This week, get caught up on the winners and losers of this season of college football! Plus we review some viral football moments and mourn the first loss of BYU this season.
00:00 Intro
01:58 Can you tackle by grabbing hair?
04:27 Gobbling glizzies in the end zone
07:17 Jalen Brown's Hairline Spray Incident
12:35 Sports Speak: "Airing it out"
15:42 (Trigger warning) Death of Cowboys player shocks community
19:23 Tallest teenager in college basketball history
21:41 College Football Playoff Rankings: Surprises and Predictions
30:42 College Basketaball FATHERLY PREDICTIONS
33:48 THE BIG GAME(s)
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The epic battle between the LA Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays, what even IS an inning, what Flavor Flav is doing for the Olympics, and the tragic life of being a Jets fan.
00:00 Intro
02:35 Mailbag and Corrections
11:45 Defining Innings in Baseball
14:43 2025 World Series setup
19:38 “THE GREATEST WORLD SERIES EVER”
31:45 "Every team needs a Will Smith"
43:13 The Impact of Technology on Sports Viewing
44:17 Flavor Flav: The Unexpected Sports Sponsor
47:45 NFL Celebrations and the No Fun League
50:18 The Sad Reality of Jets Fans
53:04 Big Game Predictions: NFL and College Football
54:01 BYU shoutout
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In this episode of Sports Sense, Cooper and his dad discuss the infamous Billy Goat Curse of the Chicago Cubs, a major illegal gambling scandal involving NBA players and coaches, mid-season coaching changes in college football, and upcoming games in the NFL and college football.
01:45 Sport Speak: "Pennant"
05:19 The Billy Goat Curse
09:26 Massive illegal sports gambling bust!
27:39 LSU's coach fired mid season
31:39 MLB World Series update
34:59 Big Game recap: Cowboys v. Broncos
37:43 This week's Big Game
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This week, Dad and I break down the end of the MLB playoffs, the heated BYU–Utah rivalry game, and some insane performances in the NFL. A light and breezy episode with our toes out in North Carolina.
02:14 Who's going into the MLB World Series?
06:53 The Holy War: BYU vs Utah
15:14 Bo Nix pulls off a record-setting upset
18:54 Lions' backups defeat Baker Mayfield
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This week, we celebrate the one-year anniversary of SportSense by putting a seafood dinner on the line. Dad breaks down the concept of the '12th man' in football, the rise of insane NFL player Cam Skattebo, and the shocking mid-season firing of Penn State's head football coach. And for the first time ever on the show, we talk about chess. As a sport.
00:00 SportSense anniversary celebration at the beach
01:50 Sport Speak: "THE 12TH MAN"
05:48 Skattebo Mania: the craziest player in the NFL
14:31 Penn State's coach falls from grace
21:08 Chess champion launches his opponent's king
26:14 WHO IS THIS PLAYER quiz for a seafood dinner
43:20 Recap of last week's Big Game(s)
47:45 The Big Game: Lions vs. Buccaneers
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This week in sports: um, a provoked stabbing?! We break down the insane story (what we know so far) of Mark Sanchez, former star quarterback and successful sports commentator. We also get you caught up on the start of the MLB playoffs, plus some major major upsets in both the NFL and college football.
01:41 Sport Speak: "Gridiron"
09:10 Sport Speak: "Wild Card"
12:25 MLB playoffs begin!
16:21 Florida State made Miami SWEAT
19:38 Baker Mayfield loves to procrastinate winning
24:59 NFL's mega upsets
28:45 Mark Sanchez stabbed and ARRESTED
35:07 The Big Game(s)
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Drama everywhere, tea spilling all over, this week was an interesting one in sports. Escape with us into this silly world this week as we dig into college rival boyfriends, insane New York golf fans at the Ryder Cup, and super cool comeback kids in the NFL.
Topics:
02:36 how Grandpa Epps pioneered jogging
04:59 Sport Speak: The Over/Under
08:03 Dad's secret sports betting incident
10:28 LSU vs. Ole Miss (boyfriend humbled before future FIL)
14:55 Tom Cillo, the 58-year-old linebacker
19:20 Oregon vs. Penn State...this coach can't catch a break
25:09 The Ryder Cup...brutal New Yorkers bully the Europeans
32:31 the Chiefs are BACK baby
35:18 wait, can you tie in football?
41:38 The Big Game(s)
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It was a weird and wonderful week of sports. Lots of rare and never-before-seen stunts were pulled off, and losing teams are getting desperate to bounce back.
00:51 BYU vs ECU
04:55 Sport Speak: College Football "Rankings"
18:58 Mailbag: Army's inspirational coach
22:17 Baseball play of the year
26:19 UNC's coach continues getting trolled
29:15 Arch Manning getting too cocky too fast
32:06 Carolina Panthers SHUT OUT the Atlanta Falcons
35:59 Big Game Recap: Eagles vs. Rams
39:14 Big Little Game: Oregon v. Penn State
40:04 THE BIG GAME: Baltimore Ravens v. KC Chiefs
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After a gut-wrenching week across the country, people sought some reprieve with some exciting football matchups and big upsets. It feels trivial to talk about sports at a time like this, but at the same time, it’s cool how a weird game with a cone-shaped ball can bring people together.
Topics:
01:22 Sport Speak: "Retiring a jersey"
09:34 Texas and Arch Manning's shocking start
15:38 How the KC Chiefs have fallen...
23:18 The Big Game: Eagles v. Rams
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It ended up being a surprisingly spicy week in the sports world with a crazyyy comeback game in the NFL, shocking upsets in college football, and merch continually being stolen from children in the stands.
