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Speaker 2: Well that's right, you heard the man. It is that

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Speaker 2: time of week. My name is Bernie Frattle. We are

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Speaker 2: coming to you live from the Fox Sports Radio studios

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Speaker 2: here in Las Vegas. We'll take you up to three

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Speaker 2: in Pacific, six am Eastern. Man, it just never ends.

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Speaker 2: It just never ends, and it's always good for business.

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Speaker 3: What a week.

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Speaker 2: We're going to get to all of it tonight. I mean,

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Speaker 2: take baseball. We had a Major League Baseball team. Give

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Speaker 2: a guy a quarter of a billion dollars. He's never

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Speaker 2: hit three hundred, never hit over thirty home runs, never

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Speaker 2: won an MVP, and the world and people are their

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Speaker 2: heads are exploding because they're jealous and pissed off and

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Speaker 2: the world's coming to an end.

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Speaker 3: Set that aside for later.

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Speaker 2: We're going to get to it and my take on

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Speaker 2: it might not be what you think it is, which

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Speaker 2: I think provides a good segue to begin the show.

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Speaker 2: We begin with a quote from the late late great

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Speaker 2: A Bart Giamatti verstwilal commissioner in Major League Baseball, who

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Speaker 2: once said the games are designed to break your heart.

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Speaker 2: And perhaps he wasn't even talking about baseball maybe he

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Speaker 2: was talking about the Buffalo Bills. I don't know who

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Speaker 2: the hell put the maloika on the Buffalo Bills. But

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Speaker 2: enough is enough already. You know, you saw what happened Saturday,

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Speaker 2: and I get it. There were five turnovers, but there

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Speaker 2: was a certain play at the end of the game

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Speaker 2: which merely speaks to the consistency and the drudgery of

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Speaker 2: what it must be to be a Buffalo Bill fan.

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Speaker 2: Can you not give? Can the football gods not one

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Speaker 2: time throw them a bone? I know they went to

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Speaker 2: the Super Bowl in nineteen ninety one, but you saw

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Speaker 2: what happened. Scott Norwood misses a forty seven yard field

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Speaker 2: gold temple just eight seconds in the game, and it

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Speaker 2: looked like it was good all the way until the

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Speaker 2: very end, and oh nothing. That just started an unprecedented

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Speaker 2: streak of four straight Super Bowl appearances. Skip to the

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Speaker 2: year two thousand. You forgot the Music City Miracle where

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Speaker 2: the Tennessee Titans scored a touchdown on a kickoff return

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Speaker 2: on a lateral pass which is still debated to this

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Speaker 2: day to win twenty two sixteen. That was against the

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Speaker 2: Buffalo Bills. But the good news is the Bills wouldn't

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Speaker 2: have any more debacles like that for about twenty years

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Speaker 2: because they had a seventeen year postseason drought. But even

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Speaker 2: when they get to the postseason, it's been marked by

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Speaker 2: devastating last minute defeats. Twenty twenty two and one of

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Speaker 2: the most painful losses forget Bills history, NFL history. The

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Speaker 2: Bills lead the Chiefs thirty six thirty three with thirteen

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Speaker 2: seconds the regulation, but sure enough Patrick Mahomes and the

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Speaker 2: Chiefs to get enough yardist to kick a field goal.

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Speaker 3: The game goes to overtime. The Bills lose forty two

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Speaker 3: to thirty six.

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Speaker 2: Just two years ago in the AFC Divisional Round, facing

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Speaker 2: the Chiefs again, their kicker Tyler bast He misses a

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Speaker 2: potential game tying forty four yard field goal with about

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Speaker 2: a minute and a half remainting. The Bills lose twenty

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Speaker 2: seven to twenty four, which continues their trend of failing

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Speaker 2: to get over the home particularly against Kansas City. But

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Speaker 2: what does it matter in the last ten years the

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Speaker 2: Bills have experienced. Frankly, no one can deny this a

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Speaker 2: very high performing era under Josh Allen, but it's always

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Speaker 2: been punctuated by intense heartbreak, and most of their recent

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Speaker 2: losses come well, usually against the Chiefs, but they always

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Speaker 2: feature defensive collapses and critical moments and odd ball plays

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Speaker 2: that leave us scratching our head. Now I've come to

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Speaker 2: the conclusion I don't know what the hell of catches

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Speaker 2: and in the NFL anymore. If you watched what happens

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Speaker 2: Saturday afternoon, the Bills fell short and you can't tell

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Speaker 2: me this defeat does not come with controversy, And certainly

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Speaker 2: in the deciding minute the Broncos they eliminate the Bills,

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Speaker 2: they drill a game winning field goal in overtime, But

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Speaker 2: just a few minutes before that is where the story

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Speaker 2: really begins and ends. The officials award of the Broncos

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Speaker 2: at an interception on a fifty to fifty ball, Brandon

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Speaker 2: Cooks appeared to come down with a deep ball that

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Speaker 2: would have put the Bills in position to kick a

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Speaker 2: game winning field goal. However, give defense or the dB

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Speaker 2: for Denver credit j Kwambac Millen. He fell on Cooks

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Speaker 2: during the play and ripped the ball away after they

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Speaker 2: Now I'm confused. He caught, the ball landed, was contacted.

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Speaker 2: I thought that point the ball's dead. Pretend he'd been

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Speaker 2: and gone twenty yards, tumbled to the ground, a defender

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Speaker 2: falls on top of him, rolls around, and then rips

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Speaker 2: of a sudden, we hear Carl Cheffer's telling us quote

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Speaker 2: and he lost possession of the ball when he hit

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Speaker 2: the ground complete the process. If I never hear that

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Speaker 2: term again, it'll be too soon. Lions fans know where

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Speaker 2: I'm going with That. All started with Calvin Johnson opening

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Speaker 2: day against the Bears in twenty ten.

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Speaker 3: According to.

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Speaker 2: More experts, quote, the defender gained possession of it at

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Speaker 2: that point. You mean, after Brandon Cooks caught the ball,

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Speaker 2: went to the ground, the Denver defensive back falls on

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Speaker 2: top of him, and as they're tumbling around, he rips

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Speaker 2: it away after they're already on the ground and he's

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Speaker 2: already caught the ball. They're now telling us the defender

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Speaker 2: is the one who completed the process of the catch.

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Speaker 2: But did the defender catch the ball in mintair. I

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Speaker 2: don't know what the hell a catch is anymore. And

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Speaker 2: that's not a throwaway line or a laugh line. I'm serious.

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Speaker 2: I don't know what the hell of catches anymore. Even

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Speaker 2: Sean McDermott basically said, it's hard for me to understand

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Speaker 2: why it was ruled that way. He didn't call time

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Speaker 2: out after the play. Do you think maybe the rest

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Speaker 2: take a little more time to look at it, review it.

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Speaker 2: And we've got all these officiating crews in New York

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Speaker 2: and then they confirm the call in the field, and

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Speaker 2: then McDermott, understandably was emotional, says he's standing up for Buffalo.

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Speaker 3: Damn it. Enough's enough, all right?

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Speaker 2: So you know what happened next to Broncos won the

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Speaker 2: game in the following drive, and they actually got help

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Speaker 2: from another call. Tarren Johnson was flagged for defensive pass interference.

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Speaker 3: Will cover in Gortl and Sutton.

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Speaker 2: So first, Josh, Josh McDaniels, there's another stooge, Josh Allan

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Speaker 2: throws an interception. It was yet it was his fifth

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Speaker 2: turned over the day. But after that, dever, I won't

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Speaker 2: say they were gifted, but they were the beneficiary of

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Speaker 2: fifty three yards and penalties before a chip shot field

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Speaker 2: goal sent the Bills packing. It's going to be a

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Speaker 2: long flight home. It's going to be a hell of

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Speaker 2: a long winner in summer and spring and everything. I know,

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Speaker 2: it's all we heard this year. Well there's no ma Homes.

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Speaker 4: This is their year.

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Speaker 2: There's no Burrow, there's no Lamar Jackson. As if that matters,

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Speaker 2: I guess it didn't matter. I don't know what catches

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Speaker 2: by the way that masks the fact that Bowdenicks had

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Speaker 2: a fabulous game. The Broncos basically put this game in

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Speaker 2: Bownicks's back, and he came up, he came up big,

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Speaker 2: but he broke his ankle with with what two plays

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Speaker 2: to go in the game, and so you won't see

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Speaker 2: the rest of the postseason. Hard for me to believe

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Speaker 2: that either New England or the Texans, and I think

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Speaker 2: it's going to be the Texans don't stroll into Denver

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Speaker 2: next week and find a way to win nothing against

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Speaker 2: Jared's Didham. But you throw them in that, you throw

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Speaker 2: them in that situation. Hell, they might might might be

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Speaker 2: better off with Jared from subway for current aloud, I'm

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Speaker 2: a little distracted because.

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Speaker 3: Our good buddy.

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Speaker 2: Jason Stewart talks about the product of the NFL in

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Speaker 2: how it's been diminished. Frankly, it has now We're not

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Speaker 2: gonna stop watching. We're all slappies. I'm the lead slappy,

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Speaker 2: but we're allowed. You know. I trust in my eyes

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Speaker 2: and tell me a lot, and I try to think

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Speaker 2: I'm rational in most situations. I don't get rid of catches.

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Speaker 2: It didn't matter at Seattle. They won by thirty five points.

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Speaker 2: And Seattle is the team to beat in this tournament.

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Speaker 2: I don't think anybody strolls in there and then to

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Speaker 2: It's very hunting challenge for opponents because Seattle's defense is

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Speaker 2: for real. I could give you a bunch of metrics

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Speaker 2: it this way. This just in the Seattle defenses is

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Speaker 2: nine ers and Kyle Shanahan one of the best coaching jobs.

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Speaker 2: Heally lost his starting quarterback for eight weeks. He lost

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Speaker 2: Joey Bowls after the third week of the year or

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Speaker 2: Nick Bowls, one of the bullses. You know what I'm

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Speaker 2: talking about he loses Fred Warner. I mean it was

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Speaker 2: a complete match unit. They went into Philadelphia, they stole

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Speaker 2: Darnold's some kind of goofy injury. It didn't seem to

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Speaker 2: potential crisis. I heard it. Seattle looks very buttoned up

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Speaker 2: else to say. Later on the show, we're gonna break

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Speaker 2: down certainly, we're gonna analyze the Texans at at New England,

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Speaker 2: For losing lost in a divisional round this year, after

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Speaker 2: I guess I don't know who they you know, I

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Speaker 2: As I see it. The entire year, Buffalo was leading

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Speaker 2: It might be fact. Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills

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Speaker 3: That's never easy.

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Speaker 2: And this was also the postseason where you didn't have

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Speaker 3: I just said, okay, get your affairs in order.

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Speaker 2: He said, you can't be doing this this long and

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Speaker 2: Who amongst you sinners would be pissed if Buffalo actually

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Speaker 2: Now that bo Nix is hurt, are there super Bowl

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Speaker 2: Fact? Now I know the greatest team of all time.

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Speaker 2: because no one goes much more past their seven or eight. No,

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Speaker 2: I told you they lost their starting quarterback Bob Greasy

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Speaker 2: And after you see Will Lutts secured Denver's place in

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Speaker 2: injury on the second to the last play of overtime. Now,

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Speaker 2: the good news is Denver will host the game at

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Speaker 2: Mile High. The Broncos have one of the best defenses

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Speaker 2: in the NFL, and they got a fighting chance. I

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Speaker 2: don't think they're winning the Super Bowl. I don't think

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Speaker 2: they're winning the Super Bowl. With all due respect Jared Stidmans.

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Speaker 2: Didham can prove me wrong. He's been with the Broncos.

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Speaker 2: I believe this is his third season, so he's familiar

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Speaker 2: with Sean Payton's offense. But you thrust him into the

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Speaker 2: conference championship game in this situation too much to ask

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Speaker 2: he's played. I think he took one snap this season.

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Speaker 2: You know what he did. He took a knee in

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Speaker 2: a victory formation and a gamerer on Halloween. He has

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Speaker 2: him thrown a regular season pass since twenty twenty three.

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Speaker 2: And you're going to get either the Texans or the

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Speaker 2: Patriots next week. Both have tremendous defenses, and I think

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Speaker 2: you're getting the Seahawks if you make it that far,

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Speaker 2: and that defense is brutal. They got bad intentions. So look,

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Speaker 2: it's been a chaotic. It was a chaotic wild card weekend.

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Speaker 2: But guess what the division will round this Saturday. And

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Speaker 2: I hope it continues Sunday, because again, whether I can

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Speaker 2: tell you what a catch is for or not, or

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Speaker 2: whether the three worst words in resport you in sports,

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Speaker 2: it's under review. Three worst words in sports, we'll here

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Speaker 2: at a thousand times tomorrow you wait for it, so

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Speaker 2: you go make a sandwich. Watched the Godfather trilogy and

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Speaker 2: they're both stared in that tube. You idiots.

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Speaker 4: You really.

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Speaker 2: So Denver outlasted Buffalo. They sent Josh Allen packing. Bo

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Speaker 2: Nicks has a season ending ankle injury. Meanwhile, you saw

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Speaker 2: how the Buffalo Bills game ended. There's just never a

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Speaker 2: dull moment in the NFL, and I hope it continues Sunday.

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Speaker 2: And I still don't know what the hell a catch is.

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Speaker 2: By the way, this isn't the lead, so I didn't

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Speaker 2: bury it. But we got to talk about this is

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Speaker 2: Aaron Rodgers done? And if so, is this a very

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Speaker 2: unceremonious end to Aaron Rodgers? But professional athletes are human,

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Speaker 2: even the legends, and they rarely leave their sport on

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Speaker 2: their own terms or in a perfect matter. Tom Brady,

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Speaker 2: he retired after that wild card loss in the wildcard round,

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Speaker 2: that's department of We done, see department. So did Joe Montana.

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Speaker 2: Michael jordan Is last season with the Bulls, they were

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Speaker 2: thirty seven and forty five. Checked that Washington Wizards.

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Speaker 8: I know.

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Speaker 3: I got a few holes in my game. But I

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Speaker 3: know it was the Wizards.

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Speaker 2: You get the point, by the way, Brett farhv his

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Speaker 2: final two passes for his last two teams were both interceptions,

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Speaker 2: and Aaron Rodgers last pass was a pick six. So

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Speaker 2: if Monday night was Rogers last game and it's a conversation,

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Speaker 2: well he may have gone out in an unceremonious fashion,

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Speaker 2: but he's a first ballot Hall of Famer, and I

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Speaker 2: know you don't want to let him off the hook

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Speaker 2: for all the off field nonsense around him the last

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Speaker 2: few seasons. And he goes out losing thirty to six

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Speaker 2: to the Texans, that doesn't feel good, but in Rodgers

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Speaker 2: really had no answer for a Houston defense that frankly

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Speaker 2: might be the NFL's best. And again, his final pass

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Speaker 2: of the night was intercepted and returned for a touchdown.

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Speaker 2: But if it is the in for the forty two

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Speaker 2: year old Rogers, and I just said he's a first

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Speaker 2: ballot Hall of Famer.

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Speaker 3: Here's his resume.

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Speaker 2: He threw for just under sixty seven thousand yards, fifth

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Speaker 2: all time, four MVPs, not bad, well, one super Bowl

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Speaker 2: win is better than none, and his Super Bowl MVP

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Speaker 2: and he had ten Pro Bowls. You can argue that

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Speaker 2: Aaron Rodgers is one of the best five quarterbacks to

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Speaker 2: ever play football, and that should communicate to significance of if,

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Speaker 2: in fact, Money was his last game, the significance of

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Speaker 2: that farewell. When Rogers was at his peak, his style

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Speaker 2: and method of prosecuting the quarterback position was an art

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Speaker 2: for him. He manipulated defense defenses, his ball placement, his accuracy,

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Speaker 2: his ability to read a defense. He plays alive with

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Speaker 2: his feet. You forgot how good he was because he's

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Speaker 2: forty two years old. But from twenty eleven to twenty

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Speaker 2: twenty one, the years of his first and last year MVPs,

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Speaker 2: Rogers averaged the following per game in a seventeen game season,

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Speaker 2: sixty six percent completions, forty six hundred yards, thirty nine touchdowns,

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Speaker 2: and seven interceptions that were his Those were his season

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Speaker 2: averages for a decade. Regardless. You're never gonna like the

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Speaker 2: way you go out. Coming up, we have an absolutely raucous,

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Speaker 2: tremendous midnight hour coming up. You see for more. I

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Speaker 2: sit here in Las Vegas. It is literally going to

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Speaker 2: meet midnight in twenty three minutes. Means the clock will

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Speaker 2: strike midnight in twenty three minutes from where you sit.

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Speaker 2: It may also be midnight literally, but it's certainly midnight

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Speaker 2: figuratively for all of us, so you can start wormming

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Speaker 2: up your fingers eight seven seven nine nine six sixty

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Speaker 2: three six nine eight seven to seven ninety nine one fox.

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Speaker 2: We have three topics tonight. I guaranteed to break ben

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Speaker 2: rustbus dight, the bus bite, the bus chip cracker peel.

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Speaker 2: And I do believe we're gonna have some fun conversations

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Speaker 2: tonight because at least well I think all three, all

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Speaker 2: three subjects are going to have very polarizing takes for

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Speaker 2: both sides.

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Speaker 3: And our callers have been fantastic. And what I meant

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Speaker 3: to say was the.

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Speaker 2: Segment is guaranteed not to break bend rustbus bite, the dust, chip,

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Speaker 2: cracker peal once again. Last time I run a tongue

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Speaker 2: from that place, So get your fingers ready. Eight seven

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Speaker 2: seven nine nine sixty six three sixty nine eight seven

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Speaker 2: seven ninety nine n Fox for twenty two minutes away

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Speaker 2: from the midnight hour. Figuredly it's midnight for all of us,

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Speaker 2: which means you get the last word. Literally, it turns

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Speaker 2: twelve midnight here in Vegas, and perhaps you two. We'll

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Speaker 2: set those topics next. I'm Bernie Frattlework come to your

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Speaker 2: line from the Las Vegas Fox Sports Radio Studios. Give

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Speaker 2: it locked. You're listening to the Bernie Free Show.

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Speaker 5: On Fox Sports Radio. Has the best sports talk lineup

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Speaker 5: in the nation. Catch all of our shows at Foxsports

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Speaker 2: All right, We're back on the Bernie Frattle Show Fox

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Speaker 2: Sports Radio. Come to you live from the Las Vegas

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Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio Studios.

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Speaker 3: Twelve hours and fifteen.

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Speaker 2: Minutes away from the remainder of divisional playoff weekend. And

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Speaker 2: if Sunday is anything like Saturday the Wildcard round, you

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Speaker 2: better buckle your seat belts. We we'll get to that

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Speaker 2: later as well as Indiana, Miami and all the other

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Speaker 2: good stuff going on. We are fourteen minutes away from

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Speaker 2: the clock striking midnight here in Las Vegas. What does

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Speaker 2: that mean? That means it's time for the ben that hour,

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Speaker 2: which means you see or I live it's twelve midnight

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Speaker 2: literally well and perhaps same where you live. But we

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Speaker 2: get calls from all around the world. We've gotten it

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Speaker 2: from Japan, Ireland, England, you name it Detroit. Yeah, I

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Speaker 2: can say that because I'm from there. So let's get

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Speaker 2: let's get to it. There were three topics I was

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Speaker 2: really looking forward to getting the folks' thoughts on this

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Speaker 2: week eight seven, seven ninety nine on Fox. We've talked

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Speaker 2: fairly well at length about the game played Saturday night

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Speaker 2: in Seattle between the Niners and the Seahawks. And what's

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Speaker 2: interesting is the Seahawks season ticket holders receives an interesting

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Speaker 2: notice from I believe Seattle Seahawks management this week. I'm

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Speaker 2: not sure how that notice was delivered, but I know

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Speaker 2: what happened. There were four warren and here's what it said.

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Speaker 2: It said regarding playoff ticket resale notice. Our records indicate

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Speaker 2: that your seeds for the upcoming Divisional round playoff game

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Speaker 2: are currently posted for resale as communicated prior to the

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty five season. Twenty twenty six renewal eligibility may

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Speaker 2: be impacted if it is determined that your season tickets,

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Speaker 2: including any playoff games, were used primarily for resale purposes.

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Speaker 2: So to avoid any impact to your renewal eligibility, we

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Speaker 2: ask to get you remove your resale listing and ensure

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Speaker 2: your tickets are used by another twelve you know, the

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Speaker 2: twelfth man. We encourage you to distribute your tickets directly

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Speaker 2: to friends, family members, neighbors, or community groups that will

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Speaker 2: help us pack lumen Field with blue and green. I

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Speaker 2: want the people's opinion. The call My callers are fantastic.

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Speaker 2: I know this is going to there's going to be

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Speaker 2: some arguments on both sides. How do you feel about

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Speaker 2: that you paid your pretty penny for the tickets. Do

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Speaker 2: you believe they are duly and rightfully your property and

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Speaker 2: you can do just exactly what you want with them?

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Speaker 2: Or do you believe the proprietor the Seattle Seahawks have

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Speaker 2: the right even though you paid for those tickets, they

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Speaker 2: have the right to give you a directive that if

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Speaker 2: you choose to sell them instead of attending the game,

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Speaker 2: we may not let you buy him next year. So

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Speaker 2: it's as simple as that. Whose side are you on

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Speaker 2: in this? Are you on the side of the Seahawks?

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Speaker 2: Are you on the side of the fans? And is

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Speaker 2: this ever happened to you? And the Seahawks are not?

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Speaker 2: The organization has done this, but this came to prominence

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Speaker 2: this week, all right, that's number one. The second item,

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Speaker 2: and we continue to watch people around, certainly major League

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Speaker 2: Baseball circles, a Major League Baseball fandom, including former GM

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Speaker 2: Jim Bowden. Their heads are exploding because the Dodgers.

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Speaker 3: Sign and Kyle Tucker this week.

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Speaker 2: And again, as you heard me say earlier, they gave

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Speaker 2: a quarter of a billion dollars to a guy who's

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Speaker 2: never hit three hundred, never hit over thirty home runs,

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Speaker 2: never won an MVP, whether it be in the World.

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Speaker 9: Series or the.

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Speaker 2: You know, the playoffs, whatever. Never last season, by the way,

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Speaker 2: Kyle Tucker had two sixty four twenty two or months

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Speaker 2: seventy two RBIs in one hundred and thirty six games,

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Speaker 2: and they're paying sixty million dollars a year for him.

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Speaker 2: He's a solid player, don't get me wrong. But people's

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Speaker 2: heads exploded. Now I've defended the Dodgers. They're not doing

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Speaker 2: anything than any other club doesn't have the authority to do.

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Speaker 2: And I went over this last year before they repeated

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Speaker 2: in terms of the fact that you know, a lot

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Speaker 2: of guys really wanted to be there with the Dodgers.

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Speaker 2: They took less to come to the Dodgers because of

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Speaker 2: their their DNA as it were, and they've got a

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Speaker 2: legitimate chance to three peat. They really do. So here's

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Speaker 2: the question. It's a stacked team and they've spent a

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Speaker 2: lot of money. Although I pointed out last year that

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Speaker 2: of the five top payroll teams, student you make the playoffs.

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Speaker 2: So listen, all spending a lot guarantees you is a

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Speaker 2: successful regular season in terms of attendants. But here's the deal.

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Speaker 3: This is the question.

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Speaker 2: So is this Dodger kingdom good for baseball or bad

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Speaker 2: for baseball? See, it just comes down to a matter

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Speaker 2: of perspective because it puts the strain between the excitement

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Speaker 2: of a potential dynasty right next to the anxieties over

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Speaker 2: perceived equality within baseball. Here are some reasons I think

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Speaker 2: it's good for baseball. It increases interest. It does the

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Speaker 2: opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. You hate

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Speaker 2: the Dodgers or what they're doing, you're emotionally invested. That's good.

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Speaker 2: You're bringing superstars like Otani and Roki Sasaki right and

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Speaker 2: down the line. Now you get Kyle Tucker. That generates

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Speaker 2: significant fan interest whether you route for or against, generates

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Speaker 2: TV viewership, a better global reach of this sport.

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Speaker 3: That's good for baseball. It actually creates revenue generation.

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Speaker 2: Now, the Dodgers, we all know they're high spending because

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Speaker 2: they have a tremendous business model. They've already paid for

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Speaker 2: le Tiny's contract because they do things smart. I'm not

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Speaker 2: even a Dodger fan pracy, I don't read against them,

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Speaker 2: I don't reform. I respect them. They paid one hundred

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Speaker 2: and seventy million dollars in twenty twenty five in luxury tax. Well,

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Speaker 2: those funds are redistributed to smaller market teams, and that

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Speaker 2: indirectly helps fund other clubs they compete against. Is that

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00:37:29,640 --> 00:37:31,880
Speaker 2: a bad thing? Those those teams have to spend the

650
00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:35,120
Speaker 2: money well like the Dodgers do. It also forces competition.

651
00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:37,600
Speaker 2: You can't tell me teams like the Mets or the

652
00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:41,279
Speaker 2: Yankees they're not watching. So now they got to spend

653
00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:44,360
Speaker 2: more aggressively to keep pace, which leads to higher overall

654
00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:47,400
Speaker 2: talent pool more competitive. It becomes one arms race. But

655
00:37:47,440 --> 00:37:51,680
Speaker 2: everybody's got money. A few shows back, I gave how

656
00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:54,560
Speaker 2: much the team's cash every year and checks just due

657
00:37:54,560 --> 00:37:59,480
Speaker 2: to the TV contract and merchandising and you know baseball

658
00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:04,480
Speaker 2: property properties. Look, the Dodgers are simply demonstrating what aggressive

659
00:38:04,520 --> 00:38:09,440
Speaker 2: winning focused ownership looks like period. They're shrewd. Their salary

660
00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:12,560
Speaker 2: deferrals were shrewd. They got a top ranked farm system.

661
00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:14,520
Speaker 2: They do it all now. I know people think it

662
00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:18,880
Speaker 2: creates competitive imbalance and labor implications and can sometimes discourage

663
00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:21,479
Speaker 2: other owners. That's your opinion. Maybe you're right. We're gonna

664
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Speaker 2: argue it. So Topic number one. If you got one

665
00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:29,000
Speaker 2: of those Seahawks memos about hey, if you sell your tickets,

666
00:38:29,360 --> 00:38:31,520
Speaker 2: your season tickets, we may not let you buy them

667
00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:35,399
Speaker 2: next year, you say, hey, that's their right, why would

668
00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:37,759
Speaker 2: you do that? Or no, that's my right. I pay

669
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Speaker 2: for the damn tickets. Are gonna do what I want.

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Speaker 2: Topic number two.

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Speaker 3: The Dodgers.

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00:38:43,480 --> 00:38:47,960
Speaker 2: The Dodgers Kingdom heads absolutely exploded this week once again

673
00:38:49,400 --> 00:38:53,799
Speaker 2: because well, they got another sought after free agents. They're

674
00:38:53,800 --> 00:38:55,800
Speaker 2: paying them sixty million dollars a year.

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Speaker 10: And.

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Speaker 2: It's it's just I guess I'm kind of speechless because

677
00:39:04,360 --> 00:39:08,000
Speaker 2: they'd hate the Dodgers no matter what. But I happen

678
00:39:08,080 --> 00:39:10,719
Speaker 2: to think what the Dodgers are doing is good for baseball,

679
00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:17,040
Speaker 2: all right, Not everybody does, so we want to hear

680
00:39:17,080 --> 00:39:23,839
Speaker 2: your thoughts, and you know, don't hold back, all right,

681
00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:28,440
Speaker 2: Finally it's time to bring up Lebron again, and we're

682
00:39:28,440 --> 00:39:30,000
Speaker 2: gonna do this a lot with Mark madeIn. It's been

683
00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:34,880
Speaker 2: an interesting week for Lebron. But they introduced this special

684
00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:39,759
Speaker 2: edition twenty third season patch, and it's gotten a lot

685
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Speaker 2: of criticism.

686
00:39:41,080 --> 00:39:42,520
Speaker 3: All right, it's in partnership.

687
00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:44,440
Speaker 2: We're Tops with Tops trading cards.

688
00:39:45,719 --> 00:39:47,160
Speaker 3: Some people have called it embarrassing.

689
00:39:48,040 --> 00:39:51,399
Speaker 2: He's a stack compiler, you know, self aggrandizing all those things.

690
00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:56,839
Speaker 2: Other people think, hey, it's historical significance, it's an unprecedented milestone.

691
00:39:57,480 --> 00:40:01,200
Speaker 2: But because it's Lebron and Lebron is always start for attention.

692
00:40:01,680 --> 00:40:03,360
Speaker 2: You know where I'm going with that. All right, So

693
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Speaker 2: those are our three topics eight seven, seven, nine, nine,

694
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Speaker 2: six six three sixty nine. Time for the Midnight Hour

695
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Speaker 2: and the Bernie Fraddle Show, Fox Sports Radio.

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Speaker 11: I just wanted to get that off my chest. I mean,

697
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Speaker 11: you you said, what's a catch?

698
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Speaker 2: We don't know anymore? We don't, we don't listen. Actually,

699
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Speaker 2: I mean the bottom line is, go ahead, Kate.

700
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Speaker 12: They didn't they didn't review it.

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Speaker 13: New York didn't review it.

702
00:40:29,480 --> 00:40:33,520
Speaker 14: Yes, they just took it on the field. And then

703
00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:37,279
Speaker 14: after the play he takes a helmet off in the

704
00:40:37,400 --> 00:40:40,480
Speaker 14: end zone. That's a that's what unsupporting.

705
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Speaker 2: It's it's it's supposed to be.

706
00:40:42,760 --> 00:40:43,360
Speaker 3: It's supposed to be.

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Speaker 14: That would have that would have moved back Denver.

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Speaker 3: F That's another excellent point.

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Speaker 14: That's actually it would have made it would have made

710
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Speaker 14: a longer field. Maybe they would have won anyway, but

711
00:40:54,880 --> 00:40:57,680
Speaker 14: still it's a penalty.

712
00:40:57,840 --> 00:40:58,440
Speaker 11: Is a penalty.

713
00:40:58,600 --> 00:40:59,240
Speaker 12: Is a penalty.

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00:41:00,360 --> 00:41:05,520
Speaker 14: Now your topics, your Topicsahawks tickets, Yeah.

715
00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:07,040
Speaker 11: That's a joke.

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Speaker 14: The fan pays for the tickets. They're overpriced in the

717
00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:20,680
Speaker 14: first place. All NFL teams over overpriced their tickets. If you,

718
00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:25,400
Speaker 14: as a fan, have waited for all those years to

719
00:41:25,560 --> 00:41:30,320
Speaker 14: get your season tickets, and you paid for your season tickets,

720
00:41:31,040 --> 00:41:34,240
Speaker 14: it's your right to sell those tickets.

721
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Speaker 11: And for Seattle to come out and say, oh.

722
00:41:37,040 --> 00:41:41,239
Speaker 14: We might not give you, we might not let you

723
00:41:41,480 --> 00:41:43,000
Speaker 14: buy season tickets again.

724
00:41:43,480 --> 00:41:45,719
Speaker 2: Come on, really now, And by the way, they're not

725
00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:48,160
Speaker 2: the first organization to do it, and even do only

726
00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:48,400
Speaker 2: know it.

727
00:41:48,480 --> 00:41:49,279
Speaker 3: So there's one vote.

728
00:41:49,680 --> 00:41:50,320
Speaker 2: I'm with you.

729
00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:53,400
Speaker 3: I leaned to the side of the fan, all right.

730
00:41:53,480 --> 00:41:57,080
Speaker 2: Topic number two, the Dodgers Kingdom, Good or bad for baseball?

