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In this episode Ted and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of sports topics:
- Tony Romo hatred (that escalated quickly)
- Which theologian would Andy Reid and Nick Siriani be?
- Who is the coolest white dude in sports and why is it Christian McCaffery?
- QB movement fits and predictions
- Manning fatigue
- Super Bowl predictions
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In this episode Ted and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of sports topics:
1. Appreciating Mike Leach the coach and the man
2. Sports deaths that affected us
3. The surprise of enjoying World Cup Soccer
4. Losing sports perspective as a fan and as a paren
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In this episode Ted and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of sports topics:
1. The best raspy coaching voices
2. Is the NFL Product good?
3. Playing a game: Are they good?
4. Recent favorite sports books
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In this episode Ted and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of sports topics:
1. How the NBA is the new WWF (and is that ruining the game??)
2. How Rich people are taking over normal people sports
3. NFL Rookies we are excited to watch
4. NFL player who will fall off a cliff this year
5. High ceiling/low floor NFL players
In this episode of the Happy Rant Sports Podcast Ted and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of sports topics:
1. Which baseball teams are particularly likable (and unlikable)?
2. Late career breakout players
3. Can an NFL team win with an old, cheap Quarterback?
4. Various rebuilding strategies in football
5. NFL team predictions--the terrible, the frisky, and the Super Bowl
6. Training camp fights and stories
In this episode Ted and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of sports topics:
1. Kyler Murray's hilarious contract clause
2. Enjoying different QB paradigms
3. New NFL alternate uniforms: the good, the bad, and the ugly
4. MLB city connect uniforms
5. Is Nike ruining sports?
In this episode of the Happy Rant Sports podcast Ted and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics:
1. Things we're enjoying in sports. things that give us hope and happiness during the summer doldrums
2. Do we care about the Steph Curry phenomenon?
3. The NBA season feels interminable, so which games really matter?
4. The Athlete Action Draft - picking which particular athlete actions we enjoy most
In this episode of the Happy Rant Sports podcast Ted and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics:
1. How Barnabas grew up a Minnesota sports fan and developed his love for those teams
2. How Ted found his favorite teams and became a fan
3. Favorite childhood athletes
4. Favorite stadium and game experiences over the years
In this episode of Happy Rant Sports Ted and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics:
1. Helping an NFL fan find a new team to root for
2. Discussing the good, the bad NFL draft picks
3. Ted's favorite offensive linemen in the draft
4. Teams in QB purgatory
5. Teams that fan should definitely NOT root for
In this episode of Happy Rant Sports Ted and Barnabas Wander to and fro through a variety of topics:
1. Who are our favorite broadcasters (old school vs. current, national vs. local)
2. Baseball aesthetics (Which players look the coolest? Cool pitching deliveries)
3. Timberwolves vs. Grizzlies playoff talk
In this episode of Happy Rant Sports Ted and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics:
- The Madden and analytics effects on NFL GMs
- What are the Browns offensive prospects?
- Making peace with Kirk Cousins
- Where are all the coaches with personalities?
- Big wide receiver moves
- March Madness boredom
In this episode of the Happy Rant Sports Podcast Ted and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of sports topics, particularly QB movement. We recorded this before the Deshaun Watson trade Russell Wilson trade Carson Wentz trade SO MANY middling QBs What will the Colts do? Other trades that should've happened Visit https://thehappyrant.com/the-live-show/ to get your tickets to our upcoming live show.
In this episode of The Happy Rant Sports Podcast Ted and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of sports topics: Why we love to annoint the next great athletes QB worship Team structure and good team building in the NFL GM hires and NFL coaching searches Giving old coaches more chances
In this episode of the Happy Rant Sports podcast Ted and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of sports topics: Relishing old NFL uniforms Relishing old school NFL safeties The Minshew Experiment: Would a team be better or worse if they swapped their current QB for Gardner Minshew? Man in the Arena and why current super star athletes aren't interesting Covid turning the NBA upside down Hypocrisy of player safety in football
In this episode of the Happy Rant Sports Podcast Ted and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of sports topics: Ted's alumni football game The base instincts of sports and competition (and how they bring out the worst in us) Disappointing fantasy football teams - the best and worse of this year NFL Uniforms: the good, the bad, and the really ugly The Ben Simmons situation and player empowerment NBA team chemistry That one friend who wants to realign college football
In this episode of the Happy Rant Sports Podcast Ted and Barnabas wander to and fro through the following topics: Hot takes on bad teams The future of old veterans NFL predictions (Rookie of the year, Super Bowl, Etc.)
