January isn’t just the best time to break your newly made resolutions, it’s also a great time for following and watching football. The NFL playoffs begin this weekend and to help prepare for the games, I invited my old friend Brendan Gilfillan to join me in a series of podcasts. We’ll go through each NFL playoff game and talk through the most interesting characters, the basic plot of the game, who we want to win and who we think is going to win, and just for fun, we’ll share our favorite player names from each playoff team. I hope you enjoy it.
The NFL Wildcard Round
NFL Football — Sunday, January 4, 2015 — Cincinnati Bengals at Indianapolis Colts, 1:05 p.m. ET on CBS.
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton and wide receiver A.J. Green
Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck and wide receivers Reggie Wayne and T.Y. Hilton
A plot synopsis of the game
The players on both teams whose names we most envy and enjoy
Who we want to win and who we think is going to win
And much, much more!
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Sports is no fun if you don’t know what’s going on. Here’s what’s going on:
In today’s segment, I covered:
British Premier League Soccer – Stoke City at Manchester United, 7:45 a.m. ET on NBC Sports Network. — You know those total lunatics who wake up early in the morning on January First to go run a 5k or a 10k or dive into the freezing cold ocean? Well here’s a sports fan rejoinder to them. Get up equally early, get yourself some orange juice, and watch some soccer. After a slow start, Machester United is up to third place in the premier league and still charging to the top. I doubt stoke will provide too much of a challenge but you never know.
