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UnstoppableABOUT THE SHOW Think you're unstoppable when it comes to sports? Prove it! In each episode of Unstoppable, two GW personalities come together to see who knows best when it comes to sports. The show covers three to five topics, and at the end, everyone knows "who is Unstoppable!"
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Archives (starting with most recent):Season 3 Shows (Hosts Ben Toder (301-309), Collin Bowman (310, 312), Chris Geissler (311), Director Max Smith):Episode 312 (5/5/2009)- Collin Bowman steps back into his role as host as Taylor Barnes and Austin Schindel look ahead with World Series picks, the NFL, the direction of GW Men's Basketball, the best athlete to watch, and the best NBA coach. The show also includes sneak peeks behind the scenes to let you see some of the auditions for next season's host. Rapid fire covers great athletes, great rivalries, and an early prediction on next year's Heisman winner. Episode 311 (4/27/2009)- Chris Geissler is joined in his debut as host by Collin Bowman and Andrew Hanks to discuss the NFL draft, the best closer in baseball today, home field advantage, and the best DC sports game to attend. Rapid fire caps it all off. Episode 310 (4/20/2009)- Collin Bowman steps in front of the camera to host as Unstoppable rookies Taylor Barnes and Max Feinblatt debate whether the NFL should have a rookie salary cap, the second best in the NBA's west, baseball's biggest early surprises, NBA first round upsets, and whether Harry Kalas or John Madden had a bigger impact on broadcasting. As always, the show wraps up with rapid fire. Episode 309 (4/13/2009)- Ben Toder, Adam Kapner, and Steven Herzberg return for their final episode of the season. Episode 308 (4/6/2009)- Newcomer Greg Shapiro joins Adam Kapner and Ben Toder in the studio for a baseball preview covering the A.L. and N.L. winners, the best pitcher in the game, the best lineup in the MLB and the hardest baseball record to break. Rapid fire covers MLB playoff picks. Episode 307 (3/30/2009)- Ben Toder asks Adam Kapner and Steve Herzberg to debate whether Michigan State or Villanova has a chance at the national championship game, who will come out on top at the final four, what the best playoff system in sports is, which NBA team has had the most disappointing regular season and which athlete would be best served moving to a different sport. This week's rapid fire covers the NBA, including whether former GW standout Pops Mensah-Bonsu will become a mainstay in Toronto. Episode 306 (3/9/2009)- Steven Herzberg returns to tussle with Adam Kapner over Terrell Owens to the Bills, who to take first in your fantasy baseball draft, who will win the Big East tournament, who will win the NBA's Eastern Conference and the best NCAA tournament buzzer beater ever. Ben Toder hosts the show, and wraps it up with rapid fire. Episode 305 (3/2/2009)- Newcomer Bart Badget joins Ben Toder and Adam Kapner to debate whether the men's basketball team will make the A-10 tournament, which NBA injury hurts the most, whether Memphis deserves a 1-seed in the NCAA tournament, if the World Baseball Classic is good for baseball and the biggest NFL draft busts in history. As always the show concludes with rapid fire, covering topics from Stephon Marbury to the World Baseball Classic. Episode 304 (2/23/2009)- Ben Toder is joined by Steven Herzberg and Adam Kapner to debate which NCAA bubble team has the best chance of going deep into the tournament, if the Cowboys should part ways with Terrell Owens, if there is an MLB team that can be 2009's Rays and who the second best team is in the NBA's Western Conference. In the final segment, the three discuss whether Happy Gilmore or The Waterboy is Adam Sandler's best sports-related movie. As always, the show concludes with rapid fire, today on GW Basketball, Tiger Woods and the NBA. Episode 303 (2/9/2009)- Steven Herzberg and Adam Kapner return, with Ben Toder hosting, to argue about the best team in the NBA, whether Alex Rodriguez will make the Hall of Fame, if the men's basketball team's win over Fordham could ignite a run, and who the best college basketball player in the nation is. For the final segment, Kapner and Herzberg tussle over the best sports related video games ever. As always, the show concludes with rapid fire, this time about Kurt Warner, Manny Ramirez and Michael Phelps. Episode 302 (2/2/2009)- Ben Toder hosts as Steven Herzberg and Adam Kapner debate which of the last two Super Bowls was better, if Kurt Warner deserves to be in the Hall of Fame, the best player in the NBA not named Kobe or LeBron, whether the All-Star starters are better in the East or the West, and whether the ACC or Big East is the best conference in college basketball. As always, the show concludes with rapid fire, in this episode covering GW basketball and the Pro Bowl. Episode 301 (1/23/2009)- Ben Toder, making his debut as host, is joined by Unstoppable veterans Eric Struening and Dave Roberts to debate the Super Bowl advantages on each side of the ball, if the Cardinals are the worst team to ever make the game, who the best in the NBA is, and who the best MLB free agent is that is still available. As always, the show concludes with rapid fire. Season 2 Shows (Host Max Smith, Director Victoria Riess):Episode 215 (12/17/2008)- Max Smith, Katie Majewski and Julian Gompertz host a selection of Unstoppable's best GW-related segments from the Fall 2008 season. Episode 214 (12/11/2008)- In this special edition, Max Smith hosts four of season two's all-stars--Katie Majewski, Julian Gompertz, Dave Roberts and Steve Spitzer--as they debate whether the Lions could beat one of the top three Big 12 teams, if expectations have changed for the GW Men's Basketball team,and who deserves the Heisman trophy. Then, one of them is eliminated before discussing if Ohio State deserves the BCS bowl bid over Boise State. Then, in the final round, the remaining two panelists debate who's number 2 in college basketball. Episode 213 (12/8/2008)- Max Smith is joined by Elliott Brown who makes his GWTV debut as he debates Katie Majewski over what the primary problem is with GW Men's Basketball, whether the NHL was right to suspend Sean Avery, if college football coaches should get such lengthy extensions, whether the Bills should have played in Toronto and if the Thunder or the Wizards are the worst team in the NBA. As always, the show finishes with rapid fire, this time GW basketball and NFL picks. Episode 212 (12/1/2008)- Max Smith is joined by Dave Roberts and newcomer Jordan Teller to debate what can be done to fix Thanksgiving NFL football, whether Lebron James or Charles Barkley has the right idea about 2010, if Oklahoma should have just taken a knee against Oklahoma State, if the Big 12 should use the BCS as a tiebreaker, and whether the GW Men's basketball team is on the right track heading into the BB&T. As always, the show wraps up with rapid fire picks. Episode 211 (11/24/2008)- Max Smith hosts as Shomari Kee, GW's Assistant Director for Intramural Sports, comes into the studio to battle it out with Julian Gompertz over which is the worst division in the NFL, whether the Knicks' trades were good moves, if students should go to the women's basketball game against Tennessee, who they would have in an 8 team NCAA Football playoff and whether the GW men are ready to move beyond last season. As always, the show closes with rapid fire picks on GW Basketball, College Football and the NFL.
Episode 210 (11/17/2008)- Special guests Steve Spitzer and Dave Roberts join Max Smith to debate whether signing Manny Ramirez is worth the cost, if it is good for the NFL to have Thursday night games, the odds the Jets will win the AFC East, whether the GW Men's basketball team is the worst D-1 team in DC, and who should be number 1 in the BCS. As always, the crew wraps up the show with rapid fire, covering Colonials basketball, NFL, and NCAA football as well as the MLS Cup. Episode 209 (11/3/2008)- Max Smith, Katie Majewski and Julian Gompertz debate the most likely player to move in MLB free agency, whether it is more likely the Titans go undefeated or the Lions go winless, if the Knicks are right to bench Marbury, whether the BCS has the right number one team after Texas Tech's upset of Texas and if Joe Flacco or Matt Ryan is more likely to make the playoffs in his rookie year. As always, the show is capped off with rapid fire NFL and NCAA football picks. Katie and Max also talk about their trip to the Phillies' World Series Parade. Episode 208 (10/27/2008)- Max Smith, Katie Majewski and Julian Gompertz go through extra topics in the Halloween episode of Unstoppable. The crew covers a GW men's basketball preview, a GW women's basketball preview, Mike Singletary's rant, and revisit their picks for the best teams in