WEBVTT - Benny vs The Penny, Divisional Round 0:00:01.240 --> 0:00:09.680 Welcome players, You're welcome. It's time now Penny versus the 0:00:09.720 --> 0:00:15.920 Penny that it is and welcome in a post season edition. 0:00:16.040 --> 0:00:19.479 If you thought the regular season of Benny Versus the 0:00:19.480 --> 0:00:24.439 Penny was quality, wholesome podcasting, well you are in for 0:00:24.560 --> 0:00:28.760 a magical treat because we have arrived our first Benny 0:00:28.920 --> 0:00:32.760 Versus the Penny for the new year, and we ring 0:00:32.760 --> 0:00:37.239 it in with the second round of the postseason, the 0:00:37.400 --> 0:00:42.640 Divisional Playoff round and as always representing the Coin, a 0:00:42.720 --> 0:00:45.880 man who whatever I pick will go against me, meaning 0:00:45.920 --> 0:00:49.879 that many people think this is a rigged deal. David 0:00:50.680 --> 0:00:55.600 Gascon his stage name No I Don't play right, Don't 0:00:55.600 --> 0:01:00.280 play right. He's known on social media as Dagon David 0:01:00.320 --> 0:01:03.840 gag on uh, and that is David Gascon sending the 0:01:04.120 --> 0:01:08.800 treasury and David Gascon full front and center. Now, well, 0:01:09.600 --> 0:01:12.479 all I know is that I have had a wonderful 0:01:12.520 --> 0:01:17.600 postseason so far, to one and one in the postseason, 0:01:18.000 --> 0:01:20.919 and I'm very excited about that. So I'm I've gotten 0:01:20.920 --> 0:01:23.760 back on track. And really a bad beat which was 0:01:23.800 --> 0:01:28.160 a bad tie in the Buffalo Houston game because the 0:01:28.319 --> 0:01:33.600 quarterback of the Buffalo Bills, Josh Allen, not a barbarian. 0:01:33.840 --> 0:01:38.399 Not a gladiator, more like a little church mouse, a 0:01:38.440 --> 0:01:43.240 little church mouse that just played like vomit, gave that 0:01:43.319 --> 0:01:46.640 game away, gave that you needed smelling salts in the 0:01:46.720 --> 0:01:51.080 fourth quarter and overtime they're uh, double shot of espresso, 0:01:51.240 --> 0:01:54.440 something to wake him up. But so I really should 0:01:54.480 --> 0:01:56.240 have had a perfect weekend. I think most would agree 0:01:56.240 --> 0:01:58.080 with that. So it's a great weekend for me, you know. 0:01:58.120 --> 0:01:59.800 And I'll be honest, I don't know how you got 0:01:59.800 --> 0:02:02.680 that time, considering the fact that you usually cap these 0:02:02.720 --> 0:02:06.760 games on Wednesdays or Thursdays, um, But somehow you found 0:02:06.800 --> 0:02:10.040 a way to have that line set at three. What's 0:02:10.040 --> 0:02:12.400 called buying. You can buy a half a point. I 0:02:12.400 --> 0:02:14.120 don't know if you know this. You're probably not that 0:02:14.240 --> 0:02:16.560 educated on gambling, and I don't know how we can 0:02:16.600 --> 0:02:18.760 co exist if you don't know about gambling. But but 0:02:18.840 --> 0:02:21.240 when a line is either like two and a half 0:02:21.800 --> 0:02:25.200 or three, you know, you can a lot of people 0:02:25.360 --> 0:02:27.639 wait and most people buy points when it's three or 0:02:27.760 --> 0:02:30.400 seven because you want the hook, you want the three 0:02:30.440 --> 0:02:31.919 and a half of the seven half. But you can 0:02:32.040 --> 0:02:34.280 do it. You can do it at two and a half. 0:02:34.600 --> 0:02:37.160 You want to land on though either three or seven 0:02:37.840 --> 0:02:41.959 or above it. But when you're taking the underdog, either 0:02:42.040 --> 0:02:43.799 one of those. But it was a great job by me, 0:02:44.280 --> 0:02:46.880 And I know there's some dissension. You're upset that I 0:02:46.919 --> 0:02:49.519 had a good weekend. Well, most people don't buy the points. 