In this episode of the Happy Rant Sports Podcast Ted and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics: Over coverage of sports Little league World Series fandom Fantasy football keepers QB development and offensive schemes Preseason football thoughts
In this episode of The Happy Rant Sports Podcast Ted and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of sports topics: Shohei Ohtani is so fun Specialization is hurting sports Thoughts on Tim Tebow's return Baseball's terrible marketing Who cares about the Brooklyn Nets? Are there any likable players any more?
In this episode of The Happy Rant Sports podcast Ted and Barnabas do what they always do and wander to and fro through a variety of sports topics: Drafts we loved Dumb teams doing smart things (Jets, Lions, Bears, etc.) The Raiders are still dumb The Packers and Aaron Rodgers situation
In this episode of the Happy Rant Sports Podcast Ted and Barnabas do what they always do and wander to and fro through a variety off sports topics: Mariners rebuilding Are draft picks over valued? The NFL salary cap is pretend MLB who look coolest in their uniforms A new favorite fat baseball player Further QB moves in the NFL
In this episode of the Happy Rant Sports Podcast Ted and Barnabas do what they always do and wander to and fro through a variety of sports topics: NFL Free agent signings by division Belichick and receivers The Jets are . . .sensible? The Raiders are . . .dumb Washington is . . .sneaky
In this episode of the Happy Rant Sports podcast Ted and Barnabas talk NBA and the Super Bowl: Our All-NBA Corpse team (players who are still going, but not really) Our favorite bad NBA team of all time Super Bowl prediction
In this episode of the Happy Rant Sports podcast Ted and Barnabas wander to and from through a handful of sports topics: Bad NFL predictions, particularly about the Bills, Justin Herbert, and more The Allen Iverson of the NFL Dream team rebuilds Nightmare team rebuilds Deshaun Watson's future
In this episode of The Happy Rant Sports podcast Ted and Barnabas wander to and fro through the following sports topics: We predict where different QBs will play next year We bemoan the utter lack of playmakers in New England We lay to rest the career of Cam Newton We discuss what we're looking forward to for our favorite baseball teams in 2021.
In this episode of the Happy Rant Sports podcast Ted and Barnabas discuss a variety of topics, mostly pertaining to sports: True Nashville guys Boring NBA finals The Jets are putrid Great classic uniforms Landing spots for struggling QBs
In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted and Barnabas do what they always do and wander to and fro through various sports topics, particularly the NFL: The TV presentation of COVID football How PR dictates sports Week 1 takeaways Is Saquon Barkley actually good? (EDITOR'S NOTE: This was recorded prior to his injury) The Washington Football Team Mediocre QBS Young Tackles
In this episode of the Happy Rant Sports Podcast Ted and Barnabas do what they always do and wander to and fro through various sports topics. This time, they're all topics submitted by listeners. Why does we hate the Titans? Best broadcasters and calls? John Piper's playing style Moneyball reformed guys Best sporting events we've watched Best sporting event we've played in New MLB rules - keep or ditch?
