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Speaker 1: You're listening to Fox Sports. Everybody Happy Saturday all across America.

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Speaker 1: December is here, and I am your host, Jason McIntyre,

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Speaker 1: Nice vanilla skies this morning out here in Los Angeles.

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Speaker 1: You've got the fires, You've got the clear December morning.

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Speaker 1: It's a crazy morning in the sky. I'm one of

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Speaker 1: those weirdo dudes who likes a good sunrise. I just

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Speaker 1: feel like it's the start of a new day, a

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Speaker 1: start of a new gambling weekend for me. Another rough one, folks.

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Speaker 1: I had such a good run to start the season

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Speaker 1: first eight weeks. I'm rolling, really just it's funny. I

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Speaker 1: have a daily podcast on iHeart called straight Fire, and

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Speaker 1: I like uh to do giveaways. You know, you leave

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Speaker 1: me a five star review on iTunes, I'll give you

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Speaker 1: a hundred bucks. We were doing those in September and

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Speaker 1: October November because I was rolling and I recently hit

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Speaker 1: are you still gonna do the giveaways. I know everybody

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Speaker 1: needs some Christmas spending money. Um. I hope to rebound

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Speaker 1: this weekend in Week thirteen in the NFL, kind of

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Speaker 1: like the games. You just heard the big college football

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Speaker 1: news from Isaac Ohio State. My gosh, Big ten. Are

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Speaker 1: they gonna get shut out of the playoffs. Well, we'll

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Speaker 1: save that for the second hour. I don't know if

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Speaker 1: the big tents gonna have Ohio State make it or

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Speaker 1: qualified by playing enough games. It's just an ugly, messy situation.

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Speaker 1: We had a big week in the NBA. A superstar

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Speaker 1: can't wait to dive into that. H That guy's an

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Speaker 1: InCom poop um and that's the first time anybody said

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Speaker 1: a couple of superstars swapping homes in the NBA. But

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Speaker 1: we'll start with the NFL. And I had I watched

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Speaker 1: with glee as Pat Mahomes carried my fantasy team last week.

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Speaker 1: He is such a joy to watch. I don't think

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Speaker 1: And like, right on his tail is a couple of

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Speaker 1: guys named Kyler Murray and Russell Wilson also fantastic. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers is up there. But you know, a superstar

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Speaker 1: Diego Maradona, and it just kind of hit me like

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Speaker 1: a ton of bricks. Diego Maradona one of the greatest

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Speaker 1: incredible the stuff he was able to do. And I

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Speaker 1: watched Pat Mahomes and I say, man, Diego Maradona was

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Speaker 1: born to dribble a soccer ball. Pat Mahomes was born

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Speaker 1: to throw a football. It's just beautiful throw after beautiful throw.

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Speaker 1: And I started reading just I'm one of these rabbit

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Speaker 1: hole guys sometimes when I when I start seeing something,

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Speaker 1: and I started looking at the Mahomes and baseball was

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Speaker 1: pretty prominent in his upbringing. Obviously, his father played Major

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Speaker 1: League baseball. And then I looked at Kyler Murray and

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Speaker 1: I said, oh, okay, he's a baseball guy. And Russell

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Speaker 1: what do we have here? And I haven't totally flushed

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Speaker 1: this out, but Mahomes is the best quarterback in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: Russell Wilson is up there right now. He's probably number

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Speaker 1: two in the MVP voting. Maybe three. Aaron Rodgers, Yes,

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Speaker 1: I get Aaron Rodgers is up there. But Kyle La

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Speaker 1: losing the bad teams, right. They lost to Miami, which

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Speaker 1: But at any rate, those three quarterbacks, Mahomes, Russell Wilson,

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Speaker 1: Kyler Murray, they were baseball first players. Mahomes obviously, I said,

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Speaker 1: just so happens that Pat Mahomes is first with eleven touchdowns.

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Speaker 1: Guess who he's tied with. Russell Wilson eleven touchdowns and

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Speaker 1: with the narrative of failure, and baseball is essentially a

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Speaker 1: sport of failure. I mean, if you hit three thirty three,

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Speaker 1: greatest quarterback ever. And it's super early. I get that,

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Speaker 1: And Russell Wilson I swear it's so frustrating to gamble

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Speaker 1: But you know, if you're a career to seventy five

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Speaker 1: it's tough to have success in baseball, and these guys

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Speaker 1: it's just crazy, absolutely crazy, how incredible these baseball players

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Speaker 1: hell has happened to that guy in Philadelphia? And I

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Speaker 1: had long been a Carson Wentz over that guy. But

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Speaker 1: first impressions matter, and Carson Wentz, you know, everybody chalked

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Speaker 1: the quarterback coach Press Taylor was kind of chummy with

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Speaker 1: Carson Wentz and he wouldn't get on his case. Well,

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Speaker 1: Roade Wentz at practice just got on his case. Hardcore

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Speaker 1: how to how to handle markets? Right? You buy low

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Speaker 1: that Aaron Rodgers after that Sunday night football performance. Oh,

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Speaker 1: I saw it came down. I don't know, Gavin, I'm

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Speaker 1: Eagles here. So a lot of good stuff pop it

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Speaker 1: We're seeing baseball guys emerge as real deal quarterbacks. And um,

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Speaker 1: who's the guy from Gonzaga. That's Rui Hachimura, one of

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Speaker 1: the great names in the NBA. We'll talk about all

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Speaker 1: that next, but first's Isaac Loewen Frown with What's Trending

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Speaker 1: Morning Jason. Fox Sports. Bruce Feldman reported a short time

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Speaker 1: ago that fourth rant Ohio State is expected to be

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Speaker 1: without several starters on its offensive line today at Michigan

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Speaker 1: State due to COVID issues. Well now, Pete Famel has

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Speaker 1: just reported that Ohio State will also be down multiple

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Speaker 1: defensive backs today. Kickoff at noon Eastern on Friday Night,

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Speaker 1: Number twenty five Louisiana at Appalachian State twenty four to

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Speaker 1: twenty one with five seconds to play, but Appalachian State

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Speaker 1: attempting a thirty yard field goal for the tie. Here

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Speaker 1: Louisiana announcers Jay Walker and Gerald Bruce sard on kpe

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Speaker 1: l just inside the left hash mark, which is where

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Speaker 1: and it is no good. No, it is no good.

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Speaker 1: With one second left, he hooked it to the left.

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Speaker 1: This is the third year in a row that the

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Speaker 1: guy missing a kick. And as a result of the

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Speaker 1: other guy missing a kick, the Raging Cajuns now nine

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Speaker 1: in one overall college basketball Friday that Marquette and fourth

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Speaker 1: ranked Wisconsin tied at sixty five in the final seconds.

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Speaker 1: Marquette on the free throw line here in Marquette announcers

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Speaker 1: Steve the Homer True and Tony Smith on w t

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Speaker 1: k I high game point nine left free throw is

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Speaker 1: short rebound on the tap. Louis got it. That's it.

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Speaker 1: That's game. That's game, the game, that is the game.

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Speaker 1: rules are, with no one care. The second free throw

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Speaker 1: missed and the tap by Justin Lewis and Marquette knocksaw

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Speaker 1: the fourth ranked team in the country sixty seven six.

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Speaker 1: Add with that, Jason back to you, Thank you, Isaac.

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Speaker 1: Back here on Fox Sports Radio. It's me Jason McIntyre

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Speaker 1: coming to you live from the Geico Fox Sports Radio studios.

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Speaker 1: way is easier. All Right, We're gonna bring on a

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Speaker 1: guest from d C. He's at NBC Sports Washington one

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Speaker 1: oh six seven. The fan Nick Ash You Nick, good morning,

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Speaker 1: How are you? What's up? Man? Are you doing? Listen?

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Speaker 1: We were just trying to sink our teeth into this

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Speaker 1: John Wall Russell Westbrook swap kind of fell like a

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Speaker 1: swap of unhappy stars or fading stars, if you will.

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Speaker 1: Um let's start with John Wall. Who Man, this guy

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Speaker 1: was the number one pick in the draft and I'll

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Speaker 1: never forget how his opening night Dougie was received um.

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Speaker 1: This guy was his college basketball star at Kentucky for

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Speaker 1: a year. I know he didn't make the Final four

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Speaker 1: win a title, but there were expectations coming in and

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Speaker 1: and John walwins I believe three playoff series. Nick um,

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Speaker 1: How is there a word to characterize his time in

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Speaker 1: d C. I actually was cruel because there were so

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Speaker 1: many high expectations and there were so many highs. When

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Speaker 1: we go back to when he hits that game winning

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Speaker 1: shot against the Celtics in the second round of the playoffs,

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Speaker 1: the fourth game seven, he's on the stores table and

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Speaker 1: he's celebrating with fans. They lose that next game, and

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Speaker 1: then he's injured the next year and injured the year

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Speaker 1: after that. And let listen, John wal did incredible things

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Speaker 1: in the community. Like I think one thing that has

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Speaker 1: made Wizards fans more upset than any with this And

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Speaker 1: you know, obviously his emotion gets in there and people

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Speaker 1: tend to overreact. How can you do this to John Wall?

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Speaker 1: How can you get rid of him? Look at what

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Speaker 1: he did in the community. This move had nothing to

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Speaker 1: do with like who he was as a person, what

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Speaker 1: he did in the community. This was strictly a business decision.

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Speaker 1: For the team. But we had these moments, and you know,

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Speaker 1: I talked about that because people were talking about the

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Speaker 1: Wizards going to the conference finals next year. I mean,

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Speaker 1: they lost to the Hawks in the second round the

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Speaker 1: year before that. But Wall broke his risk, so they

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Speaker 1: expectations for this team were sky high before that. And

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Speaker 1: then only does is miss basketball games. He continues to

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Speaker 1: get hurt and now he's traded. So it's it's it's

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Speaker 1: one of those roller coasters. And we've seen this with

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Speaker 1: athletes so many times where they're on a really high

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Speaker 1: mountaintop and then all of a sudden everything changes in

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Speaker 1: a short period of time. Yeah, it's disappointing. Um, you

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Speaker 1: know they didn't lose a playoff series. You know, you

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Speaker 1: get bounced to an eventual champion. It looks bad. None

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Speaker 1: of the teams to bounce them ever won the title.