the NFL before heading into rapid fire picks for GW basketball, the NFL and college football. Episode 207 (10/20/2008)- Max Smith, Katie Majewski and Julian Gompertz spring into action to debate the World Series champion, whether the Cowboys will make the playoffs, and pick conference winners for the NBA.Also asked and answered: Why can't GW have midnight madness? As always, the show is capped off with rapid fire NFL and NCAA football picks. Episode 206 (10/13/2008)- GW Senior Steve Spitzer and Shawn Woods of the SMPA Staff join Max Smith in the studio for a special NFL and NCAA football only episode of Unstoppable. Episode 205 (10/6/2008)- Max Smith, Katie Majewski and Julian Gompertz are back to debate who will win the NLCS, the NHL conference champions, the NFL coach that deserves to be fired next, and the Red River Shootout. Of course, rapid fire rounds it all out. Episode 204 (9/29/2008)- Max Smith, Katie Majewski, and Julian Gompertz are back to pick the AL and NL divisional series, debate which NCAA football team that lost this weekend still has a shot at the national title, and argue whether Dallas's or Denver's NFL loss was more shocking. Also, the rapid fire rounds continue! Episode 203 (9/22/2008)- Max Smith, Katie Majewski, and Julian Gompertz are back to debate whether Ladanian Tomlinson or Adrian Peterson is more important to his team, how the Mets and Phillies are going to finish, whether GW should have football, the best team in the NFC, and what NFL team is the biggest surprise. Also, the rapid fire rounds continue! Episode 202 (9/15/2008)- Max Smith, Katie Majewski and Julian Gompertz debate whether they agree with the AP's top five college football teams, the AL and NL CY young winners, the best team in the AFC and the NFL 0-2 team that will make the playoffs. Episode 201 (9/8/2008)- Max Smith, joined by Katie Majewski and newcomer Julian Gompertz debate the biggest sports story of the summer, MLB instant replay, NHL and NBA players leaving for Europe, whether the Giants, Jets or Packers will win more games, and who the NFL rookie of the year will be. The team caps off the show with the first ever rapid fire round where they pick winners for upcoming NFL and NCAA football games. (This segment is also available on the GWTV fan page on Facebook) Season 1 Shows (Host Max Smith, Director Victoria Riess):
Episode 109 (5/10/2008)- Max Smith and Katie Majewski host a look at some of the best segments from the first season. Episode 108 (4/25/2008)- On a celebrity edition, GW Vice President for Communications Mike Freedman and Director of the Multi-Cultural Student Services Center Mike Tapscott debate over the most underrated sporting event, whether the Ortiz jersey should have remained buried in the new Yankee Stadium, and pick the best sportscasters ever. Episode 107 (4/11/2008)- Katie Majewski and Eric Streuning pick the most memorable moment of the 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, debate about what is a sport, and decide whether baseball and softball should remain olympic sports. Episode 106 (4/4/2008)- Katie Majewski and Eric Streuning predict 2008 MLB division winners Episode 105 (3/28/2008)- Katie Majewski and Eric Streuning on whether any athlete has ever been as dominant as Tiger Woods, whether politics have a place in sports and whether the Mavericks could make the playoffs without Dirk Nowitzki Episode 104 (2/22/2008)- Katie Majewski and Danny Lamas on Kelvin Sampson, the NBA's Western Conference and the AL West Episode 103 (2/15/2008)- Katie Majewski and Eric Streuning debated who got the better part of the Shaq trade, what MLB team improved most in the off-season and whether the senate should get involved in Spygate Episode 102 (2/8/2008)- Katie Majewski and Eric Streuning returned to debate whether the Manning rollout and Tyree catch was the best play in Super Bowl history, if anyone should care about the Pro Bowl and whether Peyton Manning or Eli Manning has bigger expectations for next year. Episode 101 (2/1/2008)- Max Smith, Katie Majewski and Eric Streuning started the series off with a bang as they debated whether a Giants Super Bowl win or Patriots Super Bowl win would be more memorable, who got the better end of the Johan Santana trade and whether it was a bigger story that the women's basketball team was nationally ranked, or that the men's team was under-achieving.
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