In this episode of The Happy Rant Sports Podcast Ted and Barnabas break down the following: Our optimism (or lack thereof) about the baseball season The 1993 home run derby featuring awesome names, awesome hair, awesome biceps, and more. Do we need steroids to save baseball again? What we would bring back from the early 90s for baseball
In this episode of the Happy Rant Sports Episode Ted and Barnabas discuss a variety of topics: Panning the Packers' draft The Last Dance 90s Sports hate mail Jerry Krause's success Pathological competitiveness Manhood and Pride Different Leadership Styles over the years
In this episode of the Happy Rant Sports Podcast Ted and Barnabas talk all things NFL Draft: The Tua risk QB projections and busts Players we're excited to watch Who should the Vikings take? Players who've been called busts but aren't Positionless football Favorite sleepers
In this episode of The Happy Rant Sports podcast Ted and Barnabas revisit their love of 1990s basketball and break down the 1990 dunk contest. They discuss the following: First favorite teams Weird 90s guys we have an affinity for The awesomeness of the 1990 dunk contest (except the judges sucked then too) - Contestants were Kenny Battle, Rex Chapman, Scotty Pippen, Billy Thompson, Kenny Smith, Kenny Walker, Shawn Kemp, and Dominique Wilkins Watch the contest here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zicvJ9enzgc
In this episode of The Happy Rant Ted and Barnabas do what they've never done on the sports podcast: they break down game film on the 1998 Thanksgiving Day game between the Vikings and Cowboys. Don't worry, it's a condensed game film (15 minutes or so) and you can watch along with them here: https://youtu.be/7ZZ8tcExQTA They discuss: Robert Smith's underrated awesomeness Randall Cunningham's comeback Randy Moss's freakishness Offensive line love Barbed wire tattoos Robert Griffith, Darren Woodson, and other Safeties who could never play today
In this episode of The Happy Rant Sports podcast Ted and Barnabas discuss NFL player movement and the GMs who dictate it: Tom Brady's Move to Tampa - how we feel about it and how well it will work Cam Newton's future possibilities (including one Barnabas REALLY likes) Bridgewater, Rivers, Foles, Cousins and other QB moves Big WR trades, including one by the NFL's dumbest GM Ted likes the Raiders moves Ted hates the Lions moves Offensive line crushes
In this episode of The Happy Rant Sports podcast Ted and Barnabas bemoan what Coronavirus has done to sports. The most 20th century end of society imaginable with hot takes and a total lack of unity The NBA is done, baseball is done, March Madness is done - all sports are canceled Why this sucks and why we love sports so much, especially when life is hard Will this unify or divide us? Blaming everyone for everything Taking away the things we love to do with our kids Save us, CFL!
In this episode of the Happy Rant Sports Episode Ted and Barnabas suss out the following sports topics: The most nondescript franchises The Tom Brady sweepstakes The alpha dynamic in the clubhouse One franchise guys The sports personas of the three Happy Rant hosts
In this episode of The Happy Rant Sports podcast Ted and Barnabas talk NFL and MLB as we head toward the Super Bowl. Patrick Mahomes is bonkers CFL excitement The future of Ryan Tannehill and the Titans Breaking down the Super Bowl matchup Andy Reid's legacy Cheating Astros and Red Sox How should a Christian player respond to cheating?
In this episode of the Happy Rant Sports Podcast Ted and Barnabas suss out all sorts of NFL topics: Enjoying fandom through the eyes and experiences of kids Pats fan disappointment Titans success (and a very wrong prediction) Vikings QBs through the ages Is Aaron Rogers at the end of the line? Some NFL coaching changes
In this Happy Rant Sports Podcast Ted and Barnabas break down the following: How we feel about Andrew Luck's surprising retirement The outlook for the Colts Where Antonio Brown ranks among the all time WR diva idiots Our favorite Fantasy Football keeper values MLB's Players Weekend uniforms
In this Happy Rant Sports episode Ted and Barnabas break down Ted's recent visit to a Patriots/Titans preseason game and do a draft of their favorite and least favorite things from this MLB season including: Unwritten rules MLB.com commercials Mid Century body styles Unorthodox swings SO MUCH MORE
In this episode of The Happy Rant Sports podcast Ted and Barnabas preview the NFL season by comparing teams from each division to 90s hip hop and R&B tracks or artists. They determine the over rated, the under rated, the strong, the hyped, and more. Milli Vanilli Vanilla Ice Boyz 2 Men Outkast SWV (Sisters with Voices)
In this episode of The Happy Rant Sports Podcast Ted and Barnabas review the NBA off season by comparing NBA teams to Quentin Tarantino movies. Which team is the disappointing Hateful 8? Which team has the consistency and deep roster of Resevoir Dogs? Which team is the overrated, overly popular Pulp Fiction? Which team has the exceptional star performances of Django Unchained?
