1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:02,560 S1: PG, The Sports Pig. 2 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:08,440 S2: And good morning everyone, and welcome into the Morning Rant. 3 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:10,680 S2: Dave Garner with you right here. We'll be with you 4 00:00:10,720 --> 00:00:13,360 S2: till 11:00 this morning. Appreciate you guys being in. We 5 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:16,440 S2: had a great show yesterday the first one out of 6 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:19,680 S2: the gate. And we appreciate you guys man being on 7 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:22,160 S2: with us. Got a special guest with us this morning 8 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:26,920 S2: in studio live the man himself King Stallion. He was 9 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:30,600 S2: born at the base of the Ozark Mountains in a 10 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:33,919 S2: barrel of butcher knives. Billy Dow joining us right here 11 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:35,920 S2: on the program is my co-host today. What's up partner? 12 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:37,600 S3: What's going on, man? What's going on? 13 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:39,360 S2: I tell you what, man. It's been this has been 14 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:42,680 S2: a long time coming. The biggest challenge I had this 15 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:44,159 S2: morning was just getting you here. 16 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:44,640 S3: Yes. 17 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:48,120 S2: That was the biggest thing. Yes. Because, uh, you know, 18 00:00:48,159 --> 00:00:51,400 S2: you were, uh, you got turned around. I had assumed 19 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:55,400 S2: you had been to Jasper before. Well. And so, um. Well, 20 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:56,720 S2: but I assumed wrong, so. 21 00:00:56,720 --> 00:01:00,600 S3: Well, you know, you trust GPS, and you trust the Google, right? 22 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:03,520 S3: And I'm driving and I end up near a bent 23 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:05,760 S3: tree and I'm like, there's no way that there's a 24 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:07,319 S3: radio station in Bent Tree. 25 00:01:07,319 --> 00:01:10,080 S2: So maybe if there is, I don't know about it, 26 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:12,760 S2: that that's all I can say that I don't know. 27 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:16,040 S2: But uh, anyway, no, uh, you know, and I got 28 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:18,280 S2: you here. Uh, we're excited to have you. You know, 29 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:19,640 S2: we talked a little bit about you. I know you 30 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:21,480 S2: heard it yesterday when we came on the air. We're 31 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:23,200 S2: talking about our co-host. We're talking about some of the 32 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:25,560 S2: things laying down, some of the groundwork. You were giving 33 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:28,039 S2: me a hard time about saying this is not a 34 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:32,200 S2: local station. And, uh, but we're not, you know, we're regional. 35 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:34,960 S2: We're not bound by geography. We talked about that. Of course. 36 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:37,640 S2: We've got the app, uh, the sports app. We've got 37 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:41,040 S2: the A stream online at Sports Radio.com. We are the 38 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:44,440 S2: home of ESPN Radio in North Georgia. And this morning, 39 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:47,800 S2: of course, Monday through Friday from 10 to 11, we're 40 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:49,760 S2: the home of the, uh, morning rant, uh, right here 41 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:51,760 S2: on the home of ESPN radio in North Georgia. So 42 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:53,560 S2: Dave Garner, Billy Dowd with you. Over the next hour, 43 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:55,360 S2: we're going to talk about the Falcons. Uh, we're going 44 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:58,370 S2: to dive into some of the, uh, different things, of course, 45 00:01:58,370 --> 00:02:00,530 S2: that they've got going on as far as off season moves. 46 00:02:01,010 --> 00:02:04,970 S2: Some of the drama, honestly, that's really surrounded this team. Uh, 47 00:02:04,970 --> 00:02:06,530 S2: and we're going to break down some other stuff too. 48 00:02:06,570 --> 00:02:08,930 S2: We got a lot of, uh, high school basketball teams, 49 00:02:08,930 --> 00:02:11,329 S2: by the way, in our local area are headed to 50 00:02:11,370 --> 00:02:15,769 S2: the state quarterfinals. Uh, today. Let's go. Tomorrow. Let's go. 51 00:02:15,810 --> 00:02:17,769 S2: Let's do it. Um, so we're going to break that 52 00:02:17,770 --> 00:02:19,810 S2: down and talk about, you know, at least who we 53 00:02:19,810 --> 00:02:22,410 S2: got in some of the teams that we're following. Uh, 54 00:02:22,410 --> 00:02:24,489 S2: but first I want to dive a little bit in 55 00:02:24,490 --> 00:02:28,010 S2: with you. Uh, I want to let people know a 56 00:02:28,010 --> 00:02:29,970 S2: little bit about who Billy D is. I mean, you 57 00:02:29,970 --> 00:02:32,329 S2: and I, of course, have a lot of history. Uh, 58 00:02:32,330 --> 00:02:33,889 S2: we're going to have a lot of fun, you know, 59 00:02:33,930 --> 00:02:36,130 S2: doing this show as we talked about. But tell folks 60 00:02:36,130 --> 00:02:38,769 S2: a little bit about about who you are, in case 61 00:02:38,770 --> 00:02:39,890 S2: they don't already know. 62 00:02:40,169 --> 00:02:42,250 S3: Uh, about who I am. Uh, well, I don't know. 63 00:02:42,290 --> 00:02:45,210 S3: I mean, we grew up together. Um, we've we played 64 00:02:45,250 --> 00:02:50,210 S3: sports together in high school, uh, growing up, uh, e-toll, uh, Sequoia, uh, 65 00:02:50,210 --> 00:02:53,970 S3: graduating from there. And, uh, we won't give the year, but, uh, but, yeah, 66 00:02:53,970 --> 00:02:57,130 S3: we came up through there playing sports. Uh, sports, basketball, football, 67 00:02:57,130 --> 00:03:00,890 S3: the things. And, um, you know, I'm still very active, uh, 68 00:03:00,889 --> 00:03:03,210 S3: you know, in the, in the community. I have a, 69 00:03:03,210 --> 00:03:06,730 S3: I run an insurance company. I'm active in, uh, Alta tennis, 70 00:03:06,770 --> 00:03:09,050 S3: play a lot of tennis. I'm in a golf league. 71 00:03:09,050 --> 00:03:11,650 S3: I play with, uh, next level golf club. Shout out, uh, 72 00:03:11,650 --> 00:03:12,649 S3: next level golf club. 73 00:03:12,650 --> 00:03:12,970 S2: There we go. 74 00:03:13,010 --> 00:03:14,890 S3: There we go. Have a tournament this weekend that I'm 75 00:03:14,889 --> 00:03:18,050 S3: playing at McLemore up in Rising Fawn, Georgia okay. It 76 00:03:18,050 --> 00:03:19,570 S3: should be a lot of fun. And like this is 77 00:03:19,570 --> 00:03:22,330 S3: real tournament stuff. Like you have to play to the 78 00:03:22,330 --> 00:03:24,370 S3: balls in the hole. There's not any strokes or any 79 00:03:24,370 --> 00:03:25,089 S3: of that kind of thing. 80 00:03:25,130 --> 00:03:26,210 S2: No mulligans no. 81 00:03:26,250 --> 00:03:28,609 S3: Mulligan's. No. And so it's a beautiful course if you've 82 00:03:28,610 --> 00:03:31,250 S3: never played it, but uh, but yeah, I mean, just, uh, 83 00:03:31,250 --> 00:03:35,010 S3: very active in sports in the community and, um, and, uh, 84 00:03:35,050 --> 00:03:37,610 S3: looking forward to having these sessions like we've talked about. 85 00:03:37,610 --> 00:03:40,090 S2: You know, I, uh, I gotta admit, man, I, I 86 00:03:40,130 --> 00:03:42,650 S2: feel like I'm a geography pro when it comes to 87 00:03:42,690 --> 00:03:45,050 S2: Georgia because I've been all over the state for years, 88 00:03:45,090 --> 00:03:47,530 S2: you know, covering, you know, high school sports and doing 89 00:03:47,530 --> 00:03:49,530 S2: things like that. But I honestly had to look up 90 00:03:49,530 --> 00:03:51,850 S2: where Rising Fawn was that when you told me that 91 00:03:51,850 --> 00:03:53,890 S2: the other day, I was like, wait a minute, there's 92 00:03:53,930 --> 00:03:56,940 S2: a rot like because I tell people talking Rock Georgia, 93 00:03:56,940 --> 00:03:59,620 S2: which is actually my my address is talking rock and 94 00:03:59,620 --> 00:04:02,940 S2: people are like, what? Where's that? Yeah. Like what is that? 95 00:04:02,940 --> 00:04:04,780 S2: And so I but I did have to look up 96 00:04:04,780 --> 00:04:07,100 S2: Rising Fawn. So I guess it's, it's over towards the 97 00:04:07,100 --> 00:04:08,700 S2: state line I guess on the other side. 98 00:04:09,060 --> 00:04:10,740 S3: Summerville, the top of Lookout Mountain. 99 00:04:10,780 --> 00:04:13,220 S2: Okay. Yeah. There you go. So again, uh, but but 100 00:04:13,220 --> 00:04:15,660 S2: a lot of fun. Certainly. Uh, today is a terrible 101 00:04:15,700 --> 00:04:18,659 S2: towel Tuesday. Let's go. And we've got we've got our 102 00:04:18,660 --> 00:04:21,779 S2: version of the Terrible Towel. Uh, right here with us. Uh, 103 00:04:21,779 --> 00:04:24,180 S2: this is one of the swag items if you're watching this, 104 00:04:24,220 --> 00:04:26,020 S2: of course, on YouTube. Now, obviously, if you listen to 105 00:04:26,020 --> 00:04:27,660 S2: this on radio, you can't see it. You'll have to 106 00:04:27,660 --> 00:04:30,180 S2: go online, though, because we'll post this later. And you've 107 00:04:30,180 --> 00:04:32,380 S2: probably seen I know on some of our social media, we've, 108 00:04:32,380 --> 00:04:35,539 S2: we've talked a little bit about, uh, the, the swag 109 00:04:35,540 --> 00:04:38,140 S2: that we have, the, uh, the hats, the, the t shirts, 110 00:04:38,140 --> 00:04:40,140 S2: the different things that we're going to have when we 111 00:04:40,140 --> 00:04:42,979 S2: go to some of these, uh, promotional events. But, uh, 112 00:04:42,980 --> 00:04:44,540 S2: we do share there is a little bit of an 113 00:04:44,540 --> 00:04:47,580 S2: underlying message when we talk about Terrible Towel Tuesday, because 114 00:04:47,620 --> 00:04:50,220 S2: outside of the Atlanta Falcons, you and I do share 115 00:04:50,220 --> 00:04:54,460 S2: a similar I guess I wouldn't necessarily say passion, but 116 00:04:54,460 --> 00:04:56,980 S2: one of our teams is the Pittsburgh Steelers. Yes. You know, 117 00:04:56,980 --> 00:04:58,659 S2: we do kind of like the Steelers a little bit. 118 00:04:58,660 --> 00:05:01,900 S2: So in honor of the Pittsburgh Steelers terrible towel. My 119 00:05:01,900 --> 00:05:04,260 S2: friend Carol would love it by the way because she's 120 00:05:04,260 --> 00:05:07,020 S2: a Pittsburgh Steelers fan. But we have our version of 121 00:05:07,020 --> 00:05:11,100 S2: the The Terrible Towel. And so again but moving forward 122 00:05:11,140 --> 00:05:13,580 S2: we'll call it the rally towel. And so we'll probably 123 00:05:13,580 --> 00:05:16,740 S2: have rally towel Tuesdays. But today Terrible Towel Tuesday. Want 124 00:05:16,740 --> 00:05:18,659 S2: to send a shout out to our friends Mark Johnson 125 00:05:18,660 --> 00:05:21,300 S2: and Mike Cates all the way out west. And they're 126 00:05:21,300 --> 00:05:22,580 S2: listening on the app today. 