Braden grills Frank on his ideal, all expenses paid dinner date before diving deeper into the firing of Ohio's Head Football Coach Brian Smith and today's Mid-Day Sports Standoff

Braden is joined by Fox Sports NFL writer Eric D. Williams previews the Rams-Seahawks game tonight before diving into the Sports Thread and we take a quick look at this weekend's Parade of Lights in San Diego Bay

Braden discusses San Diego State's win over Air Force to open Mountain West Conference play last night before diving into an interesting article by Jeff Passan about the Free Agent market and specifically the Starting Pitching market

We all knew that the San Diego State Aztecs were going to have a difficult time competing in this new era of NIL. Yesterday we found out just how dire the situation could possibly be. Braden is here to discuss the article from the Athletic that shines a light on just how much money schools are spending on NIL in College Football before diving into what San Diego State is trying to pass in order to combat these findings. We will also discuss a broader view of what is currently happening in College Football, Major League Baseball as well as being joined by Yahoo Sports' Frank Schwab to talk about the playoff races in the NFL as the season comes down to the wire

Braden and Frank play the Mid-Day Sports Standoff before diving back into the San Diego State NIL story from yesterday and taking a wider look at the disparity between the upper and mid-major schools in revenue and production

Braden and Frank nail down the rules and sub articles of sports fandom if you do not want to be called a bandwagon fan

Braden goes on a trip down memory lane after Frank brings up a souvenir on sale from John Cena's last match before going into the latest MLB rumors and today's Sports Thread

Braden discusses tonight's matchup for San Diego State Men's Basketball against Air Force before taking a look at the finalized coaching staff for the Padres and Yahoo Sports NFL writer Frank Schwab joins the show

Ha-Seong Kim surprised many by signing a one-year, $20M deal with the Atlanta Braves leading to the question, how active can the Padres bein this Free Agency market is going to be so expensive? Braden is here to try to answer that question and provide alternate solutions to improve the team. Braden will also take a look at some of the news coming out of San Diego State as the conditions of competing in today's NIL world are becoming clearer as well as getting to some of the topics we didn't get to during yesterday's show

Braden and Frank discuss a proposed 24-team College Football Playoff bracket that was posted on Twitter before discussing a new signing for the San Francisco Giants and this week's NFL Overreactions