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Speaker 1: Like I know that's really nitpicking. But does he get

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Speaker 1: kind of a pass for the injuries and where does

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Speaker 1: he go from here? I think there's there's somewhat you know,

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Speaker 1: hard because I know people try to use that as

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Speaker 1: an excuse right there, Like, well, you know we can't

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Speaker 1: use injuries as an excuse. Well, if they're not on

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Speaker 1: the court and you're not healthy. It's it's kind of

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Speaker 1: a fact like that does have something to do with

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Speaker 1: it there, I don't think. Look like, never expected this

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Speaker 1: core Wizards team. You go back to when they had

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Speaker 1: Auto Porter there too and all that, like to win

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Speaker 1: a championship that wasn't gonna happen because used to let

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Speaker 1: Lebron and the East they start going through Lebron, they

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Speaker 1: were never beating him. But to to watch the expectations

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Speaker 1: be unfulfilled and in the last two years the way

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Speaker 1: it's gone for this team, there's there's certainly a lot

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Speaker 1: of disappointment for him though now in his situation, this

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Speaker 1: is a good A fresh start for him is probably

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Speaker 1: the best situation. And I'll tell you this bad post

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Speaker 1: enough on this deal. They're not making this trade without

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Speaker 1: Bradley Beale saying Okay, let's do this. And the thing

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Speaker 1: that worries me the most because there's obviously tons of

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Speaker 1: layers to this onion with the Russell Westbrook coming to

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Speaker 1: d C scenario, but how does Russell Westbrook and Bradley

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Speaker 1: Bill co exists in the back court versus John Wall

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Speaker 1: and Bradley Bill at least knew each other, they knew

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Speaker 1: how to play with each other. May not have always

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Speaker 1: been perfect, but they understood each other. Russell Westbrook, dude,

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Speaker 1: that's a whole other animal right there. Now with now

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Speaker 1: with Bradley Beale, I mean it is it is going

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Speaker 1: to be incredibly interesting to see whether they jel or not. Yeah, so, uh, Nick,

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Speaker 1: that was that was good stuff. I'm curious though, when

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Speaker 1: you say Bill signed off on that, Um, how many

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Speaker 1: superstars in the last few years have we seen sign

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Speaker 1: off on something and then within six months, Yeah, this

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Speaker 1: ain't gonna work and they ask for a trade. Do

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Speaker 1: you see that happening for Bradley Bale. Possibility if if

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Speaker 1: this turns into one of those situations where Bill and

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Speaker 1: Westbrook can't co exist or the chemistry is not there,

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Speaker 1: And by the way, let's point out, it's gonna take

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Speaker 1: some time no matter who is put together on a

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Speaker 1: new team to develop a little chemistry. But you can

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Speaker 1: know all people be they'll overreact and they'll talk about

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Speaker 1: this thing imploding five games in the season. But if

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Speaker 1: that happened and then it continues fifty games into this

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Speaker 1: season or whatever the case is, Bradley Beale is gonna

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Speaker 1: start at least considering what his options could be, because

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Speaker 1: I'll tell you this, he does want to be in

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Speaker 1: d C forever. He has said privately and even in

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Speaker 1: other ways hinted publicly that he wanted his jersey hanging

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Speaker 1: from the Raptors and Capital One Arena. Now, whether that

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Speaker 1: actually happens depends on really how this team plays this

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Speaker 1: year they get back to the playoffs. I think he

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Speaker 1: finds himself continuing to see where this progresses. Now that

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Speaker 1: you have a healthy team hopefully, and there's some young

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Speaker 1: talent on this roster and they're starting to go in

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Speaker 1: the right direction. Tommy Sheppard's a good GM and he's

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Speaker 1: had to clean up a huge mess that was there.

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Speaker 1: But if this is one of those things where Russell

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Speaker 1: Westbrook wants to be who he wasn't Okay, see again,

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Speaker 1: and we know without Kevin Durant, he was horrific in

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Speaker 1: the playoffs and got bounced early and could barely shoot

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Speaker 1: from the field, takes bad shots and go on the

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Speaker 1: list of the negatives when it comes to ross the Westbrook.

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Speaker 1: Despite all that talent that's there, if this doesn't work,

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Speaker 1: I would not be surprised if you start to at

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Speaker 1: least hear whispers that Bradley Beale wants to look at

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Speaker 1: other options and try to force his way out nick Uh.

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Speaker 1: Somebody mentioned to me, Hey, keep an eye on this.

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Speaker 1: Scott Brooks is the head coach of the Whiz and

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Speaker 1: he has a relationship with Russ Uh dating back to Okay,

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Speaker 1: c is Bradley Beale enough of a like a leader

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Speaker 1: that he would say, listen, this is my team. Now, Russ,

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Speaker 1: you're on my team. And then Bradley maybe feels a

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Speaker 1: little tough from the coach who's like, listen, I know Russ.

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Speaker 1: He's a proven star. He's been to the finals. Um,

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Speaker 1: do you think that could be a factor? Or am

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Speaker 1: I reading too much into it? No, you're that's that

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Speaker 1: is another thing and I've been talking about for the

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Speaker 1: last couple of days too is. I mean, we talked

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Speaker 1: about jell ing on the court, but it's also just

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Speaker 1: the personalities jelling too. Like people can sit here and

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Speaker 1: talk about analytic player in certain positions because the numbers

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Speaker 1: say this works. In this situation, you don't have any

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Speaker 1: numbers or stats to to figure out whether chemistry is

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Speaker 1: gonna work or not. And these two guys Bradley Beal

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Speaker 1: is the this is his team, and Tommy Shefford, the

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Speaker 1: general manager, has said in multiple press conferences before this

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Speaker 1: season started, this is Bradley Beale's team, which also kind

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Speaker 1: of showed us the writing was on the wall when

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Speaker 1: it came to John Walt, because people would have to

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Speaker 1: about John Wall and he'd say, you know, we're so

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Speaker 1: happy to have him back, and we hope he's healthy.

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Speaker 1: We can't wait. But this is Brad's team. So coming

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Speaker 1: in Russell Westbrook needs to understand that this is Bradley

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Speaker 1: Beale's team. But that doesn't mean that Russell Westbrook is

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Speaker 1: then going to accept that, and that, you know, that

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Speaker 1: kind of goes back to my whole how do they

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Speaker 1: gelled together? Because Beale has established themselves now in the market,

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Speaker 1: with the fan base and with everybody in the organization

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Speaker 1: that he is the man on this team. And if

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Speaker 1: if Russell Westbrook can't accept that and thinks that this

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Speaker 1: is going to be his team, that's that's gonna be

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Speaker 1: where the problem really is. And you're right that the

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Speaker 1: Scott Brooks dynamic is interesting because I know this. He

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Speaker 1: loves Russell Westbrook and before this trade happened. He said

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Speaker 1: to a couple of people privately, like I would love

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Speaker 1: to have Russell Westbrook, and they made it happen. And

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Speaker 1: now it's kind of one of those reports yourself, so

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Speaker 1: he better make this work. Well, I guess for guys

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Speaker 1: like you and I, this is great. This is great

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Speaker 1: content material down the road because it sounds like an

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Speaker 1: implosion waiting to happen. All right, Nick, I'll get you

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Speaker 1: out of here on this one. I'm looking at the

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Speaker 1: Whiz depth chart and um, you know, and leaves something

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Speaker 1: to be desired. When you're backup guards are Ish Smith

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Speaker 1: and Jerome Robinson, uh Troy Brown, and we don't know

625
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Speaker 1: what he is. Denny if the rookie. I like him,

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Speaker 1: but I don't think he's gonna be a major contributor.

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Speaker 1: There are some depth issues there. I put out my

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Speaker 1: top eight in the East before this trade and I

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Speaker 1: didn't have Washington in there, and I still don't have them.

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Speaker 1: Do you have them making the playoffs next year? I

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Speaker 1: get seen them squeaking in just because of the East.

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Speaker 1: But here's the here's the big question. Like the East

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Speaker 1: is better, We've seen it, certainly, it's it's not as

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Speaker 1: bad as you know, was a couple of years ago.

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Speaker 1: It was like Lebron and everybody else, but they got

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Speaker 1: a better defensively. The joke around d C was always

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Speaker 1: like first to one twenty because the Wizards couldn't play

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Speaker 1: any defense. So it's, well, I guess just outscore everybody.

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Speaker 1: And they could score. I mean they scored points when

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Speaker 1: Deal actually missed games. Last year. They beat the Celtics

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00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:47,160
Speaker 1: and the Nuggets and the Heat when Deal didn't even

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Speaker 1: play in those games. So it was just shocking that

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Speaker 1: they were able to do it. But that being said,

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00:33:51,040 --> 00:33:53,280
Speaker 1: they've got to be better defensively. Yeah, yeah, you go

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Speaker 1: down that roster Troy Brown Jr. That he needs to

646
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Speaker 1: step into the role of there like they're starting three.

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00:33:58,040 --> 00:33:59,680
Speaker 1: He needs to be the guy now that takes that

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Speaker 1: next that he's a first round pick, He's somebody that

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Speaker 1: has high expectations. He's had his time to grow in

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Speaker 1: the league, and I've seen he looked good in the bubble,

651
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Speaker 1: but I've seen too many times with him where he

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Speaker 1: kind of looks like, I don't porter he's the guy

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Speaker 1: who just kind of sves in the corner and looks

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Speaker 1: back and oh, you don't have to give me the

655
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Speaker 1: ball I don't need. He needs to be more aggressive.

