Jontay Porter Pleads Guilty, Sentencing Delayed to 2025

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00:00Let's get started with the story we gave you yesterday, but it looks like we have to hit

00:03the pause button on it today. It's more of a sports betting story, which really isn't capturing

00:09maybe a lot of headlines elsewhere, but for our show, it certainly is.

00:12John Tay Porter, you may remember him. I'll review again, former NBA player

00:16who was accused of throwing games essentially because of his player props. He was the player

00:23that was pleading a guilty conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Yesterday was supposed to be the

00:29sentencing. He played on the Raptors. There were some player props that were posted on the sports

00:34books, and Porter left games early so that he would go under on some of these folks. Yes,

00:39this is what was happening. Well, in November, the sentencing was pushed back to May 2025,

00:45so we won't find out exactly what kind of jail time Porter receives. He's expected to receive

00:50some, but this is the legalese of what's going on here. So check back with us in May,

00:56around Memorial Day, and we'll find out. May seems like a long time from now. We've still

01:00got a Super Bowl to get to and NCAA Final Four a lot more as well. All right, Patrick Mahomes

01:05is a full participant. Looks like he's going to go this coming Saturday. Patrick Mahomes and the

01:09Kansas City Chiefs have a Saturday game this week, and then, of course, they play on Christmas Day,

01:13which you can catch our coverage here on SportsGrid. Next Wednesday, I'll be part of that,

01:17so hopefully you can check me out. TJ Watt returns to practice. That's good news for the Steelers.

01:22Ahead of their game with the Ravens, George Pickens remains out, so Pickens right now seems

01:28to be questionable for the game, and the Steelers' offense really struggles without him. Michael

01:31Pennix Jr. getting ready for his first career start. We reported this yesterday that he's going

01:34to get the call over Kirk Cousins, who goes to the bench, and like many other people, just like you

01:39and me, Michael Pennix was shopping yesterday at Costco when he got the call, and he was told that

01:45he's going to start this week. Yeah, I was actually shopping. I was shopping with my girlfriend,

01:50who was at Costco, and I got the call, and they told me that I was going to be the starting

01:55quarterback for the rest of the season, and as you can imagine, it was some nerves. It was

02:02excitement, but I'm just super blessed to be in this position, super blessed to be on this team

02:08for the opportunity, and it was always, like I always say, my family, they always say just

02:14trust in God, trust in the process, and go about each and every day with that trust and belief

02:20that whenever it's your time, it's your time, and they called last night, and they said it was my

02:25time, so just the mental reps, you know, that was always there, you know, always making sure I'm

02:29prepared, you know, preparing like the starter and always being ready because I didn't know when my

02:33number was going to be called. It could have been called at any point, you know, so just me making

02:36sure I was ready, that was the biggest thing, and you know, as far as you talking about like the

02:40physical part, you know, as far as getting the reps with the guys, you know, that'll come this week,

02:43and we got this week to prepare, and you know, I already talked to some of the receivers,

02:48and they said they're ready to, you know, get those reps, you know, if we got to do it

02:53after practice to get more, you know, they're willing to, and you know, that's the biggest

02:57thing, you know, just make sure I find time to get with those guys. I think right now, Michael Penix

03:02is probably as excited as he's ever been over the course of his college or pro football career.

03:07Okay, last night in the bowl game last night, the LA Bowl, just before the game, one of UNLV's top

03:12players said, I'm not playing in this one. Regardless, the line totally flipped. Cal was favored,

03:18and then UNLV somehow was favored. You really have to either be watching us here at SportsGrid

03:22or paying close attention to these lines, folks, because they are like literally flipping,

03:26but UCLA, excuse me, Cal last night just didn't show up for this one. 24 to 13 as UNLV wins. By

03:33the way, the Rebels' new head coach is Dan Mullen, and he's going to take over immediately after the

03:37game. Also, congratulations in order here in Boca Raton, where James Madison came back to beat

03:44Western Kentucky by a final of 27 to 17. They covered the six and a half point spread. It was

03:48the first ever bowl win for James Madison University, and you'll see here in this clip,

03:55they were awarded the Howard Schnellenberger Trophy. Schnellenberger built the FAU program,

04:00and of course, former head coach there and at the University of Miami. Here's Bob Chesney

04:04on the first ever bowl win. Yeah, I think just a great moment in the history of our program to be