127 00:05:22,620 --> 00:05:23,300 S3: Mark and Mike. 128 00:05:23,339 --> 00:05:25,420 S2: Man, I tell you what, a couple of guys back 129 00:05:25,420 --> 00:05:27,900 S2: from school, they they were joking around with us earlier saying, man, 130 00:05:27,900 --> 00:05:30,140 S2: we gotta listen in and hear what Billy Dee's got 131 00:05:30,140 --> 00:05:33,380 S2: to say. Uh, because, uh, you know, you never know 132 00:05:33,380 --> 00:05:35,740 S2: what might come out of his mouth. So again, the 133 00:05:35,740 --> 00:05:37,659 S2: name of the show is The Morning Rant. Uh, we're 134 00:05:37,660 --> 00:05:39,940 S2: going to rant a lot, you know, over the next 135 00:05:39,940 --> 00:05:42,380 S2: few weeks and months about all the different things that 136 00:05:42,380 --> 00:05:45,540 S2: are going on, particularly the Atlanta Falcons. But you and 137 00:05:45,540 --> 00:05:48,500 S2: I could sit here and probably tell stories on each 138 00:05:48,500 --> 00:05:51,789 S2: other all day long, you know, uh, So we're going 139 00:05:51,830 --> 00:05:53,750 S2: to say, you know, we can do that. I mean, 140 00:05:53,750 --> 00:05:56,470 S2: if something strikes a nerve with you now, go ahead 141 00:05:56,470 --> 00:05:58,750 S2: and throw it out there. I was telling our morning 142 00:05:58,750 --> 00:06:00,670 S2: show guys who, by the way, they're doing their show 143 00:06:00,670 --> 00:06:02,950 S2: down the hall in the other room over on our 144 00:06:02,950 --> 00:06:05,310 S2: sister station, and one of them called me because they 145 00:06:05,310 --> 00:06:06,990 S2: have all these nicknames for me. One of them was 146 00:06:06,990 --> 00:06:09,430 S2: Diamond Dave, which I've gotten a lot throughout my life. 147 00:06:09,630 --> 00:06:12,150 S2: And then another one was Dancing Dave. And it's just 148 00:06:12,150 --> 00:06:15,350 S2: because the alliteration, the D's and everything I said, I said, 149 00:06:15,350 --> 00:06:17,550 S2: that's funny you said that. I said, because there's a 150 00:06:17,550 --> 00:06:20,830 S2: lot of things about me you don't know. Right. And 151 00:06:20,830 --> 00:06:22,790 S2: one of those things is you and I used to 152 00:06:22,830 --> 00:06:25,110 S2: have a little hip hop duo, right? I mean, we 153 00:06:25,150 --> 00:06:29,229 S2: grew up around that kind of music. Um, and so 154 00:06:29,230 --> 00:06:31,390 S2: we we deejayed we had a business together. We used 155 00:06:31,390 --> 00:06:35,830 S2: to DJ parties, weddings, proms, uh, poolside parties, you name it. 156 00:06:35,870 --> 00:06:36,750 S3: Hotlanta boy. 157 00:06:36,790 --> 00:06:40,590 S2: The Hotlanta boys live right now on the sports page. 158 00:06:40,630 --> 00:06:43,030 S2: Let's go. Yeah. Let's go man. So again, there's there's 159 00:06:43,029 --> 00:06:45,070 S2: a lot of things that we're going to be introducing 160 00:06:45,070 --> 00:06:48,190 S2: you guys to about us. And as I mentioned tomorrow 161 00:06:48,190 --> 00:06:50,270 S2: I'm going to have John Davis with me here in 162 00:06:50,270 --> 00:06:52,350 S2: the studio, and we're going to introduce some things that 163 00:06:52,350 --> 00:06:54,470 S2: you may or may not know about John Davis as well. 164 00:06:54,510 --> 00:06:57,229 S2: Big John, of course, was a Buffalo Bill, had a 165 00:06:57,230 --> 00:06:59,830 S2: lengthy NFL career. Of course, he was a two time 166 00:06:59,830 --> 00:07:03,870 S2: All American at Georgia Tech. Uh, of course a Gilmer 167 00:07:03,910 --> 00:07:08,270 S2: High School bobcat, uh, to the core. And so it'll 168 00:07:08,310 --> 00:07:10,590 S2: be good to have a big John back, you know, 169 00:07:10,590 --> 00:07:12,390 S2: in the local area and as part of the show 170 00:07:12,390 --> 00:07:13,990 S2: and then later in the week, we'll be joined by 171 00:07:13,990 --> 00:07:17,190 S2: Will Cooper, who'll be joining us remotely. Uh, a lot 172 00:07:17,190 --> 00:07:19,470 S2: of folks here in North Georgia know who Will is, uh, 173 00:07:19,470 --> 00:07:21,430 S2: from his days of of calling a lot of high 174 00:07:21,430 --> 00:07:23,270 S2: school sports in the area. So that'll be a lot 175 00:07:23,270 --> 00:07:25,070 S2: of fun. We're going to break down the Braves, uh, 176 00:07:25,070 --> 00:07:27,670 S2: talk a lot later in the week about spring training 177 00:07:27,750 --> 00:07:30,470 S2: and the, uh, the potential opening day lineup, if you will. 178 00:07:30,510 --> 00:07:34,270 S2: Projected lineup for the Atlanta Braves. Um, but let's let's 179 00:07:34,270 --> 00:07:36,350 S2: touch on real quick while we have a moment. I 180 00:07:36,350 --> 00:07:38,030 S2: know we're going to jump into Falcons. We'll do that 181 00:07:38,030 --> 00:07:39,950 S2: in segment two. But I want to talk about some 182 00:07:39,950 --> 00:07:41,910 S2: other things because you and I we got to get 183 00:07:41,910 --> 00:07:43,630 S2: caught up. I mean the thing about this show is 184 00:07:43,670 --> 00:07:46,390 S2: we didn't come on the air till this week. It's March. Right? Right. 185 00:07:46,390 --> 00:07:50,520 S2: So we missed the Super Bowl. We missed the national championship. Yep. 186 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:52,920 S2: We missed we missed a lot of a lot of 187 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:56,080 S2: great sporting events. The Olympics just ended. We had you 188 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:57,880 S2: know you know us men's hockey a lot of different 189 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:00,480 S2: things going on. But what was your favorite part? I 190 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:02,000 S2: guess if I had to, if I had to put 191 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:03,880 S2: you on the spot of the things that we've missed 192 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:06,360 S2: over the last couple months, what's one thing that you 193 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:08,360 S2: kind of look back on and say, man, that was 194 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:11,280 S2: a great moment in sports over this first couple months 195 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:11,960 S2: of the year. 196 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:14,760 S3: You know, I, I'm a I'm a big Olympics guy. 197 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:19,800 S3: I love the Olympics. Um, specifically the Winter Olympics. Yeah. Um, 198 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:22,600 S3: you know, it was the best, uh, we've ever showed 199 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:25,120 S3: out in the Olympics. The Winter Olympics. We had the 200 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:27,720 S3: most gold medals and the most medals, uh, in general 201 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:31,400 S3: in the Olympics. And, uh, when we first started out, uh, 202 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:35,560 S3: you know, in this, uh, in these games, we weren't 203 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:38,240 S3: America wasn't doing all that great, right? They were they 204 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:40,160 S3: were not up there. Uh, they were kind of losing 205 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:42,080 S3: a lot. I got you're gonna laugh at me about 206 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:44,680 S3: this because this is totally. If you know me, you 207 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:47,040 S3: would never hear me talk about this, but I got 208 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:49,680 S3: into wait for it. Curling. 209 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:50,000 S2: Curl. 210 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:51,559 S4: Oh, man, I'm telling you. 211 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:53,320 S2: I told them we were talking about it here at 212 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:56,559 S2: the station. I said, man, curling is taking over. I mean, 213 00:08:56,559 --> 00:08:58,520 S2: that's like the that's the thing. 214 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:00,400 S3: Listen, when you get into it, you really start to 215 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:02,000 S3: understand what in the world. I had to look up 216 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,280 S3: the rules and I start understanding it and get into it. 217 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:07,120 S3: I like, really got into it. So the mixed doubles 218 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:09,760 S3: is what I watched with the curling. And uh, I 219 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:12,920 S3: found that very, uh, fascinating. But anyway, going on through it, 220 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:16,320 S3: I really liked, um, uh, Jordan Stoltz. I mean, he 221 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:19,760 S3: won three gold medals. And his story growing up on 222 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:22,319 S3: a farm and the, you know, the frozen water where 223 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:24,720 S3: he started skating and just. And now he's in the Olympics. 224 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:27,080 S3: I mean, yeah, just the stories, I guess, is what 225 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:29,800 S3: really gets me with the Olympics. And of course, Norway 226 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:32,199 S3: won the most. I mean, you can't go grocery shopping 227 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:35,160 S3: without skis in Norway. So I mean, that's just, uh, 228 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:37,760 S3: that's expected. But I thought we were really great. And then, 229 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:40,280 S3: of course, to cap it off, hockey. Right? I mean, 230 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:43,480 S3: oh yeah, the winning hockey was just incredible. I mean, 231 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:47,130 S3: just everything American about it. Busted teeth going into the 232 00:09:47,330 --> 00:09:48,130 S3: Jack Hughes man. 233 00:09:48,610 --> 00:09:51,090 S2: I mean that, yeah, just the the overtime goal there 234 00:09:51,090 --> 00:09:54,450 S2: and losing the teeth in the process of that was fun. 235 00:09:54,450 --> 00:09:56,010 S2: And we were talking about that, especially on the heels 236 00:09:56,010 --> 00:09:57,290 S2: of the four nation face off. 237 00:09:57,330 --> 00:09:57,810 S3: Yes. 238 00:09:57,850 --> 00:10:00,170 S2: When we fell short to Canada. And so again, that 239 00:10:00,170 --> 00:10:02,089 S2: was one of those things. That was it was kind 240 00:10:02,130 --> 00:10:05,450 S2: of like a great redemption story. Oh, love it, love it. 241 00:10:05,490 --> 00:10:07,690 S2: And God bless our bobsled team. Did you see that? 242 00:10:07,690 --> 00:10:10,690 S2: Not to point out the failures. Yeah, but man, those 243 00:10:10,690 --> 00:10:12,689 S2: guys couldn't make it in the sled. Did you see 244 00:10:12,770 --> 00:10:15,329 S2: there was one of our teams. Well, where they didn't 245 00:10:15,330 --> 00:10:15,970 S2: make it in. 246 00:10:16,010 --> 00:10:16,450 S3: That's right. 247 00:10:16,610 --> 00:10:18,210 S2: To the bobsled. If you remember that one. 248 00:10:18,250 --> 00:10:22,370 S3: We did have a female gold medal. Bobsled out of Douglas. 249 00:10:22,410 --> 00:10:24,850 S2: Female. Yeah. Oh yeah. Yeah yeah yeah. All the women 250 00:10:24,890 --> 00:10:28,410 S2: were were fantastic. So again. Uh, yeah, there was a 251 00:10:28,450 --> 00:10:30,010 S2: lot there was some heartache, but there was a lot 252 00:10:30,010 --> 00:10:32,490 S2: of great things that came out of the Olympics, especially 253 00:10:32,490 --> 00:10:34,770 S2: the hockey. But curling is just I think people are 254 00:10:34,770 --> 00:10:38,130 S2: getting more and more fascinated by curling for whatever reason. 255 00:10:38,170 --> 00:10:39,250 S3: I don't know why either. 256 00:10:39,290 --> 00:10:42,650 S2: It just I mean, it's like it's almost like watching chess, 257 00:10:42,690 --> 00:10:44,650 S2: you know? But to a certain extent, it's still just 258 00:10:44,650 --> 00:10:45,410 S2: super entertaining. 259 00:10:45,450 --> 00:10:47,170 S3: I think once you learn the rules and see what's 260 00:10:47,170 --> 00:10:48,890 S3: really going on, it's pretty impressive. 261 00:10:48,929 --> 00:10:51,929 S2: Yeah it is. It's awesome. It's awesome. Oh, man, we're 262 00:10:51,929 --> 00:10:53,250 S2: going to have a lot of fun today. Again, we're 263 00:10:53,290 --> 00:10:55,130 S2: on the air till 11:00 with you right here on 264 00:10:55,130 --> 00:10:56,929 S2: the morning ramp. We're up against our first break. We're 265 00:10:56,929 --> 00:10:58,890 S2: going to go ahead and step aside again. We appreciate 266 00:10:58,890 --> 00:11:01,690 S2: you guys being with us right here on the home 267 00:11:01,690 --> 00:11:05,050 S2: of ESPN Radio in North Georgia, on the Sports Big 268 00:11:05,090 --> 00:11:07,490 S2: app and online at Sports radio.com. 269 00:11:07,730 --> 00:11:11,050 S1: Of the big game from the big mouth. 270 00:11:11,330 --> 00:11:12,890 S5: Man, I think it's just ridiculous. 271 00:11:12,929 --> 00:11:13,650 S6: Yeah, yeah. 272 00:11:13,970 --> 00:11:18,410 S1: It's the morning rant on G the sports pig. North 273 00:11:18,410 --> 00:11:20,970 S1: Georgia's home for ESPN radio. 274 00:11:21,250 --> 00:11:23,610 S7: Sit down, be humble. 275 00:11:23,690 --> 00:11:26,490 S2: And welcome back to the program Dave Garner Billy Dowd 276 00:11:26,490 --> 00:11:28,890 S2: with the in here till 11:00 on the Morning rant. 277 00:11:28,890 --> 00:11:31,010 S2: We also I do want to mention too, we've got 278 00:11:31,050 --> 00:11:34,090 S2: Aaron Childers back in here with us as well. Our producer. Uh, 279 00:11:34,250 --> 00:11:36,210 S2: today is the first day, and I think I mentioned 280 00:11:36,250 --> 00:11:39,930 S2: the yesterday that I'm actually pushing the buttons today too. 281 00:11:40,170 --> 00:11:42,420 S2: So if I seem a little distracted, it's because I've 282 00:11:42,420 --> 00:11:45,179 S2: got my eye on a on a couple different things here. Uh, 283 00:11:45,179 --> 00:11:47,100 S2: and then trying to keep up with Billy at the 284 00:11:47,100 --> 00:11:49,580 S2: same time. But Aaron's in here because he's watching over me, 285 00:11:49,580 --> 00:11:51,380 S2: making sure that if I don't push a button right, 286 00:11:51,380 --> 00:11:52,980 S2: or something, then he can reach over and push the 287 00:11:52,980 --> 00:11:55,300 S2: button real quick. So we do appreciate Aaron being here 288 00:11:55,300 --> 00:11:58,540 S2: with us as well. Uh, Perry, our engineers, when within 289 00:11:58,540 --> 00:12:01,340 S2: earshot uh, to and, uh, man, I want to thank him. 290 00:12:01,340 --> 00:12:03,980 S2: I want to thank these guys, especially because, you know, 291 00:12:04,020 --> 00:12:06,660 S2: we we a couple weeks ago, I mean, we we 292 00:12:06,700 --> 00:12:08,700 S2: didn't and I hate to tell on ourself like this. 293 00:12:08,740 --> 00:12:10,699 S2: We didn't really even have microphones in here. Like we 294 00:12:10,700 --> 00:12:12,740 S2: had some of the stuff set up and ready to go, 295 00:12:12,740 --> 00:12:15,579 S2: but we didn't quite have we didn't have hardly anything. And, 296 00:12:15,580 --> 00:12:18,540 S2: and Perry, you know, made it happen. So he's he 297 00:12:18,540 --> 00:12:20,900 S2: popped in the door. Kudos to him. You know, he 298 00:12:20,900 --> 00:12:23,620 S2: gets an applause. Aaron gets an applause. So we appreciate 299 00:12:23,620 --> 00:12:26,540 S2: you guys, uh, getting us on the air. Be keeping 300 00:12:26,540 --> 00:12:28,740 S2: us on the air. And we're back for day two, 301 00:12:28,780 --> 00:12:30,820 S2: which means we must have done something right on day one. 302 00:12:30,820 --> 00:12:33,100 S2: Because if we had, if we had not done day 303 00:12:33,100 --> 00:12:36,820 S2: one right, we probably wouldn't be on the air today. So, 304 00:12:36,940 --> 00:12:37,420 S2: you know. 305 00:12:37,620 --> 00:12:38,340 S3: Good job fellas. 