The Beat of Sports

This weekend Conor McGregor will be making his return to the octagon as he faces off against KhabibNurmagomedov. Brian Fritz joins the show to preview the fight and talk about what we should expect after such a long absence from McGregor. Fritz also weighs in on the latest with the WWE and the return of some legends for their next big event.

In our sports legal roundup we discuss whether or not a patron that was partially blinded at this past weekends Ryder Cup has any legal ground to sue for injuries sustained. Is there a chance that because it happened in France that things might got differently? Plus we talk about the allegations levied against Cristiano Ronaldo and if he might be in some legal trouble.

Before Tim Tebow made his declaration that he was going to play football at Florida he was dealing with a very tough decision, he really wanted to play for Mike Shula at Alabama. Fortunately for the Gators things didn't work out well for Shula and Tebow ended up in Gainesville. Imagine the scenario that Tebow plays for the Crimson Tide and the reign of Urban Meyer in Florida looks a lot different.

Marc talks to Chris Spatola of SB Nation who is covering the Trial of College Basketball. In a world where sneaker companies and supporters are actually admitting to breaking the NCAA rules, where will this leave college basketball in the future?

Alan Siegel joins the show to discuss his piece from The Ringer talking about the greatness of the Saturday Night Live sketch for Da Bears. He discusses what the origin of the sketch was and how it came about from Robert Smigel attending a Cubs game. He also talks about what Mike Ditka thought about it and the legacy that it has on pop culture.

This past weekend at the Ryder Cup a patron was struck in the eye and has now had her vision affected. She is now considering suing for the injury but does she have a case? Should she just assume the risk when attending a golf tournament? Plus can anything be done to make golf safer for the patrons in attendance?

One of the biggest things that the nay-sayers say about the potential for UCF to get into the College Football Playoff is that they have a very poor strength of schedule. But how is strength of schedule determined? Is it just an arbitrary opinion?

For the past 48 hours all eyes have been on Jimbo Fisher and not for anything that happened on the field, it has to do with how he disciplined one of his players. This has led to an outcry from football fans saying that the sport has become too softer and that coaches aren't allowed to discipline their players. Marc explains that the sport of football hasn't gotten softer it has just become more focused on player safety.

With the rash of quarterbacks transferring is there someone to blame? Are the coaches selling the players on a false bill of goods? Should there be a better system in place to keep them around?

This past weekend in the NFL we saw some weird calls between coaches going for 2 points when it wasn't needed, not playing for a tie in overtime and more weird roughing the passer calls but one call was the most egregious: a botched measurement on 4th down. Why does the NFL simply guess as to where the ball is? Does the NFL just enjoy the drama of the chain gang coming out?