1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:03,520 Speaker 1: You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:06,440 Speaker 1: Sports Radio Our two on this Monday, Dan and the 3 00:00:06,519 --> 00:00:09,200 Speaker 1: Dannatt Stan Patrick Show. Glad to have you on board. 4 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:11,200 Speaker 1: We'll check in with the Notre Dame head coach Brian 5 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:14,319 Speaker 1: Kelly in an hour from now, and we'll bring back 6 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:17,400 Speaker 1: an interview we did six years ago with Alex Trebek, 7 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:21,320 Speaker 1: who passed away yesterday at the age of eighty. Ross 8 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:24,320 Speaker 1: Tucker our buddy from Westwood One. He'll be joining us 9 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:26,479 Speaker 1: coming up. Get his thoughts. On the weekend, it was 10 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 1: in the NFL. Notre Dame got a big win over 11 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:32,480 Speaker 1: Clemson Saturday night. But in twenty twenty, the Irish find 12 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:36,479 Speaker 1: themselves in an unfamiliar situation. They joined the ACC for 13 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:39,320 Speaker 1: this season. Even if they beat the rest of the 14 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 1: teams on their schedule, they are probably going to see 15 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:45,599 Speaker 1: Clemson once again in the ACC title game. If they 16 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 1: lose that, then you know that they probably wouldn't be 17 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:52,919 Speaker 1: in the final four. And people will say Notre Dame 18 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 1: beat Clemson without Trevor Lawrence. He was testing positive for COVID. 19 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 1: His backup was pretty good, DJ leg He was a 20 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:06,280 Speaker 1: you know, still fodder for some Notre Dame critics there 21 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 1: because if they lost to Clemson in the ACC title game, 22 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 1: they could get boxed out of the College Football Playoff 23 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:15,280 Speaker 1: by three unfitted Big conference teams. But I thought that 24 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 1: given what was going on with Clemson losing a couple 25 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 1: of starters, defensive starters, they limited Travis et Tend, you 26 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:25,600 Speaker 1: kind of have to pick your poison with him. You 27 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:27,200 Speaker 1: have to say, we're either going to let him run 28 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:30,400 Speaker 1: or we're gonna let him catch passes out of the backfield. 29 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:33,240 Speaker 1: And this was a game Notre Dame has to win. 30 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 1: If they lose that game, they're not going to be 31 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 1: playing in the Final four. Fighting Irish and their fans 32 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:42,640 Speaker 1: should celebrate Saturday's game, although I would have preferred they 33 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:46,080 Speaker 1: didn't celebrate on the field in close proximity with one another. 34 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 1: But the bar is higher now. Final four shot at 35 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 1: a national title, realistic goals for a program that hasn't 36 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 1: been in this conversation for quite some time. And I'll 37 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 1: go back to a conversation that I had with a 38 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 1: source of mine and at the beginning of the year 39 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 1: when Notre Dame and Clemson and I looked at when 40 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 1: they were going to meet one another, and I said, 41 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:09,240 Speaker 1: if they played right now. When the season started and 42 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:12,359 Speaker 1: I was told Clemson would be a probably at least 43 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 1: a ten point, if not two touchdown favorite at Notre Dame. 44 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:19,639 Speaker 1: That was the disparity between the two. Notre Dame is 45 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:22,360 Speaker 1: a good defense, They've got a good running game, and 46 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:25,679 Speaker 1: Ian Book makes a couple of big plays, and Notre 47 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 1: Dame can hang with you. Usually it comes down to 48 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 1: this for me in college football, offensive line, defensive line, 49 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:34,359 Speaker 1: and quarterback. I want to know how good they are. 50 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 1: You've got a good offensive line, defensive line, and a quarterback. 51 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:39,679 Speaker 1: You can play for a national championship, hurt and you 52 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 1: can at least be in the conversation for that. And 53 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 1: Notre Dame was able to go toe to toe with Clemson. Granted, 54 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 1: they had some defensive players who were out, and you know, 55 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 1: you don't have Trevor Lawrence in the game, but Notre 56 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 1: Dame won a game that they had to. You know, 57 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 1: you can't sit there and go, yeah, but they beat 58 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:02,480 Speaker 1: Clemson without Trevor Lawrence. Okay, they did, but they still 59 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:06,359 Speaker 1: won that game as a five point underdog. You know, 60 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 1: it's not Notre Dame's fault. What happened at Clemson and 61 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 1: Notre Dame in double overtime picked up a big win, 62 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:16,840 Speaker 1: one of the biggest wins that they've had because Brian 63 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 1: Kelly has done a great job in getting those nine wins, 64 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 1: ten wins, but you've gotta beat the top five teams 65 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:26,040 Speaker 1: and he hasn't been able to do that until this 66 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:31,160 Speaker 1: past weekend Michigan losing to Indiana. You know, that was 67 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 1: one of those where Michigan favored by three and a 68 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:35,800 Speaker 1: half going into that game, and you thought, boy, they're 69 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 1: gonna be angry now they just got beat. You know, 70 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:42,040 Speaker 1: they're getting embarrassed, coaches on the hot seat, and all 71 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:44,520 Speaker 1: of a sudden, you go, Indiana is not just winning 72 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:47,760 Speaker 1: this game, they're handling them. They blew out in Michigan. 73 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 1: And now you start to hear a little bit more 74 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 1: of the conversation of you know, maybe Jim Harball goes 75 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 1: back to the NFL, because that resume is not stained 76 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:01,120 Speaker 1: with college football. It's not like he's gonna leave Michigan 77 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 1: and go for another job in college football. If he 78 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 1: would leave or be asked to leave, then maybe it's 79 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 1: the NFL. But this would be after the season, and 80 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 1: you know, Michigan's on the hook for one more year 81 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:17,159 Speaker 1: with that salary. With Jim Harbaugh, he's one of the 82 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 1: top five paid coaches in college football, I believe, and 83 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:23,039 Speaker 1: I don't think they want to just start writing checks 84 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 1: given what's happened with COVID in these athletic departments and 85 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:28,799 Speaker 1: you know, losing a lot of money with no fans 86 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:31,800 Speaker 1: in the stands either. Yeah, Dan, you're Indiana Hoosiers at 87 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:38,240 Speaker 1: Ohio State in two weeks, biggy. Yeah, they're rolling well 88 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:40,720 Speaker 1: right now. Well, as long as they're competitive. I think 89 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:42,680 Speaker 1: he got to go back to nineteen eighty seven. I 90 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:46,720 Speaker 1: think Mike hark Raider was the running back for Indiana. 91 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:50,440 Speaker 1: I think he ran for a thousand yards. But it's 92 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 1: been a long time this in for me and Rappaport. 