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With Marty Slade. Sunday nights — the pros, college ball, and Volusia County Friday night lights, all in one hour. Newest first.

Latest Episode 006 • Sunday, November 1, 2026

PERFECTION DEAD! Vikings Fall, Burrow Throws Six, FSU Fires Norvell — and the Brewers Are World Champs!

Detroit ended the NFL’s last unbeaten run as the Lions beat the Vikings 19-15, while Joe Burrow threw six touchdown passes and ran in the overtime winner in a wild Bengals win over the Titans. The Brewers beat the Rays in five games for the franchise’s first World Series title, Florida State fired Mike Norvell after a third straight loss, and the DeLand Bulldogs rolled to 9-1 and the district crown with a 44-13 rout — plus a 6-0 Mainland-Seabreeze classic. Callers Darnell, Tamika, Jerome, Shantel, Deandre, and Kendra bring the weekend’s arguments.

Episode 005 • Sunday, October 25, 2026

CHECK-SWING CHAOS! World Series Ends on a Ring-Up, UCF Stuns No. 3 BYU, and the Bulldogs Are District Champs!

The World Series turned on a check swing — Yandy Diaz rung up with the tying run ninety feet away as the Brewers took a two-games-to-none lead over the Rays, while the Bengals scored thirty-five unanswered to stun the Ravens and the Falcons handed the Niners their first loss. College football went bonkers: backup Keyone Jenkins led UCF past No. 3 BYU in double overtime, Miami stayed perfect at No. 1, and the DeLand Bulldogs clinched the district title, 46-27 over Mainland, behind Taihj Moore’s 207 yards and four touchdowns. Plus: callers Willow, Brick, Jolie, Rooker, and Cassidy — and Tanner, who missed the eighty-nine-yarder from the bathroom and got the dump button for his trouble.

Episode 004 • Sunday, October 18, 2026

BREWERS TO THE WORLD SERIES! Milwaukee Sweeps the Dodgers, College Football Goes Nuclear, and the Bulldogs Hang 73!

The Milwaukee Brewers swept the Los Angeles Dodgers in four games for their first World Series trip since 1982 — while the Rays and Guardians are still slugging it out at two games apiece. College football went nuclear: five of the top seven lost on the same weekend for the first time ever, the Gators shocked Texas in Austin, and Miami-Florida State went to double overtime. And on Friday night the DeLand Bulldogs dropped 73 on Tavares on homecoming! Plus: Travis Hunter made NFL history in London, and a three-way tie tops the AFC North.

Episode 003 • Sunday, October 11, 2026

Bucs Stun Dallas, Bulldogs Hang Another 50 at the Half, and a Tie in Twenty Twenty-Six?!

The winless Buccaneers went into Jerry World and shocked the Cowboys, 24-16, behind Bucky Irving’s 165-yard career night and a rookie quarterback who never blinked — while in London the Jaguars beat the Eagles on a 57-yard walk-off, and the Giants and Commanders played to a 27-27 tie. Plus: No. 1 Texas goes down to Oklahoma, the Gators lose homecoming to South Carolina and fall out of the Top 25, the DeLand Bulldogs hung 50 at the half again, and the Dodgers and Brewers start the NLCS tonight with the Rays and Guardians tipping off tomorrow. Callers Deke, Tilden, and Juno bring the heat.

Episode 002 • Sunday, October 4, 2026

Bulldogs Hang 67, CeeDee Lamb Grabs 17 in a Wild Sports Weekend

The DeLand Bulldogs dropped 67 on Centennial for their third shutout in four weeks, while the Florida Gators were humbled 45-17 at Missouri — and CeeDee Lamb caught 17 passes, one shy of the Cowboys’ record, to sink the Texans. Plus: FSU’s Ashton Daniels ran for five touchdowns, the Giants sealed the Cardinals with a 98-yard pick-six, Mainland lost a heartbreaker to Vero Beach, and a Milwaukee rooftop ate a playoff home run.

Episode 001 • Sunday, September 27, 2026

Gators Stomp #4 Ole Miss in the Swamp

The Florida Gators ran the fourth-ranked Ole Miss Rebels off the field, 52-28, behind six rushing touchdowns and a 4-and-oh start that vaulted them to No. 8 in the coaches poll. Plus: Marcus Mariota ends Seattle’s 12-game win streak, Jahmyr Gibbs hangs three touchdowns on the Jets, and the baseball wild card bracket is set — Sox at Yankees on Tuesday. And Friday night, the DeLand Bulldogs dropped 42 on Spruce Creek, while callers chase the truth behind Trevor Lawrence’s mysterious one-yard-line knee.