It is time to panic XFL fans? With the February kickoff of XFL 2023 quickly approaching and LOTS of information still needing to be revealed publicly from the XFL, should fans be concerned? Plus lots of CFL talk this week as we look ahead to CFL week 18 with CFL Hall of Famer Jon Cornish and Tim Baines of the Ottawa Sun. Time is running out as we approach the November XFL draft and February kickoff. With the “delay” of XFL 2023 team name announcements and the radio silence from the league that’s...
Oct 07, 2022•2 hr
The XFL has their first batch of quarterbacks allocated for the 2023 season, we are still reeling from the leaked XFL team names and delayed “activations” this week and we have XFL “Insider” Mike Mitchell joining us for a long overdue “therapy session” to break it all down. We talk about the “state of the XFL” as we approach its 2023 February kickoff and get Mike’s thoughts on a crazy week of XFL news, plus Fan Controlled Commissioner Ray Austin drops by the program to preview FCF season 3 and w...
Sep 30, 2022•2 hr 1 min
We're going LIVE taking your calls and reactions to the potentially LEAKED XFL 2023 team names ahead of their announcement next week. The XFL shop had several screenshots taken from XFL diehards potentially spoiling some of the new and returning team names that will be taking the field when the XFL kicks off in February of 2023. The feeling amongst XFL fans is "mixed" to say it lightly and we want to hear from you!
Sep 23, 2022•1 hr 16 min
XFL team names are coming NEXT week and we’re getting you prepared for the XFL’s big announcement! Plus we’re doing a deep dive into the XFL and NFL Alumni Academy’s partnership with Andrew Murray and talking CFL with Jason Gregor, Andrew Peirson of America’s CFL team the BC Lions, and Mike Moore of the Montreal Alouettes. Rod Woodson, head coach for the XFL Las Vegas franchise leaked some spicy details about the XFL unveiling its 2023 team names and colors on the Pat McAfee show this week. With...
Sep 23, 2022•2 hr 1 min
The XFL has announced its FULL 8 team coaching staffs for the 2023 XFL teams and we’re doing a full breakdown and analysis of each XFL coach’s team with XFL Board’s Greg Parks PLUS we have two CFL all-time greats with CFL on TSN’s Rod Smith and the voice of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers Derek Taylor joining us to talk all things CFL Week 15. Greg Parks of XFL Board returns to the show to do an in-depth breakdown and analysis of all 8 coaching staffs that were just announced this week for the upcomin...
Sep 16, 2022•1 hr 58 min
Whom should the XFL and USFL be targeting to sign for their upcoming seasons, how can the XFL and USFL be both entertaining football leagues as well as developmental systems for their players, and where the HECK are our XFL 2023 announcements? We answer these questions and more on this week’s episode with guests Emory Hunt, Eric Merrida of FA Showcase, and David Boles of the Edmonton Elks. Emory Hunt, CBS Football Analyst and football draft expert joins the show to give his analysis and thoughts...
Sep 09, 2022•1 hr 45 min
The XFL is looking for money, but whom should they get to invest? What’s next for the latest cuts from the NFL and which league between the XFL or the USFL should those players be targeting for their next stop? What’s next for the CFL after this crazy week with Gary Stern’s departure from the Montreal Alouettes and the trade of Vernon Adams Jr. to the BC Lions? We tackle all of those questions and more with our slate of guests which includes Brendan Coffey from Sportico, Ric Serritella from NFL ...
Sep 02, 2022•1 hr 29 min
We're going LIVE to talk about today's breaking news of Vernon Adam Jr. being traded to the Montreal Alouettes in exchange for the BC Lion's 2023 number 1 draft pick. We'll be talking your calls and reacting LIVE to this and all of this week's big CFL news and USFL news including Gary Stern's departure from the Montreal Alouettes, USFL to NFL player transactions, and more! We also chat about the XFL's kickoff timeline, when should we expect team names, logos and uniforms to be revealed and if th...
