Amen Corner: Previewing the 2020 Masters
2020 has brought about the most unique sports calendar ever. We’ve seen an NBA Bubble, a shortened and wildly changing college football season, and an NFL campaign that is constantly adjusting to our current situation. There’s also been a fan-less PGA Tour restart that leads to the strangest of looks–a November edition of The Masters. […]
Today is My Least Favorite Day Ever
When difficult things have happened that I’ve struggled to comprehend, I’ve written about them. I wrote about both the passing of Commissioner Mike Slive, my dear friend, and of Kobe Bryant. Today, I write about me. Today, I write about my team. As I’ve mentioned over the years, I’m one of the radio guys for […]
Gray’s 2019 Oscar Movie Reviews
Ladies and gentlemen, sound the alarms. Start “Thunderstruck.” Get excited, because it’s time for my yearly reviews of Oscar-worthy movies. Your friends at Random Rankings HQ (from The Hangover, a fantastic football column if you haven’t read it) and I have watched hundreds of hours of film in preparation for this day, and we still […]
Value Every Second: Sunday’s Startling Realization
The tragedy of today reminds us that we never really know what’s in store for our lives. I’d just sat down with a stupid smile on my face when I felt my phone buzzing. Inside Coleman Coliseum, with the band playing and the crowd filing in for a women’s basketball game between Alabama and Vanderbilt, […]
The Hangover, Postseason Edition: LSU Wins the Title in Most Impressive Football Season Ever
Welcome to the fifteenth and final edition of junior year The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where I stayed home and watched LSU dominate Clemson in the CFP National Championship. Let’s break it down, football fans. With 10:36 left on the clock […]
The Hangover, Week 16: Red, White, and Navy
Welcome to the fourteenth edition for the junior season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes to you from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where I watched the 120th playing of America’s Game between Army and Navy. After that, Joe Burrow the Heisman in a complete plot twist […]
The Hangover, Week 14: Playoff Scenario Central
Welcome to the thirteenth edition for the junior season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes to you from Auburn, Alabama, where I watched the 84th Iron Bowl once again come down to a field goal. There is a ton to parse through from this […]
The Hangover, Week 13: The Race for Number Four Intensifies
Welcome to the twelfth edition for the junior season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes to you from Athens, Georgia, where I watched the Bulldogs once again struggle to move the ball offensively in a 19-13 win over Texas A&M. There is a ton […]
The Hangover, Week 12: An Ode to a Fallen Legend
Welcome to the eleventh edition for the junior season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes to you from Auburn, Alabama, where I watched the Tigers almost come back from a 21-point fourth quarter deficit. There is a ton to parse through from this past […]
The Hangover, Week 11: LSU-Alabama Changes Everything
Welcome to the tenth edition for the junior season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes to you from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where I stood on the sidelines and watched as “The Game of the Century” proved to be just that. There is a ton to […]
The Hangover, Week 10: Get Ready for the Game of the Century
Welcome to the ninth edition for the junior season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes to you from Jacksonville, Florida, where I saw Georgia finally start looking like the team I thought would make the college football playoff. There is a ton to parse […]
Gray’s Guarantees, Week Ten
It’s time to take a long look in the mirror. The last two weeks, we have finished one game below .500. Last week’s effort again provided some good and some bad. On the positive side, we nailed Michigan against the spread and correctly predicted Kansas State to cover. On the negative, we were just 1-3 […]
The Hangover, Week 9: Winners and Losers from Kansas State’s Upset
Welcome to the eighth edition for the junior season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes to you from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where I saw LSU get by Auburn despite plenty of sloppy play. There is a ton to parse through from this past weekend, […]
Gray’s Guarantees, Week Nine
Last week, we had a lot of good and a lot of bad. On the positive side, the double-duty in Starkville both hit, with LSU covering and the under securing with ease. On the negative side, big favorites Wisconsin (-31) and Missouri (-21) both lost outright. Picking Missouri went against my philosophy of betting against […]
The Hangover, Week 8: Tua Injury Watch 2019 is Here
Welcome to the seventh edition for the junior season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes to you from Starkville, Mississippi, and Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where I first saw LSU whoop up on Mississippi State and then drove back to Bryant-Denny to catch the final three […]
Gray’s Guarantees, Week Eight
There’s a reason it’s called gambling, folks. Last week, we had some super close calls. LSU stopped Florida on fourth and goal to cover (we had Florida), Missouri missed two extra points to only win by eleven (the spread was twelve), and Notre Dame blew a 20-3 lead in the third quarter to give USC […]
The Hangover, Week 7: The Full List of Teams with a CFP Chance
Welcome to the sixth edition for the junior season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes to you from College Station, Texas, and Birmingham, Alabama, where I watched Alabama blow past Texas A&M and then came home to handle some medical issues (which is why […]
Gray’s Guarantees, Week Seven
Folks, I have a confession to make–I had a great time last weekend placing bets on college football games at a casino in Biloxi, Mississippi. As I said in this week’s edition of The Hangover, it was my first time doing so and I thought it went pretty well. In fact, it went so well […]
The Hangover, Week 6: Where Does Florida Belong?
