Jeff Allen worked in Sportstalk radio in Orlando from 1983 to 1996, most notably as the Program and Sports Director at WGTO in the early 90's, anchoring morning sports reports and various sportstalk shows. Now, after many years, Jeff is deciding to have some fun again to share sports opinions through this podcast.
Unique yet common sense sports opinions
Frank Murtaugh pays a visit to discuss LeBron's Legacy, MLB after first month of the season, Torpedo Bats, Shedeur Sanders draft slide and the state of our Dallas Cowboys
We put a post-mortem on the UCF and College Basketball seasons with Mike O'Donnell of ESPN & CBS Sports
We discuss a lot happening at UCF with the basketball team having competed in the College Basketball Crown tournament and Spring Football camp with WKMG News 6 Sports Director Jamie Seh
We discuss the start of the MLB 2025 season with Jay Cresswell and Joe Finger
Adam and Eric join me to discuss March Madness broadcast coverage which includes tributes to the late Greg Gumbel, Dick Vitale's return, Mike Tirico back calling NBA games and more
We break down March Madness with Tim Brando of Fox Sports
Ben Stout of the Knighted 1s Podcast joins me to discuss UCF and College Hoops as we get ready for the madness that is March
Frank joins me to recap the Super Bowl, the Luka trade, Dick Vitale's return and Hubie Brown's last NBA call
As the college softball season is set to get underway, we are thrilled to have UCF Softball Coach Cindy Ball-Malone on the show to talk about the upcoming seasn
We conduct a college football post-mortem with ESPN College Football Analyst Rene Ingoglia
Our official man in the middle, former UCF player Ben Stout of the Knighted1s podcast joins us to discuss UCF & College Basketball
On our year end show with Adam Eaton & Eric Lopez we discuss the legacy of Greg Gumbel, the impact of the late Rudy Martzke on how broadcasting is covered, how ESPN is covering the College Football Playoff and how Netflix did with Christmas NFL games.
It's our annual holiday visit with Jamie Seh as we discuss the Cure Bowl, the College Football Playoff, all the happenings with UCF Football and her Buffalo Bills. Plus, I drop in the Jay Thomas Lone Ranger story.
We are joined this week by Jeff Sharon of Black & Gold Banneret and the PA Voice of UCF Football as discuss all the recent happenings with the football program. We also touch on the hot start by the basketball team
Great to have Joe Miller back on for his annual visit as we preview America's Game, Army vs. Navy
The Student of the Game, Kyle Nash joins to discuss the NFL as the playoff push begins and UCF Football
A colleague from my day job, Lauren Zelek joins me to talk about her experience running the New York City Marathon
Joe Finger & Jay Cresswell are back as we put a wrap on the MLB. Plus we discuss the state of our NFL teams and do some TV Themes
Adam Eaton & Eric Lopez join me to talk about the SEC on ABC, Nick Saban on College Gameday, Tom Brady on FOX, Bill Belichick showing up all over the place, the upcoming World Series on FOX and more
Matt Murschel, who covers the UCF for the Orlando Sentinel joins the show this week to discuss the Knights at the midway point of the season
I'm joined by Jeff Sharon of the Black & Gold Banneret and the stadium voice of UCF Football as we talk about the Knights season, last weeks loss to Colorado and the upcoming game against the Gators. We also touch on other college football topics like the NIL and transfer portal, plus MLB and NFL too.
We cover a variety of topics with Frank Murtaugh of the Memphis Flyer including college football, the NFL, and MLB
We discuss how the NFL looks after week 2 and the UCF Knights after their big road win at TCU
We break down the baseball playoff race with Joe Finger and Jay Cresswell, share some baseball stories and lament the woeful Chicago White Sox
Great to have Jamie Seh of WKMG News 6 back on the program as we discuss Lake Mary winning the Little League World Series, the upcoming football season for the UCF Knights including some quick hits on Miam, FSU and Florida. And of course, we have to talk about her Buffalo Bills
It's our 6th annual UCF Football Roundtable as we bring you the best who cover and talk about UCF Sports. Matt Murschel of the Orlando Sentinel, Adam Eaton and Trace Trylko from the Sons of UCF and Eric Lopez of Black & Gold Banneret give us a breakdown, with their thoughts and opinions on the 2024 season
ESPN's Rene Ingoglia joins us to discuss the start of the college football season, preseason rankings, realignment, the expanded playoffs and the UCF Knights as Rene will call their first game of the season vs New Hampshire
Adam Eaton & Eric Lopez join me to discuss NBC's Olympic Coverage, CBS & Fox NFL crews and Joe Tessitore as the new voice of Monday Night Raw. We also conduct our next announcer draft for NBA & College Basketball
We honor the late great co-founder of the Orlando Magic, Pat Williams on this episode with Andrew Monaco, the voice of Texas A&M. Andrew worked with the Magic in the early days of the franchise and shares his memories of Pat. We also discuss A&M sports including baseball's run to play for the championship
From 4 years ago, I interviewed Pat Williams who had just recently retired from the Orlando Magic on his efforts to bring MLB to Orlando and we got his thoughts on legacy of NBA Commissioner David Stern who had just passed at that time. RIP Pat.
