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NFL Week 3, a Giants Beatdown, the RGIII - Kirk Cousins Debate, Redskins Progression, the 0-3 Club, and Closing with Mariano Rivera 09-25-13

NFL Week 3.  D-Stat goes Ronald McRedskin and the Giants get hammered by the Carolina Panthers.  The NFL 0-3 party, the weak NFC East, finding balance in Dallas, and the disappointing Saint Louis Rams (6.41).  Brandon Meriweather goes WMD on everyone.  NFL trends, the 3-0's, the Patriots winning ugly, and the juggernaut Denver Broncos (12.12).  The Broncos prepping themselves for the playoffs plus the paper, rock, scissors running back by committee.  The New York Giants and the 0-3 hole - trending towards underachievement with a 38-donut (20.59).  The Redskins - a horrific defense making the wrong kind of history and the fool's gold of garbage time stats (31.01).  Unrealistic expectations, DeAngelo Hall's present for the Captain, and the let down versus the Detroit Lions.  RGIII's progression and the Kirk Cousins debate (40.06).  The importance of the read option threat and hitching the Redskins wagon to RGIII.  RGIII versus Shanahan, the Tannehill rumor, and year 2 growing pains (52.14).  Year two of the cap penalties, Giants football karma, and D-Stat's deflection with McNabb's covert ops to bring down the NFC East.  Setting up the Redskins - Raiders game and read-option no-no lessons from Terrelle Pryor (1.02.01).  Lessons from the Kansas City Chiefs - Philadelphia Eagles game. Figuring out which 0-3 teams can turn it around, maximizing strengths, and the Colts - 49ers context (1.12.55).  The Trent Richardson and Ahmad Bradshaw tandem.  Coolio and the Fantastic 0-3 voyage for Redskins and the Giants (1.24.02).  Closing out the podcast with Mariano Rivera (1.33.41).

      

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NFL Week 1, Broncos Hammer the Ravens, Manning power, the Welker Factor, and Texas A&M versus Alabama 09-14-2013

The wild and wacky NFL Week 1 plus the return of Fantasy Football.  Denver versus Baltimore - Peyton drops the hammer and the Ravens roll over (6.21).  A sick set of receivers and a nasty passing offense deliver big numbers with an opening day statement.  The Wes Welker factor for the Broncos and a contrast to the struggles for Tom Brady in New England (15.17).  Broncos aggression, the power to finish, and snookering the D.  Big take-aways, Dallas Clark goes Butterball, and the NFC-AFC power concentration.  Philip Rivers and his Rage Faces.  The shifting football mojo, Welker's non-catch catch, and the Ravens go Lemony Snickets (25.04).  Danny Travathan goes DeSean Jackson at the goal line.  Taking satisfaction in historic performances.  Texas A&M and Alabama - the Johnny Manziel statement game (34.17).  Money Badger autograph celebrations, prop bets, and the Brew Crew calls their shots.  The pressure of expectations in 2013 plus Nick Saban rocks payback games.  Flipping fields, Texas goes AMC, and the fail train chugs along to the Texas AMC Red Box (41.17).  The power of story lines - forging a legend or Manziel's fall from football grace (46.34).  Mark's mic goes Vanna White, giving Virginia Tech's defense some credit, and wrapping up.  09-14-13 Part 1, MP3 Format.                         

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The NFL QB Throwdown, Luck, RGIII, Wilson, Kaepernick, Best and Worst NFL Divisions, QB's Taking the Next Step 08-31-13

