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Grizz at Rockets Preview, Tyreek Smith, UFC 308, 49ers/Cowboys - 10/25/24
Oct 25, 2024
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Gary Parrish joins the show in-studio for the first half hour and we'll get to the Nike/Ja pop-ups going on around town this weekend (3:00) and then go into the Tyreek Smith and Memphis basketball situation, what Smith has gotten paid, what he's supposed to get paid, what other coaches think about this, the Big 12, and more (10:32). College Football weekend preview of Ohio State/Nebraska, Notre Dame/Navy, Ole Miss/Oklahoma, Oregon/Illinois, Auburn/Missouri, Vandy/Texas, LSU/Texas A&M (38:52) Vegas Insider Senior Handicapper Brian Edwards joins the show on Zoom to give us picks in Cincinnati/Colorado, Vandy/Texas, Commanders/Bears, Lions/Titans and to talk UFC 308 (48:11) Chris briefly touches on the sudden passing of South Florida Head Coach Amir Abdur-Rahim (1:09:14) Grizzlies at Rockets Preview for tonight & we reluctantly talk 49ers/Cowboys (1:13:41)
Grizzlies Get First Dub at Jazz, Edey Debut, Ja Morant Reminds 'Em - 10/24/24
Oct 24, 2024
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Grizzlies win their season opener in Utah. We'll go through all of it including the Good (Ja, Desmond Bane, Santi Aldama, Jay Huff, Pippen's Defense) and the Meh (Edey, Marcus Smart, Brandon Clarke) and which of all of that is an overreaction or possibly something to monitor. (3:00) Thoughts on the rest of the 10 games in the NBA from last night including Pacers/Pistons and the injury to James Wiseman, Hornets/Rockets and if LaMelo is gonna have a revenge season, and Magic/Heat where Paolo Banchero might be establishing himself as a Top 10 player in the league (1:06:16)
2024-25 Grizzlies Season Opener Tonight at Jazz, Celtics Roll Knicks, LeBron & Bronny Make History - 10/23/24
Oct 23, 2024
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The Memphis Grizzlies open the 2024-25 NBA season tonight in Utah and we'll talk about the injury report, having a fully healthy Ja Morant and Desmond Bane, who plays more between Brandon Clarke and Santi Aldama, why the first two weeks of this season matter more for Jake LaRavia than anyone else on the roster and more (3:00). NBA Opening Night overreactions on the Celtics rout of the Knicks + LeBron James and Bronny James have their moment at Crypto Arena + Lakers exposing problems Minnesota will have without KAT (19:42) More on the Grizzlies/Jazz opener tonight, a look at the Jazz roster, the player we're worried about having a great night, questions for the Grizzlies regular season and more (1:05:17)
2024-25 NBA Team By Team Season Preview with Tony Allen - 10/22/24
Oct 22, 2024
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Tonight is the opening of the 2024-25 NBA season. Tony Allen joins the show Presented by ESCO to preview the season. We'll go team by team in this NBA season preview starting with the Eastern Conference and the Boston Celtics (5:12) Week 7 NFL Notes on Lamar Jackson, Patrick Mahomes, Saquon Barkley, Jared Goff, and more (1:30:09)
Yuki Signs 2-Way w/ Grizzlies, JJJ's Hamstring, Georgia Impresses at Texas, 10 Things - 10/21/24
Oct 21, 2024
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10 Things from the Weekend!!!
Tony Bennett Retires, State of College Sports, Jimmy Butler, Bama/Tennessee, Georgia/Texas - 10/18/24
Oct 18, 2024
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The Miami Heat are in town to play the Grizzlies in their final preseason game. Ja Morant and Marcus Smart will play and we talk about Jimmy Butler and why he might be playing in all of these preseason games for the Heat (3:00). Gary Parrish joins the show in-studio to talk about Tony Bennett retiring from Virginia, why he made this decision and why you might see other head coaches leave College Basketball in the next few years (11:10) and then Gary tells us if he has any belief left in the Mets (39:11) Vegas Insider Senior Handicapper Brian Edwards joins the show via Zoom to give us picks in College Football and the NFL including Alabama at Tennessee, Arkansas vs LSU, Texas Tech/Baylor, Army/ECU, Cincinnati/Arizona State, Commanders/Panthers, and Lions/Vikings (48:55) Vinnie Verno is back with 3 bloodbaths, mortal locks and massacres in Philanthropy. Games this week are Auburn/Missouri, Arkansas/LSU, Nebraska/Indiana (1:29:08)
Verno Back, The Penguin, Evermore, Zach Edey, Memphis Sports HOF, Fill In The Blank - 10/17/24
Oct 17, 2024
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Chris is back today and tells us about his trip to Orlando and everything he watched including Starting 5, Piece by Piece, The Penguin and more (3:00) + we go into everything that happened in sports while he was gone including Zach Edey, Yuki and the Luke Kennard injury (20:41) + Zach Randolph and Jarvis Greer getting inducted into the Memphis Sports Hall of Fame (40:44). We'll play Fill In The Blank in our last segment (1:15:03)
Memphis/UNC, Dawn Staley, NBA Rank, Lincoln Riley, 5 College Games To Watch - 10/16/24
Oct 16, 2024
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On today's show, Bennett and Devin went to the Hoops for St. Jude Tipoff Classic last night. We'll talk about the Tigers and the aura with UNC basketball + Dawn Staley being one of the coolest people on the planet and how she stayed and took pictures and signed autographs (3:00). ESPN is doing NBA Rank for the Top 100 players in the league. Of course we have thoughts on it (27:23). Jessica Benson joins the show in-studio and we have her play the game "Lincoln Riley or..." (59:41) and she gives us 5 College Football games we should watch and why (1:13:33) Memphis vs North Texas #1 Texas vs #5 Georgia #11 Tennessee vs #7 Alabama Purdue vs #2 Oregon Arkansas vs #8 LSU
Tuesday's w/ Tony Allen, Zach Edey and Yuki Dominate at Pacers, Davante Adams/Amari Cooper Traded - 10/15/24
Oct 15, 2024
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It's Tueseday's with Tony Allen in-studio presented by ESCO. TA joins the guys in-studio to talk about the Grizzlies preseason win over the Pacers last night, Zach Edey's monster performance, the Grizzlies throwing it to him on the block and all of the matchup problems he can cause other teams defending the Grizz + Yuki's emergence this preseason and if there's a possible spot for him on the roster or maybe a 2-way if the team does some restructuring (3:00). Week 6 of the NFL is in the books and DaVante Adams and Amari Cooper have both been traded. We'll tell you where and talk about it in NFL Notes (1:11:48)
Grizz Preseason Dub, Cowboys Blown Out, Lions Lose Hutchinson, 10 Things - 10/14/24
Oct 14, 2024
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10 THINGS FROM THE WEEKEND!!!
College Football Impressed (4:24)
College Football Depressed (21:05)
NFL Impressed (39:35)
NFL Depressed (55:33)
Grizz Preseason (1:09:28)
Starting 5 & Terrifier 3 & 85 South Show (1:32:31)
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