Welcome to the fifth edition for the junior season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes to you from Biloxi, Mississippi, where I took the weekend off for a senior trip with some friends. I also did sports betting for the first time ever and […]
The Hangover, Week 4: Michigan has a Harbaugh Problem
Welcome to the fourth edition for the junior season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes to you from Athens, Georgia, where I watched the Bulldogs squeak by Notre Dame 23-17 in what turned out to be a great game. It was a fun weekend […]
The Hangover, Week 3: A League of Their Own
Welcome to the third edition for the junior season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes to you from Columbia, South Carolina, where I watched Tua absolutely shred the Gamecocks’ defense on Saturday. It was a weekend without any ranked match-ups, so that means lots […]
The Hangover, Week 2: LSU is Scary Now
Welcome to the second edition for the junior season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes to you from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where I went to my first and last game of the season in Bryant-Denny Stadium as a fan. Work starts next weekend, so I […]
The Hangover, Week 1: That Throw-Up Orange
Welcome to the first edition for the junior season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes to you from Lake Martin, Alabama, where I’ve been relaxing and watching football all weekend long. No work for me to open this season, so I got to actually […]
The Hangover, Preseason Edition: Happy 150th, College Football
Welcome to the preseason edition for the junior season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football or, in this case, get you ready for the upcoming season. This week, The Hangover comes to you from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where I have been prepping for my SEC Network Plus broadcast on Thursday. […]
The Buzzer-Beater, Second Edition: February Blues
Welcome to the second edition of the sophomore year of The Buzzer-Beater, my weekly Monday column about college basketball and what’s going on around the country. This past weekend, I was in Tucson, Arizona, broadcasting Alabama softball. The Crimson Tide beat ninth-ranked Arizona on Saturday night and now sits at 10-0 overall after the first […]
The Buzzer-Beater, First Edition: Kentucky is the Real Deal
Welcome to the first edition of the sophomore year of The Buzzer-Beater, my weekly Monday column about college basketball and what’s going on around the country. This past weekend, I was in Tuscaloosa spending some time with friends before I hit the road broadcasting Alabama softball until May. It was my last weekend without any […]
The Hangover, Postseason Edition: Clemson Dominates, Bama Searches for Answers
Welcome to the fourteenth and final edition of sophomore year The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes from Santa Clara, California, where I watched my team get…dominated. Let’s break it down. With 8:26 to go in the 3rd Quarter, Savion Smith fell down. Something happened to his ankle and he hit the deck, leaving Clemson wide receiver Justyn […]
The Hangover, Post-Bowl Season Edition: Familiarity isn’t Always Bad
Happy New Year! Welcome to the thirteenth edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football or, in this case, bowl season. This week, The Hangover comes to you from Birmingham, Alabama. I just returned home after a five-day trek across the nation to see two fun bowl games. First, I was in Miami, where I watched Alabama suffocate Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl. Then, I traveled to El Paso, Texas, for the Sun Bowl, where Stanford outlasted Pittsburgh in a tough game. A ton has happened over the last few weeks of bowl games, so let’s break it all down. Clemson and Alabama will meet again in the National Championship, and I think it’s awesome. […]
2018 Jared Birmingham Bowl Preview
Memphis Tigers (8-5) vs. Wake Forest Demon Deacons (6-6) The 13th annual Birmingham Bowl (with first-year title sponsor Jared) will take place Saturday at 11 a.m. CT at historic Legion Field in downtown Birmingham, Alabama. Dave Neal, DJ Shockley, and Dawn Davenport will be in the booth for ESPN broadcasting the game. Memphis enters the […]
The Hangover, Last Call: How Will We Remember Urban Meyer at Ohio State?
