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Grizz/Hornets Takeaways, NILLY, Gators/Vols, LSU/Ole Miss - 10/11/24 Oct 11, 2024

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Gary Parrish joins the show in-studio for the first hour and they’ll talk about the Grizzlies loss to the Hornets last night and what, if anything, we can learn from it (3:05) before going into the world of NIL and how college coaches are using it, what the top high school kids get, Kendrick Perkins and NILLY and if kids are being taken advantage of (13:05).
VegasInsider.com Senior Handicapper Brian Edwards joins the show live on Zoom to give us picks for the weekend in Pitt/Cal, Cincinnati/UCF, Florida/Tennessee, Vandy/Kentucky, Utah/ASU, Commanders/Ravens, and Giants/Bengals. They’ll also touch on Ole Miss/LSU, Ohio State/Oregon, Texas/Oklahoma and Alabama/South Carolina (56:35).
Vinnie Verno is out today but he relayed his picks to Chris and his games are Vandy/Kentucky, Ball State/Kent State, Illinois/Purdue, Kansas St/Colorado and Ole Miss/LSU (1:24:31).

Starting 5 Netflix Review, Grizzlies/Hornets Tonight, 5 College Football Games To Watch - 10/10/24 Oct 10, 2024

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Chris has to apologize (3:00) and then he tells us about watching Starting 5 on Netflix and it turns into a debate about player-produced documentaries. Chris wasn't impressed by the first episode (8:00).
Grizzlies have a preseason game tonight at home against the Hornets and we talk about why we think this Hornets team will be better than people and Vegas think (34:11)
Jessica Benson joins the show in-studio to give us 5 College Football games to watch and why we should (59:25)
Texas vs Oklahoma
Ohio State at Oregon
Ole Miss at LSU
Kansas State at Colorado
Florida at Tennessee

Ja Morant Injury Update, Forum Food Tasting, Memphis/UNC Exhibition, Aaron Rodgers - 10/9/24 Oct 09, 2024

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Did you know the University of Memphis is playing North Carolina in an men's exhibition game and the women are playing South Carolina in a women's exhibtion game next week??? We didn't remember either. Our thoughts on why ticket sales might be struggling for the event + Jonathan Givony of ESPN dropped his Top 100 Prospects list (5:04).
Ja Morant Injury Update (41:53)
FedExForum Food Tasting (52:14)
Aaron Rodgers denies having involvement in Robert Saleh getting fired + Texans WR Nico Collins is out 4 weeks (1:08:35)
Fill In The Blank (1:13:44)

Tuesday's w/ Tony Allen, Grizzlies Preseason Overreactions, Week 5 NFL Notes - 10/8/24 Oct 08, 2024

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On today's show, Tony Allen joins the show over Skype live from Las Vegas where he talks about being out there for a Booray tournament and tries to teach us how to play (6:25) before talking about his appearance on last weeks show that went viral over his jokes about the Pelicans. TA tells us who he all heard from, including former teammates in NOLA, and others (14:05) and then we talk about the Grizzlies preseason win over the Mavericks last night (21:14).
Chris, Devin and Roser will go through the roster and give their Preseason overreactions to every player who played last night for the Grizzlies and the halftime performance of the Songblazers (51:07).
There's new food at FedExForum this year and there was a tour today for the media. We'll tell you about some of the new options in the arena (1:11:45)
Week 5 NFL Notes (1:17:41)

Grizz Open Practice; Vandy, Arkansas Upset Alabama, Tennessee; Vikings 5-0 + 10 Things - 10/7/24 Oct 07, 2024

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10 Things from the Weekend!!!

College Football Impressed with Vanderbilt, Arkansas, Miami, Ashton Jeanty (10:02)
College Football Depressed with FSU, Michigan, Kansas (34:06)
Grizzlies Open Practice (42:06)
NFL Impressed with Vikings, Jayden Daniels and Underdogs (56:46)
NFL Depressed with 49ers, Bengals Defense, Aaron Rodgers, Browns (1:18:13)
WWE Bad Blood, Who Wants This, Into The Fire (1:24:14)
Blue and Gray Showcase (1:34:49)
AP Top 25 & October 12th Lines (1:44:55)
MLB Playoffs (1:54:29)
Grizzlies at Mavs (1:57:09)

Grizzlies Training Camp w/ Damichael Cole, College Football Picks, Pete Alonso's Moment - 10/4/24 Oct 04, 2024

