WEBVTT - Kevin Harlan Talks His Favorite NBA Player To Watch 0:00:03.920 --> 0:00:08.520 From the King of Sports Books comes the King Sports 0:00:08.560 --> 0:00:19.000 Podcast Unleashed, presented by bet MGM. Here's your host, Joanna's 0:00:19.040 --> 0:00:28.520 Papas and Olivia Harland Decker. Welcome in everyone. This is 0:00:28.680 --> 0:00:31.800 Unleashed by bet MGM, the King of Sports Books, and 0:00:31.880 --> 0:00:36.040 it is officially the most wonderful time of the year. 0:00:36.280 --> 0:00:40.080 It's a winter wonderland of sports. Bowl season. Nick Saban 0:00:40.159 --> 0:00:43.640 eating yummy rat poison, big NFL games as the playoff 0:00:43.680 --> 0:00:47.040 picture starts to take shape, college hoops, and Janice is 0:00:47.120 --> 0:00:49.960 deck right in the tree with New York Giants ornaments. 0:00:50.000 --> 0:00:53.520 Something tells me that is accurate, right, Johnnie? It is accurate. 0:00:53.560 --> 0:00:56.440 I mean it has to. The Giants have to be 0:00:56.480 --> 0:00:58.680 good for something in my house. At least they look 0:00:58.720 --> 0:01:00.680 good on a tree right now, because they a horrible 0:01:00.760 --> 0:01:05.080 on a gridiron. But we've got a huge show coming up. 0:01:05.120 --> 0:01:07.680 We can ask our guests all about that. It's Kevin 0:01:07.720 --> 0:01:11.039 Harlan joining the show. Two time National Sportscaster of the Year, 0:01:11.480 --> 0:01:14.000 Voice of NBA two k NBA on t n T, 0:01:14.319 --> 0:01:17.840 NFL on CBS Monday Night Football and The Super Bowl 0:01:17.920 --> 0:01:21.640 on Westwood One. He's also my dad, and he's also 0:01:21.800 --> 0:01:25.360 a recurring guest. Now this is his second appearance. Honest, 0:01:25.480 --> 0:01:27.160 what are you going to ask him about? I'm a 0:01:27.200 --> 0:01:30.120 little nervous. We haven't talked about this. I have not 0:01:30.280 --> 0:01:33.880 been excited for a guest on this show as much 0:01:33.920 --> 0:01:38.920 as I've been excited for the patriarch of the Harlans. Finally, 0:01:39.400 --> 0:01:42.360 I got so many questions to ask about Little Olivia. 0:01:42.840 --> 0:01:45.560 I want to know everything, so I'm not going to 0:01:45.640 --> 0:01:48.200 give it to you right now. I'm gonna let it 0:01:48.240 --> 0:01:51.000 all happen in the moment and see you react. I 0:01:51.080 --> 0:01:54.800 can't wait. Okay, something tells me like I might start 0:01:54.840 --> 0:01:57.600 crying during this interview. My dad is the most sentimental, 0:01:57.600 --> 0:02:00.600 sappy person in the world. He's like my best friend 0:02:01.000 --> 0:02:04.120 person I respect most plets. I'm pregnant, so hormones are 0:02:04.160 --> 0:02:06.360 running like crazy, so I feel like I'm just gonna cry. 0:02:06.520 --> 0:02:09.079 And I'm flying to Europe tonight and I don't get 0:02:09.120 --> 0:02:11.840 to see him before because this man works more than anyone, 0:02:12.240 --> 0:02:14.720 so I'm just happy to see his face before I 0:02:14.760 --> 0:02:16.919 get on that long flight. So this is really special. 0:02:17.360 --> 0:02:19.320 After the interview, we're going to get some Week four 0:02:19.360 --> 0:02:22.920 team betting advice from Peter Andrew some huge games this weekend, 0:02:23.240 --> 0:02:26.320 including Ravens and Browns. Something tells me that might be 0:02:26.360 --> 0:02:29.280 one of our punishment picks, and the Rams try to 0:02:29.280 --> 0:02:32.560 get things right against the league's best team, the Arizona Cardinals, 0:02:32.760 --> 0:02:34.640 who are now two games up on them in the 0:02:34.760 --> 0:02:38.120 NFC West. It's a lot going on, but first we've 0:02:38.160 --> 0:02:40.040 got to give it up to the big news of 0:02:40.080 --> 0:02:43.840 the week. They finally did it. Congrats to the Detroit 0:02:43.919 --> 0:02:46.680 Lions and head coach Dan Campbell for getting their first 0:02:46.760 --> 0:02:51.400 win of the season. They beat the Vikings Jared Goff 0:02:51.560 --> 0:02:54.400 with a walk off winner. Look, the whole country