The Morning Show w/ John and Hugh

The Morning Shift's full show on Monday, December 1st, 2025.

HR1 - Falcons special teams have failed at most inopportune times this season In hour one Mike Johnson, Beau Morgan, and Ali Mac quickly touch on some of the biggest headlines around the local and national sports scene, recap and react to the Atlanta Falcons 27-24 loss to the New York Jets in New York, explain why they think the Falcons poor special teams play is the reason they lost to the Jets yesterday, let you hear Atlanta Falcons Head Coach Raheem Morris talk about the back and forth nature of their game against the Jets yesterday, react to what Coach Morris had to say explain why they think the Falcons need to use the rest of this season to find clarity on the futures of some players and coaches, react to the latest college football headlines, react to everything that went down in week 14 of the college football season, and then close out the hour by diving into the world of Ali Mac in Ali's Mac Drop!

HR2 - Even if Falcons clean house roster won't change much because of contracts In hour two Mike Johnson, Beau Morgan, and Ali Mac continue to recap and react to the Atlanta Falcons 27-24 loss to the New York Jets in New York, explain why they think the Falcons need to make changes but not necessarily clean house because cleaning house may be counter productive, let callers give their take on the Falcons 27-24 loss to the Jets, continue to recap and react to the Falcons 27-24 loss to the Jets in New York, continue to let callers give their take on the Falcons 27-24 loss to the Jets, explain why they think major buyouts in college football head coaches' contracts will be over soon, react to the latest news, rumors, and reports in the NFL as they go In The Huddle, react to the Atlanta Hawks' 142-134 double overtime win over the Philadelphia 76ers in Philadelphia last night, explain why they think their win last night further proves they're legit contenders in the East this season, face the good and bad picks they made on Friday in Man Up Monday, and then close out hour two by diving into the life of Mike Johnson and getting Mike'd Up!

HR3 - Falcons must start winning one score games consistently to be playoff team In hour three Mike Johnson, Beau Morgan, and Ali Mac let listeners call in and give their take on the Atlanta Falcons 27-24 loss to the New York Jets in New York, and talk about if they have an elf from the North Pole visiting them this year in the Wake Up Call! Then, Mike, Beau, and Ali spend some time with former Atlanta Falcons quarterback, and now analyst for the Atlanta Falcons Radio Network Dave Archer! Ali, Mike, Beau, and Dave discuss the Falcons having bad special teams mistakes at the most inopportune times this season, including yesterday in their 27-24 loss to the New York Jets in New York, what Dave thought Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins did well yesterday versus the Jets, how much tougher Dave thinks Kirk Cousins' job is with Falcons top wide receiver Drake London out, and how the Falcons become a team that makes the big winning plays at the end of a game instead of being a team that doesn't make those plays. Finally, The Morning Shift crew closed out hour three by giving their final thoughts on the Falcons 27-24 loss to the New York Jets in New York, talk about how they think the Jets young offensive line did a good job of neutralizing the Falcons pass rush yesterday, and by diving into the life of Beau “Squidbilly” Morgan in The Life of Squid!

Mike Johnson, Beau Morgan, and Ali Mac give their final thoughts on the Atlanta Falcons 27-24 loss to the New York Jets in New York, and talk about how they think the Jets' young offensive line did a good job of neutralizing the Falcons pass rush yesterday.

Mike Johnson, Beau Morgan, and Ali Mac spend some time with former Atlanta Falcons quarterback, and now analyst for the Atlanta Falcons Radio Network Dave Archer! Ali, Mike, Beau, and Dave discuss the Falcons having bad special teams mistakes at the most inopportune times this season, including yesterday in their 27-24 loss to the New York Jets in New York, what Dave thought Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins did well yesterday versus the Jets, how much tougher Dave thinks Kirk Cousins' job is with Falcons top wide receiver Drake London out, and how the Falcons become a team that makes the big winning plays at the end of a game instead of being a team that doesn't make those plays.

Mike Johnson, Beau Morgan, and Ali Mac explain why they think conference championship games in college football may be thing of past soon, let listeners call in and give their take on the Atlanta Falcons 27-24 loss to the New York Jets in New York, and also let listeners call in and talk about if they have an elf from the North Pole visiting them this year in the Wake Up Call!

