Tobacco Road Sports Podcast

In Mark Gottfried's 5 1/2 years as the North Carolina State men's basketball coach, he made four NCAA tournament appearances and twice advanced to the Sweet 16. Yet he was fired last week. Mike Adams, State fan and alum, talks about what went wrong and gives us a view into what Wolfpack nation thinks. Was it the right move? Also we debate who will be ACC Player of the Year, and we are asking for your thoughts on the matter. Take our poll here - s.surveytown.com/survey/?c=200157&id=1

The Falcons were ahead 28 - 3 in the third quarter. Brady looked shook. Then a little thing we like to refer to as "the greatest choke in the history of professional sports" happened. We try and break down the crazy awesome comeback that was Super Bowl 51. We also talk to Dave Brown, a reporter for the Concord (N.H.) Monitor, who covered the Patriots throughout the season and was at the game. Finally we go over the results of our prop bets. Find out how well our "resident MIT-grown data analyst" did. Did he beat Ron "go with my gut" Wagner? Listen now. Show notes and to see prop bet results: http://blooperman.com/blooperman-podcast-episode-28-super-bowl-51-prop-bet-results-and-patriots-writer-dave-brown/

It's Super Bowl 51 (LI; does anyone else miss the Roman numerals?) time, and in this episode we take on the Super Bowl prop bets. You know, the stuff only experts would know - like who will score the first touchdown, what Lady Gaga's first song will be during the halftime show and the surprising dicey proposition Luke Bryan faces when deciding whether or not to wear a hat while singing the National Anthem, among many other things. We gave ourselves $1,000 blooper bucks to wager, and next week you'll find out who took home the big money. Will it be Mike and his advanced statistical analysis? Ron and his gut-based rejection of logic? Or Drew, and his deep knowledge of the average length of the National Anthem? Hey, those sound like pretty good prop bets themselves...

The NFL is back in Los Angeles, and with not one team but two. Will it be twice the fun, or do LA fans really hate the Chargers as much as they seem to? Also, we jump right in on the Super Bowl, ponder just how much NBA players embarrassed themselves with their all-star voting, and let Mike have his moment in the sun after N.C. State stunned Duke in Cameron.

We recap Clemson vs Alabama. Was it better than last year's championship? One of the best games ever? We also check-in with ACC Men's basketball and discuss who's the team to beat. Will Florida State fade come tournament time or do they have what it takes? Also Ron and Mike make their next NFL Playoff picks and Mike lets us all know which NFL bet he would make if he were a bettin' man.

After conducting our "official" Blooperman poll, we reveal our top 10 most compelling sports stories of 2016. And lots of amazing things happened this year. We had an Olympics that featured Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps both accomplishing amazing feats, a last second shot that won NCAA Men's basketball tournament, an NBA team (Golden State Warriors) that set a record for regular season wins and a different NBA team (Cleveland Cavaliers) that beat them for Finals championship. Oh yea, and the Chicago Cubs broke their drought in a dramatic game seven of the World Series. All great stories, but which one is number 1? Listen and find out.

We use Bill Simmons and Malcolm Gladwell's recent post on the subject of the Future of Football (https://theringer.com/bill-simmons-malcolm-gladwell-future-of-the-nfl-b6e14a14124) as a spring board to talk about football's "second conversations" and our thoughts on the proposals to improve the sport.

We take a full break from sports to dive into Donald Trump's shocking victory in the presidential election. Some people think it's a great thing. We ponder how that's possible, and try to predict the future.