2020 begins with a U.S. airstrike on Iranian general Qasem Solemimani. Toccopola Storyteller Jerry Short discusses President Trump's decision to kill the Persian terrorist. The states of Texas, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina were among the leaders in population growth in 2019. Plus, host Jon Rawl recaps the wild Wild Card weekend of the NFL.
Forty bowl games are on tap for the 2019-20 college football postseason. Jon Rawl walks us through the lineup of games on this final "Y'all Kickoff Show" of 2019. Also, "General Gridiron" shares his humorous take on the Playoff Semifinals: LSU-Oklahoma and Clemson-Ohio State.
Brad Edwards, ESPN College Football Insider, returns to preview the "10 Bodacious Bowls" of the 2019-20 lineup, including the Playoff Semifinals. Arthur Sharpe, the "iRev," shares tips on new TVs, electronics, video games and more as Christmas is only days away. And on this final "Y'all Show" of 2019, host Jon Rawl has helpful holiday ideas from the pages of Yall.com.
Clemson wins its fifth-straight conference championship; and now heads to the College Football Playoff as the No. 3 seed. Jonathan Leifheit returns to review the ACC's 10-team bowl breakdown; as well as his thoughts on the "15 Bland Bowls" of the holiday season. Jon Rawl shares info on Ball® Mason Jars and Dairy Queen restaurants in the South. Plus, Country Christmas Music is promoted in the weekly visit with Music Row insider Preshias Harris.
Kentucky swears in a new chief executive, as Andy Beshear become's the commonwealth's 63rd governor at midnight. Auburn football coach-turned-U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Tuberville posts comments about drag queens in Opelika. Barbecue and Big 12 czar Matt Heermans comments on Oklahoma's rise to the College Football Playoff. We also get his take on the "15 Bottom-Feeder Bowls" – and what to do with the Christmas ham you've got on ice.
LSU is the No. 1 team in the College Football Playoff, while Clemson and Oklahoma also keep their national championship dream intact. Jon Rawl shares the just-released 2019-20 bowl schedule. "Toccopola Storyteller" Jerry Short drops by one more time in 2019 to recall Christmases past, including the many cocker spaniels and footballs he scored as a youth. Also, the last few days have been tragic for law enforcement in jurisdictions across the South.
No. 2 LSU and No. 4 Georgia highlight the Championship Weekend battles as the SEC trophy is up for grabs. Another Top 10 affair in the South features Baylor and Oklahoma getting back together to decide the Big 12 title. Also, Clemson and Virginia duel in the ACC Championship in Charlotte; while UAB visits Boca Raton and Florida Atlantic with an opportunity to repeat as C-USA champions.
Christmas is only a few weeks away and scenic Beaufort, N.C., is getting ready to host the annual Crystal Coast Christmas Flotilla. Tide 100.9 (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) sports talk host Ryan C. Fowler returns to answer questions about Nick Saban's "Dynasty" coming to an end. Also, Fowler previews Saturday's Georgia-LSU battle for the conference title in our SEC Spotlight. Plus, what town in the South is considered the "Most Handsome" in all of America?
No. 3 Clemson and No. 23 Virginia meet in the ACC Championship at Bank Of America Stadium. Atlantic Coast Conference insider Jonathan Leifheit sets the stage for Saturday night's battle in Charlotte. Music Row maven Preshias Harris reports on Jason Aldean's return to Las Vegas this weekend – his first concert there since 2017's Route 91 tragedy. Plus, Lynyrd Skynyrd announces tour dates for 2020's farewell tour.
Baylor and Oklahoma meet again – this time for the Big 12 Championship. Matt Heermans gets you ready for the action in Arlington; as well as what to do with your Thanksgiving leftovers. Tommy Tuberville is running for U.S. Senate in Alabama. The former head football coach at Auburn-turned-Republican candidate discusses his plan to connect the Heart Of Dixie with the vision shared by President Trump. Also, a 9-year-old South Carolina boy's tragic death helps keep three other youngsters alive.