The writing was on the wall. Ever since this season started, all signs have pointed to this decision by Urban Meyer. When the Zach Smith scandal dropped into college football over the summer, many felt like Urban Meyer should’ve lost his job. After a disastrous press conference that at best felt tone-deaf, Meyer was only […]
The Hangover, Week 14: Who’s In?
Welcome to the twelfth edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes to you from Atlanta, Georgia, where I witnessed maybe the best football game of the season and, yet, the second best meeting of the calendar year between Georgia and […]
The Hangover, Week 13: Let’s Talk Playoff Scenarios
Welcome to the eleventh edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes to you from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where I witnessed Tua Tagovailoa and the Crimson Tide finish what is arguably the best regular season run in college football history against Auburn. […]
The Hangover, Week 12: Maybe UCF Does Belong
Welcome to the tenth edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes to you from Knoxville, Tennessee, where I witnessed Drew Lock and Missouri blast the Tennessee Volunteers into oblivion. On Survive Saturday, most every top team stayed above the upset […]
The Hangover, Week 11: Waiting for Chaos
Welcome to the ninth edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. After an off week in preparation for a broadcast, The Hangover comes to you from Woodberry Forest, Virginia, where I called the 118th consecutive playing of The Game between Woodberry Forest and Episcopal. Congrats […]
The Hangover, Week 9: All Eyes on the SEC
Welcome to the eighth edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes from Jacksonville, Florida, where Georgia returned to looking like a title contender after a takedown against the Florida Gators. Jake Fromm showed a lot of moxie, although I still […]
The Hangover, Week 8: Meyer’d in Uncertainty
Welcome to the seventh edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes from Knoxville, Tennessee, where Tua Tagovailoa and the vaunted Alabama offense continued to produce video game numbers. Watching Alabama work on the road was impressive, because Neyland Stadium was […]
The Hangover, Week 7: Could It Really Be That Easy?
Welcome to the sixth edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where “Dixieland Delight” made its triumphant return in Bryant-Denny Stadium. I’ll be talking about that experience on my show this Wednesday, but here’s a video of […]
The Hangover, Week 5: A Quick Word About Kentucky
Welcome to the fifth edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes from Athens, Georgia, home to a fantastic bar scene and a pretty good football team too. The Bulldogs looked a little sluggish against Tennessee, but Kirby Smart’s squad kept […]
The Hangover, Week 4: Getting a Sense of What We Know
Welcome to the fourth edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where I finally took a weekend off work to see my Crimson Tide dominate Texas A&M. Nick Saban has his team rolling, and I’m not sure […]
SEC Releases 2019 Football Schedules
In the never-ending quest to help the American public make plans well in advance, the SEC released the 2019 football schedules on Tuesday. The SEC has committed to at least one conference game every weekend, which is nice for fans. There are lots of juicy match-ups across the board, so let’s dive into some reactions […]
The Hangover, Week 3: The Picture is Taking Shape
Welcome to the third edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes from Auburn, Alabama (gross), where I watched the LSU Tiguhs (Shout-out Coach O) roll into Jordan-Hare and upset a second top ten team this season. A lot of things happened […]
The Hangover, Week 2: Good Things are Ahead for Texas A&M
Welcome to the second edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes from Columbia, South Carolina, where I watched Georgia come in and slaughter the Gamecocks in front of a hostile crowd. I still feel really good about my national championship pick […]
The Hangover, Week 1: Let’s Take Some Temperatures
Welcome to the first edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes from Charlotte, North Carolina, where I spent Friday and Saturday working and soaking up college football. I watched West Virginia beat Tennessee 40-14 in the Queen City, and I must […]
The Hangover, Preseason Edition: We Need Football More Than Ever
Welcome to the preseason edition for the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football or, in this case, get you ready for the upcoming season. This week, The Hangover comes to you from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where I have been prepping for my SEC Network Plus debut on Friday. […]
Campus Cover 030: Softball Super Regionals with Gray Robertson
The Campus Cover (@TheCampusCover) is a Student Union Sports podcast featuring Cody Goggin (@CodyGoggin) and PJ Guippone (@pjguip1) primarily focusing on college sports gambling and pure nonsense. Gray Robertson, Alabama softball color commentator and fellow Student Union Sports contributor joins PJ and Cody on a new episode of the cover to discuss the upcoming NCAA […]