0:02:49.560 --> 0:02:52.799 They don't felt Most people don't. That's why. That's why 0:02:52.800 --> 0:02:54.640 you listen to podcasts like this, so you're not a 0:02:54.680 --> 0:02:58.400 feeble pushover like gag On. You've never actually disclosed buying 0:02:58.440 --> 0:03:00.720 it to three or buying it too. I've been doing 0:03:00.760 --> 0:03:03.280 this for like fifteen years. I haven't talked about on 0:03:03.320 --> 0:03:05.840 the podcast. I've talked about on the radio stupid, but 0:03:05.880 --> 0:03:08.320 nobody listens to that show. They listen. Nobody listen to 0:03:08.360 --> 0:03:10.679 the show recording to you. Nobody listens to the podcast. 0:03:10.720 --> 0:03:13.000 And I agree because you're on the podcast. And here's 0:03:13.000 --> 0:03:15.400 the other thing, too, is most sharps that are involved 0:03:15.600 --> 0:03:18.560 in laying points, they don't usually look at two and 0:03:18.600 --> 0:03:21.520 a half as a bad number. Three is usually the 0:03:21.520 --> 0:03:24.040 magic number. If a home team is favored by three, 0:03:24.560 --> 0:03:26.600 more often than not they go with the road team. 0:03:26.760 --> 0:03:30.000 And that's exactly what you did. Well listen, I know, 0:03:30.120 --> 0:03:32.000 I know you don't know this because you have lived 0:03:32.040 --> 0:03:34.320 your life as a follower. But I'm a leader. I'm 0:03:34.360 --> 0:03:37.160 an alpha dog, and alpha dog, I don't care what 0:03:37.240 --> 0:03:39.680 other people do. I do my own thing. I have 0:03:39.840 --> 0:03:43.600 lost my own battles here and so I have unquestioned 0:03:43.640 --> 0:03:46.040 the ability when it comes to gambling, and I have 0:03:46.160 --> 0:03:49.080 some things that I have done here when with underdogs. 0:03:49.080 --> 0:03:52.600 I always take the underdogs over a touchdown divisional games 0:03:52.760 --> 0:03:55.360 or playoff games for that matter. That always happens. But 0:03:55.560 --> 0:03:57.360 that's just the way it is. I understand, and I 0:03:57.360 --> 0:03:59.920 think I'm happy that you acknowledge that as being a 0:04:00.080 --> 0:04:03.040 lead dog and gambling. And because of that, looking at 0:04:03.040 --> 0:04:07.920 our podcast downloads, you owe me more Tito's tacos next week. Well, 0:04:07.960 --> 0:04:10.400 I'm a very busy man, and I don't know that 0:04:10.440 --> 0:04:12.440 to be true. Now. I thought you wanted to, you know, 0:04:12.440 --> 0:04:13.960 talk about this in the other podcast, but we'll talk 0:04:13.960 --> 0:04:16.080 about on this podcast. We had a wager we did 0:04:16.160 --> 0:04:19.160 the Seattle podcast, and I had a number in my 0:04:19.200 --> 0:04:22.000 head of how many downloads we would get. Uh. Gascon 0:04:22.279 --> 0:04:25.760 claims I did not reach that number of downloads. We 0:04:25.800 --> 0:04:29.159 had a bet. I said that podcast would reach a 0:04:29.240 --> 0:04:33.640 very high threshold. Gascon said, no way, not gonna happen 0:04:34.680 --> 0:04:40.040 in hindsight, though, Gascon, I believe I won the bet 0:04:40.040 --> 0:04:42.960 because that is an amazing number. We put that podcast 0:04:43.080 --> 0:04:47.520 up on New Year's fucking Eve. Okay, that podcast went 0:04:47.640 --> 0:04:53.240 up when of people were preparing to go out and 0:04:53.320 --> 0:04:55.960 have a nice time, to have some drinks, to have 0:04:56.080 --> 0:04:58.600 a you know, a meal or whatever, so they were 0:04:58.600 --> 0:05:01.200 not ready to us into a podcast. That's one of 0:05:01.240 --> 0:05:03.240 the reasons I take my time off at the end 0:05:03.240 --> 0:05:06.360 of the year. The listenership numbers over Christmas and New 0:05:06.440 --> 0:05:10.000 Year's going the toilet. People are not listening as much 0:05:10.040 --> 0:05:12.599 as they do the rest of the year. So I 0:05:12.640 --> 0:05:15.480 really believe we were amazing a company. I should get 0:05:15.520 --> 0:05:18.720 like Burrito out of this is what I should forget Tacos. 