306 00:12:38,380 --> 00:12:40,819 S2: Good job fellas. Absolutely. We love it. We love it. 307 00:12:40,820 --> 00:12:43,460 S2: Appreciate you guys being with us right here again till 11:00. 308 00:12:43,460 --> 00:12:45,620 S2: We are the home of ESPN Radio in North Georgia. 309 00:12:45,620 --> 00:12:47,860 S2: And just a reminder, next Saturday we will be in 310 00:12:47,860 --> 00:12:52,020 S2: downtown Jasper on Main Street, where Billy Dee's GPS did 311 00:12:52,020 --> 00:12:55,180 S2: not take him originally this morning, but he ended up there. 312 00:12:55,220 --> 00:12:56,980 S2: We're thankful for that. But again, we're going to be 313 00:12:56,980 --> 00:12:59,860 S2: at Shamrock and Shenanigans in the alley. That's going to 314 00:12:59,860 --> 00:13:02,819 S2: be next Saturday, March the 14th from 2 p.m. until 315 00:13:02,820 --> 00:13:06,380 S2: 6 p.m. we'll be broadcasting live from the event. We'll 316 00:13:06,380 --> 00:13:08,820 S2: be popping in with updates. It's going to be a lot, 317 00:13:08,860 --> 00:13:11,700 S2: a lot of fun. It benefits the Rotary Impact Club, 318 00:13:11,700 --> 00:13:14,340 S2: which is the basically the high school club for rotary. 319 00:13:14,340 --> 00:13:18,180 S2: So a great a great cause and hopefully a great turnout. 320 00:13:18,179 --> 00:13:20,380 S2: We're looking forward to seeing you guys out there again 321 00:13:20,380 --> 00:13:23,260 S2: from 2 to 6. Um, all right, Billy, let's, uh, 322 00:13:23,260 --> 00:13:25,860 S2: let's pop into a little bit of, uh, some of 323 00:13:25,860 --> 00:13:28,620 S2: the Atlanta Falcons talk. And, uh, obviously there's been a 324 00:13:28,620 --> 00:13:30,620 S2: lot going on in the off season. You and I, uh, 325 00:13:30,620 --> 00:13:34,180 S2: have had epic rants about the, uh, the Falcons over 326 00:13:34,179 --> 00:13:37,630 S2: the years away from the microphone. Yes. So let's let's 327 00:13:37,630 --> 00:13:41,070 S2: bring it to the microphone now and let's, let's kind 328 00:13:41,110 --> 00:13:42,829 S2: of dive in. I mean, what is the biggest thing 329 00:13:42,830 --> 00:13:44,510 S2: that stood out to you so far in the off 330 00:13:44,550 --> 00:13:46,270 S2: season for this Falcon organization? 331 00:13:46,670 --> 00:13:50,349 S3: Well, I mean, well, we got a new coach. Thank goodness. 332 00:13:51,030 --> 00:13:53,390 S3: Love getting a new coach. Uh, Raheem, I got I 333 00:13:53,429 --> 00:13:56,670 S3: couldn't take him chewing gum on the sidelines anymore, looking 334 00:13:56,670 --> 00:13:59,750 S3: like he's, uh, trying to coach. Um, but, uh, I 335 00:13:59,750 --> 00:14:02,790 S3: tell you, it was. It was really, really hurt us is, um, 336 00:14:04,230 --> 00:14:08,190 S3: Junior Jones junior. I mean, going that mess that he's 337 00:14:08,190 --> 00:14:11,189 S3: going through. And now, uh, yeah. Now, you know, potentially 338 00:14:11,190 --> 00:14:13,670 S3: looking at jail time or whatever, I mean, we finally 339 00:14:13,670 --> 00:14:17,230 S3: get yeah, finally get somebody who can get to the 340 00:14:17,230 --> 00:14:20,590 S3: quarterback and and now we don't have them. Yeah. Isn't 341 00:14:20,590 --> 00:14:22,390 S3: that isn't that great. That's awesome. It's just like the 342 00:14:22,390 --> 00:14:22,990 S3: Falcons right. 343 00:14:23,030 --> 00:14:25,030 S2: Well and this and here's the thing about it. Uh, 344 00:14:25,030 --> 00:14:27,830 S2: if you remember last year before the draft there was 345 00:14:27,830 --> 00:14:31,270 S2: that report that came out. Yes. That said there were 346 00:14:31,270 --> 00:14:34,150 S2: some potential character issues there. And everybody kind of dismissed 347 00:14:34,150 --> 00:14:36,670 S2: it and said, no, that's not true. We checked in. 348 00:14:36,670 --> 00:14:39,750 S2: Nobody at University of Tennessee said that that wasn't the case, 349 00:14:40,190 --> 00:14:41,790 S2: you know. And it went on and on to the 350 00:14:41,790 --> 00:14:45,550 S2: point that they they basically kind of raked the the guy, 351 00:14:45,590 --> 00:14:47,670 S2: I guess the reporter, whoever had put that on there 352 00:14:47,670 --> 00:14:50,110 S2: over the coals was like, man, where are you getting this? 353 00:14:50,150 --> 00:14:52,790 S2: You know. Right. Well, and and I said this yesterday 354 00:14:52,790 --> 00:14:55,990 S2: on the show where there's smoke, there's usually fire. 355 00:14:56,030 --> 00:14:58,230 S3: There is, there is and and look, I mean, we 356 00:14:58,270 --> 00:15:01,430 S3: we lost a first round pick over it too. Right. Yeah. Um, 357 00:15:01,430 --> 00:15:03,830 S3: so we lost that. You know, if it works out, 358 00:15:03,870 --> 00:15:06,150 S3: it looks pretty good. Yeah. If it doesn't work out. 359 00:15:06,150 --> 00:15:06,790 S3: Here we are. 360 00:15:07,430 --> 00:15:10,510 S2: Well, yeah. Ten sacks later. It looked good. I mean, 361 00:15:10,510 --> 00:15:12,150 S2: you're right, you know, I mean, he's a rookie of 362 00:15:12,150 --> 00:15:14,270 S2: the year candidate. He finished what, third in the voting 363 00:15:14,270 --> 00:15:17,630 S2: or something. So again it's very very unfortunate situation for 364 00:15:17,630 --> 00:15:20,590 S2: the Atlanta Falcons. And then we find out a couple 365 00:15:20,630 --> 00:15:23,870 S2: of days ago that one of their assistant coaches gets 366 00:15:23,910 --> 00:15:27,110 S2: let go for alleged sexual abuse, as when he was 367 00:15:27,110 --> 00:15:29,990 S2: an assistant at Michigan, which, by the way, was the 368 00:15:29,990 --> 00:15:32,910 S2: home of Sharon Moore, the old head coach, who of course, 369 00:15:32,910 --> 00:15:34,520 S2: we all know had the fling with the staff. 370 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:35,960 S3: Can we stay away from Michigan, please? 371 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:37,960 S2: Maybe we need to stay away from Michigan. I mean, 372 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:39,840 S2: there may, but I don't know. And I'm not. I'm 373 00:15:39,840 --> 00:15:42,400 S2: not throwing any of the Wolverines under the bus here, but. 374 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:44,520 S2: And I'm not saying there's a correlation, but. Yeah. So 375 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:46,160 S2: it's it's just one of those things when you look 376 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:48,440 S2: at it, it just doesn't it's not a good look 377 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:52,520 S2: for an organization that's already been so dysfunctional and been 378 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:56,160 S2: accused of not being serious about winning. You know what 379 00:15:56,160 --> 00:15:56,680 S2: I mean? 380 00:15:56,720 --> 00:15:59,160 S3: So, you know, it also makes you wonder, makes you 381 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:01,920 S3: wonder about the vetting process. Yeah. You know, I mean, 382 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:04,200 S3: come on. That just all of a sudden came up. Yeah. 383 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:05,040 S3: I don't know about that. 384 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:06,480 S2: Yeah I don't I don't know about that as well. 385 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:08,600 S2: A lot of talk right now of course with Michael Penix. 386 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:11,200 S2: Kirk Cousins is expected to be released. I mean there's 387 00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:13,440 S2: a lot of stuff going on with the roster. Um, 388 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:16,280 S2: you know, you and I have talked a lot about Penix. 389 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:17,600 S2: Is Penix the guy or not? 390 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:22,240 S3: Uh, in my opinion, no, no, I've seen enough. Um, 391 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:26,040 S3: you know, if if we're being honest, sometimes quarterbacks, uh, 392 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:29,160 S3: depending on who they're working with, whoever coach comes in, 393 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:31,520 S3: sometimes they can they can change or whatnot. But the 394 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:34,680 S3: guy he's played one season. Full season out of the 395 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:37,880 S3: last 4 or 5 football seasons. Um, I wasn't impressed. 396 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:40,680 S3: When he was healthy. He had maybe one game that 397 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:44,640 S3: was okay. Um, no, I don't think he's the quarterback 398 00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:46,320 S3: of the future. I think we have to deal with 399 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:48,120 S3: it for this next year. I think we have to 400 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:50,640 S3: give it, um, one more shot because there's really nothing 401 00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:52,800 S3: in the draft anyway. We don't have any spots to 402 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:55,440 S3: get anybody anyway, so I think you have to deal 403 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:57,760 S3: with it. I think we got to get somebody, uh, 404 00:16:57,760 --> 00:17:00,320 S3: to sustain us for a little while. And, I mean, 405 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:01,960 S3: I've got plenty to get into that if you want 406 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:02,800 S3: to get into that, but. 407 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:05,439 S2: Well, who who I mean okay. So Kirk Cousins goes 408 00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:07,440 S2: who comes in I mean you got you gotta have 409 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:08,439 S2: some you gotta have a veteran. 410 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:12,680 S3: Here's the deal. Here's the deal. We just need somebody 411 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:16,240 S3: who can halfway handle the offense. All right. Just get 412 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:19,080 S3: the ball to our playmakers. We do need another wide 413 00:17:19,080 --> 00:17:21,840 S3: receiver opposite Drake London. He can't carry the entire load. 414 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:24,760 S3: All right. Yeah yeah yeah he's been hurt. But he's 415 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:27,560 S3: coming back. Right. But you saw when Kirk Cousins was 416 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:29,920 S3: in there I mean he's a halfway decent quarterback. You 417 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:32,130 S3: know say what you will about this, that and the other. 418 00:17:32,130 --> 00:17:34,570 S3: But he can he can play the position and we 419 00:17:34,609 --> 00:17:37,530 S3: we could move the ball with Kirk Cousins. I think 420 00:17:37,730 --> 00:17:40,330 S3: I'm on I'm on Flacco or bust. All right I 421 00:17:40,330 --> 00:17:42,570 S3: would love to get Flacco in here. Look what he 422 00:17:42,570 --> 00:17:45,250 S3: did with the Bengals who has a they don't have 423 00:17:45,250 --> 00:17:49,010 S3: a line that jailbreak every time they hike the ball. Yeah. 424 00:17:49,050 --> 00:17:50,930 S3: And look at the numbers he was putting up. And 425 00:17:50,930 --> 00:17:53,810 S3: they have a great offensive talent. We have great offensive talent. 426 00:17:53,970 --> 00:17:55,810 S3: I think he could come in here and he could 427 00:17:55,810 --> 00:17:57,730 S3: do some of the things that we need to get 428 00:17:57,730 --> 00:18:01,010 S3: some wins and and to move forward. I, I really 429 00:18:01,010 --> 00:18:05,050 S3: like doing that or anybody who can be Flacco esque. Yeah, 430 00:18:05,090 --> 00:18:07,450 S3: if you will. I mean I think that's all well. 431 00:18:07,690 --> 00:18:10,209 S2: Even at his age he's pretty athletic. I mean, and 432 00:18:10,210 --> 00:18:12,050 S2: I think this thing about is anywhere he goes, he's 433 00:18:12,050 --> 00:18:13,449 S2: kind of been a winner. You know, he's kind of 434 00:18:13,490 --> 00:18:16,730 S2: figured things out at least in patchwork. So yeah, you'd 435 00:18:16,730 --> 00:18:18,490 S2: love to see a guy like that come here. Not 436 00:18:18,490 --> 00:18:20,850 S2: sure if he would come here or not. Um, and 437 00:18:20,850 --> 00:18:22,090 S2: by the way, I mean, we're going to touch on 438 00:18:22,090 --> 00:18:24,290 S2: all these things throughout the next couple months leading up 439 00:18:24,290 --> 00:18:26,970 S2: to the draft and, and everything into the season. So again, 440 00:18:26,970 --> 00:18:29,730 S2: we're kind of giving you a 30,000 foot view today 441 00:18:29,770 --> 00:18:31,730 S2: of our thoughts on the Falcons. But we'll dive into 442 00:18:31,730 --> 00:18:33,730 S2: these points a little bit more. Um what did you 443 00:18:33,730 --> 00:18:35,850 S2: think Kyle Pitts getting franchise tag real quick. 444 00:18:37,010 --> 00:18:40,490 S3: Uh don't like it. Don't like it at all I mean, I, 445 00:18:40,490 --> 00:18:43,090 S3: I don't I don't like the, uh, production of this player. 446 00:18:43,090 --> 00:18:45,250 S3: I think he's a, I think he plays what he 447 00:18:45,250 --> 00:18:47,689 S3: wants to. That's that's my honest opinion. I think he 448 00:18:47,690 --> 00:18:49,369 S3: plays when he wants to, when there's something in it 449 00:18:49,369 --> 00:18:51,450 S3: for him. Uh, I think he's going to do really well. 450 00:18:51,450 --> 00:18:55,410 S3: Now to his defense when he's had a decent quarterback. 