having a focus on winning games. He also discusses how the minutes will breakdown for rookie Mo Bamba early in the season.

The Houston Astros have again found themselves involved in a cheating scandal after multiple teams have notified Major League Baseball about an Astros employee that seems to be involved with stealing signs. What kind of punishment should the team face if the allegations are true and why do you think MLB is hiding from the story?

One of the most fascinating things going on in sports right now is the FBI investigation into college basketball. Marc explains that this investigation proves that all the coaches being questioned really have no role in paying players, they just know the right people that can pay a player.

If you spend enough time on every college football message board you will see some segment of fans saying that the team isn't good enough and the coach needs to go. Yes even for an undefeated program like Alabama you will find fans that aren't happy. Are the expectations too unrealistic?

Orlando Magic television color commentary Jeff Turner joins the show to preview the upcoming season for the team. He explains to Marc some of the reasons why fans should have some realistic reasons to be optimistic. He also talks about what kind of system Steve Clifford will be bringing to Orlando.

September 1st in a match against the Philadelphia Union, that was the last time Orlando City scored a goal. The team has now gone 5 matches without scoring a goal. Marc explains that between the lack of scoring for the last 6 weeks and the continued losing the team needs to be worried that the casual fan will stop showing up and showing interest.

After a statement win against conference foe Memphis this past weekend many fans expected UCF making a big jump in the AP Poll, unfortunately that didn't happen. Marc explains a few of the reasons why the Knights didn't move up in the rankings including that some of the voters have an inherent bias and that some members can't watch every game and that will hurt teams in smaller conferences.