0:05:18.720 --> 0:05:22.440 I should go Burrito. Wow. Well, you see here's You've 0:05:22.480 --> 0:05:26.039 actually bet against your militia twice during this podcast, and 0:05:26.080 --> 0:05:29.920 I've won both beds. I'm batting a sharp and crisp 0:05:30.080 --> 0:05:33.120 one thousand. Well the slugging percentage of two thousand, if 0:05:33.120 --> 0:05:35.520 I might add to yes, and you're on as many 0:05:35.560 --> 0:05:38.800 steroids as Barry Bonds was back into mad at me 0:05:38.839 --> 0:05:42.599 because I'm big and burly and have tons of Now 0:05:42.720 --> 0:05:45.880 listen that's not with the women that have told me. 0:05:45.920 --> 0:05:50.080 But that's that different conversation. Yes, now here postseason edition 0:05:50.320 --> 0:05:53.760 of Benny Versus a Penny. You have a special treat 0:05:53.760 --> 0:05:56.440 for us, I might add correct, Yes, we do now 0:05:56.800 --> 0:05:59.760 because it's the postseason. There's only four games this weekend 0:05:59.760 --> 0:06:01.479 next we can the only be two games, but we 0:06:01.560 --> 0:06:03.680 thought why not. People have been asking for it. I 0:06:03.680 --> 0:06:06.080 don't usually do this on the radio show. I used 0:06:06.080 --> 0:06:08.239 to do it a little bit, but we are going 0:06:08.279 --> 0:06:11.560 to handicap as an added bonus on this edition of 0:06:11.600 --> 0:06:14.360 Many Versus the Penny. At the end, we will handicap 0:06:14.480 --> 0:06:18.400 the college football Championship. You have the playoff championship game 0:06:18.800 --> 0:06:21.960 which will be taking place over the weekend on Monday night. 0:06:22.040 --> 0:06:24.960 The college football season will end on Monday, So depending 0:06:24.960 --> 0:06:26.919 on when you download this, you might want to fast 0:06:26.960 --> 0:06:29.240 forward through the first part of it because if you're 0:06:29.240 --> 0:06:33.080 downloaded on Saturday night, the first two games will be irrelevant. Uh. 0:06:33.160 --> 0:06:35.320 Some people like to go down and download the podcast 0:06:35.400 --> 0:06:37.719 to goof on me if I get picks wrong. Those 0:06:37.720 --> 0:06:41.880 are extreme zealots um that do that, But that's possible too. 0:06:41.920 --> 0:06:43.480 But if you just want the new games, just depends 0:06:43.480 --> 0:06:45.760 on when you download the podcast, so you this this 0:06:45.800 --> 0:06:49.040 will be good by my knowledge, my logic here rather 0:06:49.440 --> 0:06:52.960 un till Monday, just before kickoff of Clemson and l 0:06:53.040 --> 0:06:55.599 s U. So I'm excited for this because if there's 0:06:55.640 --> 0:06:59.160 any indication of how this playoff run will be, it'll 0:06:59.200 --> 0:07:01.760 be a lot better than weeks fifteen and sixteen for 0:07:01.839 --> 0:07:05.000 you because that was well, again, you're focusing on the past. 0:07:05.080 --> 0:07:07.560 But the way I look at it, I had last 0:07:07.600 --> 0:07:10.200 week at two one in one week. So let's focus 0:07:10.240 --> 0:07:12.960 on what just happened, not what happened a while ago. 0:07:13.600 --> 0:07:18.440 To one and one. That is a solid professional handicapping week. 0:07:18.520 --> 0:07:21.960 You win money on that, not a lot, not a lot, 0:07:22.000 --> 0:07:24.120 but you'd win a little bit of money on that. 0:07:24.120 --> 0:07:28.240 That's a six sixty seven winning percentage last week. Well, 0:07:28.320 --> 0:07:30.480 let's go. Let's do this damn thing all right. Here 0:07:30.520 --> 0:07:34.000 we go. First game up, Divisional Round Saturday, the early game, 0:07:34.720 --> 0:07:40.880 it's Minnesota, NFC North representative eleven and six at Santa Clara, 0:07:41.560 --> 0:07:44.600 the big bad Beast of the NFC West at thirteen 0:07:44.600 --> 0:07:48.200 and three. It's on n b C. Can't wait to 0:07:48.240 --> 0:07:52.080 see what sweater Al Michaels and Chris Collinsworth where So 0:07:52.120 --> 0:07:54.400 this game will kick off at four thirty five Eastern 0:07:54.480 --> 0:07:58.040 one thirty five local time in the Bay and the 0:07:58.120 --> 0:08:01.800 forty Niners opened a touchdown favorite. They are still favored 0:08:01.840 --> 0:08:05.760 by seven. Now the public money is mostly even. There's 0:08:05.800 --> 0:08:10.280 a slight lean to the forty Niners. So slightly to 0:08:10.320 --> 0:08:13.560 the forty Niners. The