Go! My Favorite Sports Team Season 1, Episode 22: What is An Athlete?

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A Sporting Chance

On the kickoff episode of Go! My Favorite Sports Team, Mark (a sports not-knower) asks Tyler (a sports knower) questions related to the world of, you guessed it…SPORTS! Together, they’ll also preview some of what’s to come on the podcast.

55 min

2

NFL Football Primer

In this episode, Tyler attempts to teach Mark the basics of American football, despite Mark’s preoccupation with special teams and his unique "strategies."

55 min

3

2022 Winter Olympics

This week on Go! My Favorite Sports Team, Tyler and Mark dive deep into the wide world of winter sports and the pinnacle sporting event this winter season - the 2022 Winter Olympics! Listen in to what Mark hypothesizes these well known (and lesser known) sports are by name alone...let’s see how this goes! Don’t worry your Master of Sport, Tyler, has your back.

60 min

4

College Coaching Carousel

This week on Go! My Favorite Sports Team, Tyler educates Mark on the nuances related to coaching and the college coaching carousel (coaches switching schools where they coach) and how coaches can heavily impact the lives & success of their players. Tyler also gets into the changes around college athlete's rights to their name & image & pay for play. Sports is an ever shifting miasma of... something, but you have to listen to find out! Make sure to listen all the way to the end ;)

70 min

5

The Superstar Effect

This week on Go! My Favorite Sports Team, your fearless sports-knower and not-so-fearless sports not-knower look into how Superstars impact sports. They discuss what defines a superstar, how those individuals impact their teams, and more importantly, their communities - i.e. LEBRON JAMES...and Tom Brady.

61 min

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Tom Brady: G.O.A.T. or No?

In this pinnacle episode of GMFST, the gauntlet is thrown! The cat is let out of the bag! The Monkey is ripped from Tyler's back & the weight is finally lifted from his proverbial chest!  Mark & Tyler discuss the title of GOAT, particularly how it pertains to Tom Brady. The conversation extends from his rise to superstardom, through his career, and beyond, even into how the media portrays him in the world of sport. Also, Mark narrates Tom Brady's storied career - featuring the famous Bill Belichick and... B*tch Mabumbo? Oh! And if you didn't know, Tyler is a "massive fan" of Tom Brady, so this episode was SUPER fun for him.

70 min

7

Basketball Primer

This week on Go! My Favorite Sports Team: Dribble, shoot, dribble dribble *squeak* DUNK, dribble, shoot, POINTS! Also, Tyler and Mark dive into the wide-world of basketball - foot sizes, three-point shootys, dressing, not dressing and more! Also, a competitive March madness bracket challenge is issued! Who will end up...butlering who???

76 min

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Sports in Language

This week, your fearless coaches/captains/leaders shoot for the moon so they can land amongst the stars and make a...slam dunk? Tyler and Mark dive deep into the wild world of how sports are ingrained in everyday language. How will Mark correctly (and incorrectly) figure out these sports analogies?

52 min

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The Future of Sports, In Space?

This week on Go! My Favorite Sports Team (after Tyler hops into a stranger’s car), Tyler and Mark dive into the future of sports. Space travel, anti-gravity soccer, real Quidditch, robots?! There are endless possibilities...

62 min

10

Music in Sports

Do you hear that? That sweet sound reverberating from the arena…in your ears? This week on Go! My Favorite Sports Team, Tyler and Mark dive into the intricacies of how music is embedded in sport.

60 min

11

MLB Baseball Primer

This week, Tyler - your sports master-knower-knowledge-haver-portrayer-educator and Mark, the opposite of that, explore the wide world of baseball. Spoiler alert: there are four bases and there are, in fact, balls.

80 min

12

Sports Food

After revealing the shocking results from the GMFST March Madness bracket challenge, and some general sport-related tomfoolery, Tyler and Mark explore the wide-ranging world of sports food - yes, there’s cotton candy involved…

56 min

13

The Mental Game

This week, Tyler and Mark explore the mental game and how keenly important the mind is when it comes to athletic performance. "That which sits between the ears can make or break an athlete."