was 0:02:54.520 --> 0:02:56.520 cheering for them that night, and it was so cool 0:02:56.560 --> 0:02:59.280 to watch. Here's head coach Dan Campbell after the game. 0:03:00.000 --> 0:03:02.160 I'm proud of our guys, man, I'm happy for them, 0:03:02.360 --> 0:03:04.440 of course, I'm happy. We're all happy. I'm happy for 0:03:04.480 --> 0:03:07.120 the coaches, I'm happy for everybody. But it's like, you 0:03:07.160 --> 0:03:09.639 want this so bad for the players, man, because they're 0:03:09.639 --> 0:03:11.359 the ones who put in all the hard work and 0:03:11.400 --> 0:03:13.240 the sweat and the tears. And yeah, we all do, 0:03:13.320 --> 0:03:16.480 and so do the coaches man, and uh and but 0:03:16.520 --> 0:03:18.720 it's also that's what makes this great, you know. And 0:03:18.800 --> 0:03:21.640 it it looks when you lose. It hurts. It's hard. 0:03:22.080 --> 0:03:24.680 It's hard, but it's also why winning is so great 0:03:24.760 --> 0:03:26.680 ness lead because it's not easy to do and when 0:03:26.720 --> 0:03:29.560 you get them, man, it's special. So the Lions are 0:03:29.560 --> 0:03:34.520 officially one ten and one. That is some weird record. Yeah, 0:03:34.600 --> 0:03:36.400 it's were you excited to see them win or did 0:03:36.400 --> 0:03:40.320 you want them to go oh sixteen and one? Uh. 0:03:40.360 --> 0:03:44.640 I'll say this earnestly. Before what happened there, I wanted 0:03:44.680 --> 0:03:46.840 to see them go oh in sixteen because it's just 0:03:47.360 --> 0:03:49.640 it's fun to watch a team go oh in sixteen. 0:03:50.080 --> 0:03:52.920 But you know, I was rooting for them after, you know, 0:03:53.040 --> 0:03:55.720 the tragedy that happened there in Detroit, and so it 0:03:55.800 --> 0:03:59.880 was nice that the fans over there got a little gift, 0:04:00.040 --> 0:04:04.000 little early Christmas gift with a victory. Beautiful America was 0:04:04.080 --> 0:04:06.760 rooting for him. Yeah, that was really cool and even 0:04:06.800 --> 0:04:09.320 better that they dedicated the win to that high school. 0:04:09.360 --> 0:04:12.000 So sad for that community. Just you hate turning on 0:04:12.040 --> 0:04:14.200 the news in the morning and seeing that it's horrible. 0:04:14.760 --> 0:04:17.560 You know, that's the beautiful thing about sports. It's just 0:04:17.920 --> 0:04:21.840 a great outlet after something like that happens for everyone 0:04:21.880 --> 0:04:25.400 to get together root for their team. I remember, you know, 0:04:25.839 --> 0:04:29.840 the baseball playoffs after nine eleven, and how cathartic that was. 0:04:30.000 --> 0:04:34.080 So just sending a lot of love to Detroit, sending 0:04:34.080 --> 0:04:37.640 a lot of love to that whole area, and congratulations 0:04:37.800 --> 0:04:40.360 on Now I'll switch gears. You're only one of the season. 0:04:40.400 --> 0:04:43.280 Your team sucks. Oh god, I was about to say 0:04:43.320 --> 0:04:47.320 that was really beautifully said. Yeah, there you go. Let's 0:04:47.320 --> 0:04:50.599 get to our bad beat of the week winner, Bad 0:04:50.680 --> 0:04:57.680 beat of the Week at Mel Richards eleven and just 0:04:57.760 --> 0:05:00.520 like every week, it's always a parlay, which makes me 0:05:00.839 --> 0:05:03.280 nervous to always do a parlay, but that's also where 0:05:03.320 --> 0:05:05.599 you make the big money. Well, my man, Mel, he 0:05:05.640 --> 0:05:10.080 had seven picks and the one that lost was the Bruins. See, 0:05:10.080 --> 0:05:12.560 I wouldn't even go there, the Tampa Bay lightning at 0:05:12.600 --> 0:05:17.480 the Boston Bruins. I who follows hockey, who's based on hockey, 0:05:17.720 --> 0:05:19.800 just getting probably a lot of our listeners, but yeah, 0:05:19.839 --> 0:05:22.599 this was this was all hockey, my man. Yeah, yeah, 0:05:22.720 --> 0:05:25.760 my man must be from Finland or Canada because in 0:05:25.800 --> 0:05:28.719 the good Old Glory we're all about football. My friend, 0:05:28.839 --> 0:05:32.680 it's a man's sport. So six of the seven hit, 0:05:32.880 --> 0:05:37.000 so that is a bad beat. Mel but congratulations because 0:05:37.040 --> 0:05:39.880 you get a hundred bucks from bed MGM just to 0:05:39.960 --> 0:05:42.640 use on site credit, just to use on your next bet. 0:05:43.000 --> 0:05:44.719 And I hope this one works out for you and 0:05:44.720 --> 0:05:47.760 you could win some big money. Okay, now it's time 0:05:47.760 --> 0:05:49.920 for us to sound off on one topic we feel 0:05:49.920 --> 0:05:53.000 passionately about this week, you know, the deally honest, it's 0:05:53.080 --> 0:06:01.719 time to one, It's time let's fudle. The college football 0:06:01.720 --> 0:06:05.520 playoff has finally been set and we've got my bulldogs, 0:06:05.600 --> 0:06:08.799 number three seed Georgia versus the Big Ten champs, number 0:06:08.800 --> 0:06:12.760 two Michigan in the Orange Bowl. The Wolverines are currently 0:06:12.800 --> 0:06:15.960 a nine point underdog. That might change a little bit. 0:06:16.240 --> 0:06:18.520 I think Georgia will give them hell. They got so 0:06:18.720 --> 0:06:21.480 off their mark us Alabama. I had to watch them 0:06:21.480 --> 0:06:26.240 slowly bleed out in front of my eyes. It was tragic, tragic, 0:06:26.320 --> 0:06:28.760 my alma mater. It was sad. In the top seed, 0:06:28.880 --> 0:06:32.200 the SEC champs Alabama taking on number four seed, the 0:06:32.240 --> 0:06:36.680 American Athletic Conference champs Cincinnati in the Cotton Bowl. And 0:06:36.760 --> 0:06:39.359 remember you, honest, we talked about this last week. I 0:06:39.400 --> 0:06:42.680 explained this to you. Group of five conferences are like 0:06:42.800 --> 0:06:47.680 j V to the Power fives. Varsity. So Cincinnati fans 0:06:47.760 --> 0:06:50.480 and people who argued that a Nonpower five school deserve 0:06:50.560 --> 0:06:54.080 to go, congratulations. The glass ceiling has been broken, and 0:06:54.120 --> 0:06:56.680 they have to write the committee couldn't leave a perfect 0:06:56.720 --> 0:06:59.320 team out because they aren't a name brand there, that 0:06:59.400 --> 0:07:01.880 generic brand on the bottom shelf that your mom gets 0:07:01.920 --> 0:07:03.760 you when she tells you you've got to tighten things up. 0:07:04.160 --> 0:07:06.840 And their prize now for a perfect season. Oh yeah, 0:07:06.880 --> 0:07:09.800 just a date with the most dangerous team in college football, 0:07:09.920 --> 0:07:13.400 the Alabama Crimson Tide. Alabama is currently a fourteen point 0:07:13.440 --> 0:07:19.240 favorite of fourteen point favorite in a national semifinal. That's 0:07:19.440 --> 0:07:22.560 bad in this playoff format has led to so many 0:07:22.600 --> 0:07:25.960 blowout games already. It's a hard sell. And that's why 0:07:26.000 --> 0:07:28.320 a lot of people don't get behind college football or 0:07:28.480 --> 0:07:32.000 understand the playoff because you have a kind of random 0:07:32.000 --> 0:07:35.600 conglomerate of four teams. Now again, I agree with the 0:07:35.600 --> 0:07:38.120 four teams they picked. I just think we need to 0:07:38.120 --> 0:07:39.960 expand the playoffs so we're not going to have these 0:07:40.000 --> 0:07:43.920 kind of blowouts. So we know, Cincinnati's undefeated with a 0:07:43.960 --> 0:07:47.000 big win over Notre Dame that was back in October. 0:07:47.480 --> 0:07:50.600 That loss kept the Irish out Notre Dame was the 0:07:50.640 --> 0:07:54.120 only team Cincinnati faced in the FPI Top forty, and 0:07:54.160 --> 0:07:58.080 their strength of schedule ranked eighties seven in FBS. Honest, 0:07:58.120 --> 0:08:00.160 I know you say you need an accounting degree you 0:08:00.200 --> 0:08:02.640 to figure out college football, but tell me you understand that. 0:08:03.400 --> 0:08:06.800 I don't understand it. I do not, And I can 0:08:06.840 --> 0:08:09.520 we stop treating the playoffs in college football like the 0:08:09.560 --> 0:08:12.160 Academy Awards? And while we're at it, can we get 0:08:12.280 --> 0:08:17.240 rid of the name the cotton Ball? Come on, that's 0:08:17.280 --> 0:08:19.880 a whole nother topic, my man, that is. But yeah, 0:08:19.880 --> 0:08:22.280 so the point is Cincinnati didn't have a strong schedule 0:08:22.440 --> 0:08:25.920 and they didn't exactly dominate the mediocre competition in the 0:08:25.960 --> 0:08:30.000 American athletic competition. So no disrespect to my man, Nick 0:08:30.080 --> 0:08:32.840 lash and a lum, but there's a reason the bear 0:08:32.920 --> 0:08:37.320 Cats are a two touchdown underdog. So personally, I don't 0:08:37.320 --> 0:08:40.120 even think Cincinnati was the best school in Ohio this year. 0:08:40.240 --> 0:08:42.240 And if we really just put together a playoff of 0:08:42.240 --> 0:08:44.320 who we want to see play each other, I think 0:08:44.360 --> 0:08:46.560 people would have put Ohio State back in there and 0:08:46.600 --> 0:08:49.600 have another great game like we saw against Michigan. But hey, 0:08:49.720 --> 0:08:51.720 we're about to find out the bear Cats are in 0:08:52.120 --> 0:08:54.760 and now it's time to show that they actually belong. 0:08:56.440 --> 0:08:58.360 I mean, you kill it with those and the way 0:08:58.400 --> 0:09:00.599 you keep going in on this. I has hoped that 0:09:00.679 --> 0:09:04.040 these committees and college football powers that be are listening 0:09:04.080 --> 0:09:07.040 to our podcast because O H. D has got a 0:09:07.200 --> 0:09:11.439 few words for you, my friends. I love it to 0:09:11.559 --> 0:09:14.040 piggyback on that. Let's stay in college a little bit. 0:09:14.600 --> 0:09:20.400 I also have something to unleashawan on college football, and 0:09:20.480 --> 0:09:26.760 that's new ball coach down in L. S U. Brian Kelly. 0:09:27.600 --> 0:09:31.680 College football coaches are by far the most unloyal people 0:09:31.760 --> 0:09:35.120 in the game, backstabbers. I mean, they will cheat on 0:09:35.160 --> 0:09:38.280 you the first chance they get. And that's just what 0:09:38.640 --> 0:09:42.800 Mr Brian Kelly dead. Uh. Just a few weeks ago, 0:09:42.840 --> 0:09:47.240 Brian Kelly had said, unless the fairy Godmother comes by 0:09:47.400 --> 0:09:50.839 with that two hundred and fifty million dollar check, my 0:09:50.960 --> 0:09:53.080 wife would want to take a look at that first. 0:09:53.280 --> 0:09:57.240 I'd have to run it buy her. I don't buy it. Well, 0:09:57.320 --> 0:10:00.119 I guess the fairy Godmother isn't L. S U Alum 0:10:00.160 --> 0:10:03.679 because he's gone. He's gone with the wind. He bailed 0:10:03.679 --> 0:10:06.600 on Notre Dame like I bail when the check comes. 0:10:06.640 --> 0:10:09.240 At dinner with O H. D and her husband Sam. 0:10:09.440 --> 0:10:15.040 I saw that contracted Turkey the Irish. They still had 0:10:15.040 --> 0:10:17.160 a very good chance to make the college football playoff, 0:10:17.520 --> 0:10:20.400 but he basically left them at the altar like it 0:10:20.480 --> 0:10:23.400 was an episode of The Bachelor. This is ridiculous, too 0:10:23.520 --> 0:10:26.960 much drama. But what was even worse was after the 0:10:26.960 --> 0:10:29.600 news broke, Brian Kelly had his players come to a 0:10:29.600 --> 0:10:33.880 meeting the next morning at seven a m. Seven a m. 0:10:33.880 --> 0:10:37.720 To tell them the news that they already knew. And 0:10:37.760 --> 0:10:40.320 it was an eleven minute meeting. Then he got back 0:10:40.360 --> 0:10:43.199 on the private jet back to Louisiana. I mean, are 0:10:43.200 --> 0:10:46.240 you serious, Like these kids haven't been through enough. You 0:10:46.280 --> 0:10:49.920 made them get up at seven m. Shame on you, 0:10:50.000 --> 0:10:53.640 Brian Kelly. You should have done this over zoom. Then 0:10:53.640 --> 0:10:56.719 Brian Kelly shows up at halftime of an l s 0:10:56.800 --> 0:10:59.320 U basketball game, and this is my favorite part. He 0:10:59.400 --> 0:11:05.240 takes them my and listen to this thank you, thank you. Well, 0:11:05.240 --> 0:11:08.040 that's a great way to get started. And I haven't 0:11:08.080 --> 0:11:14.280 even run all my games yet. It's a great night 0:11:15.240 --> 0:11:18.880 to be a Tiger. I'm here with my family and 0:11:19.000 --> 0:11:22.040 we are so excited to be in the great state 0:11:22.080 --> 0:11:28.000 of Louisiana. But more importantly to be with you great 0:11:28.080 --> 0:11:31.680 fans and to be part of what is going to 0:11:31.760 --> 0:11:38.800 be an incredible ride here at Louisiana State University. I mean, 0:11:39.840 --> 0:11:43.040 is he auditioning to be the host of Senel this season? 