93 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:55,839 Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey, who returned from missing more than a month 94 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:58,120 Speaker 1: with an ankle injury, could miss more time. He's got 95 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:02,159 Speaker 1: a shoulder injury suffered. Yes, your day, having test done today, 96 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 1: his status this week is very much in doubt. Poll 97 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:08,480 Speaker 1: question today, McLevin, what are we going with? I got 98 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:10,600 Speaker 1: some more phone calls to get which team took the 99 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:13,240 Speaker 1: biggest hit this weekend. Your choices were Clemson, Michigan, the 100 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:17,680 Speaker 1: Seahawks are the Bucks, Bucks runaway with it closef then 101 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 1: Michigan is second, then Clemson, then the Seahawks. Okay, Seahawks 102 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:23,960 Speaker 1: at Buffalo. Can you give him a little bit of 103 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:28,039 Speaker 1: a pass. It's a cross country trip? Yes, absolutely. How 104 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:30,640 Speaker 1: many cross country trips have they made this year where 105 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:32,719 Speaker 1: they play at one o'clock in the afternoon feels like 106 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:35,839 Speaker 1: every other week. By the way, the Pac twelve desperate 107 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 1: for eyeballs and those players getting up nine am kickoff 108 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:46,400 Speaker 1: West Coast Time, USC Arizona State and great game. But 109 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 1: I think these kids were waking up at like four 110 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:52,200 Speaker 1: in the morning to have breakfast to be able to 111 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:55,400 Speaker 1: play the Arizona State team. I think Herm Edwards had 112 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 1: his team up at four in the morning for breakfast 113 00:05:57,320 --> 00:05:59,360 Speaker 1: and then to go out there and play. But you're 114 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 1: just trying to be relevant here and you know the 115 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:08,080 Speaker 1: once power USC, and here you are struggling with Arizona State. 116 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:11,000 Speaker 1: I got a good quarterback, Slovis is a good quarterback, 117 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 1: mclove and you think that he's kind of going to 118 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:15,960 Speaker 1: be the guy next year. No. I just remember I 119 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:19,960 Speaker 1: passed around a tweet from Pro Football Focus saying Slovis 120 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 1: would be the number one pick in twenty twenty two 121 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 1: according to them. But I could watch the game and 122 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:27,000 Speaker 1: man that that didn't seem like an obvious one to 123 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:28,359 Speaker 1: me at all. I mean, yeah, he looks like a 124 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:32,320 Speaker 1: good quarterback, but how do you know he's like a guy? Yeah, 125 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:35,200 Speaker 1: I was surprised because he wasn't highly recruited. I think 126 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:39,800 Speaker 1: Kurt Warner was his coach in Arizona, and you know, 127 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:42,279 Speaker 1: he wasn't even this night. I think there were injuries 128 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 1: and then he ended up being the starting quarterback but 129 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 1: played well in the last couple of minutes there. The 130 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:49,680 Speaker 1: problem is it's the other minutes prior to where And 131 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:52,320 Speaker 1: you know, it's understandable where you're just starting the season. 132 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:56,080 Speaker 1: Normally you start with a cupcake here Arizona State USC, 133 00:06:56,480 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 1: and you know he struggled. Yeah, mclovin, I tell you 134 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:02,919 Speaker 1: who does look like a number one pick? We were 135 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:07,000 Speaker 1: talking about this trailier DJ. Yes, I mean that looks 136 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:08,800 Speaker 1: like a number one NFL pick. If you were going 137 00:07:08,839 --> 00:07:11,000 Speaker 1: to write, like what a description of what number one 138 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 1: pick looks like? Yeah, that's a man. Yeah, he's a man. 139 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:16,280 Speaker 1: When he stepped down on the field, that's a And 140 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 1: I know, and I'm gonna ask Brian Kelly, how how 141 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 1: do you prepare differently for DJ the Lila than you 142 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:26,320 Speaker 1: do for Trevor Lawrence, Because to me it looks like 143 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:30,240 Speaker 1: you might prepare the same. It feels like Trevor Lawrence 144 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:34,080 Speaker 1: is a little bit more athletic with his legs than DJ. 145 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 1: But that was just you know, an amateur's observation. Yeah, McLevin, 146 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:41,440 Speaker 1: I got an interesting question was raised. Does DJ have 147 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:46,400 Speaker 1: small hands? Though? From paulist some small hand action. I 148 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:48,760 Speaker 1: checked my screen, did my quick measure. He looks like 149 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:52,440 Speaker 1: a small hands gun worried already, Well, well everything does 150 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 1: hinge on? That is some one for a small finger. 151 00:07:57,480 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 1: But isn't he the big Cinco which is five, you know, 152 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:05,920 Speaker 1: which maybe is overcompensating M So his hands look smaller 153 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 1: because of the backdrop. Okay, somebody will talk to themselves 154 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:12,960 Speaker 1: out of drafting him, probably because of this kind of 155 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:15,320 Speaker 1: conversation here. You know, I don't know if his hands 156 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:18,000 Speaker 1: are big enough. Here. I was listening to Dan Patrick 157 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:22,120 Speaker 1: show and mclovin wasn't it. Wasn't it Phil Simms who 158 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 1: quoted you, Oh yeah, to Bill Belichick because I said, uh, 159 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:28,840 Speaker 1: I did say this. First of all, you forced me 160 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:31,480 Speaker 1: as a joke to call Jay Cutler a game manager 161 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 1: to fill just as like visure MESSI And I wasn't 162 00:08:34,559 --> 00:08:36,839 Speaker 1: even serious. But Jay Cutler couldn't manage a game to 163 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:39,800 Speaker 1: save his life. He was the opposite. And then he 164 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 1: said it to Bill Belichick. I don't how did he 165 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:46,480 Speaker 1: phrase that? Did he did? He? He didn't say. He 166 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:49,160 Speaker 1: said something like some of the media have referred to 167 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:51,079 Speaker 1: Jay Cutler as a game manager. Do you agree with 168 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:53,679 Speaker 1: that take or something? And mccollins the only one who 169 00:08:53,679 --> 00:08:55,480 Speaker 1: did on Earth And he came back to you like 170 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:57,319 Speaker 1: the next Monday. It was like, so he's asked. He 171 00:08:57,400 --> 00:08:59,679 Speaker 1: like blamed you for like letting that out of it 172 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:04,680 Speaker 1: Cat out of Bad. Celebrate the twenty twenty People's Choice 173 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:09,600 Speaker 1: Awards Live performances, Hottest Celebrities, Game Changing Award featuring Lebron, 174 00:09:09,679 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 1: James Russell Wilson, Serena, Simone Biles, Bubba Wallace, The E 175 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:19,400 Speaker 1: People's Choice Awards Live hosted by Demi Lovato. That's Sunday 176 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:24,440 Speaker 1: on E. Dalvin Cook is not going to be in 177 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:30,000 Speaker 1: the MVP conversation, but as as far as value goes 178 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:33,480 Speaker 1: to a team, Dalvin Cook is right there because no 179 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:37,240 Speaker 1: player in football has been better. And if you look 180 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:42,199 Speaker 1: at thirteen touchdowns in eight games, averaging six yards to carry, 181 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:46,280 Speaker 1: and because of that, you got Dalvin Cook. They lead 182 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:48,800 Speaker 1: with their running game and then Kirk d. Cousins comes 183 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:51,760 Speaker 1: in and just compliments that. Usually it's the other way 184 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:54,400 Speaker 1: around in the NFL. But Dalvin Cook, I know they 185 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:58,280 Speaker 1: beat Detroit, but they are. He's running the football and 186 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:00,720 Speaker 1: you know he's getting the football as well. Uh, He's 187 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:04,040 Speaker 1: put up some pretty impressive numbers. Here. Here's some numbers 188 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:09,720 Speaker 1: for you. Um. Patrick Mahomes now has one hundred and 189 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:13,760 Speaker 1: one career touchdown passes. He's twenty five years of age. 190 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:17,960 Speaker 1: Tom Brady and Drew Brees are at the top of 191 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 1: the all time touchdown leader list and at the exact 192 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:25,080 Speaker 1: same age as Mahomes is today. So this is when 193 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:29,000 Speaker 1: Brady and Breezes were twenty five. Breeze had twenty nine touchdowns, 194 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:33,680 Speaker 1: Brady had twenty seven. Patrick Mahomes has one hundred and one. 195 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 1: That feels like that's a statuta the day day, start 196 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:46,000 Speaker 1: out of the day, start of day. This is the 197 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:56,560 Speaker 1: start of the day. Chiefs fan Melissa Etheridge there and uh, 198 00:10:56,840 --> 00:10:59,120 Speaker 1: fan of the show? All right, phone calls coming up 199 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:01,840 Speaker 1: age seven seven predp show. Best and worst of the 200 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:04,000 Speaker 1: weekend is we always do what you saw that you liked, 201 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:07,280 Speaker 1: you didn't like. Alan Atlanta joins us, Alan, good morning. 