In this episode of the Happy Rant Sports podcast Ted and Barnabas discuss the following topics: Sports and college students and crazy self-evaluations Professors are really Olympic judges The 76ers future and dysfunction Do we hate the Warriors? Should we hate them? Mariners' hot start and massive drop off Fat baseball players
In this episode of The Happy Rant Sports Podcast Ted and Barnabas take on the NFL draft and discuss the following: ESPN's weirdo presentation of Nashville Best/Worst draft talking heads Daniel Jones: what the heck? Sleeper QBs Vikings Draft Patriots Draft Oakland Draft
In this episode of The Happy Rant Sports podcast Ted and Barnabas discuss the following topics after a looooong hiatus: Ted's experience at an AAFL game with his sons Johnny Manziel is back Why we love Johnny more than Tebow NFL trades and signings MLB season preview for our favorite teams Rasheed Wallace as a high school coach
In this episode of The Happy Rant Sports podcast Ted and Barnabas break down the following sports topics: Are we better at podcasting than Tony Romo is at football announcing? Colin Kaepernick, MLK, and the NFL Super Bowl commercials Super Bowl halftime show The future of Rob Gronkowski, on and off the field NFL without Brady and Belichick - better or worse? Lebron the crime boss Early NBA trades
In this episode of The Happy Rant Sports Ted and Barnabas discuss a wide and varied array of topics including: Harry Connick Jr.'s letter to Roger Goodell about referees National Anthem renditions by Jimmy Buffett and Melissa Etheridge Which Christian Artists should sing the Anthem when we own a team? A Super Bowl preview NBA Alternate Uniforms Predicting the future of Kevin Durant and Boogie Cousins Book Recommendation
In this episode of the Happy Rant Sports Podcast Ted and Barnabas discuss the following: The future of Trevor Lawrence both personally and professionally Recapping the NCAA Championship game between Clemson and Alabama Raising famous rich people as parents Why are all of today's QBs robotic and boring? An overview of the coaching changes in the NFL Sports book recommendation
In this episode of The Happy Rant Sports podcast Ted and Barnabas discuss the following: How is Ted responding to the Mariner's first busy offseason since adopting them as his team? Which fan base is most annoying? Did the Raiders actually win their weird trades earlier this season? A book recommendation
In this episode of the Happy Rant Sports podcast Ted and Barnabas discuss the following: Creed 2: Good, bad or meh? The Rocky Franchise Memorable games from our past The underappreciated Mike Conley Football parity and coaching
In this episode of The Happy Rant Sports podcast Ted and Barnabas discuss the following: Ted really, really hates fantasy football and can't understand why anyone would play it. The terrible, horrible, no good, very bad NFL predictions we made pre-season The decline of NFL Monday Night Football announcers Sports Book Recommendations
In this episode of the Happy Rant Sports podcast Ted and Barnabas bring a fresh take on NBA breakdowns and discuss a few other things too: Jimmy Butler and Tom Thibodeau being the biggest and most unlikely divas in the NBA Drew Brees breaking the NFL passing yardage record and his place in history Comparing NBA teams to Hollywood - A-list stars, directors, studios, and franchises
In this episode of The Happy Rant Sports Podcast Ted Kluck, Barnabas Piper, a guest host discuss the following: Ridiculous trades in fantasy football The Manziel Minute Sean McVay is a genius. Dumb Titans Thing Update: The Rishard Matthews edition Jimmy Butler vs. Tom Thibodeau: the predictable war NBA Coaching Culture
In this episode of The Happy Rant Sports podcast Ted and Barnabas discuss the following topics in and around sports: The Big 3 - a league of former NBA and college stars Nike's decision to feature Colin Kaepernick in an advertisement campaign and all the controversy that has brought about The slide of NFL announcers, especially on Monday Night Football Being a baseball fan when your team sucks
In this episode of the Happy Rant Sports Podcast Ted and Barnabas tackle all things football, including the following topics: Barnabas's Titans game experience INCLUDING Fierce unicorns Muscled Up Soldiers Faux Garth Brooks Lusty eleven year olds Titan Up The Manziel Minute Settling on Barnabas's fantasy team name Our fantasy football draft recap (even though none of you care at all) Barry Sanders' Heisman season was INSANE Book recommendation