731
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Speaker 14: A man, I think I think it's bad for baseball

732
00:42:02,239 --> 00:42:03,720
Speaker 14: because they're.

733
00:42:05,560 --> 00:42:06,560
Speaker 11: Jason Tucker who.

734
00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:12,080
Speaker 2: Well, this narratives been going on for a while because

735
00:42:12,120 --> 00:42:14,239
Speaker 2: people think they have an unfair advantage. I think they

736
00:42:14,360 --> 00:42:16,520
Speaker 2: just do it better than everybody else. Finally, the Lebron

737
00:42:16,680 --> 00:42:20,520
Speaker 2: Patch can't the twenty three patch self aggrandizing.

738
00:42:20,640 --> 00:42:26,560
Speaker 3: Honorable what Lebron ron Well said?

739
00:42:27,040 --> 00:42:32,359
Speaker 14: He typical Lebron. If they if they win, he's he's

740
00:42:32,480 --> 00:42:35,160
Speaker 14: the star. If they lose, he wants nothing to do

741
00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:35,480
Speaker 14: with it.

742
00:42:35,640 --> 00:42:36,360
Speaker 3: Everybody else's there.

743
00:42:37,200 --> 00:42:40,640
Speaker 14: They're ten points down with a minute left, and who

744
00:42:40,719 --> 00:42:46,160
Speaker 14: walks off the court, Yeah Lebron. And and when when

745
00:42:46,200 --> 00:42:49,359
Speaker 14: they lose, it's never his fault. But when they win,

746
00:42:49,920 --> 00:42:52,439
Speaker 14: he wants he wants everybody to pat him on the back.

747
00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:53,560
Speaker 2: He's done.

748
00:42:54,200 --> 00:42:55,480
Speaker 13: He's been done for a while.

749
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Speaker 2: Thank you ten nicely done, buddy. I wish we had

750
00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:00,560
Speaker 2: more time. I want to give everybody fair shot here.

751
00:43:01,440 --> 00:43:03,560
Speaker 2: Don't be a stranger. He came out of the gates strong,

752
00:43:03,680 --> 00:43:08,320
Speaker 2: really appreciated. Dennison Vermont. I'm guessing you or this is also.

753
00:43:08,640 --> 00:43:11,120
Speaker 3: Your first entree into Bernie Fratters show. Is that correct?

754
00:43:11,920 --> 00:43:14,800
Speaker 15: I think I think I've been on once before, Bernie.

755
00:43:15,080 --> 00:43:17,000
Speaker 3: Welcome back. Well, welcome back, dive right in.

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Speaker 7: Thank you.

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00:43:21,480 --> 00:43:21,719
Speaker 12: Yeah.

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00:43:21,880 --> 00:43:27,680
Speaker 15: Okay, First of all, Seattle, I agree you bought the

759
00:43:27,760 --> 00:43:29,520
Speaker 15: tickets and do.

760
00:43:29,600 --> 00:43:30,319
Speaker 6: Whatever you want.

761
00:43:30,880 --> 00:43:33,920
Speaker 11: I mean, I understand what they're trying to do.

762
00:43:34,880 --> 00:43:39,239
Speaker 15: But in the end, if I buy a television from Walmart,

763
00:43:39,480 --> 00:43:41,360
Speaker 15: I want to sell to somebody else.

764
00:43:42,400 --> 00:43:43,840
Speaker 16: Walmart's not going to chase.

765
00:43:43,760 --> 00:43:45,680
Speaker 15: Me down trying to tell me where I can sell

766
00:43:45,760 --> 00:43:48,319
Speaker 15: that television. I mean, that's just the way.

767
00:43:50,120 --> 00:43:51,480
Speaker 2: I'm all right, that's good.

768
00:43:52,200 --> 00:43:53,560
Speaker 3: I got you gotta know that.

769
00:43:53,719 --> 00:43:56,240
Speaker 2: You gotta know that the twelfth Man loves being compared

770
00:43:56,239 --> 00:43:57,759
Speaker 2: to wall That's that's I'll take it.

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00:43:57,880 --> 00:43:58,040
Speaker 13: Man.

772
00:43:58,239 --> 00:43:59,880
Speaker 2: All right, number two, let's get let's keep it.

773
00:44:00,160 --> 00:44:00,880
Speaker 3: A big, big fellow.

774
00:44:00,920 --> 00:44:04,480
Speaker 2: Never were talking about Well, now we're talking about their Dodgers. Yeah,

775
00:44:04,560 --> 00:44:05,040
Speaker 2: the Dodgers.

776
00:44:06,440 --> 00:44:06,920
Speaker 6: So I.

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00:44:08,400 --> 00:44:12,040
Speaker 15: Understand what you're saying, but I think it's just lazy.

778
00:44:12,560 --> 00:44:13,799
Speaker 11: I mean, you look at the top.

779
00:44:14,760 --> 00:44:17,080
Speaker 15: If we compare this to the NFL, and I know

780
00:44:17,200 --> 00:44:19,200
Speaker 15: it's hard to compare baseball in the NFL.

781
00:44:19,480 --> 00:44:19,719
Speaker 3: Well, the.

782
00:44:21,960 --> 00:44:29,040
Speaker 15: The top five richest owners are the Broncos, Panthers, Rams, Chiefs, Cowboys.

783
00:44:30,160 --> 00:44:34,160
Speaker 2: Wait, here's the thing. Hold up there, big fella, there's

784
00:44:34,200 --> 00:44:36,279
Speaker 2: a salary cap in the NFL, and there's not in

785
00:44:36,400 --> 00:44:39,919
Speaker 2: baseball and there never will be. You pay a luxury tax,

786
00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:42,560
Speaker 2: which I explained the Dodgers distributing one hundred and seventy

787
00:44:42,640 --> 00:44:45,640
Speaker 2: million those teams that don't want to spend their beneficiaries

788
00:44:45,680 --> 00:44:48,279
Speaker 2: of that money. So all I'm asking you is if

789
00:44:48,400 --> 00:44:50,879
Speaker 2: are you pissed off because of what the Dodgers are doing?

790
00:44:51,200 --> 00:44:53,040
Speaker 2: Or do you say, hell no, this is good for baseball.

791
00:44:53,080 --> 00:44:53,840
Speaker 2: That's all I want to know.

792
00:44:54,440 --> 00:44:58,560
Speaker 15: Okay, I just think it's lazy. It's just spending money unlimited.

793
00:44:58,640 --> 00:45:00,080
Speaker 15: There's no scouting, there's.

794
00:45:00,640 --> 00:45:03,120
Speaker 2: Oh that's that's just not true, my friend. They still

795
00:45:03,120 --> 00:45:04,360
Speaker 2: have an excellent farm system.

796
00:45:05,239 --> 00:45:06,680
Speaker 15: You know, it's just my opinion.

797
00:45:07,600 --> 00:45:08,560
Speaker 3: I'm an order opinion.

798
00:45:09,400 --> 00:45:13,560
Speaker 15: I'm a suffering Orioles fan. So that's where I'm At'll.

799
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Speaker 2: Bring back her a Weaver for once, fright. Finally, Lebron

800
00:45:17,400 --> 00:45:19,160
Speaker 2: the number twenty three patch.

801
00:45:20,560 --> 00:45:27,759
Speaker 15: Lebron to me, he is Antonio Brown on steroids.

802
00:45:28,760 --> 00:45:29,160
Speaker 7: I can do.

803
00:45:29,600 --> 00:45:33,960
Speaker 2: Oh my god, excellent co tennis from the great state

804
00:45:34,080 --> 00:45:38,160
Speaker 2: of Vermont. We're a good friend and companion and cohort.

805
00:45:38,280 --> 00:45:42,400
Speaker 2: Arnie Spaniard resided for many years Jim in Massachusetts.

806
00:45:42,440 --> 00:45:46,000
Speaker 13: You're back in the third hole tonight, buddy, Hey, Bernie,

807
00:45:46,040 --> 00:45:50,280
Speaker 13: what's going on the Seattle ticket thing? Hey, it's the fans.

808
00:45:50,320 --> 00:45:50,840
Speaker 13: They bought it.

809
00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:53,040
Speaker 12: They can do what they want with the tickets.

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00:45:52,960 --> 00:45:53,120
Speaker 2: You know.

811
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Speaker 13: I well, not me personally, but we had a sports group.

812
00:45:57,400 --> 00:46:00,200
Speaker 13: We had seasons tickets at Friendly Park for years, and

813
00:46:00,280 --> 00:46:02,799
Speaker 13: when they made the World Series in playoffs, we were

814
00:46:02,920 --> 00:46:05,400
Speaker 13: right behind the on deck circle on the on the

815
00:46:06,160 --> 00:46:09,080
Speaker 13: red Sox side, and when playoffs comes, we were out

816
00:46:09,120 --> 00:46:11,520
Speaker 13: in the bleachers. Those are the only tickets we were off.

817
00:46:11,560 --> 00:46:13,239
Speaker 13: And I don't know if they changed that or whatever,

818
00:46:13,520 --> 00:46:15,600
Speaker 13: but just because your season ticket holder doesn't mean you're

819
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Speaker 13: going to be sitting in the same seat during the playoffs,

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Speaker 13: you know.

821
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Speaker 2: Okay, I'm not sure question that.

822
00:46:21,640 --> 00:46:24,800
Speaker 3: Okay, yeah, you know.

823
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Speaker 13: I don't even know why they got involved in that,

824
00:46:27,360 --> 00:46:30,760
Speaker 13: because I know they have a season's ticket list, you know, waiting.

825
00:46:31,280 --> 00:46:34,080
Speaker 2: Every team does, so I think it's one of those

826
00:46:34,120 --> 00:46:37,160
Speaker 2: situations where you're trying to thread the needle and make

827
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Speaker 2: sure the people in your stadium are rooting for the

828
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Speaker 2: home team. I don't think they have that issue in Seattle.

829
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Speaker 2: Those are some of the best fans anywhere. If you've

830
00:46:43,360 --> 00:46:45,239
Speaker 2: ever been to that stadium. It's so loud your ear

831
00:46:45,320 --> 00:46:49,319
Speaker 2: drums will blow out. But yeah, there's no easy solution here.

832
00:46:49,640 --> 00:46:50,480
Speaker 2: It's all opinions.

833
00:46:51,160 --> 00:46:54,359
Speaker 13: Yeah, the Dodgers, hey, let them do what they want.

834
00:46:54,600 --> 00:46:56,840
Speaker 13: I mean, baseball has gone so much down the tube.

835
00:46:56,880 --> 00:46:58,880
Speaker 13: They're just playing by the rules that are set up.

836
00:46:59,200 --> 00:47:01,680
Speaker 13: Everybody else can play by him. I know they're in

837
00:47:01,719 --> 00:47:03,960
Speaker 13: a bigger market. They get a bigger stadium, they can

838
00:47:04,040 --> 00:47:07,840
Speaker 13: sit more people, but like Fenway Park's only thirty five thousand,

839
00:47:08,480 --> 00:47:12,200
Speaker 13: other places are smaller, get bigger stadiums, get more money,

840
00:47:12,239 --> 00:47:15,120
Speaker 13: get more revenue, and you can compete with the big dogs.

841
00:47:15,560 --> 00:47:17,160
Speaker 13: You know, they're just playing by the rules.

842
00:47:17,640 --> 00:47:21,600
Speaker 2: So unless they look as I mentioned, of the top

843
00:47:21,680 --> 00:47:23,799
Speaker 2: five spending teams has passed your two team to make

844
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Speaker 2: the playoffs.

845
00:47:24,320 --> 00:47:26,520
Speaker 3: Go back the last ten years anyway.

846
00:47:26,640 --> 00:47:29,200
Speaker 13: Oh yeah, that's why. The same as football, they throw

847
00:47:29,320 --> 00:47:31,520
Speaker 13: money around like that. That doesn't going to bring you

848
00:47:31,560 --> 00:47:32,880
Speaker 13: a winner, no, And.

849
00:47:33,200 --> 00:47:37,440
Speaker 2: It guarantees, it guarantees a lucrative regular season, all right.

850
00:47:37,600 --> 00:47:39,880
Speaker 13: And on the patch thing, this really got to be

851
00:47:39,960 --> 00:47:40,400
Speaker 13: burnt up.

852
00:47:40,440 --> 00:47:41,680
Speaker 12: I might not even sleep tonight.

853
00:47:42,000 --> 00:47:44,600
Speaker 13: Forget the twenty three patch. If you want to put

854
00:47:44,640 --> 00:47:48,640
Speaker 13: a patch on everything, put a patch of air Jordan,

855
00:47:49,440 --> 00:47:51,400
Speaker 13: you know, going up to do a sky dunk like

856
00:47:51,680 --> 00:47:54,400
Speaker 13: on the sneakers, because in fifty one hundred years from now,

857
00:47:54,960 --> 00:47:57,960
Speaker 13: that's still gonna be there. Everybody's gonna know who Michael

858
00:47:58,000 --> 00:48:00,279
Speaker 13: Jordan is and no one, no one's going to even

859
00:48:00,680 --> 00:48:05,680
Speaker 13: Lebron who Well, what was your trash collector in the South, Bronx, what.

860
00:48:05,760 --> 00:48:08,279
Speaker 2: Did you do? All right, well you'll have to do

861
00:48:08,400 --> 00:48:10,680
Speaker 2: twenty years from from now, Jim, and we're doing this show,

862
00:48:11,080 --> 00:48:16,080
Speaker 2: we'll do a we'll do a Lebron memorandum. Now that's

863
00:48:16,120 --> 00:48:18,239
Speaker 2: not the right word. I almost said memorial. But I

864
00:48:18,239 --> 00:48:20,160
Speaker 2: don't want the guy to diet for Grandada. I hope

865
00:48:20,160 --> 00:48:23,440
Speaker 2: he lives a long time anyway. Yeah, we're kind of

866
00:48:23,520 --> 00:48:24,560
Speaker 2: on the same page, boy, Lebron.

867
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Speaker 13: Anything else, No, it's just that the fact that, oh, yeah,

868
00:48:28,120 --> 00:48:30,640
Speaker 13: one thing I noticed, how you when you were talking

869
00:48:30,640 --> 00:48:33,440
Speaker 13: about quarterbacks, you didn't bring up when Phil Simms went

870
00:48:33,560 --> 00:48:36,200
Speaker 13: down when the league was really mental, rutleds went and

871
00:48:36,239 --> 00:48:38,280
Speaker 13: they won a super Bowl with him in last minute.

872
00:48:38,800 --> 00:48:42,120
Speaker 2: I mean, that's yeah, that's fair, that's a good point.

873
00:48:42,200 --> 00:48:45,520
Speaker 2: But but but I thought that the Miami comparison was

874
00:48:45,560 --> 00:48:51,359
Speaker 2: more appropriate with Earl moral because he Yeah, fair enough, Jim,

875
00:48:53,200 --> 00:48:55,359
Speaker 2: it might be splitting hairs on that one, because if

876
00:48:55,800 --> 00:48:58,080
Speaker 2: Sims was twenty two or twenty five and eighty seven

877
00:48:58,160 --> 00:49:00,640
Speaker 2: and ninety one, it was a differ from quarterback.

878
00:49:01,760 --> 00:49:06,040
Speaker 13: Yeah. Well, the other the other thing answers that is

879
00:49:06,520 --> 00:49:09,680
Speaker 13: the Raiders. Are they going to take the Miami coach

880
00:49:09,719 --> 00:49:11,920
Speaker 13: and hire him the guy that develops quarterbacks.

881
00:49:14,600 --> 00:49:16,520
Speaker 3: I don't even think they know what they're gonna do.

882
00:49:17,200 --> 00:49:17,880
Speaker 3: Quite honestly.

883
00:49:18,880 --> 00:49:21,439
Speaker 2: They're paying five coaches right now that aren't even working

884
00:49:21,480 --> 00:49:22,400
Speaker 2: fifty million dollars.

885
00:49:22,480 --> 00:49:26,160
Speaker 13: So, uh, this is something they got to take that

886
00:49:26,320 --> 00:49:29,040
Speaker 13: kid from Indiana because I've seen him play, I've heard

887
00:49:29,120 --> 00:49:29,480
Speaker 13: him talk.

888
00:49:29,600 --> 00:49:31,359
Speaker 2: Oh are you are you asking her? They're gonna draft

889
00:49:31,400 --> 00:49:34,360
Speaker 2: Mendoza at this point with everything I know, I'd be

890
00:49:34,400 --> 00:49:39,480
Speaker 2: shocked if they don't draft Fernando Mendoza and he's going

891
00:49:39,560 --> 00:49:40,120
Speaker 2: to be a player.

892
00:49:40,360 --> 00:49:41,800
Speaker 3: Yeah, I love it, Jim, good stuff.

893
00:49:42,000 --> 00:49:45,439
Speaker 2: And I feel bad for Mendoza because it'll be pure

894
00:49:45,480 --> 00:49:49,160
Speaker 2: hell here for him for a couple of years. Spotswed Norgan,

895
00:49:49,239 --> 00:49:50,120
Speaker 2: what are you drinking? My man?

896
00:49:52,480 --> 00:49:56,520
Speaker 4: Hey, Bernie, Well, this time I'm I'm batting after a

897
00:49:56,560 --> 00:49:58,839
Speaker 4: cleanup gym from last week. So that's kind of nice.

898
00:50:00,840 --> 00:50:01,440
Speaker 2: It's all good.

899
00:50:01,719 --> 00:50:04,920
Speaker 4: The first thing I want to say is, if you're

900
00:50:05,040 --> 00:50:09,320
Speaker 4: gonna start smoking camel unfilters, as long as it doesn't

901
00:50:09,360 --> 00:50:11,520
Speaker 4: screw up your voice, I'm good. All right.

902
00:50:11,960 --> 00:50:16,480
Speaker 2: Well I I someone complimented me on my Johnny Most impression,

903
00:50:16,960 --> 00:50:22,600
Speaker 2: the legendary Boston Celtics announcer, and he was a heavy smoker,

904
00:50:22,640 --> 00:50:23,959
Speaker 2: which gave him the gravelly voice.

905
00:50:25,600 --> 00:50:26,759
Speaker 3: I reached for a laugh line.

906
00:50:28,040 --> 00:50:30,920
Speaker 4: I do the camel crush once in a while, So,

907
00:50:31,560 --> 00:50:32,799
Speaker 4: oh wow, you better man?

908
00:50:33,040 --> 00:50:35,879
Speaker 2: All right, what do we got Seahawks here? Who sat

909
00:50:36,280 --> 00:50:37,560
Speaker 2: on the team or the fans?

910
00:50:38,360 --> 00:50:40,480
Speaker 4: Well, I'm I'm on the side of the fans, and

911
00:50:40,560 --> 00:50:43,920
Speaker 4: I want the fans to look at their contract. Do

912
00:50:44,000 --> 00:50:47,160
Speaker 4: you you look at what it is that that that

913
00:50:47,320 --> 00:50:50,200
Speaker 4: you bought, and you make sure that they can't do

914
00:50:50,360 --> 00:50:53,840
Speaker 4: that to you. And let's get the lawsuits flying, and

915
00:50:54,239 --> 00:50:54,759
Speaker 4: uh you.

916
00:50:54,800 --> 00:50:57,120
Speaker 2: Know it's it's a it's a little more nuanced than that,

917
00:50:57,239 --> 00:50:59,759
Speaker 2: big fellow, But I accept your point. And that is

918
00:50:59,800 --> 00:51:02,080
Speaker 2: so far. We're so far, we're like four for four.

919
00:51:02,760 --> 00:51:06,279
Speaker 2: No one no one is thinking that that really this

920
00:51:06,480 --> 00:51:10,600
Speaker 2: is a good look, uh right? Topic Topic number two,

921
00:51:10,800 --> 00:51:12,960
Speaker 2: Topic number real quick.

922
00:51:12,840 --> 00:51:15,239
Speaker 4: Number one I mean, can can Can Seahawks say that,

923
00:51:15,719 --> 00:51:17,160
Speaker 4: you know, to be a season ticket.

924
00:51:16,960 --> 00:51:19,840
Speaker 2: Holder, you have to have a minimum decibel voice in

925
00:51:19,960 --> 00:51:22,080
Speaker 2: order to be a fall see that. That's the thing.

926
00:51:22,120 --> 00:51:23,719
Speaker 3: I don't want to go down the slippery slope. I

927
00:51:23,840 --> 00:51:24,560
Speaker 3: just kind of want to do it.

928
00:51:24,960 --> 00:51:26,920
Speaker 2: All right, all right, let's get let's get to the Dodgers.

929
00:51:27,000 --> 00:51:28,680
Speaker 2: Good for baseball or bad for baseball.

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00:51:29,480 --> 00:51:32,400
Speaker 4: It's good for baseball. It's you know, the Dodgers are

931
00:51:32,400 --> 00:51:36,200
Speaker 4: an international brand. They you know, it's it's it's it's like, hey,

932
00:51:36,320 --> 00:51:38,200
Speaker 4: I've got all the chips and I'm and I'm going

933
00:51:38,280 --> 00:51:41,040
Speaker 4: to bully you in poker. You better figure out what

934
00:51:41,120 --> 00:51:43,840
Speaker 4: you're gonna do to beat me. And you know, like

935
00:51:43,960 --> 00:51:45,880
Speaker 4: you said, with parody and the extra money, they're going

936
00:51:45,920 --> 00:51:49,960
Speaker 4: to be thrown thrown around. You know, they get to

937
00:51:50,000 --> 00:51:52,440
Speaker 4: do what they get to do, and you better figure

938
00:51:52,480 --> 00:51:56,000
Speaker 4: out how how how to beat them. And if you

939
00:51:56,080 --> 00:51:59,040
Speaker 4: don't have owners that have the deep pockets, then you're

940
00:51:59,200 --> 00:52:02,560
Speaker 4: you're done with You're you're gonna be Dodgers Baseball. And

941
00:52:02,880 --> 00:52:05,719
Speaker 4: and everybody wants likes the Dodgers to set me and

942
00:52:05,920 --> 00:52:07,000
Speaker 4: a whole bunch of other people.

943
00:52:07,120 --> 00:52:11,440
Speaker 3: So all right, final thought, Lebron in the twenty three patch.

944
00:52:12,480 --> 00:52:15,080
Speaker 4: All right, Actually I wish Bron would would wear the

945
00:52:15,160 --> 00:52:22,640
Speaker 4: Ayahuasca patch frankly, but right, he is so consumed with

946
00:52:22,800 --> 00:52:28,319
Speaker 4: himself and at this point Lebron is a parody of himself. Yes,

947
00:52:28,680 --> 00:52:30,479
Speaker 4: he has been one of the one of the best

948
00:52:30,560 --> 00:52:34,040
Speaker 4: players in basketball. He's earned a ton of accolades. He

949
00:52:34,239 --> 00:52:39,640
Speaker 4: is absolutely uh an icon, but he has continued to

950
00:52:39,760 --> 00:52:43,239
Speaker 4: step on his You can step on.

951
00:52:43,360 --> 00:52:45,520
Speaker 3: His legacy because he tries too hard. That's the way

952
00:52:45,560 --> 00:52:45,920
Speaker 3: we see it.

953
00:52:46,680 --> 00:52:49,480
Speaker 4: Thank you for correcting me, Bernie. I think that's very

954
00:52:49,640 --> 00:52:50,600
Speaker 4: very nice for you to do.

955
00:52:51,280 --> 00:52:52,960
Speaker 12: And that is that.

956
00:52:53,239 --> 00:52:56,279
Speaker 4: That is my opinion. He just God, he is so

957
00:52:56,640 --> 00:53:01,400
Speaker 4: consumed with his with his own ego, it is just obnoxious.

958
00:53:02,200 --> 00:53:04,640
Speaker 2: All right, fock good stuff is always appreciate you man.

959
00:53:05,239 --> 00:53:09,520
Speaker 2: And just so everybody knows, the revenue sharing in baseball

960
00:53:09,840 --> 00:53:14,360
Speaker 2: is tremendous. All thirty teams get equal shares from a

961
00:53:14,640 --> 00:53:17,959
Speaker 2: very large pool of local and national TV revenues, which

962
00:53:18,400 --> 00:53:21,239
Speaker 2: really is around one hundred and ten million dollars per

963
00:53:21,360 --> 00:53:26,080
Speaker 2: team before you sell a single ticket. So look at

964
00:53:26,120 --> 00:53:28,960
Speaker 2: how many teams payrolls are under one hundred million dollars.

965
00:53:29,400 --> 00:53:32,120
Speaker 2: The Dodgers choose to invest in the return on investment.

966
00:53:32,400 --> 00:53:36,000
Speaker 2: And you heard what I said earlier. Okay, this increases

967
00:53:36,080 --> 00:53:38,600
Speaker 2: fan interest. There are several reasons I think this is good,

968
00:53:38,680 --> 00:53:41,840
Speaker 2: whether you like it or not. The Midnight Hours offered

969
00:53:41,880 --> 00:53:46,040
Speaker 2: running Cody, Linda, j E. Doog Leighton, You're up next.

970
00:53:46,160 --> 00:53:49,040
Speaker 2: I greatly appreciate your patience. We got to do this

971
00:53:49,120 --> 00:53:49,600
Speaker 2: the right way.

972
00:53:50,160 --> 00:53:50,640
Speaker 3: Hang in there.

973
00:53:50,719 --> 00:53:53,319
Speaker 2: I promised to get to you. I'm Bernie Frattle. We're

974
00:53:53,320 --> 00:53:55,040
Speaker 2: come to your line for the last figures. Fox Sports

975
00:53:55,120 --> 00:53:56,359
Speaker 2: Radio Studios. Keep it locked.

976
00:53:56,560 --> 00:53:58,000
Speaker 3: You're listening to the Bernie Frattle showing.

977
00:53:58,200 --> 00:54:01,080
Speaker 5: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in

978
00:54:01,120 --> 00:54:04,480
Speaker 5: the nation. Catch all of our shows at foxsports Radio

979
00:54:04,600 --> 00:54:08,680
Speaker 5: dot com and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to

980
00:54:08,840 --> 00:54:09,439
Speaker 5: listen live.

981
00:54:14,080 --> 00:54:15,879
Speaker 2: All right, we're back on the Bernie Pato Show Fox

982
00:54:15,920 --> 00:54:19,759
Speaker 2: Sports Radio, and the midnight Hour continues. So let's get

983
00:54:19,800 --> 00:54:24,120
Speaker 2: back on to the phones. Joined by Cody in Miami. Cody,

984
00:54:24,160 --> 00:54:27,800
Speaker 2: thanks for hanging on. Welcome in, Bernie.

985
00:54:28,280 --> 00:54:31,759
Speaker 6: I think you heard wrong, but only you can call

986
00:54:31,880 --> 00:54:35,840
Speaker 6: me Cody. It's Tony and oh.

987
00:54:35,800 --> 00:54:37,719
Speaker 2: Tony, I'm sorry. Okay, no, it's all good.

988
00:54:38,320 --> 00:54:39,759
Speaker 7: Uh no, no, no, no, no.

989
00:54:39,960 --> 00:54:42,920
Speaker 6: I at this point I had did you hear from you?

990
00:54:43,040 --> 00:54:45,200
Speaker 2: Man? It's been a minute. It's all good, it's all good.

991
00:54:46,040 --> 00:54:48,719
Speaker 6: I got uh, I got engaged, and I got into

992
00:54:49,160 --> 00:54:52,719
Speaker 6: Grandpa's what's called the medicine cabinet, So you can.

993
00:54:52,640 --> 00:54:57,480
Speaker 2: Call me Jody Toby Toby Grandpa's cough syrup baby. Hey,

994
00:54:57,520 --> 00:54:59,920
Speaker 2: it's all good, man, I remember you man, former night

995
00:55:00,080 --> 00:55:00,759
Speaker 2: club owner? Right?

996
00:55:01,600 --> 00:55:02,840
Speaker 4: Uh, something like that.

997
00:55:03,120 --> 00:55:07,640
Speaker 6: Yeah, Like my my girl wants to she knows who

998
00:55:07,760 --> 00:55:11,880
Speaker 6: you are, and for our golden honeymoon possibly go to

999
00:55:12,000 --> 00:55:15,520
Speaker 6: Vegas and somehow get you for an hour and take

1000
00:55:15,560 --> 00:55:18,480
Speaker 6: you out to dinner. But that's a different conversation, Uh,

1001
00:55:18,640 --> 00:55:23,839
Speaker 6: for another day. I just wanted to weigh in real quick.

1002
00:55:24,880 --> 00:55:28,400
Speaker 6: I don't really have anything of the baseball and the

1003
00:55:29,560 --> 00:55:33,240
Speaker 6: you know who. I'm pretty sure that he's not talking

1004
00:55:33,280 --> 00:55:36,960
Speaker 6: about the great Bernie Fratto or Golvie in Miami, So

1005
00:55:37,080 --> 00:55:39,520
Speaker 6: I'd rather not talk about you know who and give

1006
00:55:39,640 --> 00:55:40,360
Speaker 6: name to power.

1007
00:55:41,400 --> 00:55:43,960
Speaker 2: All right, we'll skip, we'll skip, we'll stip topic number three.

1008
00:55:44,040 --> 00:55:46,040
Speaker 2: But what do you think about the Seahawks deal?

1009
00:55:46,600 --> 00:55:49,759
Speaker 6: That's the main thing. This is, this is what I

1010
00:55:49,960 --> 00:55:52,640
Speaker 6: really wish. I don't know if it'll happen. I I

1011
00:55:52,760 --> 00:55:55,239
Speaker 6: think if they're gonna it's the management. If they're gonna

1012
00:55:55,239 --> 00:55:57,920
Speaker 6: play the green card, that's great, you're gonna be greedy,

1013
00:55:58,440 --> 00:55:59,319
Speaker 6: go ahead and do that.

1014
00:56:00,200 --> 00:56:03,560
Speaker 12: But they need to have the right to also be greedy.

1015
00:56:04,320 --> 00:56:07,239
Speaker 6: Ideally, what I would love is if they're going to

1016
00:56:07,280 --> 00:56:10,080
Speaker 6: play that game, then what they need to do is

1017
00:56:10,160 --> 00:56:13,960
Speaker 6: go back, let's say thirty years nineteen ninety five Pontek Silverdome.

1018
00:56:14,400 --> 00:56:17,760
Speaker 6: Some of those seats were twenty twenty five dollars. Google

1019
00:56:17,920 --> 00:56:20,920
Speaker 6: twenty five dollars into what it is today, and that's

1020
00:56:20,960 --> 00:56:23,160
Speaker 6: what those prices need to be for these seats. And

1021
00:56:23,320 --> 00:56:27,040
Speaker 6: at that point, those seats only go to those fans

1022
00:56:27,160 --> 00:56:30,800
Speaker 6: who paid for them directly or the season ticket, and

1023
00:56:30,880 --> 00:56:34,279
Speaker 6: they do have they cannot resell them. They cannot, you know.

1024
00:56:34,400 --> 00:56:36,959
Speaker 6: And I think that's the way that that's the perfect world.

1025
00:56:37,239 --> 00:56:40,680
Speaker 6: Well often probably not, but I think I think they

1026
00:56:41,080 --> 00:56:43,120
Speaker 6: if they want to do that, that's fine. They gotta

1027
00:56:43,280 --> 00:56:45,319
Speaker 6: it's got to get into these seats.

1028
00:56:45,320 --> 00:56:46,600
Speaker 17: Shouldn't be more at all.

1029
00:56:46,800 --> 00:56:49,160
Speaker 6: Seatoff games shouldn't be more thane hundred and seventy five dollars,

1030
00:56:49,360 --> 00:56:50,400
Speaker 6: maybe two hundred.

