Episode Details

The Cowboys keep making moves, and Mike likes what he's seeing. Dallas trades a third-round pick for offensive tackle Broderick Jones, putting Terrence Steele on notice and adding another option to an offensive line that still has questions. Combine that with the Cowboys' recent willingness to make tough roster decisions, and Mike says this organization has been acting more and more like a legitimate football operation. He's even still leaning toward picking Dallas to win the NFC East.

Then Rudy comes in hot with a declaration: California is a terrible sports state. USC's rough-looking crowd for its opener becomes Exhibit A in a bigger debate about Los Angeles sports fans, fair-weather fandom and why USC needs to win before Southern California fully cares again. That eventually leads into the Rams, where Aaron Donald is back, making an already loaded team look even scarier. And at the end of the show, Mike, Rudy and Pelón finally reveal the big announcement: ITB is launching Cowboys postgame shows after every game this season, presented by The Shedfather.

Topics Covered:

• Cowboys trade for offensive tackle Broderick Jones
• Terrence Steele officially has competition
• Questions remain about Tyler Guyton at left tackle
• Why Mike likes the Cowboys beefing up the trenches
• Joe Milton gets released
• Cowboys choose Sam Howell as Dak Prescott's backup
• Jaden Blue gets cut while Malik Davis sticks around
• Mike's growing confidence in the Cowboys
• Could Dallas actually win the NFC East?
• Rudy declares California a terrible sports state
• USC's disappointing crowd and California's fair-weather fandom
• Lincoln Riley's move from Oklahoma to USC
• USC's move to the Big Ten
• Why the Coliseum isn't helping USC's attendance problem
• Aaron Donald returns to the Rams
• How scary the Rams could be this season
• Harrison Barnes buys a bank in Iowa
• Barnes' approach to building generational wealth
• TCU's ugly performance and Mike's Sonny Dykes rant
• Micah Parsons gets another People I Want to Punch nomination
• Major ITB Cowboys announcement
• Cowboys postgame shows coming after every game this season
• The Shedfather joins ITB as presenting sponsor

Key Moments:

• The Cowboys give up a third-round pick for Broderick Jones, and Mike loves the message it sends to Terrence Steele: perform or somebody else will take your job.
• Mike says Dallas has become more cutthroat and is finally making the kind of moves a serious football organization should make.
• Rudy uses USC's sparse-looking opener as proof that California fans need their teams to be elite before they fully show up.
• Mike pushes back slightly, arguing California isn't necessarily a bad sports state, but it might be the ultimate fair-weather sports state.
• Aaron Donald's return has the guys looking at the Rams' roster and wondering how anybody is supposed to deal with that defense.
• Harrison Barnes gets major respect after buying a bank in his home state of Iowa and showing how differently some NBA players approach their money.
• Mike absolutely unloads on Sonny Dykes after TCU scores only 10 points against North Carolina and calls for the program to eventually go get Jeff Traylor.
• Rudy puts Micah Parsons on his punch list for continuing to talk about how good he is despite already having the contract and reputation to prove it.
• The show officially announces In The Building Cowboys, a postgame show after every Cowboys game this season, beginning with Cowboys-Giants and presented by The Shedfather.