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Final show of the week and it's Verno's birthday tomorrow (3:50) + we have a stacked College Football slate next weekend which means THIS weekend will be the big one (9:50). Pete Alonso had his moment with the New York Mets last night against Milwaukee (13:30).
Damichael Cole covers the Memphis Grizzlies for The Commercial Appeal and joins the show live from Nashville on Zoom. Damichael and Chris talk about the injuries currently to Jaren Jackson Jr, GG Jackson, and Vince Williams, which of the injuries to Vince and GG does he feel better about currently, Marcus Smart's comments about Jaylen Wells, Zach Edey's impression on everyone, Jake LaRavia's emergence in camp, what they'll do at backup point guard, Ja being looser on the court and Taylor Jenkins challenging Ja and Desmond Bane to be better defenders (21:10)
(1:07:47) Vegas Insider Senior Handicapper Brian Edwards joins the show to give us picks in College Football and the NFL. Games talked about are:
Rutgers/Nebraska
Indiana/Northwestern
Clemson/FSU
Pitt/UNC
South Carolina/Ole Miss
Boston College/Virginia
Commanders/Browns
Vikings/Jets
(1:39:15) It's Locktober and Vinnie Verno has 4 bloodbaths, mortal locks and massacres
Tennessee at Arkansas
Syracuse at UNLV
Nevada at San Jose State
Indiana at Northwestern

Good Jaren Jackson Jr Injury News, National Grizz Predictions, Fill In The Blank - 10/3/24 Oct 03, 2024

Show notes

Devin watched The Evolution of the Black Quarterback in the NFL on Amazon (3:00). Then we talk about the good news the Grizzlies released yesterday on the Jaren Jackson Jr hamstring injury front (12:58) before going into more national media predictions about the Grizzlies and their upcoming season and potential free agents that are available to potentially fill out the rest of the Grizzlies roster (22:18). We'll finish up playing Fill In The Blank where topics include NFL QB's who could be the next reclamation project like Sam Darnold, the tallest people we've ever seen, Halloween costumes and more (1:13:00)

Jaren Jackson Jr's Hamstring, Grizzlies New Offense, Bama Trap Game? - 10/2/24 Oct 02, 2024

Show notes

On today's show, we talk a little about the MLB Playoffs to open but just a little bit (3:00).
We'll spend the rest of the first hour talking about the Grizzlies Medical Update yesterday on Jaren Jackson Jr's hamstring, the new offense the Grizzlies are installing, how it will all work, potential roster moves, Scotty Pippen Jr, and how it can work if JJJ has to miss time to start the season (8:28).
There's more news about Memphis and the Pac-12 talking again (57:26)
Jessica Benson is in-studio with her 5 College Football games to watch (1:10:43)
Missouri at Texas A&M
Michigan at Washington
Clemson at FSU
Syracuse at UNLV
Alabama at Vanderbilt

Tony Allen In-Studio w/ Grizzlies Media Day Reactions, Happy Ja, KAT Trade and More - 10/1/24 Oct 01, 2024

Show notes

Tuesday's with Tony Allen presented by ESCO is back. TA joins the show in-studio and gives his condolences to Dikembe Mutombo and Pete Rose (3:00) and then we'll talk about everything from Grizzlies Media Day including Ja being happy and comfortable to GG's shoes (18:25) beore going into some old pictures of TA on media day including his time with the Pelicans and the Karl Anthony Towns trade to the Knicks (47:00).
Week 4 of the NFL is in the books and Roser has his NFL Notes on Jared Goff, Malik Nabers, Ja'Marr Chase, the Vikings, Jayden Daniels, Fred Warner, and more (1:21:06)

Cowboys Win, Ed Scott Comments, Alabama/Georgia, Weekend Picks - 9/27/24 Sep 27, 2024

Show notes

Gary Parrish is in-studio for the first hour. Brian Edwards has picks and Vinnie Verno is back with Philanthropy.
3:28---Cowboys win but lose Micah Parsons
14:49---Memphis AD Ed Scott made public comments yesterday about why they didn't join the Pac-12
1:08:56---VegasInsider.com Senior Handicapper Brian Edwards joins the show via Zoom to give us picks in:
Ole Miss/Kentucky
Indiana/Maryland
Illinois/Penn St
South Alabama/LSU
Cincinnati/Texas Tech
Alabama/Georgia
1:37:15---Vinnie Verno is back with 3 bloodbaths, mortal locks and massacres
Eastern Michigan/Kent State
UNLV/Fresno St
Nebraska/Purdue

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