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00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:18,840
Speaker 1: Danny Abdy is gonna be nice. I actually I do

657
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Speaker 1: really like him, but there's a rawness to him. It's

658
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Speaker 1: gonna take time for developing to somebody that I think

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Speaker 1: contributes in a more major role for this team. They

660
00:34:26,680 --> 00:34:29,120
Speaker 1: have the talent that has potential, but like they're not

661
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Speaker 1: winning a championship with this. They're probably a first round

662
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Speaker 1: and out team. But to go back to what you said,

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00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:37,960
Speaker 1: and you're absolutely right, the entertainment value of Russell Westbrook

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Speaker 1: coming to d C is phenomenal. And and I know this,

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Speaker 1: the national conversation around the Wizards is gonna be a

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Speaker 1: lot more than we've sat in the past, just given

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Speaker 1: the fact you got Russell Westbrook in a Wizards uniform. Ye,

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Speaker 1: great stuff, Nick, as you follow him on Twitter at

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Speaker 1: Nick a s h o H NBC Sports Washington one

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Speaker 1: O six seven of fan Nick, keep up the good work,

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Speaker 1: great stuff, man, Thank you man. Alright, Nick, Wow, he's good.

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Speaker 1: It's a great fine. Gavin guy knows his Washington Wizards,

673
00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:07,280
Speaker 1: and uh, you know that's gonna be a mildly interesting

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Speaker 1: team to watch given Westbrook coming up next year on

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Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio. So, uh, well, we'll stick with the NBA.

676
00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:16,839
Speaker 1: They just put out the Christmas schedule. It is going

677
00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:19,879
Speaker 1: head to head with the NFL. We don't know if

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00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:23,359
Speaker 1: college football uh will be on Christmas Day. I'll look

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Speaker 1: at the schedule. I don't think, but I do believe

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Speaker 1: around it there will be. Um does it even excite you?

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00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:31,440
Speaker 1: Are you? How are are you more pumped for Nets

682
00:35:31,480 --> 00:35:35,279
Speaker 1: Warriors on Valentine's Weekend? We'll talk about that next year

683
00:35:35,360 --> 00:35:39,319
Speaker 1: on Fox Sports Radio, Chris. Any time this song comes on,

684
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Speaker 1: any human being, what are their three thirty million humans

685
00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:50,200
Speaker 1: in America? I would venture three million of them instantly

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Speaker 1: start doing something to this song. Great song, It's just

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Speaker 1: a classic. It's top five songs of all time I

688
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Speaker 1: put I put it number one. Wham Last Christmas is

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Speaker 1: up there, and I have to say, gosh, this is

690
00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:05,680
Speaker 1: such a dad life comment. My daughter was into ice skating,

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Speaker 1: so she joined this ice skating team, and you know,

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Speaker 1: I would take her to practice, but I'm locked in

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Speaker 1: working and stuff, not paying attention that much. Take some

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Speaker 1: pictures and then go back to work, you know. For

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Speaker 1: the Graham and I go to her performance last year

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Speaker 1: and they come out to the Kelly Clarkson Christmas song,

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Speaker 1: and I'm sure she has a lot, but you know

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00:36:25,080 --> 00:36:28,440
Speaker 1: it's the one and at instantly rocket it up into

699
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Speaker 1: my top four. Uh, Kelly Clarkson something something Christmas. But

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Speaker 1: it's a great song. And no, Lie, I've been in

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Speaker 1: the car, don't really hear anything good on the Christmas station.

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00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:42,200
Speaker 1: And I will just pop on that song on my

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Speaker 1: iTunes and just blast it in my car. I like

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00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:46,840
Speaker 1: it that much. All right? Uh? Should we do the

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Speaker 1: Play of the day, Gavin? Okay, all right, we'll do

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Speaker 1: that in a second. Quickly looking at the NBA schedule

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Speaker 1: for Christmas, So the big one is Vikings Saints on

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Speaker 1: Christmas Day. That's an awesome game. By the way, the

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00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:04,440
Speaker 1: Vikings are creeping uh into the mix that they might

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Speaker 1: get to the playoffs, which would be shocking after the start. Um,

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00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:12,560
Speaker 1: so I think that will steal the headlines. However, Pelicans

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00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:15,040
Speaker 1: Heat is the first game on Christmas Day. You knew

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00:37:15,120 --> 00:37:17,200
Speaker 1: Zion was going to be on Christmas Day in some way,

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Speaker 1: shape or form against the defending Eastern Conference champs. Then

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Speaker 1: Warriors Bucks, Um, what do they want to get Steph

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00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:27,040
Speaker 1: Curry killed on Christmas Day? In front of everybody that

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00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:32,320
Speaker 1: may not go well. Uh Nets Celtics Kevin Durant against

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Speaker 1: Jason Tatum. Oh that's tasty. Then the Marquee game eight o'clock,

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Speaker 1: MAV's Lakers, Luca don Che and Lebron. Now, is this

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Speaker 1: a shot from the NBA Gavin at Janice to not

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Speaker 1: have him in the marquee game against the Lakers? Yeah?

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00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:52,520
Speaker 1: I mean we remember the Bucks were playing at noon

723
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Speaker 1: in the playoffs. Remember, yeah, they completely understand it. Janice

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Speaker 1: himself does not drive. You have to have a dancing

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00:38:01,160 --> 00:38:05,240
Speaker 1: partner that team doesn't draw. I don't think Drew Holiday

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00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:10,680
Speaker 1: is going to change that. Uh, Mavericks Lakers. And then

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Speaker 1: the nightcap, which is perfect for us out here in

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Speaker 1: l A. Clippers Nugs not bad. But Luca don Che, Um,

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Speaker 1: you know everybody's gonna betting him to win the m

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Speaker 1: v P this year. Luca Lebron there obviously have their

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Speaker 1: friends on. You know, Luca and Kobe had a good friendship.

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Speaker 1: So pretty good Christmas Day schedule. Um, all right, let's

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Speaker 1: get to the guy. COO play the day ball just

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Speaker 1: inside the left hash mark, which is where most right

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Speaker 1: footed kickers like it, and the kick is and it

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Speaker 1: is no good. No, it is no good. With one

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00:38:43,680 --> 00:38:51,960
Speaker 1: second left, he hooked it to the left. This is

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Speaker 1: the third year in a row that the last regular

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00:38:55,880 --> 00:38:59,360
Speaker 1: season game is gonna end with the other guy missing

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Speaker 1: a kick. Adam wittonlear Field I MG College app State

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Speaker 1: Friday Night lights. Um, I hear it was a good game.

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00:39:07,480 --> 00:39:08,880
Speaker 1: I did not have money on it, so I was

743
00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:11,880
Speaker 1: not watching it. Um. But apparently it was a thriller

744
00:39:12,280 --> 00:39:14,440
Speaker 1: missing a thirty yard kick. Maybe they should have got

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00:39:14,440 --> 00:39:17,240
Speaker 1: the girl from Vanderbilt to kick for them. Now she doesn't.

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00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:21,680
Speaker 1: She's just a kickoff person. Okay, she's a kickoff specialist.

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Speaker 1: I didn't Wow, I didn't know college football was going

748
00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:27,239
Speaker 1: to kickoff specialists. Do you own her? Rent your home?

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Speaker 1: I saw Alabama faces l s U tonight. Any other year,

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00:39:45,719 --> 00:39:48,399
Speaker 1: that's like a marquee matchup. It's like being talked about

756
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Speaker 1: all week. I think Alabama is a four touchdown favorite

757
00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:55,239
Speaker 1: in that one, So not a lot of juice for

758
00:39:55,640 --> 00:40:00,239
Speaker 1: tied Tigers. UM. And with no Thursday night football for

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00:40:00,280 --> 00:40:03,480
Speaker 1: the NFL, it's like, Holy cow, the NFL Sunday slate.

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Speaker 1: Now there's two Mondays and one Tuesday. I mean, I

761
00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:09,520
Speaker 1: know the NFL is like struggling with COVID, but to

762
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Speaker 1: get two Monday games and to Tuesday, that's pretty damn good.

763
00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:15,200
Speaker 1: And they have a better split on Sunday. So I'm

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Speaker 1: extremely fired up about Week thirteen in the NFL. Will

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Speaker 1: do picks at the top of the hour here in

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Speaker 1: a couple of minutes. Week thirteen, I like some ugly dogs.

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Speaker 1: Make sure you keep it locked here on Fox Sports

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Speaker 1: Radio our number two. Here on Fox Sports Radio, it's me,

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Speaker 1: ladies and gentlemen, Jason McIntyre coming to you live from

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Speaker 1: Los Angeles, excited for Week thirteen in the NFL. We

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Speaker 1: get him on every week. He's been coming on here

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Speaker 1: for about four years. By the way, you know how

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Speaker 1: we are trying, you know, trying to be kingmakers here

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Speaker 1: at Fox Sports Radio. We bring on t A. He

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Speaker 1: starts to blow up, he gets a job at CHIRP Football.

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Speaker 1: I saw him quoted in an ESPN gambling article this week.

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Speaker 1: T A, you are everywhere. You're gonna be a global

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Speaker 1: sensation soon. Don't forget the little people on your way up.

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Speaker 1: How you doing, man? Could Jason? Yeah, you were, I'll

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Speaker 1: be out it. You were the first one. You actually

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Speaker 1: remember when I had probably had an eighty followers, Uh,

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Speaker 1: a handful of years ago. You retweeted me once because

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Speaker 1: you asked for some advice on some NFL picks, and

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Speaker 1: I believe I went like eight and oh on those pigs.

