The RJ Young Show
Summary: The RJ Young Show Podcast is a sports talk show where RJ talks mostly college football. RJ Young is an ESPN Radio host. He has been featured on CBS Sports Network's "Time to Schein" as a college football insider. He is a selection committee member for the Jim Thorpe Award, which is given to the nation's best defensive back annually. He won the 2018 Natural Light Beer grand prize for a YouTube video he made. He was featured in the 2019 Natural Light Beer Super Bowl commercial. He earned his master's degree in professional writing at the University of Oklahoma. His memoir LET IT BANG (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) was published in 2018.
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Podcasts:
RJ and Ron talk about Oklahoma v. Missouri State; the SEC's QB rooms; the ACC's QB rooms; the sleepers in the Big 12 and at-large and the on-going discussion around the Big Ten Conference.
I spoke with Michigan Wolverines football dad Martin Warren and the father of Darion Green-Warren about this wild Big Ten season that isn't.
On the RJ Young Show I spoke about the end of Jamie Newman and Georgia Bulldogs; Ed Orgeron's LSU in shambles; the Big Ten schedule that makes starting the season on Oct. 17; Barca, Messi and Alabama football and your questions.
RJ and his best friend Ron Taylor talked at-length about the Preseason power rankings. The spoke about coaches with the most to prove in the 2020 season, the emergence of Jamal Murray and Donovan Mitchell in the Bubble NBA playoffs and the legacy of former Georgetown Hoyas coach John Thompson.
I signed a deal with ESPN that will see me on ESPN on Radio on Saturday, August 29, talking sports on national sports talk radio. Plus, college football and Rhiannon Walker talking about Washington NFL Football and Jason Wright.
Let's talk about Howard University chasing the No. 1 player in the country in SDE Korey Foreman; Oklahoma's COVID-19 cluster; UNC football.
I wanted to talk about TV networks drafting college football games, College Football Playoff sleepers and five-star running back Camar Wheaton's top three.
The 2020 College Football Playoff national champ is debatable. That means the AP Top 25 is especially useless. I also spoke with Brandon Sneed about his forthcoming biography about Lincoln Riley "Sooner."
I had some things to say about Ohio State and Michigan fans who want fall football; five-star QB Caleb Williams' Sooner Summit; 5-star OT Tristan Leigh's planned visit to Oklahoma; a movement to rename MLB MVPs after Josh Gibson; and my review of Jordan Peele's "Lovecraft Country."
I had Steven Ngati from Fanatic Perspective on to talk about college football.
Katy and I discussed Colson Whitehead's "Nickel Boys" backdropped against contemporary current events in the U.S.
The Big Ten and Pac-12 said there will be no football for them this fall, and that's got folks all in their feelings.
I spoke with Ohio State commit and 2021 four-star corner back Jordan Hancock just 24 hours before his commitment. I also spoke with Hero Sports Senior Writer Sam Herder about Oregon v. North Dakota State being called off, NDSU QB Trey Lance and the future of FCS football programs around the country.
The cost of college football in 2020 is going to be borne by its most underprivileged players. SUBSCRIBE TO EXTRA POINTS: https://extrapoints.substack.com/
The Old Guard was a fascinating look into narrative as death fights death. I spoke with my girlfriend Laurel about the movie after we watched it on Netflix. We recommend it.
