With the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff, the schedule for Bowl Season looks considerably different this year with a plethora of games taking place beginning in mid-December. The Cricket Celebration Bowl begins the slate of games, taking place on Dec. 14 at 12 p.m. on ABC, followed by the Camellia Bowl that day at 9 p.m. EST on ESPN. One date in particular, however, stood out to Bob Fescoe and Josh Klingler on Thursday’s edition of Fescoe in the Morning on 610 Sports Radio upon discovering the schedule because of its placement within the National Football League slate of games.

A highly anticipated AFC matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans is scheduled to take place on Dec. 21 at 1 p.m. EST, coinciding with a tripleheader of first-round games within the College Football Playoff. This follows a first-round game taking place the night before at 8 p.m. EST broadcast on ABC and ESPN, a matchup that Fescoe presumes could include the Kansas Jayhawks playing at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. With the Chiefs set to host a home game the next afternoon, such a scenario could prove to be chaotic in preparing the stadium and converting it from college football to the NFL.

“It’s just kind of like, ‘The NFL don’t care,’ like you could try,” Klingler said. “‘We’re going to do something really special. We’re going to have a 12-team playoff, [and] we’re going to play these first-round games at home college sites.’ Awesome. ‘Oh, you guys scheduled NFL games that day too. Oh, that kind of sucks.’”

Fescoe argued that the NFL needed to schedule games that day to provide enough time off between Saturday and Wednesday, which happens to be Christmas Day. The NFL will play two games on Christmas Day that will be presented exclusively on Netflix as part of a three-year deal with the media conglomerate.

Coinciding with discussion surrounding the Chiefs potentially relocating to Kansas in a new stadium, Fescoe knows that it would be a bad thing if the Kansas Jayhawks logo was faded on the field at Arrowhead Stadium the next day. From there, he asked the listeners if they would sleep at the stadium between the two games to commemorate what could be an all-time great sports day in Kansas City history.

“We’re going to that Chiefs game – that’s already on the schedule for us,” Fescoe said. “If Kansas is playing that Friday night in the college football game, how many people will camp at Arrowhead after the game on Friday night? I’m going to tell you what, Josh. This has got the potential of something good.”

The College Football Playoff is presenting a tripleheader of quarterfinal games throughout New Year’s Day on ESPN, which includes the Peach Bowl, Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl matchups. Although the NFL is not slated to play on that holiday this year, Fescoe believes that it is going to be coming in the future. In fact, he believes that the league will schedule a tripleheader involving the Chiefs on that day next year because of the proclivity the NFL has had over the last several seasons for expanding the breadth of its schedule.

“I think it’s funny because Roger Goodell is waking up and putting on his world domination pants this morning and going, ‘Who else can we screw?,’” Fescoe said. “‘Oh okay, let’s see here.’ Wait a second here. Next year, Josh, Jan. 1 is going to be on a Thursday. That sets up perfectly for an NFL regular season game, doesn’t it? To finish out the year on your final Thursday night game on Jan. 1 when all the Bowl games are going on.”

In thinking about how the league has changed over the years, Fescoe refers back to the 1991 World Series when Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Jack Morris threw a 10-inning shutout en route to a 1-0 victory over John Smoltz and the Atlanta Braves. The NFL did not play a Sunday night game that week because of the World Series, an action that represented acquiescing to baseball, according to Fescoe. Moreover, Christmas Day used to be dominated by NBA games, but the NFL has played two or more games on the holiday in every year since 2021.

“Now the NFL’s like, ‘Screw it – we’re playing on the World Series, we’re playing on Christmas Day, we’re doing all this,’” Fescoe said. “Roger Goodell is definitely putting on his world domination pants, and he’s going to continue to look at these schedules and see, ‘How can we dominate?,’ and before the NFL even came out for their schedule this year, we all knew that the College Football Playoff was going on that weekend, and the NFL went, ‘Nah, eff it. We’re going to play games that weekend. We don’t care; [it] has no impact on us.’”

SportsRadio 94WIP will broadcast programming live from London, England as the Philadelphia Phillies prepare to face the New York Mets as part of the Major League Baseball London Series over the weekend. The National League East division rivals are playing two games from London Stadium, both of whom have Audacy stations as their flagship radio homes.

To celebrate the occasion, The 94WIP Morning Show with Joe DeCamara and Joe Richie will broadcast live from Passyunk Avenue, a Philadelphia-themed bar in London, on Friday, June 7 and Monday, June 10 as part of a partnership with Phans of Philly. The broadcasts will air both days beginning at 6 a.m. EST and feature several special guests over the two episodes, including former Phillies players and World Series champions Cole Hamels and Matt Stairs.

Passyunk Avenue in London is owned and operated by former South Philadelphia natives and is considered among the premier locations for Philadelphia fans to socialize and provide their support for the team overseas. The venue will have several events throughout the week including tailgating, bus tours and local food from Philadelphia. Friday’s morning show will broadcast from its Waterloo facility, while the Monday edition will take place from its Embassy Gardens location.

The Phillies currently have a 44-19 record on the regular season, holding first place in the National League East and tied with the New York Yankees for the best record in the sport. Led by superstars Bryce Harper, Aaron Nola and Zack Wheeler, the team will aim to continue its momentum overseas against a Mets team coming off a three-game sweep of the Washington Nationals. Saturday’s game will begin at 1:10 p.m., and Sunday’s contest commences at 10:10 a.m. EST, both of which will be available to hear live on SportsRadio 94WIP.

Joey O’Rourke the voice of Indiana State men’s basketball as well as owner and morning host of WMMC Radio has officially announced the acquisition of three additional stations, one of which will become sports radio station WFNB ‘The Fanbase.

O’Rourke posted on his Facebook account, “The cats out of the bag! Kelsey & I are excited to announce that JKO Media Group has expanded… It’s been in the works for a while now it’s OFFICIAL we go from 1 station to a cluster of 4 stations RIGHT here in the Wabash Valley! 4 years ago (time flies when you are having fun) JD & Lori Schumann Spangler showed the faith in us when they gave us a change to buy WMMC Radio 105.9 FM. Without the tremendous support we have received over the last 4 years this wouldn’t be possible… While nothing comes easy or is guaranteed in life we are ready to put the effort in to continue to grow and bring the best coverage possible to the Wabash Valley! Thanks for your support and we look forward to a long & prosperous future!”

All of the stations will have sports play-by-play including the Illinois Fighting Illini, Indiana State, the Indiana Hoosiers and the Purdue Boilermakers. WAMB on 1130 AM and 2 FM translators, 99.5 FM and 106.9 FM, will now be all-sports.

O’Rourke explained the station “will change its call letters from WAMB to WFNB “The Fanbase” & become the Wabash Valleys only 24 hour/7 Day a week all sports format! For those of you that truly know my love of sports I’m SO EXCITED bring this back and make it work! We will be offering a Vigo County Football game of the week along with bringing Dan Patrick, Colin Cowherd to the Wabash Valley! Also, Joey O & The King goes from just a Thursday night show to a daily show! A whole lot more will becoming as we finalize those things. Also WFNB will remain the home of the Purdue Boilermakers.”