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Speaker 1: And I went from about eighty followers to about two

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Speaker 1: thousand in a matter of a couple of days. So

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Speaker 1: you you are the person that, um, you know, I

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Speaker 1: kind of kick kicked this off. So I do appreciate that. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: we we always talk about picks during the week. Uh,

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Speaker 1: and ta, let me just start with this. Every year

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Speaker 1: in November, man, I struggle, and this year is the

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00:41:56,160 --> 00:41:58,640
Speaker 1: same deal. I was crushing it in the circuit coll

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Speaker 1: at the one point four million dollar on test. I

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00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:04,759
Speaker 1: was rolling along and then November hits, and that's when

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Speaker 1: you know you have a family now in a house

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Speaker 1: and a wife. You got duties. And again I'm not

801
00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:12,600
Speaker 1: saying like that, I'm blaming my family and stuff, but

802
00:42:12,640 --> 00:42:15,239
Speaker 1: like life gets in the way, and it's been a

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00:42:15,320 --> 00:42:17,560
Speaker 1: rough go for me. Last week I felt kind of

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00:42:17,600 --> 00:42:20,920
Speaker 1: good and ultimately I made some last minute idiotic decisions

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00:42:21,080 --> 00:42:23,600
Speaker 1: and I got screwed. I thought the Browns was the

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00:42:23,680 --> 00:42:26,759
Speaker 1: right side. They kind of got shafted during the final minute. Uh.

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00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:30,560
Speaker 1: The Giants are rolling along and then the quarterback gets hurt. Whatever, man,

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00:42:30,560 --> 00:42:33,239
Speaker 1: you gotta put it behind you. Let's get uh, let's

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Speaker 1: get started. Week thirteen. Um, let's look at this Houston

810
00:42:37,520 --> 00:42:40,040
Speaker 1: indie game. That kind of jumps out because Houston took

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Speaker 1: some money early in the week and then Monday afternoon

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Speaker 1: the p E. D S hit and now the culture

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Speaker 1: favored by three, three and a half. Where are you

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Speaker 1: on this one? Yeah? I actually hit in the at

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Speaker 1: two and a half on Monday the second that that

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Speaker 1: the news came out, and Willie, Yeah, I mean to me,

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Speaker 1: it's it's a couple of things. One, you know, on

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Speaker 1: the India side. You know they struggle last week, right,

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00:43:02,719 --> 00:43:04,839
Speaker 1: like they couldn't stop Derrick Henry. They're getting pushed around

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00:43:04,840 --> 00:43:07,360
Speaker 1: the defense and this is a good, good defense. It

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Speaker 1: really was a matter of the Forest Buckner being out

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Speaker 1: with COVID, the Nico Autry on the defensive line, Bobby

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Speaker 1: Okiki at linebackers. You know, they're missing multiple guys and

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Speaker 1: they got pushed around. You can kind of throw that

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Speaker 1: that game out the window in my opinion. Um, now

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Speaker 1: they get those guys back. Now they do lose uh

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Speaker 1: Costanzo left tackle, but you know, the Texans don't really

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Speaker 1: have a pass rush. Um, so I don't think they're

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Speaker 1: gonna be hurt that much. But really it's the combination

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Speaker 1: know he used to losing Will Fuller and Will Fuller

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Speaker 1: for you know, all the jokes about his injuries in

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Speaker 1: the past, and he's He's had a fantastic year. He

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Speaker 1: was top fifteen and pretty much every advanced metric that

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Speaker 1: you can find for wide receivers. And we've seen historically

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Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson's numbers just fall off a cliff when he's

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Speaker 1: not on the field. I mean his yards per tempt

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Speaker 1: dropped by almost pointing a half a one and a

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Speaker 1: half yards when he doesn't play. Uh. In DeShawn Watson's career,

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Speaker 1: his yards per game go down about sixty yards. And

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Speaker 1: have that um on the other side of the field.

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Speaker 1: And not even that. They cut Kenny Stills a couple

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Speaker 1: of weeks ago. Randall Cobb is on i R. So

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00:44:14,840 --> 00:44:16,520
Speaker 1: you know, you really got Brandon Cooks and a bunch

846
00:44:16,520 --> 00:44:21,200
Speaker 1: of nobody. Yeah, so you've got a bunch of nobodies

847
00:44:21,200 --> 00:44:23,080
Speaker 1: out there. So that's really that's that's gonna hurt them.

848
00:44:23,280 --> 00:44:25,000
Speaker 1: And look at the other side of the ball, and

849
00:44:25,040 --> 00:44:27,120
Speaker 1: no one's really talking about this is just as big

850
00:44:27,160 --> 00:44:30,640
Speaker 1: of an influence or impact is the loss of cornerback

851
00:44:30,680 --> 00:44:33,840
Speaker 1: Bradley Roby. I mean, quietly on a bad defense. He

852
00:44:33,960 --> 00:44:37,360
Speaker 1: was He was ranked nineteen by Pro Football Focus among

853
00:44:37,400 --> 00:44:40,319
Speaker 1: all NFL corners in terms of coverage grade. You knock

854
00:44:40,440 --> 00:44:44,040
Speaker 1: him off that that lineup, you gotta pull up Vernon Hargraves.

855
00:44:44,320 --> 00:44:46,920
Speaker 1: Now your number one corner. Vernon Hargraves is a hundred

856
00:44:48,400 --> 00:44:51,560
Speaker 1: out of a hundred nineteen corners according to PFF, and coverage,

857
00:44:51,719 --> 00:44:54,920
Speaker 1: he's been a disappointment since he's come in this league. Um,

858
00:44:55,160 --> 00:44:57,120
Speaker 1: they have nobody else really on the outside. I mean

859
00:44:57,280 --> 00:45:00,480
Speaker 1: Philip Gaines is a journeyman. He's close to hun in

860
00:45:00,600 --> 00:45:02,759
Speaker 1: coverage grade. So I mean Philip Rivers could be able

861
00:45:02,800 --> 00:45:04,440
Speaker 1: to throw the ball all over the field. And the

862
00:45:04,440 --> 00:45:08,080
Speaker 1: Houston Texas really struggle covering tight ends and running backs.

863
00:45:08,080 --> 00:45:11,120
Speaker 1: I mean there're twenty six uh in covering running backs

864
00:45:11,200 --> 00:45:13,759
Speaker 1: or twenty ninth and success rate covering tight ends and

865
00:45:13,880 --> 00:45:16,040
Speaker 1: twenty nine in yards per tempt And who does Philip

866
00:45:16,080 --> 00:45:18,080
Speaker 1: Rivers love to throw to running backs to sight end?

867
00:45:18,360 --> 00:45:20,239
Speaker 1: To me, this is just a really good matchup. And

868
00:45:20,280 --> 00:45:22,240
Speaker 1: DeShawn Watson, for as great as he has been playing,

869
00:45:22,239 --> 00:45:24,960
Speaker 1: and he has been great, he's based a lot of

870
00:45:25,080 --> 00:45:28,880
Speaker 1: easy secondaries. I mean the lines, the Jags, even the Packers,

871
00:45:28,920 --> 00:45:31,080
Speaker 1: the Patriots or thirty and d v O a past

872
00:45:31,120 --> 00:45:35,160
Speaker 1: defense all have contributed to kind of his hot recent streaks.

873
00:45:35,160 --> 00:45:37,320
Speaker 1: So I think this is just again a really good matchup,

874
00:45:37,360 --> 00:45:39,319
Speaker 1: and you know, I'd love it a lot more if

875
00:45:39,360 --> 00:45:41,040
Speaker 1: it's stuck around three. I think it's a three and

876
00:45:41,040 --> 00:45:43,120
Speaker 1: a half now. Um, if you haven't gotten it yet,

877
00:45:43,120 --> 00:45:45,560
Speaker 1: but I still think this This could be a kind

878
00:45:45,600 --> 00:45:48,000
Speaker 1: of a seven to ten point victory for the Colts.

879
00:45:48,040 --> 00:45:50,200
Speaker 1: So I like it here either way. I like the Cults.

880
00:45:50,520 --> 00:45:52,799
Speaker 1: Obviously Frank right, big coaching advantage, but I want to

881
00:45:52,800 --> 00:45:55,200
Speaker 1: go back to Castanzo. A lot of the casual listeners

882
00:45:55,239 --> 00:45:56,920
Speaker 1: here t a and be like, oh, left tackle, it's

883
00:45:56,920 --> 00:45:59,560
Speaker 1: no big deal. And you know J. J. Watt is

884
00:45:59,560 --> 00:46:03,839
Speaker 1: a shell himself. But without Costanzo last year, I mean

885
00:46:03,880 --> 00:46:07,000
Speaker 1: across the board, they were worse offensively. Now I know

886
00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:09,399
Speaker 1: it was Ja Kobe Brisette, but I mean, is there

887
00:46:09,400 --> 00:46:12,759
Speaker 1: a way do you think Costanzo's worth a quarter of

888
00:46:12,760 --> 00:46:15,920
Speaker 1: a point a half a point given the Philip rivers inability,

889
00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:18,080
Speaker 1: He's got to to to move around, he's got the

890
00:46:18,120 --> 00:46:22,919
Speaker 1: toe injury, that kind of lingering, um, any concern about that? Yeah,

891
00:46:22,960 --> 00:46:25,919
Speaker 1: I mean, look it's not ideal, but again, you don't

892
00:46:25,960 --> 00:46:27,640
Speaker 1: have a good pass or you have a bottom ten

893
00:46:27,640 --> 00:46:31,120
Speaker 1: pass rush in the NFL with with the Texans, and

894
00:46:31,320 --> 00:46:32,800
Speaker 1: you know what does Philip Rivers do? He gets the

895
00:46:32,840 --> 00:46:35,760
Speaker 1: ball quick, and like I said, the fact that Houston

896
00:46:35,800 --> 00:46:37,839
Speaker 1: can't defend tight ends and running backs and that's that's

897
00:46:37,840 --> 00:46:40,000
Speaker 1: where you get the short, quick passes. Right, so he

898
00:46:40,040 --> 00:46:42,719
Speaker 1: doesn't have to sit back there and look down the

899
00:46:42,760 --> 00:46:45,160
Speaker 1: field and wait for his wide receivers to get down

900
00:46:45,160 --> 00:46:47,120
Speaker 1: the field to get open. And that's where you would

901
00:46:47,160 --> 00:46:50,359
Speaker 1: struggle with without you know, your top left tackle. He's

902
00:46:50,360 --> 00:46:52,919
Speaker 1: gonna get the ball quick, he's going behind, he's gonna

903
00:46:52,920 --> 00:46:54,840
Speaker 1: go to Burton, he's gonna go to Molei Cox and

904
00:46:54,880 --> 00:46:57,640
Speaker 1: those guys. And so I think that's where it gets negated. Um,

905
00:46:57,800 --> 00:46:59,920
Speaker 1: you know, I said it's not ideal, but uh, the

906
00:47:00,040 --> 00:47:02,160
Speaker 1: other side of the ball, I mean, you can run

907
00:47:02,200 --> 00:47:04,239
Speaker 1: the ball in this Houston Texas defense so worse than

908
00:47:04,239 --> 00:47:06,719
Speaker 1: the NFL defending the run. So if you know the

909
00:47:06,800 --> 00:47:10,080
Speaker 1: left tackle situation is a problem with pressure, you can

910
00:47:10,160 --> 00:47:12,000
Speaker 1: just run the ball down the Texas throw and you're

911
00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:14,759
Speaker 1: getting Jonathan Taylor back as well, So you know that

912
00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:17,960
Speaker 1: is an alternative, you know, in case that is an issue.

