Dave McCann and Blaine Fowler kicked off the show declaring summer over and football season back, previewing the return of live NFL action, BYU's fall camp opening, and the season premiere of After Further Review.
BYU TV analyst David Nixon called in from Little League football practice to break down where BYU should land in the preseason AP poll (he predicts a top 15-worthy team that lands around 17-18), name wide receiver as the team's biggest question mark heading into camp, and give an update on his brother-in-law Taysom Hill's free agency search following his emotional exit from New Orleans.
Brian Nixon, CEO of Touchpoints and Aflac's Utah district manager, joined as the show's newest title sponsor and shared a powerful personal story: a rhabdomyolysis collapse 150 meters from the finish of his high school state championship race, the coma that followed, and how losing his track scholarship redirected him to BYU and eventually to building his own company.
New BYU women's volleyball head coach Rob Neilson also stopped by to discuss taking over the program after six successful years at Utah State, the returning talent in Brielle Kemavor, Claire Little Chambers, and Alex Bower, and what it takes to build the belief and culture that won BYU a national championship in 2004.
Linebacker Isaiah Glasker was named Re-Lyte Athlete of the Week for his standout 2025 season, and 94-year-old season-ticket holder Ben Banks joined as the Hotel Park City/Ruth's Chris super fan, reminiscing about the Miami upset, the 2006 Utah win, and decades of BYU football memories.
The show also covered a federal judge's ruling on NCAA eligibility for the 2022 recruiting class, President C. Shane Reese's op-ed on the Protect College Sports Act, a full round of national preseason rankings and CFP predictions for BYU and Texas Tech, and Campus Notes covering football, basketball, soccer, cross country, volleyball, and golf schedules heading into the 2026-27 season.
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