0:11:43.679 --> 0:11:46.600 This is a great way to get started. I'm here 0:11:46.640 --> 0:11:49.560 with my family. I mean, I haven't heard a fake 0:11:49.600 --> 0:11:53.080 accent that bad since I saw Lady Gaga in the 0:11:53.120 --> 0:11:58.559 House of Gucci or any time Madonna opens her mouth. Look, 0:11:58.720 --> 0:12:02.080 since this is college, I have an idea. If a 0:12:02.120 --> 0:12:04.160 college coach is going to leave for a new job 0:12:04.280 --> 0:12:06.640 and bail on the team, they should have to do 0:12:06.840 --> 0:12:12.080 at least a wapash game across campus. Had enough, and 0:12:12.120 --> 0:12:15.080 anyone who's done a waka shame across campus knows that 0:12:15.080 --> 0:12:17.920 that's about the worst punishment you could ever have. That's 0:12:17.920 --> 0:12:20.840 not me, but just anyone who had so I completely 0:12:20.880 --> 0:12:22.960 agree with you, Janice. That's a great topic to unleash. 0:12:23.080 --> 0:12:25.640 And here's my thing. L S was looking for a 0:12:25.640 --> 0:12:29.800 football coach for next season. This could have waited a week, 0:12:30.200 --> 0:12:31.959 And if it had waited a week, we would have 0:12:32.000 --> 0:12:34.920 known Notre Dame is knocked out. Cincinnati's in the whole thing. 0:12:35.320 --> 0:12:38.000 I agree the timing was horrible. The money is not 0:12:38.200 --> 0:12:42.000 and I always defend coaches on this. It's a business, 0:12:42.120 --> 0:12:45.000 and I'm sorry they're gonna go where the money is. 0:12:45.120 --> 0:12:46.640 And l S is one of the best jobs in 0:12:46.640 --> 0:12:49.400 college football. Notre Dame, you could also offer is one 0:12:49.400 --> 0:12:52.800 of the best jobs in college football. But it's a business. 0:12:52.920 --> 0:12:55.000 I have no problem with it. I got a problem 0:12:55.040 --> 0:12:56.720 with the timing, though, But that was a great Unlis, 0:12:56.880 --> 0:12:59.480 a good job. I love seeing you get into college football. Yeah, 0:12:59.520 --> 0:13:01.720 and it just again shows that I am the heart 0:13:01.720 --> 0:13:05.680 of the show and you are the cold rational brain. 0:13:05.960 --> 0:13:09.200 You just I mean, that is cold hearted. I mean, 0:13:09.320 --> 0:13:12.720 where's your heart, Olivia. My heart's in Turkey. My heart's 0:13:12.720 --> 0:13:14.800 already on the flight. Let's bring in my dad to 0:13:14.880 --> 0:13:26.679 talk some NFL and NBA. It's Kevin Harland. This is 0:13:26.760 --> 0:13:29.720 such a treat Dad. This is your second appearance on 0:13:29.880 --> 0:13:32.400 the show, and I feel like I should handle it 0:13:32.440 --> 0:13:34.840 with a bit more professionalism since you are one of 0:13:34.880 --> 0:13:36.640 the best to do what you do. You have a 0:13:36.679 --> 0:13:39.679 front row ticket to the best events in sports, and 0:13:39.760 --> 0:13:43.319 we should handle this just sticking XS and nose. But 0:13:43.400 --> 0:13:45.280 something tells me Janice is going to mess that up 0:13:45.280 --> 0:13:49.960 for me. I got a lot of questions about the 0:13:50.000 --> 0:13:56.679 little girl that Olivia was. I can't wait. I'll just 0:13:56.720 --> 0:13:59.240 say I've told Tolivia many times you are my favorite 0:13:59.240 --> 0:14:02.559 announcer on a huge basketball fan. So you know I've 0:14:02.559 --> 0:14:05.719 been watching you on TNT, listening to you on t 0:14:05.920 --> 0:14:09.400 NT for years. You call a very exciting game, and 0:14:09.440 --> 0:14:12.680 I appreciate you. Well, you're so kind. Thank you for 0:14:12.720 --> 0:14:15.280 those wonderful words. I appreciate coming from someone like you. 0:14:15.440 --> 0:14:18.680 That's that's very nice. Thank you. Well, let's start with 0:14:18.760 --> 0:14:21.600 one of your great calls this weekend. Again, you do 0:14:21.880 --> 0:14:26.960 three games every weekend, Sunday on CBS, NFL, Monday Night 0:14:27.000 --> 0:14:29.480 Football on Westwood One, and then you rush to do 0:14:29.520 --> 0:14:32.520 a Tuesday NBA game on t n T. So any 0:14:32.600 --> 0:14:35.400 weekend you can have a long list of great calls. 