Aug 31, 2022•1 hr 3 min
Are the XFL and USFL suffering from identity crises? Is spring football’s player turnover to the NFL sustainable, or interesting for viewers of alternative football leagues? This week on The Markcast we’re talking XFL and USFL player turnover, CFL Week 12, and much more with CFL insider Dave Naylor, Jake Russell of The Washington Post, long-time CFL journalist Marty York and David Côté of the Montreal Alouettes. Dave Naylor makes a long-awaited return to the program this week to run down the big...
Aug 26, 2022•2 hr 2 min
Join us LIVE on Friday, August 19 at 5:30p PST / 8:30p EST for a live CFL pre-game show ahead of America's CFL team the BC Lions taking on the Saskatchewan Roughriders at home in Regina. Football Canada President Jim Mullin, Krown Gridiron Nation on TSN Analyst Gord Randall, CFL reporter Andrew Murray and I will be taking your calls and questions live relating to the CFL, USFL, XFL, and more! Join the chat or call in, we'll post the link in the chat so YOU can be a part of the show!! Watch us al...
Aug 20, 2022•1 hr 39 min
The XFL is hiring a TON of new people, including social media managers, art directors, and more. Is the XFL spending too much money too fast? I want to hear from you!! Plus Farhan Lalji from TSN, Nathan Rubbelke from the St. Louis Business Journal, and Steve Gera from BreakAway Data all join the show to chat about the world of CFL, XFL, USFL, and more! The XFL has posted a boatload of new roles they are hiring for ahead of their 2023 kickoff including not one but TWO social media managers for ea...
Aug 19, 2022•1 hr 37 min
The XFL is looking for more money, TOGETHXR has dropped its trademark lawsuit against the XFL, we’re chatting week 10 of the CFL, previewing the BC Lions traveling to Calgary to face the Stampeders, and interviewing a boatload of people! Daniel Kaplan of The Athletic, Paul Reeths of OurSports Central, Darrin Bauming of Bonfire Sports, former XFL Dragons member Dontez Byrd, BC Lions standout WR Dominique Rhymes and newly signed Calgary Stampeder running back Dedrick Mills all join the show! BREAK...
Aug 12, 2022•2 hr 21 min
This week on The Markcast we’re talking XFL contracts, player pay and season timeline vs. the USFL, CFL week 9, and the shutdown of Major League Football (MLFB) on this eclectic episode with all of your alt-football news! Greg Parks of XFL Board, CFL legend Milt Stegall, Sarah Said of The Parleh, and Simone Eli of WKRG in Mobile, Alabama all join the show! Greg Parks of XFL Board joins the show to give his thoughts on the XFL’s recent announcements including cities, the decision to play their fi...
Aug 05, 2022•2 hr 21 min
XFL insider Mike Mitchell returns to the program to recap and analyze a BUSY week in the alt-football landscape. We cover ALL of the big XFL announcements from the last week including the 8 2023 cities the XFL will be playing in, the venues and coaches attached to those cities, and the XFL’s announcement that they will be housing and training all of their players in Arlington for the first 3 years in a recently announced “hub” format. Which alt-football league has the better plan for the more su...
Jul 29, 2022•2 hr 18 min
We are going LIVE Monday morning following the Sunday XFL Dallas Town Hall and "Major Announcement" press conference on Monday morning from Choctaw Stadium in Arlington, TX to recap all the big news coming out from the XFL 2020 season ticket holders meeting with 2023 XFL ownership including Dany Garica and Dwayne Johnson and the Monday morning press conference Join Andrew Murray from XFL News Hub and Reid Johnson from The Markcast at 8am PST / 12pm EST to fill you in on all the latest news comin...
Jul 25, 2022•1 hr 41 min
We are going LIVE following the latest XFL Player Showcase on Friday, August 22nd at 2pm PST / 5pm EST from Tempe, Arizona to recap the XFL Arizona Showcase with the writers of XFL News Hub! Join Reid Johnson from The Markcast, with Brandon Anderson, Evan Willsmore and Matt Lyons from XFL News Hub as they recap all of the day's events and look forward to the upcoming XFL Town Hall on Sunday, July 24th where we will potentially be learning the team cities, names and venues for the upcoming XFL 20...
