It’s the weekend sports preview show, delivered at the last possible moment before it becomes entirely irrelevant beyond listening to find out how wrong we are about everything! Plenty of chatter today about the latest CFB Playoff rankings, the BIG FIGHT tonight between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul, and plenty of other sports topics. We’ve also got the Best Game in Every Time Slot and Jimmy Carter drops in to give us his lock of the week. Listen, if you must! Has something we said, or failed to say, made you FEEL something? You can tell us all about it by joining the conversation on our Substack or you can send us an email here. Enjoy!

Show Rundown
Open — The briefest possible acknowledgement of the absurdity of the world around us, and Abe Live-Bets the Games
6:30 — WGAS SportsBag; Second playoff rankings are bogus; Netflix brings us a dubious boxing match; Diego Pavia and Thomas Castellanos and Aaron Rodgers future plans
53:20 — The Best Game in Every Time Slot
1:19:40 — Jimmy Carter’s Presidential Lock of the Week
1:22:26 — Wrap-up! Whoops—CIB Pick ’em Contest; Cam Ward allegedly drops $2 million on jewelry for his offensive line

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Nearly a week later, it’s finally time to talk about the election that happened on November 5, 2024. We do so for less time than I would have guessed we would, and still have time for our silly diversions and discussions about movies, music, and the rest. It’s not so bad! Listen, if you must! Has something we said, or failed to say, made you FEEL something? You can tell us all about it by joining the conversation on our Substack or you can send us an email here. Enjoy!

Show Rundown
Open — Abe out and about with TOP INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVES
4:47 — About last Tuesday
1:20:55 — The Billboard Hot 100 Game
1:39:31 — Wrap-up! Anora; Here; What’s wrong with Gen-Z

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Week 11 of the college football season is mercifully over, and we’re here to rehash what went wrong, along with a brief look at some NFL games and our usual bouncing around through the sports news of the week. Listen, if you must! Has something we said, or failed to say, made you FEEL something? You can tell us all about it by joining the conversation on our Substack or you can send us an email here. Enjoy!

Show Rundown
Open — Abe Live-Bets the Games!
5:38 — Weekend sports action recap!
53:44 — CIB Pick ‘em Game Update!
57:10 — Wrap-up!

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We may not be talking too much about THAT, but there’s plenty of important and silly sports news to discuss, along with our usual preview of this weekend’s college football action. And don’t miss Jimmy Carter’s return to our voicemail inbox—Jimmy’s got a TAKE on Mike Gundy’s fan-disparaging comments from earlier in the week. Listen, if you must! Has something we said, or failed to say, made you FEEL something? You can tell us all about it by joining the conversation on our Substack or you can send us an email here. Enjoy!

Show Rundown
Open — Abe Live-Bets the Games!
02:04 — A very brief reaction to the events of Tuesday
06:37 — First College Football Playoff rankings released
15:50 — A brief aside about a near-death experience
21:48 — WGAS NewsBag: Billy Napier keeps his job, Colbie Young narrative changed, Bogus Ole Miss injury report, Kirk Herbstreit’s dog dies
46:23 — The Best Game in Every Time Slot
1:02:08 — CIB Pick ‘em Game
1:08:37 — Jimmy Carter’s Presidential Lock of the Week
1:17:25 — Wrap-up! Joel Embiid

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The opening and closing themes of Cast Iron Balls were composed by Marc Gillig. For more from Marc, go to tetramermusic.com.

The background music for Jimmy Carter’s Presidential Lock of the Week is "Bama Country" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Is it election day? Sure! But there was plenty of that talk in the other podcast. Let’s focus on what really matters—rehashing the events of AMATEUR SPORT from this past weekend! Listen, if you must! Has something we said, or failed to say, made you FEEL something? You can tell us all about it by joining the conversation on our Substack or you can send us an email here. Enjoy!

Show Rundown
Open — Abe at the Chili Con Carnival
7:54 — Abe Live-Bets the Game!
9:48 — The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party #103
16:35 — The other games
36:15 — CIB Pick ‘em Contest recap!
47:21 — Wrap-up!

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As you might have guessed, today we’re mostly just sitting around, rending our garments, gnashing our teeth, and chatting amiably about the presidential election that is happening today. Listen, if you must! Has something we said, or failed to say, made you FEEL something? You can tell us all about it by joining the conversation on our Substack or you can send us an email here. Enjoy!

Show Rundown
Open — Is Donald Trump becoming the 47th President of the United States secretly the least bad option?
1:35:39 — The Billboard Hot 100 Game
1:51:51 — Wrap-up! Smile 2; Juror #2

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The World Series is already over, we’re days away from the 2024 presidential election, and thankfully there’s plenty of fun college football to distract us from the collective nightmare that next week is going to be. Listen, if you must! Has something we said, or failed to say, made you FEEL something? You can tell us all about it by joining the conversation on our Substack or you can send us an email here. Enjoy!

Show Rundown
Open — Halloween!
4:54 — Abe Live-Bets the Games!
6:21 — The World Series is over!
31:55 — The Best Game in Every Time Slot
45:16 — CIB Pick ‘em Contest
56:59 — Wrap-up!

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The opening and closing themes of Cast Iron Balls were composed by Marc Gillig. For more from Marc, go to tetramermusic.com.

Are we still freaking out about next week’s presidential election? Of course! But there’s plenty of other fun to be had, including a discussion on the decisions by the LA Times and the Washington Post to not endorse Kamala Harris, Abe’s fancy new electronic toy, and our usual whining about the culture. Listen, if you must! Has something we said, or failed to say, made you FEEL something? You can tell us all about it by joining the conversation on our Substack or you can send us an email here. Enjoy!

Show Rundown
Open — Abe’s fancy new toy
09:25 — Presidential election on the way!
22:58 — LA Times and WaPo decline to issue presidential endorsements
51:14 — Ballot drop box fire
53:31 — John Fetterman sits down with Lulu Garcia Navarro
1:14:26 — Daylight savings time ending!
1:18:52 — The Billboard Hot 100 Game!
1:31:55 — Wrap-up! Goodrich; Conclave; The Great British Baking Show

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The opening and closing themes of Cast Iron Balls were composed by Marc Gillig. For more from Marc, go to tetramermusic.com.