0:14:35.440 --> 0:14:38.120 But one I really like this weekend was at the 0:14:38.160 --> 0:14:41.960 Seahawks game at the end, and I've been in that stadium. 0:14:42.080 --> 0:14:45.200 It does shake, and tell me what it felt like 0:14:45.240 --> 0:14:47.200 in the booth because your call was something and you 0:14:47.240 --> 0:14:49.160 can fix me on this, but I thought you said, 0:14:49.200 --> 0:14:52.360 I hope the engineers feel confident in their work because 0:14:52.400 --> 0:14:56.520 this place is shaking. Something like that, that's basically what 0:14:56.600 --> 0:14:59.920 I said. And first, I've only been in two stadium 0:15:00.080 --> 0:15:02.520 was that shirt like that? One was the Old Mile 0:15:02.600 --> 0:15:07.400 High Stadium in Denver, and when I was broadcasting the Chiefs, 0:15:07.480 --> 0:15:11.080 the Broncos would found the Chiefs. It seems like every 0:15:11.120 --> 0:15:15.200 time we played out there, and when that stadium was 0:15:15.240 --> 0:15:18.280 going on, the old Stadium, the Old Mile High, it 0:15:18.520 --> 0:15:22.120 really moved. I mean you could see it and you 0:15:22.120 --> 0:15:25.760 could definitely feel it. So I hadn't been in any 0:15:25.800 --> 0:15:28.600 kind of situation until this past weekend when the Seahawks 0:15:28.680 --> 0:15:31.880 came up with the big defensive play to see a 0:15:31.920 --> 0:15:35.800 win and beat their arch rival San Francisco forty niners, 0:15:36.680 --> 0:15:40.280 and it started shaking. But at first I thought, are 0:15:40.320 --> 0:15:42.680 my feet going nub is something wrong with the floor 0:15:42.800 --> 0:15:45.880 like in water? Like I couldn't have lost my footing. 0:15:46.920 --> 0:15:50.320 And I looked out and I thought my going crazy here, 0:15:50.960 --> 0:15:54.440 And then I think, oh my gosh, it's moving. And listen, 0:15:54.440 --> 0:15:58.880 this is not the first time that stadium has moved 0:15:59.000 --> 0:16:02.840 with a crowd. That they did years ago on Marshawn 0:16:02.920 --> 0:16:06.920 Lynch at a very famous run in the playoffs against 0:16:06.920 --> 0:16:10.240 the New Orleans Saints, and there was so much movement 0:16:10.320 --> 0:16:13.840 in the stadium from the fans going berserk that it 0:16:13.880 --> 0:16:20.040 registered on the seismic measuring thing at at a local 0:16:20.760 --> 0:16:26.720 geological center. So I've not seen if this registered, but 0:16:26.840 --> 0:16:32.240 it was thunderous and it was exciting. I always wondered 0:16:32.680 --> 0:16:37.640 how do you keep such an impartial tone and when 0:16:37.640 --> 0:16:39.480 you're calling a game, like I assume you have a 0:16:39.520 --> 0:16:42.920 favorite team, but that never really comes through. And that's 0:16:42.960 --> 0:16:45.560 the thing that pisses sports fans off the most when 0:16:45.600 --> 0:16:47.960 they watch a game, if they feel like an announcer 0:16:48.080 --> 0:16:50.720 is favoring one team over the other. When you call 0:16:50.920 --> 0:16:54.800 the game, I notice you're excited about anything that happens, 0:16:55.200 --> 0:16:58.680 and you call it with enthusiasm. How do you separate? 0:16:58.760 --> 0:17:01.120 How do you separate your art from your job when 0:17:01.160 --> 0:17:04.560 you do it well? I'm a big sports fan to 0:17:04.680 --> 0:17:08.160 begin with the honest, and I really do not care 0:17:08.200 --> 0:17:11.720 who wins. If I had to favor a team, I 0:17:11.800 --> 0:17:14.280 like the underdog because it makes for a better story 0:17:14.960 --> 0:17:18.520 for whatever outlet I'm with CBS or T n T 0:17:18.720 --> 0:17:22.320 or West with one. So I'm always looking for an upset. 