The NFL returns!  A New York Jets dumpster fire and the Sports Blue arrives (4.03).  The Year 2 starting QB throwdown - the big four of Luck, RGIII, Kaepernick, and Wilson.  Russell Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks - young QB leadership, presence, and the power of a team-centric approach (12.46). The  Seattle stadium security tangent, props for Baltimore's Inner Harbor, and a Sports Brew NFL Kickstarter (17.46).  Colin Kaepernick and the San Francisco 49ers - handling star pressure through progression (23.47).  Challenges at WR, flexing Vernon Davis, pulling for Lattimore, and top-down roster power.  Kaepernick, the Russel Wilson contrast, and the danger of the ego trap (29.08).  Andrew Luck and the Indianapolis Colts - the foundation in the post Bruce Arians era (34.39).  Learning to grind, controlling a game, and team maturation.  Ahmad Bradshaw, attitude, and a veteran presence.  RGIII and the Washington Redskins - the danger of media attention and the pressure of shouldering a franchise rebirth (39.23).  Sacrifice and the significance of marketing - the lens of media scrutiny, the AP parallel, and unrealistic expectations.  The early bye week and the Kirk Cousins factor.  Leaning on Alfred Morris and shielding RGIII - learning when to push the boundaries and when to pull back (50.51).  Team upside and the power of belief.  Two power divisions - the NFC West and the NFC South plus the rebound of the Saints (1.00.00).  Breaking down the two worst divisions in the NFL - the AFC East and the AFC West.  The Patriots, the Broncos... and everyone else.  QB's that need to take the next step - Andy Dalton, Matt Ryan, Matt Schaub, Matthew Stafford and Tony Romo (1.08.57).  Eli Manning and the Giants gets D-Stat love (1.15.49).  Cruz, concern for Hakeem Nicks, and Andre Brown goes down.  Scoping out a few big games and a wrap up anthem (1.21.59).  8-31-13, MP3 Format.                         

 

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Sports Brew NFL Action Figures, NCAA Football Top 25, Irsay the Twitter Fool, and Plunking Bryce Harper 8-19-13 Part II

The Sports Brew Brunch beatdown, Part II!  The Sports Brew NCAA Football Top 25 plus D-Stat's Duke dreams (2.27).  Time with the Top 5 - Alabama,  Ohio State, Stanford, Oregon, Texas A&M.  The dominance of Alabama - the power of Saban, AJ McCarron, and setting up a shot at the Crimson Tide.  The crush of Auburn - Fail Eagle (6.56).  Ohio State and the 2 hole - Urban Meyer and second years. Stanford - the defense and a stout OL.  Projecting Oregon, the Ducks' swanky new digs, and expecting continuity on offense (11.43).  Texas A&M, the money badger, and protecting the NCAA's financial interests.  Looking for darkhorses - the Louisville Cardinals with Teddy Bridgewater, Clemson, and Ole Miss (15.40).  Setting up South Carolina and Jadeveon Clowney (21.14).  Beware fluffy players in the SEC, problems in Trojan land, plus doubting Virginia Tech and Logan Thomas.  The tale of two Texas A&M's (28.43).

The developmental nature of pre-season football and Jim Irsay plays the fool on Twitter (33.08).  Advice for Irsay, subcontracting out the Twitter Terminator, and the Irsay Twitter smell check.  Market based arguments for ticket valuation - Fanhole is born!  Remembering the Suck for Luck campaign - the Curtis Painter experience.  An important lesson - don't antagonize your fan base (40.11)!  Team legacy and squandering the good will from the Pagano story.  The Atlanta Braves go plunk-a-thon with Bryce Harper plus fan reaction fails (46.13).  Creating an intense rivalry beyond the sanitized nature of contemporary sports.  Bryce Harper goes WWE, playing the villain, and a plunkathon.  VCU love - Larry Sanders gets paid plus an extension for D-Stat.  Blue chimes in - Fight Like a Brave plus D-Stat working the Baja Bean Donkey Challenge (56.36).  The Sports Brew's NFL Action Figures - Richard Sherman String and Smack Talk, the Donovan McNabb Twitter Fail Whale (1.00.52).  Chris Cooley and his Pop up Playbook.  The Ben Roethlisberger Lock and Block bathroom, the Clinton Portis multi-pack, and Colin Kaepernick's Malibu Barbie House. Wrapping up with a D-Stat Tasing Donkey Challenge bet.  8-19-13 Part II, MP3 Format. 

