Rookie Mistake

Rookie Mistake has a new co-host! This week it's all about college football as the transfer portal sends yet another heavy-hitter down to Tuscaloosa. But are moves like this good for the sport, and are there more to come? After a lengthy discussion on parity, Jackson and Abigail dive into their biggest games to watch for the upcoming 2021 college football season. Hear all that and more on this week's edition of Rookie Mistake, and follow the show on Twitter @RookieMistakePC. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rookiemistake/support

The NBA postseason is approaching and there are multiple surprise teams in the mix. Who's going to come out of the Eastern and Western conferences? The NFL Draft kicks off tomorrow night. What are the latest mock drafts projecting? Finally, if college football tried to start a Super League, who would be in? Who would get snubbed? What would the criteria be? All that and more on this week's edition of Rookie Mistake! To support the show, do so here: www.anchor.fm/rookiemistake/support --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rookiemistake/support

The MLB and MLBPA met for the first time to discuss the new CBA. Why is this the most treacherous negotiation for the sport in 25 years? Should we expect smooth negotiations or rocky ones? In the NFL, a new helmet equipped with extra concussion protection has been approved specifically for linemen. What has the NFL been doing to combat the concussion epidemic in the sport? What does this approval mean for football? In college football, Tennessee has landed a transfer quarterback and Notre Dame has scheduled a home-and-home series in 2030-31. Are we seeing a shift in college football scheduling? All that and more on this week's episode of Rookie Mistake! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rookiemistake/support

The Atlanta Braves were on the wrong end of a controversial call Sunday night against the Phillies. Even with video review in regular use, does pro sports have an officiating problem? Also on Sunday, Hideki Matsuyama won his first green jacket. In the NFL, Julian Edelman has retired after a failed physical, and multiple teams have announced their plans to conduct offseason workouts virtually again in 2021. Follow the show on Twitter @RookieMistakePC and subscribe! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rookiemistake/support

It's the second Masters week in five months, but who's the favorite? Jackson and Ethan recap Baylor's 86-70 win over Gonzaga to capture the national championship. Are the Bulldogs one of college basketball's goliaths? They discuss two Power 5 schools promoting assistant coaches to their head coaching jobs, but are the hires good ones? All that and more on this week's edition of Rookie Mistake! Support the show here: https://anchor.fm/rookiemistake/support --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rookiemistake/support

Jackson and Ethan are back with the final part of their March Madness bracket series. Just four teams remain, and they break down the last three games to come in this year's NCAA Tournament? Who will be the national champion? Is there hope for this year's "Cinderella" against the basketball cyborgs of Gonzaga? Also: how will the slew of transfers affect college sports? Are we moving into a new era in the NCAA? All that and more on this week's edition of Rookie Mistake! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rookiemistake/support

The first weekend of the NCAA Tournament has come and gone, and Jackson and Ethan are with you in the pool of upsets and busted brackets. They take the remaining 16 teams and predict the matchups to come all the way through the national championship. Follow the show on Twitter @RookieMistakePC and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rookiemistake/support

IT'S TOURNAMENT TIME! Jackson and Ethan go through each round and project every game from the first round to the national championship. Who has the easiest road, who will be sent home early, and who will be the last team standing when March Madness is over? Hear every pick on this week's edition of Rookie Mistake! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rookiemistake/support

Les Miles is out as Kansas' head coach. How does Kansas move on? After that, it's all about conference tournaments as bubble teams try to win their way into the Big Dance. Is Michigan State a tournament team? Can anyone beat Baylor? And has Alabama peaked too early heading into the postseason? All that and more on this week's episode of Rookie Mistake! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rookiemistake/support

College basketball had itself a Super Tuesday this week. What are the big takeaways from Baylor's win over West Virginia and Illinois' win over Michigan? What teams are on the rise with the NCAA Tournament approaching? Wichita State promoted its interim coach after a successful season, and Memphis extended Penny Hardaway's contract. How do these decisions stack up? All that and more on this week's episode of Rookie Mistake! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rookiemistake/support