Mike Johnson, Beau Morgan, and Ali Mac react to the Atlanta Hawks' 142-134 double overtime win over the Philadelphia 76ers in Philadelphia last night, and explain why they think their win last night further proves they're legit contenders in the Eastern Conference this season.

Mike Johnson, Beau Morgan, and Ali Mac continue to recap and react to the Atlanta Falcons 27-24 loss to the New York Jets in New York, continue to let callers give their take on the Falcons 27-24 loss to the Jets, and explain why they think major buyouts in college football head coaches' contracts will be over soon.

Mike Johnson, Beau Morgan, and Ali Mac continue to recap and react to the Atlanta Falcons 27-24 loss to the New York Jets in New York, explain why they think the Falcons need to make changes but not necessarily clean house because cleaning house may be counter productive, and let callers give their take on the Falcons 27-24 loss to the Jets as well.

Mike Johnson, Beau Morgan, and Ali Mac react to the latest college football headlines, and react to everything that went down in week 14 of the college football season.

Mike Johnson, Beau Morgan, and Ali Mac let you hear Atlanta Falcons Head Coach Raheem Morris talk about the back and forth nature of their game against the New York Jets yesterday, react to what Coach Morris had to say, and explain why they think the Falcons need to use the rest of this season to find clarity on the futures of some players and coaches on the team right now.

Mike Johnson, Beau Morgan, and Ali Mac recap and react to the Atlanta Falcons 27-24 loss to the New York Jets in New York, and explain why they think the Falcons poor special teams play is the reason they lost to the Jets yesterday.

The Morning Shift's full show on Wednesday, November 26th, 2025.

HR1 - Georgia in great position to get bye in CFP without playing in SEC Championship In hour one Mike Johnson, Beau Morgan, and Ali Mac quickly touch on some of the biggest headlines around the local and national sports scene, talk about what they're doing for Thanksgiving, react to the latest College Football Playoff rankings that came out last night, explain why they think the College Football Playoff committee made a bad statement last night, talk about how they think the latest College Football Playoff rankings show that the College Football Playoff committee may actually leave out whoever the ACC Champion is for Miami, give their initial thoughts on the Atlanta Falcons matchup with the New York Jets on Sunday, talk about what advantages they think the Falcons defense will have over the Jets offense, explain why the Falcons must put the Jets away early on in the game when the Jets give them that opportunity, continue to react to the latest College Football Playoff rankings, explain why they think there's still a chance that Georgia could miss out on having a bye in the College Football Playoff depending on how championship weekend plays out in college football, and then close out hour one by diving into the life of Ali Mac in Ali's Mac Drop!

HR2 - Falcons run game will be tested by Breece Hall & scrappy Jets team In hour two Mike Johnson, Beau Morgan, and Ali Mac continue to preview the Atlanta Falcons matchup with the New York Jets on Sunday, talk about what matchups they're concerned about, talk about what matchups they think favor the Falcons, explain why they think the Falcons can win big versus the Jets if they stop Jets running back Breece Hall and the Jets run game, react to the latest news, rumors, and reports in the NFL as they go In The Huddle, make their picks against the spread, and then close out hour two by playing a round of Which One!

HR3 - Falcons may have to get another top tier backup QB who can start next season In hour three Mike Johnson, Beau Morgan, and Ali Mac talk about what interstates you should try your best to avoid during the Thanksgiving holiday this year, let listeners call in and give their take on the Atlanta Falcons matchup with the New York Jets, and also give their take on what interstates you should try your best to avoid during the Thanksgiving holiday this year in the Wake Up Call! Then, Mike, Beau, and Ali Mac talk about who the Atlanta Falcons could bring in at quarterback if Michael Penix Jr. isn't ready to play at the start of next season, and if Kirk Cousins isn't on the team next season. The Morning Shift crew also continues to react to the latest College Football Playoff rankings, talk about how they think Georgia is best team in the SEC because of how well-rounded they are, and then close out three by diving into the life of Beau “Squidbilly” Morgan in The Life of Squid!

Mike Johnson, Beau Morgan, and Ali Mac continue to react to the latest College Football Playoff rankings, talk about how they think Georgia is best team in the SEC because of how well-rounded they are, and then close out three by diving into the life of Beau “Squidbilly” Morgan in The Life of Squid!