451 00:18:55,570 --> 00:18:57,649 S3: He has played well. Yeah. But I think he knows 452 00:18:57,650 --> 00:18:59,290 S3: that right. So he's not going to give you the 453 00:18:59,290 --> 00:19:01,650 S3: extra effort. If we have somebody who's not great back 454 00:19:01,690 --> 00:19:03,410 S3: there if that makes sense. Yeah. He's not the best 455 00:19:03,410 --> 00:19:05,969 S3: blocking tight end. He doesn't run the best routes. He 456 00:19:05,970 --> 00:19:08,530 S3: doesn't do those things. I think it's interesting that they 457 00:19:08,530 --> 00:19:11,210 S3: did want to franchise tag him. At least it gives 458 00:19:11,210 --> 00:19:13,490 S3: us a couple ways to look at this. They say 459 00:19:13,530 --> 00:19:16,290 S3: Stefanski is really good with tight ends right? Yeah. Well 460 00:19:16,530 --> 00:19:19,090 S3: Pitts is kind of versatile. He could be a tight 461 00:19:19,090 --> 00:19:22,770 S3: end slash wide receiver right. So within franchise tagging him 462 00:19:22,770 --> 00:19:25,290 S3: I think there's a couple things here. One, he's got 463 00:19:25,290 --> 00:19:29,220 S3: to produce because he's in effectively a contract year. Being 464 00:19:29,220 --> 00:19:30,060 S3: a franchise tag. Right? 465 00:19:30,100 --> 00:19:30,660 S2: Yeah. Right. 466 00:19:30,660 --> 00:19:34,180 S3: So he's got to produce. He knows that. Um, then 467 00:19:34,180 --> 00:19:36,700 S3: if you move him to, like, maybe a wide receiver 468 00:19:36,740 --> 00:19:39,780 S3: esque type scenario. Maybe they go in the draft looking 469 00:19:39,780 --> 00:19:42,459 S3: for a different type of a tight end. Sure. To 470 00:19:42,500 --> 00:19:45,100 S3: work with. So you got a couple different scenarios here 471 00:19:45,100 --> 00:19:45,700 S3: you could look at. 472 00:19:45,740 --> 00:19:47,459 S2: And I like Charlie Werner. I like some of the 473 00:19:47,460 --> 00:19:50,100 S2: guys they've had in the position. I know they've talked 474 00:19:50,100 --> 00:19:53,740 S2: about using Philip Franks a little bit and in different roles, 475 00:19:53,780 --> 00:19:55,939 S2: you know, but at this point I think he's probably 476 00:19:55,940 --> 00:19:57,820 S2: more of a special team kind of player. You know, 477 00:19:57,859 --> 00:20:00,340 S2: I don't think he's an every down kind of, you know, 478 00:20:00,380 --> 00:20:02,820 S2: player really on, on, on any phase of the game 479 00:20:02,820 --> 00:20:04,460 S2: at this point. So I think it's going to be 480 00:20:04,460 --> 00:20:06,980 S2: really interesting to see what they do. Um, with, with 481 00:20:06,980 --> 00:20:08,860 S2: that side of the ball there. What is what is 482 00:20:08,859 --> 00:20:11,100 S2: the biggest and especially now, especially when you look at 483 00:20:11,100 --> 00:20:14,380 S2: somebody like Jay, you know, JP junior that's you know, 484 00:20:14,420 --> 00:20:17,300 S2: presumably not going to be here next year. I mean, 485 00:20:17,340 --> 00:20:20,020 S2: what what you know, in your opinion what's the biggest 486 00:20:20,020 --> 00:20:23,139 S2: glaring hole now that you see with this Falcons football 487 00:20:23,140 --> 00:20:24,419 S2: team on either side of the ball. 488 00:20:25,140 --> 00:20:29,219 S3: Uh defensive end, pass rusher. So, um, I think we 489 00:20:29,260 --> 00:20:33,140 S3: gotta go beat defensive tackle. I mean, we got just 490 00:20:33,140 --> 00:20:36,860 S3: ran up the middle, um, consistently last year. We need 491 00:20:36,859 --> 00:20:38,700 S3: a run stopper. We gotta get a run stopper. Gotta 492 00:20:38,700 --> 00:20:43,020 S3: get a D.T.. Uh, you got McGarity on the offensive line. Uh, 493 00:20:43,020 --> 00:20:44,980 S3: on that side of the ball. You know, that's not 494 00:20:44,980 --> 00:20:47,139 S3: going to be here for maybe another year or two, right? 495 00:20:47,140 --> 00:20:48,540 S3: So we got to start addressing some of those things. 496 00:20:48,540 --> 00:20:50,860 S3: What I do like about Stefanski is he does like 497 00:20:50,859 --> 00:20:53,780 S3: to build inside out, right. Like to build the lines. 498 00:20:53,820 --> 00:20:57,020 S3: And look, he did win in Cleveland for two years, right? 499 00:20:57,060 --> 00:20:59,580 S3: I mean, if you can win in Cleveland, surely you 500 00:20:59,580 --> 00:21:01,700 S3: can live. You can win here in Atlanta. 501 00:21:01,740 --> 00:21:06,580 S2: Surely, surely, surely I am serious. And don't call me Shirley. Yeah. 502 00:21:06,619 --> 00:21:09,180 S2: I mean, like, you know. Yeah, hopefully he can. Well. 503 00:21:09,180 --> 00:21:12,459 S2: And and the biggest thing is, um, you know, look, I, 504 00:21:12,660 --> 00:21:13,900 S2: I think a lot of people are on the fence 505 00:21:13,900 --> 00:21:15,780 S2: about Stefanski. They look at him. I mean, yeah, he 506 00:21:15,780 --> 00:21:17,699 S2: did have two playoff years where he was coach of 507 00:21:17,700 --> 00:21:20,180 S2: the year twice with the Browns in five years. Um, 508 00:21:20,180 --> 00:21:22,060 S2: you got to like that, especially with the Browns being 509 00:21:22,060 --> 00:21:24,950 S2: a dumpster fire like they are. Um, I think regardless, 510 00:21:24,950 --> 00:21:27,270 S2: I think the new GM, Ian Cunningham, has his work 511 00:21:27,270 --> 00:21:29,350 S2: cut out for him. Obviously Matt Ryan in the position 512 00:21:29,390 --> 00:21:33,030 S2: of president of football, um, which my wife kind of 513 00:21:33,070 --> 00:21:34,950 S2: giggled at and thought that was an interesting title, like 514 00:21:34,950 --> 00:21:39,030 S2: president of football, like like of all football. No, just 515 00:21:39,030 --> 00:21:41,870 S2: just the Falcons. But but anyway. But uh, yeah I know. 516 00:21:41,869 --> 00:21:43,470 S2: So I mean you got Matt Ryan now you've got 517 00:21:43,510 --> 00:21:46,550 S2: Ian Cunningham and now you've got Kevin Stefanski. So you 518 00:21:46,550 --> 00:21:48,510 S2: know the trees got the leaves on it. And it'll 519 00:21:48,550 --> 00:21:50,189 S2: be interesting to see what direction they go. 520 00:21:50,630 --> 00:21:52,950 S3: I think he'll do a fine job. Um I don't 521 00:21:52,950 --> 00:21:55,950 S3: have any reason to believe that he won't at this point, but, um, 522 00:21:55,990 --> 00:21:57,310 S3: you know, he likes to have a lot of picks. 523 00:21:57,310 --> 00:22:00,110 S3: He even said he goes, uh, this would be the 524 00:22:00,109 --> 00:22:02,190 S3: only year we won't have this many picks. You know, 525 00:22:02,230 --> 00:22:03,869 S3: he's not he's not a fan of it. None of 526 00:22:03,869 --> 00:22:05,990 S3: us are. And so it's going to be exciting to 527 00:22:05,990 --> 00:22:08,510 S3: see what he can do, um, over the course of time. 528 00:22:08,510 --> 00:22:10,590 S3: But again, that's one of those things where time can 529 00:22:10,590 --> 00:22:11,149 S3: only tell. 530 00:22:11,190 --> 00:22:14,830 S2: Yeah, exactly. Have you, uh, apparently there's some new, uh, 531 00:22:14,830 --> 00:22:16,389 S2: in coming up in the next segment. By the way, 532 00:22:16,390 --> 00:22:17,870 S2: we're going to talk about some of the other things 533 00:22:17,869 --> 00:22:20,510 S2: that are going on. Is Atlanta getting a hockey team. Uh, 534 00:22:20,510 --> 00:22:22,230 S2: so we're going to talk about that coming up as well. 535 00:22:22,230 --> 00:22:23,949 S2: But have you seen any of the mock ups of 536 00:22:23,950 --> 00:22:27,070 S2: the new, uh, hockey or the, uh. Excuse me? I'm 537 00:22:27,070 --> 00:22:30,790 S2: on hockey now. The the new Falcon, uh, uniforms. Yeah, potentially. 538 00:22:30,830 --> 00:22:32,950 S3: They're thinking, uh, red, right? Yeah. 539 00:22:33,270 --> 00:22:34,950 S2: I think they want to bring the red back in some. 540 00:22:35,350 --> 00:22:37,869 S3: I like the red. I'm one of the few people, uh, 541 00:22:37,869 --> 00:22:40,110 S3: and I know you're a fan of the old logo, 542 00:22:40,150 --> 00:22:41,350 S3: the old look or whatever. 543 00:22:41,470 --> 00:22:41,910 S2: Throwback. 544 00:22:41,950 --> 00:22:45,070 S3: Look most people are. I am not one of them. Right? 545 00:22:45,109 --> 00:22:47,590 S3: I like I like the new, cooler looking stuff. Uh, 546 00:22:47,590 --> 00:22:51,670 S3: to me, I do like the matte black helmet, um, like, uh, uh, 547 00:22:51,670 --> 00:22:54,470 S3: that they've thrown out there a few times. Um, so I'm, 548 00:22:54,470 --> 00:22:56,750 S3: I'm a fan of it. I mean, but look, I mean, 549 00:22:56,990 --> 00:22:59,310 S3: at the end of the day, you gotta play. Well, yeah, you. 550 00:22:59,310 --> 00:23:00,869 S2: Gotta play in it. Now, they do play well in 551 00:23:00,869 --> 00:23:02,989 S2: the throwbacks, but I'll say this and not to be 552 00:23:02,990 --> 00:23:04,550 S2: the fashion police, because I don't want to spend a 553 00:23:04,550 --> 00:23:06,629 S2: lot of time on this. But, uh, I do love 554 00:23:06,630 --> 00:23:08,950 S2: the red helmet, I really do. But here's the thing 555 00:23:08,950 --> 00:23:10,950 S2: about the red helmet. It only looks good with the 556 00:23:10,950 --> 00:23:13,310 S2: old logo on it, not the new logo, because the 557 00:23:13,310 --> 00:23:15,189 S2: old logo was more of a solid black and it 558 00:23:15,190 --> 00:23:17,429 S2: pops against the red. But when you slap the newer 559 00:23:17,470 --> 00:23:20,230 S2: the the current, I say newer the current logo on 560 00:23:20,230 --> 00:23:22,000 S2: the red helmet, It just doesn't. It doesn't have the 561 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:23,080 S2: same effect for me. 562 00:23:23,119 --> 00:23:25,280 S3: I would agree with that. I would agree with that. Yeah. 563 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:27,560 S2: So, uh, they gotta stay away from the black pants. 564 00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:30,040 S2: They they've already kicked that around a lot of different concepts. 565 00:23:30,119 --> 00:23:31,400 S3: Grey, white. Where are we going? 566 00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:33,680 S2: I'm thinking silver, man. I'm thinking white. And I'm thinking. 567 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:35,880 S2: Going back to the silver britches, man. Of course, Georgia, 568 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:38,960 S2: you know, wears that. But that's the the genesis of 569 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:42,840 S2: the Falcons uniform came from the influence of the University 570 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:45,879 S2: of Georgia and Georgia Tech. That's why they have the gold. 571 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:47,960 S2: They have the gold stripe on the helmet for so 572 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:51,359 S2: many years, uh, because was was a nod to Georgia Tech. 573 00:23:51,359 --> 00:23:52,879 S2: Now over the years, they kind of got rid of 574 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:56,080 S2: the gold stripe and they kind of adopted more of 575 00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:58,560 S2: the Georgia look, which I know you're a big Georgia fan. So, 576 00:23:58,600 --> 00:23:59,240 S2: you know, you probably. 577 00:23:59,240 --> 00:23:59,960 S3: Have no problem with. 578 00:23:59,960 --> 00:24:01,320 S2: It. You have no problem with that. 579 00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:02,359 S3: So great to. 580 00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:05,720 S2: Me. Yeah. So uh, again, you know, um, but yeah, we'll, 581 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:07,520 S2: we'll see what they, what direction they go with that. 582 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:10,960 S2: But either way, uh, and I've said this for years, uh, 583 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:16,000 S2: you can build as many Coca-Cola pavilions, Home Depot tailgate areas, 584 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:17,399 S2: whatever you want to do. But at the end of 585 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:18,840 S2: the day, if you don't put a winning product on 586 00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:21,840 S2: the field. Um, folks aren't going to support it as much, 587 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:24,160 S2: you know. And I think this this is a fan 588 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:27,600 S2: base now for eight years that suffered, uh, through kind 589 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:30,479 S2: of a dysfunctional, you know, leadership, to be honest with you. 590 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:32,760 S2: And that's not a that's not a knock against Arthur Blank, 591 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:35,000 S2: because Arthur Blank, I think is a great human being. 592 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:37,280 S2: What he's done for the city of Atlanta from a 593 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:41,960 S2: philanthropy standpoint, uh, bringing the different events here, building Mercedes-Benz Stadium, 594 00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:44,400 S2: all the different things that Arthur Blank does, it does 595 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:48,000 S2: not go unappreciated. I mean, at all. I'm talking specifically 596 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:52,040 S2: about this Falcons organization, and this organization has been dysfunctional. 597 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:53,520 S2: And so hopefully they can turn it around. 598 00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:56,120 S3: He's tried. Yeah. He's he's tried. 