Tailgate Till May

Steve reacts to Ohio State's win over Notre Dame in the national championship game and dives into why this Ohio State team is the perfect national champion to kick off the 12-team playoff era. He ends the show with a farewell message as this will be the last episode of the podcast.

Steve previews all four of the College Football Playoff first round matchups and asks one big question about each game. He starts with Indiana at Notre Dame, then moves on to SMU at Penn State, Clemson at Texas and Tennessee at Ohio State.

Steve reacts to the penultimate CFP rankings and explains why he just can't muster up any outrage about them. Then he dives into this weekend's conference championship games.

Steve reacts to a wild Week 13 in the SEC, discusses the madness at the top of the Big 12 standings, dives into what he's watching for ahead of tonight's CFP rankings release and looks ahead to rivalry week.

Steve dives into the race for the CFP among the SEC's two-loss teams and why it's the most compelling race in the country, Colorado's year-over-year improvement and what we can learn from disappointing seasons by Oklahoma State and Florida State. He wraps up the show by discussing why he's excited to watch Kentucky vs Duke in tonight's Champions Classic.

Steve reacts to Ohio State's win over Penn State, discusses why he thinks Miami is the most interesting team in the country, previews tonight's College Football Playoff rankings release and dives into why he was disappointed with the way opening night was handled in college basketball.

Steve previews Week 10 of the 2024 college football season including Ohio State's showdown with Penn State and a top 20 matchup in the ACC.

Steven reacts to Texas A&M's win over LSU, discusses whether Miami's Cam Ward is the elite QB we've been searching for this season and dives into why Arkansas will play a pivotal role in determining which SEC teams make the College Football Playoff. He also shares some early Week 10 bets and an 18-1 national championship pick.

Steven previews Week 9 of the 2024 college football season.

Steven previews Week 8 of the 2024 college football season and reacts to Virginia men's basketball coach Tony Bennett retiring just weeks before the season.

Steven dives into what Vanderbilt's upset win over Alabama can teach the other "have not" programs around the country, the college football avalanche and how it manifested itself in Week 6 and the most overlooked result of the weekend.

Steven previews Week 6 of the 2024 college football season.

Steven discusses Alabama's thrilling victory over Georgia, why he's buying Quinn Ewers stock right now and the wild, wacky and wonderful Big 12.

Steven discusses what Michigan's win over USC says broadly about college football, big wins by the Big 12's two Utah teams, Auburn's messy QB situation and why he thinks Alabama/Georgia is currently the best rivalry in all of sports.

Steven previews Week 4 of the 2024 college football season.

Steven dives into several high profile quarterback situations, compares Florida in it's current state to Tennessee between the Fulmer and Heupel eras, gives props to Washington State and discusses why Utah, Kansas State and Oklahoma State all starting 3-0 was so important for the Big 12.

Steven previews Week 3 of the 2024 college football season, dives into his best bets of the week and ends the show with a bet he's already made on Week 4. 

Steven reacts to Week 2 of the college football season by diving into Texas' road win over Michigan, Notre Dame's upset loss to Northern Illinois and more!

Steven previews Week 2 of the 2024 college football season, dives into his best bets and ends the show with his moneyline parlay of the week.

Steven dives into his biggest takeaways from Week 1 of the 2024 college football season.

Steven previews the Saturday, Sunday and Monday games in Week 1 of the 2024 college football season, dives into his best bets and ends the show by discussing his moneyline parlay of the week.

Steven previews the Thursday and Friday night games in Week 1 of the 2024 college football season and dives into why he's betting Minnesota/UNC under 49.5 and Michigan State -13.5 vs FAU.

Steven breaks down the season ahead for Alabama, Auburn, Ole Miss, LSU, Texas A&M, Mississippi State, Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma in part two of the 2024 SEC football season preview.

In part one of the SEC football preview Steven breaks down the season ahead for the former SEC East schools: Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina, Missouri, Kentucky & Vanderbilt.

Steven starts the show by previewing Saturday's Week 0 matchup between Florida State and Georgia Tech. Then he continues his Big Ten preview by breaking down the season ahead for Oregon, USC, UCLA, Washington, Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Illinois, Northwestern & Minnesota.

Steven previews Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State, Michigan State, Indiana, Purdue, Maryland & Rutgers in part one of his Big Ten season preview.

In part two of the 2024 Big 12 football preview Steven breaks down the season ahead for Utah, Colorado, Arizona, Arizona State, UCF, Cincinnati, Houston & BYU.