1031
00:56:50,160 --> 00:56:52,520
Speaker 2: The most fair enough? All right, we'll do The next

1032
00:56:52,600 --> 00:56:55,680
Speaker 2: topic real quickly, the Dodgers is what they're doing good

1033
00:56:55,719 --> 00:56:56,640
Speaker 2: for baseball or bad?

1034
00:56:56,680 --> 00:56:57,319
Speaker 3: I think it's good.

1035
00:56:57,400 --> 00:56:59,919
Speaker 6: Your thoughts I have done, I always tried.

1036
00:57:00,160 --> 00:57:00,719
Speaker 7: I was that.

1037
00:57:01,120 --> 00:57:04,400
Speaker 6: I have zero on that. It is basically, I just

1038
00:57:04,480 --> 00:57:06,560
Speaker 6: want to weigh on because I've heard a lot about

1039
00:57:06,600 --> 00:57:11,320
Speaker 6: this tickets ticket you know, reselling the last couple of weeks,

1040
00:57:11,400 --> 00:57:13,040
Speaker 6: and I talked to with some of my friends and

1041
00:57:13,400 --> 00:57:16,640
Speaker 6: it's said, the internet is just blown. It's sad you can't.

1042
00:57:17,200 --> 00:57:18,919
Speaker 17: I don't know who's able to go to these games.

1043
00:57:19,120 --> 00:57:22,200
Speaker 6: Who's got forty five hundred dollars to come down to Miami.

1044
00:57:22,560 --> 00:57:25,240
Speaker 6: By the way, that the parking is seven hundred and

1045
00:57:25,280 --> 00:57:28,320
Speaker 6: eighty dollars just to sit the reserve, which has already taken.

1046
00:57:28,640 --> 00:57:31,480
Speaker 2: So I'm going to get to the CFP ticket prices later.

1047
00:57:31,560 --> 00:57:34,840
Speaker 2: But the bottom line is the Dodgers are spending a lot.

1048
00:57:35,040 --> 00:57:38,520
Speaker 2: They're winning. Other teams spend too. The Dodgers are taking it.

1049
00:57:39,280 --> 00:57:41,240
Speaker 2: People are taking shots at them. They have been for years.

1050
00:57:41,520 --> 00:57:43,160
Speaker 2: I happen to think what they're doing is good for baseball.

1051
00:57:43,160 --> 00:57:44,480
Speaker 2: You got the last word quickly.

1052
00:57:46,840 --> 00:57:50,320
Speaker 6: Yeah, sale v. If they're spending, they're spending. I don't

1053
00:57:50,360 --> 00:57:54,640
Speaker 6: know enough baseball to pretend that I know the resolution,

1054
00:57:55,120 --> 00:57:57,040
Speaker 6: But I know you do, and that's all that matters.

1055
00:57:57,520 --> 00:57:57,800
Speaker 2: Tony.

1056
00:57:58,040 --> 00:58:01,880
Speaker 3: Congratulations on your engagement. Appreciate it. Man, appreciate the call.

1057
00:58:02,280 --> 00:58:03,680
Speaker 3: Linda and Kalamazoo, welcome in.

1058
00:58:05,040 --> 00:58:07,560
Speaker 2: Hi, good morning, How are you doing well? Thank you.

1059
00:58:08,800 --> 00:58:12,600
Speaker 10: As far as the topics, well, we'll go with Lebron first,

1060
00:58:13,360 --> 00:58:17,760
Speaker 10: typical Lebron. He's he's just the only old the old song,

1061
00:58:17,840 --> 00:58:18,640
Speaker 10: You're so vain.

1062
00:58:19,960 --> 00:58:21,840
Speaker 3: Sure, yeah, Carly Simon.

1063
00:58:22,600 --> 00:58:26,720
Speaker 10: Yeah, I think that kind of fits, uh the US there.

1064
00:58:26,840 --> 00:58:28,480
Speaker 15: If you tell uh the.

1065
00:58:28,600 --> 00:58:33,160
Speaker 10: Baseball situation, I'm concerned because and I don't know, maybe

1066
00:58:33,200 --> 00:58:36,000
Speaker 10: you can fill me in. I don't understand. You know,

1067
00:58:36,160 --> 00:58:39,920
Speaker 10: the Dodgers have got all these TV contracts. What happened

1068
00:58:40,160 --> 00:58:44,760
Speaker 10: with the Tigers and Fandels that I don't understand that one,

1069
00:58:44,920 --> 00:58:49,280
Speaker 10: we're losing our television rights and uh, who knows where

1070
00:58:49,520 --> 00:58:52,480
Speaker 10: the people that work for the TV people Jason Bennetti

1071
00:58:52,680 --> 00:58:54,160
Speaker 10: and oh that's fair.

1072
00:58:54,840 --> 00:58:56,800
Speaker 3: So that's fair that that has come up.

1073
00:58:57,880 --> 00:59:01,840
Speaker 2: We remember all major ly teams split the pie from

1074
00:59:01,920 --> 00:59:03,439
Speaker 2: local TV contracts as well.

1075
00:59:03,880 --> 00:59:04,840
Speaker 3: And you got to remember this.

1076
00:59:05,640 --> 00:59:09,640
Speaker 2: The Yankees with their MSN network have had lucrative contracts forever.

1077
00:59:10,160 --> 00:59:11,800
Speaker 3: They haven't won anything in sixteen years.

1078
00:59:11,840 --> 00:59:14,080
Speaker 2: So, you know, you bring up a good point about

1079
00:59:14,640 --> 00:59:17,320
Speaker 2: there seems to be somewhat of an imbalance, but every

1080
00:59:17,400 --> 00:59:19,400
Speaker 2: team starts out with one hundred and ten million dollars

1081
00:59:19,440 --> 00:59:21,200
Speaker 2: every year before they even sell single ticket.

1082
00:59:21,320 --> 00:59:26,560
Speaker 10: So so what's going to happen if they don't renew

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00:59:26,640 --> 00:59:29,640
Speaker 10: the contract with FanDuel? What happens there?

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00:59:30,000 --> 00:59:30,520
Speaker 4: Where do we go?

1085
00:59:30,680 --> 00:59:32,600
Speaker 2: Well, it just happened a couple years ago with Balletes.

1086
00:59:32,640 --> 00:59:34,680
Speaker 2: I mean someone else will come along. This to mean,

1087
00:59:36,080 --> 00:59:38,200
Speaker 2: you know, you raise an interesting issue, not something we

1088
00:59:38,240 --> 00:59:40,760
Speaker 2: have time to get into tonight. Something else will come along.

1089
00:59:41,280 --> 00:59:43,480
Speaker 2: So all right, you've talked.

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00:59:43,240 --> 00:59:46,680
Speaker 10: About Google, don't I don't like the fact that we

1091
00:59:46,800 --> 00:59:47,840
Speaker 10: haven't signed Scoople.

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00:59:48,000 --> 00:59:50,520
Speaker 2: I think, well, he wants he's with Scott Bors and

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00:59:50,560 --> 00:59:52,880
Speaker 2: they want four hundred million dollars and Tigers just can't

1094
00:59:52,920 --> 00:59:54,800
Speaker 2: pay that. They're just not going to give that to

1095
00:59:54,880 --> 00:59:57,000
Speaker 2: a pitcher who turns thirty this year, even though he

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00:59:57,080 --> 00:59:58,760
Speaker 2: might be worth it. I think they'd give him half

1097
00:59:58,800 --> 01:00:01,360
Speaker 2: that or a four year d what he wants, But

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01:00:01,440 --> 01:00:03,720
Speaker 2: he wants something much greater, and he's got the agent

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01:00:03,800 --> 01:00:05,600
Speaker 2: that's going to drive it. What are your thoughts on

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01:00:05,680 --> 01:00:07,520
Speaker 2: the Seahawks and the Hawks?

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01:00:07,600 --> 01:00:11,440
Speaker 10: I think I need to reconsider. Uh, you know, the

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01:00:11,560 --> 01:00:14,160
Speaker 10: average Joe Bull can't afford to go to these games.

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01:00:14,360 --> 01:00:17,840
Speaker 10: I mean it's just too much. And and one if

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01:00:17,880 --> 01:00:21,040
Speaker 10: something comes up where you've got tickets for a game

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01:00:21,080 --> 01:00:23,520
Speaker 10: and you can't make it and you want to sell

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01:00:23,560 --> 01:00:26,520
Speaker 10: it to another fan, as long as you don't sell

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01:00:26,560 --> 01:00:28,360
Speaker 10: it for more than what the ticket's worth and be

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01:00:28,440 --> 01:00:30,560
Speaker 10: a scalper, I have no no problem with it.

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Speaker 3: All right, thanks for calling, and I appreciate your time.

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Speaker 3: Appreciate it.

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Speaker 2: E Dog in New York City. Welcome into the Bernie

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Speaker 2: Frattle Show. Hey Bernie, how you doing doing well?

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Speaker 3: So are you?

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Speaker 7: I'm pretty good hanging in there. First of all, I

1115
01:00:46,880 --> 01:00:50,520
Speaker 7: just want to say the Knicks they're they're a very

1116
01:00:50,560 --> 01:00:53,520
Speaker 7: good team. But they got to stop the three pointers.

1117
01:00:53,640 --> 01:00:57,480
Speaker 7: They'll have too many three pointers. And by the way,

1118
01:00:57,600 --> 01:00:58,760
Speaker 7: I got a question to ask you.

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Speaker 13: If I may I had this new girlfriend.

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Speaker 7: But I'm asking you a question.

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01:01:06,040 --> 01:01:07,439
Speaker 15: Do you know where I got her from?

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Speaker 7: Can you figure that out?

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Speaker 11: No?

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01:01:10,760 --> 01:01:14,440
Speaker 7: No, no, you want me to tell you?

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Speaker 2: No, I'd rather stay on topic here, my man. Can

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01:01:18,520 --> 01:01:20,880
Speaker 2: we stay on topic with the Seahawks and Lebron and

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01:01:21,520 --> 01:01:22,160
Speaker 2: and the Dodgers.

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01:01:22,280 --> 01:01:25,800
Speaker 7: Yeah, I think this is going to win the Super Bowl.

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01:01:25,880 --> 01:01:28,160
Speaker 7: I think they're a very good team. They're great on

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01:01:28,320 --> 01:01:28,960
Speaker 7: defense there.

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01:01:29,080 --> 01:01:30,720
Speaker 2: Well, how do you feel about how do you feel

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01:01:30,720 --> 01:01:34,520
Speaker 2: about their ticket? You have a situation where they sent

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01:01:34,720 --> 01:01:38,040
Speaker 2: memos to their ticket holders season ticket over sad. If

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01:01:38,080 --> 01:01:40,280
Speaker 2: you say your tickets for the playoffs, we might you

1135
01:01:40,360 --> 01:01:41,560
Speaker 2: might not get to buy him next year.

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01:01:41,760 --> 01:01:46,600
Speaker 3: You think that's good good or bad bad? I kind

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01:01:46,600 --> 01:01:47,000
Speaker 3: of do too.

1138
01:01:47,120 --> 01:01:50,320
Speaker 2: But Lebron, we're in the number twenty three patch a

1139
01:01:50,440 --> 01:01:51,560
Speaker 2: bad look or a good look?

1140
01:01:53,560 --> 01:01:54,160
Speaker 7: A good look.

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01:01:54,240 --> 01:01:57,080
Speaker 18: But the greatest number that win twenty three was tatis

1142
01:01:57,360 --> 01:01:59,360
Speaker 18: in Jordan's Yeah, you're I was thinking of.

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01:01:59,320 --> 01:02:00,440
Speaker 3: That too, you Doug Jordan.

1144
01:02:00,840 --> 01:02:03,120
Speaker 2: You almost wonder if he's trying to divert attention away

1145
01:02:04,280 --> 01:02:07,320
Speaker 2: from Jordan. Finally, the Dodgers, and I figure you got

1146
01:02:07,320 --> 01:02:10,080
Speaker 2: a strong opinion on this, the Dodgers.

1147
01:02:10,320 --> 01:02:12,360
Speaker 3: Do you have a situation, Melissa?

1148
01:02:13,440 --> 01:02:16,640
Speaker 2: All right, buddy, I appreciate your call ee dog and

1149
01:02:16,960 --> 01:02:20,200
Speaker 2: that I will take that as is not. I'd like

1150
01:02:20,240 --> 01:02:22,080
Speaker 2: to see the Yankees win one too. I know Aaron

1151
01:02:22,120 --> 01:02:26,280
Speaker 2: Boone man, he's I don't know, it's just only one

1152
01:02:26,320 --> 01:02:28,560
Speaker 2: team can win it every year, and that's in every sport.

1153
01:02:28,560 --> 01:02:31,280
Speaker 2: While isn't that profound? Thanks for the call, the dog appreciated.

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01:02:31,840 --> 01:02:37,320
Speaker 2: Layton in Louisville. Welcome in, Good morning, Burning, good morning.

1155
01:02:38,200 --> 01:02:40,120
Speaker 7: Yes, let's go with the tickets.

1156
01:02:40,760 --> 01:02:43,480
Speaker 9: I have a little personal experience with that. The number

1157
01:02:43,520 --> 01:02:46,960
Speaker 9: one greed organization in the country is Churchill Downs.

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01:02:46,960 --> 01:02:51,000
Speaker 11: About several years ago, they took out three pages.

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Speaker 9: Of the Career Journal and list of the people that

1160
01:02:52,800 --> 01:02:54,880
Speaker 9: they knew were selling the tickets, and they came with

1161
01:02:55,000 --> 01:02:59,160
Speaker 9: that same threat. They're they're already robbing you at the

1162
01:02:59,240 --> 01:03:03,360
Speaker 9: original is let the people sell the tickets fair.

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01:03:03,760 --> 01:03:07,800
Speaker 2: That's the prevailing opinions tonight. Thoughts of Dodgers.

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01:03:08,760 --> 01:03:12,560
Speaker 9: The Dodgers, I love what I'm fine with it. I'm

1165
01:03:12,600 --> 01:03:14,439
Speaker 9: an old school guy. I saw a lot of great

1166
01:03:14,520 --> 01:03:17,840
Speaker 9: moments over the years. They already had Otani, they spent

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01:03:17,960 --> 01:03:19,440
Speaker 9: more money and got Yamamoto.

1168
01:03:20,720 --> 01:03:23,040
Speaker 11: What that guy did in the World Series, that's.

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01:03:22,920 --> 01:03:25,640
Speaker 9: One of the great moments of all time. I saw

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01:03:25,680 --> 01:03:29,080
Speaker 9: a lot of great ones, Colfax severs, great moments. But

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01:03:29,200 --> 01:03:31,280
Speaker 9: for that guy to come out there with two days

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01:03:31,400 --> 01:03:34,200
Speaker 9: rest and that performance in the clutch, it's one for

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01:03:34,320 --> 01:03:37,400
Speaker 9: the ages, and so that's what I'm looking for. I

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01:03:37,400 --> 01:03:39,880
Speaker 9: don't care what they spend fair enough.

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01:03:40,040 --> 01:03:43,120
Speaker 2: And then finally the patch for Lebron twenty three.

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01:03:43,080 --> 01:03:47,800
Speaker 9: Good or bad, it's good for me because I don't

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01:03:47,800 --> 01:03:50,120
Speaker 9: have a lot here accepted. I've never cared for Lebron,

1178
01:03:50,280 --> 01:03:52,800
Speaker 9: and the more he makes a fool out of himself, the.

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01:03:52,920 --> 01:03:53,760
Speaker 12: Better I like it.

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01:03:55,160 --> 01:03:57,439
Speaker 2: Right to the point. Thanks late, and appreciate you checking

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01:03:57,480 --> 01:04:00,160
Speaker 2: in today. Jimmy and Boston, you're up next. Welcome the

1182
01:04:00,200 --> 01:04:00,960
Speaker 2: Bernie Frattle Show.

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01:04:01,520 --> 01:04:03,320
Speaker 13: Hey, how you doing good?

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01:04:03,400 --> 01:04:04,720
Speaker 17: And uh listen?

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01:04:04,920 --> 01:04:05,040
Speaker 15: Uh.

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01:04:05,440 --> 01:04:07,400
Speaker 17: First of all, Lebron, I know you don't care for

1187
01:04:07,480 --> 01:04:09,160
Speaker 17: the guy, and I don't either, but he's one of

1188
01:04:09,200 --> 01:04:11,320
Speaker 17: the greats, and so if he wants to wear a patch.

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01:04:11,080 --> 01:04:11,760
Speaker 13: God bless him.

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Speaker 6: But to me, to me doesn't matter the way.

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Speaker 17: As so rather the Dodgers, I don't care. I don't

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01:04:20,680 --> 01:04:23,120
Speaker 17: care whether team spends or not, but I don't like

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01:04:23,200 --> 01:04:27,840
Speaker 17: the circumventing the cap with deferred money and uh signing

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01:04:27,920 --> 01:04:32,760
Speaker 17: bonuses and all that stuff. So uh so the the

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01:04:33,160 --> 01:04:36,600
Speaker 17: contract overpaid for a mediocre player, that's fine by me

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01:04:36,640 --> 01:04:39,080
Speaker 17: if they want to do it, but uh, I say,

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01:04:40,000 --> 01:04:43,240
Speaker 17: fix the rules so that you can't hide them hide

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01:04:43,280 --> 01:04:46,520
Speaker 17: the money to circumvent the salary cap.

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Speaker 2: All right, fair, I know a lot of people were

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01:04:49,800 --> 01:04:52,920
Speaker 2: perturbed by the way they structured show Hayes contract, but

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01:04:53,800 --> 01:04:55,960
Speaker 2: I'm wondering if they're perturbed because some of the other

1202
01:04:56,040 --> 01:04:58,080
Speaker 2: teams didn't do it first. But again, you raise, you

1203
01:04:58,200 --> 01:05:00,360
Speaker 2: raise a very valid issue.

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01:05:00,640 --> 01:05:00,760
Speaker 4: Uh.

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01:05:01,280 --> 01:05:03,680
Speaker 2: And then so let's get to the Seahawks. Who's starting

1206
01:05:04,200 --> 01:05:05,840
Speaker 2: the fans or the fans are the team?

1207
01:05:06,680 --> 01:05:08,600
Speaker 17: This is the main topic that I've got called for

1208
01:05:09,000 --> 01:05:12,640
Speaker 17: a uh. They First of all, the Seahawks presume that's

1209
01:05:12,760 --> 01:05:15,160
Speaker 17: every season ticket holder has to be a Seahawks fan.

1210
01:05:15,640 --> 01:05:18,520
Speaker 17: And indeed, I'm not an employee of the Seahawks. So

1211
01:05:18,880 --> 01:05:21,560
Speaker 17: as long as I don't break any of larger the scalpings,

1212
01:05:22,360 --> 01:05:25,400
Speaker 17: I don't need to interview fans. Oh, by the way,

1213
01:05:25,400 --> 01:05:28,040
Speaker 17: you want to buy the tickets? Oh the Hawks fan?

1214
01:05:28,200 --> 01:05:32,240
Speaker 17: Are you a uh uh since anti Bengals fan or whatever?

1215
01:05:32,600 --> 01:05:32,760
Speaker 4: You know?

1216
01:05:32,880 --> 01:05:35,640
Speaker 17: So I'm not an employee of this, so I might

1217
01:05:35,800 --> 01:05:38,040
Speaker 17: I don't have to do their work for them, you know?

1218
01:05:38,280 --> 01:05:40,200
Speaker 2: Might you know?

1219
01:05:40,520 --> 01:05:42,520
Speaker 1: So I say, I.

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01:05:42,560 --> 01:05:44,800
Speaker 17: Say, I spend so much money, I'm gonna take your

1221
01:05:44,880 --> 01:05:47,520
Speaker 17: season ticket hold of Bernie and along with the scene

1222
01:05:47,600 --> 01:05:50,080
Speaker 17: tickets come by laws, and every year they raise the

1223
01:05:50,160 --> 01:05:53,280
Speaker 17: prices and they add by lawns and become more more onerous.

1224
01:05:53,360 --> 01:05:55,840
Speaker 17: So I say, let the fans do what they want

1225
01:05:55,880 --> 01:05:57,600
Speaker 17: as long as they're not breaking any rules.

1226
01:05:58,040 --> 01:05:58,760
Speaker 3: That sounds fair to me.

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01:05:58,840 --> 01:06:02,240
Speaker 2: Jammy good stuff, appreciate Get the call, man Greg and

1228
01:06:02,320 --> 01:06:03,480
Speaker 2: Texas welcome back. How are you?

1229
01:06:04,600 --> 01:06:05,240
Speaker 4: How are you doing?

1230
01:06:05,320 --> 01:06:08,320
Speaker 12: Man Good? I've got a brief, brief comment about the

1231
01:06:08,440 --> 01:06:12,440
Speaker 12: Bills game. It's very brief. Reviews should be extended to

1232
01:06:13,080 --> 01:06:15,880
Speaker 12: overtime and penalties, and that's got to say on that.

1233
01:06:18,400 --> 01:06:23,200
Speaker 12: As far as the Dodgers, I got no problem. It's

1234
01:06:23,280 --> 01:06:26,640
Speaker 12: just a timing thing and they've got a big enough

1235
01:06:27,320 --> 01:06:30,920
Speaker 12: back core to support it. Like a lot of teams

1236
01:06:30,960 --> 01:06:32,760
Speaker 12: that tried to do this in the pass didn't have

1237
01:06:32,880 --> 01:06:37,000
Speaker 12: the big support system. So this is going to pass.

1238
01:06:37,400 --> 01:06:40,120
Speaker 12: It's not something we're going to see all the time.

1239
01:06:41,280 --> 01:06:42,880
Speaker 12: So I've got that to say about that.

1240
01:06:44,760 --> 01:06:48,720
Speaker 2: Lebron the number twenty three patch.

1241
01:06:49,840 --> 01:06:53,840
Speaker 12: Yeah, Lebron, twenty three patches, bullets get patches.

1242
01:06:55,600 --> 01:07:00,280
Speaker 2: Okay, fair enough. I mean, look, I think it was

1243
01:07:00,400 --> 01:07:03,200
Speaker 2: cast in an unfavorable light because it's Lebron and he

1244
01:07:03,320 --> 01:07:05,320
Speaker 2: tries too hard for the spotlight.

1245
01:07:05,520 --> 01:07:10,280
Speaker 3: So we'll just move off that Seahawks. Who sade are

1246
01:07:10,280 --> 01:07:10,480
Speaker 3: you on?

1247
01:07:10,640 --> 01:07:11,280
Speaker 2: For the tickets?

1248
01:07:12,040 --> 01:07:14,800
Speaker 12: I'm gonna take dark Side. I'm wanna take the Seahawks

1249
01:07:14,960 --> 01:07:17,720
Speaker 12: just for okay reason. Okay, if you have a culture

1250
01:07:17,840 --> 01:07:21,320
Speaker 12: developed with your twelfth Man, you don't want to give

1251
01:07:21,360 --> 01:07:25,760
Speaker 12: it away to opposing fans. I mean, it's not a

1252
01:07:25,920 --> 01:07:31,320
Speaker 12: monetary reasons, just a culture reason. But as far as

1253
01:07:31,480 --> 01:07:33,720
Speaker 12: you know the fans want to sell, that's fine, but

1254
01:07:33,880 --> 01:07:38,000
Speaker 12: they're not true fans, all.

1255
01:07:38,000 --> 01:07:40,400
Speaker 2: Right, Well that you know you may have you may

1256
01:07:40,480 --> 01:07:44,439
Speaker 2: have a real point there. Thanks a lot, Greg. Look,

1257
01:07:45,200 --> 01:07:47,920
Speaker 2: this has been done before, I think in hockey readings

1258
01:07:47,920 --> 01:07:50,040
Speaker 2: it has been done, so you know it's one of

1259
01:07:50,080 --> 01:07:53,640
Speaker 2: those situations where you know they are protecting your own

1260
01:07:53,680 --> 01:07:55,840
Speaker 2: self interest, I guess. But there are two sides of

1261
01:07:55,880 --> 01:07:57,720
Speaker 2: the coin. I think people have touched on some good things.

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01:07:58,040 --> 01:08:01,520
Speaker 2: Squeeze one more in here, Jay and Seattle, welcome in.

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01:08:03,120 --> 01:08:03,680
Speaker 18: How you doing?

1264
01:08:03,920 --> 01:08:04,640
Speaker 2: Uh good?

1265
01:08:04,800 --> 01:08:08,040
Speaker 11: I just wanted to say, uh, as far as the

1266
01:08:08,120 --> 01:08:12,040
Speaker 11: tickets go, if you've seen that Toronto Blue Jay game

1267
01:08:12,400 --> 01:08:16,120
Speaker 11: at the Mariners, they take over the ballpark kind of

1268
01:08:16,240 --> 01:08:19,280
Speaker 11: like kind of like the Yankees at Anaheim.

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01:08:19,840 --> 01:08:21,960
Speaker 2: Yes, we have seen that, but we see here with

1270
01:08:22,040 --> 01:08:25,200
Speaker 2: the Raiders, opposing teams take it over. All right, so

1271
01:08:25,560 --> 01:08:27,240
Speaker 2: you're you're kind of on the side of the Seahawks.

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01:08:27,360 --> 01:08:27,599
Speaker 2: I can.

1273
01:08:27,680 --> 01:08:28,360
Speaker 3: I can deal with that.

1274
01:08:29,240 --> 01:08:31,679
Speaker 2: How about the Dodgers in their kingdom?

1275
01:08:31,760 --> 01:08:34,920
Speaker 3: Are you? Is that good for baseball or bad for baseball?

1276
01:08:36,880 --> 01:08:39,240
Speaker 11: I don't really care. I just miss seeing the hot

1277
01:08:39,280 --> 01:08:41,360
Speaker 11: dogs there in the left field school.

1278
01:08:41,840 --> 01:08:44,479
Speaker 3: There you go, all right, the Lebron twenty three patch.

1279
01:08:44,520 --> 01:08:45,360
Speaker 3: How you feel about that?

1280
01:08:46,080 --> 01:08:51,280
Speaker 11: Jay, I can care less about him anyway. He's great,

1281
01:08:51,520 --> 01:08:55,640
Speaker 11: He's great, But I mean, come on, anyway, I just

1282
01:08:55,720 --> 01:09:00,080
Speaker 11: wanted to remind you. Have you seen Tommy WiSOA in

1283
01:09:00,120 --> 01:09:03,840
Speaker 11: the eighty one World Cheries go out and pull Doug

1284
01:09:04,000 --> 01:09:05,439
Speaker 11: Rowe Doug ral.

1285
01:09:05,960 --> 01:09:09,519
Speaker 2: I have heard that that SoundBite many many times. It's

1286
01:09:09,560 --> 01:09:13,000
Speaker 2: frankly hilarious. That last guy was a left hander. But

1287
01:09:13,320 --> 01:09:17,200
Speaker 2: all right, good stuff, Hey, good stuff, Ja.

1288
01:09:17,280 --> 01:09:18,840
Speaker 3: I appreciate you, man. We just got to get to

1289
01:09:18,880 --> 01:09:19,479
Speaker 3: all the calls.

1290
01:09:20,320 --> 01:09:23,639
Speaker 2: The Midnight Hour will continue coming up, Jeff and Denver

1291
01:09:23,800 --> 01:09:27,920
Speaker 2: Kirk and Ohio Martin Orange. You will be next. I'm

1292
01:09:27,920 --> 01:09:29,960
Speaker 2: Bernie Fraddle. We're coming to line from Las Vegas. Fox

1293
01:09:29,960 --> 01:09:32,040
Speaker 2: Sports Radio studios. Don't go away.

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01:09:32,080 --> 01:09:33,519
Speaker 3: You're listening to the Bernie Frattle Show.

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01:09:33,400 --> 01:09:34,920
Speaker 2: On don't listen?

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01:09:34,960 --> 01:09:37,120
Speaker 1: Hey no, Fox Sports Radio Radio.

1297
01:09:42,880 --> 01:09:44,760
Speaker 2: All right back on the Bernie Fraddle Show, wrapping it

1298
01:09:44,840 --> 01:09:46,200
Speaker 2: up on the minute hour. I want to get to

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01:09:46,280 --> 01:09:47,479
Speaker 2: these final three callers.

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Speaker 3: We go to Denver. Jeff in Denver, welcome in.

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Speaker 2: How are you.

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Speaker 18: You haveing a called j ad three weeks? But at

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01:09:54,760 --> 01:09:55,599
Speaker 18: your topics tonight?

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01:09:55,720 --> 01:10:00,479
Speaker 6: Raised a beat with me the full uh, first of all,

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01:10:00,640 --> 01:10:01,160
Speaker 6: the whole.

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01:10:02,520 --> 01:10:03,160
Speaker 3: Lebron thing.

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Speaker 18: Okay, so a donkey is referred to as the jackass?

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01:10:07,120 --> 01:10:07,400
Speaker 11: Correct?

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01:10:08,160 --> 01:10:08,680
Speaker 3: It can't be?

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01:10:08,840 --> 01:10:09,000
Speaker 4: Yes?

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01:10:10,160 --> 01:10:13,360
Speaker 18: Okay, So if you remove the word jack and add

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01:10:13,479 --> 01:10:15,240
Speaker 18: I nine, am I allowed to say that word on

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01:10:15,320 --> 01:10:15,679
Speaker 18: the radio?

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01:10:17,439 --> 01:10:19,120
Speaker 2: I'm not sure where you're going with this, big fellow.

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01:10:19,160 --> 01:10:20,080
Speaker 3: What's your thoughts.

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01:10:19,840 --> 01:10:23,560
Speaker 18: About Lebron egotistical and asinine?

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01:10:24,160 --> 01:10:26,040
Speaker 2: Fair enough that yes, you're allowed to say it? And

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01:10:26,200 --> 01:10:29,479
Speaker 2: I think you're accurate. Let's be honest. I think you're accurate.

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01:10:30,560 --> 01:10:33,160
Speaker 2: Thoughts about the Seahawks and what they did with the

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01:10:33,200 --> 01:10:33,880
Speaker 2: ticket resale.

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01:10:35,120 --> 01:10:38,960
Speaker 18: I'm a fan of home field advantage. If you are

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01:10:39,080 --> 01:10:42,360
Speaker 18: going to buy season tickets, you would presumably be a

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01:10:42,520 --> 01:10:46,440
Speaker 18: fan of the team, so you want home field advantage.

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01:10:47,040 --> 01:10:50,040
Speaker 18: So I can understand the Seahawks organization doing that because

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01:10:50,080 --> 01:10:53,360
Speaker 18: you want to retain your home field advantage. I do

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01:10:53,520 --> 01:10:55,200
Speaker 18: not like when you go to the games and there's

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01:10:55,840 --> 01:10:58,760
Speaker 18: more out of town fans there than you have there.

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01:10:58,960 --> 01:11:01,720
Speaker 18: It's why would you buy season tickets if you're not

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Speaker 18: a fan?

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Speaker 2: Would you agree?

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01:11:03,160 --> 01:11:04,880
Speaker 3: I think that's a hell of a valid point.

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01:11:04,960 --> 01:11:09,000
Speaker 2: I hear you. I hear you. I think yes, you

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01:11:09,040 --> 01:11:12,559
Speaker 2: don't know people's individual situations. With buy and large, your

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01:11:13,160 --> 01:11:15,160
Speaker 2: your position has a lot of merit.

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Speaker 13: Uh.

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Speaker 2: So we're double lebron. We're done with the Seahawks, the Dodgers.

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01:11:18,479 --> 01:11:20,960
Speaker 2: The Dodgers king to good or bad for baseball.