599 00:24:56,119 --> 00:24:58,359 S2: But I think he relies on his on his people 600 00:24:58,400 --> 00:24:59,639 S2: a little too long stays with him. 601 00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:00,160 S3: Yeah that's. 602 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:02,160 S2: True. We'll see what happens. All right man we're going 603 00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:03,960 S2: to go ahead and step aside and be right back. 604 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:05,480 S2: When we come up we're going to talk about some 605 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:08,400 S2: of our high schools that are actually getting ready for 606 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:11,359 S2: quarterfinal action tonight and tomorrow. Want to give them a nod. 607 00:25:11,359 --> 00:25:14,800 S2: And we'll talk about hockey and Atlanta potentially, plus a 608 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:17,320 S2: little bit of Braves news and some NASCAR stuff coming 609 00:25:17,450 --> 00:25:20,609 S2: up as well. One of our locals, Chandler Smith, one 610 00:25:20,609 --> 00:25:23,290 S2: of our well, I say local. Oh, I said the 611 00:25:23,290 --> 00:25:27,570 S2: L word. The regional uh, Chandler Smith got some news 612 00:25:27,570 --> 00:25:29,330 S2: coming up with him coming up here in just a second. 613 00:25:29,330 --> 00:25:31,210 S2: Stay with us. You're listening to the Morning Rant right 614 00:25:31,210 --> 00:25:33,410 S2: here on the home of ESPN Radio in North Georgia, 615 00:25:33,410 --> 00:25:35,609 S2: on the sports for Sports Pick app and online at 616 00:25:35,609 --> 00:25:37,050 S2: Sports Pick radio.com. 617 00:25:37,050 --> 00:25:39,810 S8: When we say better ingredients, better pizza, what do you. 618 00:25:39,810 --> 00:25:41,170 S1: Bring the trash talk. 619 00:25:41,210 --> 00:25:43,330 S9: Come on, man, are you serious? 620 00:25:43,369 --> 00:25:46,570 S1: It's the Morning rant live on the Sports Pig app 621 00:25:46,570 --> 00:25:49,050 S1: and Sports Pig Radio.com. 622 00:25:50,650 --> 00:25:53,570 S2: And welcome back to the program, Dave Garner Billy Dowd 623 00:25:53,570 --> 00:25:56,090 S2: in with you till the top of the hour today again. 624 00:25:56,130 --> 00:26:00,650 S2: We're halfway through the show on a Terrible Towel Tuesday. Man, 625 00:26:00,650 --> 00:26:03,490 S2: we appreciate you guys being with us. Hopefully your morning 626 00:26:03,490 --> 00:26:06,570 S2: has gone well. I have not had my third cup 627 00:26:06,570 --> 00:26:09,930 S2: of coffee yet, admittedly. So, uh, you never know. This 628 00:26:09,930 --> 00:26:11,969 S2: thing could get off the rails quick. Uh, but we 629 00:26:11,970 --> 00:26:14,930 S2: appreciate you guys tuning in. Uh, got some good app 630 00:26:14,970 --> 00:26:18,330 S2: numbers this morning. Folks are listening in man. And that's 631 00:26:18,369 --> 00:26:20,129 S2: a that's a that's what we like to hear. So 632 00:26:20,130 --> 00:26:23,050 S2: we appreciate everybody listening in. Uh, for those on the 633 00:26:23,050 --> 00:26:26,250 S2: dial again 93.7 98.1 we appreciate you guys being with 634 00:26:26,250 --> 00:26:28,770 S2: us here in North Georgia. Uh, those on the Sports 635 00:26:28,770 --> 00:26:31,449 S2: Pig app. If you have not downloaded the Sports Pig app, 636 00:26:31,490 --> 00:26:35,010 S2: you need to do so. You go wherever you download apps, Android, Apple, 637 00:26:35,010 --> 00:26:37,689 S2: what have you. Uh, look up the sports pig. It 638 00:26:37,690 --> 00:26:39,810 S2: should pop right up on the list. Download the app, 639 00:26:39,850 --> 00:26:42,330 S2: take us wherever you go. You can always listen online 640 00:26:42,330 --> 00:26:47,250 S2: as well to our live stream at Sports Pig Radio.com. Again, 641 00:26:47,250 --> 00:26:49,410 S2: that's our website. Once you click on it, there's a 642 00:26:49,410 --> 00:26:51,169 S2: tab right there at the top, front and center that 643 00:26:51,170 --> 00:26:53,409 S2: says Listen Live. You click that button, it starts the 644 00:26:53,410 --> 00:26:56,130 S2: player and boom, there you go. So appreciate you guys 645 00:26:56,130 --> 00:26:59,290 S2: being with us here on a Tuesday. And uh, before 646 00:26:59,290 --> 00:27:01,050 S2: the break we were talking a little bit about the 647 00:27:01,050 --> 00:27:02,850 S2: the Falcons and kind of some of the off season 648 00:27:02,850 --> 00:27:05,730 S2: moves uh, so far and some of the things, I guess, 649 00:27:05,730 --> 00:27:07,609 S2: to look at some of the things that Billy, you 650 00:27:07,609 --> 00:27:09,170 S2: and I'll be breaking down, you know, over the next 651 00:27:09,170 --> 00:27:12,649 S2: couple months kind of leading up to the draft and, um, 652 00:27:12,650 --> 00:27:15,450 S2: certainly excited about that. Got some NASCAR news I want 653 00:27:15,490 --> 00:27:17,010 S2: to share though. So. And I don't know if you 654 00:27:17,010 --> 00:27:19,690 S2: know this because I know you're not a NASCAR guy. Admittedly, 655 00:27:19,930 --> 00:27:22,570 S2: but you know, we are the home of every Cup 656 00:27:22,570 --> 00:27:25,410 S2: race right here on the Sports Pig, uh, with our 657 00:27:25,410 --> 00:27:29,330 S2: partners at Motor Racing Network. MRN and also PRN, Performance 658 00:27:29,330 --> 00:27:31,929 S2: Racing Network. Um, had a chance last Sunday. We were 659 00:27:31,930 --> 00:27:34,850 S2: down at Atlanta motor Speedway. Now Echo Park Speedway had 660 00:27:34,850 --> 00:27:37,010 S2: a chance to cover the race. Got to talk to 661 00:27:37,050 --> 00:27:40,050 S2: Mike Helton, the former chairman of NASCAR. Got to talk 662 00:27:40,050 --> 00:27:43,770 S2: to Brandon Hutchinson, the uh, current GM of the track 663 00:27:43,770 --> 00:27:46,250 S2: and vice president. And uh, also had a chance to 664 00:27:46,250 --> 00:27:49,370 S2: bring in Wendy Venturini, who, of course, does pit reporting 665 00:27:49,369 --> 00:27:51,770 S2: for PRN. And so we got to talk to an 666 00:27:51,770 --> 00:27:53,530 S2: all star cast of folks. But we've got an all 667 00:27:53,570 --> 00:27:57,850 S2: star here in our area, uh, Chandler Smith who's currently 668 00:27:57,850 --> 00:28:01,489 S2: leading the truck standings right now in the points, uh, 669 00:28:01,490 --> 00:28:04,929 S2: the announcement. And we shared it on our social media that, uh, 670 00:28:04,930 --> 00:28:06,970 S2: Chandler is actually going to run a couple races in 671 00:28:06,970 --> 00:28:10,209 S2: the O'Reilly series, starting, I believe, this week. So the 672 00:28:10,210 --> 00:28:15,300 S2: next couple of races, he'll moonlight in the O'Reilly series and, 673 00:28:15,340 --> 00:28:17,220 S2: of course, keep his full time ride in the truck 674 00:28:17,220 --> 00:28:20,460 S2: series as well. So congratulations to Chandler Smith. He's running 675 00:28:20,460 --> 00:28:23,419 S2: great this year. A local boy from talking Rock, Georgia 676 00:28:23,460 --> 00:28:27,020 S2: just up the road. And we appreciate Chandler. And also uh, 677 00:28:27,020 --> 00:28:29,699 S2: just to our east over in Dawsonville again, we've got 678 00:28:29,700 --> 00:28:32,659 S2: Chase Elliott. We got the Elliott family, of course. Uh, Bill, uh, 679 00:28:32,660 --> 00:28:36,140 S2: Dan Elliott, a lot of folks around the local area know, 680 00:28:36,180 --> 00:28:38,340 S2: of course, the Elliott family. And so we're very excited 681 00:28:38,340 --> 00:28:41,180 S2: about that. Again, you can listen to each and every 682 00:28:41,180 --> 00:28:44,220 S2: Cup race and uh, maybe a couple of additional races 683 00:28:44,220 --> 00:28:47,900 S2: as well. Um, talking to Aaron, our producer, and, uh, 684 00:28:47,940 --> 00:28:50,460 S2: we may have a few O'Reilly race, especially if Chandler's 685 00:28:50,460 --> 00:28:52,260 S2: in them. We may very well do that, so we'll 686 00:28:52,260 --> 00:28:55,300 S2: have to see how that goes. Also Atlanta United, uh, 687 00:28:55,300 --> 00:28:58,420 S2: with their home opener this weekend. And, uh, we will 688 00:28:58,420 --> 00:29:00,900 S2: have some ticket giveaways coming up. Uh, they're going to 689 00:29:00,900 --> 00:29:03,340 S2: be at home over the next couple of weekends. And 690 00:29:03,340 --> 00:29:06,020 S2: so be listening for your chance to win, uh, some 691 00:29:06,060 --> 00:29:09,860 S2: Atlanta United tickets. So the reason we've partnered with Atlanta United. 692 00:29:09,860 --> 00:29:11,460 S2: And when I was talking about this yesterday, and I 693 00:29:11,460 --> 00:29:13,500 S2: know you heard it, Billy. The reason why we call 694 00:29:13,500 --> 00:29:15,780 S2: it the sports pig is because it's like a trough 695 00:29:15,780 --> 00:29:18,260 S2: of sports, right? Man, you're consuming all this stuff. We've 696 00:29:18,260 --> 00:29:21,340 S2: got partnerships. Where the official home of NASCAR, where the 697 00:29:21,340 --> 00:29:23,780 S2: new official home of the Atlanta Braves. We also have 698 00:29:23,780 --> 00:29:26,219 S2: a partnership with Atlanta United in. One of the reasons 699 00:29:26,220 --> 00:29:30,860 S2: for that is because we have areas like Dalton that 700 00:29:30,860 --> 00:29:35,660 S2: are huge soccer capitals and hotbeds, if you will, of 701 00:29:35,660 --> 00:29:38,180 S2: the fan base for Atlanta United. So we definitely want 702 00:29:38,180 --> 00:29:39,980 S2: to include as much soccer and of course the World 703 00:29:39,980 --> 00:29:42,780 S2: Cup coming up to Atlanta as well. So regardless of 704 00:29:42,780 --> 00:29:45,860 S2: whether you're a soccer fan or not like you, there's 705 00:29:45,860 --> 00:29:47,700 S2: a lot of stuff that Atlanta is going to be 706 00:29:47,700 --> 00:29:49,580 S2: playing host to over the next several months. We're going 707 00:29:49,580 --> 00:29:50,620 S2: to be the center of attention. 708 00:29:50,660 --> 00:29:53,500 S3: Absolutely, absolutely. And whether you watch soccer or not, the 709 00:29:53,500 --> 00:29:55,500 S3: World Cup's pretty awesome to watch. Yeah, it's a lot 710 00:29:55,500 --> 00:29:55,940 S3: of fun. 711 00:29:55,980 --> 00:29:57,739 S2: Yeah. And we're going to have we're gonna have some 712 00:29:57,740 --> 00:29:59,220 S2: big teams in here. And so it's going to be 713 00:29:59,220 --> 00:30:01,020 S2: a lot of fun. Hopefully we can score some World 714 00:30:01,020 --> 00:30:03,660 S2: Cup tickets. Now. If we do that then the sports 715 00:30:03,660 --> 00:30:06,660 S2: pig is is totally lit. We're already legit, but we're 716 00:30:06,660 --> 00:30:09,060 S2: going to be totally legit if we can score some 717 00:30:09,110 --> 00:30:12,030 S2: World Cup tickets. Um, we talked a little bit before 718 00:30:12,030 --> 00:30:15,150 S2: the break about hockey. Uh, again, another sport that we're all, 719 00:30:15,190 --> 00:30:17,350 S2: you know, kind of acclimating to. My son is has 720 00:30:17,350 --> 00:30:19,830 S2: really gotten into it. Remember, my daughter's getting married this 721 00:30:19,830 --> 00:30:23,190 S2: summer in Canada. Um, she's getting married to a guy 722 00:30:23,190 --> 00:30:26,350 S2: that's a native Nova Scotian who loves hockey. He's a 723 00:30:26,350 --> 00:30:29,830 S2: big Ottawa Senators fan. So we've, you know, by default, 724 00:30:29,870 --> 00:30:32,910 S2: kind of become hockey fans somewhat. But what what is 725 00:30:32,910 --> 00:30:35,110 S2: your fandom for hockey look like, if at all? 726 00:30:36,230 --> 00:30:40,430 S3: Uh, I, I don't watch much hockey. Uh, but, um, I, 727 00:30:40,510 --> 00:30:42,310 S3: I do like it when it gets into the playoffs. 728 00:30:42,350 --> 00:30:44,469 S3: It gets very exciting. I love the shootouts and that 729 00:30:44,470 --> 00:30:47,790 S3: sort of thing. As far as Atlanta, I love the fights. Um, 730 00:30:47,830 --> 00:30:49,630 S3: love the broken teeth in the Olympics. 731 00:30:49,630 --> 00:30:50,430 S2: Right, exactly. 732 00:30:50,430 --> 00:30:52,790 S3: But, uh, I mean, haven't we. We've tried it twice. 733 00:30:52,830 --> 00:30:55,350 S3: We've tried it twice. Right. And, um, I think it'd 734 00:30:55,390 --> 00:30:57,870 S3: be great. I mean, we you don't have to be 735 00:30:57,870 --> 00:31:03,310 S3: a winter, uh, geographical area to have a great hockey team, right? 736 00:31:03,430 --> 00:31:06,070 S3: I think hockey has shown that. Yeah, yeah. And there's 737 00:31:06,070 --> 00:31:08,870 S3: a lot of hockey fans out here being a melting pot. Yeah, 738 00:31:08,910 --> 00:31:09,910 S3: I think it'd go well. 739 00:31:10,030 --> 00:31:11,670 S2: Well, and I think I think that's one of the 740 00:31:11,670 --> 00:31:14,510 S2: reasons that it maybe it didn't come off so well 741 00:31:14,510 --> 00:31:18,310 S2: originally with the flames, because back then you didn't have 742 00:31:18,310 --> 00:31:21,150 S2: the melting pot in Atlanta in the 70s and the 743 00:31:21,150 --> 00:31:24,750 S2: 80s necessarily that you do now. Uh, and so the 744 00:31:24,750 --> 00:31:26,950 S2: team ended up being sold off because there wasn't, you know, 745 00:31:26,950 --> 00:31:28,870 S2: there were a lot of fans, but it wasn't the 746 00:31:28,870 --> 00:31:31,910 S2: support that you need to, you know, sustain a franchise 747 00:31:31,910 --> 00:31:35,870 S2: long term. Then the Thrashers come along and there was 748 00:31:35,870 --> 00:31:38,510 S2: all kinds of support. That was all because the Atlanta 749 00:31:38,510 --> 00:31:40,630 S2: Knights came before that. Everybody loved the Atlanta Knights. They 750 00:31:40,630 --> 00:31:42,510 S2: still say Knights during the national anthem a lot of 751 00:31:42,510 --> 00:31:45,230 S2: times just out of tradition. But then the Thrashers came along. 