202 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 1: What's on your mind? Hey? Dan? I don't really know 203 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:14,080 Speaker 1: how to feel today because you know, Falcons win, Bulldogs lose, 204 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 1: Tommy and the Tucks go down. But it's a drew 205 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:18,760 Speaker 1: and the Aints like, it's just not a it's just 206 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:23,360 Speaker 1: a weekend of questioning. But best and worse. Best is 207 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:26,199 Speaker 1: as being a member of the hard to pronounce a 208 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:30,200 Speaker 1: names club. It was great to see a Lamada, Zakius 209 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:34,000 Speaker 1: and Tata ball out and even to some a certain 210 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:40,040 Speaker 1: percent he did well too. But worse is definitely losing 211 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:43,079 Speaker 1: Alex Trebreck, like losing a member of the family. Dan, Yeah, 212 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:47,839 Speaker 1: every single night, you know it was there, and what 213 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:52,079 Speaker 1: they do is you will. You know, Alex would work 214 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:56,640 Speaker 1: about fifty days out of the year, but you really 215 00:11:56,679 --> 00:11:59,080 Speaker 1: worked on those fifty days from the standpoint of you 216 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:02,360 Speaker 1: go in in the morning and Alex would shoot five 217 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:06,720 Speaker 1: shows in a day, and he would do twenty five 218 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:11,760 Speaker 1: in a week, and just a mental fatigue. I did 219 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:14,160 Speaker 1: four shows a day. When I did Sports Jeopardy, I 220 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:16,280 Speaker 1: was exhausted. Now, granted I was we were still doing 221 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:18,560 Speaker 1: the radio show. We'd get up early and do the 222 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:20,480 Speaker 1: radio show. Then I go right to the Sony lot 223 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:24,280 Speaker 1: to do Sports Jeopardy. But just the mental fatigue that 224 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:28,040 Speaker 1: you have. And Alex to do five shows a day. 225 00:12:28,559 --> 00:12:33,120 Speaker 1: He was a machine, but five shows and then you 226 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:35,720 Speaker 1: would come back the next day and do five more shows. 227 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:40,240 Speaker 1: I think that wheel of fortune Pat, say Jack, I 228 00:12:40,280 --> 00:12:44,880 Speaker 1: think Pat does seven shows a day. But heat flies 229 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 1: in from Annapolis, Maryland. Really yeah, and you know Alex 230 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:52,680 Speaker 1: is driving in, was driving in to do Jeopardy. But 231 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:58,560 Speaker 1: to do five shows a day is exhausting. You're trying 232 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:03,000 Speaker 1: to land planes there with you know, different categories, the clues, 233 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:06,680 Speaker 1: reading him, getting the right answer, you know, pronouncing everything correctly, 234 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:11,560 Speaker 1: interacting you know, with the contestants. And to be able 235 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:13,480 Speaker 1: to do that for as long as he did that, 236 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:15,680 Speaker 1: Now there are times when he would make mistakes and 237 00:13:15,679 --> 00:13:17,240 Speaker 1: they'd go back and then they would be able to 238 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:19,600 Speaker 1: edit it. You know, you'd have that luxury of being 239 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:22,200 Speaker 1: able to do that, but to do it and do 240 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:24,560 Speaker 1: it at that high of a level and have the 241 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:27,080 Speaker 1: energy to be able to he was eighty years of 242 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:29,640 Speaker 1: age when he passed away yesterday to do and his 243 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:33,200 Speaker 1: last show was less than two weeks ago. And to 244 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:39,040 Speaker 1: have that energy. Yeah, that's that's Ripken esque what he did, 245 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:41,880 Speaker 1: yes Bold. I always thought that Alex had just enough snark. 246 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:44,600 Speaker 1: If someone missed an obvious one, he wouldn't make fun 247 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:46,080 Speaker 1: of them or call them dumb. He would just do 248 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:50,760 Speaker 1: that little pause like shu, it's Johnson and Johnson or 249 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:53,840 Speaker 1: you know. He didn't like he didn't suffer sports non 250 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:56,120 Speaker 1: sports fans very well. There was one the other day 251 00:13:56,200 --> 00:14:00,080 Speaker 1: they played yesterday. This man coached the Cowboys and his 252 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:03,480 Speaker 1: signature had for almost thirty seasons, and I think just 253 00:14:03,559 --> 00:14:05,720 Speaker 1: quiet on a set a bunch of non you know, 254 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:09,000 Speaker 1: sports people, he goes that would be Tom Landry and 255 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:12,120 Speaker 1: but he sent away like you should know this, But 256 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:15,280 Speaker 1: he's just a light snark. Yes. I had a debate. 257 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:18,520 Speaker 1: Can you teach someone to do what he did? Or 258 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:20,480 Speaker 1: is that a god given ability just to be able 259 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 1: to relate to people like like I don't know that 260 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:24,240 Speaker 1: you can answer that because a similar question with you 261 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:26,760 Speaker 1: as a broadcaster, like is er a limit? Like it 262 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:29,120 Speaker 1: feels like he's the only person who could do that 263 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 1: like he did it, or is that something where he 264 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:34,480 Speaker 1: could teach his successor to do it. I think he 265 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:38,640 Speaker 1: was just able to do it and like it's a 266 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:44,840 Speaker 1: balancing act. But I think that's just his personality. And 267 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:49,000 Speaker 1: I wondered who was going to take his place, and 268 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 1: I thought maybe Ken Jennings, Like I don't know, or 269 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:53,200 Speaker 1: do you bring in a woman, like you don't want 270 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:56,120 Speaker 1: to be compared to Alex Trebek, but whoever comes in 271 00:14:56,280 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 1: is going to be compared to Alex Trebek. And you know, 272 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:03,160 Speaker 1: Alex said mentioned a couple of people uh to to 273 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:06,120 Speaker 1: replace him or might be people to consider, but I 274 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:10,280 Speaker 1: have no idea I would. I would not want that 275 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:14,200 Speaker 1: job for a variety of reasons. But you know, to 276 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:16,560 Speaker 1: go in there and try to replace him, because that's 277 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:19,360 Speaker 1: somebody who's in your home every night, so they become 278 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:23,040 Speaker 1: a family member. Yes, mc glove, but you've been that. 279 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:25,080 Speaker 1: You know, you were in my home marry. But I 280 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:27,400 Speaker 1: don't want to do I don't I would never want 281 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:29,800 Speaker 1: to do that. Like to be considered, even to be 282 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:34,040 Speaker 1: considered I felt was an honor, but there was no 283 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:35,560 Speaker 1: way that I would want to do it. And I 284 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:39,880 Speaker 1: didn't think I could do it. Yeah, mclub, I think 285 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:42,760 Speaker 1: you could have because it's like a invitability to relate 286 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:44,720 Speaker 1: to people. I think you could have been. Yeah, well 287 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:48,240 Speaker 1: we'll never find out, will we. Why you can't leave it? 288 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:52,000 Speaker 1: I mean, first of all, ye, that's a jeopardy behind 289 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:55,800 Speaker 1: the host somewhere. I came in on a Monday and 290 00:15:56,360 --> 00:15:59,600 Speaker 1: McLevin goes, my my wife read something about you taking 291 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:01,760 Speaker 1: over for alex tra back You're you're not taking over out? 292 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:04,960 Speaker 1: I go, no, I'm not taking over Franleix. No. But 293 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:07,320 Speaker 1: she read that and it said that you were rumored 294 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:10,560 Speaker 1: to be, and I go, it's not true. I would 295 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:12,960 Speaker 1: not want that. I'd be honored if somebody said, are 296 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:15,720 Speaker 1: you interested? But I'm out of the game show industry. 