Jackson and Ethan discuss the hiring of Gus Malzahn at UCF. Is it a good fit? After that, they consider what will change in college football by the time Notre Dame and Florida finally get to their home-and-home series in 2031-32. Next it's the NCAA Tournament's top 16 bracket reveal. What do they think about the teams that earned their way in? All that and more on this week's edition of Rookie Mistake. Follow the show on Twitter @RookieMistakePC for more! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rookiemistake/support

Jackson and Ethan recap the Buccaneers' Super Bowl win over the Chiefs. Is the debate settled: were all those Super Bowls in New England because of Brady or Belichick? Moreover, how does each team progress from here? Will Mahomes end up with a resume like Aaron Rodgers or Tom Brady? Now that FBS and NFL football are over, it's time for FCS to finally get to their postponed season. Will you watch FCS football if given the option? Hear all that and more on this week's edition of Rookie Mistake, and don't forget to follow the show on Twitter @RookieMistakePC for show updates, mailbags, and more. Support the show at www.anchor.fm/rookiemistake/support --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rookiemistake/support

The final game of the NFL season is upon us. Who will win, the Chiefs or the Buccaneers? And what are the most important matchups going into the game? Matthew Stafford has been traded and pending the arrival of the new league year he will join the LA Rams. But did Detroit fleece LA in this trade? Finally, it's time for a look back at the guys' rankings for top five wide receivers in college football. How have their rankings changed now that the season is over with? Hear all that and more on this week's episode of Rookie Mistake! Follow the show on Twitter @RookieMistakePC --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rookiemistake/support

Jackson and Ethan recap the AFC and NFC Championships from Sunday and address the news that Matthew Stafford and the Detroit Lions will be parting ways. Where will Stafford end up? Who will the Lions replace him with, and when? Then they turn back the clock and look back at their segment ranking the top five college running backs from before the season. How did each pick do, and where would they rank them all now? Follow the show on Twitter @RookieMistakePC, or support the show at www.anchor.fm/rookiemistake/support --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rookiemistake/support

Rookie Mistake is hit a little close to home by the past week of sports news coming out of Houston with James Harden getting traded and Deshaun Watson potentially being next. In the second half of this week's episode, the boys recap the Divisional Round of the NFL Playoffs, discuss takeaways from each game, and predict the outcomes of next weekend's AFC and NFC Championship Games. Follow the show on Twitter @RookieMistakePC for show updates, questions, and mailbags. To support the show, please visit anchor.fm/rookiemistake/support --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rookiemistake/support

Rookie Mistake is out of town for a special interview with Chris Giron, a former wide receiver for the Texas Longhorns, to discuss the state of the Texas football program and the future of college football as a whole. Jackson and Chris also talk about Bryan Harsin, his first offensive coordinator and the new head coach of the Auburn Tigers. Follow the show on Twitter @RookieMistakePC for show updates, mailbags, and more! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rookiemistake/support

The boys are back in town and ready to bring you more weekly sports talk from on campus. First, Jackson and Ethan review Saturday's games from Super Wild Card Weekend as well as some wild stats and how they affect the future of the playoffs. Next up is a revisit to one of Rookie Mistake's first episodes where the boys ranked their top five QBs in college football and a discussion about how their picks performed and where they would put them now after the 2020 season. Lastly, it's a quick look at Monday night's CFP Championship Game. Follow the show on Twitter @RookieMistakePC for updates, questions, and mailbags, or support the show at https://anchor.fm/rookiemistake/support --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rookiemistake/support

After a long break, Rookie Mistake returns to catch up on some of the happenings in the college sports world. Jackson is joined for today's episode by a special co-host to talk certain coaching searches, SEC basketball conference play, and bowl season. Follow the show on Twitter @RookieMistakePC for show updates, mailbags, takes, and more! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rookiemistake/support

It's NBA Draft Day and the guys have more basketball to talk about than ever before. Blockbuster trades (and rumors of them) have made waves in the Association this week, and the guys spend the first half of show breaking them down, while Ethan goes over who he thinks the top 5 picks should be in tonight's draft based on their fit in the organization and team needs. The guys then pivot to college basketball to talk the week's biggest story as the season is just 7 days away: the resignation of Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall. To round things out, the guys break down the firing of South Carolina head coach Will Muschamp and discuss candidates for replacing him before running through their picks for Week 12. Follow the show on Twitter @RookieMistakePC or support the show at https://anchor.fm/jackson-love7/support --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rookiemistake/support