weather mostly sunny fifty five degrees 0:08:13.600 --> 0:08:17.800 at kick off at Levi's Stadium on Saturday afternoon, so 0:08:17.840 --> 0:08:21.400 there's no weather playing a factor here at the start 0:08:21.400 --> 0:08:24.520 of the game. Now the pick is in, and I 0:08:24.560 --> 0:08:29.679 am gonna take my Minnesota Vikings to shock the world 0:08:29.920 --> 0:08:33.280 in this game and getting a touchdown on the road. 0:08:33.320 --> 0:08:35.400 Now the reason why I may walk you through my 0:08:35.800 --> 0:08:38.440 thinking on this, and of course all of this is 0:08:38.480 --> 0:08:42.959 through theoretically, but hey, the Vikings are the right side 0:08:43.720 --> 0:08:45.439 in this game. I don't know how you could take 0:08:45.480 --> 0:08:47.760 the forty Niners in this game with that kind of 0:08:47.840 --> 0:08:51.199 number Minnesota. I don't believe in momentum. I do believe 0:08:51.200 --> 0:08:53.959 in confidence. If you beat the Saints in New Orleans 0:08:54.320 --> 0:08:56.840 and they controlled that game, the New Orleans offense had 0:08:56.880 --> 0:09:01.080 like a hundred yards other than one big play going 0:09:01.120 --> 0:09:04.480 to the fourth quarter. Drew Brees looked horrific against that 0:09:04.600 --> 0:09:07.880 Viking defense. If you can do that, you can sure 0:09:07.880 --> 0:09:12.520 as hell go punch for punch with the forty Niners 0:09:13.000 --> 0:09:14.880 in Santa clar I think we agree on that. So 0:09:15.320 --> 0:09:18.240 it's going to be an intriguing matchup, especially to see 0:09:18.240 --> 0:09:21.880 if Kirk Cousins, which one shows up. Was last week's 0:09:21.920 --> 0:09:26.480 performance in the Biou gonna become the new standard or 0:09:26.559 --> 0:09:29.240 was that just a fluke in an isolated situation and 0:09:29.280 --> 0:09:31.960 he will go back to being the mistake filled mess 0:09:31.960 --> 0:09:34.360 that Cousins has often been in these big games. Now 0:09:34.679 --> 0:09:37.520 the other reason, like the Vikings, they'll forget Cousins whether 0:09:37.559 --> 0:09:40.960 he plays great or not. Mike Zimmer has a ball 0:09:41.080 --> 0:09:45.680 hawking defense. The Purple People Eaters were back in that game. 0:09:45.760 --> 0:09:47.760 Now during the year they were one of four teams 0:09:47.800 --> 0:09:51.640 that have thirty plus takeaways. In nineteen they ranked fifth 0:09:51.640 --> 0:09:55.320 in turnover differential. But that defensive front for the Vikings, 0:09:56.120 --> 0:09:59.640 they had the macheese more work against No that was 0:09:59.679 --> 0:10:04.920 in impressive, impressive performance. Now, the Vikings hold onto the 0:10:04.920 --> 0:10:07.319 ball as I said, right, they take the ball away, 0:10:07.360 --> 0:10:09.280 they don't turn the ball over. I think they were 0:10:09.320 --> 0:10:13.560 fifth as I said in turnover differentials, So possession is 0:10:13.600 --> 0:10:16.880 what it's nine tenths of victory. We learned that in court. 0:10:17.280 --> 0:10:19.760 So the Vikings defense we be able to man handle 0:10:19.800 --> 0:10:23.119 the New Orleans front line and the trenches. Can they 0:10:23.240 --> 0:10:26.840 have a similar day, not maybe as dominant, but close. 0:10:27.200 --> 0:10:30.280 If they do, they'll win this game going away. Now 0:10:30.360 --> 0:10:34.120 Part B the forty Niners. Now they're the team that 0:10:34.160 --> 0:10:36.600 a lot of people like because uh not maybe not 0:10:36.640 --> 0:10:39.000 the number, but to win the game. Because the historically 0:10:39.040 --> 0:10:42.120 teams coming off a bye week have a great record 0:10:42.120 --> 0:10:45.120 in the divisional round. It's almost like a gimme show up, 0:10:45.200 --> 0:10:48.760 collect to win. They've had a week of rest and relaxation, 0:10:49.280 --> 0:10:52.720 getting healthy because of the bye week, and now the 0:10:52.800 --> 0:10:55.840 Niners get back to work with a roster that features 0:10:55.880 --> 0:10:58.760 four players who were selected to the Pro Bowl. You've 0:10:58.760 --> 0:11:02.320 got Nick Bosa, Joe range Kittle, Richard Sherman among that group. 