62 min

14

Sports Nutrition

Kids, it's time to eat your vegetables and climb the out-of-date Food Pyramid! This week on GMFST, Tyler "Future Expert Witness" Scheid and Mark "In Space" Fischbach dive into the massive world of sports nutrition.

55 min

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NHL Hockey Primer

On GMFST, your faithful, sports-knowing hosts EVENTUALLY dive into a full primer on the National Hockey League, so be prepared for skatey, sticky, shooty, goalie shenanigans, but first...some news! This week (in the past), the NFL Draft is in full swing (in the past), then Tyler and Mark discuss grizzly bears and wolves for quite a few minutes before Mark provides his picks for the NBA Finals.

58 min

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THE Creator Clash

Keep your hands up, grab your Grand Pianos, and get ready to get...punched in your ears! This week on GMFST, Mark takes the lead & breaks down the (queue the lightning sound effects) CREATOR CLASH!!! A charity boxing event pairing content creators vs content creators.

73 min

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Social Good in Sports

After what can only be described as the Greatest Introduction in Podcast History, Tyler and Mark discuss how athletes can have a positive (or negative) impact on fans, communities, and even the world. That’s right, social good as it relates to sports & athletes!

53 min

18

New Problems in College Sports (NIL Exploitations)

NIL = Name, Image, Likeness... This week on GMFST, Tyler and Mark discuss current events in sports including the current MLB season and the ongoing NBA & NHL Playoffs (psst, Tyler is winning). Then, your dynamic duo dive into a spirited discussion about NIL and the problems that have recently arisen as they relate to competitive integrity in college sports.

50 min

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Performance Enhancers

This episode of GMFST, Tyler and Mark open up with some URGENT SPORTS NEWS...basically the Indy 500 happened, the Golden State Warriors got some dubs...also some hockey is happening and people in sport are speaking up for social change! Afterwards they talk DRUGS...your faithful sports-knower and not-knower explore the world of human enhancements, mostly the things that are sports performance impacting.

68 min

20

Sports Parents

Tall-limbed Tyler and shorter-limbed Mark (?) roll right into this brand new episode of GMFST! This week, the dynamic duo tackle parenting in sports and how their role factors into the lives of young atheletes.

54 min

21

Teamwork Makes the Dream...work?

This week on the greatest sports podcast in your area, life-long friends and sports-buddies (kind of), Tyler and Mark dive into the ins and outs of teamwork and the differences between team sports and individual sports. Go TEAM! This episode is dedicated to Denise.

65 min

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What is An Athlete?

This week your favorite dynamic duo answer the age old question...who/what is an athlete? Tyler and Mark kick things off talking about YOUR posts on the GMFST subreddit & Twitter before getting into the true topic. “YouTube channel coming soon™” and so much more is included in this BEEFY episode!

60 min

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Mark's Sports Life

How far does Mark’s lack of knowledge of sport go? Well this week we find out...the illustrious duo take a deep dive into Mark's sports life, after YOUR COMMENTS are brought forth to the KING OF PUTTING BALLS IN HOLES (aka Tyler Scheid) by the newly vision enhanced Markiplier (aka Mark Fischbach) of course.

60 min

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Tyler's Sports Life - Part 1

This week on the twenty-fourrrth(?) episode of GMFST, your favorite dynamic duo kick things off with some listener comments before diving into TYLER SCHEID'S SPORTS LIFE! That's right...it's time we all learn a thing or two about what the world's utmost expert in sport has been up to all his life. Buckle up - the King of Putting Balls in Holes is about to get his time in the spotlight.

64 min

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Motorsports Primer

The Great Unicycling Mark (listen to find out, trust us) and Tyler Scheid: The King of Putting Balls in Holes (an official, trademarked nickname) kick off this week's GMFST with a rousing discussion on challenges followed by what can only be described as...THE POSESSION. Then, it's time to dive (er, drive) into *vroom vroom splish splash woosh screeeeetch* motor sports!

