{"podcast":{"title":"Front Office Sports Today","slug":"front-office-sports-today-4120147","podcast_index_feed_id":4120147,"rss_url":"https://api.spokenlayer.com/feed/channel/the-leadoff-podcasts-ext/3c9929b72538c12bd92ac6762f8d798b9d4e8cdca7692ea74f466061d01816cb","website_url":"https://frontofficesports.com/podcasts/fos-today/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/0eccb792-8223-11ed-8ea9-4b4b76c4d47c/image/0a1f57c256c28bf8c6e03884f3409a4d.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Front Office Sports","episode_count":857,"summary":"Sports is big business. Here's your daily brief.Front Office Sports Today is your morning briefing on the deals, decisions and cultural moments shaping the industry. Hosted by Baker Machado, with reporting from the Front Office Sports newsroom.Weekdays in under 12 minutes, ready at 6 a.m. ET. Plus longform conversations throughout the week with athletes, analysts, and executives shaping the game.Subscribe now and turn on notifications.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-12T22:21:03.214161+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/front-office-sports-today-4120147"},"episode":{"title":"CFB Analyst  ⁨Josh Pate⁩ on Michigan Chaos, ESPN, McAfee, the Trump Interview, & More","slug":"cfb-analyst-josh-pate-on-michigan-chaos-espn-mcafee-the-trump-interview-more","published_at":"2026-07-20T19:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/front-office-sports-today-4120147/cfb-analyst-josh-pate-on-michigan-chaos-espn-mcafee-the-trump-interview-more","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/front-office-sports-today-4120147","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/1C131A/traffic.megaphone.fm/FOS1988482671.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/1C131A/traffic.megaphone.fm/FOS1988482671.mp3","summary":"Josh Pate joins Dan Roberts on Front Office Sports to discuss: • The fallout at Michigan football and what happens to AD Warde Manuel • Why the college football world was right to draw a hard line on Brendan Sorsby • Whether the NCAA has any real power left in college athletics I• nterviewing President Donald Trump and what the backlash taught him • His path at ESPN and the Pat McAfee road map CHAPTERS 0:00 Michigan Football Chaos and the AD Ward Manuel Situation 2:12 Does the General Fan Base Actually Care About Michigan's Admin Issues 2:49 Brendan Sorsby's Future and Why the Hard Line on Gambling Was Right 5:11 Could Sports Betting Make Gambling Controversies Less Controversial 6:22 Is the NCAA Becoming Less and Less Relevant 7:55 Why Conference Offices Would Struggle to Self-Govern 8:30 Why Josh Pate Interviewed Trump and What the Backlash Taught Him 10:00 Working With ESPN and Is the Pat McAfee Model His Blueprint 12:06 How College Football Went From Regional to Truly National Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Josh Pate joins Dan Roberts on Front Office Sports to discuss: • The fallout at Michigan football and what happens to AD Warde Manuel • Why the college fo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":838,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/front-office-sports-today-4120147/episodes/cfb-analyst-josh-pate-on-michigan-chaos-espn-mcafee-the-trump-interview-more/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/front-office-sports-today-4120147/cfb-analyst-josh-pate-on-michigan-chaos-espn-mcafee-the-trump-interview-more.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}