Jul 22, 2022•1 hr 41 min
In the upcoming showdown between the XFL and the USFL, we pose an important question in our best Ryan Gosling impression asking: What do you want (from the XFL)? Plus we have an ALL-star lineup of guests this week including Montreal Alouettes owner Gary Stern, James Larsen of USFL Newsroom, Sean Fitz-Gerald of The Athletic, and Sara Orlesky of TSN. Gary Stern, owner of the Montreal Alouettes joins our show in our continuation of A-list caliber guests from the Canadian Football League. In our ext...
Jul 15, 2022•2 hr 28 min
The USFL has wrapped their “inaugural” season 1 and with the XFL’s return in sight, who has the high ground? We bring on Ben Fischer of the Sports Business Journal and Mark Perry of USFL News Hub (fresh off his appearance at the USFL championship in Canton) to tackle USFL v. XFL, USFL year 2 expansion, and much more. We also preview CFL week 5 and chat all things Canadian football with Kristina Costabile of CFL.ca and Chris Ackie of the Montreal Alouettes. The USFL has wrapped season 1, what’s n...
Jul 08, 2022•2 hr 3 min
The XFL spoils their own 2023 city release announcement, the USFL is heading into their 2022 championship game and looking towards expansion in 2023 and we are chatting CFL week 4 on this week’s episode of The Markcast. Special guests on this week’s program include Brock Huard talking USFL, Sam Just running down the latest XFL news, Bob “The Moj” Marjanovich of the BC Lions chatting “America’s CFL team” and Avry of Avry’s Sports Show previewing CFL week 4. Larry Lee, Director of Player Personnel...
Jul 01, 2022•2 hr 12 min
The USFL playoffs are here, we’re previewing CFL week 3 and looking forward to the USFL championship next weekend on this week’s episode of The Markcast. A loaded slate of guests join us this week to break down the latest CFL, USFL and alt-football news with Josh Shepardson of Fantasy Pros, Jordan Dajani of CBS Sports, JJ Adams of Postmedia, recent CFL HoF inductee Paul McCallum and Richie Sindani of the Calgary Stampeders. We’re previewing the USFL playoffs in Canton, Ohio this weekend with two...
Jun 24, 2022•1 hr 45 min
The BC Lions are taking over the CFL, the XFL is kicking off their player showcases and we’re previewing week 10 of the USFL and week 2 of the CFL with a STELLAR group of guests! Greg Park of XFL Board, Tim Baines of the Ottawa Sun, Keon Hatcher from America’s CFL team the BC Lions, USFL historian Paul Reeths and Coach Craig Sports all join the show! The XFL Showcases are kicking off this weekend in Washington DC and Florida as the XFL moves forward with its 2023 relaunch of the XFL brand. Greg ...
Jun 17, 2022•2 hr 35 min
Leaked XFL cities, XFL coaching announcements, CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie, Brandon Anderson and Evan Willsmore of XFL New Hub, Darren Heitner analyzing the TOGETHXR vs. XFL lawsuit, Greg Mescall of Fan Controlled Football talking The People’s Championship, and a USFL Week 9 preview with Jovan Alford of The Sporting News, all on this episode of your (hopefully) one-stop-shop for spring and alternative football news! The XFL shop has leaked the 8 previously rumored cities for the 2023 Dany Ga...
Jun 10, 2022•2 hr 13 min
We are going LIVE for the week 1 kickoff of the CFL 2022 season featuring the Montreal Alouettes facing the Calgary Stampeders at home. We'll be going live at 430pm PST / 730pm EST for the 2022 CFL kickoff and taking viewer calls with Tim and Cliffy of the Montreal Alouettes Flightdeck podcast and some of the crew over at CFL News Hub, so LET 'EM KNOW!!! Be sure to stop by before the 2022 CFL kickoff and hang out, should be fun!!
