On today’s episode of Longshore and McKnight, John Longshore goes on without Barry McKnight while he’s away on Troy baseball duty!

Instead, John is joined by Mike Griffith of Dog Nation and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The pair dig deep into the unsettled state of college athletics, focusing on the legal limbo surrounding the House v. NCAA case, the need for leadership, and what it could mean for NIL regulation, transfer rules, and playoff expansion.

“It’s unsightly… it’s exactly what college fans don’t like,” Griffith said, expressing concern about the current chaos in college sports governance. The show also covered the SEC spring meetings, with speculation about a potential nine-game football conference schedule. Some team’s won’t mind the change, while others are going to be having a tougher time seeing marks in the win column if the nine-game schedule is introduced into the SEC.

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Griffith and Longshore also hit on ticket prices—like the $215 face value for Alabama-Georgia—and the potential for Nick Saban to become a national college football figure post-retirement. The go on to give viewers the SEC baseball tournament timing, playoff format implications, and touch on the quarterback situation at Tennessee and Auburn, sparking additional debate. Gurn Senior later joined the show, offering humorous takes on flag football’s Olympic push and the growing popularity of pickleball, calling it “a sport you don’t want to start if you’re not ready to get addicted.”