Sixers Spoil Knicks Banner Night | NFL Clears the Eagles & the CFB Week 8 Lookahead — Coach and Company Wednesday 10/21/26

NBA opening night delivered drama, and Coach and Mikey P start in New York. The Knicks raised their first banner in 53 years, but LeBron James' Sixers won 106-100 at Madison Square Garden in his Philadelphia debut (ESPN), and the giveaway shirts on every seat carried the wrong season (OutKick). Detroit erased a 22-point deficit with a 23-0 run against Boston (NBA.com), Victor Wembanyama went 1-for-13 in OKC, and Jalen Brunson's upcoming Law & Order: SVU cameo (ESPN) sets off Mikey's new rule: no changing teams after a TV cameo.

Then the NFL. The league concluded the Eagles handled Jalen Hurts' blood clot appropriately, so no punishment for the team, Nick Sirianni or Howie Roseman (PFT). Coach and Mikey argue the story isn't over, and Coach reminds Philly that Cowboys at Eagles is Monday night. It's Wednesday, so F-Day rants honor the late, great Howie Schwab: Big Tommy C is suspended for one show, Mikey goes after the Bills' spitting suspensions (ESPN; Sam Franklin Jr. is appealing), and Coach begs players to learn time and score. Mikey's uncle names it: "kitchen dances."

Back to school: five of the AP top seven lost last week, Miami is No. 1 and BYU jumped to No. 2 (AP Top 25). The hosts break down Indiana at Michigan, LSU at Auburn after Auburn's upset of Georgia (Auburn), BYU at UCF, Ole Miss at Texas and Arch Manning's moment, and Houston at Utah with College GameDay in Salt Lake City (Utah). They close on Ohio State losing QB Julian Sayin indefinitely (WHIO) and what it means for Jeremiah Smith. Takes and picks are the hosts' opinions; lines move.

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Timestamps
00:00 Cold open & housekeeping
01:17 NBA opening night: Pistons rally, Sixers win at MSG, Thunder top Spurs
03:52 The Knicks' banner-night T-shirt flub
04:47 Banner nights, celebrity Knicks fans & Brunson on SVU
06:18 Mikey P's cameo rule
07:59 NFL clears the Eagles on Jalen Hurts
11:58 F-Day rants for Howie Schwab
12:52 Big Tommy suspended
13:58 Mikey P's rant: the Bills' spitting suspensions
15:29 Coach's rant: know time and score
18:58 Kitchen dances
20:06 CFB chaos: five of the top seven fall
21:22 Indiana at Michigan
23:25 LSU at Auburn
27:07 BYU at UCF
29:32 Ole Miss at Texas
35:31 Houston at Utah
38:02 Ohio State without Julian Sayin; Jeremiah Smith
39:59 Sign-off

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