Steve interviews Stewart Mandel (00:11:23) from The Athletic to talk about college football season. Stewart is joining Steve for the tenth consecutive August to preview the upcoming season but instead they burn almost all of the time talking about realignment. Why did OU and Texas bolt for the SEC? How will it effect the College Football Playoff? What happens to the Big 12? Does this benefit Texas or Oklahoma more? All of these questions and more are answered before Steve realizes he is out of time. Quickly, Stewart predicts the four playoff teams and a Heisman winner before bouncing out.
Also, Michael Fabiano (00:40:24) joins us for for his annual visit to preview the fantasy football season. Micheal explains how he would set up the perfect fantasy league, chooses the best platform to play on, and gives a list of his favorites rules. Also, Michael gives us some players he is drafting a ton and a few more that he is staying away from. Finally, Fabiano gives us some tips on how to prepare for the draft and how to give ourselves to best chance to win a championship this year.
Steve starts the show talking about how fed up he is with Michael Thomas. The book club has three current books and the announcement of a book that is upcoming. The show ends with one last thing about fantasy football. Does Steve love it? Hell no. Does he even like it at all?
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