752 00:31:45,430 --> 00:31:48,150 S2: But that wasn't they didn't leave here because of lack 753 00:31:48,150 --> 00:31:52,190 S2: of support. They had a dysfunctional ownership group. There were 754 00:31:52,190 --> 00:31:54,550 S2: like nine people that owned the team. None of them 755 00:31:54,550 --> 00:31:57,550 S2: got along. They hated each other. Uh, seven of them 756 00:31:57,550 --> 00:31:59,510 S2: sold their shares off. There were two guys left, and 757 00:31:59,510 --> 00:32:01,950 S2: then there was eventually one guy left and he was like, 758 00:32:02,590 --> 00:32:06,000 S2: I'm done. Let's let's sell this thing. So, I you know, 759 00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:08,719 S2: you can't say that. Well, Atlanta I mean, I know 760 00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:10,600 S2: we've already had it twice, but I think it's it's 761 00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:12,320 S2: different circumstances this time. 762 00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:14,959 S3: I think it'd go well. I mean like I said, 763 00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:16,960 S3: there's a lot of hockey fans here and and from 764 00:32:16,960 --> 00:32:19,640 S3: somebody who doesn't watch hockey, what made me I had 765 00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:21,400 S3: a good time when the, when the, when they were 766 00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:25,200 S3: here the Thrashers. Yeah. Hockey is a is a sport 767 00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:28,880 S3: where you have to go and watch the game. Right. 768 00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:31,000 S3: And when you go watch the game, that's what makes 769 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:32,960 S3: you a fan. Yeah. Because I, I didn't think a 770 00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:34,400 S3: whole lot about it until I went and watched a 771 00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:36,520 S3: few games. I was like, man, this is pretty awesome. Yeah. 772 00:32:36,560 --> 00:32:39,000 S3: And it's it's totally different experience. 773 00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:41,160 S2: You gotta you gotta tell your story about going to 774 00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:42,959 S2: your first Atlanta United match. 775 00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:46,480 S3: Oh man, oh man, oh man. Do you want to 776 00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:50,120 S3: hear it now or later. You can no I don't 777 00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:53,360 S3: look I don't I don't watch soccer. Admittedly. Um I, 778 00:32:53,360 --> 00:32:57,440 S3: I've got a brother who's all about soccer lives in Australia. Um, 779 00:32:57,480 --> 00:33:00,560 S3: we have a really good mutual friend, uh, that just 780 00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:03,520 S3: loves soccer. And, uh, he wanted to take me to, uh, 781 00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:05,560 S3: one of the United games. I was like, hey, this 782 00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:07,160 S3: would be great. I can go watch soccer, see what 783 00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:10,400 S3: it's like, you know, and everything. So in preparation for this, 784 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:12,760 S3: I knew that he loved soccer, so I didn't want 785 00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:15,280 S3: to be the the idiot fan, right. Showing up. I 786 00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:18,440 S3: didn't know anything. So I was checking things out, trying 787 00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:21,120 S3: to familiarize myself with what soccer is all about. The 788 00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:24,280 S3: whole deal. Well, we get to the game and it's 789 00:33:24,280 --> 00:33:27,640 S3: awesome because everybody's standing up. Nobody's sitting down. I was like, okay, 790 00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:29,840 S3: I didn't wear the right shoes for this, but, you know, 791 00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:31,480 S3: I didn't want to stand the whole time. But anyway, 792 00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:34,400 S3: it's great. Everybody's having a great time and they're announcing 793 00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:37,320 S3: the players. They're coming to the pitch, coming to the pitch. 794 00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:39,840 S3: And I keep hearing this pitch word. I'm like. And 795 00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:41,880 S3: I just. I couldn't take it anymore. I could not 796 00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:44,600 S3: take it. I turned, I turned to my buddy I said, 797 00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:47,040 S3: I said, dude, what what is the pitch? And he 798 00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:50,120 S3: looks at me with the most disgusted look I've ever seen. 799 00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:52,959 S3: And he said, the field. I said, you know what? 800 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:55,480 S3: I'm done. I'm not asking any more questions. I'm just 801 00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:57,200 S3: going to sit back and enjoy the game. 802 00:33:57,400 --> 00:33:59,480 S2: Oh man, we appreciate you guys being with us right 803 00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:02,770 S2: here on a rally towel or terrible towel Tuesday. Right 804 00:34:02,770 --> 00:34:05,650 S2: here again. A lot going on here. Billy Dowd, my 805 00:34:05,650 --> 00:34:08,569 S2: co-host again, Billy Dee Diamond, Dave Garner in with you 806 00:34:08,730 --> 00:34:11,030 S2: until the top of the hour. We've got about 20 807 00:34:11,030 --> 00:34:13,450 S2: minutes left, and then we'll give way to Chuck Oliver. Uh, 808 00:34:13,450 --> 00:34:15,930 S2: who will join us? Uh, from 11 to 1 today, 809 00:34:15,930 --> 00:34:18,450 S2: right here on the, uh, sports pig again. Our friend 810 00:34:18,450 --> 00:34:21,610 S2: Chuck Oliver with Southern Sports today, he is the king 811 00:34:21,650 --> 00:34:24,170 S2: of college football and, uh, does a great job. And 812 00:34:24,170 --> 00:34:26,450 S2: then this afternoon, we lead you right back in to 813 00:34:26,489 --> 00:34:30,969 S2: all of our awesome, uh, ESPN programming again. Rich Eisen. Uh, 814 00:34:30,969 --> 00:34:34,170 S2: coming up at 1:00 this afternoon, uh, 1 to 3. 815 00:34:34,170 --> 00:34:37,850 S2: And then Paul Finebaum from 3 to 7. Again, Paul is, uh, 816 00:34:37,850 --> 00:34:41,210 S2: one of those guys that has, uh, quite a following. And, uh, 817 00:34:41,210 --> 00:34:43,609 S2: if you've never listened to the Paul Finebaum Show, I 818 00:34:43,610 --> 00:34:45,370 S2: would encourage you to do that because you get some 819 00:34:45,370 --> 00:34:48,129 S2: of the the greatest, you know, we promote here hot 820 00:34:48,170 --> 00:34:50,850 S2: takes hot mics. Uh, but but that show is just 821 00:34:50,850 --> 00:34:53,130 S2: it's epic. It's fantastic. Have you I don't know if 822 00:34:53,130 --> 00:34:55,450 S2: you've ever watched any of the or seen on that 823 00:34:55,450 --> 00:34:58,529 S2: on TV or listened to it on the radio, but. Yeah, man, it's, um, 824 00:34:58,570 --> 00:35:01,129 S2: it translates well. There's a lot of I'll give you this. 825 00:35:01,130 --> 00:35:02,569 S2: There's a lot of roll tide and a lot of 826 00:35:02,570 --> 00:35:04,690 S2: War Eagle. But even if you're not a fan of 827 00:35:04,690 --> 00:35:09,370 S2: either of those two programs, it's still very, very entertaining. Radio. 828 00:35:09,650 --> 00:35:12,529 S2: So again, my my goal is that hopefully we can 829 00:35:12,530 --> 00:35:14,370 S2: be that entertaining. So if we if we can be 830 00:35:14,370 --> 00:35:16,969 S2: that entertaining, uh, then I think I think we'll be 831 00:35:17,010 --> 00:35:19,649 S2: we'll be in good shape moving forward. Um, let's talk 832 00:35:19,650 --> 00:35:22,089 S2: a little bit real quick about high schools. Um, we've 833 00:35:22,090 --> 00:35:24,129 S2: got a lot of high schools that are playing in 834 00:35:24,130 --> 00:35:28,650 S2: the state basketball tournaments right now for the, uh, and 835 00:35:28,650 --> 00:35:30,049 S2: I'm just going to kind of run down a quick 836 00:35:30,050 --> 00:35:31,730 S2: list of this, and then I'll bring it back to you. Billy, 837 00:35:31,730 --> 00:35:34,649 S2: we'll talk about, uh, something that we learned Friday night 838 00:35:34,650 --> 00:35:37,810 S2: when we were doing our live high school basketball broadcast 839 00:35:37,810 --> 00:35:40,930 S2: over at Sequoia High School, over on our sister station. But, um, 840 00:35:40,930 --> 00:35:42,770 S2: here's here's just a list of some of the local 841 00:35:42,770 --> 00:35:44,930 S2: area teams that are going to be playing, uh, either 842 00:35:44,930 --> 00:35:48,490 S2: tonight or tomorrow. Um, we've got Murray County, the Lady 843 00:35:48,489 --> 00:35:51,850 S2: Indians of Murray County. They are the defending state runner 844 00:35:51,850 --> 00:35:54,450 S2: up in two. A, uh, they're back at it. There 845 00:35:54,489 --> 00:35:57,770 S2: they are in the quarterfinals. Uh, of course, if they win, 846 00:35:57,770 --> 00:36:01,740 S2: they'll go at it again on Friday night. Uh, over 847 00:36:01,739 --> 00:36:05,740 S2: in Douglasville. So the the GhsA, the state tournament, really 848 00:36:05,739 --> 00:36:08,779 S2: for the, uh, semifinals is all over the place. I mean, 849 00:36:08,820 --> 00:36:11,820 S2: it's in Douglasville. It's downtown Atlanta, it's over in Athens. 850 00:36:11,820 --> 00:36:14,739 S2: It's down at Fort Valley. So it's really spread out here. 851 00:36:14,739 --> 00:36:17,140 S2: But Murray County, the Lady Indians back in it trying 852 00:36:17,140 --> 00:36:20,540 S2: to get back to another state championship game. Kahula Creek, uh, 853 00:36:20,540 --> 00:36:25,020 S2: also taking part in the quarterfinals as well in three 854 00:36:25,060 --> 00:36:28,940 S2: a Pickens the Dragonets. Uh, they are taking on Jenkins 855 00:36:28,940 --> 00:36:33,540 S2: in quarterfinal action. Meanwhile in for a Dalton Cartersville and 856 00:36:33,540 --> 00:36:35,859 S2: Kell all going at it. So a lot of good 857 00:36:36,660 --> 00:36:43,060 S2: uh representation in for A5A3 Cherokee County teams. Sequoyah Creekview 858 00:36:43,060 --> 00:36:46,739 S2: and the defending state champion River Ridge Lady Knights. Hey, girls. 859 00:36:46,739 --> 00:36:50,060 S2: All in the quarterfinals. And they're all in kind of 860 00:36:50,100 --> 00:36:53,819 S2: different quadrants of the bracket. So there's a chance, I mean, 861 00:36:53,820 --> 00:36:56,580 S2: there's a better than good chance that we could see 862 00:36:57,219 --> 00:37:00,180 S2: Cherokee County versus Cherokee County in the semifinals or in 863 00:37:00,180 --> 00:37:01,340 S2: the state championship even. 864 00:37:01,380 --> 00:37:02,020 S3: Come on, ladies. 865 00:37:02,020 --> 00:37:05,700 S2: Which would be awesome. And then in six a North Paulding, uh, 866 00:37:05,700 --> 00:37:07,980 S2: going at it as well, right on the edge of 867 00:37:07,980 --> 00:37:11,660 S2: our listening area and Christian heritage over in Dalton. Uh, 868 00:37:11,660 --> 00:37:14,779 S2: the girls from Christian Heritage are alive and well going 869 00:37:14,820 --> 00:37:18,540 S2: into the quarterfinals, a lot of good girls representation in basketball. 870 00:37:18,540 --> 00:37:21,140 S2: And then on the boys side, uh, private schools, North Cobb. 871 00:37:21,140 --> 00:37:23,819 S2: Christian man, they look unstoppable at this point. They are 872 00:37:23,820 --> 00:37:26,419 S2: in there along with Christian Heritage out of Dalton. Those 873 00:37:26,420 --> 00:37:31,180 S2: two could potentially meet up, uh, in the semifinals, uh, 874 00:37:31,180 --> 00:37:33,860 S2: down at uh, or over in Athens, I should say. 875 00:37:34,100 --> 00:37:36,820 S2: And then, uh, Single-A Fannin County, the a rebel boys 876 00:37:36,820 --> 00:37:39,299 S2: still alive. The girls, uh, got beat out in the 877 00:37:39,300 --> 00:37:41,500 S2: last round, but the rebel boys still going at it 878 00:37:41,500 --> 00:37:45,259 S2: in single A and in three a Calhoun, the Yellow Jackets, uh, 879 00:37:45,260 --> 00:37:49,340 S2: looking strong as they go into the quarterfinals as well 880 00:37:49,820 --> 00:37:52,060 S2: over the next couple days, uh, trying to make it 881 00:37:52,060 --> 00:37:54,780 S2: into the semifinals. And, you know, we were at Sequoyah 882 00:37:54,780 --> 00:37:57,390 S2: on Friday night And you and I, we have the 883 00:37:57,430 --> 00:38:01,150 S2: distinct honor of being part of the first ever graduating 884 00:38:01,150 --> 00:38:03,190 S2: class of Sequoia High School. You and I were there 885 00:38:03,190 --> 00:38:06,629 S2: when it opened in 1990 and graduated 91. Um, our 886 00:38:06,630 --> 00:38:08,870 S2: good buddy and former teammate Brad Mann is still over 887 00:38:08,870 --> 00:38:11,750 S2: there as the audio visual teacher, and he's still very 888 00:38:11,750 --> 00:38:13,670 S2: much involved. It was funny because we were over there 889 00:38:13,710 --> 00:38:16,870 S2: on Friday night. Aaron knows, Aaron knows Coach Mann. Okay. 890 00:38:16,910 --> 00:38:18,549 S2: We were over there on Friday night, and after the 891 00:38:18,550 --> 00:38:21,270 S2: game's over with, this guy comes running up to me 892 00:38:22,030 --> 00:38:25,469 S2: and he says, uh, hey, hey, man. Uh, Dave, you 893 00:38:25,469 --> 00:38:28,510 S2: remember me? I'm Coach Forrest, and it's coach Mark Forrest, 894 00:38:28,510 --> 00:38:30,549 S2: who was there from the beginning of when you and 895 00:38:30,550 --> 00:38:33,630 S2: I were there, the head boys basketball coach. Yeah. And, uh, 896 00:38:33,630 --> 00:38:35,990 S2: he's retired, but he still comes to the games a lot. 897 00:38:36,110 --> 00:38:38,150 S2: And it was so great catching up with Coach Forrest 898 00:38:38,150 --> 00:38:40,590 S2: and also Gerald Parker. Do you remember, do you remember Mr. 899 00:38:40,590 --> 00:38:41,950 S2: Parker or speech teacher? 