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Pate's Porch

The community room — your mailbag, your ledger, your leagues, the watch parties, and the tour. This is where citizens live.

From the Mailbag

Preseason preview — the real mailbag opens with citizenship
"Is it ever okay to leave a blowout early?"
— A CITIZEN · TUSCALOOSA, AL
"You can leave. You just can't complain about traffic AND miss the comeback. Pick one." — JP
"My wife scheduled our wedding for the third Saturday in October. Thoughts?"
— A CITIZEN · KNOXVILLE, TN
"Congratulations on your engagement and my condolences on your kickoff. There are TVs at receptions now. Be creative." — JP
"Settle it: best stadium entrance in the sport?"
— A CITIZEN · CLEMSON, SC
"You asked from Clemson. You know what you did." — JP

🔑 Citizens only · free

Still free, forever.

Citizenship is just how the porch knows who's home.

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Your Corner of the Porch

Ledger · Leagues · Patches

Your logged games, your pick'em leagues, your stadium passport, and your poll-vote streak — all in one profile.

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Follow the Mayor

Josh, Everywhere

The show lives on YouTube. The takes live on X. The clips live everywhere else.

Wall of Champions

The Honored Citizens

2025 PICK'EM CHAMPSicEmSaturdays
2025 LEDGER: MOST GAMESGroveGoblin · 96
2025 TRAVELER OF THE YEARPorchSwingProphet · 14 STADIUMS
This Year's Race

Where the Porch Is Loudest

Join the Conversation

Preseason preview — live data arrives with the season
Week 1 Overreactions — the comment section is cooking
THE SHOW · EP 1,204
🔥 2,418 COMMENTS
"Why the JP Poll Doesn't Trust Alabama Yet"
THE NOTEBOOK · POLL DAY COLUMN
🔥 1,907 COMMENTS
The Indiana argument Josh lost to his own audience
POLL DAY · THE REVEAL
🔥 1,634 COMMENTS

Find Your People

City Chapters

Citizen-run rooms by city and by team — plan tailgates, fill watch parties, argue in good faith. Atlanta, Dallas, Columbus, Nashville and 36 more.

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Start Something

Host a Chapter

No chapter in your town? Claim it. Hosts get a State Store kit, early tour tickets, and the founding-citizen badge.

Start a Chapter

Saturdays Together

Citizen Watch Parties

Citizen-hosted watch parties in 40+ cities every Saturday — find your bar, claim your table, wear the flag. Hosts get a State Store kit on us.

The Tour

The Porch, Live

SEP 5 — ATHENS, GATickets →
SEP 19 — AUSTIN, TXTickets →
OCT 10 — COLUMBUS, OHTickets →
NOV 7 — BATON ROUGE, LASold Out
The 2026 JP Preseason Football Guide cover
🎁 THE CITIZEN GIFT

Free the Moment You Join

Become a Citizen,
Get the Guide.

The 2026 JP Preseason Football Guide — the Top 50 ranked, analyzed, and explained, the playoff picture, the X-factors, and the breakout players — yours free (digital edition) the moment you claim citizenship.

Who's In? See the Playoff Picture.

THE BRACKET, THE RANKINGS, JOSH'S PICKS — AND AN AI TO RUN YOUR OWN

Open the Playoffs Page →