Football 2 The Max

This week we finally get to do a show the way its supposed to be. We do football first with our college football picks and NFL Week 7 picks, plus some general sports news. Then Matt Pollard comes in for discussion on the US men's national teams to friendlies against Ecuador and Honduras. We also talk some MLS and promotion and relegation for MLS too.

It is time to lace up the skates and hit the ice, with the NHL season literally hours away, Matt Pollard joins Gary and Sean to do a Big 2014 NHL Season Preview. We break down all the divisions, who will win each one, who gets the wildcards, who makes it to the playoffs, and then we go into our playoff brackets until we reach the Stanley Cup Final as well. After that, Gary and Sean stick around to go over the sports news of the week and give out College Football and NFL Week 6 predictions too.

Gary and Sean have returned to circle the bases once again for our 2014 MLB Baseball Playoff Preview. We also bring back Christopher Bernard and Randy Isbelle, plus add a new guest this time around, Antonio "Pacman" King as well. We discuss how the season went and mostly important how we fared in our regular season picks. Then we get into the playoff predictions, go through all the rounds, and ultimately conclude with who will win the World Series. Plus we get into all the NFL news from the past few weeks, plus some College Football picks and NFL Week 5 predictions too.

With the 2014 NFL season hours away, Gary and Sean along with a few guests, Sean Louis-Philipsen and Kevin Williams, to all breakdown each division in both the AFC and NFC, give our division winners, our wildcard picks, and also giving out our full playoff brackets all the way to the Superbowl. Plus we also give out who could win some awards and a whole lot more.

We are back with a 2014 NCAA College Football season preview. With the season kicking into full swing in a matter of hours, Gary returns to join Sean and a whole bunch of guests to break down what could happen this season. Christopher Bernard, Brandon Clapp, Kevin Williams, and Randy Isbelle all make a big roundtable of guests to go through what happened in the South Carolina vs. Texas A&M game, and some of the other games too. We also go through the Power 5 Conferences division by division. Pick the winners, who will win the Conference championship games, who goes to the first ever College Football Playoff? Who wins some of the big awards? And a whole lot more. If you love College Football, this is the edition of the podcast for you.

After a long post World-Cup break, we are back to preview the English Premier League Season, which starts on Saturday. Sean hosts and is joined by regular contributor Matt Pollard, as well as Zlatan Hadzic & Joaquin Garcia to discuss in what spot each premier league team will wind up, who could be a surprise package? Who will be Top 4? Who will be fighting for relegation and a whole lot more. We also discuss what the World Cup has done for soccer in the US, Landon Donavan's retirement, further MLS expansion, and whatever else pops into our heads.

It's been a long and unintended layoff from this podcast, but Sean is back to discuss what happened in the USA vs. Belgium game and where do the US Men's National Team go from here looking ahead to 2018. Matt Pollard joins Sean in discussing all of this, plus predictions for the World Cup Quarterfinals, Luis Suarez's suspension, a possible 4th sub, and a whole lot more.

Sean has some help on this world cup show from Matt Pollard to break down everything about the USA 2-1 Victory over Ghana. We also discuss the destruction of Portugal thanks to Germany and a man named Pepe, plus I guess we have to mention the most boring game of the tournament so far, Iran vs. Nigeria as well. We have predictions on Tuesday's matches, Belgium vs. Algeria, Russia vs. South Korea, and Brazil vs. Mexico as well. Hope you enjoy!!!

Sean had to close at work on Saturday so there was no way he was going to be able to watch three games in one night and still be able to function the next day. So, he's combining Day 3 and Day 4 on this podcast. Day 4 featured domination from France, Messi's Delight, and a Swiss Finish. Day 3 featured Colombian Dancing, Balotelli Celebrating, Drogba game changing, and a Costa Rica size upset. Sean breaks down as much as he can of the 7 games that happened between the two days, looks at how goal line technology turned out, and gives predictions for the Germany vs. Portugal, Iran vs. Nigeria, and USA vs. Ghana games as well.

Sean breaks down what happened in day 2 of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Mexico look strong in a narrow victory over Cameroon, Netherlands smack Spain back into their days when they never won, and Chile did the business against a feisty Australian side. All of that plus what's going on with Qatar 2022 and Franz Beckenbauer suspended for 90 days. Plus Sean looks ahead to the Quadruple header of games taking place on Saturday with Colombia vs. Greece, Uruguay vs. Costa Rica, England vs. Italy, and Ivory Coast vs. Japan. Hope you Enjoy!!!