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01:11:21,760 --> 01:11:28,360
Speaker 18: Horrendously bad. I am totally with parody. If your ownership

1339
01:11:28,560 --> 01:11:31,160
Speaker 18: can't do things I don't like to the reason I

1340
01:11:31,240 --> 01:11:33,559
Speaker 18: hate the Dodgers because they buy, they try to buy

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01:11:33,640 --> 01:11:37,960
Speaker 18: a championship. It's not fair if your ownership can't doesn't

1342
01:11:38,000 --> 01:11:40,640
Speaker 18: have that kind of money, it's not fair. They need

1343
01:11:40,800 --> 01:11:44,280
Speaker 18: to have an actual salary cap, not this luxury tax

1344
01:11:44,520 --> 01:11:46,680
Speaker 18: which is a donation to the other teams which they

1345
01:11:46,760 --> 01:11:48,800
Speaker 18: may take the money and not put it in.

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01:11:48,880 --> 01:11:51,880
Speaker 4: Their players aka Colorado Rockies.

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01:11:52,520 --> 01:11:55,920
Speaker 2: They yeah, the Colorado Rockies. Yep, they're they're twenty first

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01:11:56,160 --> 01:11:59,160
Speaker 2: and go ahead, Jeff, wrap it up. I'm sorry, I

1349
01:11:59,280 --> 01:12:00,599
Speaker 2: just want to get to these past two callers.

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01:12:00,680 --> 01:12:03,200
Speaker 18: Go ahead, I understand. But I have been around where

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01:12:03,320 --> 01:12:06,600
Speaker 18: I've talked to people confirmed that they had talked to

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01:12:06,640 --> 01:12:09,920
Speaker 18: the Montforts. At a party, Charloine Montfort was a little drunk,

1353
01:12:10,520 --> 01:12:13,000
Speaker 18: said that I'm glad we were not good this year

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01:12:13,040 --> 01:12:15,840
Speaker 18: because we weren't going to spend any money anyway. Oh boy,

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01:12:16,040 --> 01:12:20,120
Speaker 18: it's an investment for their children. Did they have no

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01:12:20,520 --> 01:12:22,360
Speaker 18: intention of winning and that happens?

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Speaker 2: No, Listen, I wish we had more time. Jeff, very

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01:12:24,960 --> 01:12:28,680
Speaker 2: heady call. Thanks a lot, three solid opinions, and that's

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01:12:28,720 --> 01:12:31,000
Speaker 2: something I might delve into later. I hope you're listening, Jeff,

1360
01:12:31,000 --> 01:12:34,040
Speaker 2: because I might piggyback on something you said in terms

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01:12:34,080 --> 01:12:37,559
Speaker 2: of because every home, every team gets fifty two percent

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01:12:37,600 --> 01:12:40,000
Speaker 2: of their own home gate and then forty eight percent

1363
01:12:40,080 --> 01:12:42,600
Speaker 2: of the shared gate home and national, you get one

1364
01:12:42,680 --> 01:12:45,160
Speaker 2: hundred and ten million dollars before you open the door,

1365
01:12:45,280 --> 01:12:46,479
Speaker 2: before you sell a single ticket.

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Speaker 3: Kirk and Ohio, welcome in. How are you.

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01:12:50,640 --> 01:12:51,439
Speaker 19: Hello, Bernie?

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01:12:52,840 --> 01:12:55,560
Speaker 7: Hello, I like I like listening to you.

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01:12:56,320 --> 01:13:02,639
Speaker 19: Thank you I ever, I'm not real smart. I'm gonna

1370
01:13:02,720 --> 01:13:03,759
Speaker 19: talk about Lebron.

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01:13:04,360 --> 01:13:08,519
Speaker 12: Okay, you know I live.

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Speaker 19: Well, they got Lebron's high school games on TV way.

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01:13:15,800 --> 01:13:17,839
Speaker 3: Back with Yeah, Saint Vincent, Saint Mary.

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01:13:19,280 --> 01:13:24,799
Speaker 19: That's right. And his nickname was the achron kron Hammer

1375
01:13:26,439 --> 01:13:28,840
Speaker 19: and he lost that, you know.

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01:13:30,720 --> 01:13:33,280
Speaker 2: But the bottom line is, if you're telling me the

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01:13:33,320 --> 01:13:35,120
Speaker 2: bloom is off the roads with this guy because he

1378
01:13:35,200 --> 01:13:36,840
Speaker 2: tries too hard to be popular, is that fair?

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01:13:39,600 --> 01:13:41,920
Speaker 19: Yeah, he ruined that a long time ago, you know.

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01:13:42,280 --> 01:13:44,240
Speaker 2: Of course, of course, do you have any thoughts on

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01:13:44,320 --> 01:13:47,160
Speaker 2: the Seahawks and the season ticket holders and what does

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01:13:47,240 --> 01:13:47,599
Speaker 2: that deal?

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01:13:48,400 --> 01:13:48,599
Speaker 7: Yeah?

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01:13:51,200 --> 01:13:57,439
Speaker 19: I watched Sam Donald play Ohio State in the Rose Bowl.

1385
01:14:00,520 --> 01:14:06,360
Speaker 19: Ohio State had him up. Sam Dougal had a lot

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01:14:06,400 --> 01:14:10,160
Speaker 19: of height going into that game, and he showed he

1387
01:14:10,400 --> 01:14:14,720
Speaker 19: wasn't that bully. That good now he's doing good now.

1388
01:14:16,080 --> 01:14:20,400
Speaker 19: And the season Dick and orders, they pay what they

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01:14:20,520 --> 01:14:24,640
Speaker 19: want to pay to go to the game. So I

1390
01:14:24,680 --> 01:14:27,760
Speaker 19: don't know, I don't know what it's like to go

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01:14:27,920 --> 01:14:32,000
Speaker 19: to a Seahawks game park and everything.

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01:14:33,400 --> 01:14:35,759
Speaker 2: But all right, Kirk, I'll tell you what. PAL appreciate

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01:14:35,800 --> 01:14:38,320
Speaker 2: you calling in tonight, and uh, we do this every

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01:14:38,360 --> 01:14:41,240
Speaker 2: Saturday night heating into Sunday morning. I know it's a

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01:14:41,320 --> 01:14:43,840
Speaker 2: three fifty one year time in Ohio. Hope you'll join

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01:14:43,920 --> 01:14:46,960
Speaker 2: us again, Martin at Orange, bring us home, buddy.

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01:14:48,120 --> 01:14:51,040
Speaker 20: Burning greetings and salutations.

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01:14:51,960 --> 01:14:53,120
Speaker 4: I'm gonna get right to it.

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Speaker 20: And what the Dodgers are doing, it's good for baseball.

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01:14:56,479 --> 01:15:01,840
Speaker 20: They're building the Zellain, They're building someone breathday, very polarizing.

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01:15:02,439 --> 01:15:05,080
Speaker 20: Fifty is going to tune in because they love them,

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01:15:05,560 --> 01:15:08,120
Speaker 20: fifty percent is going to tune in because they hate them.

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01:15:08,479 --> 01:15:12,519
Speaker 20: So that's exactly what baseball needs. But the downfall is

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01:15:13,240 --> 01:15:17,280
Speaker 20: baseball not only needs a spending floor, they need a

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01:15:17,439 --> 01:15:21,519
Speaker 20: spending ceiling. And if you don't believe me, watching December

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01:15:21,600 --> 01:15:23,960
Speaker 20: when this next contract comes up, you know.

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Speaker 2: What you know, Martin, I promise you, my friend, the

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01:15:28,600 --> 01:15:32,360
Speaker 2: players Union will never accept the salary cap. Never.

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01:15:33,840 --> 01:15:37,160
Speaker 3: I'm repeating what I know. I know it for a fact.

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01:15:37,479 --> 01:15:40,040
Speaker 2: I covered the ninety four strike off the closer personal.

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01:15:40,479 --> 01:15:42,680
Speaker 2: They will never accept a cap, my friend. I'm just

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01:15:42,960 --> 01:15:45,320
Speaker 2: throwing that out there. Your thoughts on the Seahawks and

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01:15:45,439 --> 01:15:46,040
Speaker 2: what they're doing.

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01:15:47,760 --> 01:15:49,680
Speaker 20: It reminded me of when I was a young kid

1415
01:15:49,840 --> 01:15:52,080
Speaker 20: and I went to the Coliseum to see the Raiders

1416
01:15:52,120 --> 01:15:55,240
Speaker 20: play for the first time, and I see some Denver

1417
01:15:55,360 --> 01:15:58,519
Speaker 20: Bronco fans try to hang one of their Denver Bronco flags,

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01:15:58,880 --> 01:16:01,719
Speaker 20: and I've seen it prompt removed by some Raider fans,

1419
01:16:02,120 --> 01:16:04,160
Speaker 20: and then anyone who tried to put on a different

1420
01:16:04,240 --> 01:16:08,280
Speaker 20: jersey was escorted out by Raider fans. They were policed

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01:16:08,320 --> 01:16:11,800
Speaker 20: basically by their own fans. And we've moved away from

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01:16:11,840 --> 01:16:14,800
Speaker 20: that time, Bernie, where now we're trying to say it's

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01:16:14,800 --> 01:16:18,479
Speaker 20: a family environment, it's good come and see your team play.

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01:16:19,000 --> 01:16:19,840
Speaker 17: And that's what it is.

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01:16:20,000 --> 01:16:22,240
Speaker 21: But during the playoff time, we get back to.

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01:16:22,320 --> 01:16:26,120
Speaker 20: That primal instinct and that territorial and it becomes a

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01:16:26,560 --> 01:16:29,879
Speaker 20: forgive me for better words. It becomes a big pissing contest,

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01:16:30,200 --> 01:16:32,400
Speaker 20: and I get why they want to keep it home

1429
01:16:32,560 --> 01:16:34,080
Speaker 20: crowd only turn off.

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01:16:34,240 --> 01:16:37,880
Speaker 2: Okay, excellent points, got good receipts, real quickly. Now on

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01:16:38,080 --> 01:16:39,400
Speaker 2: thirty seconds, lebron.

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01:16:39,840 --> 01:16:43,760
Speaker 21: Y, I'm lebron I'm lebron real quick. I think he's

1433
01:16:43,960 --> 01:16:47,280
Speaker 21: like the Chi sister that tried to compete against the

1434
01:16:47,439 --> 01:16:50,200
Speaker 21: hot sisters, and he's always like, look at me, I'm

1435
01:16:50,240 --> 01:16:53,120
Speaker 21: pretty too, I'm pretty too. We know you're good bro,

1436
01:16:53,920 --> 01:16:57,160
Speaker 21: just sit back and relax and see your plague in history.

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01:16:57,520 --> 01:17:00,559
Speaker 2: Thank you, Bernie, I love you, Martin good Stuf, appreciate

1438
01:17:00,600 --> 01:17:03,040
Speaker 2: the energy, Thanks for all the callers tonight. And I

1439
01:17:03,120 --> 01:17:06,920
Speaker 2: want to make sure everybody knows this regarding baseball revenue

1440
01:17:06,960 --> 01:17:10,920
Speaker 2: sharing is huge. All thirty teams get equal shares from

1441
01:17:10,960 --> 01:17:16,760
Speaker 2: a very large pool of local TV revenues, concessions, all

1442
01:17:16,840 --> 01:17:21,920
Speaker 2: that national TV revenues and the local pot is shared. So,

1443
01:17:23,200 --> 01:17:25,920
Speaker 2: believe it or not, a team in Milwaukee is getting

1444
01:17:25,960 --> 01:17:29,000
Speaker 2: forty eight percent of the gate the of what the

1445
01:17:29,240 --> 01:17:33,760
Speaker 2: for instance, Dodgers get from their local TV contract. Teams

1446
01:17:33,840 --> 01:17:36,360
Speaker 2: get fifty two percent of their own local revenue plus

1447
01:17:36,479 --> 01:17:38,599
Speaker 2: his share from the big pot. So everybody starts out

1448
01:17:38,600 --> 01:17:40,679
Speaker 2: with one hundred and ten million dollars in the bank

1449
01:17:41,240 --> 01:17:45,200
Speaker 2: to spend before you even sell a single ticket. And

1450
01:17:45,320 --> 01:17:49,040
Speaker 2: there are eleven teams who spent less than one hundred

1451
01:17:49,040 --> 01:17:52,120
Speaker 2: and ten million dollars in payroll. That's heresy. And the

1452
01:17:52,200 --> 01:17:54,200
Speaker 2: caller from Denver brought up a good point. I'm going

1453
01:17:54,280 --> 01:17:57,400
Speaker 2: to piggyback later coming out. Mark Madeena a little Medina magic,

1454
01:17:57,520 --> 01:18:02,120
Speaker 2: NBA keep it locks to Bernie Fraddle show. That's right.

1455
01:18:02,200 --> 01:18:05,040
Speaker 2: You heard the man Bernie Fraddle Show keeps rolling right along.

1456
01:18:05,200 --> 01:18:07,639
Speaker 2: My name is Bernie Fraddle. We're coming you live from

1457
01:18:07,680 --> 01:18:11,320
Speaker 2: the Fox Sports Radio studios here in Las Vegas. Special

1458
01:18:11,439 --> 01:18:16,639
Speaker 2: thanks to all the midnight hour callers out standing as usual.

1459
01:18:17,160 --> 01:18:20,439
Speaker 2: But we switch gears. Another eventful week in the NBA.

1460
01:18:21,479 --> 01:18:25,920
Speaker 2: There are plenty of talking points to delve into. You know,

1461
01:18:26,360 --> 01:18:30,320
Speaker 2: it's that time. Mark Medina, Medina Magic, our Fox Sports

1462
01:18:30,439 --> 01:18:34,120
Speaker 2: Radio NBA guru, also a writer for Essentially Sports, joins

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01:18:34,200 --> 01:18:35,519
Speaker 2: us Mark, Good evening.

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01:18:35,560 --> 01:18:39,000
Speaker 16: How are you, Bernie. I'm probably doing as well as

1465
01:18:39,040 --> 01:18:41,639
Speaker 16: the Lakers. They seem in a stalemate because they're losing.

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01:18:41,720 --> 01:18:45,320
Speaker 16: I seem in a stalemate because x I got hacked

1467
01:18:45,320 --> 01:18:46,920
Speaker 16: out of it and they're not doing their job with

1468
01:18:47,040 --> 01:18:49,640
Speaker 16: lud me back in. So if you can help the

1469
01:18:49,760 --> 01:18:52,400
Speaker 16: cause and let your listeners know to get on them,

1470
01:18:52,479 --> 01:18:55,719
Speaker 16: that might help help me get back.

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Speaker 2: On sounds good.

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01:18:57,760 --> 01:18:58,880
Speaker 3: I got hacked a while back.

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01:18:58,920 --> 01:19:01,200
Speaker 2: You just got to be persistent. They'll get you back.

1474
01:19:01,760 --> 01:19:06,479
Speaker 2: But tonight's conversation is going to be heavy Lakers and

1475
01:19:06,560 --> 01:19:09,960
Speaker 2: lebron centric. But since you mentioned they're lost Saturday night,

1476
01:19:10,120 --> 01:19:11,840
Speaker 2: now they've lost two games in a row of teams

1477
01:19:11,880 --> 01:19:14,720
Speaker 2: well under five hundred, giving up almost two hundred and

1478
01:19:14,760 --> 01:19:19,160
Speaker 2: seventy points, lost by double digits both games. I said

1479
01:19:19,200 --> 01:19:21,080
Speaker 2: they'd be forty two and forty. I always looked too

1480
01:19:21,120 --> 01:19:25,120
Speaker 2: good early. You know what correction down the road will

1481
01:19:25,200 --> 01:19:26,959
Speaker 2: cure their ales at this point.

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01:19:27,600 --> 01:19:29,559
Speaker 16: Yeah, I mean the litw hanging third is. Yeah, they

1483
01:19:29,640 --> 01:19:33,280
Speaker 16: get better availability. With the Lakers loss against Portland, you know,

1484
01:19:33,400 --> 01:19:36,120
Speaker 16: Luca Dodgrich didn't play, he had a left growing soreness.

1485
01:19:37,000 --> 01:19:39,760
Speaker 16: Deandraden didn't play, he had left andees soreness. Jacks and

1486
01:19:39,880 --> 01:19:44,240
Speaker 16: Hayes didn't play. Those all those players might play Sunday's

1487
01:19:44,320 --> 01:19:48,439
Speaker 16: game against the Toronto Raptors. Obviously Austin reeves. But I

1488
01:19:48,520 --> 01:19:51,000
Speaker 16: think even if their whole, it's been very clear that

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01:19:51,080 --> 01:19:54,280
Speaker 16: they're not a great defensive to Marcus Smart is really

1490
01:19:54,360 --> 01:19:58,240
Speaker 16: the only player that defense consistently, and you need more

1491
01:19:58,320 --> 01:20:02,040
Speaker 16: than one consistent defender to sell in the NBA. So yeah,

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01:20:02,120 --> 01:20:04,439
Speaker 16: they if they have a full roster, they can have

1493
01:20:04,560 --> 01:20:08,120
Speaker 16: more offensive firepower. But as we've seen, even with today's

1494
01:20:08,200 --> 01:20:11,960
Speaker 16: NBA that calls for faster pace, faster threes, you still

1495
01:20:12,000 --> 01:20:14,559
Speaker 16: got to make stops, and the Laker sprink, we don't

1496
01:20:14,560 --> 01:20:15,519
Speaker 16: have the personnel to do that.

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01:20:16,760 --> 01:20:16,920
Speaker 3: Well.

1498
01:20:16,960 --> 01:20:19,160
Speaker 2: When they were sixteen and four and beating the chest,

1499
01:20:19,280 --> 01:20:21,080
Speaker 2: I said they'd go forty two and forty. So I'm

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01:20:21,080 --> 01:20:23,679
Speaker 2: sure not backing off that now. But there are bigger

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01:20:23,720 --> 01:20:25,679
Speaker 2: things to talk about tonight, and I want to start.

1502
01:20:27,120 --> 01:20:29,760
Speaker 2: I want to get your perspective on the Rich Paul

1503
01:20:29,960 --> 01:20:33,920
Speaker 2: Austin Reeves and then Lebron response comments this week, take

1504
01:20:34,000 --> 01:20:35,000
Speaker 2: it wherever you want to take it.

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01:20:35,760 --> 01:20:38,479
Speaker 16: Yeah, you know, I respect Rich Paul as an agent,

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01:20:38,640 --> 01:20:41,880
Speaker 16: respect to hustle, all that stuff. But I think the

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01:20:42,000 --> 01:20:45,160
Speaker 16: fact that he was so opinion on this podcast about

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01:20:45,160 --> 01:20:49,400
Speaker 16: Austin Reeves, I don't care what Lebron's explanation is the

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01:20:49,600 --> 01:20:53,519
Speaker 16: ESPN that, oh, he doesn't speak for me. It puts

1510
01:20:53,600 --> 01:20:56,920
Speaker 16: everyone in such a precarious position. And why are you,

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01:20:57,720 --> 01:21:00,200
Speaker 16: you know, advocating for a team to do something that

1512
01:21:00,280 --> 01:21:02,920
Speaker 16: doesn't involve you. It's one thing to get involved with

1513
01:21:03,040 --> 01:21:06,560
Speaker 16: teams when it comes to your clients and philosophically, but

1514
01:21:06,720 --> 01:21:10,160
Speaker 16: he's playing, you know, fantasy general manager on a podcast.

1515
01:21:10,439 --> 01:21:13,320
Speaker 16: I think it's just very inappropriate for him to do.

1516
01:21:13,439 --> 01:21:16,320
Speaker 16: And if I'm Austin Reeves, I'm as camp. I'm pissed

1517
01:21:16,360 --> 01:21:19,479
Speaker 16: as hell, and you know, I want to be surprised

1518
01:21:19,479 --> 01:21:21,400
Speaker 16: that they are because you know, I know in the

1519
01:21:21,680 --> 01:21:26,040
Speaker 16: ESPN story was saying that Austin Reeves agent confronted Bridge

1520
01:21:26,040 --> 01:21:29,960
Speaker 16: Paul about the Commons and so even though Austin Reeves

1521
01:21:30,080 --> 01:21:34,400
Speaker 16: Lebron James, they get along just fine. You know, this

1522
01:21:34,720 --> 01:21:38,200
Speaker 16: kind of stuff can disrupt locker room dynamics and it's

1523
01:21:38,560 --> 01:21:39,480
Speaker 16: very unnecessary.

1524
01:21:40,400 --> 01:21:40,560
Speaker 12: You know.

1525
01:21:40,600 --> 01:21:43,759
Speaker 16: It's one thing if Forridge Paul or to say publicly

1526
01:21:43,920 --> 01:21:48,400
Speaker 16: privately about wanting the Lakers to go all in to

1527
01:21:48,560 --> 01:21:52,360
Speaker 16: maximize Lebron's championship window, that's fine. But when you start

1528
01:21:53,000 --> 01:21:56,160
Speaker 16: gainingto specifics and picking names, that's where it feels like

1529
01:21:56,240 --> 01:21:57,120
Speaker 16: it's a little personal.

1530
01:21:58,560 --> 01:22:04,880
Speaker 2: Yeah, and it continues from there. A fairly prominent NBA

1531
01:22:05,160 --> 01:22:07,040
Speaker 2: person I'm not going to name, said, cool, the Lakers

1532
01:22:07,120 --> 01:22:10,200
Speaker 2: have a Lebron problem. How do you interpret that?

1533
01:22:12,200 --> 01:22:15,519
Speaker 16: Yeah, I think in fairness to Lebron, it's not like

1534
01:22:15,720 --> 01:22:19,120
Speaker 16: necessarily his fault. He is playing at a good level,

1535
01:22:19,280 --> 01:22:23,280
Speaker 16: reasonably for him being forty one years old, twenty third season.

1536
01:22:23,360 --> 01:22:27,040
Speaker 16: I'm not going to say he is the perfect player obviously. Yeah,

1537
01:22:27,360 --> 01:22:29,679
Speaker 16: father time has shown its age. He's not a great

1538
01:22:29,760 --> 01:22:34,160
Speaker 16: defensive player, But the Lakers aren't. Issues aren't because of

1539
01:22:34,280 --> 01:22:37,120
Speaker 16: Lebron per se. It's more of the fact that they

1540
01:22:37,160 --> 01:22:39,120
Speaker 16: don't have the right roster around him. And while you

1541
01:22:39,200 --> 01:22:43,360
Speaker 16: can point to, well, Lebron makes fifty million dollars, he's

1542
01:22:43,400 --> 01:22:47,560
Speaker 16: earned all that, you know, his negotiated and it's on

1543
01:22:47,640 --> 01:22:50,120
Speaker 16: the Lakers to figure out how do you find the

1544
01:22:50,240 --> 01:22:54,080
Speaker 16: right pesel puzzle pieces around him as.

1545
01:22:53,960 --> 01:22:54,639
Speaker 12: Well as Luca.

1546
01:22:55,280 --> 01:22:57,719
Speaker 16: And they thought that they did that with getting guys

1547
01:22:57,760 --> 01:23:00,560
Speaker 16: like DeAndre Ayd and Marcus Smart and retail some of

1548
01:23:00,600 --> 01:23:04,160
Speaker 16: their other role players with July at you more gave Vincent,

1549
01:23:04,280 --> 01:23:08,040
Speaker 16: but we've seen it really isn't enough. So yeah, you know,

1550
01:23:08,240 --> 01:23:11,240
Speaker 16: Lebron's not blameless here. But when I'm looking at per

1551
01:23:11,320 --> 01:23:15,040
Speaker 16: sionas blame pis and stuff, it starts with roster construction.

1552
01:23:15,800 --> 01:23:18,559
Speaker 2: Talk with Mark Medina Medina Magic or Fox Sports Radio

1553
01:23:18,600 --> 01:23:21,920
Speaker 2: and bea guru writer for essentially sports. I'm not going

1554
01:23:21,960 --> 01:23:24,200
Speaker 2: to accuse you of deflecting, but I will say this.

1555
01:23:24,320 --> 01:23:26,919
Speaker 2: I'd like you to hear this because I've been intrepid

1556
01:23:27,000 --> 01:23:31,160
Speaker 2: journalist myself and now when I literally wrote this down,

1557
01:23:31,200 --> 01:23:34,840
Speaker 2: when someone I trust said this quote about Lebron, he

1558
01:23:35,000 --> 01:23:38,000
Speaker 2: doesn't move his feet on defense. Teams could literally attack

1559
01:23:38,120 --> 01:23:40,519
Speaker 2: him all game if they wanted to, and they should,

1560
01:23:40,840 --> 01:23:42,880
Speaker 2: but they have too much respect. They won't hunt him

1561
01:23:43,280 --> 01:23:45,800
Speaker 2: like they did guys like Vince Carter late in his career.

1562
01:23:46,000 --> 01:23:49,000
Speaker 2: If they hunted him, he'd be unplayable, posting negative twenty

1563
01:23:49,080 --> 01:23:52,639
Speaker 2: nightly and looking miserable every game. I'm shocked teams don't

1564
01:23:52,680 --> 01:23:53,439
Speaker 2: do it more often.

1565
01:23:53,800 --> 01:23:54,559
Speaker 3: Spot to lie.

1566
01:23:54,520 --> 01:23:57,759
Speaker 16: There, No, it's all right. I mean, look, I talked

1567
01:23:57,840 --> 01:24:01,519
Speaker 16: with some different assistant coaches about Lebron's season when he

1568
01:24:01,600 --> 01:24:04,120
Speaker 16: was about to turn forty one last month, you know,

1569
01:24:04,320 --> 01:24:06,600
Speaker 16: like three weeks ago, and you know, there was a

1570
01:24:06,680 --> 01:24:10,320
Speaker 16: lot of candid criticism similar to what you just outlined.

1571
01:24:10,360 --> 01:24:13,920
Speaker 16: I mean, I asked one scout, you know what examples

1572
01:24:14,000 --> 01:24:16,200
Speaker 16: jump out to you that show that Lebron is in

1573
01:24:16,280 --> 01:24:18,200
Speaker 16: the same player as he was in his prime. He said,

1574
01:24:18,720 --> 01:24:22,120
Speaker 16: watch any of his defensive clips. Like he doesn't try

1575
01:24:22,200 --> 01:24:25,679
Speaker 16: as much, he rarely gets back on defense. He calls

1576
01:24:25,720 --> 01:24:29,040
Speaker 16: out rotations, but doesn't rotate himself. Look like all those

1577
01:24:29,120 --> 01:24:32,200
Speaker 16: things are true. All I'm saying is when you're looking

1578
01:24:32,240 --> 01:24:36,360
Speaker 16: at that problem versus the what the Lakers didn't do

1579
01:24:36,600 --> 01:24:40,599
Speaker 16: to put a good defensive roster around him. I think

1580
01:24:40,640 --> 01:24:44,360
Speaker 16: that's the bigger thing. I mean, Lebron, he's coexisted fine

1581
01:24:44,360 --> 01:24:47,519
Speaker 16: with Luca, he supplemented his role without complaint with Luca.

1582
01:24:47,960 --> 01:24:51,360
Speaker 16: He's been a decent offensive player and at forty one

1583
01:24:51,479 --> 01:24:53,599
Speaker 16: years old, Like that's all you can ask for. Now,

1584
01:24:53,920 --> 01:24:56,479
Speaker 16: what does this mean moving forward? You know, I think

1585
01:24:56,560 --> 01:24:59,679
Speaker 16: that Lebron and the Lakers should have a serious conversation

1586
01:24:59,720 --> 01:25:03,040
Speaker 16: about making this note, waving the no trade clause and

1587
01:25:03,120 --> 01:25:06,040
Speaker 16: actually ending things. But I just don't think that either

1588
01:25:06,120 --> 01:25:08,639
Speaker 16: party is going to be willing to do that because

1589
01:25:08,760 --> 01:25:12,599
Speaker 16: I think Lebron knows the criticism that would happen if

1590
01:25:12,600 --> 01:25:15,320
Speaker 16: he did that, if you know, the you know, just

1591
01:25:15,400 --> 01:25:20,720
Speaker 16: feeding into the ongoing criticism throughout his career that he's

1592
01:25:20,840 --> 01:25:23,920
Speaker 16: just trying to join a championship bandwagon. I don't think

1593
01:25:23,920 --> 01:25:26,720
Speaker 16: the Lakers are in the business of trading, you know,

1594
01:25:26,880 --> 01:25:30,920
Speaker 16: star players, and they know the benefit of potentially having

1595
01:25:30,960 --> 01:25:35,200
Speaker 16: a retirement tour. But again, like I'm not saying Lebron's blameless,

1596
01:25:35,320 --> 01:25:38,599
Speaker 16: but he'd probably be the number two, the number three

1597
01:25:38,640 --> 01:25:43,000
Speaker 16: of problems, where it's then number one Lakers front office

1598
01:25:43,080 --> 01:25:47,880
Speaker 16: construction and number two just the injuries and the lack

1599
01:25:47,960 --> 01:25:50,519
Speaker 16: of depth, and then Lebron would be through.

1600
01:25:51,880 --> 01:25:56,040
Speaker 2: Well you know, if people read Twitter, he's getting slaughtered

1601
01:25:56,120 --> 01:26:00,880
Speaker 2: this week. Yeah, he keeps coming up. Mark is when

1602
01:26:01,000 --> 01:26:03,720
Speaker 2: Lebron's in the line up, the Lakers are worse. They're

1603
01:26:03,760 --> 01:26:06,799
Speaker 2: worse than plus money, and the numbers really don't lie anymore.

1604
01:26:06,880 --> 01:26:10,320
Speaker 2: And now that body works keeps growing. And then Bill Plashki,

1605
01:26:10,400 --> 01:26:13,240
Speaker 2: a long time respected writer for the La Times, and

1606
01:26:13,280 --> 01:26:16,760
Speaker 2: I'm sure you know, yeah, it's basically and he's not shy.

1607
01:26:17,360 --> 01:26:19,640
Speaker 2: He's not shy at all. Apparently there was a I

1608
01:26:19,680 --> 01:26:21,760
Speaker 2: guess it was a non scientific poll or I don't

1609
01:26:21,760 --> 01:26:24,080
Speaker 2: even know if it was a pole but he did

1610
01:26:24,120 --> 01:26:26,400
Speaker 2: a column and would you rather have Lebron James or

1611
01:26:26,400 --> 01:26:30,799
Speaker 2: Austin Reeves? And most fans said they would take Austin Reeves.

1612
01:26:31,120 --> 01:26:33,800
Speaker 16: Your thoughts on that, Yeah, it's not surprised. I mean, look,

1613
01:26:34,040 --> 01:26:37,080
Speaker 16: the Lakers are the same way. Austin Reeves is their future.

1614
01:26:37,960 --> 01:26:40,519
Speaker 16: One of the reasons why the Lakers might not make

1615
01:26:40,600 --> 01:26:43,840
Speaker 16: a lot of moves this trade deadline behind beyond the

1616
01:26:43,880 --> 01:26:46,000
Speaker 16: fact that they don't have a lot of assets to

1617
01:26:46,040 --> 01:26:48,439
Speaker 16: work with, is they want to make sure that they

1618
01:26:48,520 --> 01:26:52,000
Speaker 16: can retain Austin Reeves and also have enough money to

1619
01:26:52,200 --> 01:26:55,120
Speaker 16: round out the rest of the rosters. So you know, yeah,

1620
01:26:55,200 --> 01:26:58,799
Speaker 16: the Lakers are choosing Austin Reeves because he is the future.