913
00:47:18,000 --> 00:47:20,400
Speaker 1: But like I said, against if this is the Steelers,

914
00:47:20,600 --> 00:47:23,040
Speaker 1: or if this is against a passports that really is

915
00:47:23,040 --> 00:47:24,880
Speaker 1: going to give you a hard time, I'd have a

916
00:47:24,920 --> 00:47:27,719
Speaker 1: lot more worry, But not against the Texas defense. All right,

917
00:47:27,760 --> 00:47:29,319
Speaker 1: let's go to one of the best games of the week,

918
00:47:29,880 --> 00:47:34,680
Speaker 1: Rams Cardinals. McVeigh has owned Arizona won six and covered

919
00:47:34,680 --> 00:47:38,160
Speaker 1: all of them since arriving with the Rams. Now only

920
00:47:38,160 --> 00:47:40,680
Speaker 1: two of those came against Kingsbury and Meurley Murray, but

921
00:47:41,160 --> 00:47:44,000
Speaker 1: this line was two and a half three. It seems

922
00:47:44,040 --> 00:47:46,560
Speaker 1: to be moving back and forth. I don't know, t A.

923
00:47:46,880 --> 00:47:49,520
Speaker 1: This is an Arizona team. They've been struggling of late.

924
00:47:49,880 --> 00:47:52,440
Speaker 1: But I specifically want to ask you about the whole

925
00:47:52,480 --> 00:47:56,239
Speaker 1: public versus sharp alleged divide. I had a bookmaker on

926
00:47:56,280 --> 00:47:59,920
Speaker 1: my daily podcast this week, Johnny Avello, who's like, listen,

927
00:48:00,120 --> 00:48:03,279
Speaker 1: whole like the public doesn't really mean that much on

928
00:48:03,320 --> 00:48:06,160
Speaker 1: a one off game in week thirteen. That's just the

929
00:48:06,200 --> 00:48:08,960
Speaker 1: fact of the matter. Um, I don't think anybody's gonna

930
00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:12,320
Speaker 1: betting the Cardinals here. All that Patriots loss and everyone's

931
00:48:12,320 --> 00:48:14,399
Speaker 1: gonna be on the Rams. Does that? Do you even

932
00:48:14,600 --> 00:48:17,960
Speaker 1: care about that on a weekly basis? Um? You know,

933
00:48:18,040 --> 00:48:19,480
Speaker 1: it's one of those things that just have in the

934
00:48:19,520 --> 00:48:22,760
Speaker 1: back of my mind if I'm just to give me pause,

935
00:48:23,200 --> 00:48:25,480
Speaker 1: you know, there will be times where like, yeah, you

936
00:48:25,600 --> 00:48:28,359
Speaker 1: listen to analysts on TV and radio and everybody's on

937
00:48:28,360 --> 00:48:30,680
Speaker 1: one side, and maybe you're on that side too, and

938
00:48:30,719 --> 00:48:32,799
Speaker 1: you're just like, what the line really hasn't moved in

939
00:48:32,840 --> 00:48:35,080
Speaker 1: that direction. Why is that? So it makes me It

940
00:48:35,120 --> 00:48:37,240
Speaker 1: would just make me pause and say, what am I missing?

941
00:48:37,840 --> 00:48:39,600
Speaker 1: But sometimes the public and the and the sharps are

942
00:48:39,600 --> 00:48:42,160
Speaker 1: on the same side too. I don't really, it doesn't

943
00:48:42,320 --> 00:48:45,640
Speaker 1: drive my decision making at all, because if it was

944
00:48:45,719 --> 00:48:47,560
Speaker 1: just as easy as all I'm going to do is

945
00:48:47,560 --> 00:48:49,960
Speaker 1: fade the public every time, and that's all I'm gonna do, well,

946
00:48:50,000 --> 00:48:52,239
Speaker 1: everybody would do that right, and everybody would win, And

947
00:48:52,239 --> 00:48:54,920
Speaker 1: that's just not the case. Maybe maybe you win, like

948
00:48:55,440 --> 00:48:58,640
Speaker 1: maybe you wouldn't get killed. I've always told people, if

949
00:48:58,640 --> 00:49:00,600
Speaker 1: all you did was fade the public, you won't don't

950
00:49:00,640 --> 00:49:02,839
Speaker 1: you won't win or win much, but you definitely won't

951
00:49:02,840 --> 00:49:04,759
Speaker 1: get killed because you're essentially on the same side of

952
00:49:04,760 --> 00:49:07,400
Speaker 1: the books. But you're also not you're not the bookmaker,

953
00:49:07,440 --> 00:49:10,560
Speaker 1: so you're not getting that that minus one ten, you're

954
00:49:10,600 --> 00:49:13,279
Speaker 1: actually laying one ten. So it doesn't work out the same.

955
00:49:13,520 --> 00:49:15,120
Speaker 1: So it doesn't bother me in terms of this game.

956
00:49:15,239 --> 00:49:17,920
Speaker 1: I've actually seen plenty of people in Arizona because people will,

957
00:49:18,040 --> 00:49:20,160
Speaker 1: you know, the public will sit there and say, well, Arizona,

958
00:49:20,160 --> 00:49:22,040
Speaker 1: why are they getting three points? The rams just look

959
00:49:22,160 --> 00:49:24,920
Speaker 1: terrible of golf is not good. Um, you know, it

960
00:49:24,960 --> 00:49:27,040
Speaker 1: doesn't make sense. So I've seen plenty of people that's

961
00:49:27,040 --> 00:49:29,160
Speaker 1: not that's not really an issue here. Um, when I

962
00:49:29,239 --> 00:49:32,760
Speaker 1: ran my numbers I have, I actually had those hams

963
00:49:32,760 --> 00:49:35,799
Speaker 1: minus five. So to me, this was because at first

964
00:49:35,800 --> 00:49:37,239
Speaker 1: I was looking at the same thing. So while I'm

965
00:49:37,239 --> 00:49:39,480
Speaker 1: surprised this line was, I thought it would be kind

966
00:49:39,480 --> 00:49:41,920
Speaker 1: of a pick number minus one. So I'm surprised when

967
00:49:41,920 --> 00:49:44,120
Speaker 1: it opened it and it got up to three. And

968
00:49:44,120 --> 00:49:45,520
Speaker 1: then when I said, when I ran my numbers, I

969
00:49:45,560 --> 00:49:47,080
Speaker 1: actually got it. I looked at it and I was like, oh,

970
00:49:47,080 --> 00:49:49,480
Speaker 1: minus five is actually the right number. And again from

971
00:49:49,480 --> 00:49:52,680
Speaker 1: a matchup perspective, you know, Jared Goff struggles with what

972
00:49:52,800 --> 00:49:56,120
Speaker 1: two things. He struggled with pressure and he struggles when

973
00:49:56,320 --> 00:49:59,799
Speaker 1: defenses can cover kind of the quick passes. That's why

974
00:49:59,800 --> 00:50:01,800
Speaker 1: then Niners always give them trouble because they have a

975
00:50:01,880 --> 00:50:03,960
Speaker 1: very good pass rush and they have great linebackers who

976
00:50:03,960 --> 00:50:06,080
Speaker 1: can cover the tight ends and the running backs and

977
00:50:06,080 --> 00:50:08,759
Speaker 1: the quick passes well. Arizona is just middle of the

978
00:50:08,800 --> 00:50:11,239
Speaker 1: pack in both pressure rate and d v o A

979
00:50:11,360 --> 00:50:13,839
Speaker 1: defense and short passes. Right, they do a really good

980
00:50:13,920 --> 00:50:16,560
Speaker 1: job defending a deep ball, but Jared's off doesn't go deep,

981
00:50:16,600 --> 00:50:18,920
Speaker 1: so it's really not an issue. So I don't have

982
00:50:18,960 --> 00:50:22,480
Speaker 1: a problem backing golf here. Uh. And then we know

983
00:50:22,520 --> 00:50:23,880
Speaker 1: on the other side of the ball, Keylor Murray just

984
00:50:24,000 --> 00:50:25,799
Speaker 1: is not running the ball as much as he used

985
00:50:25,800 --> 00:50:28,040
Speaker 1: to because of that shoulder injury most likely. But then

986
00:50:28,080 --> 00:50:31,799
Speaker 1: also defensively, teams are just saying, okay, look on that

987
00:50:31,840 --> 00:50:34,520
Speaker 1: read option, we'll let you hand the ball off. We're

988
00:50:34,520 --> 00:50:36,880
Speaker 1: just not gonna let you keep it. So they're they're

989
00:50:36,920 --> 00:50:40,000
Speaker 1: they're playing their defensive ends, they're outside linebackers to cover

990
00:50:40,440 --> 00:50:43,520
Speaker 1: that quarterback on the run. So he's not being as effective.