0:11:03.080 --> 0:11:06.160 But not on that list is Jimmy Garoppolo and he 0:11:06.280 --> 0:11:11.120 is making his postseason starting debut. He said, well, it's 0:11:11.160 --> 0:11:13.800 just another game, blah blah blah blah blah blah. Now 0:11:13.840 --> 0:11:18.120 it's not. Now it is not, and it's not only 0:11:18.760 --> 0:11:21.720 the quarterback. Garoppolo is making his first start. It's Kyle 0:11:21.840 --> 0:11:25.720 Shanahan who's making his first appearance as a head coach 0:11:26.280 --> 0:11:29.079 in the postseason. Now, Kyle Shannon has most famous moment 0:11:29.160 --> 0:11:32.240 coaching is what he was with the Atlanta Falcons as 0:11:32.280 --> 0:11:35.720 an offensive assistant and they had the biggest choke job 0:11:35.760 --> 0:11:38.679 in Super Bowl history against the New England Patriots. That 0:11:38.760 --> 0:11:43.000 was under his watch as the offensive coordinator for that team. 0:11:43.040 --> 0:11:46.440 From George. But will Jimmy g be nervous? Will he 0:11:46.480 --> 0:11:50.520 be tentative? Will he be indecisive? Those are all qualities 0:11:50.559 --> 0:11:53.040 that generally happen when you're making your first appearance in 0:11:53.080 --> 0:11:55.319 a playoff game. And if you look at the numbers 0:11:56.000 --> 0:12:00.000 and you go back to two, so the last seventeen years, 0:12:00.000 --> 0:12:03.160 we're not obviously counting this year. Actually actually we will 0:12:03.160 --> 0:12:05.079 put what we will come this year. But Jimmy Garoppolo 0:12:06.280 --> 0:12:11.640 going in there as a home favorite, since home favorites 0:12:11.679 --> 0:12:16.040 in their first playoff start are five and sixteen against 0:12:16.120 --> 0:12:19.680 the spread, that's a two thirty eight winning percentage. So 0:12:19.800 --> 0:12:21.679 now that tells you what has happened. It doesn't tell 0:12:21.679 --> 0:12:26.440 you what's gonna happen. Garoppolo had a one to zero 0:12:26.920 --> 0:12:32.280 touchdown passes actually one one touchdown pass and uh or less. 0:12:32.400 --> 0:12:34.160 I should say I got the number. I've wrote this 0:12:34.200 --> 0:12:37.839 down in Chicken scratch one touchdown or less in nine 0:12:37.880 --> 0:12:41.320 of the games, so he doesn't throw the ball past 0:12:41.360 --> 0:12:43.440 twenty yards. They had that odd stat this week about 0:12:43.480 --> 0:12:46.839 that the forty Niners they can run. But again I 0:12:46.880 --> 0:12:50.079 got the Vikings defensive front. That's very very good, look 0:12:50.240 --> 0:12:53.959 very good against the New Orleans Saints. A bunch of 0:12:54.000 --> 0:12:57.200 psycho pass out there on defense the way they played 0:12:57.240 --> 0:13:00.800 in that particular game. So all of the plays out, 0:13:01.200 --> 0:13:03.840 it's in the hands mostly of the Viking defense and 0:13:04.320 --> 0:13:07.839 running the game, running game as well. I expect Minnesota 0:13:08.520 --> 0:13:12.280 to take advantage of the nerves, a couple of early 0:13:12.400 --> 0:13:16.360 turnovers and the snowball effect will help out. But it's 0:13:16.360 --> 0:13:19.320 gonna be a tight game fourth quarter. I'm gonna take 0:13:19.360 --> 0:13:22.880 the Vikings to pull the upset twenty seven to twenty 0:13:23.000 --> 0:13:31.640 six over the forty Niners. Oh Penny likes what you're 0:13:31.720 --> 0:13:36.200 driving right now, Real Vikings in the divisional round. You 0:13:36.200 --> 0:13:39.800 know what we call that? Guess tailing copycat is what 0:13:39.840 --> 0:13:41.680 we call that. I get that all the time on 0:13:41.679 --> 0:13:43.839 the radio show where I give a brilliant answer, and 0:13:43.840 --> 0:13:47.760 then Eddie and Roberto and whoever is producing just kind 0:13:47.760 --> 0:13:50.760 of copy whoever is producing? Well, we have a wheel 0:13:50.800 --> 0:13:53.680 of producers. We have since started. I've had a different 0:13:53.679 --> 0:13:57.240 producer every night. The reason for that, why is that? Well, 0:13:57.280 --> 0:13:59.880 I mean getting off the Titanic I just said it 0:14:00.000 --> 0:14:05.560 week Yeah, train Wreck Radio, You of course are the 0:14:05.600 --> 0:14:08.680 Titanic of broadcasting. But we don't have time to do 0:14:08.760 --> 0:14:13.839 that here. Moving on, Why are you gotta throw a 0:14:13.880 --> 0:14:19.280 while in there? It's not we're on the clock. Yeah, 0:14:19.600 --> 0:14:21.320 what's wrong with that? I want to I want to 0:14:21.520 --> 0:14:23.960 are you naive here? I want to stay on the clock. 