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Brainwashing Madness, RGIII, an Epic McNabb Rant, the Detroit Lions, Transplanting Barry Sanders, and the Sacrifice of Leadership 08-19-13

The Sports Brew Brunch beatdown!  Tom Brady's knee scare plus Tim Tebow hangs with Dean Wormer (4.24).  The return of the Omaha Beef and a guest appearance by Jim Beam.  Bountygate motivation - calling shenanigans on Sean Payton (11.39).  Reggie Bush, the Detroit Lions, and the challenge for Jim Schwartz (14.03).  The Cleveland Browns: Brandon Weeden vs. Jason Campbell.  The garbage stat glory hole of Reggie Bush.  The Barry Sanders tangent - Emmitt Smith, transplanting teams, and fun with roster possibilities (22.11).  The random Matthew Stafford fantasy draft pick text.  D-Stat's QB challenge for the Captain - Donovan McNabb vs. Jason Campbell (29.36).  

Sour grapes, Greg Jennings, and the the brainwashing-palooza (31.53).  The brainwashing of RGIII and an epic Donovan McNabb rant (33.15).  Bad blood in DC, young QB leadership, and the dangers of media saturation with Colin Kaepernick and RGIII.  Buying in to the team concept, organizational leadership, and championing the cause of the team.  Leadership through sacrifice, the GQ Interview, and Shanahan's near death experience (41.33).  Forging a legacy and giving young players room to grow.  The McNabb Hall of Fame debate (45.13).  Fun with soundbites, the clutch hole, plus remembering the Terrell Owens locker room divide (50.35).  The Houston Texans blow up their video (screen), fun with Jerry Jones, and the hybrid Dallas Texans  (57.27).  Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers offense.  Bruce Arians calls out the 49ers and the Seahawks.  D-Stat and the Fred Davis Taser TD celebration (1.06.30).  Wrapping up.  08-19-13, MP3 format, Part 1. 

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Improving the NFL Preseason, NFL Branding, Redskins - Titans, Grossman's Ugly Balls, and Pat White Upgrades Jersey Mc5 8-10-13

The Sports Brew delivers NFL Preseason de-suckification with ways to improve the preseason (4.54).  Filling in the off-season gap, hyping the draft, and creating fan interest.  Developing the NFL brand beyond the game (11.39).  Making the preseason an event - an opportunity to build the fan base with long term, family friendly growth (16.04).  The fraud of preseason (27.10).  Lessons from the Richmond Flying Squirrels plus creating NFL family nights.  Handicrapping the preseason, degenerate style.  Tapping into regional partnerships, preseason length, the 18 game schedule, and a playoff expansion (32.39).  The missed playoff push - a fantasy football parallel and building intensity at the end of the season. The Indianapolis Colts and the New York Giants - keeping the pedal to the medal.  Separating the good from the great.  Pinning their ears back and banishing the Bane facemasks (45.14).  Holy rusted metal, Batman!  Celebrating the Christian Bale and Christopher Nolan era.  Impressions from the Redskins - Titans preseason scrimmage (50.25).  The Bacardi Rambo special edition plus Rex Grossman goes rook.  Ugly balls - Sexy Rexy's preseason developmental advantage for wide receivers.  The best part of Pat White with the Redskins - bringing justice to jersey number 5 (57.26).  Wrapping up (1.01.06).  8-10-13, MP3 format.

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Riley Cooper, the Power of Language, McNabb's Send-off, 2013 NFL Hall of Fame, Facebook Q&A, Painting RGIII 8-3-13

The NFL returns with drinks on Romo and a mega contract beer party (4.46).  The Captain's Donovan McNabb UnAppreciation Day.  Hanging with Mr. (Riley) Cooper (12.17).  The Philadelphia Eagles and the importance of team chemistry.  The ubiquitousness of technology and the perils of social media.  Cooper digs his own grave. The connotations of language, the power of words, and the bonds of trust.  The idiocy of Marcus Vick plus the unspoken sentiment.  The evolution of language, shifting context, and the cultural components of meaning. Shannon's Navy A school story and a conflicted D-Stat (26.17).  Learning to manage your private and public personas - the dangers of digital interconnectivity and the powers of perception.  A locker room divided (33.56).  The double standards of athletes, perception, identity, and punishment - context with Ray Lewis, Rae Carruth, and Oscar Pistorius.  Violating the locker room brotherhood and breaking the bonds of trust.  A catalyst for social dialogue (42.20).  