70 min

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Cheerleading

This week on GMFST, your favorite sports-loving duo kick off the episode by tackling YOUR questions with SPICY answers. Due to one particular question, Tyler calls an audible, pours Gatorade directly on Mark’s brain, & together they tumble into the stunt-filled world of cheerleading.

58 min

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Noncompetitive Sports?

On this week's episode of GMFST, Mark Markiplier Fischbach and Tyler Apocalypto_12 Scheid dive into the ins and outs of non-competitive sports! This ELEGANT duo kick things off with a rousing discussion surrounding hot dogs and BBQ briefcases before diving into the big question of the week: is marching band a sport?

54 min

28

The Future is Electric

Did Mark do his homework? This week on GMFST, Tyler and the Other Guy (spoiler, it's Mark) dive into MOTOR & BATTERY TECHNOLOGY!!! Together they discuss what they believe is the future of motorized sports, and really, transportation in general. OH! Also, the Discord is up, let's see if you can find the link...

59 min

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Youth Sports

Hello elegant listeners (oooh, y'all fancy now)! This week on GMFST, Mark is upset that he and Tyler don't get to talk about electricity for another hour (one day, Mark...one day). Instead, your dynamic sports-knowing host is taking Mark on a dive into childhood (huh?) to discuss youth sports! Tee up those tee-balls, lace up those training skates and become a kid again.

62 min

30

Tennis Primer

After one of the most energetic intros of any podcast of all time, Mark and Tyler have a rousing discussion about...Venn Diagrams? THEN, the King of Putting Balls in Holes and Markiplier run through some very important sporting news before they take a whack at dissecting the sport of tennis. Sit back, relax and enjoy - it's all LOVE, baby...that's a tennis joke.

54 min

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Trophies

This week sports kings and sports masters Slightly Sleepy Tyler and Pretty Much Awake Mark kick things off with BITS of news and BOPS of information (aka, current events). Next, it's time to discuss trophies. Are trophies simply shiny pieces of rock, or are they so much more? Listen and find out!

81 min

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Fantasy Football Primer

This week on GMFST, your favorite sports podcast, Tyler Scheid and Markiplier are back at it again! This time they're ready to tackle one of the largest and probably the most mythical (there are elves?) segments of sports...the fantasy ones! Particularly, fantasy football. Are fantasy sports simply an ancillary piece of the game designed for stats-fans and huge sports nerds, or are they actually part of a fiercely competitive multi-billion dollar industry tied to sport that opens doors for greater investment and understanding?

51 min

33

Golf Primer

FORE!!! It's time for a new episode of GMFST featuring the most handsome duo in the history of sports podcasts, Markiplier & Tyler Scheid...this week: stick, ball, green, sand...traps, hole, flag, hats, Arnold Palmer, shoes with spikes on them and so much more - it's time for the Golf Primer! Grab your fanciest polo and your checkeriest checkered pants, and get tee'd up for this episode!

63 min

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Wade's Sports Life

Hello gentle, eloquent, elegant listeners. It is time for a uniquely new episode of GMFST. This one is special because today the friend-filled, ever popular Wade Barnes (AKA LordMinion777) is guest-hosting in place of the unfortunately ill Markiplier! Fun fact...Wade has known Tyler since kindergarten, and, well there's some history there...what history!? Well, you'll just have to listen to find out.

61 min

35

COVID's Impact on Sports

Fear not gentle & elegant listeners, Markiplier has returned to GMFST after his bout with COVID. Once they finish determining that it, indeed, is NOT Opposite Day, the guys get meta and talk about COVID, starting from Marks symptoms and experience having the virus, leading into the effects that the pandemic has had and continues to have on the world of sports. Will things ever fully go back to "normal"? Listen and find out what your favorite duo has to say!

48 min

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Protecting Athletes: Tua Incident

Welcome elegant listeners to the first (formerly) live GMFST podcast episode! Today, Tyler has Markiplier watch replays of QB Tua Tagovailoa’s recent injuries. This leads to a serious discussion about the protocols in place to protect athletes from harm vs the athlete's choice to make their own informed decisions on if it is worth the risk. So much talk of consequences and their repercussions makes you wonder about your life choices... It sure did for Mark, but which ones? Listen and find out.