It's our mid-season check-in on MLB as we discuss the passing of baseball greats Willie Mays and Orlando Cepeda, the "retirement" of umpire Angel Hernandez, some fun baseball stories, trivia and MLB finally getting right with a full slate of games on the 4th of July
Great to be joined by Frank Murtaugh of the Memphis Flyer and Memphis Magazine as we pay tribute to three great sports legends that have passed in recent weeks in Bill Walton, Jerry West and Willie Mays. We also touch on the Caitlin Clark effect on the WNBA and some MLB conversation
Adam & Eric are back for another media spotlight show as we discuss Verne Lundquist's last call at the Masters, NFL Network cuts, and the NBA's new TV deal which has them leaving Turner for NBC. And we begin a series of announcer drafts for each of our "networks" focusing on NFL and College Football
We welcome former UCF first baseman Shannon Doherty to the show as we continue our softball appreciation week. We discuss Shannon's great career at UCF, the culture of the program and the Knights first season in the Big 12.
Great to have ESPN Softball & Baseball Analyst Alex Powers on to discuss the Womens College World Series. We also discuss UCF's first season in the Big 12 as she called many of the Knight's games on ESPN+. And we lean on her expertise as an FSU Baseball analyst to chat about the Tallahassee Regional in the NCAA Baseball Tournament where FSU hosts Stetson, UCF and Alabama in that regional.
Before 24-hour sports television and radio, the internet and social media, Sports Phone broke new ground with constant scores and news updates to fans who dialed a pay per call service called 976-1313 (area code 212 for those who dialed long distance) in New York and other major markets. Scott Orgera, co-author of this book joins me to discuss the many great names in media and beyond who broke into the business at Sports Phone, the impact it had on gamblers who craved the score updates, interview with famous celebrities and sports figures who regularly called the service and how it became a part of the media landscape.
We welcome to the show, sports radio legend Chris Russo, whom I was his producer during his Orlando days at WKIS. We reminisce about those times as well as discuss his illustrious career at WFAN, Sirius XM and more
We recap March Madness and UConn's run to a back to back championship with Mike O'Donnell, college basketball analyst from CBS Sports and ESPN. Mike also shares a great story about pickup basketball from his days at NC State.
As the MLB season is set to open, Joe & Jay are here to talk about our teams, expectations for the 2024 season, some fun baseball notes, Jay's supersized Spring Training trip and we do some TV Themes, which I almost forgot to do again during our show!
With our friend Adam Eaton under the weather, it's just me and Eric Lopez on our media spotlight as we discuss the March Madness broadcast roster changes, Tony Romo ruining the end of the Super Bowl broadcast and we get some great stories and behind the scene stuff from Eric on calling UCF Softball and other sports
As the 30th Anniversary of UCF's first ever trip to March Madness approaches, we bring you a best of JAS as I interviewed former basketball coach Kirk Speraw on the 25th anniversary about that special 1994 team
Always a pleasure to have Frank Murtaugh on the show as discuss the Daytona 500, NBA All-Star Game, Caitlin Clark, the return of baseball and more
We put a cap on the NFL season with my former WGTO colleague Todd Wright as we break down Super Bowl 58 and 2023 season.
Our first time discussing the Orlando Magic in 2024 as we chat with Jason Beede of the Orlando Sentinel on the teams season so far and what has them in playoff contention
Former Knights Basketball player Ben Stout joins me to discuss UCF's monumental first Big 12 win over the 3rd ranked and longtime national power Kansas Jayhawks
Great to have ESPN College Football Analyst Rene Ingoglia back on the show as we discuss the College Football Playoff and his busy post season calling games on TV & Radio
Great to have Jamie Seh of WKMG back for what is becoming an annual holiday visit. We discuss her Buffalo Bills, her recent call of The Cure Bowl, the UCF Football Season and upcoming Gasparilla Bowl and the College Football Playoff and FSU omission
Great to have Jeff Sharon back on the show as we talk UCF Football, the transfer portal, NIL and more
Great to have my annual conversation with Joe Miller of the Navy Radio Network about the Army-Navy game. We talk about this years game, Army joining the AAC and we delve into the controversial College Football Playoff selection process.
Adam, Eric and I discuss Jason Garrett on Sunday Night Football, Noah Eagle and Todd Blackledge to do Peacock NFL game, is Tony Romo getting better, regressing or status quo?, Alex Smith's contributions to ESPN NFL Coverage, College Gameday with Pat McAfee, TNT and ESPN to do an NBA Announcer swap and what will Jim Boeheim bring to college basketball coverage at ESPN
Always enjoy having Frank on the program as we discuss Memphis Tigers Football & Hoops, College Football with the Michigan cheating scandal and the wildness of coaches getting fired with enormous payouts. Additionally we discuss if the Dallas Cowboys are contenders or pretenders, the 2023 Baseball season and what is next for his St Louis Cardinals after their woeful season.