1621
01:26:58,920 --> 01:27:02,960
Speaker 16: He's a young talent, he has great chemistry around Luka Doncic,

1622
01:27:03,200 --> 01:27:07,640
Speaker 16: and Lebron's forty one years old, and as we've discussed

1623
01:27:07,680 --> 01:27:11,400
Speaker 16: a lot so far tonight, he has some deficiencies in

1624
01:27:11,520 --> 01:27:15,240
Speaker 16: his games, specifically on defense, and so I think because

1625
01:27:15,280 --> 01:27:19,280
Speaker 16: of that, it's the Lakers clear hope that you know,

1626
01:27:19,400 --> 01:27:21,679
Speaker 16: they ride the season out, try to make the best

1627
01:27:21,720 --> 01:27:23,840
Speaker 16: of it. You know, there's still a chance they're a

1628
01:27:23,920 --> 01:27:28,559
Speaker 16: playoff team, but once Lebron retires, then makes that push

1629
01:27:28,680 --> 01:27:30,720
Speaker 16: with the out of cap space to find the right

1630
01:27:30,880 --> 01:27:35,400
Speaker 16: roster around Luca and Austin. So, you know, I know

1631
01:27:35,520 --> 01:27:38,759
Speaker 16: the fans have made that known, but I think in fairness,

1632
01:27:38,840 --> 01:27:41,000
Speaker 16: the Lakers have made that known even well before this

1633
01:27:41,240 --> 01:27:44,600
Speaker 16: because of the way they really constructed everything before the

1634
01:27:44,640 --> 01:27:45,360
Speaker 16: season started.

1635
01:27:46,120 --> 01:27:48,840
Speaker 2: Last thing, and I'll get off Lebron the twenty three patch.

1636
01:27:48,960 --> 01:27:51,720
Speaker 2: I understand it. You know, it was an advertisement through

1637
01:27:51,800 --> 01:27:56,559
Speaker 2: tops and he's wearing it. But in my callers segment,

1638
01:27:56,680 --> 01:27:58,640
Speaker 2: the vast majority of people thought it was really kind

1639
01:27:58,680 --> 01:28:02,000
Speaker 2: of self aggrandizing and cheap. Your thoughts on the twenty

1640
01:28:02,080 --> 01:28:02,640
Speaker 2: three patch for.

1641
01:28:02,720 --> 01:28:06,160
Speaker 16: Lebron, Yeah, it's like any poor sequel. It's at the

1642
01:28:06,280 --> 01:28:09,200
Speaker 16: cash crab. You know, I'm with you. I mean, I

1643
01:28:09,360 --> 01:28:14,160
Speaker 16: get it. When it's someone's potential last year, there are

1644
01:28:14,360 --> 01:28:16,559
Speaker 16: going to be those kind of mementos. But he hasn't

1645
01:28:16,640 --> 01:28:20,880
Speaker 16: technically announced since his last season yet And it's one

1646
01:28:20,880 --> 01:28:23,960
Speaker 16: of those things that you shouldn't be the ones doing it.

1647
01:28:24,120 --> 01:28:26,480
Speaker 16: If the team wants to do that or the opponents

1648
01:28:26,560 --> 01:28:29,000
Speaker 16: want to, you know, shower you with gifts and all that,

1649
01:28:29,439 --> 01:28:33,400
Speaker 16: that's on them. But you know, this very much feels like,

1650
01:28:33,680 --> 01:28:36,120
Speaker 16: you know, Lebron threw a party aside to give himself

1651
01:28:36,160 --> 01:28:36,599
Speaker 16: a present.

1652
01:28:37,680 --> 01:28:41,120
Speaker 2: Well said, all right? Moving on the Western Conference to

1653
01:28:41,280 --> 01:28:46,599
Speaker 2: me continues to be even more intriguing because the Lakers

1654
01:28:46,640 --> 01:28:48,360
Speaker 2: are hanging on for dear life right now. There are

1655
01:28:48,479 --> 01:28:52,040
Speaker 2: number six Phoenix on their trail, Golden State on their trail.

1656
01:28:52,120 --> 01:28:53,799
Speaker 3: Then he lose double digits in Portland.

1657
01:28:54,479 --> 01:28:56,639
Speaker 2: But the team that caught my eye this past week

1658
01:28:57,200 --> 01:29:01,760
Speaker 2: as well it should be for everybody are the Clippers.

1659
01:29:01,439 --> 01:29:02,080
Speaker 3: Entering the Fray.

1660
01:29:02,120 --> 01:29:04,360
Speaker 2: They're twelve and two in their last fourteen and when

1661
01:29:04,400 --> 01:29:07,439
Speaker 2: you watched them in short spurts, they look pretty good.

1662
01:29:07,880 --> 01:29:08,960
Speaker 2: Can they sustain this?

1663
01:29:10,520 --> 01:29:11,320
Speaker 4: Yeah they can.

1664
01:29:11,600 --> 01:29:14,680
Speaker 16: It's always fluid with them because of because of the

1665
01:29:14,720 --> 01:29:18,320
Speaker 16: familiar reasons for the last six years. Can Kawhi Leonard

1666
01:29:18,360 --> 01:29:21,960
Speaker 16: stay healthy? But you know they should have been playing

1667
01:29:22,040 --> 01:29:25,160
Speaker 16: this well from the beginning. When you look at their

1668
01:29:25,400 --> 01:29:29,559
Speaker 16: recent stretch, Kawhi Leonard ranked second the league in scoring.

1669
01:29:29,640 --> 01:29:34,400
Speaker 16: He actually ranked six in minutes played, and that's unheard

1670
01:29:34,439 --> 01:29:37,360
Speaker 16: of because usually we're talking about Kawhi is not playing

1671
01:29:37,400 --> 01:29:40,519
Speaker 16: a lot of minutes. He's on a minute restriction. He's

1672
01:29:40,520 --> 01:29:43,759
Speaker 16: saying second at of back to backs. That's not the case.

1673
01:29:43,880 --> 01:29:47,640
Speaker 16: So he's producing a high level to a second to

1674
01:29:47,720 --> 01:29:50,840
Speaker 16: a second point. So is James Harden. And I think

1675
01:29:51,000 --> 01:29:53,400
Speaker 16: so much that I thought it was going to be

1676
01:29:53,439 --> 01:29:56,600
Speaker 16: a non starter with how terrible this start was, that

1677
01:29:56,680 --> 01:29:59,639
Speaker 16: they would have any All Stars in the All Star Game,

1678
01:29:59,680 --> 01:30:01,439
Speaker 16: that I he's going to be an into it Dome.

1679
01:30:02,160 --> 01:30:05,160
Speaker 16: I think Kawhi is going to make it, and James

1680
01:30:05,200 --> 01:30:07,200
Speaker 16: Harden's on the fence. But if he gets voted in

1681
01:30:07,320 --> 01:30:10,559
Speaker 16: by the coaches as a reserve, I wouldn't be outraged

1682
01:30:10,600 --> 01:30:14,559
Speaker 16: by it. I mean they've been playing that well, Well.

1683
01:30:14,479 --> 01:30:17,040
Speaker 2: It's fun to watch because if you look at their

1684
01:30:17,160 --> 01:30:20,080
Speaker 2: roster on paper, it seems like they've got a lot

1685
01:30:20,120 --> 01:30:23,559
Speaker 2: of talent, and you know when they got when they

1686
01:30:23,600 --> 01:30:26,680
Speaker 2: seem to steal Kawhi in July at twenty nineteen.

1687
01:30:26,360 --> 01:30:27,360
Speaker 3: And surprised everybody.

1688
01:30:28,040 --> 01:30:30,760
Speaker 2: Aren't you surprised they haven't had somewhat more success than

1689
01:30:31,120 --> 01:30:32,360
Speaker 2: in the last six seven years?

1690
01:30:32,800 --> 01:30:35,639
Speaker 16: Yeah, well, I mean I'm not surprised why because there's

1691
01:30:35,680 --> 01:30:39,400
Speaker 16: been just so many injuries in opportune times. But I

1692
01:30:39,840 --> 01:30:42,960
Speaker 16: did think that once Kawhi Leonard got to the Clippers,

1693
01:30:43,000 --> 01:30:46,360
Speaker 16: at some point they would be contending for a championship,

1694
01:30:46,360 --> 01:30:49,840
Speaker 16: if not winning it. But now I've gotten so used

1695
01:30:49,880 --> 01:30:52,360
Speaker 16: to it that there's always something that's going to pop up.

1696
01:30:53,520 --> 01:30:56,000
Speaker 16: And I've also gotten used to Yeah, the Clippers look

1697
01:30:56,240 --> 01:30:59,639
Speaker 16: good on paper, but how does that play out in reality?

1698
01:30:59,760 --> 01:31:05,200
Speaker 16: And clearly the Clippers offseason decision with not keeping Norman

1699
01:31:05,320 --> 01:31:09,120
Speaker 16: pal and designing to really lean on having an old roster,

1700
01:31:09,320 --> 01:31:13,280
Speaker 16: with getting Chris Paul getting Bradley Beal, that wasn't going

1701
01:31:13,360 --> 01:31:16,040
Speaker 16: to work. But even with Bradley Beal now having the

1702
01:31:16,120 --> 01:31:19,400
Speaker 16: season any injury and then partying with Chris Paul. They

1703
01:31:19,520 --> 01:31:22,240
Speaker 16: still have a good roster on paper, obviously Kawhi Leonard,

1704
01:31:22,320 --> 01:31:26,880
Speaker 16: James Harden as we discussed, but Brook Lopez is all

1705
01:31:26,920 --> 01:31:29,360
Speaker 16: of a sudden hitting a lot of threes. Is stretch five.

1706
01:31:29,800 --> 01:31:32,599
Speaker 16: Vita Zoo Bots is currently out, but he's always effective

1707
01:31:33,040 --> 01:31:35,840
Speaker 16: when he's in the lineup. So yeah, they have the

1708
01:31:35,960 --> 01:31:39,080
Speaker 16: right pieces. They just have to be consistent and this

1709
01:31:39,560 --> 01:31:42,000
Speaker 16: past month they've been a lot better in that category.

1710
01:31:43,040 --> 01:31:48,000
Speaker 3: So last thing mark for me. I happen to come

1711
01:31:48,040 --> 01:31:49,880
Speaker 3: across this this week.

1712
01:31:50,120 --> 01:31:54,479
Speaker 2: It looks like the NBA is pitching a year and

1713
01:31:54,560 --> 01:31:58,120
Speaker 2: pee in professional basketball league. They want to launch in

1714
01:31:58,200 --> 01:32:03,160
Speaker 2: October twenty twenty seven. Interesting cities London, Paris, Madrid, Rome, Berlin,

1715
01:32:03,200 --> 01:32:05,840
Speaker 2: et cetera, et cetera, and they could have up to

1716
01:32:05,880 --> 01:32:10,599
Speaker 2: sixteen teams and it would basically be a professional NBA league,

1717
01:32:10,680 --> 01:32:13,719
Speaker 2: but based in Europe. Is this going to come to fruition?

1718
01:32:15,000 --> 01:32:16,880
Speaker 16: It very well could be, but it's going to be

1719
01:32:17,080 --> 01:32:20,720
Speaker 16: very complicated. Here's why there's already a professional league in

1720
01:32:20,760 --> 01:32:23,519
Speaker 16: Europe called the euro League. And I don't think that

1721
01:32:23,560 --> 01:32:26,719
Speaker 16: they're pretty thrilled that the NBA is trying to encroach

1722
01:32:26,760 --> 01:32:30,320
Speaker 16: in its backyard. But the NBA, they've partnered with FIBA.

1723
01:32:30,439 --> 01:32:34,880
Speaker 16: They are obviously influential, and they hope that you know,

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01:32:35,080 --> 01:32:38,479
Speaker 16: the NBA, with their bandwidth and FIBA with their bandwidth,

1725
01:32:38,520 --> 01:32:41,200
Speaker 16: that they can you know, kind of invade their territory

1726
01:32:41,200 --> 01:32:43,240
Speaker 16: a little bit. And I think it's ironic because we've

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01:32:43,400 --> 01:32:47,160
Speaker 16: seen the NBA become more and more global, where we

1728
01:32:47,280 --> 01:32:51,320
Speaker 16: see an infusion of international talent. I think, you know, philosophically,

1729
01:32:51,400 --> 01:32:54,479
Speaker 16: it's fine. All that matters is a product on the floor,

1730
01:32:55,120 --> 01:32:58,200
Speaker 16: but there has been some angst over the years of

1731
01:32:58,600 --> 01:33:01,280
Speaker 16: hey what about the American stars here? And now it's

1732
01:33:01,320 --> 01:33:03,880
Speaker 16: a little bit of a pivot of hey, let's export

1733
01:33:04,520 --> 01:33:08,840
Speaker 16: our product and show our global reach by expanding or

1734
01:33:08,960 --> 01:33:12,280
Speaker 16: rather than inheriting all the global talent to the States.

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01:33:12,400 --> 01:33:15,240
Speaker 16: So they're trying to have it both ways. The NBA

1736
01:33:15,320 --> 01:33:19,680
Speaker 16: is very, very ambitious and they're always financially savvy. But

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01:33:20,360 --> 01:33:22,920
Speaker 16: I do have my question marks because EuroLeague is a

1738
01:33:22,960 --> 01:33:24,120
Speaker 16: pretty hefty player there.

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01:33:24,640 --> 01:33:28,640
Speaker 2: Well, I think your question marks are well founded. It

1740
01:33:28,640 --> 01:33:32,639
Speaker 2: wouldn't surprise me if the EuroLeague potentially took legal action

1741
01:33:33,280 --> 01:33:37,040
Speaker 2: with The larger issue for me is this feels. I mean,

1742
01:33:37,080 --> 01:33:39,479
Speaker 2: the startup costs are going to be brutal, and I

1743
01:33:39,600 --> 01:33:42,960
Speaker 2: understand the potential franchise fees are around five hundred million apiece.

1744
01:33:43,479 --> 01:33:46,080
Speaker 2: Who's coming up with that money? And it just feels

1745
01:33:46,160 --> 01:33:49,080
Speaker 2: like this is a potential another money losing venture. I

1746
01:33:49,160 --> 01:33:52,240
Speaker 2: won't mention the WNBA, which is a massive money losing convention,

1747
01:33:52,960 --> 01:33:55,000
Speaker 2: But the truth of the matter is does it make

1748
01:33:55,120 --> 01:33:56,360
Speaker 2: sense economically?

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01:33:58,000 --> 01:34:01,439
Speaker 16: Well, it can make sense economically, but it depends on

1750
01:34:01,600 --> 01:34:04,360
Speaker 16: how they negotiate and how they time it out. I mean,

1751
01:34:04,400 --> 01:34:08,320
Speaker 16: the NBA it's not that pay you know, never make mistakes,

1752
01:34:08,360 --> 01:34:10,080
Speaker 16: but they're not going to jump into this on this

1753
01:34:10,400 --> 01:34:13,360
Speaker 16: unless they're, you know, pretty confident that they're going to

1754
01:34:13,400 --> 01:34:15,320
Speaker 16: make money. And where does it come from. Well, they

1755
01:34:15,400 --> 01:34:17,720
Speaker 16: made a you know what load of money with this

1756
01:34:17,840 --> 01:34:20,880
Speaker 16: new TV rights deal. But I think the broader point

1757
01:34:20,920 --> 01:34:23,559
Speaker 16: that they're making is very fair because they've also been

1758
01:34:23,640 --> 01:34:26,960
Speaker 16: talking about expansion within their own NBA league in the

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01:34:27,280 --> 01:34:30,120
Speaker 16: United States, and so I think a lot of this

1760
01:34:30,400 --> 01:34:33,920
Speaker 16: is about just kind of saying the table and saying

1761
01:34:33,920 --> 01:34:38,360
Speaker 16: the parameters and gain some feelers out, planning some seeds.

1762
01:34:38,880 --> 01:34:41,320
Speaker 16: None of this stuff is imminent, and I think, you

1763
01:34:41,400 --> 01:34:44,880
Speaker 16: know what's the first course of action is overseeing the

1764
01:34:45,000 --> 01:34:49,320
Speaker 16: expansion with the NBA itself with having a franchise back

1765
01:34:49,400 --> 01:34:51,840
Speaker 16: in Seattle. Not clear if it's going to be in

1766
01:34:51,920 --> 01:34:55,040
Speaker 16: Las Vegas, but if it's not in Vegas, seeing other

1767
01:34:55,200 --> 01:34:57,679
Speaker 16: market that could very well be good and it would

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01:34:57,760 --> 01:35:01,040
Speaker 16: have to be two teams so that there's equity in

1769
01:35:01,120 --> 01:35:02,040
Speaker 16: both conferences.

1770
01:35:03,200 --> 01:35:07,240
Speaker 2: Wrap it up with Mark Medina Medina Magic Mark Any

1771
01:35:07,280 --> 01:35:08,000
Speaker 2: closing thoughts.

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01:35:09,320 --> 01:35:11,599
Speaker 16: Closing thoughts, There's always a lot of stuff to talk

1773
01:35:11,640 --> 01:35:15,559
Speaker 16: about in the NBA. And selfishly to the listeners, pressure

1774
01:35:16,000 --> 01:35:19,560
Speaker 16: X and Twitter about my hacked to account. Report the

1775
01:35:19,640 --> 01:35:22,439
Speaker 16: hacked account because it's been about a week now and

1776
01:35:22,560 --> 01:35:26,240
Speaker 16: it's very frustrated. So I'll be persistent, but I guess

1777
01:35:26,280 --> 01:35:27,960
Speaker 16: strengthen numbers can only help here.

1778
01:35:28,760 --> 01:35:31,360
Speaker 2: All right, Mark, next week, we'll get right back at it.

1779
01:35:31,960 --> 01:35:32,560
Speaker 16: Appreciate you.

1780
01:35:32,960 --> 01:35:36,960
Speaker 3: It's Mark Medina, our Fox Sports Radio NBA guru.

1781
01:35:37,680 --> 01:35:40,759
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1782
01:35:40,840 --> 01:35:46,960
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1792
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01:37:02,640 --> 01:37:03,280
Speaker 3: Real quickly.

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01:37:03,520 --> 01:37:05,880
Speaker 2: I want to piggyback on something we had a call

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01:37:06,000 --> 01:37:10,080
Speaker 2: with great colleers tonight. Usual on the midnight hour something

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01:37:10,680 --> 01:37:12,120
Speaker 2: Jeff and I think it was Jeff and Denver. I

1811
01:37:12,160 --> 01:37:17,200
Speaker 2: want to give them credit. There's there's a reality to

1812
01:37:18,240 --> 01:37:22,000
Speaker 2: many teams, many owners who own teams in Major League

1813
01:37:22,040 --> 01:37:24,920
Speaker 2: Sports and all four sports, they want to win, but

1814
01:37:25,000 --> 01:37:27,000
Speaker 2: it's really not their top priority. They want to create

1815
01:37:27,040 --> 01:37:31,000
Speaker 2: a fan experience and make money. And the truth of

1816
01:37:31,080 --> 01:37:33,600
Speaker 2: the matter is, you know, people can back on the

1817
01:37:33,640 --> 01:37:35,720
Speaker 2: Dodger for the money they spend, and maybe they think

1818
01:37:35,760 --> 01:37:40,360
Speaker 2: it's unfair, whatever, but spending that money doesn't guarantee you anything.

1819
01:37:40,880 --> 01:37:45,880
Speaker 2: The guarantees regular season attendance typically, but every team, as

1820
01:37:45,920 --> 01:37:50,280
Speaker 2: I mentioned, earns significant revenue from local and national TV deals.

1821
01:37:51,560 --> 01:37:56,880
Speaker 2: And you know, you've got the local deals, which are

1822
01:37:57,240 --> 01:38:00,960
Speaker 2: shared the revenue shared. Forty percent of the re local

1823
01:38:01,080 --> 01:38:04,479
Speaker 2: revenue is pooled shared equally, and that gives every team

1824
01:38:04,520 --> 01:38:06,479
Speaker 2: about an extra one hundred and ten million dollars on

1825
01:38:06,560 --> 01:38:08,960
Speaker 2: top of their own local income. The local income you

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01:38:09,000 --> 01:38:12,320
Speaker 2: get fifty two percent of you combine these streams, some

1827
01:38:12,520 --> 01:38:14,400
Speaker 2: teams bring in as much as two hundred bion, some

1828
01:38:14,479 --> 01:38:17,000
Speaker 2: teams bringing as much as four hundred million, some teams

1829
01:38:17,040 --> 01:38:19,599
Speaker 2: bringing as much as six hundred million, like the Dodgers,

1830
01:38:19,720 --> 01:38:23,040
Speaker 2: I get it, but explain to me. So the Dodgers

1831
01:38:23,080 --> 01:38:26,400
Speaker 2: spent one hundred and thirty million next year alone. Shoheyo

1832
01:38:26,520 --> 01:38:30,240
Speaker 2: Tani will make seventy million dollars next year. Kyle Tucker

1833
01:38:30,280 --> 01:38:33,800
Speaker 2: will make sixty million dollars next year, and everybody lost

1834
01:38:33,840 --> 01:38:36,880
Speaker 2: their minds again. They're giving this guy a four year

1835
01:38:36,960 --> 01:38:39,599
Speaker 2: deal for a quarter of a billion dollars. He's never

1836
01:38:39,680 --> 01:38:41,680
Speaker 2: hit three hundred, never hit over thirty home runs, never

1837
01:38:41,720 --> 01:38:45,120
Speaker 2: won an MVP. Last year he hit two sixty four

1838
01:38:45,200 --> 01:38:48,200
Speaker 2: with twenty two dingers and seventy two RBIs, missed twenty

1839
01:38:48,280 --> 01:38:51,880
Speaker 2: six games. He's getting sixty million a year now. Day

1840
01:38:52,000 --> 01:38:56,240
Speaker 2: Rod and Albert Pooholes both got quarter of a billion dollars,

1841
01:38:56,600 --> 01:38:59,200
Speaker 2: but those were ten year contracts and both hit about

1842
01:38:59,200 --> 01:39:03,000
Speaker 2: seven hundred home RW. So before you lose your minds

1843
01:39:03,120 --> 01:39:08,800
Speaker 2: about the Dodgers, consider this. They're basically taking as much

1844
01:39:08,840 --> 01:39:11,240
Speaker 2: as twenty five percent of the revenue they're getting, and

1845
01:39:11,280 --> 01:39:14,000
Speaker 2: it's tied up into two players. Now, what do the

1846
01:39:14,320 --> 01:39:20,759
Speaker 2: Colorado Rockies, the Cincinnati Reds, the Milwaukee Brewers, the Washington Nationals,

1847
01:39:20,800 --> 01:39:24,759
Speaker 2: the Cleveland Guardians, the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Chicago White Sox,

1848
01:39:25,280 --> 01:39:29,439
Speaker 2: the Tampa Bay Rays, the Athletics, and the Miami Marlins

1849
01:39:29,479 --> 01:39:36,400
Speaker 2: all have in common. Their combined payrolls are less. It's

1850
01:39:36,479 --> 01:39:40,680
Speaker 2: ten teams I mentioned combined payrolls are less than Otani

1851
01:39:40,840 --> 01:39:44,559
Speaker 2: and Kyle Tucker are being paid for this upcoming season.

1852
01:39:45,120 --> 01:39:47,719
Speaker 2: They have the highest AAVs in Major League history. Basically,

1853
01:39:47,960 --> 01:39:50,120
Speaker 2: when you combine them one hundred and thirty million, that's

1854
01:39:50,200 --> 01:39:53,320
Speaker 2: more than ten clubs spend on their entire payroll. Now,

1855
01:39:53,400 --> 01:39:56,280
Speaker 2: you can't tell me some of these other teams don't

1856
01:39:56,320 --> 01:39:59,040
Speaker 2: have the money to spend on expensive free agents or

1857
01:39:59,520 --> 01:40:01,880
Speaker 2: people who put fannies in seats or maybe help you win.

1858
01:40:02,479 --> 01:40:05,680
Speaker 2: They choose to put the money elsewhere. And if you

1859
01:40:05,800 --> 01:40:07,840
Speaker 2: got one hundred and ten coming in the gate before

1860
01:40:07,880 --> 01:40:09,479
Speaker 2: you sell a ticket, what do you do with an

1861
01:40:09,520 --> 01:40:14,400
Speaker 2: extra money? So listen, Unfortunately, they'll never will be a

1862
01:40:14,479 --> 01:40:18,200
Speaker 2: salary cap. It just isn't going to happen. I know

1863
01:40:18,280 --> 01:40:21,120
Speaker 2: how locked down the players are. They already cancel one

1864
01:40:21,160 --> 01:40:23,639
Speaker 2: World Series. The owners won't even go down that road.

1865
01:40:24,240 --> 01:40:26,360
Speaker 2: They may act like they do, they might beat their chest.

1866
01:40:26,840 --> 01:40:29,799
Speaker 2: The truth of the matter is, I'm sticking to my opinion.

1867
01:40:30,040 --> 01:40:32,839
Speaker 2: I think my opinion is well informed. When the Dodgers

1868
01:40:32,920 --> 01:40:36,760
Speaker 2: do this. I get it's a matter of perspective. There's

1869
01:40:36,800 --> 01:40:41,360
Speaker 2: a strain. There's a stress between trying to watch a

1870
01:40:41,439 --> 01:40:44,519
Speaker 2: team create this excitement of a potential dynasty. They're going

1871
01:40:44,560 --> 01:40:48,240
Speaker 2: to three peat, and it creates anxiety over what's considered

1872
01:40:48,280 --> 01:40:51,679
Speaker 2: perceived the quality. But the money is there for everybody.

1873
01:40:53,000 --> 01:40:55,000
Speaker 2: I think when the Dodgers do what they do, there's

1874
01:40:55,040 --> 01:40:57,599
Speaker 2: increased interest. Like I've said a thousand times on the show,

1875
01:40:57,960 --> 01:41:00,360
Speaker 2: the opposite of love is not hate, it's indifferent. If

1876
01:41:00,360 --> 01:41:03,240
Speaker 2: you hate the Dodgers, you're emotionally invested, so you're gonna

1877
01:41:03,280 --> 01:41:05,960
Speaker 2: watch revenue generation redistribution.

1878
01:41:06,680 --> 01:41:09,040
Speaker 3: Don't blame the Dodgers were having a strong business model.

1879
01:41:09,600 --> 01:41:11,800
Speaker 2: They deal. They doled out one hundred and seventy million

1880
01:41:11,880 --> 01:41:15,519
Speaker 2: last year alone in luxury taxes, and those funds are

1881
01:41:15,560 --> 01:41:20,479
Speaker 2: just redistributed to smaller market teams, which helps fund those clubs.

1882
01:41:21,120 --> 01:41:22,920
Speaker 2: And if they're not spending it on the best roster

1883
01:41:23,040 --> 01:41:26,680
Speaker 2: in the field, what are you gonna do? But I

1884
01:41:26,720 --> 01:41:28,880
Speaker 2: can guarantee you teams like the Mets and the Yankees

1885
01:41:28,920 --> 01:41:32,600
Speaker 2: and the Blue jaysus they're watching and they spend more aggressively.

1886
01:41:33,080 --> 01:41:36,200
Speaker 2: Now I realize some people feel that it creates competitive imbalance,

1887
01:41:36,280 --> 01:41:39,960
Speaker 2: and there are labor implications because there are payroll disparities,

1888
01:41:40,000 --> 01:41:42,960
Speaker 2: and there's an ongoing debate because I know the owners

1889
01:41:43,000 --> 01:41:45,000
Speaker 2: want a salary cap. They're never gonna get it, I'm

1890
01:41:45,040 --> 01:41:47,600
Speaker 2: telling you, And some owners may get discouraged, but I

1891
01:41:47,680 --> 01:41:50,080
Speaker 2: know that fans get discouraged too. But this is the

1892
01:41:50,160 --> 01:41:52,960
Speaker 2: world we're in and the top five spending teams last

1893
01:41:53,000 --> 01:41:54,680
Speaker 2: year two? Did you make the playoffs? And go back?

1894
01:41:55,920 --> 01:41:58,160
Speaker 2: Wasn't that long ago? Weren't the New York Yankees the

1895
01:41:58,240 --> 01:42:02,040
Speaker 2: Evil Empire last time they won? You know the answer

1896
01:42:02,080 --> 01:42:02,639
Speaker 2: to that question?

1897
01:42:03,920 --> 01:42:04,280
Speaker 3: All right?

1898
01:42:04,439 --> 01:42:07,880
Speaker 2: One of the features, it's caught strong here because there's

1899
01:42:08,080 --> 01:42:12,200
Speaker 2: always good stuff to know about the NFL and NFL

1900
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Speaker 2: inside information. It's time for the Fantasy Files.

1901
01:42:18,160 --> 01:42:23,880
Speaker 5: Fantasy Files with Brandon Deutsch, your go to fantasy football segment.

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Speaker 21: I got one gone.

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01:42:26,520 --> 01:42:27,320
Speaker 13: What is up?

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01:42:27,560 --> 01:42:31,000
Speaker 8: Everybody is Fantasy Files. I'm Brandon Deutsch, and I know

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01:42:31,320 --> 01:42:35,560
Speaker 8: that we won championships or the fantasy football season was

1906
01:42:35,640 --> 01:42:38,320
Speaker 8: over a few weeks ago, but it never really ends.

1907
01:42:38,640 --> 01:42:41,720
Speaker 8: Last week we talked about some interesting statistics that we

1908
01:42:41,960 --> 01:42:46,160
Speaker 8: have in terms of wide receiver one finishes, and today

1909
01:42:46,240 --> 01:42:49,280
Speaker 8: I wanted to go into a few dynasty things before

1910
01:42:49,479 --> 01:42:53,800
Speaker 8: giving some stats about the NFL and the probable Super

1911
01:42:53,840 --> 01:42:57,000
Speaker 8: Bowl champion and how it can be predicted. Because Fantasy

1912
01:42:57,040 --> 01:42:59,800
Speaker 8: Files isn't just about fantasy football and the off season,

1913
01:42:59,840 --> 01:43:02,200
Speaker 8: We're and be looking at some interesting stats as well,

1914
01:43:02,760 --> 01:43:06,320
Speaker 8: in stuff that we can really look at, and that's

1915
01:43:06,400 --> 01:43:10,519
Speaker 8: pivotal and important in what's happening right now because obviously

1916
01:43:11,040 --> 01:43:13,640
Speaker 8: most people are focused on the NFL playoffs, not as

1917
01:43:13,720 --> 01:43:17,160
Speaker 8: much on fantasy football. I will say this dynasty one

1918
01:43:17,160 --> 01:43:19,640
Speaker 8: to one, I think has to be Pooka Nakua, and

1919
01:43:19,760 --> 01:43:22,479
Speaker 8: I wanted to talk about that all week because people

1920
01:43:22,560 --> 01:43:25,320
Speaker 8: say it's Jamar Chase, and I get it.

1921
01:43:25,479 --> 01:43:26,400
Speaker 2: He has Joe Burrow.

1922
01:43:26,640 --> 01:43:28,360
Speaker 8: He is a good episode. You know, he has a

1923
01:43:28,360 --> 01:43:31,599
Speaker 8: good quarterback. So does Matthew Stafford to me, Pookakakua after

1924
01:43:31,640 --> 01:43:34,599
Speaker 8: the wide receiver one finish, he's been better than Jamar

1925
01:43:34,720 --> 01:43:37,360
Speaker 8: Chase on a per game basis throughout his entire career,

1926
01:43:37,680 --> 01:43:40,680
Speaker 8: and Jamar Chase has been unreal. Those are obviously the

1927
01:43:40,800 --> 01:43:42,880
Speaker 8: top two, and then you got Jon Robinson. And the

1928
01:43:42,920 --> 01:43:46,560
Speaker 8: only reason why Jon Robinson is third was because he

1929
01:43:46,640 --> 01:43:49,080
Speaker 8: doesn't have a quarterback. So as great as he is,

1930
01:43:49,880 --> 01:43:52,759
Speaker 8: that's always I know the running back position is super important.