The NFL Hall of Fame ceremony (47.18).  Remembering Warren Sapp and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense, the impact of Bill Parcells, and Larry Allen's Genie head.  Jonathan Ogden's power and the grace of Chris Carter.  A Jeremy Shockey tangent (57.56).  Why can't LeSean McCoy and Riley Cooper be friends - healing with musical shenanigans (1.00.54).  Kenny Chesney, MJ, plus D-Stat becomes a secret Redskins fan Outlaw.  

The Facebook Wall Q&A (1.08.33).  Post butt-fumble redemption for Mark Sanchez.  Carson Palmer and Bruce Arians in Arizona - a Kurt Warner parallel?  Faith in Bruce Arians, team cohesiveness, and the importance of belief.  Off-season winners and losers.  49ers, Packers, Seahawks, Redskins health, plus fresh starts in Kansas City.  The 49ers, Vernon Davis, and buyer beware on Austin Collie.  The Baltimore Ravens and Dennis Pitta.  The resigning of Victor Cruz.  The return of football trash talk.  Getting RGIII's autograph - the life size painting at training camp (1.38.17).  Training camp autograph strategy, borrowing Shannon's kids, and D-Stat creeps out.  Wrapping up with Shockey and Greg Oden to the Miami Heat.  8-3-13, MP3 Format.    

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MLB, PEDs, Ryan Braun, the HoF Power Ballad, Shannon MIA, and Redskins Training Camp Tantrum 7-28-13

The MLB PED problem.  Setting the stage for a tainted generation - the 1994/1995 strike, shafting the Montreal Expos, the missing rings, and the mid-90's Atlanta Braves (4.50).  Driving revenue and the catalyst for MLB's recovery - the enabling of a drug culture.  Ryan Braun - the fraudulent MVP (12.50).  A Laissez-faire approach to PEDS and the rising tide of upper tier contracts. Stripping Braun of the MVP - a slippery slope.  Acting decisively to change the culture in MLB.  The unifying legacy of records in MLB (28.32).  The credibility of baseball, the intersection of pressure, and poisoning the game.  Giving the PED policy teeth and the missing benefit of the doubt.  MLB throws a Marilyn Manson concert in rehab (43.36).  The new jacked up - a Barry Bonds discussion.  The Hall of Fame power ballad - do roided players belong in the hall of fame (49.47)? Shannon's shine-off Saturday as the Sports Brew crew gives him the business (1.07.26).  David Ortiz blows up the dugout phone and the Biogenesis Land of Confusion.  Cracking the case of the missing Twitter Terminator with musical shenanigans (1.14:18). Gin and Juice plus sending Shannon to Rehab.  The Florida Gator versus the Police Dog - Antonio Morrison let the dogs out, giving the dog a bone, and Fantasy Failhorn fun (1.17.52).  Shannon versus the Washington Redskins Training Camp Tantrum Lady (1.25.05).  Fun with Redskins Training Camp and the return of the Matigator.  Wrapping up plus D-Stat gets all Redskin'd out for another bad bet (1.38.21).  7-28-2013, MP3 Format. This is how we Brew it: Join the Brew Crew @ www.facebook.com/SportsBrew Twitter: vasportsbrew Find us on iTunes, Stitcher Radio, and LiveSportscaster.com - Key words: Sports Brew

Rivera MLB All-Star send off, Manziel hydrates, Nets go Top Gun, plus KTVU Asiana Name Fails 7-21-13