900 00:38:41,989 --> 00:38:42,430 S3: Yes. 901 00:38:42,469 --> 00:38:45,190 S2: Okay. He was there. He's very much involved still. He 902 00:38:45,190 --> 00:38:47,910 S2: was running the scoreboard and doing some PA and stuff, 903 00:38:48,030 --> 00:38:49,629 S2: and so it was good to see those guys. But 904 00:38:49,630 --> 00:38:54,310 S2: they informed me that, uh, after during spring break, because 905 00:38:54,310 --> 00:38:56,670 S2: it'll kind of be on the backside of basketball season 906 00:38:56,670 --> 00:38:59,070 S2: at that point. Kind of officially that they are going 907 00:38:59,070 --> 00:39:02,830 S2: to be gutting that gym and re kind of redoing it, 908 00:39:02,870 --> 00:39:06,270 S2: redesigning it a little bit. And also they tore down 909 00:39:06,270 --> 00:39:09,189 S2: the field house at the football stadium. And they're also 910 00:39:09,190 --> 00:39:12,950 S2: building an auxiliary gym and another field house and a 911 00:39:13,070 --> 00:39:16,270 S2: press box for the football stadium. So a lot of 912 00:39:16,270 --> 00:39:19,229 S2: dirt being moved over it to Sequoyah High School. So 913 00:39:19,270 --> 00:39:21,310 S2: I just thought you would like to know that after 30, 914 00:39:21,390 --> 00:39:24,310 S2: however many years it's been, I can count now. Yeah. 915 00:39:24,430 --> 00:39:26,710 S2: But yeah, you know, things are rocking and rolling. And 916 00:39:26,710 --> 00:39:29,430 S2: we were joking around saying, because the new Cherokee High School, 917 00:39:29,469 --> 00:39:31,230 S2: everybody else now is like, well, wait a minute, what 918 00:39:31,230 --> 00:39:32,989 S2: about us? Right. Yeah. So. 919 00:39:33,270 --> 00:39:36,150 S3: You know, are they finally closing in the field out there, 920 00:39:36,190 --> 00:39:38,430 S3: the football field, like making it a complete circle with 921 00:39:38,430 --> 00:39:38,870 S3: the stands? 922 00:39:38,910 --> 00:39:40,630 S2: I don't think they're making it all the way around. 923 00:39:40,630 --> 00:39:42,390 S2: I don't think they're touching the bleachers. I think it's 924 00:39:42,390 --> 00:39:45,589 S2: mostly the football stadiums. Mostly just the press box, which 925 00:39:45,590 --> 00:39:48,390 S2: was outdated. And yeah, here's the thing with all of 926 00:39:48,430 --> 00:39:50,549 S2: and we talk about this with our high schools and 927 00:39:50,550 --> 00:39:54,200 S2: even our colleges and small colleges. You know, we're in 928 00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:58,040 S2: a day and age where everything is about, um, you know, 929 00:39:58,080 --> 00:40:01,440 S2: it's about audio and video and, you know, media and stuff. 930 00:40:01,440 --> 00:40:05,640 S2: So the, I guess the the, um, what am I. 931 00:40:05,719 --> 00:40:09,200 S2: I'm looking for the words, I guess the, not the possibility, 932 00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:11,719 S2: but really, I guess the opportunity to be able to 933 00:40:11,760 --> 00:40:14,560 S2: build things to a standard that will include those sorts 934 00:40:14,560 --> 00:40:16,760 S2: of things is there for a lot of these schools, 935 00:40:16,760 --> 00:40:18,879 S2: because it's not like when you and I were in school. 936 00:40:18,920 --> 00:40:21,480 S2: I mean, you got Georgia Public Broadcasting, that's that's doing 937 00:40:21,480 --> 00:40:23,200 S2: a televised game of the week every week. You know, 938 00:40:23,239 --> 00:40:25,640 S2: you've got radio stations like us that are showing up 939 00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:28,080 S2: week in and week out. So there's definitely a need, 940 00:40:28,080 --> 00:40:31,279 S2: I guess, uh, for, for more room and all of 941 00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:33,720 S2: these schools, a lot of them have built in audio visual, 942 00:40:33,719 --> 00:40:36,759 S2: their own little TV and radio stations. So they need 943 00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:38,040 S2: the space. Oh yeah. 944 00:40:38,200 --> 00:40:39,480 S3: I feel like I would have played better if there 945 00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:41,239 S3: was a jumbotron back in my day. 946 00:40:41,719 --> 00:40:42,400 S2: In a booming. 947 00:40:42,400 --> 00:40:44,640 S3: Sound system, right? Yeah, I got it going. 948 00:40:45,040 --> 00:40:49,239 S2: Exactly, exactly. So anyway, congratulations, though, to all of our, uh, 949 00:40:49,239 --> 00:40:53,160 S2: area high school basketball teams for their quarterfinal appearances tonight 950 00:40:53,160 --> 00:40:55,879 S2: and tomorrow. We'll sort it out and hopefully maybe we'll 951 00:40:55,880 --> 00:40:58,719 S2: be somewhere this weekend doing a semifinal game as the 952 00:40:58,719 --> 00:41:01,680 S2: state championships get ready to take place next week and 953 00:41:01,680 --> 00:41:04,640 S2: into the weekend. We're up against our final break. Stay 954 00:41:04,640 --> 00:41:07,080 S2: with us. You're listening to The Morning Rant right here 955 00:41:07,080 --> 00:41:09,520 S2: on the home of ESPN Radio in North Georgia, on 956 00:41:09,520 --> 00:41:11,960 S2: the Sports Pig app, and online at Sports Pig Radio. 957 00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:12,719 S2: Dot com. 958 00:41:12,880 --> 00:41:14,040 S10: Welcome to the show. 959 00:41:15,080 --> 00:41:18,280 S1: It's the Morning Rant weekday mornings from 10 to 11 960 00:41:18,320 --> 00:41:24,360 S1: on 98.1, 93.7 and 101.1 on the H2 dial w 961 00:41:24,719 --> 00:41:26,520 S1: g The Sports Pig. 962 00:41:27,360 --> 00:41:29,600 S2: And welcome back to the program again. We are with 963 00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:32,480 S2: you till the top of the hour here at 11:00. 964 00:41:32,520 --> 00:41:35,640 S2: Dave Garner, Billy Dowd with you on the Morning Rant tomorrow. 965 00:41:35,719 --> 00:41:39,360 S2: My co-host John Davis will be with us live in studio. 966 00:41:39,400 --> 00:41:41,480 S2: And then of course, later in the week, as we mentioned, 967 00:41:41,480 --> 00:41:43,680 S2: we'll have Will Cooper and the I guess the biggest 968 00:41:43,680 --> 00:41:46,239 S2: thing that I really want to do, uh, this week 969 00:41:46,239 --> 00:41:49,170 S2: was kind of introduce all you guys, introduce the co-host, 970 00:41:49,450 --> 00:41:52,010 S2: the different faces, the different voices that you'll be hearing 971 00:41:52,010 --> 00:41:55,010 S2: kind of day in and day out. But in addition 972 00:41:55,010 --> 00:41:57,450 S2: to that, we will also have some other folks that 973 00:41:57,450 --> 00:42:01,410 S2: will be joining in with us as well. Uh, throughout, um, 974 00:42:01,450 --> 00:42:04,890 S2: you know, throughout the, the, uh, the next, I don't know, 975 00:42:04,930 --> 00:42:07,170 S2: moving forward, we're going to have some different guests to 976 00:42:07,170 --> 00:42:09,690 S2: different folks that are going to kind of rotate in, uh, 977 00:42:09,690 --> 00:42:12,689 S2: different folks that have, uh, messaged us and I don't 978 00:42:12,690 --> 00:42:14,089 S2: I don't really want to give it away, but we've 979 00:42:14,090 --> 00:42:15,969 S2: had a lot of people that have messaged and said, hey, man, 980 00:42:15,969 --> 00:42:17,850 S2: I want to be on the show. Um, one of 981 00:42:17,850 --> 00:42:20,770 S2: the things that that I'd like to do here is 982 00:42:20,810 --> 00:42:22,650 S2: we've got a lot of superfans. I mean, if you 983 00:42:22,650 --> 00:42:24,930 S2: go on our social media and by the way, uh, 984 00:42:24,930 --> 00:42:27,290 S2: the Morning Rant is live on Instagram now it's the 985 00:42:27,290 --> 00:42:31,130 S2: Morning Rant underscore PG, which are our call letters. Um, 986 00:42:31,130 --> 00:42:32,969 S2: and then you can also find the sports pig on 987 00:42:32,969 --> 00:42:36,330 S2: Facebook and on Twitter, um, at Sports pig radios or 988 00:42:36,330 --> 00:42:39,290 S2: handle there. If you go on our social media, you'll 989 00:42:39,290 --> 00:42:42,770 S2: see that there are, uh, a lot of the same people, 990 00:42:42,770 --> 00:42:45,490 S2: a lot of times that comment on our posts that that, 991 00:42:45,530 --> 00:42:47,969 S2: you know, uh, you know, like them and share them 992 00:42:47,969 --> 00:42:49,930 S2: and this, that and the other guys like. And I'll 993 00:42:49,930 --> 00:42:52,009 S2: mention them on the air. Guys like Jason Lanning, guys 994 00:42:52,010 --> 00:42:55,690 S2: like Brent Talley, Richie Parks, uh, you know, Ronnie Cooper, 995 00:42:55,730 --> 00:42:57,969 S2: different folks. And so my goal and I haven't even 996 00:42:57,969 --> 00:42:59,690 S2: told them this, I haven't even reached out to these 997 00:42:59,690 --> 00:43:02,129 S2: guys yet. But I'm going to put an invitation out 998 00:43:02,130 --> 00:43:03,690 S2: there like, hey, man, if you want to come on 999 00:43:03,690 --> 00:43:06,129 S2: the show with Billy and myself, or if you want to, 1000 00:43:06,330 --> 00:43:07,850 S2: you know, if you want to pop in on one 1001 00:43:07,850 --> 00:43:10,649 S2: of the days, you know, or whatever. Um, then, uh, 1002 00:43:10,650 --> 00:43:12,450 S2: you know, hey, we'll have you on and, and one 1003 00:43:12,450 --> 00:43:14,890 S2: of the things that we will do, uh, shortly is 1004 00:43:14,890 --> 00:43:16,569 S2: we'll have a dedicated phone number. We'll be able to 1005 00:43:16,570 --> 00:43:18,049 S2: take some phone calls for folks that are out of 1006 00:43:18,050 --> 00:43:20,210 S2: town or whatever, texting, because we are going to be 1007 00:43:20,210 --> 00:43:23,250 S2: giving away concert tickets. We're going to be giving away, uh, 1008 00:43:23,250 --> 00:43:26,090 S2: sports tickets, tickets to different events and things like that. 1009 00:43:26,090 --> 00:43:28,569 S2: So before we can do that, though, obviously we have 1010 00:43:28,570 --> 00:43:31,690 S2: to have the ability. Perry, our engineer, he's listening in 1011 00:43:31,690 --> 00:43:34,009 S2: the other room. He knows I'm joking around, but we're 1012 00:43:34,010 --> 00:43:36,290 S2: going to have the capability to do that. So here 1013 00:43:36,290 --> 00:43:40,170 S2: he comes. Right here. Yeah. What I knew that was coming. 1014 00:43:40,330 --> 00:43:41,450 S2: I said, we got to get a phone number so 1015 00:43:41,450 --> 00:43:43,930 S2: we can start doing our ticket giveaways and things like that. 1016 00:43:43,930 --> 00:43:45,899 S2: So we're going to get that worked out. I was 1017 00:43:45,900 --> 00:43:48,140 S2: just giving you a hard time. But again, Perry, our engineer, 1018 00:43:48,180 --> 00:43:49,620 S2: does a great job and got us on the air. 1019 00:43:49,660 --> 00:43:51,700 S2: Keep us on the air. Aaron Childers also with us 1020 00:43:51,700 --> 00:43:54,660 S2: in studio again till 11:00. He's our producer as well 1021 00:43:54,660 --> 00:43:57,620 S2: and helping us push the buttons right here. He's Billy Dowd, 1022 00:43:57,620 --> 00:43:59,620 S2: I'm Dave Garner. Thank you for joining us right here 1023 00:43:59,660 --> 00:44:01,660 S2: Billy is we kind of jump back into it. We 1024 00:44:01,660 --> 00:44:04,180 S2: talked about the Falcons a little bit earlier in the 1025 00:44:04,180 --> 00:44:07,620 S2: program a brave spring training. Again. We are North Georgia's 1026 00:44:07,620 --> 00:44:10,620 S2: home for the Atlanta Braves. Uh you can hear all 1027 00:44:10,620 --> 00:44:15,060 S2: 162 right here and or on our sister station. That's 1028 00:44:15,060 --> 00:44:18,859 S2: 101.1 FM. That's the pulse. Um, again, just down the 1029 00:44:18,860 --> 00:44:21,380 S2: hallway there. And so we're excited to be able to 1030 00:44:21,420 --> 00:44:23,420 S2: carry all the Braves games. We also carry all the 1031 00:44:23,460 --> 00:44:26,340 S2: NASCAR Cup races right here on the Sports Pig as well. 1032 00:44:26,340 --> 00:44:29,340 S2: Looking forward to, uh, you know, potentially getting some hockey 1033 00:44:29,340 --> 00:44:32,540 S2: in here. We talked about that, um, Atlanta Hawks stuff, man. 1034 00:44:32,540 --> 00:44:34,420 S2: Anything going on there? I mean, I know you used 1035 00:44:34,420 --> 00:44:36,780 S2: to be a big NBA guy, but I don't know 1036 00:44:36,780 --> 00:44:37,660 S2: so much now if you are. 1037 00:44:37,700 --> 00:44:39,899 S3: Yeah. No. So this is about the time of year 1038 00:44:39,900 --> 00:44:42,299 S3: I really started getting into the NBA because the whole 1039 00:44:42,300 --> 00:44:44,380 S3: first half of the season is just kind of filling 1040 00:44:44,380 --> 00:44:46,620 S3: everything out, right? Right. So, you know, we got rid 1041 00:44:46,660 --> 00:44:48,940 S3: of Trey, which I, you know, I feel like that 1042 00:44:48,940 --> 00:44:49,939 S3: was something that he got. 1043 00:44:49,940 --> 00:44:52,299 S2: Ejected last night, by the way. And he wasn't even 1044 00:44:52,300 --> 00:44:52,940 S2: in the game. 1045 00:44:52,980 --> 00:44:55,260 S3: He did. It was pretty funny. Uh, I think that 1046 00:44:55,300 --> 00:44:57,739 S3: has set a record for the only player to be 1047 00:44:57,739 --> 00:44:59,739 S3: ejected before they actually played a game. 1048 00:44:59,780 --> 00:45:00,700 S2: A game with the team. 1049 00:45:00,739 --> 00:45:02,660 S3: I don't know that for certain, but it seems like 1050 00:45:02,660 --> 00:45:05,339 S3: that would be in the record books. Yeah. But yeah, he, 1051 00:45:05,380 --> 00:45:06,899 S3: you know, he got traded away. I think it was 1052 00:45:06,900 --> 00:45:10,339 S3: a good move. Um, we tried just about every scenario 1053 00:45:10,380 --> 00:45:13,060 S3: we could with him here, and it just didn't work. 1054 00:45:13,100 --> 00:45:15,219 S3: It just didn't work. And and the team seemed to 1055 00:45:15,219 --> 00:45:17,980 S3: play better when he wasn't on the on the court, but, um, 1056 00:45:18,020 --> 00:45:19,739 S3: we're going to find out. They're starting to gel a 1057 00:45:19,739 --> 00:45:21,739 S3: little bit now. Um, I think that, you know, they're 1058 00:45:21,739 --> 00:45:24,820 S3: 500 right now. Yeah, they're still in the race. So 1059 00:45:24,860 --> 00:45:27,299 S3: we'll see how that all pans out. But yeah, I mean, 1060 00:45:27,300 --> 00:45:28,779 S3: you got some strong teams out there that are a 1061 00:45:28,780 --> 00:45:30,660 S3: lot of fun. You know, I was watching Denver last night. 