In Sean's first ever solo podcast, he tries his best to breakdown the first game of the 2014 FIFA World Cup between Brazil vs. Croatia and look ahead to Friday's games featuring Mexico vs. Cameroon, Spain vs. Netherlands, and Chile vs. Australia. I also briefly touch on Cesc Fabregas signing with Chelsea, Ronaldo leaving training early, and referees at the World Cup.

In our second World Cup Preview show, Zlatan Hadzic and Matt Pollard join Sean to go over and breakdown Groups E-H of the World Cup, including the Group of Death, Group G. We give out our group winners, how many points each team will have, and how far those winners will go. Plus we finish out our brackets by deciding who makes the final, who wins the 2014 World Cup, and who will wind up the Golden Boot Winner. We also review Mexico's last friendly game against Portugal as well.

In our first of two World Cup Preview Episodes of Football 2 Futbol, Matt Pollard and Zlatan Hadžić join me to go over and breakdown Groups A-D in the 2014 FIFA World Cup. We give out who we think will get out of each group, the number of points, and how far these teams can go. We also discuss David Villa signing with MLS's NYCFC and then going on loan to an Australian team. There's also the Montreal Impact making it to CONCACAF Champions League, plus we talk about the debacle with Qatar and what we could expect in Brazil in just a few days.

We are back after a longer than expected layoff to talk plenty of Futbol in today's show. Sean goes solo with his favorite guest Matt Pollard to discuss all things US Men's National Soccer Team. The guys review the US first friendly against Azerbaijan, the US 23 man squad going to Brazil, the exclusion of Landon Donavan, and maybe go into what Jurgen Klinsman. We also delve into Mexico's first friendly game against Israel, discuss who has the best series of friendlies in Concacaf heading to World Cup 2014. We also get up to date with MLS and discuss the NEW unprecedented MLS TV deal, 2014-2015 CONCACAF Champions League Draw, how the death of Malcom Glazer can affect Manchester United and a whole lot more.

Gary & Sean along with a few guys that know their stuff are ready to break down the 2014 NFL Draft and give out grades for all 32 teams. Kevin Williams, Brandon Clapp, and Daniel Anderson are here to add much fun and knowledge to this episode. So, if you love Draft talk, this is the episode of F2F for you.

This week is our 2014 NFL Draft Preview. Daniel Anderson joins Gary and Sean to do a fun mock draft of the first round, discuss some surprises, some possible trades, some NFL news, the Donald Sterling situation in the NBA and we also discuss what we think might happen in the second round of the playoffs as well. Make sure you join next week as we will have a huge number of guests for a NFL Draft Review show.

In our final episode this week, Sean delves into what's going on in soccer with Matt Pollard. we discuss MLS announcing Atlanta as the next MLS franchise, we preview the MLS Week 7 games, and see how things have been stacking up in the standings. We also discuss ESPN's first 30 for 30 Soccer Story "Hillsborough" and how we felt watching it. We also discuss the looming FIFA Fair Play investigation for Chelsea FC and a whole lot more.

The NBA Playoffs are almost here and that means it is time for a BIG TIME 2014 NBA Playoff Preview. Sean does things solo, but he does bring along plenty of guests to help break down all the matchups and give all of our predictions. Sean Louis Philipsen and Randy Isbelle are here to give you their choices for all the first round series all the way to who will be World Champion. We also discuss which of the major four American Sports have the best playoffs, should the NBA go the March Madness route with their playoff system, who should win MVP, and a whole lot more.

In our first of three episodes this week, we preview the 2014 NHL Playoffs with Matt Pollard going through all the first round games and climbing through the playoffs until we arrive at our Stanley Cup Champions and how the season went this year overall.

This week on F2F, we take a week off from covering Football and Soccer to run around the bases in anticipation for the upcoming Major League Baseball season. Gary and Sean bring along a few friends for this big 2014 MLB Season Preview extravaganza as well. Randy Isbelle and Christopher Bernard come along to give out their predictions on each division winner, the two wildcards in each division, some award winners, and ultimately their World Series Champions as well. We also spend time discussing our March Madness brackets and a little video game stuff as well.