Tradition's Finest Episode 102 - The "Taming the Bull" Episode

Welcome Back to the Tradition's Finest Podcast! Episode 102 - The "Taming the Bull" Episode includes a discussion of the following sports-related topics: - NCAA: News & Storylines - - The NCAA Oversight Committee voted last Thursday in favor of a single transfer portal window in the month of January - - This new model, if approved by the administrative committee and who must deliver their final ruling no later than October 1st, would replace the previous (and most current) system, which features two separate transfer portal windows - one that occurs in the winter and one in the spring - - If approved, the single transfer portal window would open on January 2nd, and would remain open for 10 days, however, there is much debate over the timing and significance of this new window, as it conflicts with the ongoing 12-team College Football Playoff schedule - - Essentially, this would make it possible for a college football player to participate in the first or quarterfinal round of next year's College Football Playoff, and less than 24 hours later, enter the transfer portal - - Q: What are your thoughts regarding the NCAA Oversight Committee's approved proposal for a single transfer portal window that would begin in early January of each year?. . NCAA College Football Week Two Review & Recap: In this week's episode, JD & Spencer will discuss, review & each provide their individual takeaway's for the Week 2 slate of College Football games from across the country - - Be sure to tune in for an in-depth recap, and discussion of the following game(s), which are included in this week's College Football Review & Recap segment: "Battle for the Cy-Hawk Trophy:" Iowa at No.16 Iowa State No.11 Illinois at Duke Baylor at No.17 SMU USF at No.13 Florida Army at Kansas State Mississippi State vs. No.12 Arizona State No.15 Michigan at No.18 Oklahoma "Border War Rivalry:" Kansas at Missouri - NCAA: News & Storylines (cont'd) - - NCAA College Football Week Three Preview & Predictions: In this episode's Week 3 preview, JD & Spencer provide their individual & independently-selected pick(s) and/or predictions for each of the following Week 3 matchups - as well as providing in-depth analysis & reasoning to explain the justification for their selection: **Be Sure to Share Your Picks with Us via Twitter/X - - @TraditionFinest OR Send Us an Email at Traditions.Finest@gmail.com!! Wisconsin at No.19 Alabama (-20.5)                        O/U47.5 No.12 Clemson (-9.5) at Georgia Tech                      O/U58.5 No.6 Georgia (-3.5) at No.15 Tennessee                     O/U50.5 No.18 USF at No.5 Miami (-16.5)                           O/U55.5 Arkansas at No.17 Ole Miss (-9.5)                          O/U63.5 Florida at No.3 LSU (-9.5)                                 O/U50.5 No.16 Texas A&M at No.8 Notre Dame (-6.5)                O/U49.5 Vanderbilt at No.11 South Carolina (-5.5)                 O/U47.5 - NFL - Five-time Pro Bowl WR Amari Cooper informed the Las Vegas Raiders last Thursday of his intent to retire from the league - just days before the team would open the 2025 NFL regular season with their Week 1 matchup at New England - - After being drafted No.4 overall by the Oakland Raiders in 2015 - prior to relocating the franchise to Las Vegas - Cooper would go on to surpass 1,000 receiving yards in his first two seasons out of Alabama - - In 2018, the Raiders traded Cooper to the Dallas Cowboys, who then traded him to the Cleveland Browns in the 2022 offseason, and was next acquired by the Buffalo Bills last October from the Browns - - Cooper's decision comes just a week after he signed a one-year deal with the organization in late August, mentioning that it was a "full circle moment," and that he still had "some juice left," - - It will continue to be a topic of speculation, but Cooper finishes his professional or NFL career with 711 receptions, 10,000-plus receiving yards & 64 TDs, and had seven seasons where he finished with at least 1,000 receiving yards, including his career-high season with 1,250 receiving yards in 2023 - - Q: Where does Amari Cooper stack up and/or rank on your personal list of the NFL's All-Time Greatest WRs?. . .NFL Regular Season Week 1 Review: The NFL regular season is officially upon us - - Like analyst & color commentator Chris Collingsworth always says, "there's just no doubt about it:" being able to watch football all day on both Saturday & Sunday each weekend, is God's way of letting the male population know "I'm still thinking of you/I see you," and for that, we are eternally grateful. The following NFL Week 1 game(s) are discussed & reviewed in this episode: Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles NFL Sao Paulo Game: Kansas City Chiefs vs. Los Angeles Chargers **The presentation of the Tradition's Finest first-ever "Most Badass Celly of Week 1 Award" Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers Baltimore Ravens at Buffalo Bills - NFL (cont'd) - Philadelphia Eagles star DT Jalen Carter will not miss any future games after spitting on Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott in the NFL season opener on Thursday night - - The NFL announced Tuesday that, since Carter was ejected from last week's season opener without participating in a single play, the league will consider the second-year DT to have already served a one-game suspension - - Also, Carter will forfeit his Week 1 game check worth approximately $57,000 - but he will be available to play in the Eagles' Week 2 Super Bowl rematch against the Kansas City Chiefs - - Q: What are your thoughts on the league's punishment as handed down to Jalen Carter? Does the punishment fit the "crime?" Too excessive or not?. . . - MLB - "Tony 2 Chainz:" Former Chicago Cubs All-Star player, Anthony Rizzo, is returning to the organization as an ambassador for the club & will officially retire as a Cub during an on-field ceremony at Wrigley Field before Saturday's game against the Tampa Bay Rays - - Rizzo, 36, played for 14 years in the MLB, including a decade spent with the Cubs, where he made three All-Star teams and won four Gold Gloves - - These individual accomplishments, however, are not nearly as significant as the role he played in helping to lead Chicago to a World Series title in 2016, the first for the organization in 108 years - - Rizzo played his final 3 ½ seasons for the New York Yankees after he was traded there in the summer of 2021 - - Rizzo finishes his MLB career with a .828 OPS, including 303 HRs - - Rizzo, a cancer survivor himself, created The Anthony Rizzo Family Foundation with its sole purpose to service kids with cancer, and in 2017, he was honored as the recipient of the Roberto Clemente Award, the highest community service honor awarded by the MLB - - What an absolute legend, this guy!. . . 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