04:11the first ever, you know, to do anything for the first is a big deal, and to do it down here in

04:16Boca at a bowling game, you know, matters a lot to this, not only the program, but to the community

04:21and to all these young men that believed and, you know, to assemble the group like we did in a very

04:26short period of time and have them believe and fight for one another and then have the next man

04:30up mentality throughout the entire day, throughout the entire week, really throughout the entire year,

04:35and then we talk about it all the time, but at some point that light shines on you, and I don't

04:38know if 11 and 12 over here thought it would shine on like it did, but when that does, it's

04:42either going to, you know, reveal you for all the work you've done, or it's going to expose you for

04:46the work you didn't do, and to be, you know, the backup and the backup to the backup and all of

04:51those things that they were throughout the year. They battled, they stayed the course, they never

04:56ever gave up, and I'm glad that that light shined on them and had a chance to reveal all the hard

05:00work they've done up to this point in time. All right, so big win for JMU in Boca last night.

05:05Wake Forest has hired their new head coach, Jake Dickard, is going to take over officially and

05:10immediately. Also in the transfer portal, John Mattier has chosen to transfer to Oklahoma. He's

05:16left Washington State. Mattier was considered one of the top players in the transfer portal.

05:21Meanwhile, the University of Alabama, their athletic director is telling, how about this,

05:24fans to fight back to help fund these NILs. Kind of peculiar, but let's give you the statement here

05:30from Greg Byrne, athletic director. Although we have been competitive from an NIL standpoint,

05:36our competition has us in their sights and you're actively trying to surge ahead with NIL. You've

05:40heard examples of other teams using promises of million-dollar paydays to lure away players

05:45or convince them not to come to Alabama. It's time for Bama Nation to fight back. Okay, fair enough.

05:51Get as much money as you can for these kids. Caden Salter has joined Colorado. He's transferring

05:56from Liberty. Shudder Sanders is headed to the NFL. Maybe he becomes a starter next season. San

06:01Jose star wide receiver Nick Ashe has opted out of the Hawaii Bowl, which I believe is the only

06:06game played, if I'm not mistaken, on the 31st of December each year. And Eli Sanders heading to USC

06:11for one year after leaving New Mexico. Folks, it is hard to keep up with all of these transfers,

06:16but me and Frank and Luke, we're doing our best every day to tell you who's going where.

06:20All right, so tonight it is the New Orleans Bowl. It's the lone game on the schedule.

06:25And Georgia Southern, my understanding is going back and looking at these lines when they came

06:30out, Georgia Southern was six and a half point favorites. For some reason, it is now down to

06:33four and a half. I guess they have some players transferring. San Houston State, plus four and a

06:38half tonight, total of 48 and a half. So this is expected to be a closer game than maybe it was

06:43a couple of weeks ago. Auburn basketball star wooden award winner Johnny Broom avoids shoulder

06:49surgery. Good news for him. MRI results show that he's not going to miss extended time. Crazy game

06:54in college basketball last night between Oklahoma and Michigan. We talked about this yesterday. My

06:57gosh, Michigan has lost some really close games this time. Jeremiah Fears, great player for

07:02Oklahoma, converts a four point play with just 11 seconds left to beat the Wolverines by a final of

07:1087 to 86. Michigan is now lost in consecutive weeks by a bucket. First Arkansas, now of course

07:18to Oklahoma. Dusty May, head coach of the Wolverines, gave all the credit for the big shot

07:23by Fears. Both teams competed at a high level and obviously it came down to the last possession and

07:32Fears made a big time shot, especially in this environment. But I thought our guys battled,

07:38they competed, were better than we were a week ago. And so it's gut wrenching as a game like

07:43this is. You've got to find a way to keep moving forward. It's not one thing. We've got to get more

07:50of a killer mindset. We took care of the ball much better today. There were still a couple errors just

07:57on basic entries that they turned into a pick six late. We botched a blob. That's on me. We

08:05ran a very basic play to get it into Vlad's hands and somebody saw something and bumped back the

08:11play. But that's on me. We've got to execute better in that situation, especially late clock.

08:19The last possession, just like at the garden, Danny, an open court, busted floor and a ball

08:25screen. We're going to get a wide open shot and he created that and got a good look at it.

08:31I think right now Michigan just needs some days off here for the Christmas holiday.

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