991
00:50:44,040 --> 00:50:47,200
Speaker 1: And if you've got Generalen Ramsey essentially shadowing Delandre Hopkins,

992
00:50:47,239 --> 00:50:48,880
Speaker 1: where do you where do you go? If you're the Cardinals.

993
00:50:48,920 --> 00:50:51,360
Speaker 1: I mean, Larry Fitzgerald, for all the jokes about how

994
00:50:51,440 --> 00:50:53,399
Speaker 1: old he is, doesn't go down the field, but he's

995
00:50:53,480 --> 00:50:56,000
Speaker 1: very reliable, and they're down. You don't have that anymore.

996
00:50:56,040 --> 00:50:58,000
Speaker 1: So I think kind of you throw that all in

997
00:50:58,080 --> 00:51:00,319
Speaker 1: the pot. Uh. In the fact that the ram did

998
00:51:00,360 --> 00:51:02,640
Speaker 1: not look good last week, and they've bounced back every

999
00:51:02,680 --> 00:51:05,120
Speaker 1: time they've lost this year, they've won the next week.

1000
00:51:05,440 --> 00:51:08,319
Speaker 1: I think this is a good spot for the Rams. Okay, yeah,

1001
00:51:08,360 --> 00:51:10,279
Speaker 1: I mean it's probably a stay away from me just

1002
00:51:10,320 --> 00:51:13,080
Speaker 1: to enjoy the game. Um, I do want to. I

1003
00:51:13,160 --> 00:51:16,839
Speaker 1: touched out on the outset about the Eagles, and this

1004
00:51:16,960 --> 00:51:19,360
Speaker 1: is more of a nobody wants to touch these guys.

1005
00:51:19,600 --> 00:51:22,680
Speaker 1: They were terrible in a primetime game against Seattle. Everybody

1006
00:51:22,680 --> 00:51:25,760
Speaker 1: wants to bench Wentz. Meanwhile, the night before Sunday Night Football,

1007
00:51:25,760 --> 00:51:28,320
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers, Oh why ny and the m v P

1008
00:51:28,480 --> 00:51:31,040
Speaker 1: race looking great. I feel like this is a by

1009
00:51:31,160 --> 00:51:34,400
Speaker 1: low cell high. Um, and I kind of like the

1010
00:51:34,440 --> 00:51:37,440
Speaker 1: Eagles here. Um. I know there's nothing to like about

1011
00:51:37,440 --> 00:51:41,440
Speaker 1: the Eagles, no redeeming qualities whatsoever. But this injury to

1012
00:51:41,480 --> 00:51:43,400
Speaker 1: the center of the Packers, he went on, I R

1013
00:51:43,880 --> 00:51:46,120
Speaker 1: and it looks like they're gonna start a rookie somewhere

1014
00:51:46,120 --> 00:51:49,680
Speaker 1: on the offensive line. Um. The Eagles that they have

1015
00:51:49,680 --> 00:51:52,439
Speaker 1: a strength, it's the D line. I'm taking the eight

1016
00:51:52,480 --> 00:51:56,440
Speaker 1: eight and a half here. Yeah, I agree. I'm with you. Um.

1017
00:51:56,480 --> 00:51:58,120
Speaker 1: And like you said, I think you know when you

1018
00:51:58,200 --> 00:52:00,319
Speaker 1: when you talked about the beginning about how you know

1019
00:52:00,360 --> 00:52:02,279
Speaker 1: you got in the November and you don't have you

1020
00:52:02,520 --> 00:52:05,120
Speaker 1: haven't had time to kind of do some of the homework,

1021
00:52:05,200 --> 00:52:07,200
Speaker 1: and it's tough to win at the time of year.

1022
00:52:07,239 --> 00:52:09,920
Speaker 1: And really, to me, the biggest reason is because of

1023
00:52:09,960 --> 00:52:12,080
Speaker 1: things like these injuries. Right, like, no one's paying attention.

1024
00:52:12,120 --> 00:52:14,440
Speaker 1: The average Joe doesn't know about Corey Linsley, right, he's

1025
00:52:14,560 --> 00:52:18,160
Speaker 1: number one in PFF among cenators by a mile. It's

1026
00:52:18,160 --> 00:52:20,840
Speaker 1: not even close in terms of great He's been awesome

1027
00:52:21,000 --> 00:52:23,040
Speaker 1: this year. And so you're gonna do some shuffling and

1028
00:52:23,120 --> 00:52:25,719
Speaker 1: along that line. But again, no one even factors that

1029
00:52:25,800 --> 00:52:28,360
Speaker 1: in their handicap. Who who doesn't do this for a

1030
00:52:28,400 --> 00:52:31,279
Speaker 1: living or doesn't really pay attention. So little things like

1031
00:52:31,320 --> 00:52:35,680
Speaker 1: that would you admiss as an average average person doing this.

1032
00:52:35,719 --> 00:52:38,440
Speaker 1: So I'm glad you're able to catch that. And again,

1033
00:52:38,760 --> 00:52:41,160
Speaker 1: like you said, the Eagles defensive line is really their strength.

1034
00:52:41,400 --> 00:52:42,840
Speaker 1: I mean, they put a lot of pressure on Russell

1035
00:52:42,880 --> 00:52:45,040
Speaker 1: Wilson last week. And it's not like the not like

1036
00:52:45,120 --> 00:52:47,440
Speaker 1: Seattle was really moving the ball up and down the field.

1037
00:52:47,440 --> 00:52:49,719
Speaker 1: I mean, their defense is fine. So I think that,

1038
00:52:50,080 --> 00:52:53,440
Speaker 1: And we've seen Aaron Rodgers struggle right against pressure. He

1039
00:52:53,480 --> 00:52:56,360
Speaker 1: struggled twice last year in too blowout losses to the

1040
00:52:56,440 --> 00:53:00,200
Speaker 1: Niners because they got pressure without blissing, which the Eagles do. Um.

1041
00:53:00,239 --> 00:53:02,839
Speaker 1: We saw Tampa Tampla got all over him. And so

1042
00:53:03,000 --> 00:53:04,839
Speaker 1: when you can find a defensive line that can get

1043
00:53:04,880 --> 00:53:08,720
Speaker 1: pressure without blissing, I think that's that's the key here, um.

1044
00:53:08,760 --> 00:53:11,120
Speaker 1: And I think without you know, without your center, that's

1045
00:53:11,160 --> 00:53:13,640
Speaker 1: going to be exasperate, evaspirated. And the other side of

1046
00:53:13,640 --> 00:53:16,359
Speaker 1: the ball, I mean, Green Bay does not defend tight

1047
00:53:16,440 --> 00:53:18,560
Speaker 1: ends well, the thirty one in the NFL and yards

1048
00:53:18,560 --> 00:53:21,560
Speaker 1: per attempt allowed to tight ends. They struggled. They don't

1049
00:53:21,600 --> 00:53:25,080
Speaker 1: have good linebackers. And Burt's his back and zach Ertz

1050
00:53:25,160 --> 00:53:27,000
Speaker 1: is not, you know, the same as zach Ertz as

1051
00:53:27,000 --> 00:53:29,799
Speaker 1: he's been, but he's still a functional, um, you know,

1052
00:53:29,840 --> 00:53:32,560
Speaker 1: reliable player at tight end. And Dallas Goddard is by

1053
00:53:32,600 --> 00:53:35,640
Speaker 1: far person went to his favorite target. So look for

1054
00:53:35,680 --> 00:53:38,440
Speaker 1: them to to really target to tight ends and focus

1055
00:53:38,480 --> 00:53:40,680
Speaker 1: on attacking that side of the field. I just think

1056
00:53:40,719 --> 00:53:43,480
Speaker 1: getting over its touchdown here's too many points. Um. And

1057
00:53:43,520 --> 00:53:45,920
Speaker 1: so I'm with you on the Eagles. Yeah, alright, t

1058
00:53:46,040 --> 00:53:49,880
Speaker 1: a great stuff on week thirteen. Now your buck eyes. Uh,

1059
00:53:50,000 --> 00:53:53,040
Speaker 1: I just saw an injury report, uh from Bruce Feldman.

1060
00:53:53,080 --> 00:53:55,080
Speaker 1: We talked about it here on the show. Holy Cow

1061
00:53:55,160 --> 00:53:57,160
Speaker 1: they got a lot of injuries today against Sparty. Are

1062
00:53:57,160 --> 00:54:01,160
Speaker 1: they gonna be all right? Um? Yeah, Michigan State's terrible,

1063
00:54:01,280 --> 00:54:04,440
Speaker 1: but I mean the line is still like two geez,

1064
00:54:05,000 --> 00:54:07,319
Speaker 1: they'll be fine. If Michigan State cannot move the ball

1065
00:54:07,360 --> 00:54:10,520
Speaker 1: at all on offense, their quarterback is terrible. Um, so

1066
00:54:11,080 --> 00:54:13,160
Speaker 1: maybe it's a little lower scoring, but I wouldn't really

1067
00:54:13,320 --> 00:54:16,600
Speaker 1: worry about this. I know, Ohio State guy, but I've

1068
00:54:16,640 --> 00:54:20,680
Speaker 1: been pushing Jim Harbaugh to the Chargers. Um, oh no,

1069
00:54:22,120 --> 00:54:27,279
Speaker 1: you don't think he'd be good for Justin Herbert? No? No, why? Why? Why? Yeah?

1070
00:54:27,280 --> 00:54:29,600
Speaker 1: So part of the big argument would be that, um,

1071
00:54:29,719 --> 00:54:32,200
Speaker 1: in this crowded l A market, the Chargers don't matter,

1072
00:54:32,640 --> 00:54:34,600
Speaker 1: and you get him a coach, you at least sell

1073
00:54:34,719 --> 00:54:37,600
Speaker 1: some tickets in that stadium next year with the stands.

1074
00:54:40,040 --> 00:54:42,040
Speaker 1: Wait wait what ticket holders says? I'm going to be

1075
00:54:42,080 --> 00:54:45,200
Speaker 1: a fan because of Well, Jim Harball had success at Stanford.