Mike Johnson, Beau Morgan, and Ali Mac talk about who the Atlanta Falcons could bring in at quarterback if Michael Penix Jr. isn't ready to play at the start of the season and if Kirk Cousins isn't on the team next season.

Mike Johnson, Beau Morgan, and Ali Mac talk about what interstates you should try your best to avoid during the Thanksgiving holiday this year, and let listeners call in and give their take on the Atlanta Falcons matchup with the New York Jets, and also give their take on what interstates you should try your best to avoid during the Thanksgiving holiday this year in the Wake Up Call!

Mike Johnson, Beau Morgan, and Ali Mac make their picks against the spread, and then close out hour two by playing a round of Which One!

Mike Johnson, Beau Morgan, and Ali Mac react to the latest news, rumors, and reports in the NFL as they go In The Huddle.

Mike Johnson, Beau Morgan, and Ali Mac continue to preview the Atlanta Falcons matchup with the New York Jets on Sunday, talk about what matchups they're concerned about, talk about what matchups they think favor the Falcons, and explain why they think the Falcons can win big versus the Jets if they stop Jets running back Breece Hall and the Jets run game.

Mike Johnson, Beau Morgan, and Ali Mac continue to react to the latest College Football Playoff rankings, and explain why they think there's still a chance that Georgia could miss out on having a bye in the College Football Playoff depending on how championship weekend plays out in college football.

Mike Johnson, Beau Morgan, and Ali Mac give their initial thoughts on the Atlanta Falcons matchup with the New York Jets on Sunday, talk about what advantages they think the Falcons defense will have over the Jets offense, and explain why the Falcons must put the Jets away early on in the game when the Jets give them that opportunity.

Mike Johnson, Beau Morgan, and Ali Mac quickly touch on some of the biggest headlines around the local and national sports scene, talk about what they're doing for Thanksgiving, react to the latest College Football Playoff rankings that came out last night, explain why they think the College Football Playoff committee made a bad statement last night, and talk about how they think the latest College Football Playoff rankings show the College Football Playoff committee may actually leave out whoever the ACC Champion is for Miami.

The Morning Shift's full show on Tuesday, November 25th, 2025.

HR1 - Zac Robinson has opened up the playbook but execution still needs to be better In hour one Mike Johnson, Beau Morgan, and Ali Mac quickly touch on some of the biggest headlines around the local and national sports scene, react to the Atlanta Falcons signing wide receiver K.J. Osborn to the practice squad, talk about how the K.J. Osborn signing gives Kirk Cousins a familiar target to throw to and gives the Falcons some much needed depth at wide receiver, let you hear Falcons Head Coach Raheem Morris explain why the offense changed with Kirk Cousins as the starter, react to what coach Morris had to say, talk about how they think the Falcons ran a completely different offense on Sunday with Kirk Cousins as the starter, react to the biggest college football headlines, and then close out hour one by diving into the life of Ali Mac in Ali's Mac Drop!

HR2 - Falcons must improve 3rd down efficiency to keep slim playoff hopes alive In hour two Mike Johnson, Beau Morgan, and Ali Mac give you what they think was the good, the bad, and the ugly in the Atlanta Falcons 24-10 win over the New Orleans Saints on Sunday, react to the latest news, rumors, and reports in the NFL as they go In The Huddle, talk about what they expect the new College Football Playoff rankings to look like tonight, explain why they think Alabama will be a College Football Playoff lock as long as they beat Auburn on Saturday, and then close out hour two by diving into the life of Mike Johnson and getting Mike'd Up!

HR3 - Kirk Cousins going under center made Falcons offense feel whole vs. Saints In hour three Mike Johnson, Beau Morgan, and Ali Mac let listeners call in and give their take on Dylan Mathews' top five Thanksgiving sides list, what they think the good, the bad, and the ugly was in the Atlanta Falcons 24-10 win over the New Orleans Saints on Sunday, and if they like the fact that Georgia versus Georgia Tech will be played on a Friday in Mercedes-Benz Stadium in the Wake Up Call! Then, Mike, Beau, and Ali talk about how Bill Belichick's girlfriend Jordan Hudson is trolling people back for trolling her about Belichick coming to support her at her adult cheer competition. The Morning Shift crew also let you hear Falcons Head Coach Raheem Morris talk about how Sunday's performance against the Saints was the reason why they decided to keep Kirk Cousins on the roster, react to what Coach Morris had to say, explain why they think the Falcons win over Saints proved keeping Kirk Cousins was right decision, talk about running in 5Ks and other races, give their early thoughts on the Falcons matchup with the New York Jets on Sunday, explain why weather could be a factor when the Falcons take on the Jets in New York on Sunday, and then close out hour three by diving into the life of Beau “Squidbilly” Morgan in The Life of Squid!

