Our final show of the year puts a bow on 2024 as we highlight which athletes, coaches and fanbases had the best years, and which ones have already turned the calendar towards 2025. We also play Santa and give out gifts for the year to come. The College Football Playoff has a blowout problem, but this is nothing new. We examine Saquon Barkley's quest to break the single-season rushing record and why the Eagles shouldn't allow it to happen.

Jordan Kirkland joins the show to talk college basketball (and a little New York Knickerbockers).

- Spike Lee or Charles Barkley?

- Angel Reese or Trae Young?

- Selecting the All-Auburn and All-Alabama Teams for the last 30 years.

- The SEC dominates the new AP basketball poll.

The Oklahoma City Thunder get a national stage Tuesday night to show why they may be the Celtics' only obstacle to a title defense in the NBA Cup finale. We analyze the short list of potential threats to OKC and Boston. The leagues's 3-point barrage reaches new heights. The College Football Playoff kicks off this week, but is being overshadowed by an inconvenient "free agency" period. We break down the transfer window with a focus on the quarterbacks on the move. 'Chapel Bill' begins a new chapter in Carolina. And in the NFL, the Detroit Lions can't catch a break

SMU nabs the final spot in the College Football Playoff over Alabama. Why Greg Byrne and the entire Crimson Tide program have no one to blame but themselves. Do conference championship games have an expiration date? The SEC turns into a basketball conference. Juan Soto signs a record-breaking contract with the New York Mets. Where do the Yankees go from here? The National League is a gauntlet and the American League has never been more wide open.

We plant a flag in the CFB regular season and debate which teams and fanbases are the most relieved that 2024 is behind them. We discuss Ohio State's inexcusable and soon-to-be-infamous loss to rival Michigan and what it means for Ryan Day, along with the aftermath of rivalry weekend. Alabama? South Carolina? Miami? Ole Miss? Which of these teams deserves a spot in the Playoff? And should SMU and other conference championship participants be punished for playing an extra game if they lose? 'Final Thoughts' salutes Bryce Young as the second-year signal caller has peeled himself off the mat and is beginning to look every bit the player he was at Alabama.

Eleven of college football’s top 12 teams all have one thing in common: easy schedules. We debate if the SEC should avoid scheduling difficult non-conference opponents going forward after three conference playoff contenders lose on the road. Nobody had more to lose than Ole Miss. Do Rebel fans have it worse than anyone? Auburn fans (and seemingly every other school) storm the field after the Tigers 4-OT thriller against Texas A&M. We discuss why the Auburn faithful were warranted. And why we have few solutions to fix this gimmick of a tiebreaker. The Jalen Milroe criticism has gone too far despite Alabama being an Iron Bowl loss away from its most humiliating season in a quarter century… but the Tide’s playoff hopes are still alive. ‘This Day In Sports History’ takes on everything from Taylor Swift and Caitlin Clark, to crappy cleats and a guy named Dub.

The 2024 rookie Quarterback class saw a record six signal callers drafted in the first 12 picks. And early returns show this class could be the best group of young passers the NFL has seen since Joe Burrow, Justin Herbert, Tua Tagovailoa and Jordan Love all were taken in 2020. The hosts hand out report cards to the 12 teams that owned the first dozen picks of the ‘24 Draft to see which teams hit, and which clubs wish they had do-overs. We highlight College Football’s Cinderella stories and what each school faces in its road to the College Football Playoff. ‘This Day In Sports History’ turns trivial.

The SEC is approaching a scenario where there could be quite the traffic jam on the road to Atlanta. We try to figure out what teams are positioned best in the case a bottleneck of two-loss teams forces the conference to go deep into tiebreakers to help determine a champion. And why Alabama has a big advantage. Ole Miss wins more than just a football game. Why Connor Stalions is the last person LSU fans want to hear about after a humiliating loss. And you may not have noticed, but the NBA season is in full swing. The hosts play the role of Adam Silver and share what changes they would make as commissioner to put some juice back into the Association.

While the rest of the nation is voting on the things that matter, we vote on the things that don't. The hosts take to the polls to cast their ballots on the rules, traditions and quirks in sports to decide if any sweeping changes need to be made to the games we love. The first College Football Playoff rankings are out and we give our instant reaction. And lastly, we assume the role of Athletic Director at a handful of universities and determine whether or not to kick certain football coaches out of office, or give them a mandatory four more years. 'Brad's Bets' sees a streak come to an end.