In this episode of the Happy Rant Sports Podcast Ted and Barnabas go all in on football. Manziel Minute Preparing for the fantasy football season as Ted comes out of retirement Fantasy football team names How we became fans of our respective favorite teams Book recommendation
In this Episode of Happy Rant Sports Ted and Barnabas suss out and rant about the following: Johnny Manziel's inauspicious - ok, horrific - first start in the CFL Andrew Sendejo's "Make Football Violent Again" hat NFL Award predictions (of awards we mostly made up)
In this episode of The Happy Rant Sports podcast Ted and Barnabas tackle the following: Johnny Manziel was traded to to the Montreal Alouettes and looks like he'll get a chance to start! NFL Training Camp story lines and predictions The madness of NBA free agency, especially Lebron James and Kawhi Leonard
In this episode of The Happy Rant Sports Ted and Barnabas discuss all sorts of sports stuff including: Baseball lifers, especially Doug Drabek and the Jackson Generals Cranky old man responses to ballpark shenanigans Judd Apatow's 86 Mets 30 for 30 (and Apatow in general) NBA Draft recap
In this episode of The Happy Rant Sports Podcast Ted and Barnabas hit on all the essentials this week: Now that Ted has adopted a new MLB team they give a Mariners update. The Manziel Minute Players who they wish they could have seen more of because they retired too early due to injury or some other reason
In this episode of Happy Rant Sports Ted and Barnabas suss out the following: Ted listens to a series of excellent pitches from listeners for which MLB team he should adopt including team history, team uniform, team failure, and more. Ted adopts an MLB team as his own. The NFLs National Anthem Policy Why should we care about these NBA finals?
In this episode of Happy Rant Sports Ted and Barnabas put on their aesthete harts and choose the best uniforms of all time. From defunct football leagues to 80's baseball to WAY off the beaten path they choose the best looks in sports.
In this episode of Happy Rant Sports Ted and Barnabas recap round 1 of the NFL Draft including: QB landing places Best picks Worst picks Sneaky good picks Best remaining players
In this episode of The Happy Rant Sports Podcast Ted and Barnabas prepare for the upcoming NFL Draft and answer the following questions: Is Josh Allen a Ponzi scheme? Does Josh Rosen's Country Club Millennial-ness scare you?? Best player on your draft board Favorite all-time draft picks from our favorite childhood teams
In this episode of Happy Rant Sports Ted and Barnabas dig into the following scintillating sports topics: NBA Awards (mostly made up fun ones Ted came up with) NBA playoff predictions and what we'd like to see happen Discussing baseball's asinine unwritten rules
In this episode of Happy Rant Sports Ted and Barnabas take one two of the most popular phenomena of the season: The immense popularity of March Madness (and our disinterest) NFL Free Agency - key early signings, the QB market, our favorite signings, and more A deep affection for fullbacks
In this episode of Happy Rant Sports Ted and Barnabas discuss the following: Our favorite weird NBA free throw shooting motions and tics Why 90s basketball players were so much cooler (or dorkier) than today Sports venues and events we would love to attend
In this episode of Happy Rant Sports Ted and Barnabas discuss the following from the wide world of sports: NBA Trades - who came out better, who came out worse, and so forth Fixing the NFL's dumbest rules Which obscure, non-star players are our all-time favorites from various sports?
In this episode of Happy Rant Sports Ted and Barnabas hone in on the Super Bowl, but not the game itself (since this was recorded before) but on the trappings and history of the game. And they get into other sporty stuff too. Why are conservative churches so weird about the Super Bowl? What are our favorite Super Bowl Moments? How miserable must Blake Griffin be after that trade? A book recommendation
In this episode of Happy Rant Sports Ted and Barnabas dig into the following sports topics. Ted plays "Blake Bortles Apologist" in which he tries to defend the Jaguar's QB and compares him to other current QBs The Vikings INSANE win over the New Orleans Saints and Barnabas's roller coaster ride as a Vikings fan A brief preview of the NFC and AFC Championship games Recommended books on NBA basketball
In the inaugural episode of HAPPY RANT SPORTS Ted Kluck and Barnabas Piper discuss the following. What is the correlation between strong QB names and being a strong QB? What QB prospects have the best names this year? (hint: nobody named "Josh") Why is everyone sleeping on Lamar Jackson? NFL Playoffs