Field goal kickers help cost their teams wins, and in some cases their coach's job, on Rivalry Weekend. Toccopola talker Jerry Short discusses the laissez-faire approach most FBS programs have when it comes to kickers and punters scholarships. Auburn won the 2019 Iron Bowl on Saturday; and hours later AU legend Pat Sullivan, the 1971 Heisman Trophy winner, died of cancer after a long battle. Also, Tulsa native Taylor Armstrong, aka #WomanYellingAtCat, reveals her love of gravy.
Alabama and Auburn meet in the Iron Bowl this Rivalry Weekend. Jon Rawl gets y'all ready for Saturday's huge contests across the college football landscape: Clemson at South Carolina, Florida State at Florida, Georgia at Georgia Tech, Ohio State at Michigan, Wisconsin at Minnesota, North Carolina at N.C. State, and the FCS Playoffs Round 1 matchups.
Tracy Lawrence deep-fries turkeys and gives them away to the homeless and needy in Nashville. The Y'all insider on Music Row, Preshias Harris, caught up with the 1990s country music hitmaker on Tuesday. Georgia Tech got a needed win last week, and now hated rival Georgia waltzes to Bobby Dodd Stadium for "Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate." ACC insider Jonathan Leifheit, of CBS Sports Digital, reports. And we share Thanksgiving, thankful moments from Texas actors Matthew McConaughey and Jared Padalecki....
Big 12 expert Matt Heermans preps us for Rivalry Weekend in the Big 12: Bedlam, aka Oklahoma at Oklahoma State. He also shares tips for roasting a turkey on Thanksgiving Day. Plus, Democratic contenders for president make their plans for capturing the region's black vote.
John Williams Sr., the sheriff of Lowndes County, Ala., is killed in the line of duty on Nov. 23. "Toccopola Storyteller" Jerry Short recalls the 1981 slaying of a deputy sheriff in Montgomery County, Miss. College football's easiest weekend of the year goes off without an embarrassing hitch in the ACC and SEC. Also, that Thanksgiving turkey is likely to cost a little more in 2019.
Cupcake Weekend 2019 means a bevy of ACC and SEC teams will take the week off – or play inferior FCS opponents on this next-to-last weekend of the regular season. Jon Rawl does have a few games on the schedule worth talking about: Texas A&M at Georgia, Penn State at Ohio State, William & Mary at Richmond, and Louisiana Tech at UAB.
Meg Rilley, a Nashville-based singer-songwriter, discusses her brand of music and fear of bugs with host Jon Rawl. Texas A&M visits Georgia for the first-ever SEC Football game between the two schools. Aggies coach Jimbo Fisher previews the matchup "Between the Hedges." Also, Democratic presidential contenders got a bit agitated during Wednesday night's fifth debate at Tyler Perry's studio in suburban Atlanta.
CBS Sports Digital's Jonathan Leifheit returns to preview the final stretch of ACC Football – as Pittsburgh, Virginia and Virginia Tech are the leaders of the Coastal division. Garth Brooks and Eric Church have a bloodless war going in the aftermath of the 53rd CMA Awards. Also, a Navy corpsman from Murfreesboro, Tenn., helps save his mother's life.
Deep-fried turkey is a relatively new Southern tradition; and our "Barbecue Barrister" Matt Heermans teams up with Yall.com to share tips on the perfect bird for Thanksgiving Day. Heermans also clarifies the race to the Big 12 title game in Arlington, Texas. Plus, Washington Times political reporter Ryan Lovelace talks "Farm Team" plan for Democrats and Virginia's progressive shift.
Chattanooga, Tenn., welcomed Jon Rawl this past weekend. The "Y'all Show" host and Toccopola Storyteller Jerry Short share thoughts on Scenic City, including world-famous Ruby Falls and tasty City Cafe Diner. Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Tua Tagovailoa suffers a season-ending injury at Mississippi State. Also, Gov. John Bel Edwards is reelected in the state of Louisiana.