0:17:22.359 --> 0:17:25.960 I'm always looking for the underdog perhaps to do it, 0:17:26.000 --> 0:17:28.560 but I do not care who wins. I just want 0:17:28.560 --> 0:17:32.560 a good broadcast. So I'm rooting for our CBS team 0:17:32.680 --> 0:17:36.479 or wherever I'm with that particular broadcast, I think the 0:17:36.560 --> 0:17:40.600 fan probably comes out in me more than it should. 0:17:41.400 --> 0:17:45.119 I'm always in wonder on how these guys do what 0:17:45.200 --> 0:17:48.720 they do at these big moments, whether it was last 0:17:48.840 --> 0:17:52.000 night in Buffalo with the Patriots and the Bills with 0:17:52.600 --> 0:17:56.960 forty mile winds and snow and how they were able 0:17:57.000 --> 0:18:01.320 to survive and eventually win New England, or the game 0:18:01.359 --> 0:18:04.800 in Seattle the night before when the Seahawks pulled the 0:18:04.800 --> 0:18:08.080 big upset, as they had been kind of unrattling and 0:18:08.480 --> 0:18:10.760 they were able to come in and beat a San 0:18:10.800 --> 0:18:13.919 Francisco team that was really playing well and had a 0:18:13.920 --> 0:18:17.840 lot of momentum. So I think I try to balance 0:18:17.840 --> 0:18:19.960 it as much as I can. I am not I 0:18:20.040 --> 0:18:23.000 really don't have a favorite player. I really don't have 0:18:23.040 --> 0:18:25.919 a favorite team. I've done the Packers and the in 0:18:26.040 --> 0:18:28.840 the Super Bowl and they were playing the Steelers and 0:18:28.920 --> 0:18:31.360 I really didn't care. I was really selfish that day. 0:18:31.359 --> 0:18:34.440 I wanted just a good broadcast, and it was great 0:18:34.480 --> 0:18:36.560 the Packers, one that was not rooting for them, and 0:18:36.600 --> 0:18:39.520 if Roethlisberger had come up with a big throw in 0:18:39.640 --> 0:18:42.920 that game to beat the Packers out of been as 0:18:42.960 --> 0:18:45.960 excited as if Rogers had done the same thing to 0:18:46.000 --> 0:18:48.800 the Steelers. So I'm just a fan like the two 0:18:48.840 --> 0:18:50.960 of you, and like I'm sure most of the people 0:18:51.000 --> 0:18:54.400 watching it's uh, I love sports, and probably the fan 0:18:54.520 --> 0:18:56.320 comes out of me maybe a little bit more than 0:18:56.359 --> 0:19:00.600 it should. Unfortunately for a little in texts on that 0:19:00.680 --> 0:19:02.920 Super Bowl too, I believe that was your first one 0:19:03.000 --> 0:19:06.480 doing the national radio broadcast. Yes, it was for the 0:19:06.560 --> 0:19:10.760 National Rabowl. I had done one for CBS back in 0:19:10.840 --> 0:19:16.720 two thousand one, when HD television was just getting some 0:19:16.840 --> 0:19:21.480 traction and they had two separate broadcasts they had I 0:19:21.520 --> 0:19:24.960 think Great Gumble was their number one NFL broadcaster, and 0:19:25.080 --> 0:19:28.720 he and Phil Simms. It was down in Tampa. It 0:19:28.840 --> 0:19:32.120 was the Giants and the Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl, and 0:19:32.480 --> 0:19:36.920 they were doing regular television debt, regular death, and we 0:19:36.920 --> 0:19:39.359 were doing high death. We were doing HD. Now that 0:19:39.440 --> 0:19:44.040 we're probably only they thought maybe a half million HD 0:19:44.119 --> 0:19:49.160 TV sets in the United States, but there were millions 0:19:49.320 --> 0:19:52.600 all over the lobe, and so it basically had more 0:19:52.640 --> 0:19:55.040 of an effect. Our broadcast has probably seen more in 0:19:55.119 --> 0:19:57.720 Asia and in Europe than it was in the US. 0:19:57.800 --> 0:19:59.920 But that was the first in the first radio I 0:20:00.040 --> 0:20:01.840 Is Right movie that was that was the first one 0:20:01.840 --> 0:20:05.159 in Dallas with the other Packers and the Steelers in 0:20:05.240 --> 0:20:08.040 the two thousand and ten season, and