0:14:24.040 --> 0:14:26.120 I I feel like you're happy that you got your 0:14:26.280 --> 0:14:31.200 full length of material in for that game, because I am. 0:14:31.800 --> 0:14:33.920 I do, like you know, I had to cut back. 0:14:34.160 --> 0:14:38.320 I get that much material on every game. But because 0:14:38.400 --> 0:14:41.160 you have anxiety when we do this podcast, I have 0:14:41.400 --> 0:14:46.640 to give you a petite version of the preparation that 0:14:46.680 --> 0:14:52.120 I do. But do we have any trivia this week? No? No, 0:14:52.240 --> 0:14:54.920 I don't have any. Well there's reasons for that, but 0:14:55.760 --> 0:14:59.480 lazy Ben Maller. I mean, if you want, I can 0:14:59.560 --> 0:15:02.400 come up with one on the fly, and we don't 0:15:02.440 --> 0:15:04.520 want any pity. But you know what happens when you 0:15:04.560 --> 0:15:07.080 do a trivia you become trivial. I guess so, but 0:15:07.160 --> 0:15:09.720 will learn that from a program director of years ago. Yes, 0:15:10.360 --> 0:15:13.240 even though I still do it, But I shouldn't change 0:15:13.280 --> 0:15:15.840 the name of instant trivia on the radio show. That way, 0:15:15.880 --> 0:15:18.840 if a program director asked me, why are you doing trivia, 0:15:18.880 --> 0:15:20.960 I'll say I'm not I'm just doing something else, Like 0:15:21.080 --> 0:15:24.200 who am I? Game? Is just the who am I? 0:15:23.520 --> 0:15:26.040 That I could do? The what am I? Game? That 0:15:26.080 --> 0:15:29.480 could be the instead of the instant trivia. You should 0:15:29.520 --> 0:15:33.120 realign your entire staff. I mean you're redoing second Who 0:15:33.120 --> 0:15:35.960 would you like me to get rid of Eddie? Probably 0:15:35.960 --> 0:15:40.080 at probably all of them. Yeah, it's very nice of you. 0:15:40.200 --> 0:15:43.880 I mean you've had staff die. I have. I've been 0:15:43.920 --> 0:15:47.480 to many funerals and whatnot to people that have passed. None, 0:15:47.520 --> 0:15:51.160 you've had colors die. Yeah, mostly callers have dropped dead, 0:15:51.160 --> 0:15:54.240 and a lot of them unfortunately. Yeah. I need to 0:15:54.320 --> 0:15:55.720 keep him alive. Is there anything I can do to 0:15:55.800 --> 0:15:58.240 keep him alive? Anything I can do? I feel like 0:15:58.640 --> 0:16:01.120 I've done way too many you with gees for callers. 0:16:01.640 --> 0:16:03.880 I don't I feel terrible. I mean, every one of 0:16:03.920 --> 0:16:06.200 these stories breaks my heart and I have no heart 0:16:06.240 --> 0:16:09.240 because I'm a scumbag overnight talk showst at rips peep. Yeah, 0:16:09.240 --> 0:16:10.920 I got no answers for you. I only care about 0:16:10.920 --> 0:16:13.520 your female callers listeners. So I mean I got a 0:16:13.560 --> 0:16:17.000 letter from this girl, this lady woman and about her 0:16:17.080 --> 0:16:19.240 dad who passed away, and I did him. I did 0:16:19.320 --> 0:16:22.880 a tribute to him from I think St. Louis and 0:16:23.200 --> 0:16:25.600 uh yeah, I mean I was. I was like really 0:16:25.680 --> 0:16:27.960 bummed out. Man. It was like it was very touching. 