The Hog Sty

There are several NCAA scandals to get through this week from Maryland to Ohio, can college football be saved from itself? Also, there’s some kind of pay per view golf thing that Steve wants to talk about and our guest Alex thinks is idiotic.

We recap the all-important 3rd preseason game and give our predictions for the regular season.

Fans got their first look at Alex Smith last week, in what can best be described as a cameo appearance vs the New York Jets. We then talk about the running-back situation, as two more backs are down with injuries. Lastly, we break down SI’s story about Su’a Cravens.

Its the dog days of August and stuff is getting weird. We dive into the suspension of The Ohio State University's College football coach Urban Meyer, who may have thrown his whole career away to protect an allegedly abusive WR coach. We also try to tease out why Women’s professional sports hasn’t translated to mainstream sports culture beyond Serena Williams and finally we laugh at NASCAR CEO Brian France and his Hampton’s DUI that included a .18 breathalyzer blow and enough Oxycodone to knock out Justify. Why weren’t we invited to the party in Sag Harbor?

Game one vs the Patriots is in the books, we didn’t get to see any of Alex Smith, and boy do we wish Guice had stayed on the bench. Or buddy Rich fills in this show as we cover the game and what we hope to see next Thursday

We had Alex at training camp for fan appreciation day and to watch all the goings on. Bobby Beathard got in the hall of fame. And Kyshoen Jarrett may be one of the real feelgood stories of the Redskins year.

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I was able to snag a few minutes with Quinton Dunbar, Greg Stroman and Maurice Harris one on one.

Joined again by Alex, #IJB’s own version Eric Sato, we enter the squared circle of Sports Business gabbing. We grapple with the high stakes board room maneuvers of Andre the Giant sized media conglomerates as they battle to acquire and/or keep broadcast rights for the UFC and the WWE. The excellent article by John Ourand from the New York Business Journal gives an insider’s look at how this all hit the mat and we reference it highly in our discussion. We also look at the Battle Royale that is the globes top valued franchises through Forbes’ annual list. It goes without saying but, F the Cowboys. And what show would be complete without annoying and confusing Steve with a Hollywierd discussion? Our excuse this episode is the rumors James Franco might be directing a biopic of ESPN based on the saucy book Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN by Tom Shales (WaPo what what!) and James Andrew Miller. We eventually end the show casting this potential movie. Who would you have play Chris Berman, Dan Patrick or Stuart Scott?

Rick Snider joins us for some Hog Sty Late night. Rick and Jamual go over their observations from the first few days of training camp. Who shined? Who didn’t? Find out. Right now.