“Happy Holidays, Commissioner”
This past December, I delivered Commissioner Mike Slive and his wife Liz their annual mason jar of cheese potato soup. The delivery is a tradition that we’ve been doing since who knows how long, and I always love being the middle man in this particular task because it gives me a chance to catch up […]
The Buzzer-Beater, Sixth Edition: Goodbye, College Basketball
Welcome to the sixth edition of The Buzzer-Beater, my weekly column about college basketball and what’s going on around the country. This week’s column comes to you from San Antonio, TX, where I just watched Villanova win its second national championship in three years. In my 21 years of life, the Wildcats may be the best team I’ve […]
Dear Joey Freshwater: Volume VI
We’re back, folks! After a few weeks on the job for me and a few weeks of off-the-grid redneck shenanigans for Joey, we’ve returned to give you an Easter edition of the best question and answer column in America. Joey has a lot to catch up on, and we had a lot of great questions come […]
The Buzzer-Beater, Fifth Edition: It’s Tournament Time
Welcome to the fifth edition of The Buzzer-Beater, my weekly Monday column about college basketball and what’s going on around the country. This week’s column comes to you from Birmingham, AL, where I’ve been taking some time off after a long week working the SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament in St. Louis. That’s why there wasn’t a column […]
The Buzzer-Beater, Fourth Edition: Oh, Hai Mark (Emmert)
Welcome to the fourth edition of The Buzzer-Beater, my weekly Monday column about college basketball and what’s going on around the country. This week’s column comes to you from Tuscaloosa, where rain made this weekend’s Easton Bama Bash one of the longer couple of days of my life. Major props to Alabama softball, who split two meetings against […]
Dear Joey Freshwater: Volume V
We’re back on-time! This week, I’m in Tuscaloosa for the Easton Bama Bash against Florida State, Georgia State, and Northern Iowa. Joey is back too after a “damn refreshing” vacation to Dublin, Georgia. Joey wouldn’t fill me in on his trip details (“You had to be there,” he said), but he did claim that it was one […]
The Buzzer-Beater, Third Edition: Who Do You Trust?
Welcome to the third edition of The Buzzer-Beater, my weekly Monday column about college basketball and what’s going on around the country. This week’s column comes to you from beautiful Hattiesburg, Mississippi. I was here calling softball, and the Alabama Crimson Tide had a nice 3-1 and showing here for the Black and Gold Invitational, with the […]
Dear Joey Freshwater: Volume IV
Another late week, for which we apologize. I’m in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, for Alabama softball’s appearance in the Black and Gold Tournament at Southern Miss. My travels did, however, result in a pass through Eutaw, Alabama, so I stopped by Joey Freshwater’s trailer for a quick visit. Joey offered me a bowl of what he called Road Stew (“It’ll […]
The Buzzer-Beater, Second Edition: NCAA Bracket Preview Released
Welcome to the second edition of The Buzzer-Beater, my weekly Monday column about college basketball and what’s going on around the country. This week’s column comes to you beachside from Orange Beach, Alabama. I was here calling softball, and the Alabama Crimson Tide started the year 3-0 behind dominant pitching (including a no-hitter from Courtney Gettins in […]
Dear Joey Freshwater: Volume III
We apologize for the lateness of this week’s advice column from America’s favorite psychologist, Joey Freshwater. I was in Gulf Shores and Orange Beach working Alabama softball and Joey was…probably drunk somewhere. Hey, it was Mardi Gras weekend, after all. So I’ll cut the chit-chat and we’ll dig right in to Joey’s answers to your questions. […]
The Buzzer-Beater, First Edition: The Curious Case of Alabama
Welcome to the first edition of The Buzzer-Beater, my weekly Monday column about college basketball and what’s going on around the country. This past weekend, I was at home spending some time with family before I hit the road broadcasting Alabama softball until May. It was my last weekend without any plans until Summer, so […]
Dear Joey Freshwater: Volume II
Last week, I introduced the ultimate nickel-psychologist Joey Freshwater, and the positive response was overwhelming. We got a lot of questions sent in for the second edition of this advice column; unfortunately for some other Joey Freshwater in America, he also got an email. One reader sent his inquiries to an email address very similar to ours and got […]
Dear Joey Freshwater: Volume I
For most of the editions of The Hangover that I published during football season, a mysterious figure named Joey Freshwater, a Crimson Tide fan from Eutaw, Alabama, provided his commentary on that week’s column. You may remember him for notes such as this: Now, after reading Joey’s thoughts on Alabama and college football, I made […]