In part one of the 2024 Big 12 football preview Steven breaks down the season ahead for Kansas, Kansas State, Iowa State, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas Tech, Baylor & West Virginia.

Kyle Kelly of BlueandGold.com joins Steven to preview Notre Dame's 2024 football season.

Steven previews the 2024 ACC football season by discussing three questions he thinks are critical to understanding the league, talking about what he's bearish and bullish on in the conference and diving into his favorite ACC futures.

Steven reacts to some of the major storylines from SEC and Big 12 media days before breaking down why he's taking Boston College under 4.5 regular season wins.

Steven discusses the two men's basketball national title contenders in the ACC (Duke and North Carolina), the teams he thinks are trending up (Louisville and Miami) and the teams he thinks are trending down (NC State and Boston College) ahead of the 2025 college basketball season.

Steven discusses which Big East men's basketball teams he thinks are trending up (St. John's, Xavier and Providence) and which are trending down (Marquette, Seton Hall and Villanova) ahead of the 2025 college basketball season.

Steven discusses which Big Ten men's basketball teams are trending up (Rutgers, Indiana & UCLA) and which are trending down (Purdue, Illinois & Wisconsin) ahead of the 2025 college basketball season.

Steven is back for a jam-packed episode. He starts the show by talking about Dan Hurley's decision to turn down the Lakers' job and stay at UConn. Then he dives into the College World Series and discusses the two teams he's betting on to win it all. He continues his hoops check-in series with the SEC and wraps up the show by talking about why he's betting on Appalachian State to make this year's College Football Playoff.

Steven reacts to reports that Dan Hurley is considering leaving UConn to coach the Los Angeles Lakers.

Steven starts his June hoops check-in series with the Big 12. He discusses which Big 12 men's basketball teams are trending up and which are trending down as we look ahead to the 2025 college basketball season.

Steven starts the show by talking about why he's optimistic about the state of college basketball and why he's excited for the 2025 season. Then he discusses the five teams he thinks benefitted the most from decisions made on NBA draft withdrawal day.

Steven remembers the life of basketball and broadcasting legend Bill Walton.

Steven talks about the return of the college football video game, the impact the game had on his college football fandom when he was growing up and why he thinks it's something that could help make college football more attractive to the next generation of fans. He wraps up the show with his top five most fun video games athletes to play with of all time.

Steven discusses Georgia QB Jaden Rashada's lawsuit against Florida head coach Billy Napier, the consolidated lawsuits against the NCAA and LSU baseball's late-season surge.

Steven breaks down the top five college football teams under the most pressure entering the 2024 season.

Steven discusses two groups of QBs he thinks will impact the national landscape in 2024: five-star QBs from the class of 2022 and QBs coming off injuries.

Steven starts the show by discussing which second year transfer QBs could break out in 2024. Then he dives into the potential revenue-sharing model that could be coming and he wraps things up by talking about the new backcourt at St. John's.

Steven starts the show by talking about why Missouri over 9.5 regular season wins (+152) is his first future bet of the 2024 college football season. Then he gets into Ryan Kalkbrenner's decision to return to Creighton for another season and Baylor's outstanding basketball offseason.

Steven starts the show by talking about the NFL draft, LSU's three first-round picks and how the 2023 LSU football season will be remembered. Then he gets into what last season's elite college basketball teams had in common, the early 2025 men's basketball national championship odds and why he's betting Iowa State at 30-1 to win next year's national title.

Steven starts the show by discussing Mark Pope introduction as Kentucky's new head basketball coach and what the reception says about the Kentucky fanbase. Then he dives into Ohio State's spring game and why he believes the Buckeyes are under more pressure than any team in the country headed into 2024.

Steven reacts to UConn winning its second consecutive national championship and discusses where this two-year run stacks up historically, UConn's place in the sport and what other schools can take from UConn's success. Then he wraps up the show by talking about John Calipari leaving Kentucky for Arkansas.

Steven starts the show by reacting to Purdue's win over NC State and UConn's win over Alabama in the Final Four. Then he previews Monday night's national title game by diving into what's at stake, the path to victory for each team and how he's betting the last college basketball game of the 2024 season.

Steven previews the Purdue/NC State and UConn/Alabama Final Four games. He breaks down each game, discusses the path to victory for the two underdogs, talks about his x-factors for each team and shares his best bets.

The Final Four is set and Steven reacts to Elite Eight wins by UConn, Alabama, Purdue and NC State by sharing his four major takeaways from the Elite Eight.