52 min

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Sports Rivalries

Here on GO, friends become rivals, rivals become enemies, enemies become...lovers? Something something fanfiction. Anyways, This week, your favorite close friends, co-hosts, and...rivals? Tyler and Markiplier dive into the intricacies of sports rivalries, and perhaps rivalries beyond like... WHO IS GMFST'S PODCAST RIVAL!?

61 min

38

Skateboarding Primer

Attention 90's kids, and everyone else too...it's time to dust off those decks, tighten up those trucks and stock up on bandages! This week on GMFST, 90's punks, friends, and illustrious co-hosts, Tyler Scheid and Markiplier are dropping into the wide, wild, and maybe, physics-defying world of skateboarding.

67 min

39

Slap Fighting Primer

This week on GMFST, the handsomest, most amazing, most incredible Markiplier and the humble, humblest and humbler Tyler Scheid join forces once again to bring you the greatest sports podcast of all time. This week on the show, *slap*, it's time for the Slap Fighting Primer - what is slap fighting you ask? Well, Dana White (UFC owner/head) just got approval for the rights to create a league in the US, so, *slap*, it's time to stretch those necks and learn up!

44 min

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Cricket Primer

Attention elegant listeners THE T20 WORLD CUP IS HAPPENING, so it's time for a brand new PRIMER, a cricket primer! Tyler Scheid and Markiplier are back to catch on the full, knock some wickets, and dismiss the opposition as the #1 Sports Podcast thanks to Mark’s nakedness! Listen up and learn a little something about (potentially), the most popular sport in the entire world...wait, really? Yes...really.

72 min

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Cheating in Sports

Attention elegant, beautiful listeners, be warned! This week, we...I mean Mark & Tyler, are getting down and dirty by discussing *looks around* cheating and how to cheat in sports! Can you stomach it? How would/did Markiplier cheat!? What is up for an Emmy? No mysterious 5th base, but a 5th DOWN?! Listen to find out...

56 min

42

Bob's Sports Life

Good morning, afternoon and evening elegant listeners! It's time for a brand new GMFST and this week...is a real winner. Tyler Scheid is once again, a lone host, but is joined by the one and only Bob Muyskens. The topic: BOB...and his sports life! Join @Apocalypto_12 and @muyskerm as they dive into Michigan vs Ohio, dad-based e-sports, THE FRIDGE and many more happenings in the Life of Bob.

69 min

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Soccer Primer

It’s Time…the moment you’ve all been begging & pleading for… the Soccer Primer (a sport also known as football). Happy Thanksgiving to our American listeners & happy day to all of the elegant listeners around the world. Join Tyler and Markiplier as the embark on an absolutely stuffed, FIFA World Cup prepped, extravaganza dedicated to the biggest sport on the planet. What j’accuses will you have this time??? I guess you have to listen.

86 min

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Draft Eligibility and Requirements

Tyler and Bob...wait, no, not Bob. Mark? Yes, Markiplier! Tyler and Mark are back in studio again... FINALLY! After a brief overview of Wartime Golf and a World Cup update, your hosts are ready to turn pro! But have they met the requirements?...this week, GMFST analyzes the standards for athletes to be drafted into the professional ranks. They HAVE to go to college? Oh, only in some sports? You can be too old? What is the benefit of this? What schemes are afoot? Listen and find out!

65 min

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Seasons End | Best of GMFST 2022

Attention gentle, elegant listeners, this is the END... of season 1. Don't worry, we'll be back, but only if you KEEP LISTENING! GMFST is taking a short hiatus during the holiday season so that Mark, Tyler, & the rest of the team can rest their sportly bodies and return refreshed in 2023... FOR SEASON 2! Until then, we wanted to leave you with a very special episode featuring some of our favorite moments over the past year. Thank you for listening, Happy Holidays, Happy New Year and enjoy! Love, the GMFST Team

105 min