Mike Johnson, Beau Morgan, and Ali Mac give their early thoughts on the Atlanta Falcons matchup with the New York Jets on Sunday, and explain why weather could be a factor when the Falcons take on the Jets in New York on Sunday.

Mike Johnson, Beau Morgan, and Ali Mac let you hear Atlanta Falcons Head Coach Raheem Morris talk about how Sunday's performance against the New Orleans Saints in New Orleans was the reason why they decided to keep quarterback Kirk Cousins on the roster, react to what Coach Morris had to say, and explain why they think the Falcons win over the Saints proved keeping Kirk Cousins was the right decision.

Mike Johnson, Beau Morgan, and Ali Mac let listeners call in and give their take on Dylan Mathews' top five Thanksgiving sides list, what they think the good, the bad, and the ugly was in the Atlanta Falcons 24-10 win over the New Orleans Saints on Sunday, and if they like the fact that Georgia versus Georgia Tech will be played on a Friday in Mercedes-Benz Stadium in the Wake Up Call!

Mike Johnson, Beau Morgan, and Ali Mac talk about what they expect the new College Football Playoff rankings to look like tonight, and explain why they think Alabama will be a College Football Playoff lock as long as they beat Auburn on Saturday.

Mike Johnson, Beau Morgan, and Ali Mac react to the latest news, rumors, and reports in the NFL as they go In The Huddle!

Mike Johnson, Beau Morgan, and Ali Mac give you what they think was the good, the bad, and the ugly in the Atlanta Falcons 24-10 win over the New Orleans Saints in New Orleans on Sunday.

Mike Johnson, Beau Morgan, and Ali Mac react to the latest and biggest college football headlines.

Mike Johnson, Beau Morgan, and Ali Mac let you hear Atlanta Falcons Head Coach Raheem Morris explain why the Falcons offense changed with Kirk Cousins in as the starting quarterback, react to what coach Morris had to say, and talk about how they think the Falcons ran a completely different offense on Sunday with Kirk Cousins as the starting QB.

Mike Johnson, Beau Morgan, and Ali Mac react to the Atlanta Falcons signing wide receiver K.J. Osborn to the practice squad, and talk about how the K.J. Osborn signing gives Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins a familiar target to throw to and gives the Falcons some much needed depth at wide receiver.

The Morning Shift's full show on Monday, November 24th, 2025.

HR1 - James Pearce Jr.'s success will make Falcons fans not miss 2026 1st round pick In hour one Mike Johnson, Beau Morgan, and Ali Mac recap and react to the Atlanta Falcons 24-10 win over the New Orleans Saints in New Orleans yesterday, explain why they think the Falcons young defensive lineman have given Atlanta one of the best pass rushes in NFL, explain why they think the Falcons creativity on offense yesterday highlights the conundrum they have right now with quarterback Michael Penix Jr., react to the latest college football headlines and everything that went down in week 13 of the college football season, and then close out the hour by diving into the world of Ali Mac in Ali's Mac Drop!

HR2 - Darnell Mooney could have late season resurgence with Kirk Cousins as QB1 In hour two Mike Johnson, Beau Morgan, and Ali Mac continue to recap and react to the Atlanta Falcons 24-10 win over the New Orleans Saints in New Orleans yesterday, let you hear Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins talk about his relationship with Falcons wide receiver Darnell Mooney, react to what Cousins had to say, let listeners call in and give their thoughts on the Falcons 24-10 win over the Saints, explain why they think quarterback Michael Penix Jr. not going under center isn't just the fault of the Falcons coaches, continue to let listeners call in and give their thoughts on the Falcons 24-10 win over the Saints, explain why they think Falcons tight end Kyle Pitts' problem is that his potential has yet to turn into consistent production for the Falcons, react to the latest news, rumors, and reports in the NFL as they go In The Huddle, face the good and bad picks they made on Friday in Man Up Monday, and then close out hour two by diving into the life of Mike Johnson and getting Mike'd Up!