Jun 10, 2022•1 hr 25 min
The XFL is being sued! TOGETHXR, owned in part by Sue Bird is suing “The Rock’s XFL” over trademark infringement. Plus we welcome ESPN’s Kevin Seifert, XFL News Hub’s Mike Mitchell, and Mark Drumheller of Yahoo! Sports to chat XFL, CFL, preview week 8 of USFL action, and more! TOGETHXR, with a founding group comprised of Sue Bird, Alex Morgan, Chloe Kim, and Simone Manuel is suing the XFL over trademark infringement. They claim the XFL’s recently rebranded logos look and feel “confusingly simila...
Jun 03, 2022•2 hr 55 min
The CFL is returning, finally, again! The CFLPA and their players have voted to ratify the CBA headed into their 2022 CFL season and we have all of the latest to keep you informed with Football Canada president Jim Mullin and CFL Hall of Fame reporter Darrell Davis. We’re also previewing week 7 of the USFL and chatting all things USFL with Eric Eager of PFF and Cody Main of Establish The Run plus with big XFL news on the horizon, we have all sights set to next week! In a late-night, last-minute ...
May 27, 2022•2 hr 9 min
The XFL is back in the news in a BIG way! A brand new TV partnership and chatter coming out of both Houston and St. Louis of XFL teams returning there. We bring on Evan Willsmore of XFL News Hub to break down the latest XFL TV announcements, potentially confirmed XFL cities and more! Plus we’re at the midway point of the 2022 USFL season and to recap 5 weeks of USFL action we welcome Ian Hartitz of PFF and Adam Levitan of Establish The Run to break down all of the action. Finally, with the CFLPA...
May 19, 2022•2 hr 14 min
We’re talking XFL + USFL talent wars, USFL week 5, the XFL’s 2023 timeline and more on your (hopefully) number 1 stop for XFL, USFL and CFL news. We welcome former XFL Director of Player Personnel Eric Galko and current Director of Football Operations and Player Personnel for the Shrine Bowl onto the show as well as Run The Sims creator Justin Freeman and USFL historian Paul Reeths to weigh in on the USFL season thus far, what they are doing right and what changes could be made to increase fan e...
May 13, 2022•2 hr 1 min
The XFL has announced their XFL Player Showcases and they are hitting the road to find the best talent to join their 2023 XFL relaunch. We are talking USFL with FOX Sports Sideline Reporter Brock Huard, discussing the USFL player unionizing with UFPA president Kenneth Farrow II and chatting CFL draft fallout and CBA negations with Canadian Press and CFL Hall of Fame reporter Dan Ralph. We’re also joined by Quan Bray of the CFL’s Montreal Alouettes and we learn about the American 7s Football Leag...
May 06, 2022•2 hr 22 min
Is the XFL headed to back to Seattle AND Las Vegas?!? Did June Jones accidentally confirm the XFL’s return to Seattle? Is The Rock busy in Las Vegas setting up a new XFL franchise? Plus Amar Doman, owner of America’s CFL team the BC Lions joins the show, you cannot miss this week’s episode! We also recap week 2 of the USFL and preview week 3 with FOX Sports announcer Kevin Kugler, welcome CFL/XFL/USFL Newshub writer Evan Willsmore onto the program and chat with Edmonton Elks defensive end Jake C...
Apr 29, 2022•2 hr 9 min
The XFL is moving to Texas to set up shop for the 2023 season, but why? Is it going to be a base for their operations or are they setting up a “hub” season? Plus your USFL week 1 recap and week 2 preview along with a stellar guest-list with Greg Parks of xflboard.com, trademark and IP lawyer Michael Cohen, Pat Rifino of USFL News Hub and Ja’Gared Davis of the Toronto Argonauts! The XFL is in Texas and meeting with their head coaches. The Rock has tweeted about a new “XFL HQ” and Dany is Instagra...
Apr 22, 2022•2 hr 2 min