1931
01:43:52,800 --> 01:43:55,519
Speaker 8: Some people might have him rated one to one in Dynasty,

1932
01:43:56,360 --> 01:43:59,599
Speaker 8: but a guy that I feel like not enough people

1933
01:43:59,640 --> 01:44:04,600
Speaker 8: are to give credit to going into next season in

1934
01:44:04,760 --> 01:44:07,439
Speaker 8: Dynasty because I'd rank him in the top twenty right now.

1935
01:44:07,479 --> 01:44:08,880
Speaker 8: I don't even know what team he's gonna be on,

1936
01:44:08,960 --> 01:44:11,400
Speaker 8: but it's Jeremiah Love from Notre Dame. And we'll talk

1937
01:44:11,479 --> 01:44:14,000
Speaker 8: more about draft season and all these players and how

1938
01:44:14,000 --> 01:44:16,920
Speaker 8: they can impact fantasy football and teams in general. But

1939
01:44:17,080 --> 01:44:19,760
Speaker 8: Jeremiah Love, I feel like, is the next big thing.

1940
01:44:19,800 --> 01:44:21,679
Speaker 8: I know people say it every year about a running

1941
01:44:21,720 --> 01:44:24,479
Speaker 8: back who was ashon gent last year, who actually had

1942
01:44:24,520 --> 01:44:28,120
Speaker 8: a pretty good season with everything that went on the

1943
01:44:28,240 --> 01:44:33,960
Speaker 8: Raiders having injured linemen, injured receivers, quarterback not playing well

1944
01:44:34,080 --> 01:44:35,960
Speaker 8: right like g know led the league in picks, didn't

1945
01:44:35,960 --> 01:44:39,280
Speaker 8: even play a few games, right, So again, he's still

1946
01:44:39,320 --> 01:44:40,880
Speaker 8: put up. I think it was like thirteen or fourteen

1947
01:44:40,960 --> 01:44:42,800
Speaker 8: hundred scrimmage yards. He's got to be up there. But

1948
01:44:42,880 --> 01:44:45,600
Speaker 8: Jeremiah Loves a better prospect than him, and I just

1949
01:44:45,720 --> 01:44:48,880
Speaker 8: hope he goes somewhere that has a capable offensive mind

1950
01:44:48,920 --> 01:44:51,960
Speaker 8: where we can really see him flourish right away, because

1951
01:44:52,439 --> 01:44:57,040
Speaker 8: that's a Jamiir Gibbs, Bjean Robinson type of talent. Jackson

1952
01:44:57,080 --> 01:44:58,560
Speaker 8: Smith and Jack has got to be up there. But

1953
01:44:58,720 --> 01:45:02,960
Speaker 8: I am still concerned about the way Seattle is so

1954
01:45:03,240 --> 01:45:05,920
Speaker 8: run heavy with Kubiak this year. Now Kubiak's gonna get

1955
01:45:05,960 --> 01:45:08,800
Speaker 8: hired elsewhere, he'll be gone, right But it's such a

1956
01:45:09,000 --> 01:45:16,280
Speaker 8: contrast because JSN, you could argue, got more looks in

1957
01:45:16,400 --> 01:45:19,759
Speaker 8: the sense of what the offense was with Ryan Grubb's

1958
01:45:19,800 --> 01:45:23,840
Speaker 8: offensive coordinator now at Alabama with Caitlin Deborr Gino. Smith

1959
01:45:23,920 --> 01:45:26,840
Speaker 8: threw like forty four hundred yards last year. You know,

1960
01:45:27,000 --> 01:45:29,599
Speaker 8: Darnold threw a lot through like I think forty four

1961
01:45:29,680 --> 01:45:32,720
Speaker 8: hundred as well. But they were still bottom five in

1962
01:45:32,800 --> 01:45:35,599
Speaker 8: pass attempts, which is crazy how many yards they had

1963
01:45:35,760 --> 01:45:38,160
Speaker 8: and how efficient they were in play action because of

1964
01:45:38,200 --> 01:45:41,880
Speaker 8: their run game. I'm just not so convinced JASN can

1965
01:45:42,040 --> 01:45:46,519
Speaker 8: continue elite production next season, especially when they get somebody

1966
01:45:46,600 --> 01:45:49,560
Speaker 8: that's younger than Cooper Cup. When they get somebody that,

1967
01:45:50,200 --> 01:45:53,320
Speaker 8: you know, maybe Brashi Chi they sign as well to

1968
01:45:53,439 --> 01:45:54,599
Speaker 8: a longer term deal.

1969
01:45:55,400 --> 01:45:56,200
Speaker 9: I just don't know.

1970
01:45:56,600 --> 01:45:59,280
Speaker 8: I think they could draft a receiver and again ken

1971
01:45:59,360 --> 01:46:01,800
Speaker 8: Walker out in the playoff game against the forty nine ers,

1972
01:46:01,880 --> 01:46:04,479
Speaker 8: had three touchdowns. He's a guy that I think the

1973
01:46:04,520 --> 01:46:06,280
Speaker 8: stock is on the rise, and I think he's going

1974
01:46:06,320 --> 01:46:08,800
Speaker 8: to be a pending free agents soon. That's another guy

1975
01:46:08,840 --> 01:46:10,240
Speaker 8: you got to look at in fantasy football.

1976
01:46:10,280 --> 01:46:10,360
Speaker 15: Now.

1977
01:46:10,400 --> 01:46:12,200
Speaker 8: I wanted to get to the statistics here because we'll

1978
01:46:12,240 --> 01:46:15,400
Speaker 8: talk more about dynasty and everything like that. There's some

1979
01:46:15,800 --> 01:46:18,799
Speaker 8: stat that I don't think a lot of the common

1980
01:46:18,960 --> 01:46:22,160
Speaker 8: fans and fans in general know about. I didn't even

1981
01:46:22,200 --> 01:46:24,240
Speaker 8: know about it until a few weeks ago, but every

1982
01:46:24,400 --> 01:46:28,559
Speaker 8: Super Bowl champion in the last decade has been top

1983
01:46:28,760 --> 01:46:33,240
Speaker 8: eight in average scoring margin going into the playoffs. Top eight.

1984
01:46:33,760 --> 01:46:36,120
Speaker 8: So that's something that can dictate the Super Bowl champion.

1985
01:46:36,240 --> 01:46:39,360
Speaker 8: I know it's eight teams, It's okay, Well, top six

1986
01:46:40,040 --> 01:46:42,960
Speaker 8: is nine out of last ten. Denver in twenty was

1987
01:46:43,080 --> 01:46:46,360
Speaker 8: twenty fifteen with Peyton Manning was eighth, so that was

1988
01:46:46,439 --> 01:46:51,120
Speaker 8: the outlier. But look at this Seattle plus twelve point

1989
01:46:51,240 --> 01:46:54,120
Speaker 8: six number one, and obviously they beat the Niners by

1990
01:46:54,200 --> 01:46:56,720
Speaker 8: a lot, right, and this isn't including that, but they

1991
01:46:56,760 --> 01:47:00,280
Speaker 8: were number one, New England number two, the Rams third,

1992
01:47:01,280 --> 01:47:05,759
Speaker 8: So you got probably the three best teams left Houston's fifth.

1993
01:47:06,400 --> 01:47:10,320
Speaker 8: Houston is another popular pick to defeat the New England

1994
01:47:10,360 --> 01:47:13,879
Speaker 8: Patriots because of their defense. It's just impressive that Houston's

1995
01:47:13,920 --> 01:47:16,760
Speaker 8: fifth and average scoring margin considering all the injuries they

1996
01:47:16,840 --> 01:47:20,639
Speaker 8: have on offense. Fourth was Jacksonville, sixth, Buffalo seven, Denver.

1997
01:47:20,760 --> 01:47:22,920
Speaker 8: Denver doesn't really have a chance without bot Nicks. So

1998
01:47:23,360 --> 01:47:27,120
Speaker 8: going into the playoffs, you could have predicted that one

1999
01:47:27,360 --> 01:47:30,559
Speaker 8: of Seattle, New England Rams, Jacksonville, Houston, Buffalo would win

2000
01:47:30,600 --> 01:47:32,920
Speaker 8: the Super Bowl. It was pretty easy to predict that

2001
01:47:33,160 --> 01:47:36,120
Speaker 8: just based on that. So that's an interesting statistic to

2002
01:47:36,200 --> 01:47:39,200
Speaker 8: look at going into every season when you go into

2003
01:47:39,200 --> 01:47:41,080
Speaker 8: the playoffs, because you can't really predict it right away.

2004
01:47:41,240 --> 01:47:44,080
Speaker 8: But we'll be looking at more interesting stats like that

2005
01:47:44,720 --> 01:47:48,040
Speaker 8: every single week while also going into some dynasty stuff.

2006
01:47:48,200 --> 01:47:51,719
Speaker 8: Jeremiah Love was highlighted today, we'll highlight some other players

2007
01:47:51,760 --> 01:47:55,040
Speaker 8: in the upcoming draft, and we'll keep talking about the

2008
01:47:55,120 --> 01:47:57,280
Speaker 8: NFL playoffs. Thank you so much on Brandon Deutch. You

2009
01:47:57,280 --> 01:48:00,479
Speaker 8: can find me at BSD takes on x Brandon Deutsch

2010
01:48:00,680 --> 01:48:04,240
Speaker 8: on TikTok and Instagram. Back to the Bernie Fratto Show.

2011
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Speaker 2: Thank you all right, good stuff, and this is a

2012
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Speaker 2: future that will continue. Believe me, Fantasy football is big,

2013
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Speaker 2: big business, and there's an old saying hockey players are

2014
01:48:15,320 --> 01:48:18,000
Speaker 2: built in the summer. Well, if you want to win

2015
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Speaker 2: your fantasy league, pay attention to the rookies coming out,

2016
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Speaker 2: the players you want to hold over and try to

2017
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Speaker 2: project not who's good now, but who will be good

2018
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Speaker 2: in the future. That's how you win your fantasy league.

2019
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2020
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Speaker 2: the air. By the way, earlier in the show and

2027
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Speaker 2: another great midnight hour thanks to the callers, we talked

2028
01:48:57,960 --> 01:49:03,400
Speaker 2: about the Seattle Seahawk ticket situation where their ticket season

2029
01:49:03,439 --> 01:49:06,120
Speaker 2: ticket holders received to notice that if they were selling

2030
01:49:06,920 --> 01:49:11,479
Speaker 2: their tickets they might perhaps be in jeopardy for getting

2031
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Speaker 2: their season tickets next year. It's storable file not the

2032
01:49:14,200 --> 01:49:15,840
Speaker 2: first time things like this happened, which you want to

2033
01:49:15,840 --> 01:49:20,400
Speaker 2: get people's thoughts. Well, Monday Night's game between Indiana. Oh yeah,

2034
01:49:21,160 --> 01:49:24,759
Speaker 2: you talk about money. This is a college football playoff

2035
01:49:24,800 --> 01:49:27,560
Speaker 2: title game and the ticket prices they will be the

2036
01:49:27,720 --> 01:49:32,680
Speaker 2: most expensive ever. We'll break it down for you. Coming up,

2037
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Speaker 2: I'm Bernie Frattle. We are coming to you live from

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Speaker 2: the Las Vegas Fox Sports Radio Studios. Don't go away

2039
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Speaker 2: listening to the Bernie Frattle Show.

2040
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2041
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Speaker 3: All right back in the Bernie Frattle Show.

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2049
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2052
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Speaker 2: iHeart Radio app. Well, it's one thing to go to

2053
01:50:30,160 --> 01:50:34,080
Speaker 2: a Seahawks playoff game, or perhaps if you're so inclined

2054
01:50:34,880 --> 01:50:37,800
Speaker 2: he brazen enough to sell your tickets with good, good

2055
01:50:38,000 --> 01:50:40,000
Speaker 2: back and forth on the minute hour to night on

2056
01:50:40,120 --> 01:50:43,280
Speaker 2: that subject, a lot of folks felt, hey, it's your property.

2057
01:50:43,960 --> 01:50:45,880
Speaker 2: You do what you want to do. One guy even said, hey,

2058
01:50:45,880 --> 01:50:48,360
Speaker 2: if you buy a TV from Walmart, Walmart's not going

2059
01:50:48,400 --> 01:50:50,000
Speaker 2: to tell you if you can sell it, resell it

2060
01:50:50,400 --> 01:50:54,080
Speaker 2: all right, fair And then the Seahawks. Another caller brought

2061
01:50:54,120 --> 01:50:55,919
Speaker 2: up a great point. We want a home field advantage.

2062
01:50:56,479 --> 01:50:58,720
Speaker 2: There was a time if you brought a you know,

2063
01:50:59,080 --> 01:51:02,320
Speaker 2: a poster to a Raider game from an opposing team,

2064
01:51:02,479 --> 01:51:03,479
Speaker 2: they were going to tear it down.

2065
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Speaker 3: We're at different times, Okay.

2066
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Speaker 2: The bottom line is this Monday night game between Indian

2067
01:51:09,240 --> 01:51:12,080
Speaker 2: and Miami, the ticket prices are on pace to be

2068
01:51:12,160 --> 01:51:18,880
Speaker 2: the most expensive ever, not close, and the resale ticket

2069
01:51:18,960 --> 01:51:24,479
Speaker 2: market is reaching unprecedented levels. As of five days ago,

2070
01:51:26,000 --> 01:51:31,400
Speaker 2: the cheapest tickets on I'm not going to name the reseller,

2071
01:51:31,680 --> 01:51:35,040
Speaker 2: there's multiple out there for the game at hard Rock

2072
01:51:35,080 --> 01:51:37,400
Speaker 2: Stadium Monday Night. The cheapest for selling on the resale

2073
01:51:37,439 --> 01:51:42,479
Speaker 2: market three five and sixty five dollars. Now, I give

2074
01:51:42,520 --> 01:51:46,439
Speaker 2: you that some perspective. Last year, the Ohio State Notre

2075
01:51:46,520 --> 01:51:51,479
Speaker 2: Dame championship game that was about eighteen hundred and thirty

2076
01:51:51,479 --> 01:51:53,559
Speaker 2: dollars that would get you in the door. So it's doubled.

2077
01:51:54,280 --> 01:51:57,240
Speaker 2: And last year the Ohio State Notre Dame game was

2078
01:51:57,320 --> 01:52:02,000
Speaker 2: the previous record for the most of college football national

2079
01:52:02,080 --> 01:52:05,639
Speaker 2: championship game. Can you imagine? So you know, you take

2080
01:52:05,680 --> 01:52:09,200
Speaker 2: your wife three thousand and six hundred a piece at

2081
01:52:09,280 --> 01:52:11,920
Speaker 2: seventy two hundred, throwing a couple of hot dogs and

2082
01:52:12,040 --> 01:52:16,799
Speaker 2: a couple of beers in a program and some cotton candy,

2083
01:52:17,240 --> 01:52:22,080
Speaker 2: You're getting into some real money. But that's that's if

2084
01:52:22,080 --> 01:52:26,200
Speaker 2: anybody thinks it's college football playoff isn't working, Okay, you

2085
01:52:26,280 --> 01:52:30,519
Speaker 2: can think whatever you want. The majority of the game tickets,

2086
01:52:30,600 --> 01:52:34,080
Speaker 2: by the way, are allocated to the two participating schools,

2087
01:52:35,160 --> 01:52:39,280
Speaker 2: and they're originally sold through each institution, but when someone

2088
01:52:39,360 --> 01:52:40,800
Speaker 2: gets their hands on them, they do what they want.

2089
01:52:40,880 --> 01:52:43,240
Speaker 2: This is a money maker, you know, this is a

2090
01:52:43,479 --> 01:52:46,800
Speaker 2: money maker for a lot of folks. Now, why is

2091
01:52:46,880 --> 01:52:47,400
Speaker 2: this happening?

2092
01:52:48,080 --> 01:52:48,760
Speaker 3: Why would they?

2093
01:52:48,880 --> 01:52:53,120
Speaker 2: I mean Ohio stateon Notre Dame. You have two blue

2094
01:52:53,160 --> 01:52:57,960
Speaker 2: bloods that if historically dominated the headlines in college football

2095
01:52:58,439 --> 01:53:04,200
Speaker 2: for decades. Kids, I love it that it's Indiana and

2096
01:53:04,280 --> 01:53:09,320
Speaker 2: Miami this year. You've got two storylines. Indiana has never

2097
01:53:09,360 --> 01:53:11,200
Speaker 2: won anything in football what they did when the Big

2098
01:53:11,240 --> 01:53:13,400
Speaker 2: ten back in nineteen sixty except you get my drift.

2099
01:53:13,880 --> 01:53:15,120
Speaker 3: And even though Miami.

2100
01:53:16,680 --> 01:53:18,760
Speaker 2: And Mario Cristobald doesn't want to talk about it, they're

2101
01:53:18,880 --> 01:53:21,720
Speaker 2: very much trying to get the team back to that,

2102
01:53:22,479 --> 01:53:27,200
Speaker 2: you know, the U status that it probably held for

2103
01:53:27,400 --> 01:53:31,040
Speaker 2: years before that. You know, it's been a little bit

2104
01:53:31,080 --> 01:53:33,519
Speaker 2: of the doldrums. So you've got a hell of a

2105
01:53:34,000 --> 01:53:37,000
Speaker 2: You've got a hell of a storyline either way. And

2106
01:53:37,439 --> 01:53:40,599
Speaker 2: so factors like those are contributing to the high demand

2107
01:53:40,680 --> 01:53:44,559
Speaker 2: on the secondary market. Indiana, as I said, they're playing

2108
01:53:44,600 --> 01:53:47,439
Speaker 2: in their first ever national championship game in program history.

2109
01:53:47,760 --> 01:53:50,400
Speaker 3: The obvious, But what if I told you, believe it

2110
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Speaker 3: or not.

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01:53:52,200 --> 01:53:57,880
Speaker 2: Indiana University has the largest living alumni base of any

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Speaker 2: Division one is in the country. There are over eight

2113
01:54:02,200 --> 01:54:07,400
Speaker 2: hundred and five thousand former Hoosiers knocking around around the world,

2114
01:54:08,360 --> 01:54:13,240
Speaker 2: and that's about quadruple of what Miami's living alumni bases.

2115
01:54:13,960 --> 01:54:16,240
Speaker 2: But if you add the two together, that's over a million.

2116
01:54:17,080 --> 01:54:21,519
Speaker 2: But the Hurricanes have the storied history. They have five

2117
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Speaker 2: ap national championships nineteen eighty three, remember when Bernie Cossar

2118
01:54:28,000 --> 01:54:32,640
Speaker 2: was a freshman, nineteen eighty seven, nineteen eighty nine, nineteen

2119
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Speaker 2: ninety one, and now two thousand and one. So it's

2120
01:54:38,320 --> 01:54:41,480
Speaker 2: been twenty five years and they want back in. The

2121
01:54:41,560 --> 01:54:45,440
Speaker 2: hard Walk Stadium holds sixty five thousand seats that happens

2122
01:54:45,480 --> 01:54:48,160
Speaker 2: to be the home venue for the Miami Hurricanes and

2123
01:54:48,280 --> 01:54:52,000
Speaker 2: of course also the Miami Dolphins, and Miami does not

2124
01:54:52,160 --> 01:54:55,320
Speaker 2: have an on campus stadium now. During the regular season,

2125
01:54:55,440 --> 01:54:58,200
Speaker 2: the Canes averaged about sixty four thousand fans per game,

2126
01:54:58,320 --> 01:54:59,200
Speaker 2: almost a sellout.

2127
01:55:00,400 --> 01:55:01,839
Speaker 3: But this is going to be the first.

2128
01:55:01,720 --> 01:55:05,880
Speaker 2: Time a college football National Championship playoff game is going

2129
01:55:05,960 --> 01:55:10,760
Speaker 2: to take place in a participating team's home stadium, even

2130
01:55:10,800 --> 01:55:15,240
Speaker 2: though ironically the Canes are officially going to be designated

2131
01:55:15,320 --> 01:55:18,520
Speaker 2: as the visiting team, so a lot of those rabid

2132
01:55:18,560 --> 01:55:20,720
Speaker 2: Miami fans who already lived there don't have to travel.

2133
01:55:22,960 --> 01:55:27,240
Speaker 2: That I think contributes to the high demand. But along

2134
01:55:27,360 --> 01:55:31,840
Speaker 2: those lines, given credit because both Indiana and Miami and

2135
01:55:32,000 --> 01:55:35,720
Speaker 2: their fan bases tip of the cap, they've traveled extremely

2136
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Speaker 2: well over many miles during this entire tournament. Miami started

2137
01:55:41,880 --> 01:55:45,360
Speaker 2: their playoff run in a very hostile Texas A and

2138
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Speaker 2: M environment in the first round, and then they stayed

2139
01:55:49,400 --> 01:55:52,080
Speaker 2: in Texas, beat Texas and the Cotton Bowl, and then

2140
01:55:52,080 --> 01:55:55,520
Speaker 2: they beat Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl, which was

2141
01:55:55,520 --> 01:55:58,560
Speaker 2: played in Arizona, and they beat Old Miss. Indiana had

2142
01:55:58,600 --> 01:56:02,080
Speaker 2: a first round by before they dominated. And their performances

2143
01:56:02,120 --> 01:56:04,520
Speaker 2: in the Rose Bowl in California over Bama and then

2144
01:56:04,560 --> 01:56:09,360
Speaker 2: the Peach Bowl in Georgia over Oregon. Be that as

2145
01:56:09,440 --> 01:56:14,840
Speaker 2: it may. Regardless of where those games took place, well,

2146
01:56:15,360 --> 01:56:19,880
Speaker 2: those fans traveled very well. Now, coming up later in

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Speaker 2: the show, we're going to talk about I think the

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Speaker 2: storyline here is because Indiana opened up as a seven

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Speaker 2: point favorite, went to seven and a half, went to eight,

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Speaker 2: went to eight and a half. So Miami money's come

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Speaker 2: in and catching eight eight and a half. Now if

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Speaker 2: you are grabbing Miami. But later in the show, we'll

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Speaker 2: talk about what Miami has to do to beat this

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Speaker 2: juggernaut known as Indiana, because Indiana doesn't make mistakes. So

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Speaker 2: the storyline here is more so not what Kurtzig that

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Speaker 2: he did, how he built the college football's best staff,

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Speaker 2: how he built this amazing program twenty six and two

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Speaker 2: if they win Monday Night, they'd be the first team

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Speaker 2: to ever go sixteen to oh. Remember Michigan win fifteen

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Speaker 2: to O. Clemson went fifteen in O one year. I

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Speaker 2: think Yale University went fifteen to O one year. They'd

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Speaker 2: be the first team here goes sixteen in a OLWD.

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Speaker 2: But in order to do it, several things have to

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Speaker 2: happen for Miami to win this game, and some of

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Speaker 2: them sound cliche like play mistake free football. But I'll

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Speaker 2: get to some other granular things as well. We're going

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Speaker 2: to get to that a little bit later in the show.

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Speaker 2: Coming up. Coming up, how about the two NFL games

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Speaker 2: that kick off here in just about ten hours Bears

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Speaker 2: Rams Patriots Texans. We've got some an analysis and break

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Speaker 2: down on those two, maybe some predictions as well, So

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Speaker 2: keep it locked. You're listening to the Bernie Frattle Show

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Speaker 2: on Fox Sports. That's right, you heard the man. The

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Speaker 2: Bernie Fradle Show keeps rolling right along. My name is

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Speaker 2: and the iHeart Radio app. Well we are eight hours

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Speaker 2: check that ten hours away from kickoff.

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Speaker 3: The first game of the.

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Speaker 2: Doubleheader will be down to the final four, the Texans

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Speaker 2: and Patriots. We'll tee it up here. And what's interesting

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01:58:51,080 --> 01:59:00,640
Speaker 2: is Houston's defense gets a lot of accolades as by

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Speaker 2: the way, it's very well deserved. That is a fast,

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Speaker 2: violent defense and they are a bear to go up against.

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Speaker 2: But the truth of the matter is is New England,

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Speaker 2: I think is now starting to get some credit, much

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Speaker 2: more credit for their defense. One of the biggest takeaways

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Speaker 2: from the Patriots win last Sunday over the Los Angeles

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Speaker 2: Chargers was frankly, how dominant their defense was and Houston

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Speaker 2: It's become pass ave. You get that from them week

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01:59:35,240 --> 01:59:38,720
Speaker 2: in and week out, But the Pats really seemed to

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Speaker 2: raster the occasion against.

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Speaker 3: The Chargers last week.

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01:59:42,240 --> 01:59:47,000
Speaker 2: They held justin Herbert and Jim Harbaughs not so voted

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Speaker 2: offense to three points. They also sacked Herbert six times

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Speaker 2: and allowed just one out of ten in third down conversions.

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Speaker 2: That's a recipe for, you know, winning football. Now here's

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Speaker 2: what will be answered, probably more Sunday, I think later

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Speaker 2: on today rather than last week. Did did Houston? Did

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Speaker 2: the Patriots dominate that much because they're getting better and

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Speaker 2: better and better or is this just the Chargers charging

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Speaker 2: again and really.

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Speaker 3: Not being up for the moment. Plus, we know that the.

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Speaker 2: Chargers offensive line ben at shambles all season. They lost

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Speaker 2: for Seaan Slater and Joe Alton Herbert was one of

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Speaker 2: the most pressured quarterbacks in the league. But the truth

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Speaker 2: of the matter is Chargers have been dealing with that

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Speaker 2: all year and the Patriots they have shown their defense

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Speaker 2: can rise to a level and they have a higher

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Speaker 2: ceiling that people realize. So this should be a real

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Speaker 2: fistfight in the phone booth on Sunday. Now, the Texans,

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Speaker 2: as good as their defense is I'm not real super

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Speaker 2: enamored with their offense. Would it surprise me if Texans

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Speaker 2: w not right Sunday, not at all. They're getting three

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Speaker 2: points three and a half. Depending where your shop, you

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Speaker 2: would think there would be one upset of the four games.

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Speaker 3: There certainly wasn't on Saturday.

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Speaker 2: And I'll get to the Bears Rams in a minute,

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Speaker 2: and the Rams are a road favorite. Doesn't feel like

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Speaker 2: you're gonna get an upset there with a home team

2230
02:01:20,320 --> 02:01:24,200
Speaker 2: dog winning out right, But we'll see. One of the

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Speaker 2: things that Texans are going to have to deal with

2232
02:01:27,160 --> 02:01:29,280
Speaker 2: is the fact they're going to be out without their

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Speaker 2: number one pass catching weapon in Nico Collins. He got

2234
02:01:33,160 --> 02:01:36,440
Speaker 2: hurt in Monday night's game due to a concussion, and

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Speaker 2: that's a massive blow to their offense. Now, I give

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Speaker 2: Christian Kirk credit. He stepped up big caught eight balls

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02:01:43,720 --> 02:01:45,440
Speaker 2: for one hundred and forty four yards in a touchdown

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Speaker 2: that was against Pittsburgh. I think New England will be

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Speaker 2: a different animal Sunday. They're gonna need either a big

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Speaker 2: time performance like that out of Christian Kirk otherwise they're

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Speaker 2: going to be one dimensional. And I think, if you know,

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Speaker 2: I love CJ. Strod but he's gotten into his habit

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Speaker 2: for holding onto the ball too long. And New England's

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Speaker 2: got some of the best pass rushers in the business,

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Speaker 2: so I think that's something to watch as well.

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Speaker 3: But not for nothing, Houston's pass rush is.

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Speaker 2: Nothing to sneeze out either, and I think that's going

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Speaker 2: to be a tremendous challenge for the Patriots offensive line.

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Speaker 10: Uh.

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Speaker 2: And I think New England's defense and Houston's defense, they're

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Speaker 2: gonna slug it out. And by the way, the Patriots

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Speaker 2: are going to have Christian Zalaz back. It looks like

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Speaker 2: he used he suffered a concussion last Sunday. But but

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Speaker 2: you know, with Christian Kirk with with Christian Zalaz in

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Speaker 2: the field, it seems like New England's much more uh,

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Speaker 2: much more able to perhaps create a key turnover. Okay,

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Speaker 2: one last thing for the Texans. This is a tough

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02:02:47,440 --> 02:02:50,640
Speaker 2: scheduling spot. They had to play on the road last

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Speaker 2: week against Pittsburgh. Fly back to Houston, regrouped, and jump

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Speaker 2: back on a plan to New England on a short week.

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Speaker 2: That's some adversity to overcome when you get into a

2262
02:03:01,200 --> 02:03:04,800
Speaker 2: situation like this, when you're playing for all the marbles.

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Speaker 2: But I will say this, the left side of the

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Speaker 2: New Enland's offensive line had a bad game last week

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Speaker 2: against the Chargers. You know Will Campbell, who's a rookie,

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Speaker 2: but a very good one. He allowed five total pressures

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Speaker 2: to go along with a sack, and Jared Wilson gave

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Speaker 2: up five pressures in two sacks. So I think you're

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Speaker 2: going to see a different animal in Houston. Drake May

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Speaker 2: was hurried a lot. The challenge gets tougher now because

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Speaker 2: you're talking about a serious lethal Texans pass rush when

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Speaker 2: you've got guys like Will Anderson and Daniel Hunter. Houston

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Speaker 2: finished second in the NFL with a forty three percent

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Speaker 2: pressure eight, So what remains to be seen. If they

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Speaker 2: can get to Drake May early and often, it will.

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Speaker 2: If they do that, it's going to vote very well

2277
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Speaker 2: for the Texans. Can't lie. I grabbed the Texans three

2278
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Speaker 2: and a half earlier in the week.

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Speaker 3: We'll see what happens. I think the Texas are very here,

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Speaker 3: But this is a game.

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Speaker 2: Really. I know this sounds cliched, and you know I'm

2282
02:04:05,680 --> 02:04:08,560
Speaker 2: not going to equivocate, but this game really could go

2283
02:04:08,640 --> 02:04:12,120
Speaker 2: either way. The final round of the divisional round of

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Speaker 2: the playoffs, the Bears play host of the Rams. For

2285
02:04:14,720 --> 02:04:18,000
Speaker 2: you history Buffs, turn the clock back to January eighty six,

2286
02:04:18,080 --> 02:04:20,800
Speaker 2: where the Rams went into Chicago lost twenty four to

2287
02:04:20,920 --> 02:04:24,680
Speaker 2: nothing with Dieter Brockett quarterback and the Bears, well, that

2288
02:04:24,800 --> 02:04:27,160
Speaker 2: was that vaunted Bears team with the Super Bowl shuffle

2289
02:04:27,200 --> 02:04:30,160
Speaker 2: in Jim McMahon and Walter Payton in company, Mike Dick

2290
02:04:30,280 --> 02:04:32,800
Speaker 2: his crew and the forty six defense and Buddy Ryan.

2291
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Speaker 2: The Bears outscored their three playoff opponents that year, the Giants,

2292
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Speaker 2: the Rams, and then New England and the Super Bowl

2293
02:04:41,600 --> 02:04:45,400
Speaker 2: eighty six to ten. Chicago's coming off a wild week,

2294
02:04:45,480 --> 02:04:49,120
Speaker 2: this Chicago team is not that team. They did it again.

2295
02:04:49,200 --> 02:04:50,760
Speaker 2: They start them back from a twenty one to three

2296
02:04:50,800 --> 02:04:53,760
Speaker 2: halftime deficit to beat the Packers a last minute touchdown pass.

2297
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Speaker 2: I've been waiting for the Bears to, you know, fold

2298
02:04:58,080 --> 02:05:01,040
Speaker 2: in this highway act for eight weeks now.

2299
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Speaker 3: It hasn't happened.