297 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:18,320 Speaker 1: I'm out of the I don't get any more offers 298 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:21,720 Speaker 1: for game shows. Price is right, some of those shows 299 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:29,200 Speaker 1: that I'm done with that yeah, hedon thing? What where 300 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:31,440 Speaker 1: they don't they're not offering you jobs anymore? Is that 301 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:33,600 Speaker 1: like you can only say no to so many jobs 302 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:37,640 Speaker 1: before they start coming to you again. Yeah, I'm I'm 303 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:41,400 Speaker 1: I think they know that I'm not interested because there 304 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:43,920 Speaker 1: was like two year window there where I was getting me, Hey, 305 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:46,240 Speaker 1: would you like to host this? And I go no, 306 00:16:46,560 --> 00:16:48,520 Speaker 1: and then you got a nice email from wipe out. 307 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:51,040 Speaker 1: One time, I think we came by prices right was 308 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:52,720 Speaker 1: the big one. Yes time, I still kevilly with the 309 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:55,000 Speaker 1: prices Right actually made a game show out of your salary, 310 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:57,520 Speaker 1: which was amazing to me that they were going to 311 00:16:57,560 --> 00:16:59,160 Speaker 1: give you an envelope and then you don't accept the 312 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:01,320 Speaker 1: job without knowing but they're gonna pay you when it 313 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:04,959 Speaker 1: seems insane to me. I know. That's the strangest offer 314 00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:07,480 Speaker 1: job offer I've ever received, where they go, we're not 315 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:09,760 Speaker 1: going to tell you how much you're gonna get paid 316 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:14,360 Speaker 1: until you take the job, and I went, that doesn't 317 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:17,440 Speaker 1: seem right there, and then I saw that Drew Carey, 318 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:22,680 Speaker 1: it's getting ten million dollars a year. So why why? Yeah, exactly, 319 00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:27,120 Speaker 1: why why am I doing this now where I could 320 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:30,679 Speaker 1: have an easy job like Drew Carey. Yes. In that 321 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:33,680 Speaker 1: same conversation, someone point out it's pretty amazing that Drew 322 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:35,840 Speaker 1: Carey was able to take over Bob Barker because that 323 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:38,639 Speaker 1: was a big shoes fire. I think a lot of 324 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:41,480 Speaker 1: people didn't think he could carry that. Oh, I think 325 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:44,120 Speaker 1: that would be far easier than taking over for Alex, 326 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:49,960 Speaker 1: because Drew, that's about your personality. Jeopardy is about getting 327 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:56,200 Speaker 1: it right and the pronunciations just directing traffic. There were 328 00:17:56,240 --> 00:17:58,840 Speaker 1: so many moving parts when I did Sports Jeopardy, and 329 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:04,280 Speaker 1: I'm familiar with ninety percent of the information and you know, 330 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:10,480 Speaker 1: the clues Alex had the world, you know, like every 331 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:13,159 Speaker 1: kind of category you can possibly think of, and to 332 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:15,520 Speaker 1: be able to do it, to be eloquent when you 333 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:21,600 Speaker 1: do it. Pronunciations no, I mean I I knew the 334 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:25,479 Speaker 1: names for most of the clues. Alex you know, might 335 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:30,199 Speaker 1: be going, hey, we're gonna do a category for Mesopotamia, like, um, okay, 336 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:34,199 Speaker 1: good luck with that. Mine might be uh, you know 337 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:43,680 Speaker 1: NFC East teams for five hundred, like okay, kenthy Yankee grades, Yeah, 338 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:46,919 Speaker 1: it's make love. My favorite though in sports Separdy is 339 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:50,040 Speaker 1: when somebody's just way off the rails, just like you 340 00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:52,680 Speaker 1: would just stare at them for like eight seconds. They'd 341 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:55,639 Speaker 1: be like, what do you do it? Well? Yes, but 342 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:58,320 Speaker 1: I figure it's different when you go into when it's 343 00:18:58,359 --> 00:19:01,440 Speaker 1: when it's a sports category, all sports, and then you 344 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:04,359 Speaker 1: say something that's crazy or you know it's not you're 345 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:08,560 Speaker 1: not even closed, and you go, really like, I could 346 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:11,119 Speaker 1: do that if you missed something that had to do 347 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:16,680 Speaker 1: with it, could be geography, and you know Sri Lanka, 348 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:19,080 Speaker 1: you know, and then you missed that. It's not like 349 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:23,880 Speaker 1: you go, really, I mean, PAULI screwed up Camden Yards. 350 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:27,320 Speaker 1: It was a daily double and I bet pretty heavy 351 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:29,679 Speaker 1: on it, and it was something very interestimable. Hint. This 352 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:31,879 Speaker 1: is the home that cal Ripken made for himself for 353 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:34,080 Speaker 1: two decades in Baltimore. It was the easiest one of 354 00:19:34,119 --> 00:19:36,240 Speaker 1: the round and I had it was like the answers 355 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:38,800 Speaker 1: behind the door and I couldn't get it. And you actually, 356 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:41,680 Speaker 1: if you watch the tape again, you go, Paul, which 357 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:43,359 Speaker 1: you call me about three times a year. You call 358 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:45,399 Speaker 1: me Paul, and I go, I don't have it, and 359 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:48,919 Speaker 1: you're like, oh my gosh. And I lost. Yes, I 360 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:51,160 Speaker 1: padicked with the giants one the penance was the answer 361 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:53,080 Speaker 1: that I said, and they're going crazy is what I 362 00:19:53,080 --> 00:19:55,159 Speaker 1: went with. You gave me definitely a look like what 363 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:57,080 Speaker 1: is and you didn't do it in the form of 364 00:19:57,080 --> 00:19:59,360 Speaker 1: a question, did not and you didn't do your buzzer either. 365 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:01,680 Speaker 1: I butchered. Other than that, I was convinced that I 366 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:04,000 Speaker 1: kept being beaten, even on the astros and Broncos questions, 367 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:06,120 Speaker 1: that my thing wasn't plugged in. During the commercial break, 368 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:07,960 Speaker 1: I had the engineer come over to make sure everything 369 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:10,960 Speaker 1: was plugged in right under the desk. We catered questions 370 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:15,000 Speaker 1: when we got together with the great research staff at 371 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:17,720 Speaker 1: Jeopardy and came up with these clues, and they said, 372 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:20,439 Speaker 1: what do we give for Fritzie And I said astros 373 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:25,439 Speaker 1: and broncos questions. They catered the two categories for you. 374 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:27,440 Speaker 1: I don't think I got any of them. I didn't 375 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:30,720 Speaker 1: buzz And then Todd kept complaining that his buzzer didn't work, 376 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:33,280 Speaker 1: and I said it works. And then during the commercial break, 377 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:37,480 Speaker 1: Todd had the technical staff come over to check his buzzer. 