1076
00:54:45,440 --> 00:54:47,799
Speaker 1: Jim Harbaugh had success with the forty Niners going to

1077
00:54:47,800 --> 00:54:49,920
Speaker 1: a super Bowl. He's got some clout out here on

1078
00:54:49,960 --> 00:54:52,719
Speaker 1: the West Coast. He's done nothing in Michigan. But this

1079
00:54:52,760 --> 00:54:55,440
Speaker 1: is a guy who made Colin Kaepernick. He made him

1080
00:54:55,440 --> 00:54:59,239
Speaker 1: and Kaepernick has done nothing since. Keep this in your

1081
00:54:59,239 --> 00:55:01,719
Speaker 1: back pocket. Will the GM for the Chargers of Tom

1082
00:55:01,719 --> 00:55:04,000
Speaker 1: to LESCo. He is a John Carroll native who I

1083
00:55:04,040 --> 00:55:07,200
Speaker 1: know here in Cleveland. Um, and you know who else

1084
00:55:07,200 --> 00:55:09,880
Speaker 1: went to John Carroll is Josh McDaniels. So just keep that.

1085
00:55:10,600 --> 00:55:14,200
Speaker 1: So grows another Patriots guy. Just keep that, Just keep

1086
00:55:14,520 --> 00:55:19,880
Speaker 1: Brian Flores doesn't Okay, well hold on. It's funny we

1087
00:55:19,960 --> 00:55:22,000
Speaker 1: have discussions about this. Everybody's like, don't you want the

1088
00:55:22,080 --> 00:55:24,399
Speaker 1: enemy with the Jets? Peters don't want a Super Bowl?

1089
00:55:24,400 --> 00:55:27,839
Speaker 1: I was like, Okay, Peterson one in his what second year?

1090
00:55:28,360 --> 00:55:30,960
Speaker 1: And what has he done since? And what has Naggie

1091
00:55:31,040 --> 00:55:34,360
Speaker 1: done in UH in Chicago? And it's like, I agree,

1092
00:55:34,480 --> 00:55:37,480
Speaker 1: I don't know. It's the enemy the guy. Now do

1093
00:55:37,560 --> 00:55:39,600
Speaker 1: you do you think McDaniels will make a good coach

1094
00:55:39,640 --> 00:55:42,239
Speaker 1: the way he screwed over the Colts? And I know

1095
00:55:42,280 --> 00:55:43,839
Speaker 1: that they ended up in a better place with right,

1096
00:55:43,920 --> 00:55:47,920
Speaker 1: but I don't know you McDaniels. That's oh no, I'm

1097
00:55:47,960 --> 00:55:50,560
Speaker 1: not I'm not necessarily advocating perfectly. I'm just telling you

1098
00:55:50,640 --> 00:55:54,279
Speaker 1: just remember that connection. Um, and remember Brandon Staley is

1099
00:55:54,360 --> 00:55:58,399
Speaker 1: also a John UH coach that John Carroll defensive, well

1100
00:55:58,960 --> 00:56:00,640
Speaker 1: that defense corny for the am. So those are just

1101
00:56:00,760 --> 00:56:02,520
Speaker 1: a couple of names just to keep in mind in

1102
00:56:02,600 --> 00:56:06,160
Speaker 1: terms of connections. Um, but again, I don't know if

1103
00:56:06,200 --> 00:56:08,480
Speaker 1: the thing is O. Belichick once was a was a

1104
00:56:08,520 --> 00:56:11,200
Speaker 1: bad coach, not a bad coach, but he had made

1105
00:56:11,239 --> 00:56:14,040
Speaker 1: a lot of mistakes early on with Cleveland, and then

1106
00:56:14,200 --> 00:56:16,640
Speaker 1: you got a second chance and righted the wrong. And

1107
00:56:16,680 --> 00:56:18,560
Speaker 1: you know, maybe McDaniel's and the same thing, not to

1108
00:56:18,600 --> 00:56:20,920
Speaker 1: that extent, but you know, these guys do learn kind

1109
00:56:20,920 --> 00:56:24,160
Speaker 1: of get humbled here. So hopefully for his sake, you

1110
00:56:24,200 --> 00:56:25,879
Speaker 1: can do that. But just keep an eye under couple

1111
00:56:25,880 --> 00:56:28,239
Speaker 1: of those names from McDaniels. Is an offensive mind. Oh

1112
00:56:28,280 --> 00:56:31,120
Speaker 1: I don't, I don't. I mean, it makes sense, the connections.

1113
00:56:31,160 --> 00:56:33,239
Speaker 1: I I just I'm not a McDaniel's guy. That's just

1114
00:56:33,280 --> 00:56:36,280
Speaker 1: me anyways. All right, A great stuff as usual, continued success.

1115
00:56:36,560 --> 00:56:39,000
Speaker 1: Enjoy the baby in the ohiose date win today. Talk

1116
00:56:39,040 --> 00:56:41,360
Speaker 1: to you next week. Thanks Jackson. All right, that was

1117
00:56:41,440 --> 00:56:43,960
Speaker 1: t a really good stuff. Oh that McDaniel's thing just

1118
00:56:44,000 --> 00:56:46,080
Speaker 1: makes you want to vomit my mouth. Gavin is a

1119
00:56:46,160 --> 00:56:48,759
Speaker 1: Chargers fan. I will let him take that in. We'll

1120
00:56:48,760 --> 00:56:51,839
Speaker 1: talk about it on the other side. Uh Jason McIntosh show,

1121
00:56:51,880 --> 00:56:56,680
Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio back here on Fox Sports Radio. Oh,

1122
00:56:56,680 --> 00:57:00,560
Speaker 1: it's a good one. Um. Oh, I don't want to

1123
00:57:00,560 --> 00:57:05,319
Speaker 1: guess who sings it? Ia, Sam Happy? Who is it

1124
00:57:07,160 --> 00:57:10,880
Speaker 1: in sync? Oh? Boy? Hey, can I give a confession?

1125
00:57:11,239 --> 00:57:13,799
Speaker 1: Here in the studio. They have four TVs. Obviously there's

1126
00:57:13,800 --> 00:57:18,280
Speaker 1: no games on yet, and t n T is showing like,

1127
00:57:18,360 --> 00:57:21,120
Speaker 1: I guess, a Star Wars marathon, and gosh, I'm glued

1128
00:57:21,160 --> 00:57:26,280
Speaker 1: to it. They just had the Anakin versus Obi one battle.

1129
00:57:26,720 --> 00:57:28,080
Speaker 1: I don't know if you guys like Star Wars, but

1130
00:57:28,080 --> 00:57:30,600
Speaker 1: I'm telling you it's awesome. And then you start like

1131
00:57:30,680 --> 00:57:33,560
Speaker 1: actually thinking about it and good versus Evil and all that.

1132
00:57:33,760 --> 00:57:38,760
Speaker 1: It's just an awesome series, just genius stuff. Um, all right,

1133
00:57:38,800 --> 00:57:40,520
Speaker 1: before we get to the college football slate, I was

1134
00:57:40,560 --> 00:57:43,680
Speaker 1: Sam Gavitt, I am curious your thoughts. T A is

1135
00:57:43,720 --> 00:57:48,960
Speaker 1: mentioning some really gross connections between Josh McDaniels, the Chargers

1136
00:57:49,000 --> 00:57:54,440
Speaker 1: GM the Chargers defensive coordinator. Um. My first thought is

1137
00:57:54,480 --> 00:57:59,600
Speaker 1: I'm an a vomit in my mouth. Any Patriots assistant

1138
00:57:59,720 --> 00:58:02,800
Speaker 1: is usually That's how I feel. Um, No, I would

1139
00:58:02,800 --> 00:58:07,720
Speaker 1: want Bill Belichick. Outside of that, I don't know the

1140
00:58:07,720 --> 00:58:11,120
Speaker 1: thing is people don't understand how cheap the Spanosays are.

1141
00:58:11,480 --> 00:58:13,600
Speaker 1: And I know some have tried to make arguments that

1142
00:58:13,680 --> 00:58:16,520
Speaker 1: you know, they paid Joey Bosa. Look at some point

1143
00:58:16,560 --> 00:58:20,320
Speaker 1: you have to put the money somewhere. But the amount

1144
00:58:20,600 --> 00:58:22,680
Speaker 1: it's going to take to bring in an Urban Meyer

1145
00:58:23,200 --> 00:58:27,320
Speaker 1: or I just don't see it. And it sucks because

1146
00:58:27,560 --> 00:58:30,439
Speaker 1: I know they're gonna go the coordinator route. They're gonna

1147
00:58:30,440 --> 00:58:34,720
Speaker 1: get Arthur Smith. There is not a more boring offense

1148
00:58:34,800 --> 00:58:37,920
Speaker 1: in the league than the Tennessee Titans. Yeah, I'm not

1149
00:58:37,960 --> 00:58:40,360
Speaker 1: a huge fan. I don't get it. I'm so tired

1150
00:58:40,400 --> 00:58:43,840
Speaker 1: of hearing about how great it's I watched their games.

1151
00:58:44,600 --> 00:58:48,360
Speaker 1: They're awful. Like the offense is putrid. I don't Derek.

1152
00:58:48,400 --> 00:58:51,880
Speaker 1: They don't have a Derrick Henry, so uh yeah, I

1153
00:58:52,120 --> 00:58:56,120
Speaker 1: don't know. I'm not excited about what's going to happen.

1154
00:58:56,920 --> 00:58:59,360
Speaker 1: I still think Anthony Lynn is going to be the

1155
00:58:59,400 --> 00:59:02,920
Speaker 1: coach next to here. I'm not kidding. Look at their

1156
00:59:03,000 --> 00:59:09,920
Speaker 1: last hires, Mike McCoy Norvelle Turner. Right, I loved Marty Schottenheimer.

1157
00:59:10,200 --> 00:59:12,320
Speaker 1: The one coach I liked they got rid of after

1158
00:59:12,360 --> 00:59:17,840
Speaker 1: a fourteen because he didn't get along with the GM.

