Shaun is joined by Michael Collins to recap the conference championship games in the NFL before giving a brief Super Bowl preview. They then discuss the latest hires and names to monitor as the coaching carousel spins on and on. 

The duo catches up on college basketball as the focus begins to shift away from football and towards the hardwood. Talking through the best teams, prospects to watch, mid-major sleepers and more.

They wrap up by touching on a wide variety of topics in the return of a fan favorite segment 'Did You See This?'. 

Song: 'Snowshoes' - Caamp (2022)

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Shaun is joined by Jeremy to run through a full slate of topics. The two kick things off with a deep dive into the upcoming NFL conference championship games and a look around at the current state of the coaching carousel. 

The guys touch on Indiana and how incredible their season was, including how they are helping change everything we have known about college football. All of the teams we believed to be the best in college and professional football are no longer.

Then, the duo provides some entertainment with their Tortured Fans of the Week and Best Things They Saw before wrapping up with some upcoming music they are excited for. 

Song: 'Nostalgia's Lie' - Sam Fender (2025)

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Shaun is joined by Michael Blum for an exciting episode full of NFL discussion. Shaun and Michael kick things off by expressing our discontent with the Golden Globes for one very specific reason.

Then, they get into the teams who were bounced from the playoffs and what their futures entail. They talk about Mike Tomlin's run in Pittsburgh coming to a close and discuss the Eagles season ending early. They wrap up their NFL chat with preview and predictions for the Divisional round ahead. 

The show concludes with weekly segments, such as the 'Tortured Fans of the Week' and Recommendations for the listeners. 

Song: 'A Good Man Is Hard To Find (Pittsburgh)' - Bruce Springsteen (1998, recorded in 1982)

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Shaun is joined by Michael Blum, Ryan Amodei and Michael Collins to set the table for 2026. The gang decides what 2026 will be the year of and talks through some buzzwords for what they believe the year will bring. Finally, the foursome runs through their individual goals for the year and how they plan to monitor them. 

Song: 'Begin Again' - Taylor Swift (2012)

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Shaun is joined by Michael Blum for a football-centric episode. They talk through New Year's well wishes before diving into a busy playoff calendar across the sport. 

The duo starts with a brief discussion on the CFP and how dominant Indiana has become. They then transition to some NFL chatter after a wild Monday full of firings across the league. We then recap Steelers/Ravens before jumping into a full Wild Card Weekend preview. 

We wrap up with some recommendations for the listeners that feature what we have been doing to kick-off the new year.

Song: "Manic Monday" - The Bangles (1986)

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Shaun and Jeremy put a bow on 2025 by touching on all of the latest in the NFL. They introduce new segments 'Should He Stay or Should He Go?' and the 'Rule of 30' to cover the good, the bad and the ugly within the league. 

They then shift their focus to hand out the Tortured Fans of the Year to some unfortunate folks. 

Next, we transition out of sports to 2025 in review by playing a little game called 'Was That This Year?' where we try to pinpoint if the event took place in 2025 or not. 

Finally, we recap 2025 in music and Shaun gives his top 10 albums of the year out. 

Song - Latter Days - Big Red Machine (2021)

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Shaun and Jeremy run through all of the latest in football. The CFB Playoff is yet to capture our full attention, but the games next week should do the trick. We preview each of the upcoming quarterfinal match-ups and look ahead to the New Year. 

We then cover our Tortured Fans of the Week that touch on a variety of groups and topics before jumping into the NFL. Are there any good teams in the AFC? Are the Steelers back? We break it all down for you. 

We wrap up the show with the 'Best Thing We Saw This Week' to end on a positive note. 

Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas!

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We are deep in the middle of the Holiday season and thought the best way to get into the mood was to talk about Christmas movies. We each draft 6 of our favorite Christmas films while carefully dissecting the best and worst parts of each. 

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Shaun and Jeremy touch on a wide variety of topics ranging from NFL playoff predictions to trying to figure out what on Earth Oz the Mentalist really is. We get all of the sports talk out of the way first before jumping into some hot-button topics across the world. We wrap up with our weekly segments including 'Tortured Fans of the Week' and 'Best Thing That You Saw'.

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Shaun is joined by Jake Myers (@CFBJake) to talk all things college football. Last week was the biggest week of the season with champions being crowned, playoff berths being handed out and the coaching carousel continuously spinning. 

Jake and Shaun kick off the show with playoff committee discourse. Jake proposes a perfect fix to the CFB calendar and bowl season. We then talk about favorites for the championship before transitioning to coaching hires.

We break down some of the latest jobs being filled, led off by Penn State's hire of Matt Campbell.

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