We’re back to preview this long football weekend’s playoff action and discuss the sports news of the week. We’ve also got a brand new recurring feature: it’s CIB’s 2025 National Title Game Battle of the Bands, where we determine the winner of the upcoming national title game based on music from the teams’ cities. Be sure to head to the Substack to cast your vote. Listen, if you must! Has something we said, or failed to say, made you FEEL something? You can tell us all about it by joining the conversation on our Substack or you can send us an email here. Enjoy!

Show Rundown
Open — Abe Live-Bets the Games!
4:35 — WGAS NewsBag, Sports Edition!
29:19 — 2025 National Title Battle of the Bands: South Bend vs Columbus
1:01:37 — CIB Pick ‘em Game and games preview!
1:17:43 — Jimmy Carter’s Presidential Lock of the Week
1:27:23 — Wrap-up! Eagles fan goes full Eagles fan

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The opening and closing themes of Cast Iron Balls were composed by Marc Gillig. For more from Marc, go to tetramermusic.com.

The background music for Jimmy Carter’s Presidential Lock of the Week is "Bama Country" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

A Great Year Already (Cast Iron Balls #35)