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The Next Round with Jim Dunaway, Ryan Brown & Lance Taylor is your daily destination for the latest in college football, the SEC, the NFL, and everything in between. This unfiltered sports podcast delivers bold takes, expert analysis, and candid conversations with the biggest names in sports.
Whether you’re looking for SEC football insights, college football predictions, or the latest on the NFL, The Next Round is where passionate fans and smart sports talk collide. Hosted by seasoned radio vets, Dunaway, Brown & LT bring decades of experience, humor, and deep insider access to every episode.
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Clay Travis (5/27/25) May 27, 2025

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SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey sounded off on his colleagues at the SEC Meetings. The Commish says he wants only what moves the sport forward. We hear his words on the show.

The Alabama Crimson Tide opens the season at The Florida State Seminoles and The Auburn Tigers are at The Baylor Bears. Are the openers for Alabama Football and Auburn Football part of the best Week One ever?

Blind Ranking: College Football’s Tower of Terror

The Auburn Tigers hope to light up the Jordan Hare Stadium scoreboard this season and they will have a new one to work with. Auburn Football shares video of the Tigers’ new toy.

Auburn Baseball will not have to leave Plainsman Park until Omaha if they keep winning. The Tigers secured the overall #4 Seed in the NCAA College World Series bracket.

Alabama Baseball is the two seed in the Hattiesburg Region. Bama will open with the Miami Hurricanes.

Ronald Acuña had a big return to the Atlanta Braves and now they hit the road to the Philadelphia Phillies for a big series.

The Bleacher Report gives us a surprise ranking of the NFL Divisions.

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The Next Round (5/27/25) - Hour 1 May 27, 2025

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SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey sounded off on his colleagues at the SEC Meetings. The Commish says he wants only what moves the sport forward. We hear his words on the show.

The Alabama Crimson Tide opens the season at The Florida State Seminoles and The Auburn Tigers are at The Baylor Bears. Are the openers for Alabama Football and Auburn Football part of the best Week One ever?

Blind Ranking: College Football’s Tower of Terror

The Auburn Tigers hope to light up the Jordan Hare Stadium scoreboard this season and they will have a new one to work with. Auburn Football shares video of the Tigers’ new toy.

Auburn Baseball will not have to leave Plainsman Park until Omaha if they keep winning. The Tigers secured the overall #4 Seed in the NCAA College World Series bracket.

Alabama Baseball is the two seed in the Hattiesburg Region. Bama will open with the Miami Hurricanes.

Ronald Acuña had a big return to the Atlanta Braves and now they hit the road to the Philadelphia Phillies for a big series.

The Bleacher Report gives us a surprise ranking of the NFL Divisions.

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The Next Round (5/23/25) - Hour 3 May 23, 2025

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Who are College Football’s Top 25 Coaches? CBS Sports gives us their opinion, we will weigh in with ours. We know they have Auburn Tigers Coach Hugh Freeze at 47, is Alabama Crimson Tide Coach Kalen DeBoer in the Top Ten?

Speaking of Alabama and Auburn, do you have them (or your favorite team) in your will? One USC Trojans fan is very upset with the possibility of the USC Trojans v. Notre Dame Fighting Irish rivalry ending so he has made a threat. According to Inside USC, the booster has threatened removing USC from his will if USC Football and Notre Dame Football stop playing. Is there anything your favorite program could do to make you remove them from your will?

Do The Texas Longhorns have their best QB since Colt McCoy? Do The Florida Gators have their best QB since Tim Tebow?
Texas Football and Florida Football certainly have Heisman contenders at QB but, just how good are they?

What are our best case/worst case expectations for these first full time SEC Starters?

Texas Longhorns QB Arch Manning
Oklahoma Sooners QB John Mateer
Auburn Tigers QB Jackson Arnold
Florida Gators QB DJ Lagway
Alabama Crimson Tide QB Ty Simpson

Can Texas Football, Oklahoma Football, Auburn Football, Florida Football and Alabama Football all improve QB play in 2025?

Our Champion’s Boxing 40-in-40 visits the Big 12 with the Baylor Bears. Can Baylor Football contend in the wide open Big 12?

Adam Rittenberg of ESPN gives his top non-QBs in college football.

Do you trust AirBnbs? Pablo Torre describes how the Bill Belichick shirtless video became public. does it make you wonder?

The Oklahoma City Thunder hammer The Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 2 of the NBA Western Conference Finals 118-103 Thursday. The Thunder are up 2-0.

The Indiana Pacers lead the New York Knicks 1-0 after New York’s complete collapse Wednesday. Game 2 is tonight at 7:00 on TNT.