0:16:28.160 --> 0:16:29.960 I don't want to be emotionally. Was he a big 0:16:30.000 --> 0:16:34.360 listener super fan? In fact, this guy what a stud 0:16:34.440 --> 0:16:38.280 this guy was, because you know he's he's got brain cancer, 0:16:38.440 --> 0:16:41.400 he's not doing very well, but he loves the show. 0:16:42.280 --> 0:16:47.080 And apparently he would go to like, um, he traveled 0:16:47.080 --> 0:16:49.240 to a hospital just to sit in the parking lot 0:16:49.240 --> 0:16:53.120 and use the the WiFi to listen to the podcast 0:16:53.720 --> 0:16:55.520 because you know, if he couldn't listen live and all that. 0:16:55.600 --> 0:16:57.320 And when I got when I got whacked from the 0:16:57.360 --> 0:17:02.480 company a while back, it's been eleven years now, this 0:17:02.600 --> 0:17:05.640 company not w e I. But no, I never got 0:17:05.680 --> 0:17:09.320 whacked from w E I. I left on my own accord, 0:17:09.400 --> 0:17:12.560 on good terms. Left on good terms from w e 0:17:12.680 --> 0:17:15.720 I and Boston, and I can go back there at 0:17:15.760 --> 0:17:17.720 some point, not right now, because we're on the Sports 0:17:17.800 --> 0:17:20.200 Hub at now. You didn't. You can't be on both 0:17:20.240 --> 0:17:22.600 the Sports Hub in Boston and w e I because 0:17:22.640 --> 0:17:25.240 they are blood rivals. All right. I don't know if 0:17:25.280 --> 0:17:27.399 you know what blood rivals are guests on. But in 0:17:27.440 --> 0:17:31.080 the radio game they flip flop one one ratings book 0:17:32.080 --> 0:17:34.159 w e i's number one. Then the next time the 0:17:34.200 --> 0:17:39.640 sports hubs number one. It is a battle royale. So 0:17:39.840 --> 0:17:42.080 you can in Boston. You can't be the radio version 0:17:42.080 --> 0:17:46.720 of Alex Rodriguez. Then, yeah, they don't. They don't do 0:17:46.760 --> 0:17:48.760 that in that you know, a rock can work for 0:17:48.760 --> 0:17:52.679 Fox and ESPN, But no, that's not how It's not 0:17:52.880 --> 0:17:57.960 quite how it works, unfortunately. But yeah, that that tribute 0:17:58.880 --> 0:18:01.199 that got me. It got me a little bit. So 0:18:01.440 --> 0:18:04.080 we did that the other night on the radio show. 0:18:04.280 --> 0:18:07.719 Anna actually was. The guy's name is Steve Williams, Steve 0:18:07.840 --> 0:18:12.280 George Williams. He was a mechanic and and uh he 0:18:12.560 --> 0:18:14.639 actually started a Facebook pitch when I got let go 0:18:15.320 --> 0:18:20.280 to demand my return, and uh it worked. I hope George, 0:18:20.280 --> 0:18:22.879 I hope Steve knows it worked because six months and 0:18:22.880 --> 0:18:25.399 twenty six la days after the worst decision the company 0:18:25.400 --> 0:18:28.320 ever made, they they begged me to come back, and 0:18:28.480 --> 0:18:32.840 I came back. Who was your program director at the time, Uh, 0:18:34.200 --> 0:18:36.280 I don't. I mean, we've had so many I don't 0:18:36.359 --> 0:18:40.720 remember the one that everybody loved. What was his name, Andy, Oh? 0:18:40.840 --> 0:18:45.439 Andrew Ashwood? Yes, Andrew Ashwood. Yeah, he died from pancreatic cancer, 0:18:45.880 --> 0:18:48.600 but everybody he was he was a big, burly guy. 0:18:48.640 --> 0:18:53.280 And yeah, that was one of the sadder things watching 0:18:53.359 --> 0:18:55.439 him go down and all that stuff at work. And 0:18:55.480 --> 0:18:57.280 he kept trying to work right up until the end, 0:18:57.280 --> 0:19:00.440 which is I give him credit for what fucking flipping 0:19:00.520 --> 0:19:05.040 podcast Right now? We have absolutely amazing You wanted me 0:19:05.080 --> 0:19:07.200 to waste time here. It's thought that I'm wasting time, 0:19:07.240 --> 0:19:11.280 but it's time. Well you you said, hey, are you 0:19:11.320 --> 0:19:13.480 in a rush? No? I said, now we're gonna have 0:19:13.520 --> 0:19:15.080 to be in a rush. You must be happy that 0:19:15.119 --> 0:19:17.080 you get all your materially and when you cap that 0:19:17.160 --> 0:19:20.080 Minnesota San Francisco game, well I have more material. Can 0:19:20.080 --> 0:19:23.400 I continue? Have you reached your goal where you want 0:19:23.400 --> 0:19:25.679 to annoy me already? Or what are we doing? No? No, 0:19:25.960 --> 0:19:30.359 please continue, sir, oh, sir, that's respect. Be sure to 0:19:30.400 --> 0:19:33.159 