The Patriots are the NFL's enemy #1

With the entire football world descending on Houston, TX this week for Super Bowl 51, we ended up with the best possible matchup for the big game.  A fresh face, and an old enemy.

Make no mistake, the Patriots are definitely the enemy.  Almost everyone (sans actual Patiot fans) want the Falcons to win this game.  John Ourand, from the Sports Business Journal, reported several public policy polls, and the numbers are about what you would expect:

With Musburger & Lundquist Gone, Here's the Best of What's Left

- Gary Segars (twitter: @proseveregary)

With Verne Lundquist getting his big send-off in his last season of calling College Football games, another of the sport's most iconic voices during television broadcasts decided to ride off into the sunset without all the hoopla, and Brent Musburger announced today that he'll be retiring from broadcasting at the end of January.

Lundquist will continue calling basketball games through the NCAA Tournament and will finish up his broadcasting career at the Masters on Sunday, April 9th.  Musburger is calling it quits with ESPN right in the middle of the college basketball season, calling his last game, between Kentucky and Georgia, on January 31st.

Podcast 56: Brent Musberger retires, Georgia Tech getting screwed, Deshaun Watson & Michael Jordan, Big Ben retiring? & Ted Cruz murders Deadspin

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Gary and Chris jump right into the breaking news of Brent Musberger retiring, Paul Johnson says the ACC is trying to screw Georgia Tech, Dabo Swinney compares Deshaun Watson to Michael Jordan, Big Ben flirts with retirement (but probably not really), and Ted Cruz murdered Deadspin last night on twitter.

My Weight-Loss Battle Starts Over

I love food.

Not just sweets, although I love those as well.  I thoroughly enjoy a good steak from Fleming's, a big juicy hamburger from Huey's, Memphis style chicken wings from D'Bo's, Dreamland BBQ (along with a few other BBQ shacks in Memphis and Alabama), any and every pizza joint, and a number of other tasty delights.

To help put it in perspective, I go to fairs just for the food.  So, as you can see, eating is one of my favorite things to do in this world.

My biggest battle during my 34 years on this earth has been with controlling my weight.

NFL Championship Game Picks: Fri, Jan 20th, 2017

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Chris and I made our picks on this morning's podcast, so be sure and listen in there (and subscribe, review & share!), but here's a collection of our NFL playoff picks so far, along with the picks for this weekend's games...

NCAA bans Michigan's satellite camps, Oregon Strength Coach, Ala/Aub/Tenn hires & NFL picks!

Gary and Chris start off today's show discussing Gary's weight loss challenge, then break into the NCAA Autonomy session today where they banned schools having off-campus events during institutional holidays (so no more Michigan traveling for a satellite spring break camp at IMG Academy in Florida), whether or not strength & conditioning coaches should have degrees or certifications in the field in which they work, Alabama hired a new AD, would Phil Fulmer make a good AD at Tennessee, why are Tennessee and Auburn having issues hiring a new offensive coordinator before signing day, and we make our NFL Conference Championship picks!

Looking back on preseason NFL picks & current NFL playoff picks: Jan 17th, 2017

- Gary Segars (twitter: @proseveregary)

Back in August, Chris and I made picks on team total wins and which teams would win divisions and which would make the playoffs.

Usually, these are really bad... and some of ours were... but for the most part, we did a pretty good job on our picks.

Oh... and we're through 8 of 11 games in the NFL playoffs, and we've made picks on all of them so far.  We also put where we stand below.

NFL Divisional Playoff Picks: Jan 13th, 2017

- Gary Segars (twitter: @proseveregary)

Last week, I went with the Raiders, but then picked all 3 of the other home favorites in the Wild Card round, which led me to a 3-1 record.  On the other side, Chris took all 4 road dogs, and came away with an 0-4 record.

This week, we're flipping the script on that...

Episode 51: Jan 11, 2017 - Gary's Birthday Podcast!

Gary and Chris kick off Gary's birthday show with reactions to the Alabama / Clemson national championship game, what to expect from the new Pacific Pro League, which is a new NFL developmental leagues starting in 2018, why ESPN hates Duke's Grayson Allen so much, and how crazy are the Trump rumors regarding Russian prostitutes?

Key Points After Clemson Beat Alabama for the National Championship

Last night's college football national championship game was an all-time great.  Clemson stole the game with a 2 minute drive, scoring with 1 second on the clock to win the game 35-31 after Alabama took a 31-28 lead with just over 2 minutes left in the game.

Once Alabama raced out to a 14-0 lead, the majority of the country thought this game was over, but Clemson took over the 2nd half once Alabama was not able to convert a single 3rd down after the 1st quarter (both of which were on a 9 play, 22-yard drive that ended in a punt).  Pretty crazy that Alabama was able to score 31 offensive points all on drives that never converted a 3rd down.

Friday NFL & National Championship Picks & Podcast 49!

We've got our picks for the games, which you can see below, or you can just listen to the podcast (also below) to figure out our reasoning!

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Gary and Chris are snowed in today in Memphis, so we start out with PJ Fleck getting the Minnesota job, Chandler Parsons hanging out with both Kate Beckinsale and Kendall Jenner this week (and which Jenner is the hottest, and is Beckinsale hotter than both?), should A&M or Tennessee fire their current coaches if they can get Chip Kelly, could UT hire Mark Helfrich as their offensive coordinator?, and we make PICKS from all 4 playoff games and the national championship game between Alabama and Clemson.

4 Points about Kiffin / Bama split before NC game

Steve Sarkisian was hired as an offensive analyst at Alabama on Sept 5th, 2016, and was hired as the offensive coordinator on Dec 16th.  Lane Kiffin was hired as Florida Atlantic's head coach on Dec 12th.

Kiffin resigned (or was relieved of his duties) at Alabama on Jan 2, 2017, just 2 days after a college football playoff win over Washington, and only one week away from a national championship game against Clemson.

So why the change so soon?  And what's with the drama?  Here are some key points: