Today on The Jason Smith Show, Arnie Spanier and Martin Weiss are in for Jason and Mike! The guys open the show with a discussion on the state of bowl games in college football. NFL writer for Sports Illustrated Matt Verderame joins the show to talk some NFL football, hitting on the Thursday Night Football game between the Seahawks and Bears, the Christmas Day slate of games, and setting up the rest of the weekend's matchups. They also react to a snoozefest of a Thursday Night Football game between the Seahawks and Bears, which leads into a discussion on the rumors that Pete Carroll wants to return to NFL sidelines, and has his eye on the Bears job.

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Arnie Spanier and Martin Weiss (in for Jason and Mike) open the show celebrating some exciting personal news: Martin got engaged! Once that's out of the way, they get into some NFL talk, entertaining the ever-increasing possiblity that the Chiefs really could be on a collision course for the NFL's first threepeat. NFL writer Jason Cole joins the show to weigh in with his own thoughts and help set the stage for the rest of this week's games.

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Arnie Spanier and Martin Weiss (in for Jason and Mike) open the hour with a discussion on the state of bowl games in college football. NFL writer for Sports Illustrated Matt Verderame joins the show to talk some NFL football, hitting on the Thursday Night Football game between the Seahawks and Bears, the Christmas Day slate of games, and setting up the rest of the weekend's matchups. Plus, talking about the NBA's struggle to transition into a new era.

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