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- Josh Mahler: College sports are more than just what happens on game day. It's all the rivalries, the traditions, the tailgates, recruiting battles, road trips to go see your favorite team, no matter where they might might be playing. You think of all the arguments with your friends, your family, the the heated discussions, the the debates that you have with it. Of course, media has all kinds of fun with that, and think of all the memories that last a lifetime with college sports. Game Day Collective was created for the fans who truly love all of that. Welcome in to the first episode here this is Game Day Collective, and today we're gonna be kind of introducing Game Day Collective and telling you who we are, what we're all about, kind of explain to you kind of what you can expect from this show, from this channel as a whole, and how you can become a part of it. Welcome in, my name is Josh Mahler, and of course some people may know me from if you're an Oklahoma fan, you know me from some different Oklahoma sports media and and things of that nature. I've I've hosted my own shows. I have hosted shows on other networks and here on on Game Day Collective we're trying to do something new, start up something new. I am an Oklahoma diehard fan by all means and I'll be transparent about that, very open about that. but of course here at Game Day Collective we are going to be covering all of college sports every team that we possibly can course all relevant teams. And you know, that's that's really what it is here at Game Day Collective. of course I I fell in love with college sports, young as a kid, and it was j again, all those things that I just mentioned here in the opening, just all the rivalries, the the pageantry that you get in college sports is so much different than what you see in professional sports. And of course In some regard, prof it's starting to feel like professional sports whenever we look at college sports and the way that they're moving with NIL and the landscape there. But I still feel like college sports are just so much more special. And one thing is is that you know, we we we all have all of our our team networks to to go follow. We we have ways to keep up with our specific teams, we have ways to keep up with one singular sport, but sometimes you're looking for coverage on all college sports. And that's what we're trying to do here at Game Day Collective. it's Game Day Collective, we're we're a college sports media brand that is built for fans who truly love the game and love everything about college sports. The idea is to kind of bring college sports fans together under one recognizable brand that's still giving them the the the ability to follow the sports that they care about the most. here at Game Day Collective, we're gonna kind of serve under one umbrella, Game Day Collective, but eventually there will be separate shows such as Game Day Collective, the college football show, Game Day Collective, the the college baseball show, basketball show, and all the other sports that we can possibly cover. And eventually we'll get to all of those as we keep on growing. But fans, I I've always believed that fans shouldn't have to sift through stuff just to find what they like. And I know that there's college football shows, there's college basketball shows, but there's not really one brand that delivers all of it. Some fans, follow every college sport and others might only follow one or two, maybe only for college football or just college baseball. And here at Game Day Collective, we're trying to allow everyone to be a part of the same community while choosing the shows and the conversations, the sports that they want to follow and and what matters most to them. Each sport will have a dedicated host here and on Game Day Collective, and the host will provide kind of that consistency there and become the recognizable voice of that sport and of that show specifically. But the the of course, we're gonna be open and allow all of the Game Day Collective personalities to kind of appear as co-hosts or guests on all of the different shows and the different sports that we're gonna be talking about. for example, I will be hosting the college football show. Here on Game Day Collective, we've got another guy that's gonna be hosting the college baseball show. And we're gonna keep on growing and try to brand and and branch out as we keep on growing. And of course, these crossovers will kind of allow everyone to kind of learn about the other the other team members here at Game Day Collective. You know, it started as as just a simple idea, really just to find a better way to connect college sports fans with one another. And and and also to connect those college sports fans with the shows that they want to watch and and with the sports that they want to follow. And you know, I think that college sports are kind of built around a community. That's why college sports, I believe, are so special and and and bring something different that most other you know, professional sports just don't bring. You know, they're built built around that that that community and we kind of want to build a brand. that's kind of that digital version of sitting around with friends and talking about the games. And so that's what we want for our audience and for people who tune in here at Game Day Collective. We're not trying to tell fans how they should feel about their teams or how they should feel about the sports that they watch, but we want to give them a place to talk about w why they feel that way and and open that up to our audience. And of course, that's kind of what this fan perspective will bring to you. And you may be asking, Josh, there's there's so many different podcasts, there's so many different YouTube channels, all of this out there that already offer all this sports coverage. What what's like why would you do this? You know, what sets you guys apart? And just kind of like I I mentioned, I I want to make this more of a fan-first coverage. And here at Game Day Collective, that's what we're trying to do. Kind of show you what it's like to be made with fans, not merely to fans, and and and kind of bringing this show to you and and and allowing you to be a part of it. We want this to feel Less like that that television panel that's talking at you and and talking you know, about your teams and more like a college football community that's talking with you. And, you know, I I I get that feeling when I'm watching ESPN that they're just kind of talking at me and making a lot of rambling noise. And most of the time it's