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02:05:02,520 --> 02:05:05,280
Speaker 2: So it raises the rhetorical question, will the Bears continue

2301
02:05:05,320 --> 02:05:07,720
Speaker 2: their magical run or do the Rams going to Social

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Speaker 2: Field and win? All right?

2303
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Speaker 3: What are the storylines?

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02:05:11,200 --> 02:05:15,440
Speaker 2: Well, let's start with Matt Stafford versus the Bears pass defense.

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Speaker 3: Stafford's had a good year.

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Speaker 2: He's throwing for almost forty one hundred yards, forty six touchdowns,

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Speaker 2: only throwing seven interceptions. You would assume that they're going

2308
02:05:25,880 --> 02:05:30,280
Speaker 2: to have a good day Sunday, but don't go to

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02:05:30,320 --> 02:05:32,960
Speaker 2: sleep on the Bears. Believe it or not. The Bears

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02:05:33,000 --> 02:05:36,520
Speaker 2: are a pass defense that led the NFL with twenty

2311
02:05:36,600 --> 02:05:40,680
Speaker 2: three interceptions, but at the same time, they're very vulnerable

2312
02:05:40,720 --> 02:05:44,560
Speaker 2: against the pass. The Bears have allowed opponents to complete

2313
02:05:45,040 --> 02:05:47,600
Speaker 2: just under sixty seven percent of their passes for an

2314
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Speaker 2: average of almost eight yards per attempt. They got torched

2315
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Speaker 2: by the Packers in the first half last week. Somehow

2316
02:05:53,280 --> 02:05:56,240
Speaker 2: they clamped down after halftime. I don't think you can

2317
02:05:56,360 --> 02:05:59,840
Speaker 2: keep surrendering leads like this and then coming back with

2318
02:06:00,120 --> 02:06:01,760
Speaker 2: minute to go. I mean, they won seven games in

2319
02:06:01,760 --> 02:06:02,920
Speaker 2: the last two minutes.

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Speaker 3: The Bears after.

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Speaker 2: You know, the one thing that could be the Bears

2322
02:06:09,200 --> 02:06:12,040
Speaker 2: saving grace in terms of giving them a puncher's chance

2323
02:06:12,080 --> 02:06:14,240
Speaker 2: to win this game against the Rams, and don't make

2324
02:06:14,280 --> 02:06:17,080
Speaker 2: no mistake, they can win. Okay, the Rams don't have

2325
02:06:17,120 --> 02:06:19,160
Speaker 2: a guy given right to go in there in five

2326
02:06:19,200 --> 02:06:22,480
Speaker 2: degree weather and beat the Bears. The Bears are all

2327
02:06:22,520 --> 02:06:23,840
Speaker 2: of a sudden running the ball. Well, not all of

2328
02:06:23,880 --> 02:06:26,200
Speaker 2: a sudden. They've been for the past six, seven, eight weeks.

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Speaker 2: They've been running the ball at you know, at a

2330
02:06:30,160 --> 02:06:33,280
Speaker 2: rate of about five point two yards per carry, and

2331
02:06:33,640 --> 02:06:35,680
Speaker 2: they lead the league. Almost fifty percent of their carriers

2332
02:06:35,680 --> 02:06:37,840
Speaker 2: are getting five or more yards, and they had.

2333
02:06:37,800 --> 02:06:39,200
Speaker 3: Thirty nine explosive runs.

2334
02:06:39,960 --> 02:06:42,160
Speaker 2: And last week against Green Bay, even though the Bears

2335
02:06:42,200 --> 02:06:45,040
Speaker 2: didn't run the ball well, they had a pretty good

2336
02:06:45,240 --> 02:06:49,080
Speaker 2: success rate. But even though it was okay success rate

2337
02:06:49,200 --> 02:06:52,280
Speaker 2: with DeAndre Swift and Kamon on Guy, it was their

2338
02:06:52,320 --> 02:06:54,880
Speaker 2: second worst of the season. Their worst was the season

2339
02:06:54,920 --> 02:06:57,320
Speaker 2: open there against the Vikings when they were still trying

2340
02:06:57,320 --> 02:07:01,200
Speaker 2: to figure this out with Ben Johnson and everybody. The

2341
02:07:01,360 --> 02:07:04,480
Speaker 2: Rams allow about four yards of carry. They only gave

2342
02:07:04,560 --> 02:07:06,880
Speaker 2: up a get eighty three against Carolina last week. But

2343
02:07:06,960 --> 02:07:09,120
Speaker 2: the Bears are going to have to run the game,

2344
02:07:09,680 --> 02:07:12,040
Speaker 2: run the ball to be in this game. There's no

2345
02:07:12,120 --> 02:07:15,360
Speaker 2: two ways about it. You can't be one dimensional in

2346
02:07:15,400 --> 02:07:19,240
Speaker 2: the National Football League. So we'll see how this shakes out.

2347
02:07:20,360 --> 02:07:22,200
Speaker 2: I know a lot of folks have picked the Rams

2348
02:07:22,280 --> 02:07:24,120
Speaker 2: to win the Super Bowl. I'm not one of them.

2349
02:07:24,440 --> 02:07:26,280
Speaker 2: The Bears have been pulling Rabbits out of their hat

2350
02:07:26,360 --> 02:07:29,600
Speaker 2: all season. I've been burned every time I've said this,

2351
02:07:29,720 --> 02:07:31,600
Speaker 2: but I'll say it one more time. It just feels

2352
02:07:31,640 --> 02:07:33,640
Speaker 2: like that comes to it end Sunday against the team

2353
02:07:34,440 --> 02:07:36,840
Speaker 2: that looked like it is the best in the league

2354
02:07:37,360 --> 02:07:41,040
Speaker 2: in stretches, they stumbled down the stretch. Matt Stafford could

2355
02:07:41,040 --> 02:07:43,920
Speaker 2: turn into Detroit Matt on a moment's notice.

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02:07:45,480 --> 02:07:46,640
Speaker 3: He did it against Carolina.

2357
02:07:46,680 --> 02:07:50,240
Speaker 2: He's done it. I'm not predicting that. It just feels like,

2358
02:07:50,800 --> 02:07:54,280
Speaker 2: if you're comparing quarterbacks and coaches, I'll take Sean McVay

2359
02:07:54,320 --> 02:07:56,960
Speaker 2: at this stage of the game over Ben Johnson, and

2360
02:07:57,040 --> 02:08:01,120
Speaker 2: I'll take Matt Stafford over Caleb Williams. Although Caleb Williams

2361
02:08:01,200 --> 02:08:03,680
Speaker 2: don't go to sleep man. Stafford's going to win the

2362
02:08:03,720 --> 02:08:07,920
Speaker 2: game by playing on schedule. Caleb Williams is Mahomes esque.

2363
02:08:08,000 --> 02:08:09,760
Speaker 2: He's done it many times this year. He hasn't won

2364
02:08:09,760 --> 02:08:12,800
Speaker 2: Super Bowls yet, but he's done many times this year.

2365
02:08:13,640 --> 02:08:15,360
Speaker 2: So they've made fools out of me.

2366
02:08:16,040 --> 02:08:16,640
Speaker 3: I'll admit it.

2367
02:08:17,120 --> 02:08:19,280
Speaker 2: Can the Bears do it one more time? It's three

2368
02:08:19,280 --> 02:08:22,360
Speaker 2: and a half point home dogs, We'll see. I feel

2369
02:08:22,440 --> 02:08:25,680
Speaker 2: like the Texans and Rams both advanced Sunday, but you

2370
02:08:25,760 --> 02:08:28,960
Speaker 2: still got to play the game. Just my opinion.

2371
02:08:29,840 --> 02:08:30,320
Speaker 3: Coming up.

2372
02:08:30,600 --> 02:08:34,280
Speaker 2: The Steelers waved goodbye to a legend this past week. Yes,

2373
02:08:34,360 --> 02:08:38,400
Speaker 2: it was mutual. Very interesting situation. How do you process this?

2374
02:08:39,520 --> 02:08:41,840
Speaker 2: Tomlin had nineteen years as a head coach, the seven

2375
02:08:41,920 --> 02:08:45,960
Speaker 2: longest tenure in NFL history, never had a losing season.

2376
02:08:46,640 --> 02:08:48,560
Speaker 2: They're only going to have their fourth coach in fifty

2377
02:08:48,640 --> 02:08:51,800
Speaker 2: seven years, following Bill Kauer who was fifteen years and

2378
02:08:51,880 --> 02:08:54,400
Speaker 2: Chuck Bull who was twenty three. And you give this

2379
02:08:54,520 --> 02:08:58,440
Speaker 2: some perspective the Browns and Raiders they've employed forty two

2380
02:08:58,840 --> 02:09:01,320
Speaker 2: head coaches in that same time. And by the way,

2381
02:09:01,360 --> 02:09:04,000
Speaker 2: they're looking for coaches again this year. I don't know

2382
02:09:04,040 --> 02:09:06,640
Speaker 2: what Tomlin's gonna do. He's fifty three years old. I've

2383
02:09:06,760 --> 02:09:09,200
Speaker 2: always liked him. He was an amical parting of the

2384
02:09:09,280 --> 02:09:13,920
Speaker 2: ways remains to be seen. If Tomlin gets in a

2385
02:09:14,080 --> 02:09:15,920
Speaker 2: Hall of Fame, ends up in the Hall of Fame.

2386
02:09:15,960 --> 02:09:18,240
Speaker 2: He's tied for ninth and all time wins. He has

2387
02:09:18,280 --> 02:09:22,080
Speaker 2: a Super Bowl ring, but the Hall of Fame bars

2388
02:09:22,240 --> 02:09:25,200
Speaker 2: is higher now for coaches. Nonetheless, given credit to one

2389
02:09:25,200 --> 02:09:27,680
Speaker 2: of the best coaching runs in NFL history. I like

2390
02:09:27,760 --> 02:09:31,000
Speaker 2: the way Mike Tomlin prosecuted his business. So who takes

2391
02:09:31,040 --> 02:09:35,240
Speaker 2: over for Mike Tomlin? Well, the Steelers have already extended

2392
02:09:35,560 --> 02:09:41,160
Speaker 2: some invitations to multiple coaches to fill the vacancy, and

2393
02:09:41,320 --> 02:09:44,720
Speaker 2: there are eight known candidates. I'll go over them with you.

2394
02:09:45,120 --> 02:09:48,040
Speaker 2: Six are defensive coordinators, by the way. But these are

2395
02:09:48,080 --> 02:09:50,800
Speaker 2: the invitations that I've gone on. And please don't talk

2396
02:09:50,800 --> 02:09:52,800
Speaker 2: about Marcus Freeman. That's not going to happen. You know

2397
02:09:52,880 --> 02:09:55,040
Speaker 2: that's not going to happen. I don't know whoever published that.

2398
02:09:55,160 --> 02:09:59,440
Speaker 2: I'm not buying it for one second, but these are

2399
02:10:00,480 --> 02:10:03,240
Speaker 2: my sources. Tell me. These are the candidates that I'll

2400
02:10:03,280 --> 02:10:07,320
Speaker 2: share with you that got invitations to interview. I'm Bernie

2401
02:10:07,320 --> 02:10:10,040
Speaker 2: Fraderwick Comedy Life from Las Vegas, Fox Sports Radio Studios.

2402
02:10:10,280 --> 02:10:13,560
Speaker 2: Keep it locked you listening to Bernie Fraddleck Show on You're.

2403
02:10:13,440 --> 02:10:15,880
Speaker 1: Listening to Fox Sports Radio Radio.

2404
02:10:22,400 --> 02:10:25,240
Speaker 2: All right, back at the Bernie fraddle Show, Fox Sports

2405
02:10:25,560 --> 02:10:31,320
Speaker 2: Radio Comedy Alive from the Las Vegas Fox Sports Radio Studios.

2406
02:10:32,280 --> 02:10:34,520
Speaker 3: And one of the big news items this week was.

2407
02:10:34,760 --> 02:10:40,120
Speaker 2: Mike Tomlin stepping down from the Pittsburgh Steelers perch after

2408
02:10:40,240 --> 02:10:44,600
Speaker 2: nineteen years. And this you forget the speculation from my sources.

2409
02:10:44,640 --> 02:10:49,760
Speaker 2: These are the invitations of the potential successors to Mike

2410
02:10:49,800 --> 02:10:53,400
Speaker 2: Tomlin that had been extended to interview, and some pretty

2411
02:10:53,400 --> 02:10:57,840
Speaker 2: good names on here. Jesse Minter, the defensive coordinator for

2412
02:10:57,880 --> 02:10:59,640
Speaker 2: the Chargers. He's forty two years old. Now.

2413
02:11:00,000 --> 02:11:01,560
Speaker 3: The only reason I'm mentioning age.

2414
02:11:02,960 --> 02:11:06,320
Speaker 2: Here is because when you consider the Steelers have only

2415
02:11:06,360 --> 02:11:10,320
Speaker 2: had three coaches in fifty seven years, I'm sure they'd

2416
02:11:10,320 --> 02:11:12,760
Speaker 2: like to keep the next one around about nineteen years

2417
02:11:12,880 --> 02:11:17,240
Speaker 2: as well. That's how they operate. They like stability. When

2418
02:11:17,320 --> 02:11:19,760
Speaker 2: Jim Harbaugh left for the NFL after Michigan won the

2419
02:11:19,840 --> 02:11:23,000
Speaker 2: National championship two years ago, well, he took his defensive

2420
02:11:23,600 --> 02:11:27,240
Speaker 2: coordinator with him. His name is Jesse Mintor, and Mintor

2421
02:11:27,520 --> 02:11:32,760
Speaker 2: wasted no time in coordinating the top NFL defense. The

2422
02:11:32,960 --> 02:11:37,560
Speaker 2: Chargers held opponents to seventeen points a game this season.

2423
02:11:37,600 --> 02:11:39,880
Speaker 2: They ranked ninth in points a game, but they had

2424
02:11:39,920 --> 02:11:44,280
Speaker 2: some injuries. But Mintor is live as a candidate, and

2425
02:11:44,400 --> 02:11:48,320
Speaker 2: he even had a relationship with Mike Tomlin going back

2426
02:11:48,320 --> 02:11:51,560
Speaker 2: to when he was sixteen years old. Speaking of defense,

2427
02:11:51,640 --> 02:11:55,000
Speaker 2: Brian Flores, the Vikings defensive coordinator. He's forty four years

2428
02:11:55,040 --> 02:11:59,400
Speaker 2: old and after the Dolphins fired Flores, in which he

2429
02:11:59,440 --> 02:12:01,840
Speaker 2: had a three year run. He was twenty four and

2430
02:12:01,920 --> 02:12:04,040
Speaker 2: twenty five, which doesn't sound too damn bad now after

2431
02:12:04,120 --> 02:12:08,400
Speaker 2: what Mike McDaniel did. Flores did bring a lawsuit against

2432
02:12:08,400 --> 02:12:13,960
Speaker 2: the NFL, and I believe that's still in process. But

2433
02:12:15,000 --> 02:12:18,600
Speaker 2: the Steelers, I believe are going to talk to him.

2434
02:12:20,520 --> 02:12:23,160
Speaker 2: They hired him right after he filed the lawsuit, hiring

2435
02:12:23,200 --> 02:12:26,320
Speaker 2: as a senior defensive assistant and linebackers coach for the

2436
02:12:26,360 --> 02:12:29,480
Speaker 2: twenty twenty two season. Flores got back on track joined

2437
02:12:29,480 --> 02:12:33,640
Speaker 2: the Vikings is their defensive coordinator. He's highly regarded as

2438
02:12:33,680 --> 02:12:37,480
Speaker 2: a creative defensive mind, as an innovative defensive mind, and

2439
02:12:37,600 --> 02:12:39,520
Speaker 2: it seems like he'd be a real fit in Pittsburgh

2440
02:12:39,560 --> 02:12:42,720
Speaker 2: for multiple reasons. It remains to be seen if he

2441
02:12:42,760 --> 02:12:46,760
Speaker 2: gets the job, but he's he's on the list at

2442
02:12:46,800 --> 02:12:50,760
Speaker 2: this point. Another defensive coidinator Anthony Weaver from the Dolphins.

2443
02:12:50,840 --> 02:12:53,600
Speaker 2: He's forty five years old. He seems to know that

2444
02:12:53,760 --> 02:12:59,880
Speaker 2: Steelers Ravens rivalry pretty well. He played for the raven

2445
02:13:00,120 --> 02:13:03,839
Speaker 2: and Texans in one hundred games as an NFL player. Obviously,

2446
02:13:03,880 --> 02:13:07,160
Speaker 2: he was a defensive end, but he's been around. He's

2447
02:13:07,160 --> 02:13:09,720
Speaker 2: paid his dues. He started coaching in college in Florida,

2448
02:13:10,320 --> 02:13:14,160
Speaker 2: North Texas State, New York Jets, Buffalo Bills, Cleveland Browns,

2449
02:13:14,920 --> 02:13:17,000
Speaker 2: and he joined the Ravens in twenty twenty one. He

2450
02:13:17,160 --> 02:13:20,680
Speaker 2: served as their defensive line coach and run game coordinator

2451
02:13:20,720 --> 02:13:23,080
Speaker 2: in the last two seasons. He left to become the

2452
02:13:23,160 --> 02:13:27,600
Speaker 2: Dolphins defensive coordinator. He's also getting an interview now, gun

2453
02:13:27,720 --> 02:13:30,480
Speaker 2: to my head, and I don't have any inside information

2454
02:13:30,600 --> 02:13:33,080
Speaker 2: on this. This next name, I'm going to mention it

2455
02:13:33,160 --> 02:13:35,720
Speaker 2: may ring a Bell Shula. Yes, he's the grandson of

2456
02:13:36,440 --> 02:13:41,640
Speaker 2: Don Shula. He's thirty nine years old, the defensive coordinator

2457
02:13:43,160 --> 02:13:47,560
Speaker 2: for the Rams, and he is highly regarded based on

2458
02:13:47,640 --> 02:13:51,040
Speaker 2: people I've talked to. This is a guy who took

2459
02:13:51,080 --> 02:13:54,960
Speaker 2: the NFL's lowest paid defense in the Rams and led

2460
02:13:54,960 --> 02:13:57,680
Speaker 2: it to a top ten finish in points allowed on

2461
02:13:57,800 --> 02:14:04,080
Speaker 2: EPA per play. Now, Pittsburgh has always prided itself and

2462
02:14:04,240 --> 02:14:07,360
Speaker 2: identified itself on the play of its linebackers, and this

2463
02:14:07,520 --> 02:14:11,000
Speaker 2: goes back to the seventies. Okay, Chris Shula was a

2464
02:14:11,080 --> 02:14:13,560
Speaker 2: linebacker himself at Miami of Ohio, and he coached several

2465
02:14:13,600 --> 02:14:18,400
Speaker 2: places collegiately. Again paid his dues ball State Indiana. He

2466
02:14:18,560 --> 02:14:22,560
Speaker 2: joined the Miami of Ohio teammate Sean McVeigh in Los Angeles,

2467
02:14:23,400 --> 02:14:27,280
Speaker 2: and after several seasons of coaching linebackers, Shula is promoted

2468
02:14:27,280 --> 02:14:31,560
Speaker 2: a defensive coordinator this year, and again he's turned him

2469
02:14:31,560 --> 02:14:33,400
Speaker 2: into a top ten defense in terms of points a

2470
02:14:33,440 --> 02:14:35,960
Speaker 2: lot and EPA per play. So if the Steelers are

2471
02:14:36,000 --> 02:14:39,280
Speaker 2: looking for a young guy, a defensive minded coach with

2472
02:14:39,400 --> 02:14:43,960
Speaker 2: the right pedigree and surname, Chris Sjula might fit that mold. Again.

2473
02:14:44,040 --> 02:14:47,760
Speaker 2: He's the grandson of Don Shula and the son of

2474
02:14:48,320 --> 02:14:52,880
Speaker 2: former Bengals coach Dave Shula. Chris Sula thirty nine years old.

2475
02:14:53,000 --> 02:14:56,360
Speaker 2: Of everybody on this list, I got a funny feeling

2476
02:14:56,400 --> 02:15:00,680
Speaker 2: it's going to be him. So save this, save this tape.

2477
02:15:00,680 --> 02:15:02,720
Speaker 2: We'll see if I'm right. We'll see if I am wrong.

2478
02:15:03,080 --> 02:15:06,400
Speaker 2: Another guy with the Rams, thirty five year old Nason

2479
02:15:06,840 --> 02:15:10,400
Speaker 2: Nathan SCHIELOANSI he's the Rams passing game coordinator. He's the

2480
02:15:10,480 --> 02:15:13,800
Speaker 2: first offensive mind on the list. But there's a reason

2481
02:15:13,880 --> 02:15:17,440
Speaker 2: for this, the Rooney said just a couple of days ago.

2482
02:15:17,560 --> 02:15:17,760
Speaker 6: Quote.

2483
02:15:17,800 --> 02:15:21,240
Speaker 2: The quarterback position will be an important part of this

2484
02:15:21,360 --> 02:15:24,880
Speaker 2: discussion with the candidates. Well, obviously, Shielhouse. He knows the

2485
02:15:24,920 --> 02:15:27,840
Speaker 2: position pretty well. He was a four year starter at

2486
02:15:27,880 --> 02:15:31,040
Speaker 2: the University of Illinois, and then he began his coaching

2487
02:15:31,080 --> 02:15:34,400
Speaker 2: career at Illinois shortly after his playing career, and he's

2488
02:15:34,400 --> 02:15:36,880
Speaker 2: always been on the offensive side of the ball, running backs, coach,

2489
02:15:36,960 --> 02:15:41,280
Speaker 2: offensive analyst. Then he worked in various roles. He moved

2490
02:15:41,320 --> 02:15:46,360
Speaker 2: to Iowa State, excuse me, he coached virtually every offensive

2491
02:15:46,400 --> 02:15:51,240
Speaker 2: position group. More importantly, he was Iowa State's offensive coordinator

2492
02:15:52,080 --> 02:15:54,520
Speaker 2: in twenty twenty two and now in the second season

2493
02:15:54,560 --> 02:15:58,000
Speaker 2: with the Rams. His first season was an offensive assistant

2494
02:15:58,080 --> 02:16:01,960
Speaker 2: pass game specialist. His current role, he's pass game coordinator,

2495
02:16:02,760 --> 02:16:08,320
Speaker 2: and so that makes him an interesting option because Pittsburgh's

2496
02:16:08,320 --> 02:16:10,680
Speaker 2: offense this year, even with Aaron Rodgers, left something to

2497
02:16:10,720 --> 02:16:14,360
Speaker 2: be desired. Back to the defensive side, a name you've

2498
02:16:14,400 --> 02:16:16,560
Speaker 2: heard over the last two or three years, the defensive coordinator,

2499
02:16:16,680 --> 02:16:21,280
Speaker 2: forty five years old, the DC for the Carolina Panthers.

2500
02:16:22,080 --> 02:16:27,760
Speaker 2: We're talking about Hero Averro Now, he was a good

2501
02:16:27,840 --> 02:16:30,880
Speaker 2: college player defensive back, had a cup of coffee with

2502
02:16:30,920 --> 02:16:34,040
Speaker 2: the Raiders before he started coaching. Was an NFL assistant

2503
02:16:34,080 --> 02:16:37,680
Speaker 2: with the Niners and Packers. Hired as the Rams safety coach.

2504
02:16:38,200 --> 02:16:42,040
Speaker 2: He's also been a defensive coordinator twice, the first in

2505
02:16:42,160 --> 02:16:45,080
Speaker 2: Denver in twenty twenty two, now in Carolina the last

2506
02:16:45,160 --> 02:16:49,680
Speaker 2: three years. Now. While he was in Denver, He's defensive

2507
02:16:49,760 --> 02:16:52,840
Speaker 2: team ranked fourteenth in points allowed a twenty one a game.

2508
02:16:53,600 --> 02:16:57,039
Speaker 2: When Nathaniel Hackett was fired and Sean Payton took over,

2509
02:16:57,680 --> 02:17:01,240
Speaker 2: Peyton was actually interested in retaining a Varro instead Averro

2510
02:17:01,959 --> 02:17:03,840
Speaker 2: he was out of his contract. I believe he asked

2511
02:17:03,879 --> 02:17:05,959
Speaker 2: out of his contract. I left for the Carolina Panthers.

2512
02:17:06,920 --> 02:17:10,959
Speaker 2: And look what a hero Averro did this year at Carolina,

2513
02:17:11,080 --> 02:17:15,360
Speaker 2: defense allowed the fourth fewest yards two hundred and ninety

2514
02:17:15,360 --> 02:17:19,520
Speaker 2: three per game, and they were without their Pro Bowl

2515
02:17:19,640 --> 02:17:25,600
Speaker 2: tackle Derek Brown for pretty much the whole year. And look,

2516
02:17:25,720 --> 02:17:28,840
Speaker 2: there are other stats where o'harroo wasn't good, But remember

2517
02:17:28,840 --> 02:17:31,520
Speaker 2: he picked off Stafford four times. So this is a

2518
02:17:31,600 --> 02:17:33,280
Speaker 2: name who's come up two or three times in the

2519
02:17:33,400 --> 02:17:35,840
Speaker 2: last couple of years. Hasn't closed the deal yet. It

2520
02:17:35,920 --> 02:17:39,480
Speaker 2: doesn't feel like the Steelers will hire him.

2521
02:17:39,640 --> 02:17:40,000
Speaker 3: I don't know.

2522
02:17:40,120 --> 02:17:42,640
Speaker 2: He's going to get a shot, and we'll see where

2523
02:17:42,680 --> 02:17:45,120
Speaker 2: that ends up. Jeff Hafley, who's damn near become a

2524
02:17:45,200 --> 02:17:50,080
Speaker 2: household name. He's the Packers' defensive coordinator, forty six years old.

2525
02:17:50,320 --> 02:17:53,040
Speaker 2: People in the NFL circles rave about him. He's got

2526
02:17:53,120 --> 02:17:55,400
Speaker 2: ties to Pittsburgh, he's got head coaching experience.

2527
02:17:56,040 --> 02:17:58,320
Speaker 3: His name is very much on the list, and yes, of.

2528
02:17:58,320 --> 02:18:01,360
Speaker 2: Course, ironically, he was a wide receiver during his playing days,

2529
02:18:02,080 --> 02:18:05,400
Speaker 2: but he's primarily worked with defensive backs at various levels

2530
02:18:06,120 --> 02:18:11,400
Speaker 2: with a bunch of different football teams, the University of Pittsburgh, Rutgers,

2531
02:18:11,480 --> 02:18:16,600
Speaker 2: Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Cleveland Browns, forty nine Ers, and a

2532
02:18:16,640 --> 02:18:19,640
Speaker 2: few years ago he returned to the college level as

2533
02:18:19,720 --> 02:18:23,840
Speaker 2: covent co defensive coordinator with Ohio State, and then he

2534
02:18:23,920 --> 02:18:28,400
Speaker 2: was head coach at Boston College for four years. This

2535
02:18:28,640 --> 02:18:32,000
Speaker 2: last couple of years, he's been the Packers defensive coordinator,

2536
02:18:32,600 --> 02:18:35,000
Speaker 2: and the Packers allowed the fifth fewest yards and the

2537
02:18:35,080 --> 02:18:38,440
Speaker 2: sixth fewest points per game. And he's a coach who's

2538
02:18:38,480 --> 02:18:43,600
Speaker 2: earned the respect of star players. Michael Parsons raved about him.

2539
02:18:44,240 --> 02:18:46,920
Speaker 2: But here's the kicker of all the names on those lists.

2540
02:18:46,959 --> 02:18:51,400
Speaker 2: He perhaps has the most CEO type persona that you

2541
02:18:51,680 --> 02:18:56,520
Speaker 2: want in a head coach in the NFL. He offers

2542
02:18:56,720 --> 02:18:59,760
Speaker 2: a lot of leadership in tangibles. Those are his strongest qualities.

2543
02:19:00,280 --> 02:19:01,920
Speaker 2: That's what the people who've worked with him and for

2544
02:19:02,080 --> 02:19:07,520
Speaker 2: him say. And I know that his defense had a

2545
02:19:07,600 --> 02:19:10,280
Speaker 2: bad second half against the Bears, so that may be

2546
02:19:10,520 --> 02:19:13,560
Speaker 2: not a great impression, but come on, okay, let's not

2547
02:19:13,640 --> 02:19:16,840
Speaker 2: split hairs too much. Finally, Clay Klay Kubiak, the Niners

2548
02:19:16,920 --> 02:19:19,760
Speaker 2: offensive coordinator, only thirty seven years old, the son of

2549
02:19:19,800 --> 02:19:23,800
Speaker 2: former NFL coach Gary Kubiak and the brother i'll Seahawks

2550
02:19:23,840 --> 02:19:28,800
Speaker 2: offensive coordinator Clint Kubiak. He's been around the block. Okay, Yes,

2551
02:19:28,920 --> 02:19:31,600
Speaker 2: Kyle Shanahan calls the plays, but Kubiak was involved in

2552
02:19:31,680 --> 02:19:34,640
Speaker 2: game planning and they run a very modern, trendy offense.

2553
02:19:34,720 --> 02:19:35,920
Speaker 3: Too bad they were so injured.

2554
02:19:36,280 --> 02:19:39,200
Speaker 2: The Niners even ranked with all their injuries number seven

2555
02:19:39,240 --> 02:19:42,080
Speaker 2: in total offense this season. And one of the hallmarks

2556
02:19:42,120 --> 02:19:46,360
Speaker 2: of Shanahan's offense is it maximizes the potential of quarterbacks,

2557
02:19:46,400 --> 02:19:48,680
Speaker 2: no matter who you get. Klay Kubiak has something to

2558
02:19:48,760 --> 02:19:51,720
Speaker 2: do with that. And the Steelers, again, as I mentioned earlier,

2559
02:19:52,120 --> 02:19:53,920
Speaker 2: I'm going to have to define and develop a young

2560
02:19:54,000 --> 02:19:56,480
Speaker 2: quarterback in the near future. So those are the eight

2561
02:19:57,080 --> 02:19:59,640
Speaker 2: final well, they're not the finalists. Are the eight invitations

2562
02:19:59,680 --> 02:20:02,360
Speaker 2: that have on out to take, you know, and they'll

2563
02:20:02,400 --> 02:20:03,959
Speaker 2: have some big shoes to fill. Whether you like Mike

2564
02:20:04,000 --> 02:20:06,640
Speaker 2: Tomlin or not, he leaves a hell of a legacy

2565
02:20:06,680 --> 02:20:09,600
Speaker 2: in Pittsburgh in my humble opinion. All Right, we covered

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Speaker 2: it all on the Bernie Frowner Show, including the Footballer

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02:20:11,600 --> 02:20:14,440
Speaker 2: is Felled Futbol. I believe there are about one hundred

2568
02:20:14,440 --> 02:20:16,600
Speaker 2: and fifty six days until World Cup starts. Yep, it's

2569
02:20:16,680 --> 02:20:19,119
Speaker 2: time Chris Purfetts World of Soccer.

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02:20:20,240 --> 02:20:31,119
Speaker 5: The greatest goals, the thrilling finishes, the international drama.

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Speaker 15: Him.

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Speaker 1: It's all here in this report from the World of Soccer.