378 00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:39,639 Speaker 1: Stage manager so make some kind of facial expections like 379 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:41,199 Speaker 1: what's the matter goal, I don't think I'm plugged in. 380 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:44,480 Speaker 1: I'm hitting the button un my cold. You weren't plugged in, 381 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:47,399 Speaker 1: that's for sure, yes, Polly. The other categories were women 382 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:50,639 Speaker 1: of the eighties and hal do you lose those? You 383 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:54,560 Speaker 1: can't get that I'm hopeless suggestive posters on a bedroom 384 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:59,680 Speaker 1: wall in the eighties, it was Thomas Yes, Yeah, It 385 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:02,520 Speaker 1: was pretty intimidating, though, being up there on that Jeopardy 386 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:05,760 Speaker 1: set where you go, this is where they shoot Jeopardy, 387 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:09,080 Speaker 1: and you can't hide, you know you just if I 388 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:11,120 Speaker 1: go to you and then I go and your aunt 389 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:14,680 Speaker 1: your answer, and then you're like lights are super bright 390 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:17,640 Speaker 1: and your sweating and you're clamming or oh my god, 391 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:21,280 Speaker 1: just panic and stuff forgetting basic things that I think 392 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:23,399 Speaker 1: you were the one that was just clammy. I was 393 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:25,720 Speaker 1: gonna I was gett a little nervous there, oh man, 394 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:28,359 Speaker 1: when you were giving me that this doesn't work, this 395 00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:31,320 Speaker 1: doesn't it's not impressing it, and it's never how are 396 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:33,040 Speaker 1: they beating every time with the buck and you would 397 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:36,160 Speaker 1: squeeze it. You would press even harder, like if I squeeze, 398 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:38,679 Speaker 1: I somehow am gonna get impress it, like repetitively, like 399 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:40,800 Speaker 1: maybe the seventh time of the eleven times in when 400 00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:43,359 Speaker 1: I press it, that's the one. Yes. No worse feeling 401 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:45,879 Speaker 1: than not knowing final Jeopardy too, and just trying to 402 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:48,959 Speaker 1: write you have to write it. Actually, I the cher 403 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:50,920 Speaker 1: was Steve Kerr for a second one, and I wrote 404 00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:53,800 Speaker 1: scribbled Steve Nash at the last second and tried to 405 00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:57,560 Speaker 1: tell you that the handwriting was that's Kerr, it was Nash. 406 00:21:57,640 --> 00:22:00,879 Speaker 1: It's like Cliff Claven like the worst is not final Temperty. 407 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:02,800 Speaker 1: All right, we'll take a break. More phone calls coming up. 408 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:04,800 Speaker 1: We'll give you our best and worst of the weekend. 409 00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:07,720 Speaker 1: We'll replay the Alex Trebec interview from six years ago. 410 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:09,720 Speaker 1: That'll be in a little more than an hour from now. 411 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:12,439 Speaker 1: We'll talk to Brian Kelly, Notre Dame head coach. But 412 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:15,679 Speaker 1: up next our good buddy Ross Tucker from Westwood One. 413 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:18,400 Speaker 1: He'll be there with the Patriots and the Jets coming 414 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:21,520 Speaker 1: up tonight. Get his thoughts from over the weekend on 415 00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:24,080 Speaker 1: all the NFL items as well. Twenty three after the 416 00:22:24,119 --> 00:22:26,520 Speaker 1: Hour back after this and The Dan Patrick Show. Thanks 417 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:28,960 Speaker 1: for listening to The Dan Patrick Show podcast. Be sure 418 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:31,880 Speaker 1: to catch us live every weekday morning nine to noon 419 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:35,000 Speaker 1: Eastern or six to nine Pacific on Fox Sports Radio. 420 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:37,600 Speaker 1: Find your local station for The Dan Patrick Show at 421 00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:40,640 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio dot com, or stream us live every 422 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:44,560 Speaker 1: day on the iHeartRadio app by searching f s R, 423 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:47,920 Speaker 1: or stream us live on the Peacock Act. I don't 424 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:49,800 Speaker 1: know if I'll feel this way at the end of 425 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:53,600 Speaker 1: the season, but it feels like any team can be 426 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:57,960 Speaker 1: gotten in the NFL. Carolina hanging in there with Kansas City, 427 00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:01,919 Speaker 1: the Steelers, they hold on to beat the Dallas Cowboys. 428 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:07,240 Speaker 1: It just feels like every team is gettable. Seahawks going 429 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:09,840 Speaker 1: to Buffalo. I just don't know. If you've got a 430 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:12,359 Speaker 1: defense that's given up forty four points, are they a 431 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:15,080 Speaker 1: Super Bowl contender? I guess they are because it looks 432 00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:17,800 Speaker 1: like you've got four teams in the NFC that have 433 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:22,120 Speaker 1: a chance Saints, Buccaneers, Green Bay, and probably Seattle right now. 434 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:25,480 Speaker 1: But you know, we still have eight more weeks, nine 435 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:28,719 Speaker 1: more weeks to go. In the NFL, Tony Dungee just 436 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:31,919 Speaker 1: tweeted this, I have an idea for NFL replay of 437 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:35,920 Speaker 1: catch or no catch. Get a panel of ten third graders, 438 00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:39,240 Speaker 1: Let them look at it and ask them diddy ketch 439 00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:42,800 Speaker 1: it or not. Give them five seconds to respond thumbs 440 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:45,400 Speaker 1: up or thumbs down. I think we would get more 441 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:52,719 Speaker 1: consistent results. That's Tony Dungee. Ross Tucker, former NFL offensive lineman, 442 00:23:52,760 --> 00:23:56,600 Speaker 1: of course, host of the Ross Tucker Football podcast Westwood One. 443 00:23:56,880 --> 00:23:59,240 Speaker 1: NFL analysts, what do you make of what Tony Dungee 444 00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:03,600 Speaker 1: just tweeted out about replay. Well, I feel like Dan, 445 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:06,560 Speaker 1: they've done a better job the last couple of years 446 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:09,640 Speaker 1: in terms of what it catches or is not. I 447 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:11,240 Speaker 1: feel like I have a little bit better of a 448 00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:14,480 Speaker 1: grasp of it. But there are always going to be 449 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:18,400 Speaker 1: cases that are very difficult. And when those cases come 450 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:20,880 Speaker 1: on and you're not quite sure, it's tough to tell. 451 00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:23,399 Speaker 1: Then you keep the call on the field. You know, 452 00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:25,359 Speaker 1: I'll tell you what I don't like, Dan, And I 453 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:28,320 Speaker 1: feel like I'm the old guy saying this. That Notre 454 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:31,160 Speaker 1: Dame Clemson game, and I know we're talking NFL right now, 455 00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:35,440 Speaker 1: but we've gotten to the point where we're replaying seven 456 00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:37,879 Speaker 1: plays and like a ten minute. I mean, I was 457 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:41,960 Speaker 1: so annoyed. I was. It kills the game. It kills 458 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:43,760 Speaker 1: the flow of the game. I know we want to 459 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:46,639 Speaker 1: get it right, but when we were replaying seemingly every 460 00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 1: other play, I mean that game was like five hours yea, 461 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:54,280 Speaker 1: and overtime was brutal with the replace just brutal, you 462 00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:56,160 Speaker 1: know what. Let me start there, we have Brian Kelly 463 00:24:56,160 --> 00:24:58,680 Speaker 1: coming up top of the hour, more likely to play 464 00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:02,600 Speaker 1: in the National title game, Notre Dame or Clemson. Clemson, 465 00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:06,359 Speaker 1: because even if they if they win the rest of 466 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:09,280 Speaker 1: their games, they're gonna go. You know, they're gonna get 467 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:13,560 Speaker 1: sort of the Trevor Lawrence didn't play Mulligan. I still 468 00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:16,119 Speaker 1: think they'll be one of the top four teams. I 469 00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:19,560 Speaker 1: still think they'll go. And while I was impressed with 470 00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:22,320 Speaker 1: some of the things that Nerd Dame did, I just 471 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:25,520 Speaker 1: don't envision them being able to win back to back 472 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:29,240 Speaker 1: games against an Alabama type of team. You know, Nerd 473 00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:31,880 Speaker 1: Dame has more talent than they've had dan, but you 474 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:35,640 Speaker 1: can still see, like when the Clemson wide receivers are 475 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:39,560 Speaker 1: in open space or coverage, Notre Dame still doesn't quite 476 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:43,800 Speaker 1: have the perimeter speed that the truly elite teams have. 477 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:46,800 Speaker 1: They typically have a better O line, maybe even a 478 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:49,960 Speaker 1: D line that's comparable, but they still don't quite have 479 00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:53,159 Speaker 1: the same level of overall depth and speed with the 480 00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:56,199 Speaker 1: skill kids. Let me talk about let me get to 481 00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:59,040 Speaker 1: Jim Harball, and then we'll go to the NFL. Because 482 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:03,080 Speaker 1: if I always thought Jim Harball was a college coach, 483 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:06,239 Speaker 1: I just thought that he had fun. He was a raw, 484 00:26:06,359 --> 00:26:09,479 Speaker 1: raw corny. He could blend in. He could be one 485 00:26:09,520 --> 00:26:12,960 Speaker 1: of the guys and maybe not relatable in the NFL. 486 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:15,960 Speaker 1: Now you get that sense, or at least a little 487 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:18,280 Speaker 