Props for Mariano Rivera and the MLB All-Star Game send off (4.27).  Carly Rae Jepsen's first pitch disaster.  Fun with New York Mets pitcher Matt Harvey - the Jimmy Fallon man on the street interviews (13.01).  Randy Johnson gives the bird.  D-Stat's mid-way point MLB predictions - risers, faders, and the Puig factor (21.50).  From hydration to hangovers, the Manning Passing Academy Johnny Manziel fail (24.10).  The pressure of expectations, Texas A&M, and learning experiences for Manziel. A contrast between A. J. McCarron and Johnny Manziel.  A Katherine Webb pipe dream squashed by the D-Stat poo (34.46). Taking care of business, Twitter shenanigans, Manziel goes Justin Bieber (no, seriously), and Arnold attacks (40.26). Manziel and Ryan Lochte - a reality tv show disaster in the making (47.20).  Manziel inspires Justin on Justin crime (51.38). The Brooklyn Nets go Top Gun with Jason Kidd (57.08).  Mikhail Prokhorov, Drago, plus Vodka O's in Mother Russia (1.03.50). The Danger Zone - Prokhorov NBA conspiracy theories and the Andrei Kirilenko signing.  The LeBron James to the LA Lakers in 2014 rumors (1.08.57).  Organizational fit, missing Dr. Buss, and the Pat Riley factor.  The Michael Jordan career salary game - a case for taking less.   The Dwight Howard interlude - a low key decision to go to the Rockets (1.12.46).  Shaq, the big stage, (c)rap albums, and a contrast to Howard (1.17.20).  Cranking the NFL back up with sound bite mayhem plus the KTVU Channel 2 newscast name fail - Asiana Flight 214 (1.25.41).  The 5th Captain is born - Captain Wang Chung.  Wrapping up, a thanks to Sports Radio 910, and fun with Walk on Week (1.32.49).  D-Stat's Danger Zone and more sound bite shenanigans.  7-21-2013, MP3 Format. This is how we Brew it: Join the Brew Crew @ www.facebook.com/SportsBrew Twitter: vasportsbrew Find us on iTunes, Stitcher Radio, and LiveSportscaster.com - Key words: Sports Brew

The Sports Brew on Sports Radio 910's Walk On Week, NFL Storylines, Kaepernick, Random AM Fun 7-7-13

The Sports Brew breaks out of the basement and into the Sports Radio 910 AM studio for Walk on Week.  Dap for Andy Murray and fun with multiple NFL storylines.  Looking at the growth and progression of budding NFL stars.  Colin Kaepernick and the hat incident, Cam Newton as Mr. Mopey Pants, and looking for leadership by exhibiting the maturity of a leader.  Tavon Austin and Jeff Fisher - the talent maximizer with the Saint Louis Rams.  Respect for the NFC West.  Bruce Arians, Carson Palmer, and the Arizona Cardinals.  WR's that fight for the ball.  The Steve Spurrier - Chip Kelly comparison and a little Philadelphia Eagles conversation.  Ed-209, issues with control, and the expectations of push back in the aftermath of Aaron Hernandez.  The New York Giants - fun with the run, the David Wilson show, and Coughlin the Red Faced Reindeer.  Andy Reid and the Kansas City Chiefs.  The chronic underachievement of the Detroit Lions.  Ndamukong Suh vs. Albert Haynesworth.  Finding ways to maximize talent and productivity.  Philip Rivers, the San Diego Chargers, leadership and team building - Marty Schottenheimer versus Norv Turner.  The case for Eli Manning and the Franchise QB's - those that elevate the play of those around them.  E calls in, tearing down Wrigley Field, and NFC divisions over the AFC divisions (38.52).  The Fantasy Failhorn corner - fantasy over/under drafting Adrian Petersion and Randall Cobb (48.28).  The Jim Brown walk off question. This is how we Brew it: Join the Brew Crew @ www.facebook.com/SportsBrew Twitter: vasportsbrew Find us on iTunes, Stitcher Radio, and LiveSportscaster.com - Key words: Sports Brew