it was played 0:20:08.040 --> 0:20:12.000 in two thousand eleven. In that game, just if there 0:20:12.080 --> 0:20:15.200 was any game to have some fandom in, it probably 0:20:15.240 --> 0:20:17.159 would have been that one. My dad was a Packer 0:20:17.240 --> 0:20:20.120 ball boy as a little kid. He grew up at 0:20:20.119 --> 0:20:24.359 Packer training camp. His dad constructed that team, hired that 0:20:24.480 --> 0:20:27.600 GM he had just retired, and so but it was 0:20:27.760 --> 0:20:29.960 his fingerprints were all over the franchise and all over 0:20:30.000 --> 0:20:33.159 that team. So I know our family felt extremely proud 0:20:33.840 --> 0:20:35.639 if that was going to be the Packers win. It 0:20:35.720 --> 0:20:38.360 felt like that was our Papa Boys win. We called 0:20:38.359 --> 0:20:41.000 Papa Boy. So the fact that you were able to 0:20:41.040 --> 0:20:44.920 remain neutral on that game is about impressive as it comes. 0:20:44.920 --> 0:20:47.440 But that that was a great question, honest. Well, I 0:20:47.480 --> 0:20:51.639 I just like good plays and by stars or little 0:20:51.680 --> 0:20:54.520 known players, and and a great play is a great 0:20:54.520 --> 0:20:57.000 play everyone since well, how can you how can you 0:20:57.000 --> 0:20:59.800 blow up asking in the first quarter? But it's just 0:21:00.000 --> 0:21:03.520 actacular catch or a great throw or a tremendous shot. 0:21:04.240 --> 0:21:07.600 Who's to say that it's not less spectacular because it 0:21:07.640 --> 0:21:09.880 happened early in the game than late in the game. Now, 0:21:10.000 --> 0:21:13.560 certainly consequences are different, but a great play is a 0:21:13.600 --> 0:21:16.160 great play, and I would just as soon celebrate all 0:21:16.440 --> 0:21:20.640 all the great plays. You mentioned that Monday night football game, 0:21:20.760 --> 0:21:24.280 Patriots app Bills. That was a weird looking game, but 0:21:24.320 --> 0:21:27.160 if you're a hard nosed football fan, that was probably 0:21:27.200 --> 0:21:29.480 just what you ordered, right. It was just running the ball. 0:21:29.800 --> 0:21:33.320 Mac Jones attempted three passes altogether. Bill Belichick was just 0:21:33.680 --> 0:21:36.560 playing chess. He was in his prime. What was your 0:21:36.560 --> 0:21:40.040 takeaway from that game? Just the brilliance of Belichick. You know, 0:21:40.119 --> 0:21:43.920 just when you think that the narrative is right, Brady 0:21:43.960 --> 0:21:47.080 made Belichick, and Brady goes and went to the super Bowl, 0:21:47.080 --> 0:21:51.919 and Brady has had all this post Patriots success, But 0:21:52.520 --> 0:21:55.680 think of it. Think what Belichick has gone through last year. 0:21:55.760 --> 0:21:59.359 They lost many key players because they opted out in 0:21:59.400 --> 0:22:02.760 the COVID season, in the pandemic season, and they were 0:22:02.800 --> 0:22:07.080 working with the quarterback that clearly is not even close 0:22:07.119 --> 0:22:09.600 to what he once was and Cam Newton. They had 0:22:09.640 --> 0:22:14.359 to completely restructure their offense into something that neither of 0:22:14.400 --> 0:22:18.560 the offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels or Belichick wanted to use, 0:22:18.600 --> 0:22:20.720 but there were no alternatives. They were left kind of 0:22:20.800 --> 0:22:24.600 high and dry. And then with COVID and everything else, 0:22:25.119 --> 0:22:28.560 they won seven games, seven wins with that team, and 0:22:28.640 --> 0:22:32.399 that quarterback last year may have been a better coaching 0:22:32.480 --> 0:22:34.960 job than what he's doing this year. Now that he's 0:22:35.000 --> 0:22:38.840 got some people back, you know, he's gotten the reinforcements. Back. 0:22:38.920 --> 0:22:42.000 Guys are off the opt out list. They're now playing 0:22:42.040 --> 0:22:46.000 on defense, in particular a couple offensive lineman. And then 0:22:46.040 --> 0:22:48.359 they take a chance in the first round. The first 0:22:48.359 --> 0:22:52.040