1: bit of that sense of maybe the next job is 488 00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:20,959 Speaker 1: going to be in the NFL, not college football. What 489 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:24,560 Speaker 1: do you make of that. I think it's likely, and 490 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:28,040 Speaker 1: I think it's because he's never really been able to 491 00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:34,000 Speaker 1: solve the quarterback dilemma at Michigan. And the irony is right, 492 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:36,359 Speaker 1: is that's why he got so much credit in the 493 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:39,600 Speaker 1: first place. You go back to Josh Johnson University of 494 00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:42,919 Speaker 1: San Diego, Andrew Luck at Stanford. Then of course with 495 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:47,080 Speaker 1: the forty nine ers, he resurrects Alex Smith's career, Colin Kaepernick, 496 00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:50,720 Speaker 1: all of that stuff. But yet at Michigan. I mean, 497 00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:54,199 Speaker 1: they've tried transfers, they've tried all kinds of guys. He 498 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:57,160 Speaker 1: has not been able. And I actually think this kid, 499 00:26:57,240 --> 00:26:59,120 Speaker 1: Joe Milton, has a chance, but he has not been 500 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:02,720 Speaker 1: able to get consistent performance from that position. And here's 501 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:06,000 Speaker 1: the thing, Dan, it's not talent. I follow the recruiting 502 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:10,200 Speaker 1: stuff closely. They recruit top ten recruiting class every year. 503 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:13,080 Speaker 1: You look at the amount of guys they've had drafted, 504 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:15,840 Speaker 1: the amount of guys that go to the combine from Michigan. 505 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:18,800 Speaker 1: It's fifteen twenty a year. I mean they're pumping out 506 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:22,760 Speaker 1: a lot of talent. They just haven't quite been able 507 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:26,200 Speaker 1: to get a quarterback that can play at a Trevor 508 00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:31,240 Speaker 1: Lawrence Justin Fields type of level. PAC twelve's playing at 509 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:35,800 Speaker 1: nine am local time. How desperate is the PAC twelfth. 510 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:39,639 Speaker 1: I don't understand this at all, Dan, I'm so glad 511 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:42,200 Speaker 1: you brought this up. I think Paulie will be with 512 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:45,080 Speaker 1: me on this one. I have said for years, Dan 513 00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:50,280 Speaker 1: that one of the Group of Five conferences or an 514 00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:55,679 Speaker 1: FCS conference, like you know, something like with Delaware, William 515 00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:59,120 Speaker 1: and Mary, you know Richmond, they should play at nine 516 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:01,919 Speaker 1: am or at least ten am or eleven. Look, the 517 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:03,959 Speaker 1: Ivy League game of the week, let's bring it back 518 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:06,399 Speaker 1: to my dudes, the Ivy League Game of the week 519 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:09,760 Speaker 1: every Saturday at nine am. You can't tell me that 520 00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:14,280 Speaker 1: there aren't people that wouldn't rather watch that than watch 521 00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:17,640 Speaker 1: the pregame shows. I think playing at nine am is fine. 522 00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:20,480 Speaker 1: I don't understand how it benefits the Back twelve. I mean, 523 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:23,600 Speaker 1: and they're playing at nine am on the West coast, Well, okay, 524 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:25,639 Speaker 1: that's nude on the East coast, where there's already a 525 00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:29,480 Speaker 1: bunch of good ACC games, big ten games. I don't 526 00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:32,159 Speaker 1: really see how that benefits them. If I'm back twelve, 527 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:36,640 Speaker 1: I try to own maybe Friday night at nine o'clock, 528 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:40,200 Speaker 1: Saturday night nine o'clock. I try to get the late window. 529 00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:43,440 Speaker 1: They're not gonna do any damage in the early window. 530 00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:46,960 Speaker 1: There should be an East Coast Conference though, either group 531 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:50,680 Speaker 1: of five like the Sun Belt or an FCS that played, 532 00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:52,880 Speaker 1: or at least ten am. Even if you do ten am, 533 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:56,160 Speaker 1: that's two hours where you would be the only game 534 00:28:56,360 --> 00:29:00,560 Speaker 1: on TV, and people still would prefer live sports over 535 00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:03,120 Speaker 1: a pregame show, no matter how good college game days. 536 00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:06,760 Speaker 1: He's Ross Tucker, former NFL offensive lineman and host of 537 00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:11,400 Speaker 1: Ross Tucker Football podcast and Westwood One NFL analyst. The 538 00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:18,240 Speaker 1: Saints last night blew out the Buccaneers because wow, it's 539 00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:20,160 Speaker 1: not even a question, it's a sentence. You want me 540 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:23,680 Speaker 1: to finish, and it's because they kicked there but all 541 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:27,000 Speaker 1: over the field. You know that is That's one of 542 00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:30,600 Speaker 1: those games then where I am very curious to see 543 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:34,920 Speaker 1: whether it's just a one week flush it doesn't really matter, 544 00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:39,320 Speaker 1: you know, sometimes that happens, or is it a game 545 00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:43,680 Speaker 1: where the Saints are able to really benefit from that 546 00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:46,200 Speaker 1: and carry that forward and go on a run here 547 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:50,000 Speaker 1: And conversely, does it affect you know, the Bucks confidence? 548 00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:51,959 Speaker 1: Do they go in the whole after this? I know this, 549 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:54,840 Speaker 1: though there are years. I think it was nineteen ninety four. 550 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:56,560 Speaker 1: You know, I grew up outside a Philly as an 551 00:29:56,560 --> 00:29:59,640 Speaker 1: Eagles fan. I want to say, in ninety four, and 552 00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:02,200 Speaker 1: you guys can look this up. The Eagles went to 553 00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:06,000 Speaker 1: San Francisco on like a Monday night game and beat 554 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:10,280 Speaker 1: the Niners by twenty. They smashed him. The Niners still 555 00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:12,400 Speaker 1: won the Super Bowl by thirty points. I mean, it 556 00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:16,200 Speaker 1: didn't matter, but that happens every once in a while, 557 00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:19,480 Speaker 1: and I think that what's really important moving forward is 558 00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:22,640 Speaker 1: how both of those teams respond from last night. I've 559 00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:24,800 Speaker 1: been waiting for that Saints defense all year. I mean, 560 00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:27,440 Speaker 1: they have talent everywhere. I don't know why they haven't 561 00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:29,640 Speaker 1: been able to play to that level that they did 562 00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:33,200 Speaker 1: last night. That was awfully, awfully impressive. Forty to eight 563 00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:37,640 Speaker 1: was the final score that was that Monday night game 564 00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:41,680 Speaker 1: of the Eagles. Oh my god, was it that bad? Yeah? Yeah, 565 00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:46,280 Speaker 1: I remember that and think about that and Charlie Garner 566 00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:50,560 Speaker 1: running back. Yeah, So that's a good I'm glad you 567 00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:53,280 Speaker 1: got you have some quick stats. Guys. Was that mclovin 568 00:30:53,320 --> 00:30:57,480 Speaker 1: or was that Paul I don't know anyway, that's PAULI. Well, 569 00:30:57,520 --> 00:30:59,440 Speaker 1: here's what I would say about it, though, Dan, it's 570 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:02,520 Speaker 1: a good last for everybody this morning to not take 571 00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:06,040 Speaker 1: any one result and try to I know, look, I 572 00:31:06,080 --> 00:31:07,680 Speaker 1: know we're in the media and you gotta talk about 573 00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:10,440 Speaker 1: the next day, but to not take any one game, 574 00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:13,719 Speaker 1: especially middle of the year, and try to extrapolate that 575 00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:15,360 Speaker 1: for what's going to happen the rest of the season. 