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The Next Round of Trash presented by Bud Light (5/23/25) May 23, 2025

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Who are College Football’s Top 25 Coaches? CBS Sports gives us their opinion, we will weigh in with ours. We know they have Auburn Tigers Coach Hugh Freeze at 47, is Alabama Crimson Tide Coach Kalen DeBoer in the Top Ten?

Speaking of Alabama and Auburn, do you have them (or your favorite team) in your will? One USC Trojans fan is very upset with the possibility of the USC Trojans v. Notre Dame Fighting Irish rivalry ending so he has made a threat. According to Inside USC, the booster has threatened removing USC from his will if USC Football and Notre Dame Football stop playing. Is there anything your favorite program could do to make you remove them from your will?

Do The Texas Longhorns have their best QB since Colt McCoy? Do The Florida Gators have their best QB since Tim Tebow?
Texas Football and Florida Football certainly have Heisman contenders at QB but, just how good are they?

What are our best case/worst case expectations for these first full time SEC Starters?

Texas Longhorns QB Arch Manning
Oklahoma Sooners QB John Mateer
Auburn Tigers QB Jackson Arnold
Florida Gators QB DJ Lagway
Alabama Crimson Tide QB Ty Simpson

Can Texas Football, Oklahoma Football, Auburn Football, Florida Football and Alabama Football all improve QB play in 2025?

Our Champion’s Boxing 40-in-40 visits the Big 12 with the Baylor Bears. Can Baylor Football contend in the wide open Big 12?

Adam Rittenberg of ESPN gives his top non-QBs in college football.

Do you trust AirBnbs? Pablo Torre describes how the Bill Belichick shirtless video became public. does it make you wonder?

The Oklahoma City Thunder hammer The Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 2 of the NBA Western Conference Finals 118-103 Thursday. The Thunder are up 2-0.

The Indiana Pacers lead the New York Knicks 1-0 after New York’s complete collapse Wednesday. Game 2 is tonight at 7:00 on TNT.

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The Next Round (5/23/25) - Hour 2 May 23, 2025

Show notes

Who are College Football’s Top 25 Coaches? CBS Sports gives us their opinion, we will weigh in with ours. We know they have Auburn Tigers Coach Hugh Freeze at 47, is Alabama Crimson Tide Coach Kalen DeBoer in the Top Ten?

Speaking of Alabama and Auburn, do you have them (or your favorite team) in your will? One USC Trojans fan is very upset with the possibility of the USC Trojans v. Notre Dame Fighting Irish rivalry ending so he has made a threat. According to Inside USC, the booster has threatened removing USC from his will if USC Football and Notre Dame Football stop playing. Is there anything your favorite program could do to make you remove them from your will?

Do The Texas Longhorns have their best QB since Colt McCoy? Do The Florida Gators have their best QB since Tim Tebow?
Texas Football and Florida Football certainly have Heisman contenders at QB but, just how good are they?

What are our best case/worst case expectations for these first full time SEC Starters?

Texas Longhorns QB Arch Manning
Oklahoma Sooners QB John Mateer
Auburn Tigers QB Jackson Arnold
Florida Gators QB DJ Lagway
Alabama Crimson Tide QB Ty Simpson

Can Texas Football, Oklahoma Football, Auburn Football, Florida Football and Alabama Football all improve QB play in 2025?

Our Champion’s Boxing 40-in-40 visits the Big 12 with the Baylor Bears. Can Baylor Football contend in the wide open Big 12?

Adam Rittenberg of ESPN gives his top non-QBs in college football.

Do you trust AirBnbs? Pablo Torre describes how the Bill Belichick shirtless video became public. does it make you wonder?

The Oklahoma City Thunder hammer The Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 2 of the NBA Western Conference Finals 118-103 Thursday. The Thunder are up 2-0.

The Indiana Pacers lead the New York Knicks 1-0 after New York’s complete collapse Wednesday. Game 2 is tonight at 7:00 on TNT.

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The Next Round (5/23/25) - Hour 1 May 23, 2025

Show notes

Who are College Football’s Top 25 Coaches? CBS Sports gives us their opinion, we will weigh in with ours. We know they have Auburn Tigers Coach Hugh Freeze at 47, is Alabama Crimson Tide Coach Kalen DeBoer in the Top Ten?

Speaking of Alabama and Auburn, do you have them (or your favorite team) in your will? One USC Trojans fan is very upset with the possibility of the USC Trojans v. Notre Dame Fighting Irish rivalry ending so he has made a threat. According to Inside USC, the booster has threatened removing USC from his will if USC Football and Notre Dame Football stop playing. Is there anything your favorite program could do to make you remove them from your will?