just frustrating and it's stuff that you don't wanna hear. We want this to be something that you wanna hear, and we wanna make it something that you wanna hear because we want you to be a part of it as well. And we're gonna keep on expanding and growing ideas of how we can bring this community together to keep on growing together and allow you to be a part of the show. Of course, one big and easy way that we're going to do that and one way that I can explain to you easily for with you understanding where we're coming at is responding to comments. We're going to respond to as many comments on the show as possible. So drop a comment down below. and and of course hitting that like button, hitting that subscribe button is the first way to get us going and get us growing. But we're going to respond to comments almost every show as long as we can. and of course we want you to participate in discussions. We're gonna get to live shows. We're gonna get to all kinds of stuff like that where you can chime in. We want to eventually be able to do things like call-in shows where you can have your voice be heard. We might even bring o our audience on as guests and allow you to be on camera if that's what you choose to do. we want you to be a part of this show and we want your voice to be heard and make this a community, something that you truly enjoy and of course, we're gonna recognize our recurring viewers, the guy, the people that we know are tuning in every day, every week that we post. we want you to be a part of it and to be recognized for being one of our our valued listeners, audience, however you wanna kind of see that. And of course, we want to ask you questions. We want to ask for for your questions, your comments. We want to cover things that you want to hear about. We're not just gonna keep on coming up with you know, kind of clickbait. type of topics that we want to talk about, but we want to find topics that you would want to hear from a national sports show or from whatever kind of sports show that it is that you're tuning into. And of course, we're going to be completely centered around college sports. Now we might branch out if we get enough of an audience that wants some professional sports and things like that, then by all means, we're going to keep on branching out. But right now, we are focused very much around college sports. You know, we want to kind of have your opinions during our episodes and all that kind of stuff. And so we we want to interact before, during, and even after all of our shows, whether it's a live show or a recorded show, kind of like this one. And you know, one thing too is that we're gonna be honest about who we cheer for. I I'm an Oklahoma fan. the guy that's gonna be hosting the college baseball show, his name is Blake Lane, and he's gonna be he's an Auburn fan and and we're gonna be open about that. And here's the the reason why I kind of branched away from doing a team specific coverage is I was always that guy that was never really high on my team, but never low on them. So I was kind of in that middle where I was just realistic with my expectations for the team. And and of course, being an Oklahoma fan, I was never gonna pick Oklahoma to beat an opponent that I just didn't see on paper Oklahoma beating. And you know, some people liked that, that honest coverage, and some people didn't. But what that what was really hard about being a t a guy that covers a specific team is that I don't like choosing against my team. But here where we can just talk about the landscape of college football, and and college sports, I can I can pick my team without kind of feeling bad about being a guy that covers the team. So of course, with with multiple fans tuning in, I'm not gonna try to to be biased, but we will be honest about our fandom, no doubt. And so we want to kind of make that very c again, it kind of brings that more of a personable feel to it as well. So Ultimately our our coverages they're they're gonna include you know different things. We're we're gonna talk about all kinds of national stories, all kinds of transfer portal news, all of that. Be very analytical and very informative to our audience, but we're also going to allow you to be a part of it. So less of a manufacture debate and something more natural, something more you know, real. There's gonna be disagreements, there's gonna be all kinds of predictions and strong opinions, bold predictions. but we don't want every topic to just to be a shouting match or a hot take, things like things like you see on some of the big networks. and so we want to not just generate attention by the clickbait type of stuff, but we want to you to click in and be a part of our community because you like what we're bringing. And so ultimately that's what we're shooting for. and so you can make sure to follow in. make sure to hit that like button, hit that subscribe button. And of course, we're gonna we're gonna be having all kinds of stuff that we're gonna be covering here on Game Day collective. We're going to be branching out and doing all kinds of sports. so if you're someone who is a sports media or or wants a sports media personnel or wants to become a a podcast host, a writer, anything like that, feel free to reach out. You can you can become a member of the team. We're looking for people to kind of add to and add personalities, add staff members. So if there's a sport, a college sport that you want to cover, heck, even a pro sport. Please reach out. We want to kind of grow this brand and grow personalities. And we want to allow the fans to be a part of this as well. This is a fan's perspective. This is not coming coming at you and talking at you. This is talking with you, become creating a community. And so by all means, please reach out. And of course, like I said, hit that like button, hit that subscribe button. Game Day Collective is here to kind of connect with college sports fans, create shows that are dedicated for sports that you care about, and ultimately just build a community community. Where the audience has a real voice, something that you can truly impact this show. and it's gonna be more than ever, more than you ever you know, more than you could really realize right now. So make sure to hit subscribe to the Game Day Collective channel. Hit that like button here on this episode right now. and of course, no matter what colors you wear, which conference you defend, whatever team you might defend the most, the rivalries that you the that you love the most, anything like that. This is the place for you. Welcome into the collective. This is Game Day Collective.