It's Masters Week in November for the first time ever, but who will don the green jacket on Sunday? The guys go over the rumblings in Houston with James Harden and Russell Westbrook and then close out the show by discussing Week 10 and its ramifications for the College Football Playoff. Follow the show on Twitter @RookieMistakePC! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rookiemistake/support

The NFL's trade deadline was yesterday, and it was... kind of a dud, but there are still some important winners and losers even without blockbuster trades. The guys then discuss how the Big 12 has likely eliminated themselves from playoff contention, unless Oklahoma State can shake off Saturday's OT loss to Texas and run the table. Even then, it will be tough. Next, Ethan goes over the Heisman race as it stands today and gives his opinions on the players currently competing for a spot in New York, and Jackson talks about some interesting stats after the first two months of the college football season. Follow the show on Twitter @RookieMistakePC for show updates, mailbags, and more! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rookiemistake/support

It's the tenth episode of Rookie Mistake and the guys have a lot to go over. First up is the last gasp of the Rays and how they completely botched Game 6 by yanking Blake Snell, and then the Bengals-Carlos Dunlap saga that's been making waves in the NFL this week. The guys take a quick pit stop to mention the upcoming college basketball season before moving onto the stories of Graham Mertz, Jaylen Waddle, and Kylin Hill, and then wrap things up with their weekly picks --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rookiemistake/support

This week features the first-ever Rookie Mistake Mailbag as the guys talk the World Series to open the show. After that comes the big stories in the NFL, and the NFC East doesn't even deserve to send a team to the playoffs at this point. Then the guys take a look at the Big Ten's return to play this weekend and some of the biggest games in the shortened conference-only season, rounded out by weekly picks for this weekend's lineup of games. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rookiemistake/support

The NBA Playoffs have concluded and the guys have a quick GOAT debate before diving into Tuesday Night Football, the Le'Veon Bell news, and big takeaways from Week 6 of the college football season, plus their weekly segment of picks for the upcoming weekend. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rookiemistake/support

The best weekend of college football so far in 2020 is upon us. The guys discuss their picks after a healthy helping of pro sports talk, headlined by the end of Bill O'Brien's tenure as supreme overlord of the Houston Texans. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rookiemistake/support

Playoffs have begun in baseball and are about to come to an end in the NBA bubble. The guys recap the SEC's first week of action and take a look at the game of the week: Auburn @ Georgia. The show rounds out with some more picks ATS and straight-up, as well as a brief rant on the impending return of the other FBS conferences. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rookiemistake/support

The SEC returns this Saturday, and the guys spend the episode talking the big stories in the conference, predicting where each team will finish, naming players to watch, and more around college football as the season heads into Week 4. Follow the show @RookieMistakePC on Twitter, or send mail to rookiemistakepodcast@gmail.com! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rookiemistake/support

The NBA Conference Finals round is set. The guys predict who will meet in the NBA Finals and talk the Big Ten's return plan, including some issues it could bring up with the polls and the College Football Playoff. Next is the third edition of the guys' Top 5 position players in college football; this week, it's wide receivers! Follow the show @RookieMistakePC on Twitter for updates, or email the guys at rookiemistakepodcast@gmail.com! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rookiemistake/support

Both college and pro football return this weekend and we couldn't be happier. We talk the past week in the NFL and preview the season-opening Thursday night game between the Texans and the Chiefs. Also on the menu are a few NBA headlines, followed by a ranking of the top five running backs in college football and predictions for this weekend's slate of college games. Follow the show @RookieMistakePC on Twitter! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rookiemistake/support

It's a chock-full college football episode with a dash of NBA talk. The guys take a minute to recap the current state of the NBA playoffs before moving to some sure-to-be-controversial rankings for the top five quarterbacks in college football, and Ethan goes over Bleacher Report's list of teams most likely to go undefeated in 2020. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rookiemistake/support

An introductory episode where two college roommates talk about the first round of the NBA playoffs so far, the latest development in the Earl Thomas drama, and some of the past week's news in college football, including takes on the preseason AP poll and some expectations for the upcoming season. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rookiemistake/support