1062 00:45:30,660 --> 00:45:34,739 S3: Djokovic I mean it's amazing. He just looks so big 1063 00:45:34,739 --> 00:45:35,460 S3: and slow. 1064 00:45:35,580 --> 00:45:35,900 S2: Right? 1065 00:45:35,940 --> 00:45:38,340 S3: How is he so good. I don't get it. But anyway, 1066 00:45:38,460 --> 00:45:40,580 S3: this is a great team you got. It's going to be, uh, 1067 00:45:40,580 --> 00:45:41,980 S3: coming down to it here pretty soon. 1068 00:45:42,110 --> 00:45:43,630 S2: Yeah, yeah, it's going to be a lot of fun. 1069 00:45:43,630 --> 00:45:46,069 S2: And we're about to transition into March Madness. And by 1070 00:45:46,070 --> 00:45:48,270 S2: the way, our friends at Geiger Legal Group, they are 1071 00:45:48,390 --> 00:45:51,230 S2: putting together a bracket challenge. It's free to enter. They're 1072 00:45:51,230 --> 00:45:54,030 S2: doing it for charity. They're going to be giving away, uh, 1073 00:45:54,030 --> 00:45:57,669 S2: I believe $10,000 for charity. And, uh, but you have 1074 00:45:57,670 --> 00:46:00,629 S2: a chance as well to win $1,000. Again, it's free 1075 00:46:00,630 --> 00:46:03,550 S2: to enter. So go online, uh, to to social media, 1076 00:46:03,550 --> 00:46:05,870 S2: to Geiger legal Group, and you'll see it on there. 1077 00:46:05,870 --> 00:46:08,549 S2: You'll see their bracket challenge. Um, in fact, I've got 1078 00:46:08,550 --> 00:46:11,750 S2: some information right here it is. Uh, Geiger legal gives back. 1079 00:46:11,750 --> 00:46:16,110 S2: It's the bracket Madness edition, $1,000 cash in your pocket, 1080 00:46:16,110 --> 00:46:20,950 S2: plus $10,000 donated to the charity of your choice. So 1081 00:46:20,950 --> 00:46:23,790 S2: play for a good cause. Make a difference. Sign up now. Again, 1082 00:46:23,790 --> 00:46:28,190 S2: go to a Geiger legal or illegal on Facebook, Instagram. 1083 00:46:28,190 --> 00:46:30,270 S2: And they'll have a link in there that shows you 1084 00:46:30,270 --> 00:46:32,670 S2: how to get involved with that. And so we're going 1085 00:46:32,710 --> 00:46:35,870 S2: to help promote that bracket challenge because, um, a Geiger 1086 00:46:35,870 --> 00:46:38,910 S2: is is, you know, they've been good to us. Um, 1087 00:46:39,030 --> 00:46:41,950 S2: and they're a great partner of ours here at the 1088 00:46:41,950 --> 00:46:44,430 S2: Sports Pig, but also because they're doing a great thing 1089 00:46:44,430 --> 00:46:47,310 S2: for the community. I want to get out of here, uh, 1090 00:46:47,310 --> 00:46:49,790 S2: over the next few minutes. And one of the things 1091 00:46:49,790 --> 00:46:51,509 S2: that we said we were going to talk about, we 1092 00:46:51,510 --> 00:46:54,350 S2: hadn't about you and I. One of the things with 1093 00:46:54,350 --> 00:46:57,870 S2: this show is it's 80% sports, all right? But you're 1094 00:46:57,870 --> 00:47:02,790 S2: a big car guy, all right. So 10%, you know, 5% automotive, 10% automotive, 1095 00:47:02,790 --> 00:47:06,390 S2: whatever you want to do. The other 10% like food. Right. 1096 00:47:06,430 --> 00:47:09,950 S2: So food. So 20 to 30% between food. Let's just 1097 00:47:09,950 --> 00:47:14,750 S2: say this between food automotive music okay. And entertainment. Right. 1098 00:47:14,910 --> 00:47:18,270 S2: You split that up in 5%, whatever you want to say. Um, 1099 00:47:18,270 --> 00:47:20,549 S2: but first of all, you're a big car guy. All right? 1100 00:47:20,550 --> 00:47:22,150 S2: So you go to a lot of these car shows. 1101 00:47:22,150 --> 00:47:24,150 S2: Maybe that's an opportunity for the sports pig to get 1102 00:47:24,150 --> 00:47:25,230 S2: out to some of this stuff. 1103 00:47:25,430 --> 00:47:28,350 S3: Uh, definitely. There's a I mean, car shows are awesome 1104 00:47:28,350 --> 00:47:32,110 S3: place to be. I mean, um, they they do caffeine 1105 00:47:32,110 --> 00:47:35,910 S3: and octane, uh, the first of every month, uh, which is, uh, 1106 00:47:36,030 --> 00:47:38,230 S3: pretty much a staple around here, which is a lot 1107 00:47:38,230 --> 00:47:41,760 S3: of fun. Um, I have some stories about some different 1108 00:47:41,760 --> 00:47:44,080 S3: car shows and different clubs that I've been with that, 1109 00:47:44,120 --> 00:47:47,120 S3: that maybe I shouldn't share, but, uh. But, no, it's 1110 00:47:47,120 --> 00:47:49,280 S3: it's a great opportunity to get out there with a 1111 00:47:49,280 --> 00:47:52,960 S3: fellow car clubs out there. We we went to, um, uh, 1112 00:47:53,080 --> 00:47:56,759 S3: slammed enough up in Tennessee, which got out of control. But, um, 1113 00:47:56,760 --> 00:47:59,040 S3: I think they've put some, uh, things in place to 1114 00:47:59,040 --> 00:48:01,279 S3: make sure that doesn't happen again. But, yeah, been around 1115 00:48:01,280 --> 00:48:04,000 S3: a lot of, uh, car things around town, and it's 1116 00:48:04,000 --> 00:48:05,480 S3: just a lot of fun. It's a great community. 1117 00:48:05,520 --> 00:48:08,040 S2: Yeah. And the other thing is food and. And you 1118 00:48:08,040 --> 00:48:11,040 S2: and I, obviously, you can tell. And by the way, 1119 00:48:11,080 --> 00:48:13,560 S2: I'm wearing this Union University for those that can see 1120 00:48:13,560 --> 00:48:15,680 S2: it on our on our stream, I'm wearing this Union 1121 00:48:15,680 --> 00:48:19,359 S2: University uh, Nike pullover because they are our Friday night 1122 00:48:19,360 --> 00:48:21,359 S2: fit check sponsor. We have what's called a Friday night 1123 00:48:21,360 --> 00:48:24,240 S2: fit check where we break down the uniform combos for, 1124 00:48:24,280 --> 00:48:26,040 S2: you know, our high school football or basketball teams or 1125 00:48:26,040 --> 00:48:28,040 S2: whatever season we're in. And they gave us these uniforms 1126 00:48:28,040 --> 00:48:31,000 S2: here because Union University is also a sponsor. They're located 1127 00:48:31,000 --> 00:48:33,560 S2: in Jackson, Tennessee, but they pull a lot of students 1128 00:48:33,760 --> 00:48:36,640 S2: and student athletes from this area. So when it comes to, 1129 00:48:36,680 --> 00:48:38,960 S2: you know, you and I being in a little bit 1130 00:48:38,960 --> 00:48:40,560 S2: of fashion. You know me, I like jewelry and stuff 1131 00:48:40,560 --> 00:48:42,239 S2: like that. But you and I definitely have common ground 1132 00:48:42,239 --> 00:48:45,359 S2: when it comes to food. And so again, what's your favorite, uh, 1133 00:48:45,360 --> 00:48:47,480 S2: real quick kind of doing a little Billy Dee profile 1134 00:48:47,480 --> 00:48:49,719 S2: here in this last segment. What's your favorite go to 1135 00:48:49,760 --> 00:48:50,759 S2: food on a sports day? 1136 00:48:50,800 --> 00:48:53,960 S3: Well, look, I mean I love Atlanta and everything about it. 1137 00:48:54,000 --> 00:48:56,839 S3: I'm a homer, uh, with all the teams and, uh, 1138 00:48:56,880 --> 00:48:59,400 S3: you know, I'm a homer with lemon pepper wings. I 1139 00:48:59,400 --> 00:49:02,840 S3: love I love lemon pepper. Uh, you know, give me mild. 1140 00:49:02,840 --> 00:49:06,279 S3: Give me the give me a Cajun dry rub. Um, 1141 00:49:06,320 --> 00:49:08,560 S3: there you go. Any any of that's great. Any of 1142 00:49:08,560 --> 00:49:10,880 S3: that's just excellent food. I love it. 1143 00:49:10,920 --> 00:49:14,160 S2: You know, there's there is some legislature out there to 1144 00:49:14,200 --> 00:49:17,560 S2: make lemon pepper, the official flavored wing of the state 1145 00:49:17,560 --> 00:49:20,279 S2: of Georgia. Really? And and the Atlanta Hawks. We were 1146 00:49:20,280 --> 00:49:22,440 S2: talking about the Hawks earlier. They're having a I think 1147 00:49:22,440 --> 00:49:24,719 S2: they're having like a well I don't want to say 1148 00:49:24,719 --> 00:49:26,719 S2: what it really is, but let's just say it's a 1149 00:49:26,760 --> 00:49:31,279 S2: lemon pepper night a lemon pepper theme night, uh, for 1150 00:49:31,280 --> 00:49:34,200 S2: the Atlanta Hawks. So you know, again, but, uh, yeah, I, 1151 00:49:34,239 --> 00:49:36,489 S2: you know, I tell you what, man. Now you like him. 1152 00:49:36,489 --> 00:49:38,210 S2: You like him whether you like a dry rub. 1153 00:49:38,650 --> 00:49:41,250 S3: Uh, both. But I don't like. I don't like it soupy. Right, 1154 00:49:41,250 --> 00:49:42,570 S3: I just, I like, I like. 1155 00:49:42,610 --> 00:49:43,770 S2: You don't like it drenched in it. 1156 00:49:43,770 --> 00:49:47,009 S3: No, no. Yeah. No. Put your nice little cover on there. 1157 00:49:47,050 --> 00:49:49,450 S3: Let me get the taste. And, uh, let's keep it moving. 1158 00:49:49,450 --> 00:49:50,770 S2: Scattered, smothered and covered. 1159 00:49:50,810 --> 00:49:51,770 S3: Yeah. There you go. 1160 00:49:51,890 --> 00:49:54,410 S2: There you go. I'm a big, uh. I'm like you, man. 1161 00:49:54,410 --> 00:49:56,529 S2: I'm a big ATL fan. So, man, for me, it's 1162 00:49:56,530 --> 00:49:59,210 S2: it's waffle House, man. You know, it's, uh, you know, 1163 00:49:59,250 --> 00:50:01,930 S2: it's Coca-Cola or what have you. So again, uh, that's 1164 00:50:01,930 --> 00:50:03,689 S2: what it's all about right here, chopping it up here 1165 00:50:03,690 --> 00:50:05,650 S2: in this hour, as we get set to a close 1166 00:50:05,650 --> 00:50:08,210 S2: off and, uh, pass it over to, uh, Chuck Oliver here, 1167 00:50:08,210 --> 00:50:09,290 S2: right at the top of the hour. We got a 1168 00:50:09,290 --> 00:50:12,049 S2: couple minutes left. Uh, I'm really looking forward to the show, man. I'm. 1169 00:50:12,050 --> 00:50:14,770 S2: I'm glad you're here. Uh, this morning. It really has 1170 00:50:14,770 --> 00:50:16,649 S2: been a long time coming. You and I have thrown 1171 00:50:16,650 --> 00:50:19,170 S2: out a lot of ideas over the last several years 1172 00:50:19,170 --> 00:50:23,450 S2: about podcasts, about, you know, doing shows and things like that. 1173 00:50:23,450 --> 00:50:25,610 S2: So I'm glad it's finally come to fruition. You remember 1174 00:50:25,730 --> 00:50:28,850 S2: we had the idea about doing a podcast, like From 1175 00:50:28,850 --> 00:50:29,530 S2: the Hot Tub. 1176 00:50:29,570 --> 00:50:32,450 S3: Oh, you did you have to bring that up? I 1177 00:50:32,450 --> 00:50:34,370 S3: think it was a great it was a great slash. 1178 00:50:34,410 --> 00:50:36,890 S3: Bad idea. Yeah, I'm. 1179 00:50:36,890 --> 00:50:41,489 S2: Not sure how how that would have gone over, honestly. Uh, but, 1180 00:50:41,530 --> 00:50:44,810 S2: you know, uh, nonetheless, you know, it's. 1181 00:50:44,810 --> 00:50:46,890 S3: Uh, you know what I really love about this? What 1182 00:50:46,890 --> 00:50:48,250 S3: I really love about is being able to be on 1183 00:50:48,250 --> 00:50:51,330 S3: the air. Is is now we actually have tape. I 1184 00:50:51,370 --> 00:50:53,290 S3: said such and such. You said such and such. Well, 1185 00:50:53,290 --> 00:50:55,130 S3: you know what? Now we have tape, Dave. Now we 1186 00:50:55,130 --> 00:50:56,050 S3: know what you're saying. 1187 00:50:56,969 --> 00:50:58,810 S2: We're recording this. I don't know if we caught the 1188 00:50:58,810 --> 00:51:00,569 S2: first part of it or not. We're still working through 1189 00:51:00,570 --> 00:51:03,130 S2: the technical stuff here, but, uh, I think we've got 1190 00:51:03,170 --> 00:51:06,169 S2: at least the back half of the show recorded today. So, uh, no, 1191 00:51:06,170 --> 00:51:07,810 S2: it's been a lot of fun, man. We appreciate you 1192 00:51:07,810 --> 00:51:10,330 S2: guys being with us right here on the Morning Rant. Uh, 1193 00:51:10,370 --> 00:51:14,330 S2: Monday through Friday live, 10 a.m. to 11 right here 1194 00:51:14,330 --> 00:51:17,569 S2: inside of our carriage, Kia Studios. And Aaron, I guess 1195 00:51:17,570 --> 00:51:20,610 S2: I did okay today. Not not too bad, I didn't 1196 00:51:20,610 --> 00:51:22,729 S2: I didn't miss hit too many buttons here. I've kept 1197 00:51:22,730 --> 00:51:24,890 S2: us at least on the air for the most part. 1198 00:51:24,930 --> 00:51:27,009 S2: We appreciate you guys being with us as we get 1199 00:51:27,010 --> 00:51:29,960 S2: set to sign off here again. Chuck Oliver from 11 1200 00:51:29,960 --> 00:51:32,009 S2: to 1:00 and Rich Eisen from 1 to 3. And 1201 00:51:32,010 --> 00:51:34,299 S2: then it's Paul Finebaum from 3 to 7. Again, we 1202 00:51:34,340 --> 00:51:36,779 S2: are your home for the Atlanta Braves where your home 1203 00:51:36,780 --> 00:51:41,260 S2: for NASCAR. We're your home for Georgia. Bulldog basketball for 1204 00:51:41,260 --> 00:51:44,780 S2: Tennessee and Georgia Tech football. What else am I missing? 1205 00:51:44,780 --> 00:51:48,860 S2: All the great ESPN program. We got seven satellites. Folks. 1206 00:51:48,900 --> 00:51:52,340 S2: Again we yeah, we talked about NASCAR. Um, so, you know, 1207 00:51:52,340 --> 00:51:53,899 S2: we got a lot of stuff that we pull from. 1208 00:51:53,900 --> 00:51:55,500 S2: We got a lot of live play by play right 1209 00:51:55,500 --> 00:51:58,259 S2: here on the program. And we appreciate you guys being 1210 00:51:58,260 --> 00:52:00,859 S2: with us. Billy, thanks for being with us right here, man. And, uh, 1211 00:52:00,860 --> 00:52:03,739 S2: looking forward to having you on. Yes. Next time partner. 1212 00:52:03,900 --> 00:52:07,540 S2: And as we always say, our outcue is, uh, do 1213 00:52:07,540 --> 00:52:08,859 S2: you remember what you do? Remember what it. 1214 00:52:08,860 --> 00:52:09,060 S3: Is. 1215 00:52:09,340 --> 00:52:11,860 S2: Do you remember what it is? If you don't know, 1216 00:52:12,260 --> 00:52:15,580 S2: you better ask somebody. We'll see you tomorrow. Right here 1217 00:52:15,580 --> 00:52:18,020 S2: on the Morning Rant. You've been listening to the home 1218 00:52:18,020 --> 00:52:20,420 S2: of ESPN radio in North Georgia and on the Sports 1219 00:52:20,460 --> 00:52:23,540 S2: Pig app, and online at Sports Pig Radio. Com. We'll 1220 00:52:23,540 --> 00:52:24,420 S2: see you tomorrow morning.