Today, we talk about the crazy card from last weekend, which was UFC 319. We share our thoughts and what we would like to see next. Along with the new deal that the UFC has signed with Paramount+/CBS, as well as fight news around the combat sport. NHL News, Pete Alonso making headlines, and NASCAR at Richmond all on deck. With the preseason AP poll releasing last week, we give our thoughts, concerns, questions, and rants. QB1s announced, injuries, and other news within the college sport. Ending things off with a crazy set of games for preseason week 2 of the NFL. All right here, on The RND Podcast.

LAST MINUTE NEWS THAT DIDN’T MAKE IT LIVE:

Bills - 0 Bears - 38

• Caleb Williams on the first drive: 5-of-6 passing, 97 Pass Yards, Pass TD. He connected with Olamide Zaccheaus for a 36-yard TD. 6-of-10, 107 Pass Yards, Pass TD in total.
• Bears CB Terell Smith, who’s been having a strong camp, had to be carted off the field after suffering what appeared to be a non-contact injury. He was quickly ruled out with a knee injury.
• Total yards at the half: 371 — Bears | 47 — Bills
• Bills DB Jordan Hancock left the game with a shoulder injury.
• Bears offense: 528 total yards, 31 first downs, 9-for-16 on third down.

- Saints are sending veteran DT Khalen Saunders to the Jaguars for C Luke Fortner. Saunders started for New Orleans in yesterday’s preseason game against Jacksonville and is now joining them. Saunders won two Super Bowls with Kansas City and had one of the NFL’s most improbable interception returns against them.

- No. 1 prospect Konnor Griffin is heading to the Double-A. Third stop for the 2024 first-round pick, bringing a .938 OPS, 16 homers, and 59 SB with him. Should he debut on Tuesday at PNG Field, he would be the youngest player in franchise history (by a lot). Youngest Altoona Curve players ever: McCutchen: 19y, 10m, 5days, Tabata: 19y, 11m, 27d, Termarr: 20y, 2m, 16d. Griffin would be 19 years, 3 months, and 26 days old.

-  First baseman Nathaniel Lowe and the Boston Red Sox are finalizing a deal. Lowe was DFA’d by Washington earlier this week and will head to Boston and join one of the best lineups in the league.

- New Mexico has named junior transfer Jack Layne the starting quarterback. He'll debut for the Lobos in the opener at Michigan in the first game for coach Jason Eck. He's Idaho transfer who threw for 1,472 yards and 14 touchdowns and shined in the FCS playoffs last year. Layne was the starting quarterback for Eck at Idaho last year. He transferred after Eck took the job. Layne played essentially six games last year, as he played well in an early loss to Oregon and then missed two months. He won the job with his consistency in camp this summer.

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