Topics:
00:00 Intro
05:27 Sport Speak: FUMBLES
11:42 U.S. Open (tennis) winners
14:07 Bill Belichick's college coaching debut flop...
19:29 College football UPSETS
23:09 Ravens v. Bills crazy recap
30:33 Dramatic NFL trade of Micah Parsons
36:53 THE BIG GAME: Eagles v. Chiefs
42:03 The joys of stealing from children
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Between the U.S. Open (tennis) and the launch of college football, we saw a lot of sore, sore losers both on the courts and in the stands. Come on in to get a load of the viral moments that made this week rich soil for memes and articles galore.
Topics:
00:00 Intro
01:43 Sport Speak: "U.S Open" (tennis)
08:43 Viral Drama at the U.S. Open
15:37 Ohio St. versus Texas
22:40 Alabama versus Florida State
25:38 Our official predictions: the next College football champion
32:47 THE BIG GAME of the week
36:10 Bonus: BYU update
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We’re launching Season 2 with some quirky little news stories before college football overtakes everything this weekend.
Topics:
00:00 Welcome to Season 2
03:02 Sport Speak: "Week 0" of College Football
11:18 Crybaby kickers from Australia
17:50 Milwaukee Brewers win burgers for entire city
22:18 Tommy Fleetwood won a PGA tournament thanks to a gnat
30:56 The BIG GAME: Texas v. Ohio State
35:25 Daddy Tidbits: The dramatic shift in college football
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Cooper faces Dad’s ultimate test. After a year of asking dumb questions, can he actually name the best athletes, the championship teams, the minutia of records being broken, and more??
Topics:
00:00 Intro
00:34 Official Season 1 Test of Cooper's Sports Knowledge
16:50 SportSense Season 2 teaser
17:45 Taylor Swift + Travis Kelce...sigh....
23:33 Paramount+ is gonna make UFC cheap!!
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This week we start winding down Season 1 of SportSense by bringing back some of our former guests to revisit some of the most exciting moments of the past year of sports and looking forward to what’s to come in Season 2.
Timecodes:
00:00 Intro
01:01 Meet Evan West
02:47 BYU Basketball hot streak
04:40 Looking forward to Ultimate Frisbee playoffs
06:49 Re-meet Zak Kandare
07:15 the UFC "point-down"
13:50 Looking forward to our bet
17:31 Final Thoughts and Farewell
17:48 Re-meet Casey Epps
18:21 the best memories of a North Carolina sports fan
20:36 Looking forward to a better Panthers season
26:39 Chris Swank: BYU football during a hurricane
28:09 Looking forward to the LA Chargers season
30:37 Looking forward to BYU Basketball
35:18 Re-meet Keaton Epps
35:54 the coolest Olympic target shooter ever
37:31 Scotty Scheffler's golf dominance
40:20 the guy who's bothered to play in the NBA
43:36 Looking forward to changes in College Football
44:36 Looking forward to new coach of NC State basketball
46:04 Looking forward to all of our SportSense Main Characters
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This week we dive back into current events because there was some cool and sad and wacky and weird news in the world of sports and beyond. Find out why my wife wants to watch Happy Gilmore 2, why a NYC shooter targeted the NFL, and what some wacky people are up to at recent WNBA games.
Timecodes:
00:00 More of the best sports movies ever
10:11 Coach Prime reveals he beat cancer
15:36 Cal "The Big Dumper" Raleigh sets records
20:59 NYC shooting targeting the NFL HQ
31:10 Explosive start to college football in 2025
34:27 Weird milestone in golf history!
36:11 Happy Gilmore 2
39:10 Crazy WNBA news
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This week we take a break from sports news to rank what we believe to be the GREATEST sports movies ever made. What did we miss? Let us know at sportsensemailbag@gmail.com
Timecodes:
11:47 Talladega Nights & Caddyshack
16:21 Remember the Titans
27:56 Creed
30:31 Warrior and The Wrestler
36:37 Cool Runnings
39:28 Miracle
43:05 We Are Marshall
47:20 Any Given Sunday
49:29 We almost forgot the baseball movies...
55:23 Final thoughts
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This week, we take a moment to celebrate Shark Week, review the biggest awards from last week’s ESPYs ceremony, and wax poetic about life as we discuss the latest winner of The [British] Open major golf tournament.
Topics:
00:00 Intro
02:29 Shark Week!! A vacationing swimmer becomes a paralympic athlete
04:42 Special Olympics and Inclusion
07:16 The SB Awards Overview
10:06 What are the ESPYs??
15:43 Can Dad guess all the ESPY awards?
25:18 The greatest ESPY speech ever
30:34 Scottie Scheffler wins at golf and barely celebrates
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This week, we continue the hilarious and incredible story of the “greatest show in sports,” the phenomenon that’s taking the boring out of baseball: the Savannah Bananas.
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Tonight, we start digging into the hilarious and incredible story of the “greatest show in sports,” the phenomenon that’s taking the boring out of baseball: the Savannah Bananas. We had a ton of technical difficulties this night so bear with us on the lack of edit :)
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Finally! It’s the kid pitch special with my nephews CJ and Paxton, who just concluded their second championship season in a row together in small town North Carolina. Dad adds his perspective as one of their coaches and we have a great family hang in this episode.
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Topical timecodes:
00:00 Intro
05:45 How to Rule Kid Pitch Baseball
23:53 Reflections of a kid pitch coach
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