Challenge the Call with Max and Avery

Max and Avery go through all the movement within the Power 5 FBS football conferences (where everyone from the dying Pac 12 ended up, new additions to the SEC, and who got promoted from the General 5 conferences). They also discuss the overall landscape of college football today and the new playoff system in FBS.

Max and Avery discuss the upcoming Hall of Fame Game (first NFL preseason game of 2024) between their Chicago Bears and the Houston Texans. They discuss who might play and how many snaps they might get in the game; however, immediately after recording this episode the news broke that Caleb Williams would officially not be playing in this game.

Max and Avery go through all 32 NFL teams and put them in a tier based on how they think their season will turn out in 2024.

Max and Avery continue their highest paid coaches series with defensive coordinators. They compare the top salaries of defensive coaches for the upcoming 2024 season to the total defense ranking of said defense in the 2023 season.

Max and Avery go through the top 10 most winningest coaches currently in the NFL as well as the first coach out (#11) that will shock you!

Max and Avery continue their highest paid coaches series with offensive coordinators. Rewatch last week's video to see the highest paid head coaches in college football for the upcoming 2024 season, and tune back in next week when they move on to defensive coordinators.

Max and Avery give their thoughts and predictions on the NBA Championship series as Game 1 between the Celtics and the Mavericks starts later that day. Then they discuss the current state of the WNBA including leading players, broken records, and how Caitlin Clark has effected viewership.

Max and Avery discuss the top 15 highest paid head coaches in college football for the upcoming 2024 season. This includes base salaries along with retention bonuses.

Max and Avery go through the Bears' 2024 schedule game-by-game and make their predictions on the outcome to determine their win/loss record prediction for the Bears in 2024.

Max and Avery are back! In today's episode they go through the first round of the 2024 NFL draft giving their thoughts and opinions on the picks. Then they continue to mention key players draft in later rounds such as players picks by the Bears, players picked from Iowa, and other players with noteworthy attributes.

This week Max and Avery have a packed episode starting with discussing the decision to official trade Justin Fields and what that means for the Bears with the number 1 overall pick. Next they began to build their March Madness Bracket going through all the match ups together to determine who they shot had the best chance to win (their national champion pick might surprise you)!

This week Max and Avery recap some of the completed conference tournaments in men's and women's basketball before going through all of the NFL trades and free agency signings.

Max and Avery return with a conversation driven episode starting with a recap of the Superbowl and then letting the conversation flow. They discuss topics in the NFL, college football, and college basketball before signing off.

This week Max and Avery start by talking about a potential NHL team being placed in Omaha. Next they give an update of the current Iowa Men's and Women's basketball teams as Caitlin Clark is about one game out from breaking the all time NCAA women's scoring record. Finally they give their thoughts and opinions on the upcoming Superbowl match up between the Chiefs and the 49ers.

This week Max and Avery discuss some of the different coaching/coordinator changes happening around the NFL as well as Iowa's new OC Tim Lester. Then they recap the AFC and NFC championship games between the Ravens vs the Chiefs and the 49ers vs the Lions.

This week Max and Avery discuss some of the coaching changes happening in college football and the NFL such as Iowa's potential new OC, the bears' new OC, Harbaugh leaving Michigan for the Chargers, and more. Then they recapped last weeks divisional round match ups before discussing the upcoming AFC and NFC Championship games.

Max and Avery talk about some sports news hitting on calling out the refs in the NBA, the longest college football career ever, and the coaching changes going on in the NFL. Next they recap all of the Wild Card games from the NFL Playoffs before discussing the upcoming divisional round matchups.

This week Max and Avery kick things off by talking about some of the coaching changes being announced in college football and the NFL. Next they recap the National Championship Game between Michigan and Washington. Finally, the discuss the official NFL Playoff bracket following the last week of the regular season and make there predictions for the Wildcard Weekend matchups.

In this episode Max and Avery recap some college bowl games including the two college football playoff games. They discuss the bowl records by conference and touch on the head to head match up between the SEC and the Big Ten. Next they talk about the Bears game vs the Falcons along with the Bears players that make the NFC Pro Bowl Roster. They also mentioned the former Iowa Hawkeyes that were sele...

In this episode Max and Avery get right into college bowl season discussing the Big 10 getting a 3-0 start in their bowl games with 6 more coming up including Iowa's game against Tennessee on New Years Day. They go through each Big 10 matchup as well as the College Football Playoff Games including the first two out (5) Florida State vs (6) Georgia. Next they go through each upcoming game in th...

In this episode Max and Avery talk about a broken NBA record along with the current standings as well as a couple of the college football bowl games that have been played by Big Ten teams. Most of the episode they discuss the results of the past week's NFL matchups. This includes in depth discussion about some big games such as Dolphins vs Cowboys and 49ers vs Ravens.

This week Max and Avery have a jam packed episode starting off with some basketball as the Iowa men's team defeats UMBC and Keegan Murray sets a Kings franchise record against the Jazz. Next they discuss the lawsuit by Florida State against the ACC as FSU fights to leave the conference. Then they get into the NFL debating whether or not games are scripted and if so who all is in the know. Fina...

Max and Avery go through a college football filled sports news segment as they talk about the recent comment from Kirk Ferentz on the offensive coordinator change at Iowa, the recent hire of a new head coach at North Dakota State (a former Iowa OL coach), and the number 1 high school recruiting flipping his commitment from Georgia to Nebraska. In the later half of the episode they discuss the resu...

This is the first episode of two episodes per week and Max and Avery kick it off with a sports news segment covering a lot of news in the NBA. Next they talk about all of the college football playoffs for division III, division II, and FCS. Lastly they end the episode discussing the playoff picture in the NFL and how they expect it to change after this week's matchups.

This week Max and Avery announce that they are going to be releasing two episodes per week now with episodes coming out around Tuesday/Wednesday and Friday/Saturday. They discuss the Heisman trophy winner before recapping the conference championship games in college football. They share their opinions on the controversy of the #4 spot belonging to Alabama or Florida State. Next they talk about the...