Matt on the Mic

Matt's cousin Drew, the biggest DC Comics fan around, joins the podcast for a much-anticipated spoilers-filled review of DC's "Black Adam," thoughts on James Gunn's placement atop the DCCU, and visions for future DC creations.

The Tomlinites reassemble to guess Week 10 NFL lines, promise money if this podcast gets cancelled, react to Chris's emoji reactions to Matt's Top 10 teams, and complain about Nick's color-coding on the big Guess the Lines spreadsheet. Producer: John "Juan" Suger

First, the difficulty in watching a game rooting for both teams and praise for the Irish and head coach Marcus Freeman. Then, a dissection of the state of Clemson football.

The wizards decreed Matt see Black Adam, so a quick, on-the-drive-home review of the newest addition to DC canon.

This week, we tackle the question of whether this is the end for the Brady Bucs, the plethora of Turdfest-potential games this week, a wild line out of Jacksonville, the under-the-radar Vikings, the no-love-from-Vegas-Giants, Sam Ehlinger getting the call for the Colts, Bills-Packers, and Matt reveals his top 10 NFL teams through Week 7. Producer: John "Juan"Suger

IaNBA (@goldsmii) comes back on to preview the NBA season, including conference rankings, conference finals, championship bubbles, awards, intriguing players, and bold predictions. Come for Ian's unapologetic leanings toward this Western Conference team--stay for sporadic Sixer bashing from the podcast's host.

After a week away, Vegas Juan and I battle with Week 7 Vegas lines before wrapping with baseball playoff chatter and World Series predictions. Producer: John "Juan" Suger

In honor of baseball's regular season concluding, doling out some end-of-season hardware. Also, an updated glance at NFL honors and a look ahead to NBA awards.

Matt and Juan talk about the idea of hope and who's team is bigger garbage at the present time. Then, they get to guessing this week's lines--including another overlooked trip to London, how much it would cost to watch this week's Turdfest Game, and Matt even drops some praise for Lamar. Producer: John "Juan" Suger

For the morning commute, some thoughts on Kenny Pickett's Steelers debut, the Steelers starting the season 1-3, and, of course, Mike Tomlin's status in Pittsburgh.

After an unexpected week off, Matt & Juan make a triumphant return to guess Vegas lines for Week 4. Producer: John "Juan" Suger

Matt's old college pals Juan, Nick, and Chris - a trio Matt dubbed "The Tomlinites" - join to discuss a couple of prominent NFL questions and the state of Clemson football in 2022, as well as operate under a bit the pals call "Cliche Coach's Corner." Producer: John "Juan" Suger

First, some thoughts on the new Amazon Thursday Night football experience and the new College Gameday team for ESPN. Then, a look ahead to intriguing college football this weekend and a preview of the Steelers-Patriots game.

Vegas Juan is back, eager to avenge his poor, abnormal Week 1 showing. Matt and Juan chat disheartening performances from their two teams, compare select quarterbacks to pork chops, and navigate some surprising Week 2 lines. Producer: John "Juan" Suger

A few thoughts on quarterback situations for Matt's teams, then Vegas Juan returns for the second official and first recorded season of us guessing NFL weekly spreads. Producer: John "Juan" Suger

The college football season is upon us. In honor of the new season, Matt ranks his top five Clemson Memorial Stadium memories, praises the other in-state team, puts on the record a few Heisman thoughts, and presents a final four prediction. Then, Matt's brother Dan joins to rehash Matt's old proposal for reshaping conferences. Follow along with the revised conferences at this link: https://tinyurl...

A quick assessment of hopes for the 2022 Steelers, then Matt and Brian take turns laying out our division predictions--each nitpicking the other's divisions. A little Herbert-MVP talk, some AFC West and Rams love, how to think about the Bucs and the AFC South, and the next big Rum Bet involving Trevor Lawrence and Mac Jones.

First, love for a show you would not expect. Then, the best book, movie, and show Matt consumed this summer. Finally, he ranks the top 5 albums from The Goo Goo Dolls.

First, a take on Marvel's relationship with Disney+. Then, Brian rejoins the pod for a deeper discussion on Thor: Love and Thunder (including spoilers), Marvel's Phase 4 and father on down the line, and best Marvel movie ideas going forward.

In this episode, old college pals Juan and Nick discuss NFL futures bets for the 2022 season. From receiving leaders, to comeback player of the year, to MVP, to hopes for the Vegas Raiders, to Nick's attempts to bring back the wildcat. Plus Juan brings Lamar to the forefront of the MVP conversation and Matt presents a spicy hot Panthers take that maybe, just possibly isn't so wild.

Each year, Matt ranks all NFL starting quarterbacks and puts them in self-categorized tiers based on a myriad of factors: who helps you best win a game right now, who would you rather have in the playoffs, who would you rather have long-term, what the player did last season and what we think he'll do this season, and, of course, personal biases. In this episode, Matt's brother joins to dissect thi...

Juan rejoins the pod to discuss his Carolina Panthers acquiring Baker Mayfield and the ramifications from the Carolina side of things. Then, some baseball All-Star game chatter a week out from the big game, including a jointly proposed tweak to the Home Run Derby. Finally, a Stranger Things debrief between two people, one of whom actually watches the show.

A quick, on-the-drive-home assessment of the latest entry to Marvel canon.

Money talks - The Warriors and Bucks reload, the Clippers take a flyer, the Sixers add experience, the Celtics get wildly better, and the Timberwolves push all their chips to the center of the table.

In this episode, Ian Goldsmith aka IaNBA (@goldsmii) joins to discuss the concept of greatness across the history of the NBA, Steph Curry's place among the greats, and favorite fake trades--including new homes for Malcolm Brogdon, Damian Lillard, Jayson Tatum, and 2X MVP Nikola Jokic.