catch live editions of The Ben Maller Show weekdays at 0:19:33.200 --> 0:19:37.000 two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific on Fox Sports Radio 0:19:37.160 --> 0:19:39.760 and the I Heart Radio app. You respect people that 0:19:39.800 --> 0:19:42.440 are more successful than you. I understand that. All right, 0:19:42.600 --> 0:19:46.080 Tennessee from the a f C South at ten and seven, 0:19:46.119 --> 0:19:48.600 they played the playoff game beat the Patriots last week 0:19:48.680 --> 0:19:53.480 at Baltimore a f C North, fourteen and two. It's 0:19:53.560 --> 0:19:57.919 on CBS on Saturday night, eight fifteen Eastern time. I 0:19:58.119 --> 0:20:01.920 an Eagle and Dan Fout have the call. How about 0:20:02.000 --> 0:20:05.000 Dan Fouts? Last time Dan Fouts played in an NFL 0:20:05.040 --> 0:20:07.760 game was what the nineteen eighties, and he's still hanging 0:20:07.800 --> 0:20:10.080 out on TV. These are tough jobs to keep. Good 0:20:10.160 --> 0:20:13.440 job by Dan Fouts. His beard still flowing, so he's good. 0:20:13.440 --> 0:20:18.120 He's the color analyst version of Dick Stockton, right, Uh, Well, well, 0:20:18.200 --> 0:20:20.200 Dick's got him beat by a few years. But yeah, 0:20:20.240 --> 0:20:21.840 we don't have to do the Dick Stockton game for 0:20:21.880 --> 0:20:24.399 the playoffs, unfortunately, because last time Dick stock did the 0:20:24.400 --> 0:20:27.480 playoff game I think was the nineties. Is that a 0:20:27.560 --> 0:20:29.720 cheap shot? No, it wasn't an NBA game or was 0:20:29.720 --> 0:20:32.439 it NFL. Know, he's good at the NBA though, him 0:20:32.480 --> 0:20:35.800 and Tommy Heinson calling an NBA game that is that 0:20:36.000 --> 0:20:39.080 is soul food. He's what that is? Like a Lakers 0:20:39.080 --> 0:20:43.920 Celtic game on a Sunday morning from Boston at the 0:20:44.520 --> 0:20:47.080 Parque and all that. Yeah that I hold that in 0:20:47.160 --> 0:20:49.840 high regard. I'll admit I was always a fan of 0:20:49.880 --> 0:20:54.720 Bill Walton and Steve Snapper Jones. Yes, Steve Snapper Jones, Mam. 0:20:54.760 --> 0:20:56.360 He passed away again. He was another guy who died 0:20:56.359 --> 0:20:58.080 a couple of years ago. Yeah, he was really good. 0:20:58.119 --> 0:20:59.920 He was he was. So it was a Blazers announced 0:21:00.960 --> 0:21:04.520 and they worked well again. All right, So Tennessee in Baltimore. 0:21:04.840 --> 0:21:06.720 Can we talk about anyone else who died? Is anyone 0:21:06.760 --> 0:21:09.080 else we will know? Yeah, there's a guy and Iran 0:21:09.160 --> 0:21:12.040 we can talk about. Yeah, that'll be on the other podcast. 0:21:12.080 --> 0:21:15.119 I'm sure you'll bring that up. So the Ravens open 0:21:15.200 --> 0:21:18.480 to ten point favorite. They are favored by nine. The 0:21:18.640 --> 0:21:22.720 weather cloudy sixty two degrees. That kick off at M 0:21:22.840 --> 0:21:27.040 and T Bank Stadium in the House of Sports with 0:21:27.160 --> 0:21:30.520 Coleman in Baltimore. Now, I am gonna take the Tennessee 0:21:30.560 --> 0:21:36.000 Titans here at plus nine. I I don't know how 0:21:36.400 --> 0:21:37.879 this is another one. I look at this line and 0:21:37.920 --> 0:21:39.720 so how can you go the other way? Now? I 0:21:39.720 --> 0:21:43.200 know everyone's all gung hole and excited. It's nauseating the 0:21:43.400 --> 0:21:45.760 admiration people are showing for the Ravens. They've had a 0:21:45.800 --> 0:21:49.560 fine year. But this game is a different animal. Now, 0:21:49.560 --> 0:21:51.680 I'm gonna take the Titans. They ran the ball down 0:21:51.720 --> 0:21:55.080 the throats of the New England Patriots. Derrick Henry put 0:21:55.280 --> 0:22:00.480 on a show. He was electrifying, all right, kind of 0:22:00.520 --> 0:22:02.480 performance were like if he played for the Lakers, they 0:22:02.560 --> 0:22:04.520 retire his number and give him a statue. He was 0:22:04.560 --> 0:22:07.640 that good and um and he had to touch down. 0:22:07.640 --> 0:22:10.680