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It's the first full week of football both college and pro here on The 506 Game as Mike and Greg (battling Internet connection issues) look at some fun match-up's on CFB Saturday and have their first fun with the gerrymandered affiliate maps for the NFL. They also discuss the controversial ending to Michigan/Western Michigan last week, Miami's beatdown of Florida A&M and most importantly what areas of the country are marked safe from Tom Brady's commentary this week. 

After a slight delay, we get to the earlier education part of our Back to School 2026 shows with a show loved by the critics but not seen by enough viewers.  (Sound familiar, Cheers from the same season?)  A clique of high schoolers strive for popularity and approval from peers in an era where you were one of the cool kids or you were nobody.  Do these square pegs ever fit in with the round holes?  44 years later, we may never know...

Recently uploaded to the WWE Vault YouTube Channel last week, Greg and Dane look at this Coliseum Video VHS tape from 1986 in "The Best of the WWF" series.

We see a Hart Foundation/Killer Bees Match from MSG, Danny Spivey, Ted Arcidi and Haku (King Tonga) wanting to take part in the Big John Studd bodyslam challenge!

You can watch the tape through the WWE Vault channel at this link. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFUKRP0Vy80

Greg and Mike go over the announcer slate for the first full week of College Football while asking themselves, why the hell did Rutgers shoot off fireworks after they lost to UMass on Thursday? They also look at some good games in the late windows while also talking about if Brian Kelly will use his fake Cajun accent on CBSSN?

1990 was the year of the failed movie-to-TV transition, between Ferris Bueller, Baby Talk, and this week's entry.  People saw the Monday night preview episode, but failed to follow it to its regular time slot, the death slot on Saturday night, a full hour before two of NBC's stalwart shows for that night.  At least girls got to see young Leonardo DiCaprio before he went on a ship and died seven years later.  (Sorry for the almost 30-year-old spoilers.)

In Episode 2 of The 506 Game, Mike and Greg look at the College Football announcer slate for Week 0 while also looking up information on some unknowns to us in this week's slate. Also, who doesn't want to sleep to the tones of Tim Brando calling Memphis/UNLV on FOX right before you go to bed?

In early 2007, one of the most unexpected upsets in college football history happened.  It also helped launch the rise in college league-specific networks.  There was only one problem--the fan base for a certain team could not watch the game due to a lack of carriage.  They missed an historical affair, likely one they don't want to remember.

Greg and Dane go to D.C. for SummerSlam 2005 as the Hulkster and HBK meet for the first time, brother, the last time, brother, and the only time, brother! And trust us, hilarity is gonna ensue when we hit the Main Event!

But we also see Rey and Eddie battle over the custody of Young Dom in a Ladder Match, Batista and JBL in a No Holds Barred match for the Big Gold Belt, and Cena and Jericho fighting for the WWE title!

It's just about Back to School time.  As always, we look at something in the realm of a college or school-themed show.  We look at a somewhat early ESPN endeavor which was simply a sports take on College Bowl, recorded at a long-defunct theme park.  It's not memorable as a show, but it might be more memorable to ESPN fans for who appeared on it as a 19-year-old freshman in season one.

Greg and Dane head to Montreal for the Go Home episode of RAW before SummerSlam 2005.

We see Shawn get mega heel heat back in Montreal while the Hulkster and Kurt Angle wrestle in our main event.

Also on this show we get the finals of the Diva Search, Eugene’s Gold Medal challenge and Rob Conway’s amazing theme song!