Do The Texas Longhorns have their best QB since Colt McCoy? Do The Florida Gators have their best QB since Tim Tebow?
Texas Football and Florida Football certainly have Heisman contenders at QB but, just how good are they?

What are our best case/worst case expectations for these first full time SEC Starters?

Texas Longhorns QB Arch Manning
Oklahoma Sooners QB John Mateer
Auburn Tigers QB Jackson Arnold
Florida Gators QB DJ Lagway
Alabama Crimson Tide QB Ty Simpson

Can Texas Football, Oklahoma Football, Auburn Football, Florida Football and Alabama Football all improve QB play in 2025?

Our Champion’s Boxing 40-in-40 visits the Big 12 with the Baylor Bears. Can Baylor Football contend in the wide open Big 12?

Adam Rittenberg of ESPN gives his top non-QBs in college football.

Do you trust AirBnbs? Pablo Torre describes how the Bill Belichick shirtless video became public. does it make you wonder?

The Oklahoma City Thunder hammer The Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 2 of the NBA Western Conference Finals 118-103 Thursday. The Thunder are up 2-0.

The Indiana Pacers lead the New York Knicks 1-0 after New York’s complete collapse Wednesday. Game 2 is tonight at 7:00 on TNT.

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Todd Fuhrman (5/23/25) May 23, 2025

Show notes

Who are College Football’s Top 25 Coaches? CBS Sports gives us their opinion, we will weigh in with ours. We know they have Auburn Tigers Coach Hugh Freeze at 47, is Alabama Crimson Tide Coach Kalen DeBoer in the Top Ten?

Speaking of Alabama and Auburn, do you have them (or your favorite team) in your will? One USC Trojans fan is very upset with the possibility of the USC Trojans v. Notre Dame Fighting Irish rivalry ending so he has made a threat. According to Inside USC, the booster has threatened removing USC from his will if USC Football and Notre Dame Football stop playing. Is there anything your favorite program could do to make you remove them from your will?

Do The Texas Longhorns have their best QB since Colt McCoy? Do The Florida Gators have their best QB since Tim Tebow?
Texas Football and Florida Football certainly have Heisman contenders at QB but, just how good are they?

What are our best case/worst case expectations for these first full time SEC Starters?

Texas Longhorns QB Arch Manning
Oklahoma Sooners QB John Mateer
Auburn Tigers QB Jackson Arnold
Florida Gators QB DJ Lagway
Alabama Crimson Tide QB Ty Simpson

Can Texas Football, Oklahoma Football, Auburn Football, Florida Football and Alabama Football all improve QB play in 2025?

Our Champion’s Boxing 40-in-40 visits the Big 12 with the Baylor Bears. Can Baylor Football contend in the wide open Big 12?

Adam Rittenberg of ESPN gives his top non-QBs in college football.

Do you trust AirBnbs? Pablo Torre describes how the Bill Belichick shirtless video became public. does it make you wonder?

The Oklahoma City Thunder hammer The Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 2 of the NBA Western Conference Finals 118-103 Thursday. The Thunder are up 2-0.

The Indiana Pacers lead the New York Knicks 1-0 after New York’s complete collapse Wednesday. Game 2 is tonight at 7:00 on TNT.

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The Next Round (5/22/25) - Hour 3 May 22, 2025

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Changes are coming to the College Football Playoff as the conference commissioners are set to vote for straight seeding. The top four seeds in the committee rankings would be the 1-4 seeds in the playoff bracket, regardless of conference championships. The concession is that the highest four conference champs, while potentially seeded outside the top four, would still receive the $8,000,000 payout.

Auburn Tigers head coach Hugh Freeze is ranked as the 47th best power five coach by CBS Sports. Is this a fair ranking for the Auburn Football coach?

In the same poll, Mississippi State Bulldogs head coach Jeff Lebby is dead last among power five coaches. Is the Mississippi State Football coach actually the worst in the P5?

Do The Texas Longhorns have their best QB since Colt McCoy? Do The Florida Gators have their best QB since Tim Tebow?
Texas Football and Florida Football certainly have Heisman contenders at QB but, just how good are they?

What are our best case/worst case expectations for these first full time SEC Starters?

Texas Longhorns QB Arch Manning
Oklahoma Sooners QB John Mateer
Auburn Tigers QB Jackson Arnold
Florida Gators QB DJ Lagway
Alabama Crimson Tide QB Ty Simpson

Can Texas Football, Oklahoma Football, Auburn Football, Florida Football and Alabama Football all improve QB play in 2025?

