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:17 - Super Bowl Sunday is upon us, as is our appetite for football and our favorite dips. Both were discussed, from pizza dip to our favorite games.

6:35 - As January concludes, Ray sat down with the mayor of Green, Gerard Neugebauer. The mayor talked about how his city in southern Summit County fared in 2019 and now into 2020, which includes new roundabouts and a fire station.

16:44 - Actor, comedian, and new-ish Akron resident Bret Ernst will be performing at the Funny Stop in Cuyahoga Falls all weekend. He’s also a massive football fan, so he gave his preview on the game.

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:17 - Remember the Cola Wars from back in the day? They’re still around, to a certain extent, but fewer people are drinking pop today than there were decades ago.

8:37 - The Cleveland Browns shook up their front office, parting ways with Eliot Wolf and Alonso Highsmith. It seems the Browns are all-in on an analytics-based crew.

13:55 - Ray went over some costs for Super Bowl-related items.

17:08 - It’s a homebuyer’s market, especially in the Akron area, and according to recent studies, it is a good time to buy a home. Selling a home? Maybe not so much.

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:17 - In a real barn-burner of a Super Bowl, the Patriots defeated the Rams, 13-3, in the lowest scoring game in its 53 contests. Ray, Tony, and Jeanne talked about all aspects of the big game, including the contest itself, the commercials, and the halftime show.

15:15 - Last week, Barberton mayor Bill Judge came on to discuss some layoffs happening in his city. Well, things took a positive turn over the weekend, as the city was able to work on some figures and avoid those layoffs, and Mayor Judge talked about how this was accomplished and what’s to come.

22:11 - It’s Monday, and Miller’s Rental & Sales is our Business of the Week! Brought to you by HEARINC. and TLC Catering.

35:16 - And finally, Ray and Tony talked more about the Super Bowl Halftime Show, which has become quite the spectacle over the decades. Ray contends it was a good decision to have Maroon 5, a mainstream pop band, perform, but Tony thinks no one can be pleased and may as well just have marching bands take the stage.

:17 - With Sunday being the Super Bowl, Friday’s show had plenty of football themes. Ray and Tony talked about the top ten football movies of all time, with some honorable mentions just off the list.

7:26 - But not everything about football was positive. Malone University is dropping intercollegiate football as a cost-cutting measure, as the college has a $2.5 million structural deficit to contend with. Charlie Grimes, athletic director at Malone, joined the show to discuss the decision to cease football operations.

13:37 - If you’re of a certain age, you may remember a nightclub in the Akron area called Red’s. It may have closed in 1988, but its legacy lives on through owner Arnie Shapiro, who turned 95 this week.

17:29 - Temperatures have been rather frigid this week, with the highs being in negative digits the middle of the week. Ren Camacho, the new president and CEO of the Akron-Canton Airport, called in to discuss how the airport deals with such bone-chilling conditions.

24:04 - As we wrap up this podcast and the week, the Akron Beacon Journal’s Bob Dyer and former NFL player Jay Brophy stopped by studio for some old Super Bowl memories from yesteryear. Brophy played in Super Bowl XIX, where his Miami Dolphins got trounced by the San Francisco 49ers.

On this Three Question Thursday edition of the Sam and Brad Show, WAKR's own Jasen Sokol joins the guys to wonder if they would be willing to spend a weekend in jail for a future Browns Super Bowl (00:20), Sam Amico from AmicoHoops.net talks about trade rumors surrounding Anthony Davis (04:34), and Kevin Simkins of NFL Films dishes about the Super Bowl and the Browns (16:42).

The Sam and Brad Show Podcast featured a host of solid guests including Pro Football Hall of Famer from the Rams Jack Youngblood,(20 seconds in)  Sandy Alomar Jr, who will be honored at the Greater Cleveland Sports Awards in February,(8:14) and Steve Doerschuk who is covering the Big Game in Atlanta for the Canton Repository. (20:39)

Sam and Brad spoke with Ken Thomson of Sports X Radio in Las Vegas to talk about the prop bets and the fun surrounding the Big Game Sunday. 

 

Former Philadelphia Eagle, 14-year NFL veteran, and current analyst for the Pac-12 Network  Eric Allen discussed the upcoming Super Bowl with Sam and Brad Thursday afternoon. 

 

Sam and Brad spoke with NFL Films Senior Producer David Plaut to talk about how he plans on getting his crew out in Minneapolis for the big one on Sunday.

 

Danny Sheridan from USA Today spoke with Sam Bourquin and Brad Russell to talk odds for the Big Game and the possible legalization of sports betting in America.