576 00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:18,600 Speaker 1: But Ross, when did we start this with? We got 577 00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:21,200 Speaker 1: to start talking about the MVP like it's the heisman, 578 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:24,840 Speaker 1: you know, after the month is September, who's the MVP. 579 00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:31,480 Speaker 1: I don't remember doing that until recently. It felt like, Hey, 580 00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:34,000 Speaker 1: if Brett Farve wins it or Peyton wins it, and 581 00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:36,760 Speaker 1: we'll just wait until the end of the season. It 582 00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:40,040 Speaker 1: feels like this is almost week by week who's going 583 00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:42,840 Speaker 1: up and who's going down in the MVP race. Why 584 00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:46,160 Speaker 1: is that? Yeah, it's a good question, and it does 585 00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:48,000 Speaker 1: seem like it started the last couple of years. I 586 00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:50,680 Speaker 1: don't remember that when I was playing. I don't know, 587 00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:54,040 Speaker 1: I guess Dan because it's easy. It's an easy thing 588 00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:56,880 Speaker 1: to talk about who's the MVP, who's gonna win the 589 00:31:56,920 --> 00:31:59,280 Speaker 1: Super I mean, it's something that you can take the 590 00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:02,800 Speaker 1: temperature of every week. And now Russell Wilson med four turnovers, 591 00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:06,280 Speaker 1: Mahomes didn't. So now Mahomes is in the league. I 592 00:32:06,360 --> 00:32:08,840 Speaker 1: don't know. I gotta be honest with you. I've never 593 00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:12,120 Speaker 1: cared that much about the MVP. I feel like, for 594 00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:15,640 Speaker 1: whatever reason, the Heisman is a much bigger deal than 595 00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:19,160 Speaker 1: NFL MVP. I don't know why that is, but I've 596 00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:22,640 Speaker 1: always been more interested in the Heisman conversation than the 597 00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:25,160 Speaker 1: NFL MVP. One. Yeah, but it feels like in the 598 00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:29,280 Speaker 1: NFL you're gonna earn the MVP, whereas in college football it's, 599 00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:33,880 Speaker 1: you know, criteria. Who am I voting for best player 600 00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:38,920 Speaker 1: on the best team? You know, I love voting for 601 00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:42,440 Speaker 1: the Heisman, but it doesn't feel like it's as scientific 602 00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:46,560 Speaker 1: as maybe the NFL is. I think that's fair, and 603 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:49,320 Speaker 1: I think once something that's a fun exercise is to 604 00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:52,520 Speaker 1: go back through the Heisman winners over the last twenty 605 00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:54,640 Speaker 1: years and you look at some of them and you're like, 606 00:32:54,680 --> 00:32:58,719 Speaker 1: wait a minute, how did mark Ingram win over whoever? 607 00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:01,720 Speaker 1: How did he Because when you go back into it, 608 00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:03,719 Speaker 1: and even if and I'm not just talking about their 609 00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:06,840 Speaker 1: NFL careers, you just kind of remember the players in 610 00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:10,360 Speaker 1: college and then you look at their stats and you think, 611 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:13,360 Speaker 1: how did that happen? And usually how it happened is 612 00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:18,000 Speaker 1: in November and December, the games that are nationally televised, 613 00:33:18,040 --> 00:33:19,680 Speaker 1: it's going to be the best two or three or 614 00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:22,080 Speaker 1: four teams, and it's going to go to the best 615 00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:24,200 Speaker 1: player on one of the best two or three teams. 616 00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:27,600 Speaker 1: Even if Andrew Luck was more deserving than I think. 617 00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:29,640 Speaker 1: I think it was Andrew Luck and mark Ingram, maybe 618 00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:31,800 Speaker 1: you look back and you're like, oh my gosh, Andrew Luck. 619 00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:36,000 Speaker 1: Andrew Luck carried Stanford to up a big win in 620 00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:38,480 Speaker 1: the Bowl. He was a benter college football player. The 621 00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:41,040 Speaker 1: mark Ingram was that year. But Ingram was Alabama's running 622 00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:43,360 Speaker 1: back and they were the best team. Yeah, it just 623 00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:46,920 Speaker 1: feels like they're Gaudis stats now for quarterbacks that you know, 624 00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:50,640 Speaker 1: you there were players who might be the best player 625 00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:54,360 Speaker 1: in college football may not be Trevor Lawrence. I mean 626 00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:57,000 Speaker 1: shocker there that there might be somebody who turns out 627 00:33:57,040 --> 00:33:59,160 Speaker 1: to be a better football player in the pros. But 628 00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:02,160 Speaker 1: if you put up these gaudy numbers and you're on 629 00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:04,560 Speaker 1: a good team and you go in the final four, 630 00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:06,680 Speaker 1: you're gonna you're gonna have a great chance to win 631 00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:11,920 Speaker 1: the Heisman Trophy. That's not always the case in the NFL. Well, 632 00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:14,920 Speaker 1: I think at this point, Dan, I really do, based 633 00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:18,560 Speaker 1: on the rule changes at both levels, and based on 634 00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:22,120 Speaker 1: what coordinators have figured out in terms of the RPOs 635 00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:24,759 Speaker 1: and the zone reading, some of the things you can 636 00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:27,960 Speaker 1: do to really put defenses in a bind. I'd be 637 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:32,560 Speaker 1: surprised if there's an NFL MVP or a Heisman winner 638 00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:36,680 Speaker 1: over the next ten twenty years that isn't a quarterback. Yeah, 639 00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:39,080 Speaker 1: what's that going to happen? It's not. I mean, look 640 00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:41,560 Speaker 1: at the top five for both awards this year, it's 641 00:34:41,640 --> 00:34:44,879 Speaker 1: Russell Wilson, Mahomes blah blah blah, maybe Josh Allen or 642 00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:49,960 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers. In college football, it's field. I'm not sure, Dan, 643 00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:53,439 Speaker 1: when the next time we'll have a non quarterback win 644 00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:56,520 Speaker 1: either one of those awards. To your point, yeah, I'm 645 00:34:56,560 --> 00:35:00,359 Speaker 1: with you, Because let's say Barry Sanders was playing now 646 00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:03,640 Speaker 1: and rushing for twenty three hundred yards, which is what 647 00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:07,680 Speaker 1: he did. Is that enough? And you know he wasn't 648 00:35:07,680 --> 00:35:10,520 Speaker 1: on a national title contender. He was on a good 649 00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:14,360 Speaker 1: team like Delvin Cook at Florida State was awesome, but 650 00:35:14,760 --> 00:35:17,560 Speaker 1: in awesome in the NFL. But he's not. You're not 651 00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:21,000 Speaker 1: playing for a national championship. And it's rare when we 652 00:35:21,239 --> 00:35:23,760 Speaker 1: single out a running back or a wide receiver anymore, 653 00:35:24,200 --> 00:35:26,919 Speaker 1: or defensive I mean yeah, I mean Michael Thomas set 654 00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:29,759 Speaker 1: the record for catches in the season last year on 655 00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:34,160 Speaker 1: an awesome team, and nobody really so in the NFL, 656 00:35:34,640 --> 00:35:37,880 Speaker 1: we've gotten to this point where if you're Christian McCaffrey 657 00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:40,400 Speaker 1: or Michael Thomas and you have a great statistical season, 658 00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:43,960 Speaker 1: somehow that puts you in the category for Offensive Player 659 00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:47,520 Speaker 1: of the Year, but not MVP. But then the MVP 660 00:35:48,280 --> 00:35:50,960 Speaker 1: is an offensive player, but he's not the Offensive Player 661 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:52,960 Speaker 1: of the Year. I mean, we've totally screwed this up. 662 00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:56,160 Speaker 1: I'll give you another one, Dan, nobody's talking about Big 663 00:35:56,200 --> 00:36:00,279 Speaker 1: Ben FRIMVP because he's coming back from injury, so we've 664 00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:02,960 Speaker 1: already put him in the comeback Player of the Year bucket. 665 00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:05,480 Speaker 1: He's in the comeback Player of the Year bucket. Oh yeah, 666 00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:08,000 Speaker 1: give that to Big Bend or Alex Smith. Don't even 667 00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:10,640 Speaker 1: talk about him for m VP. It's a joke. Good 668 00:36:10,640 --> 00:36:12,680 Speaker 1: to talk to you, buddy. Thanks for joining us. We'll 669 00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:15,680 Speaker 1: talk to you soon. All right. That's Ross Chucker, former 670 00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:20,040 Speaker 1: NFL offensive lineman Ross Tucker Football Podcast, Westwood One NFL analysts. 