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Speaker 22: So before we get to what's been going on in

2574
02:20:42,240 --> 02:20:44,560
Speaker 22: the Premier League, I should probably start with some notes

2575
02:20:44,560 --> 02:20:46,760
Speaker 22: as far as what to watch around the world of

2576
02:20:46,800 --> 02:20:49,240
Speaker 22: soccer this weekend. You do have the Africa Cup of

2577
02:20:49,360 --> 02:20:54,440
Speaker 22: Nations final happening on Sunday. If you get bayin Sports

2578
02:20:54,560 --> 02:20:56,800
Speaker 22: or some other means to watch this. This will be

2579
02:20:57,040 --> 02:21:01,640
Speaker 22: between Senegal and Morocco. Should be a fantastic match with

2580
02:21:01,760 --> 02:21:05,680
Speaker 22: some World Cup implications. The bronze medal match gave us

2581
02:21:05,959 --> 02:21:11,000
Speaker 22: some interesting tidbits. As one of my favorites to watch

2582
02:21:11,120 --> 02:21:15,800
Speaker 22: Egypt added up falling in the bronze medal match to Nigeria,

2583
02:21:15,879 --> 02:21:19,080
Speaker 22: which is no slouch. That game was scoreless going to

2584
02:21:19,160 --> 02:21:24,840
Speaker 22: penalty kicks and Mohammed Sala and Omar Marmoush both missed

2585
02:21:24,879 --> 02:21:29,160
Speaker 22: their pks, so Nigeria one four to two. Something to

2586
02:21:29,200 --> 02:21:31,320
Speaker 22: really keep an eye on. As Sala now has to

2587
02:21:31,440 --> 02:21:34,440
Speaker 22: go back to Liverpool with the Cup of Nations done,

2588
02:21:34,879 --> 02:21:39,600
Speaker 22: especially coming off this weekend which saw the home crowd

2589
02:21:40,000 --> 02:21:43,840
Speaker 22: at Liverpool booing the side as they.

2590
02:21:44,000 --> 02:21:46,160
Speaker 1: Drew one to one with Burnley.

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Speaker 22: We'll get back to the Premier League, as I said,

2592
02:21:48,200 --> 02:21:52,040
Speaker 22: but definitely check out Africa Cup of Nations because it's fantastic.

2593
02:21:52,200 --> 02:21:55,680
Speaker 22: The tournament deserves your support. It doesn't get exactly the

2594
02:21:55,800 --> 02:22:00,720
Speaker 22: same poll of something like Copa America or Euros because

2595
02:22:00,720 --> 02:22:02,640
Speaker 22: they're not in the even years, but it is a

2596
02:22:02,760 --> 02:22:06,360
Speaker 22: fantastic sort of tournament and kind of makes me wish

2597
02:22:06,400 --> 02:22:08,320
Speaker 22: it was a little easier to get into two pm

2598
02:22:08,760 --> 02:22:11,480
Speaker 22: on being Sports, I think is the North American way

2599
02:22:11,520 --> 02:22:16,160
Speaker 22: to watch this now. I do like the Italian Syria League.

2600
02:22:16,240 --> 02:22:19,680
Speaker 22: It's something I always tune into. Some interesting scenes going

2601
02:22:19,760 --> 02:22:22,880
Speaker 22: as we start to metastasize into what is going to

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02:22:22,959 --> 02:22:25,880
Speaker 22: be the field to run for the final stretch in

2603
02:22:26,040 --> 02:22:30,120
Speaker 22: here for the last dozen plus games of that season.

2604
02:22:30,520 --> 02:22:34,360
Speaker 22: Internazional once again sitting atop the table with forty nine points,

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02:22:34,400 --> 02:22:37,360
Speaker 22: but it's only about six points or so between them

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02:22:37,920 --> 02:22:42,680
Speaker 22: and Milan. They're in city rival and of course last

2607
02:22:42,760 --> 02:22:47,400
Speaker 22: year's champion Napoli, very improvable and great as Napoli begins

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02:22:47,520 --> 02:22:50,400
Speaker 22: to reassert its dominance. And of course one club that

2609
02:22:50,560 --> 02:22:53,680
Speaker 22: I consider my own favorite club, Roma up there with

2610
02:22:53,800 --> 02:22:57,000
Speaker 22: thirty nine points in fourth place, tied with Juventus. But

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02:22:57,120 --> 02:22:59,280
Speaker 22: we haven't seen Juventus for a while, and if you've

2612
02:22:59,280 --> 02:23:01,200
Speaker 22: only been following soccer for a couple of years, you

2613
02:23:01,280 --> 02:23:03,560
Speaker 22: have no clue what I'm talking about. Juventus used to

2614
02:23:03,600 --> 02:23:06,360
Speaker 22: be a club that was dominating Italy for a long

2615
02:23:06,560 --> 02:23:10,760
Speaker 22: time before scandal really broke them apart. But also very

2616
02:23:10,879 --> 02:23:14,920
Speaker 22: interestingly in the sixth spot is a club named Como.

2617
02:23:15,520 --> 02:23:18,120
Speaker 22: They were promoted back in twenty twenty four. And this

2618
02:23:18,240 --> 02:23:21,720
Speaker 22: kind of meteoric rise from the lower rungs from sarah

2619
02:23:21,800 --> 02:23:26,560
Speaker 22: B up to the top of the table in Syria

2620
02:23:26,840 --> 02:23:30,439
Speaker 22: is kind of unusual. We do get some early successes

2621
02:23:30,520 --> 02:23:32,920
Speaker 22: in something like Premier League for a lot of these

2622
02:23:32,959 --> 02:23:36,600
Speaker 22: clubs being promoted, but usually in Italy they stay near

2623
02:23:36,720 --> 02:23:39,119
Speaker 22: They come up at the bottom and they stay near

2624
02:23:39,240 --> 02:23:43,520
Speaker 22: the bottom. It's never really something I've kind of seen

2625
02:23:43,680 --> 02:23:47,640
Speaker 22: in many years. Another promoted side, Pisa once again bumping

2626
02:23:47,680 --> 02:23:50,200
Speaker 22: back of that relegation zone. Venetzio was kind of that

2627
02:23:50,320 --> 02:23:53,760
Speaker 22: way too. It's usually kind of been that. I haven't

2628
02:23:53,760 --> 02:23:55,800
Speaker 22: seen this, so something to keep an eye on as

2629
02:23:55,879 --> 02:23:58,160
Speaker 22: we go on here. I don't think anyone looks predominantly

2630
02:23:58,320 --> 02:24:02,840
Speaker 22: dominant right now in Syria, which is always going to

2631
02:24:02,879 --> 02:24:06,240
Speaker 22: open up some fantastic finishes, especially with a field like this.

2632
02:24:07,080 --> 02:24:09,199
Speaker 22: Now to the Premier League. We did mention the booze

2633
02:24:09,200 --> 02:24:13,680
Speaker 22: at anfield for Liverpool as the arn Slute years continue

2634
02:24:13,760 --> 02:24:16,240
Speaker 22: to kind of wear on right now and everyone's kind

2635
02:24:16,280 --> 02:24:20,000
Speaker 22: of feeling extremely frustrated after what had been a successful

2636
02:24:20,040 --> 02:24:23,000
Speaker 22: season last year now suddenly just kind of falling off

2637
02:24:23,080 --> 02:24:26,480
Speaker 22: the rails. They're in a spot that I don't think

2638
02:24:26,520 --> 02:24:29,280
Speaker 22: it's undoable for them to make a jump thirty six

2639
02:24:29,400 --> 02:24:34,040
Speaker 22: points fourteen back of Arsenal seems kind of tough, but

2640
02:24:34,160 --> 02:24:37,160
Speaker 22: we are talking about Arsenal here, and Arsenal found themselves

2641
02:24:37,480 --> 02:24:42,600
Speaker 22: in a very frustrating draw nil nil against Nottingham Forest

2642
02:24:43,080 --> 02:24:46,800
Speaker 22: on something that I think was probably a handball that

2643
02:24:47,000 --> 02:24:51,039
Speaker 22: should have awarded a penalty kick to Arsenal that they

2644
02:24:51,160 --> 02:24:55,000
Speaker 22: did not get. Kind of especially against a club like

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02:24:55,120 --> 02:24:58,040
Speaker 22: Nottingham Forest who's gonna be bouncing around that relegation zone.

2646
02:24:58,280 --> 02:25:00,440
Speaker 22: We'll talk about the relegation zone here soon enough, because

2647
02:25:00,440 --> 02:25:05,360
Speaker 22: that's always very good drama there. But Arsenal slipping a

2648
02:25:05,440 --> 02:25:07,920
Speaker 22: little bit. The good news is for Arsenal is that

2649
02:25:08,080 --> 02:25:11,680
Speaker 22: their main competition had a heart on their heels. Manchester

2650
02:25:11,840 --> 02:25:16,880
Speaker 22: City also slipped. The Manchester Derby on Saturday saw a

2651
02:25:17,240 --> 02:25:23,840
Speaker 22: two nil victory by United over Manchester City. It's kind

2652
02:25:23,879 --> 02:25:28,240
Speaker 22: of a good start to a new era of man United,

2653
02:25:28,360 --> 02:25:32,360
Speaker 22: which has really struggled with everything. City dominated them on

2654
02:25:32,440 --> 02:25:36,040
Speaker 22: possession almost seventy percent of the time, possessed the ball,

2655
02:25:36,200 --> 02:25:39,480
Speaker 22: and yet they could get really nothing done.

2656
02:25:40,240 --> 02:25:41,320
Speaker 1: And it's a real.

2657
02:25:41,280 --> 02:25:44,440
Speaker 22: Shocker of a game, especially since I think at times

2658
02:25:44,520 --> 02:25:48,760
Speaker 22: we start to think of City as fairly inevitable, looking

2659
02:25:48,840 --> 02:25:52,160
Speaker 22: at them only seven points back of Arsenal and thinking yeah,

2660
02:25:52,280 --> 02:25:55,960
Speaker 22: this is probably this feels like they're going to catch up.

2661
02:25:56,040 --> 02:25:59,400
Speaker 22: They're going to catch Arsenal and that dream will end.

2662
02:25:59,520 --> 02:26:03,360
Speaker 22: But that really hasn't been the case for City this year.

2663
02:26:04,160 --> 02:26:08,240
Speaker 22: Before this defeat, they had drawn the last three matches

2664
02:26:08,440 --> 02:26:13,199
Speaker 22: in the Premier League Chelsea Brighton and Hove Albion and Sunderland.

2665
02:26:13,480 --> 02:26:20,200
Speaker 22: Yeah Sunderland, really Sunderland. Sunderland scoreless draw again Sunderland. I've

2666
02:26:20,240 --> 02:26:22,600
Speaker 22: got some concerns and it doesn't really get better for

2667
02:26:22,680 --> 02:26:24,640
Speaker 22: them because they still have to split their time with

2668
02:26:25,120 --> 02:26:28,000
Speaker 22: Champions League and we still need to get into Champions

2669
02:26:28,120 --> 02:26:30,640
Speaker 22: League and talk about Champions League here as it comes

2670
02:26:30,720 --> 02:26:34,600
Speaker 22: down to the final league phase matches. Here Manchester City

2671
02:26:34,680 --> 02:26:37,200
Speaker 22: sits fourth on the table, ready to go in to

2672
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Speaker 22: the knockout phases and everything. So I think next time

2673
02:26:41,000 --> 02:26:42,600
Speaker 22: in the world of soccer we will sit down and

2674
02:26:42,680 --> 02:26:45,800
Speaker 22: talk about how the new look Champions League has continued

2675
02:26:45,840 --> 02:26:48,440
Speaker 22: to gone, some of the surprises that comes to a

2676
02:26:48,480 --> 02:26:52,080
Speaker 22: close and we start to get the elimination matches. We'll

2677
02:26:52,080 --> 02:26:54,480
Speaker 22: see you next time, Bernie on the world of soccer.

2678
02:26:55,360 --> 02:26:57,560
Speaker 3: Now, there are always surprises in the world of soccer.

2679
02:26:58,360 --> 02:27:01,160
Speaker 2: Wasn't that long ago Leicester City the after five thousand

2680
02:27:01,200 --> 02:27:04,640
Speaker 2: and one and they want it all and speaking of

2681
02:27:04,680 --> 02:27:06,880
Speaker 2: the big winning it all, well, the World Cup is

2682
02:27:07,040 --> 02:27:09,000
Speaker 2: ins upon us. We're like one hundred and fifty six

2683
02:27:09,080 --> 02:27:11,040
Speaker 2: days away going to be played right here in the

2684
02:27:11,080 --> 02:27:14,640
Speaker 2: soil in North America and multiple venues near you coming up.

2685
02:27:14,680 --> 02:27:17,320
Speaker 2: We wrap up the show and we talk about Monday

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02:27:17,400 --> 02:27:22,080
Speaker 2: Night's epic matchup between Miami and Indiana. I'll give you

2687
02:27:22,200 --> 02:27:25,080
Speaker 2: my thoughts. I'm Bernie fraddlewic Kenedy Lyon from Las Vegas

2688
02:27:25,080 --> 02:27:26,400
Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio Studios.

2689
02:27:26,959 --> 02:27:29,160
Speaker 3: Don't go away. You're listening to the Bernie Fraddle Show.

2690
02:27:29,320 --> 02:27:32,160
Speaker 5: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in

2691
02:27:32,200 --> 02:27:35,560
Speaker 5: the nation. Catch all of our shows at Foxsports Radio

2692
02:27:35,720 --> 02:27:39,760
Speaker 5: dot Com and within the iHeartRadio app search FSR to

2693
02:27:39,920 --> 02:27:40,560
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2694
02:27:46,120 --> 02:27:47,960
Speaker 2: All right, wrapping it up by the Bernie Fraddle Show,

2695
02:27:48,520 --> 02:27:52,000
Speaker 2: I want to thank my producers, Mark and Brandon.

2696
02:27:53,040 --> 02:27:56,119
Speaker 3: Appreciate all the efforts turning all the dials.

2697
02:27:55,879 --> 02:27:58,080
Speaker 2: Keeping us glued together, keeping the plane in the air,

2698
02:27:58,720 --> 02:28:03,039
Speaker 2: taking all the phone calls from the midnight callers, hitting

2699
02:28:03,080 --> 02:28:06,520
Speaker 2: all the marks and brakes, keeping the train on the tracks.

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02:28:08,200 --> 02:28:09,640
Speaker 3: Can't do the show without producers.

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02:28:09,760 --> 02:28:14,040
Speaker 2: Appreciate all the efforts, all right, So Monday Night promises

2702
02:28:14,120 --> 02:28:17,360
Speaker 2: to be an epic storyline no matter what the outcome

2703
02:28:17,400 --> 02:28:20,920
Speaker 2: of the game is. Either Miami reclaims its glory from

2704
02:28:21,000 --> 02:28:27,400
Speaker 2: long lost decades, or Indiana performs the unthinkable. And I'm

2705
02:28:27,400 --> 02:28:30,959
Speaker 2: going to give you my thoughts, but it's hard. It's

2706
02:28:31,040 --> 02:28:35,000
Speaker 2: hard to talk about this without at least referencing how

2707
02:28:36,840 --> 02:28:40,280
Speaker 2: Indiana obliterated Oregon. They've been them twice, but the second time,

2708
02:28:40,879 --> 02:28:43,119
Speaker 2: I mean, the Hoosiers had twenty one points off turnovers

2709
02:28:43,120 --> 02:28:45,400
Speaker 2: in the first half. They had a thirty five to

2710
02:28:45,480 --> 02:28:50,480
Speaker 2: seven lead at halftime. Fernando Menduza and his wide receivers

2711
02:28:51,040 --> 02:28:55,400
Speaker 2: repeatedly just played pitch and catch, and Indiana's defensive front,

2712
02:28:55,480 --> 02:29:00,840
Speaker 2: despite multiple injuries, completely destroyed Oregon's offense line.

2713
02:29:01,120 --> 02:29:04,080
Speaker 3: And look, it was a situation.

2714
02:29:03,760 --> 02:29:08,200
Speaker 2: Where Indiana they're not only winning, but they're they're they're

2715
02:29:08,200 --> 02:29:10,800
Speaker 2: putting teams away. Okay, so now we've got our national

2716
02:29:10,879 --> 02:29:15,960
Speaker 2: title matchup Indiana and Miami. The Hoosiers opened up as

2717
02:29:15,959 --> 02:29:17,600
Speaker 2: a seven and a half point favorite. It's been up

2718
02:29:17,600 --> 02:29:20,440
Speaker 2: to eight and a half and it's around eight now.

2719
02:29:22,080 --> 02:29:25,160
Speaker 2: They have a fifteen to oh record. You can't make

2720
02:29:25,200 --> 02:29:29,840
Speaker 2: this stuff up. Indiana is favored pretty you know, by

2721
02:29:29,879 --> 02:29:33,600
Speaker 2: a pretty fair margin to win the national championship. So

2722
02:29:33,959 --> 02:29:38,840
Speaker 2: the storyline becomes can Miami upset them? Can Miami beat them?

2723
02:29:39,600 --> 02:29:42,360
Speaker 2: And by the way, I rewatched the Penn State tape

2724
02:29:43,480 --> 02:29:46,680
Speaker 2: when Penn State had Indiana beat and it caught my

2725
02:29:46,760 --> 02:29:49,160
Speaker 2: eye was Jim Nolesen their offense, their defensive coordinator at

2726
02:29:49,200 --> 02:29:54,240
Speaker 2: Penn State. Constant pressure on Fernando constant two turnovers led

2727
02:29:54,280 --> 02:29:57,080
Speaker 2: to ten points ran the ball held Indiana. The field

2728
02:29:57,080 --> 02:29:59,760
Speaker 2: goals in the red zone. And this is to be

2729
02:29:59,840 --> 02:30:03,000
Speaker 2: no voted. The game is played at Penn State's home,

2730
02:30:03,640 --> 02:30:04,840
Speaker 2: Miami is home.

2731
02:30:05,600 --> 02:30:06,360
Speaker 3: Might that matter?

2732
02:30:07,360 --> 02:30:09,520
Speaker 2: Well, it won't matter if Miami turns the ball over

2733
02:30:09,959 --> 02:30:13,320
Speaker 2: because Indiana makes you pay dearly for turnovers. And it

2734
02:30:13,360 --> 02:30:16,640
Speaker 2: won't matter if they don't win the time of possession,

2735
02:30:17,240 --> 02:30:22,080
Speaker 2: and it won't matter if they can't control third down. Now,

2736
02:30:22,640 --> 02:30:25,480
Speaker 2: let me start with a third down aspect of the game,

2737
02:30:26,280 --> 02:30:31,920
Speaker 2: third down defense versus third down offense. Indiana has created

2738
02:30:31,959 --> 02:30:37,080
Speaker 2: the largest point differential in college football playoff history by basically.

2739
02:30:37,879 --> 02:30:39,600
Speaker 3: Breaking the opponent's will to live.

2740
02:30:39,680 --> 02:30:43,520
Speaker 2: Every week, Indiana loves nothing more than to take an

2741
02:30:43,600 --> 02:30:48,280
Speaker 2: early lead and then step on the gas. It's the

2742
02:30:48,480 --> 02:30:52,880
Speaker 2: damnst thing I've ever seen. Now, the best way to

2743
02:30:53,000 --> 02:30:59,040
Speaker 2: do that is to have domination in third down situations.

2744
02:31:00,400 --> 02:31:02,680
Speaker 2: In doing that, you keep the ball, your opponent doesn't

2745
02:31:02,720 --> 02:31:05,000
Speaker 2: have the ball, and the more you convert their downs,

2746
02:31:05,000 --> 02:31:06,600
Speaker 2: the more you go down the field. You put yourself

2747
02:31:06,600 --> 02:31:10,199
Speaker 2: in position to score, which the Hoosiers do. The Hoosiers

2748
02:31:10,280 --> 02:31:14,240
Speaker 2: offense is a completely ridiculous And then this is just

2749
02:31:14,280 --> 02:31:17,880
Speaker 2: in the playoffs. The Hoosiers have had twenty eight third

2750
02:31:17,959 --> 02:31:23,200
Speaker 2: down situations. They converted in twenty of them, twenty of

2751
02:31:23,320 --> 02:31:28,200
Speaker 2: twenty eight, which is an incredible achievement considering that their

2752
02:31:28,240 --> 02:31:33,080
Speaker 2: two opponents Alabama and Oregon. They entered their matchup against

2753
02:31:33,200 --> 02:31:38,080
Speaker 2: Miami while seasonally limiting their opponents to below eight forty

2754
02:31:38,280 --> 02:31:42,160
Speaker 2: percent conversion rate, this comes out to be almost a

2755
02:31:42,320 --> 02:31:45,440
Speaker 2: seventy percent conversion rate. When you have that kind of

2756
02:31:45,680 --> 02:31:51,280
Speaker 2: offensive efficiency, you're almost unbeatable. And you have that kind

2757
02:31:51,320 --> 02:31:53,760
Speaker 2: of an offensive efficiency because you have the presence of

2758
02:31:53,800 --> 02:31:56,920
Speaker 2: an elite quarterback who plays the game with his eyes,

2759
02:31:57,040 --> 02:32:01,440
Speaker 2: makes excellent decisions, his accuracy and ball plays is par excellence.

2760
02:32:01,680 --> 02:32:04,680
Speaker 2: I'm talking about Fernana Mendoza. He's done it all season now.

2761
02:32:04,959 --> 02:32:07,840
Speaker 2: Interestingly enough, you could argue, and I think it's a

2762
02:32:08,200 --> 02:32:11,880
Speaker 2: strong argument. He'll face Fernana Mendoz will face his toughest

2763
02:32:11,920 --> 02:32:17,039
Speaker 2: test Monday, because Miami's third down defense has feasted over

2764
02:32:17,080 --> 02:32:18,640
Speaker 2: the past two games.

2765
02:32:19,000 --> 02:32:20,000
Speaker 3: They came up.

2766
02:32:19,920 --> 02:32:23,240
Speaker 2: Against very formidable offenses in Ohio State and Old Miss,

2767
02:32:24,280 --> 02:32:28,240
Speaker 2: and combined Ohio State and Old Miss had twenty third

2768
02:32:28,320 --> 02:32:34,920
Speaker 2: down situations and the Hurricanes only allowed Ohio State and

2769
02:32:34,959 --> 02:32:37,840
Speaker 2: Ole Miss to compete to convert on five of those

2770
02:32:38,680 --> 02:32:43,440
Speaker 2: five out of twenty. Why because the Hurricanes pass rush

2771
02:32:44,600 --> 02:32:49,800
Speaker 2: forced Julian Saying and Trinidad Chambliss to do things with

2772
02:32:49,879 --> 02:32:51,760
Speaker 2: the ball before they wanted to, and they ended up

2773
02:32:51,800 --> 02:32:56,920
Speaker 2: making some less than savory choices. So we know that

2774
02:32:57,040 --> 02:33:01,040
Speaker 2: Miami's defense has done great stopping the third down. The

2775
02:33:01,120 --> 02:33:06,560
Speaker 2: Hoosiers offense has been virtually unstoppable on third down. Who prevails, Well,

2776
02:33:06,640 --> 02:33:08,880
Speaker 2: Miami's got to make their third down conversion on their

2777
02:33:08,920 --> 02:33:12,000
Speaker 2: offense as well. That might be their most important statistic

2778
02:33:12,080 --> 02:33:14,360
Speaker 2: because I don't think they're going to keep up with

2779
02:33:14,360 --> 02:33:17,520
Speaker 2: the Hoosiers in a shootout, so Miami's gonna have have

2780
02:33:17,720 --> 02:33:20,600
Speaker 2: to have long drive, sustained drives for them to hang

2781
02:33:20,640 --> 02:33:23,880
Speaker 2: around and win the game. Okay, And in the semi

2782
02:33:24,000 --> 02:33:27,039
Speaker 2: final they were thirteen to twenty two on third down

2783
02:33:27,080 --> 02:33:29,840
Speaker 2: against the Old miss and actually they gets fourth downs

2784
02:33:29,879 --> 02:33:32,960
Speaker 2: two and as a result of that, they won the

2785
02:33:33,000 --> 02:33:36,199
Speaker 2: time of possession by ridiculous twenty three minutes against Mississippi.

2786
02:33:36,600 --> 02:33:39,720
Speaker 2: This is a different animal. This is a different animal

2787
02:33:40,320 --> 02:33:47,640
Speaker 2: that they're facing. However, however, there's one statistic that's cropped up,

2788
02:33:49,680 --> 02:33:53,840
Speaker 2: and that is this could be an indicator and whether

2789
02:33:53,920 --> 02:33:56,640
Speaker 2: or not Miami could have more success on offense than

2790
02:33:56,680 --> 02:34:01,800
Speaker 2: perhaps other teams have had against Indiana. Mario Christobaul when

2791
02:34:01,840 --> 02:34:03,920
Speaker 2: he assembled this team, they look like an NFL team,

2792
02:34:04,000 --> 02:34:07,720
Speaker 2: frankly based on their size and when you look at it,

2793
02:34:08,160 --> 02:34:09,959
Speaker 2: when you look at a matchup on the old line,

2794
02:34:10,640 --> 02:34:14,760
Speaker 2: Indiana's D line averages about two hundred and seventy eight

2795
02:34:14,800 --> 02:34:18,400
Speaker 2: pounds a man. Miami's O line averages three hundred and

2796
02:34:18,480 --> 02:34:21,360
Speaker 2: thirty one pounds a man. That's a fifty three pounds

2797
02:34:21,600 --> 02:34:28,040
Speaker 2: difference on average. So is this the smallest offensive check

2798
02:34:28,120 --> 02:34:34,360
Speaker 2: that the smallest defensive line that Indiana will that Miami

2799
02:34:34,400 --> 02:34:37,440
Speaker 2: will face all year? And how does that manifest itself?

2800
02:34:38,200 --> 02:34:41,800
Speaker 2: Because look, Indiana leaves the country and tackles for loss

2801
02:34:41,800 --> 02:34:44,240
Speaker 2: and they rank third and sacks. Now, you know, the

2802
02:34:44,320 --> 02:34:45,960
Speaker 2: old joke is not the size of the dog in

2803
02:34:46,000 --> 02:34:47,320
Speaker 2: the fight, but the size of the fight and the

2804
02:34:47,400 --> 02:34:53,360
Speaker 2: dog just that's Oregon. Okay. So, Indiana's posted six sacks

2805
02:34:53,400 --> 02:34:56,040
Speaker 2: and sixteen tackles for loss in their first two playoff games,

2806
02:34:57,360 --> 02:35:01,040
Speaker 2: but Miami's offensive success is go into hinge, and it

2807
02:35:01,120 --> 02:35:04,720
Speaker 2: has hinged in these playoffs. On running the ball, Mark

2808
02:35:04,800 --> 02:35:06,760
Speaker 2: Fletcher Junior has been a breakout and one of the

2809
02:35:06,840 --> 02:35:11,400
Speaker 2: main reasons that Miami has been fairly well dominant in

2810
02:35:11,480 --> 02:35:16,000
Speaker 2: the playoffs. In their three games now, Fletcher has really

2811
02:35:16,040 --> 02:35:18,280
Speaker 2: been the mainstay. He is averaging one hundred and thirty

2812
02:35:18,320 --> 02:35:20,800
Speaker 2: one yards a game, and if you take a deeper

2813
02:35:20,879 --> 02:35:24,360
Speaker 2: dive into that, it really shows that part of the

2814
02:35:24,480 --> 02:35:29,160
Speaker 2: reason is Miami has had favorable matchups on the offensive line,

2815
02:35:30,120 --> 02:35:32,879
Speaker 2: with Texas A and m and O miss having defensive

2816
02:35:32,959 --> 02:35:37,000
Speaker 2: units ranked in the sixties against the run, and even

2817
02:35:37,040 --> 02:35:41,480
Speaker 2: though Ohio States run defense ranked seventh, Fletcher still put

2818
02:35:41,520 --> 02:35:46,160
Speaker 2: up ninety yards. Okay. For the Hurricanes to win Monday,

2819
02:35:47,160 --> 02:35:48,720
Speaker 2: they're going to have to be able to run the

2820
02:35:48,760 --> 02:35:52,600
Speaker 2: ball Miami and Fletcher, and if you do that, that

2821
02:35:52,720 --> 02:35:56,000
Speaker 2: takes pressure off of Carson Beck's shoulders. Finally, on the

2822
02:35:56,040 --> 02:35:58,879
Speaker 2: other side of the ball, when Indiana has the football.

2823
02:36:00,000 --> 02:36:02,720
Speaker 2: This will be an interesting strength on strict matchup because

2824
02:36:03,320 --> 02:36:06,000
Speaker 2: on one side, one of the guys playing out of

2825
02:36:06,080 --> 02:36:09,680
Speaker 2: his mind is Fernando Mendoza, and who happens to be

2826
02:36:09,760 --> 02:36:11,800
Speaker 2: a Miami native, and he's going home to play his

2827
02:36:12,440 --> 02:36:15,240
Speaker 2: final college game in Miami. He's throwing eight touchdowns in

2828
02:36:15,280 --> 02:36:18,400
Speaker 2: the last two games. He's hardly missing on any passes.

2829
02:36:18,400 --> 02:36:21,320
Speaker 2: He's throwing more touchdowns and incompletions. But he's going to

2830
02:36:21,360 --> 02:36:23,960
Speaker 2: face the nation's top pass rushing unit that's going to

2831
02:36:24,000 --> 02:36:27,240
Speaker 2: try to get to Mendoza and disrupt that rhythm. Ruben

2832
02:36:27,280 --> 02:36:30,400
Speaker 2: Vain a key messador. They're the best pass rush due

2833
02:36:30,440 --> 02:36:32,600
Speaker 2: in the country. Both ranked in the top ten by

2834
02:36:32,640 --> 02:36:35,720
Speaker 2: Pro Football Focus. The only way to slow down Bain

2835
02:36:35,800 --> 02:36:37,800
Speaker 2: and company is get the damn ball out of your hands.

2836
02:36:38,200 --> 02:36:40,560
Speaker 2: Trinidad Shambless was able to do it part of the time,

2837
02:36:41,760 --> 02:36:45,800
Speaker 2: but not all the time. He got a quicker route

2838
02:36:45,840 --> 02:36:48,480
Speaker 2: than Julian sand did in Texas. Say name is Marcel Reid.

2839
02:36:49,120 --> 02:36:51,680
Speaker 2: Mendoza is somewhere in between. He's not quite as quick

2840
02:36:51,680 --> 02:36:55,680
Speaker 2: as Shambless. He's about two point seven seconds. So I

2841
02:36:55,840 --> 02:36:58,000
Speaker 2: think you might see Indiana come out make some quick

2842
02:36:58,040 --> 02:37:01,560
Speaker 2: throws to get Mendoza comfortable and they can Also, Indiana

2843
02:37:01,600 --> 02:37:04,560
Speaker 2: could employ some quick temple. I can't see Indiana losing

2844
02:37:04,600 --> 02:37:07,120
Speaker 2: this game. I could be wrong. We'll have a great

2845
02:37:07,200 --> 02:37:09,240
Speaker 2: story and I'll report on it next week if I'm wrong,

2846
02:37:09,920 --> 02:37:11,040
Speaker 2: but I don't want to lay the eight and a

2847
02:37:11,040 --> 02:37:13,080
Speaker 2: half points and I could like like a damn fool air.

2848
02:37:13,720 --> 02:37:17,000
Speaker 2: So I'm going to enjoy the game and watch the game.

2849
02:37:17,440 --> 02:37:21,039
Speaker 2: I think Mindiana will be your college football national champion,

2850
02:37:21,480 --> 02:37:22,480
Speaker 2: but it won't be without a.

2851
02:37:22,760 --> 02:37:24,000
Speaker 3: Hard, hard fight.

2852
02:37:24,400 --> 02:37:27,320
Speaker 2: Hard fought slug fests can for the Bernie Frattle Show,

2853
02:37:27,640 --> 02:37:30,000
Speaker 2: keep it locked up next to the great Andy Furman

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02:37:30,040 --> 02:37:31,280
Speaker 2: I Fox Sports Radio