Baylor is unbeaten, ranked in the Top 15, and ESPN's College Football GameDay's coming to Waco for the Big 12 battle against Oklahoma. On the Plains of Auburn, Georgia and Auburn duel in the Deep South's Oldest Rivalry. Jon Rawl visits with ACC insider Jonathan Leifheit. Also, "General Gridiron" has the hilarious take on the Week 12 action.
Texas native Kree Harrison joins Jon Rawl in Nashville for a preview of her forthcoming "Chosen Family Tree" album. The "American Idol" Season 12 runner-up also talks about her Southern roots and influences. Lawmakers in Washington, D.C., continue the impeachment hearings regarding a possible quid pro quo by President Trump. We share a list of great Turkey Trots being held across the region. Also, the SEC Report includes news on No. 1 LSU.
The 53rd CMA Awards take place Wednesday night at Bridgestone Arena, and host Jon Rawl has ventured to Nashville to share in the excitement with Music Row maven Preshias Harris. In Washington, D.C., the impeachment proceedings go public as House Democrats and House Republicans battle over Donald Trump's past actions. Also, CBS Sports Digital's Jonathan Leifheit previews Saturday's now meaningless ACC Atlantic contest between Wake Forest and No. 3 Clemson.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo celebrated Veterans Day 2019 addressing the cadets of The Citadel in Charleston, S.C. A chilling cold front is moving across the region – bringing sleet, snow and at the very least frigid temperatures to all of Dixie. And Big 12 pundit Matt Heermans gets us ready for ESPN College GameDay's weekend trip to Waco and the Oklahoma-Baylor battle for conference supremacy.
President Trump will be at Bryant-Denny Stadium when No. 2 Alabama hosts No. 1 LSU in an epic SEC showdown. Jon Rawl gets you ready for kickoff with a preview of all of the Week 11 games, including unbeatens Minnesota and Penn State tangling in Minneapolis. Also, OVC members UT Martin and Austin Peay go for conference supremacy in Clarksville, Tenn.
The annual Highlands Food & Wine Festival is this weekend in Highlands, N.C., and director Casey Reid previews the excitement in one of the region's most scenic locales. Mississippi State Bulldogs insider Jeremiah Short has the scoop from Starkville, where Joe Moorhead's 4-5 football team is on the brink of bowl elimination. And host Jon Rawl shares the 2019 Kirkus Prize winners for fiction, nonfiction and children's books.
Dolly Parton will join Carrie Underwood as hosts of the 53rd Annual CMA Awards on ABC. Preshias Harris reports from Music Row with a preview of next week's awards frenzy in Nashville. Kentucky elects Democratic candidate Andy Beshear as its next governor; while Mississippi sticks with a Republican for governor with Tate Reeves' election on Tuesday. Also, CBS Sports Digital insider Jonathan Leifheit shares ACC basketball and football info.
Paula White, Mississippi-born televangelist and now President Trump's newest aide at The White House, discusses her new book "Something Greater: Finding Triumph Over Trials." Big 12 and Barbecue Barrister Matt Heermans gets us ready for Week 11 of college football. And host Jon Rawl shares info on an "assassination attempt" against him while watching football at Buffalo Wild Wings over the weekend.
"Toccopola Storyteller" Jerry Short analyzes President Trump's weekend visit to Tupelo, Miss., as the Magnolia State joins Kentucky and Virginia in holding statewide elections on Tuesday. Short also connects the Whitewater investigation to Arkansas native Martha Mitchell (1918-1976). Willie Taggart is fired as Florida State's football coach. Also, the owner of popular North Carolina restaurant chain Snoopy's Hot Dogs dies at age 81.
Jacksonville hosts the Georgia Bulldogs and the Florida Gators at the "World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party." Jon Rawl gets you ready for the Week 10 action, which includes the Memphis Tigers hosting their first-ever ESPN College GameDay on Beale Street. ACC games of interest this weekend include Miami at Florida State and N.C. State at Wake Forest.