Our Champion’s Boxing 40-in-40 visits the Big Ten with the Iowa Hawkeyes. Can Iowa Football make College Football Playoff noise?

Adam Rittenberg of ESPN gives his top non-QBs in college football.

One of the biggest chokes we have ever seen: The New York Knicks blow a double digit lead at home to the Indiana Pacers in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals. It will go down as one of the biggest choke jobs we’ve ever seen, what is the biggest?

The Oklahoma City Thunder and The Minnesota Timberwolves face off in Game 2 of the NBA Western Conference Finals Tonight. The Thunder are up 1-0 after a dominant performance Tuesday night.

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The Next Round of Trash presented by Bud Light (5/22/25) May 22, 2025

Show notes

Changes are coming to the College Football Playoff as the conference commissioners are set to vote for straight seeding. The top four seeds in the committee rankings would be the 1-4 seeds in the playoff bracket, regardless of conference championships. The concession is that the highest four conference champs, while potentially seeded outside the top four, would still receive the $8,000,000 payout.

Auburn Tigers head coach Hugh Freeze is ranked as the 47th best power five coach by CBS Sports. Is this a fair ranking for the Auburn Football coach?

In the same poll, Mississippi State Bulldogs head coach Jeff Lebby is dead last among power five coaches. Is the Mississippi State Football coach actually the worst in the P5?

Do The Texas Longhorns have their best QB since Colt McCoy? Do The Florida Gators have their best QB since Tim Tebow?
Texas Football and Florida Football certainly have Heisman contenders at QB but, just how good are they?

What are our best case/worst case expectations for these first full time SEC Starters?

Texas Longhorns QB Arch Manning
Oklahoma Sooners QB John Mateer
Auburn Tigers QB Jackson Arnold
Florida Gators QB DJ Lagway
Alabama Crimson Tide QB Ty Simpson

Can Texas Football, Oklahoma Football, Auburn Football, Florida Football and Alabama Football all improve QB play in 2025?

Our Champion’s Boxing 40-in-40 visits the Big Ten with the Iowa Hawkeyes. Can Iowa Football make College Football Playoff noise?

Adam Rittenberg of ESPN gives his top non-QBs in college football.

One of the biggest chokes we have ever seen: The New York Knicks blow a double digit lead at home to the Indiana Pacers in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals. It will go down as one of the biggest choke jobs we’ve ever seen, what is the biggest?

The Oklahoma City Thunder and The Minnesota Timberwolves face off in Game 2 of the NBA Western Conference Finals Tonight. The Thunder are up 1-0 after a dominant performance Tuesday night.

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The Next Round (5/22/25) - Hour 2 May 22, 2025

Show notes

Changes are coming to the College Football Playoff as the conference commissioners are set to vote for straight seeding. The top four seeds in the committee rankings would be the 1-4 seeds in the playoff bracket, regardless of conference championships. The concession is that the highest four conference champs, while potentially seeded outside the top four, would still receive the $8,000,000 payout.

Auburn Tigers head coach Hugh Freeze is ranked as the 47th best power five coach by CBS Sports. Is this a fair ranking for the Auburn Football coach?

In the same poll, Mississippi State Bulldogs head coach Jeff Lebby is dead last among power five coaches. Is the Mississippi State Football coach actually the worst in the P5?

Do The Texas Longhorns have their best QB since Colt McCoy? Do The Florida Gators have their best QB since Tim Tebow?
Texas Football and Florida Football certainly have Heisman contenders at QB but, just how good are they?

What are our best case/worst case expectations for these first full time SEC Starters?

Texas Longhorns QB Arch Manning
Oklahoma Sooners QB John Mateer
Auburn Tigers QB Jackson Arnold
Florida Gators QB DJ Lagway
Alabama Crimson Tide QB Ty Simpson

Can Texas Football, Oklahoma Football, Auburn Football, Florida Football and Alabama Football all improve QB play in 2025?

Our Champion’s Boxing 40-in-40 visits the Big Ten with the Iowa Hawkeyes. Can Iowa Football make College Football Playoff noise?

Adam Rittenberg of ESPN gives his top non-QBs in college football.

One of the biggest chokes we have ever seen: The New York Knicks blow a double digit lead at home to the Indiana Pacers in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals. It will go down as one of the biggest choke jobs we’ve ever seen, what is the biggest?

The Oklahoma City Thunder and The Minnesota Timberwolves face off in Game 2 of the NBA Western Conference Finals Tonight. The Thunder are up 1-0 after a dominant performance Tuesday night.

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