{"id":131,"date":"2017-01-12T21:10:19","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T21:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=131"},"modified":"2017-01-12T21:10:19","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T21:10:19","slug":"the-toy-department-episode-53","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=131","title":{"rendered":"The Toy Department &#8211; Episode 53"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Episode 53,\u00a0Derek Madden and Matt Kolsky fail to apologize for Kolsky&#8217;s degraded audio quality OR the day-late nature of this episode, so please accept this as an apology (sorry, y&#8217;all) as you listen to their discussions about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Last week&#8217;s homework assignment: Scott Van Pelt&#8217;s SportsCenter (2:00)&#8230; The guys discuss how it stands out from other SportsCenter programming and whether it represents a new avenue for that brand\u00a0moving forward&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>College football&#8217;s National Championship game (11:30),\u00a0but less about the game and more about Kolsky&#8217;s continuing distaste for NCAA pigskin in general&#8230; and the differences between college and professional football&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>The NFL playoffs\u00a0(25:30) specifically the\u00a0games of Divisional weekend and how they project to be significantly more entertaining that last weekend&#8217;s Wild Card action&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Coachella!! 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