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Oct 15, 2024 47 min

Ted Robinson on College Football, the Giants and the A's

from The Game Hosted by Mark Simon and Bob Marks

Veteran sports broadcaster Ted Robinson predicts the end of college football — to be replaced by a professional developmental league that will feed the NFL — and he weighs in on the Giants, the A’s and the Olympics. All on the newest edition of The Game with Mark Simon and Bob Marks. Chapters (00:00) - Intro & Ted Robinson joins the show (01:32) - The Pac-12 collapse and turmoil in college sports (04:56) - College football's future as an NFL developmental league (08:24) - The Giants move on from Farhan Zaidi (13:14) - Is Buster Posey ready to run the Giants? (15:19) - The Mets, the Yankees and October baseball in New York (17:31) - Calling diving at the Paris Olympics (22:22) - The Chinese swimming doping scandal (25:21) - Favorite Olympic moments: Sydney 2000 and London 2012 (28:37) - How Charlie Finley hired him at the A's at 22 (37:17) - The A's leaving Oakland and the last Coliseum game (40:10) - The California Sports Hall of Fame and Bill Walton (42:04) - Greatest Bay Area athlete and Vin Scully's answer (44:18) - Growing up a Mets fan in a Brooklyn Dodgers family (46:06) - Closing thoughts The Game is hosted by Mark Simon and Bob Marks and produced by Frank Bravo, BravoITC.com and YourTechMakeover.com. Watch or listen to every episode at TheGamePeninsula.com.

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Veteran sports broadcaster Ted Robinson predicts the end of college football — to be replaced by a professional developmental league that will feed the NFL — and he weighs in on the Giants, the A’s and the Olympics. All on the newest edition of The Game with Mark Simon and Bob Marks. Produced by Frank Bravo, Bravo IT Consulting (BravoITC.com).

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Ted Robinson on College Football, the Giants and the A's

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  1. 0:00 Intro & Ted Robinson joins the show
  2. 1:32 The Pac-12 collapse and turmoil in college sports
  3. 4:56 College football's future as an NFL developmental league
  4. 8:24 The Giants move on from Farhan Zaidi
  5. 13:14 Is Buster Posey ready to run the Giants?
  6. 15:19 The Mets, the Yankees and October baseball in New York
  7. 17:31 Calling diving at the Paris Olympics
  8. 22:22 The Chinese swimming doping scandal
  9. 25:21 Favorite Olympic moments: Sydney 2000 and London 2012
  10. 28:37 How Charlie Finley hired him at the A's at 22
  11. 37:17 The A's leaving Oakland and the last Coliseum game
  12. 40:10 The California Sports Hall of Fame and Bill Walton
  13. 42:04 Greatest Bay Area athlete and Vin Scully's answer
  14. 44:18 Growing up a Mets fan in a Brooklyn Dodgers family
  15. 46:06 Closing thoughts

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