
Hosted by Maria Janete Santos Gil · PT

After a disastrous game last week, we have all looked ourselves in the mirror and decided we need to get better. So we are going back to the basics: guys naming dudes. This week's game brings back an old favorite: Who He Play For—no messing around this time, just right to the good stuff. Plus, Joon Lee joins Jeremy to discuss the latest headlines around Major League Baseball as well as his Top 5 Baseball Movies list, which includes a scorching hot take.

"Such a stupid ass age." JuJu is here, and he is committing a major crime by wearing his Jayden Daniels LSU jersey. He reels off his Thursday Thunder picks, tells us whether the guy who sneezes in public or the brother playing music on a speaker in public is more annoying, and gives flowers to Damien Woody on an amazing run at ESPN.

"Don't trust someone who gets the QP." Amin continues to double, triple, and even quadruple down on his awful take that Chicago is overrated. What other cities does our crew believe are overrated? If Wendy's stopped selling chili, would there be a national revolt? Plus, a guy on TikTok has made it his life's work to throw a perfect game with Roy Oswalt on MVP Baseball 2005, and we are all the way in on it. Plus, Ramona Shelburne joins the show to discuss the details of the largest sale of a team in American sports history after the Los Angeles Lakers got sold for $12.5 billion.

"'I was hearing' is kind of a weak qualifier." The Miami Hurricanes are looking good in fall camp, and Mike Ryan would know because he's been out there. Zaslow's old friend and founder of the Freezing Cold Takes Twitter account, Fred Segal, joins the show and reveals that Zaslow has been the same person since he was eight years old. Russell Westbrook announced his retirement yesterday, and the crew discusses how he will be remembered and whether his legacy will improve over time.

"Pre 9/11, travel was awesome." Zaslow's childhood friend, Fred Segal, who runs the Freezing Cold Takes Twitter account, is joining us later, so we discuss which one of them is Matthew Tkachuk and which one is Jayson Tatum. Mark Walter flipped the Los Angeles Lakers for a $2.5 billion profit in just nine months; what does this say about the state of the NBA and the divide between the haves and have-nots in America? Jayden Daniels has sent a cease-and-desist letter to LSU after a freshman was given his number, 5. Zaslow explains why he thinks it is a bad look for the Washington Commanders' quarterback.

"He's a portly fellow." Jai-Alai is back, Jack! Mike and Chris have important updates on the Cyclones from last night's draft. Don't worry, Manu is back, and so are Iñaki and Unda, but how did we fill out the rest of our roster? Chris Cote is watching the Miami Dolphins through a very simple prism this year, and it's not off to a great start as Reuben Bain dominates training camp for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Amin has been watching Hard Knocks and tells us what he has found interesting about this season so far.

Andrew Whitworth knows a thing or two about surviving football. The former NFL tackle and Thursday Night Football analyst tells Dan how Nick Saban convinced him he was a tackle, why his pregame routine consisted of sitting in his underwear playing FreeCell, and why he still loves his former teammate and “Fitz & Whit” co-host Ryan Fitzpatrick after he sprinted away from a brawl. Whitworth also gets candid about the physical toll of playing into his 40s, the sacrifices football demands from his family, and his “nobody gets me off the ground” philosophy. Plus: Frasier, Taylor and Travis, and the anatomy of an offensive lineman trying to pee. The “Fitz & Whit” podcast returns on August 20th - watch and subscribe on YouTube and stream it on Amazon Prime before the Thursday Night Football pregame show.

"If my music is that bad, tell me to get back into the lab." JuJu is here to update the crew with some important omissions from his Top 10 Red Shirt-Wearers from yesterday's show. He also has a Top 5 for today's show, an update of The Polls, and a very depressing Stat of the Day.

"College is supposed to be for being gross and grungy." Zaslow asks Jessica for some advice, and Jess comes in with some strong takes on a new college interior designer, the new Primetime trailer, Stephanie White's time with the Indiana Fever, fake products on Amazon, and the team most likely to struggle from the Top 10 in College Football.

"And now number 10!" It seems like AEW has made Greg Cote references on more than one occasion, and it leads us to the actual reveal of his No. 10 and No. 9 on his Top 70 Catchphrase list. Plus, a nomination for Best Musical Performance by Roy, and Kyler Murray won the starting QB job in Minnesota over J.J. McCarthy.