Have Some Self-Respect and Self-Possession, and Other Losing Arguments (Cast Iron Balls #67)

The first round of the College Football Playoff is right around the corner, and we’re here to talk about a whole bunch of other vaguely sports-related stuff before getting into the games previews. Listen, if you must! Has something we said, or failed to say, made you FEEL something? You can tell us all about it by joining the conversation on our Substack or you can send us an email here. Enjoy!Show RundownOpen — Abe Live-Bets the Games!5:52 — WGAS NewsBag, Sports Edition! Sherrone Moore; Michigan coaching search; QBs in the portal; Heisman to the herb; Knicks win the “NBA Cup”42:31 — Sports-Adjacent Question of the Week53:02 — The Best Game in Every Time Slot1:10:37 — CIB 2025 Football Pick ‘em Contest1:19:45 — Jimmy Carter’s Presidential Lock of the Week, Live from Plains, Heaven1:23:51 — Wrap-up! Athletic fees for non-athletes; Can the Japanese redeem themselves in Abe’s eyes?Relevant Linkage can be found by visiting https://brainiron.substack.com/, where, if you would like to support this and the other podcasting and blogging endeavors of the Brain Iron dot com media empire, you can also become a paying subscriber.The opening and closing themes of Cast Iron Balls were composed by Marc Gillig. For more from Marc, go to tetramermusic.com.The background music for Jimmy Carter’s Presidential Lock of the Week is "Bama Country" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/