The Hangover, Postseason Edition: Goodbye, College Football
Welcome to the eighth and final edition of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes from Atlanta, Georgia, where I just saw the Alabama Crimson Tide take home the 2018 CFP National Championship in one of the most unbelievable games I’ve ever seen. It was an insane […]
Campus Cover 021: Special National Championship Preview
The Campus Cover (@TheCampusCover) is your primary source of College betting action. Hosted by PJ Guippone (@pjguip1) and Cody Goggin (@CodyGoggin), this podcast will give you picks of the week and previews of the best college action, whether on the court or the gridiron. On this special edition episode, Gray Robertson (@Gray_Robertson) and Jackson Paisley […]
The Hangover, Post-Semifinal Edition: Welcome to SEC World
Happy New Year! Welcome to the seventh edition of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend (or, in this case, couple of weeks) in college football. This week, The Hangover comes Birmingham, Alabama. I just got home from the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, where I saw Alabama thoroughly dominate Clemson 24-6. It was […]
SEC Bowl Predictions
Tonight the SEC’s bowl slate kicks off when the Missouri Tigers face the Texas Longhorns in the Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl. It’s the first of nine certain bowl game for the conference, although I’m sure league officials will be pulling for a tenth should Georgia or Alabama (or both) win in the College […]
Birmingham Bowl Preview: Texas Tech vs. South Florida
On Saturday, December 23rd, the Texas Tech Red Raiders (6-6) and the South Florida Bulls (9-2) will do battle at historic Legion Field in the 2017 Birmingham Bowl. This is South Florida’s third time playing in the “The Old Grey Lady,” including last year’s 46-39 overtime victory over South Carolina. Texas Tech enters postseason play […]
It Just Means More: What Two Teams in the Playoff Means for the SEC
Ever since Greg Sankey became commissioner of the Southeastern Conference, “it just means more” has been the motto and mantra the league has lived by. This past Sunday, that statement…er…meant just a little bit more, as two teams from the SEC made the College Football Playoff, the first time the committee has slotted two teams […]
The Hangover, Week 14: Who’s In?
Welcome to the sixth edition of The Hangover where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes Atlanta, Georgia, where I watched the Georgia Bulldogs avenge an early season loss to the Auburn Tigers in the SEC Championship. It was the 20th time I’ve attended the SEC Championship game, and it […]
The Hangover, Week 13: Everything is Chaos
Welcome to the fifth edition of The Hangover where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes from Lake Martin, Alabama, where I’ve been drowning my sorrows away after Auburn defeated Alabama Saturday night. The Tigers outplayed the Tide and deserved to win, and now Gus Malzahn is off to the […]
The Hangover, Week 12
Welcome to the fourth edition of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes from Athens, Georgia, home of a great bar scene and a pretty good football team, too. Saturday, I watched as Kirby Smart’s squad rebounded after last week’s drumming to Auburn and did the exact same […]
The Hangover, Week 11
Welcome to the third edition of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes a day later than I originally intended. My laptop broke Sunday morning, plus I had to drive back to Tuscaloosa from lovely Washington, D.C., where I was in the area calling play-by-play for the 117th […]
Hey, The CFP Committee Got It Right Again!
The CFP committee just released the second edition of the College Football Playoff Rankings on ESPN, so it’s time for my weekly reactions to the updated Top 25. Here we go: Head-to-Head is the Most Important Metric My hat’s off to the committee, who continues to set the precedent that head-to-head contests matter the most when […]
The Hangover, Week 10
Ohio State, I just don’t get you. A week ago, I wrote that I was all in. I apologized to JT Barrett for doubting him, I recognized that the Buckeyes were a legitimate threat to Alabama, and I went ahead and declared Urban Meyer’s team one of the playoff-deserving squads. Then, this happened: Iowa absolutely […]
Hey, the CFP Committee Got the First Rankings Right!
The first College Football Playoff rankings are out and, naturally, everybody is reacting and overreacting to the committee’s initial Top 25 rankings. After watching the Rankings Reveal Show on ESPN and then American Horror Story with a group of friends, I’ve finally had time to relish the first rankings. Here were my first reactions to the committee’s polls: The […]
The Hangover, Week 9
Welcome to the first edition of The Hangover, where we recap the previous weekend in college football. College football is the best time of the year (and that’s not up for debate, so don’t even start), I want this weekly column to be the thing that gives you your fill on Sunday. I want The […]