About this episode

The episode previews Miami's home opener against Florida A&M, discussing injuries, rankings, and key matchups.

Miami's home opener spread against Florida A&M is up near 56 and a half, and Ro, Scoop, Toast, and Jenners open the show wondering if that's even a real point spread or just a weather advisory. From there it's a full lap around the sport: the Hurricanes get snubbed out of a Top 25 ballot entirely (an actual human forgot to include them), Nick Saban goes on College GameDay and picks Miami to win the national title, and the guys spend a long stretch on why Malachi Toney has turned into the best receiver in the country, Michael Irvin audio included. There's real injury news mixed into the chaos, too. OJ's shoulder situation gets a timeline (probably not back until November), and the crew works through what that means for a secondary that's also missing Antoine and leaning on a true freshman. On the national side, Sam Darnold goes down with a hip injury in the opener, which somehow turns into the show's title. Clemson gets run out of its own building in an ACC-opener disaster, and Florida State's stadium lights go dark on national TV, kicking off a long, detailed breakdown of just how broke that athletic department actually is. Football gets a real preview too: Florida A&M…

People in this episode

Hosts: Ro, Scoop, Toast, Jenners

Topics covered

• Miami Hurricanes
• football preview
• injury updates
• college football
• national rankings
• Florida A&M

Keywords

• Miami Hurricanes
• Florida A&M
• Nick Saban
• Malachi Toney
• injury updates
• college football preview
• Clemson
• Florida State
• Sam Darnold

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Clemson, Florida State

Places: Miami, Florida A&M, Austin

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