The Bench Podcast

We are back with Jim dialing in from Florida. We go over the MHSAA Football Finals, before making our CFP national championship picks. The SEC should only get 3 teams in only, ACC 2 and Big Ten 4. Tracy picks Ohio State and Jim and I pick Notre Dame.

We move to the NFL and the Thanksgiving game Turds are discussed along with our Locks and Upset picks.

WE discuss Bobby Hurley going crazy, and we do out Thanksgiving day shoutouts.

Jim and Topher are back, a little late but back. We talk MHSAA playoffs in Football including a loaded D1 bracket, move onto the CFP and finish up with some NFL and high school hoops program building.

We are back for the first Episode of November. The Lions with an epic comeback despite 5 interceptions, the Cowboys continue the path towards the first pick, the Jets meltdown and the Bears are who we thought they would be. We move on to College Football and talk about the Big Ten having 4 of the 5 top teams in the rankings. Miami moves to the Fraud Category, and we discuss how Georgia could be out.

We finish with High School football, results and predictions for this coming week.

Jim, Topher and Tracy are back. We recap the World Series and the Dodgers winning the world series and would Baseball be better with 138 games.

We recap the first round of the High School playoffs, and look at the second round, including Jim's D1 preview.

We move onto College Football, the playoff, and could the SEC get their share of teams into the playoff.

We finish with the NFL, the Lions dominance, should Jordan Love have played, and who is the biggest threat to the Lions..

Jim, Topher and Tracy start with the MHSAA Playoff pairings and talk about Home Field Advantage. We move on to the NFL, the Lions winning big, Packers surviving, and the Saints/Chargers pitching matchup and the disaster known as the Jets. We dive into college football, Sparty missing an opportunity, Ohio State struggling and some of the playoffs.

We start with High School Football secnarios and who can host in the playoffs, Jim and Topher move on to the NFL, and anyalyze a big win for the Lions, is Jordan Love turning into Favre and the hot mess the Jets are. We finish with College Football, the lessons Texas and Oklahoma need to learn to be in the SEC, and Playoff scenarios, including SMU in the playoffs?

We begin the MLB Playoffs, the Tigers exit and what they need to do to take the next step. We get into College Football, What was Ryan Day thinking and why Billy Napier didn't go for the win. We move onto the Lions dismantling of the Cowboys, the comparison in Cultures, and why Jerry Jones won't let his control go. We get into the High School Football playoff brackets and sign off with our final thoughts.

Tracy is back from Suspension (JK) as we start with baseball while game 2 of the Tigers/Indians is live. Another Brewer choke job, why Managers try to outthink themselves? Both Jim and I like the Mets and Padres to move on.

We move to College Football, Overrated Michigan, and talk about the Upsets over the weekend.

We talk some NFL, Is Rodgers done? The same with Watson? What about the 49ers?

We are later this week, but it was worth it. The Tigers advance to the Division round and were 8 games under 500 on August 10th. Brew Crew trying to stay alive, Lions are on Fire and the Packers were desperate.

After the first 4 games, we redo our playoff predictions in the NFL, and Topher brags about his draft predictions.

We give our NFL Lock and Upset.

We go over College Football, Michigan a dog on the road, the SEC delivers as usual and we compare the Big Ten vs SEC.

Jim and Topher get into the Wild Card and Tiger's hot streak combined with the Twins and Royals choking. We talk about College Football, Michigan, Sparty and the dominance of the SEC. We finish up with the NFL, the Chiefs getting every call, The Packers and Lions looking solid and the Cowboys mediocrity.