671 00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:24,840 Speaker 1: He's one of my favorite guests VPS. Like he's passionate 672 00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:29,680 Speaker 1: Ivy League guy. It just feels like he gives you 673 00:36:29,719 --> 00:36:32,279 Speaker 1: an honest answer. There. That's good stuff. All right, we'll 674 00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:34,680 Speaker 1: come back Best and Worst of the weekend, Brian Kelly 675 00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:36,879 Speaker 1: Tott to the hour. We'll bring back our interview with 676 00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:40,520 Speaker 1: Alex Trebec from six years ago, passing away yesterday at 677 00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:42,759 Speaker 1: the age of eighty. Your phone call is best and 678 00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:45,240 Speaker 1: worst after this. Thanks for listening to The Dan Patrick 679 00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:48,120 Speaker 1: Show podcast. Be sure to catch us live every weekday 680 00:36:48,160 --> 00:36:50,960 Speaker 1: morning nine until noon eastern six to nine Pacific on 681 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:53,360 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio, and you can find us on the 682 00:36:53,400 --> 00:36:57,600 Speaker 1: iHeartRadio app at FSR or stream us live on the 683 00:36:57,640 --> 00:37:01,880 Speaker 1: Peacock app. So we're the former Astro's gym Jeff lunow 684 00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:07,320 Speaker 1: is suing his team, calls the sign stealing punishment, negotiated 685 00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:11,480 Speaker 1: result and he's suing the team for a breach of contract. 686 00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:15,440 Speaker 1: The other baseball news, Justin Turner was not discipline, not 687 00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:19,960 Speaker 1: fine the Dodgers not discipline, not fine for the post 688 00:37:20,239 --> 00:37:23,719 Speaker 1: game six World Series celebration where Justin Turner came onto 689 00:37:23,760 --> 00:37:26,680 Speaker 1: the field. I was told by a source last night 690 00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:30,920 Speaker 1: that this was just the commissioner placating the Players Association 691 00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:35,040 Speaker 1: didn't want to get involved in something that was a 692 00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:39,400 Speaker 1: drawn out, protracted They buried the story because they released 693 00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:42,239 Speaker 1: it on Friday late afternoon, that they wanted it to 694 00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:46,120 Speaker 1: go away with what was going on with the presidential election, 695 00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:50,279 Speaker 1: college football, pro football. Zero punishment there, And I was 696 00:37:50,320 --> 00:37:52,959 Speaker 1: told that this is just a we're gonna play nice 697 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:56,760 Speaker 1: with the Players Association, and you know, we appreciate everything 698 00:37:56,800 --> 00:38:01,960 Speaker 1: they did with COVID getting this season through, and that's 699 00:38:01,960 --> 00:38:04,239 Speaker 1: why they weren't going to go after Justin Turner. But 700 00:38:04,600 --> 00:38:06,840 Speaker 1: that was what I heard from a source yesterday. Jeff 701 00:38:06,840 --> 00:38:09,080 Speaker 1: and Detroit Jones. Just then, we'll give you our best 702 00:38:09,080 --> 00:38:11,000 Speaker 1: and worst of the weekend. Hi, Jeff, what's on your 703 00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:14,360 Speaker 1: mind today? Hey? What up? Though? One time for chat 704 00:38:14,440 --> 00:38:17,759 Speaker 1: row Best and worst of the weekend. Best is gonna 705 00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:20,279 Speaker 1: be with the Electric season over, we got a new 706 00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:23,040 Speaker 1: president elect. I can go back to hating people for 707 00:38:23,160 --> 00:38:25,520 Speaker 1: who they root for opposed to who they vote for. 708 00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:28,560 Speaker 1: I am so happy that it is pretty much awful 709 00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:31,680 Speaker 1: with and I'm sure every American out there is wondering 710 00:38:31,719 --> 00:38:33,840 Speaker 1: the same thing that I am. What the hell is 711 00:38:33,880 --> 00:38:37,040 Speaker 1: going on up in an arbor Michigan. Oh my goodness, 712 00:38:37,040 --> 00:38:40,120 Speaker 1: they get beat by Indiana and then the Lions. They 713 00:38:40,239 --> 00:38:44,520 Speaker 1: just the Lions defense couldn't corral a couple of kids 714 00:38:44,520 --> 00:38:48,520 Speaker 1: in a candy store down. It's pitiful. It really is pretiful. 715 00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:51,719 Speaker 1: But luckily I'm a football fan. I'm just thankful that 716 00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:54,520 Speaker 1: it's so much football to look at Man and they, 717 00:38:54,719 --> 00:38:58,360 Speaker 1: you know, keep on drugging out. I'm looking for Hardball. Honestly, 718 00:38:58,719 --> 00:39:00,920 Speaker 1: I would love to see him in a Lions outfit. 719 00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:03,120 Speaker 1: I would love to see Hardball come on over and 720 00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:06,359 Speaker 1: tech over the reins of the Detroit Lions, because I 721 00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:08,360 Speaker 1: honestly believe that he would do better than my patrician 722 00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:10,520 Speaker 1: they just quit playing for h huh. All right, Jeff, 723 00:39:10,600 --> 00:39:12,760 Speaker 1: thank you. Let's go around the room. Best and worst 724 00:39:12,760 --> 00:39:14,800 Speaker 1: of the weekend, Todd. I'll start with you. Best of 725 00:39:14,840 --> 00:39:17,279 Speaker 1: the weekend, Michael PENNOCKX Junior leads now three and oh 726 00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:19,960 Speaker 1: Indiana or thirty eight twenty one win over hapless Michigan 727 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:22,320 Speaker 1: three hundred and forty two yards three tds no picks 728 00:39:22,680 --> 00:39:25,520 Speaker 1: Worst of the weekend in anything but Happy Valley. Maryland 729 00:39:25,560 --> 00:39:28,160 Speaker 1: takes care of Penn State thirty five nineteen Nitney Lions 730 00:39:28,160 --> 00:39:30,520 Speaker 1: haven't started a season oh and three since two thousand 731 00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:33,239 Speaker 1: and one. Fear the Turtle. That was one of those 732 00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:36,520 Speaker 1: where you went, wait what Penn State lost again? Penn 733 00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:40,600 Speaker 1: State loses in crushing fashion to Indiana, then you lose 734 00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:47,080 Speaker 1: to Maryland and you lost handily. Although two his brother 735 00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:52,440 Speaker 1: can play. He's good, he's fun starting quarterback in Maryland. 736 00:39:53,080 --> 00:39:55,560 Speaker 1: Mccluve in West and worst best I'm gonna know Bill's 737 00:39:55,600 --> 00:39:57,600 Speaker 1: quarterback Josh Allen. I thought we were all off to 738 00:39:57,719 --> 00:40:00,239 Speaker 1: Josh Allen van Wagon. Then he comes back in just 739 00:40:00,320 --> 00:40:04,120 Speaker 1: like torches. The Seahawks so confused there worst and I 740 00:40:04,120 --> 00:40:05,760 Speaker 1: don't even know if it's worse. It's kind of funny. 741 00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:11,520 Speaker 1: The Chargers finding a way to lose a heartbreaker every week, unbelievable, unbelievable. 742 00:40:12,840 --> 00:40:16,839 Speaker 1: And Justin Herbert has been great, but you know that 743 00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:20,759 Speaker 1: falls on the head coach to Anthony Lynn. Yeah, but 744 00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:23,439 Speaker 1: doesn't matter though, I mean, and well it might matter 745 00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:27,080 Speaker 1: for his future. Yeah, but it's like, if you know, 746 00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:30,960 Speaker 1: they lost herwin, James lost, They've lost some guys, get 747 00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:34,440 Speaker 1: a high pick another star in there. Maybe this is 748 00:40:34,480 --> 00:40:36,480 Speaker 1: a team that's talent enough to still be in the 749 00:40:36,520 --> 00:40:39,120 Speaker 1: playoff chase. They should be, They really should be in 750 00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:41,440 Speaker 1: a ton Does Philip Rivers feel any sense of redemption? 751 00:40:41,520 --> 00:40:43,200 Speaker 1: Not that he wants his former team to do poorly, 752 00:40:43,280 --> 00:40:44,759 Speaker 1: but that was one of the knocks on him, that 753 00:40:44,760 --> 00:40:46,359 Speaker 1: they were losing a lot of close games with him, 754 00:40:46,480 --> 00:40:48,200 Speaker 1: and even with him not being that the same thing 755 00:40:48,280 --> 00:40:53,759 Speaker 1: is still happening to the Chargers. Well he lost yesterday. Yeah, 756 00:40:53,840 --> 00:40:55,680 Speaker 1: but as far as the Charger standpoints, like, oh, we 757 00:40:55,719 --> 00:40:57,520 Speaker 1: need a nice new young quarterback so we can find 758 00:40:57,520 --> 00:40:59,239 Speaker 1: a way to pull out these close games. And it's 759 00:40:59,239 --> 00:41:02,120 Speaker 1: still happening without Rivers understand. He doesn't strike me as 760 00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:07,200 Speaker 1: somebody who's going to be looking back vindictive. I don't 761 00:41:07,239 --> 00:41:11,680 Speaker 1: think so, but thank you Tod. Yeah. See, yes, I 762 00:41:11,719 --> 00:41:13,520 Speaker 1: would say he wasn't looking at the thirty yard line 763 00:41:13,560 --> 00:41:17,240 Speaker 1: where it jumped up and tripped him yesterday. Am Yes, Seaton, 764 00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:21,640 Speaker 1: your reactions. Sometimes they're so funny to Todd, you go, well, 765 00:41:22,239 --> 00:41:25,680 Speaker 1: he lost yesterday, so it's like very Bill Belichick in 766 00:41:27,520 --> 00:41:30,160 Speaker 1: But I sometimes Todd will say something I have no 767 00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:33,719 Speaker 1: idea how about to say he was would be celebrating 768 00:41:33,760 --> 00:41:36,120 Speaker 1: a Charger's loss. I know his team lost with the Cults, 769 00:41:36,280 --> 00:41:38,040 Speaker 1: but in the Charge in the last couple of years 770 00:41:38,080 --> 00:41:40,160 Speaker 1: with the Charger days, they were all all these stats 771 00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:42,920 Speaker 1: about how I keep losing these close games with Rivers. 772 00:41:43,040 --> 00:41:45,520 Speaker 1: Maybe he's washed up his time for another quarterback and 773 00:41:45,600 --> 00:41:47,520 Speaker 1: they got a nice new young quarterback and they're still 774 00:41:47,680 --> 00:41:49,799 Speaker 1: losing these close games. I thought that was a valid point. 775 00:41:50,200 --> 00:41:53,400 Speaker 1: Thank you, Todd, um seaton of have to wait for 776 00:41:53,480 --> 00:41:56,120 Speaker 1: you and PAULI next hour, Todd took up all the time. 777 00:41:56,360 --> 00:41:59,600 Speaker 1: I apologize blood point I wanted to follow. That you 778 00:41:59,719 --> 00:42:02,040 Speaker 1: did was the greatest set up I want to crush. 779 00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:06,040 Speaker 1: I think we h got that all cleared up. Philip 780 00:42:06,160 --> 00:42:09,920 Speaker 1: Rivers looking back at the Chargers, Old Chargers, Yeah, same 781 00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:12,960 Speaker 1: old Charges, Same old Philip Rivers. Final hour coming up 782 00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:15,960 Speaker 1: Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly in about ten minutes, 783 00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:18,200 Speaker 1: and we'll bring back our Alex Trebec interview