1159
00:59:17,840 --> 00:59:19,880
Speaker 1: So I don't know, I don't have high hopes and

1160
00:59:19,960 --> 00:59:23,680
Speaker 1: it sucks because, you know, Colin said on his show yesterday,

1161
00:59:23,720 --> 00:59:26,040
Speaker 1: the worst thing you can do is waste of quarterback's talent.

1162
00:59:26,200 --> 00:59:28,440
Speaker 1: And I don't know, I don't I don't want to

1163
00:59:28,480 --> 00:59:31,480
Speaker 1: see him get the Sam Donald treatment of all these

1164
00:59:31,520 --> 00:59:34,040
Speaker 1: different coaches over the first few years. I was just

1165
00:59:34,040 --> 00:59:36,840
Speaker 1: gonna say that Sam Donald's talent, no doubt we wasted.

1166
00:59:36,840 --> 00:59:38,960
Speaker 1: All right, let's go to college football real quick. Um,

1167
00:59:39,000 --> 00:59:40,800
Speaker 1: we got a guest coming up in five minutes. We'll

1168
00:59:40,800 --> 00:59:43,000
Speaker 1: talk a little college football. But I always say I'm

1169
00:59:43,000 --> 00:59:47,240
Speaker 1: resident big twelve guy, Big twelve, now big twelve also right,

1170
00:59:48,680 --> 00:59:52,200
Speaker 1: I know your big ten correspondent, you're adding big. And

1171
00:59:52,200 --> 00:59:55,280
Speaker 1: I was going to open with the Iowa State running back. Yes,

1172
00:59:55,920 --> 00:59:58,040
Speaker 1: I mean, first of all, I keep seeing his name

1173
00:59:58,080 --> 01:00:00,280
Speaker 1: and I thought people were just joking around. That's his

1174
01:00:00,360 --> 01:00:05,440
Speaker 1: real first name, Bruce. Yeah, yeah, like you've seen the name, yeah,

1175
01:00:05,560 --> 01:00:07,560
Speaker 1: like yeah, Bruce. I mean, I don't know, it's it's

1176
01:00:07,560 --> 01:00:09,560
Speaker 1: a name. I've never heard that name of my whole life.

1177
01:00:09,600 --> 01:00:11,960
Speaker 1: And it's b r E. Easy. It's not a name.

1178
01:00:12,160 --> 01:00:18,000
Speaker 1: Bryce isn't so thinking of like Bryce Briee. You have

1179
01:00:18,040 --> 01:00:22,160
Speaker 1: the name Reese, you know you could just with a B. Yeah. Anyway,

1180
01:00:22,360 --> 01:00:25,000
Speaker 1: he's a great running back sophomore. I thought it was

1181
01:00:25,040 --> 01:00:28,760
Speaker 1: a true freshman. No, I think he's a sophomore out

1182
01:00:28,800 --> 01:00:33,720
Speaker 1: of Wichita, Kansas. He's like in the world on fire. Um,

1183
01:00:33,760 --> 01:00:36,800
Speaker 1: but I don't know, like Big twelves down, Big Ten's

1184
01:00:36,800 --> 01:00:39,840
Speaker 1: got this Ohio State situation. We're not going to see

1185
01:00:39,840 --> 01:00:46,640
Speaker 1: a really mediocre SEC team in the playoffs, are we? Uh? No?

1186
01:00:46,760 --> 01:00:49,880
Speaker 1: I think we have you know, between Notre you have

1187
01:00:49,920 --> 01:00:51,520
Speaker 1: Texas A and M could get in. We have you know,

1188
01:00:51,600 --> 01:00:54,560
Speaker 1: obviously Notre Dame, Clemson, Alabama. We have plenty of teams

1189
01:00:54,560 --> 01:00:59,080
Speaker 1: picked for the top four. All right, Um, I just

1190
01:01:00,160 --> 01:01:02,680
Speaker 1: Cincinnati b YU. What's is this b y U game

1191
01:01:02,720 --> 01:01:06,840
Speaker 1: happening today? Yeah? They're playing Coastal Carolina. Like that's where

1192
01:01:06,840 --> 01:01:09,400
Speaker 1: we are in college football? The b YU Coastal Game

1193
01:01:09,520 --> 01:01:13,600
Speaker 1: Day is there today? Are you serious? They're in Coastal Carolina. Now, look,

1194
01:01:13,680 --> 01:01:15,760
Speaker 1: it's a big game. I think it's a matchup of

1195
01:01:16,160 --> 01:01:20,680
Speaker 1: undefeated teams, right, and they're both ranked, so you know,

1196
01:01:21,000 --> 01:01:26,760
Speaker 1: Coastal Carolina the Shanta Leers or something not Chandeliers, Shanta Cleers. Yeah,

1197
01:01:26,800 --> 01:01:32,240
Speaker 1: we had a Coastal Carolina. Um, Coastal Carolina. What was

1198
01:01:32,280 --> 01:01:34,840
Speaker 1: my I thought? I feel like I no, I guess

1199
01:01:34,880 --> 01:01:36,760
Speaker 1: I haven't UM, I might have gone down. Are they

1200
01:01:36,760 --> 01:01:42,080
Speaker 1: in South Carolina? Coastal Carolina is in North Carolina. Yeah,

1201
01:01:42,200 --> 01:01:43,720
Speaker 1: I had a buddy, I guess he. Oh no, he

1202
01:01:43,760 --> 01:01:47,800
Speaker 1: went to the College of Charleston. Sorry to confuse Coastal

1203
01:01:47,800 --> 01:01:52,160
Speaker 1: Carolina and Charleston. Everybody to nine and O teams both ranked.

1204
01:01:52,280 --> 01:01:55,680
Speaker 1: That doesn't get the juices flowing. I mean the kids,

1205
01:01:55,760 --> 01:01:58,200
Speaker 1: Zach the quarterback of b y U E Zach Wilson.

1206
01:01:58,800 --> 01:02:02,680
Speaker 1: Excuse me, correction. Actually, Coastal Carolina is in Conway, South Carolina.

1207
01:02:02,800 --> 01:02:05,840
Speaker 1: It is in South Carolina. You know that Conway. What

1208
01:02:05,880 --> 01:02:07,920
Speaker 1: a small town. You know we're gonna get so much

1209
01:02:07,960 --> 01:02:12,360
Speaker 1: heat for that from like the listeners in South Carolina.

1210
01:02:12,400 --> 01:02:14,880
Speaker 1: How do you not know that? Iowa saying, all right,

1211
01:02:14,920 --> 01:02:16,840
Speaker 1: we'll get back to college football next hour once the

1212
01:02:16,840 --> 01:02:23,040
Speaker 1: game's kick off, but first, uh, let's go to Isaac Loewen. Alright, Jason,

1213
01:02:23,040 --> 01:02:26,480
Speaker 1: we'll start in college football. Twenty three Ohio State players

1214
01:02:26,480 --> 01:02:28,520
Speaker 1: is going to be unavailable today as the fourth rank

1215
01:02:28,560 --> 01:02:31,600
Speaker 1: Buckeyes VISI Michigan State at the top of the hour.

1216
01:02:31,680 --> 01:02:35,920
Speaker 1: That includes three of their starting offensive lineman center Josh Myers,

1217
01:02:35,960 --> 01:02:39,280
Speaker 1: and both starting tackles and their Munford and Nicholas petit

1218
01:02:39,320 --> 01:02:43,400
Speaker 1: Frere also unavailable today. For Ohio State backup offensive tackle

1219
01:02:43,480 --> 01:02:47,360
Speaker 1: Paris Johnson, and on defense, they're starting middle linebacker Tough Borland,

1220
01:02:47,520 --> 01:02:51,000
Speaker 1: defensive and Tyler Friday and defensive back Josh Proctor. On

1221
01:02:51,160 --> 01:02:55,080
Speaker 1: Friday Night, number twenty five, Louisiana led Appalachian State twenty

1222
01:02:55,080 --> 01:02:58,240
Speaker 1: four to twenty one five seconds to play. Appalachian State

1223
01:02:58,280 --> 01:03:01,200
Speaker 1: attempting a thirty yard field goal of the tie. Here

1224
01:03:01,280 --> 01:03:05,000
Speaker 1: Louisiana announcers Jay Walker and Gerald Bruce sard on k

1225
01:03:05,400 --> 01:03:08,880
Speaker 1: p e l just inside the left hash mark, which

1226
01:03:08,920 --> 01:03:12,800
Speaker 1: is where most right footed kickers like it. And the

1227
01:03:12,880 --> 01:03:16,320
Speaker 1: kick is up and it is no good. No, it

1228
01:03:16,520 --> 01:03:21,240
Speaker 1: is no good. With one second left, he hooked it

1229
01:03:21,360 --> 01:03:28,160
Speaker 1: to the left. This is the third year in a

1230
01:03:28,240 --> 01:03:33,000
Speaker 1: row that the last regular season game is gonna end

1231
01:03:33,040 --> 01:03:36,320
Speaker 1: with the other guy missing a kick. In college basketball,

1232
01:03:36,360 --> 01:03:39,919
Speaker 1: Friday night, Marquette and fourth ranked Wisconsin tied at six

1233
01:03:40,200 --> 01:03:42,800
Speaker 1: five on the final seconds. Marquette on the free throw

1234
01:03:42,840 --> 01:03:47,160
Speaker 1: line here a Marquett's announcers Steve the Homer True and

1235
01:03:47,200 --> 01:03:50,640
Speaker 1: Tony Smith on w t k I High game point

1236
01:03:50,720 --> 01:03:54,400
Speaker 1: nine left free throw is short rebound on the tapis

1237
01:03:54,880 --> 01:03:57,800
Speaker 1: that's it, that's game. That's game, the game, that is

1238
01:03:57,840 --> 01:04:02,040
Speaker 1: the game, Chuck, Let's tap down the mystery of the

1239
01:04:02,160 --> 01:04:08,160
Speaker 1: Mystery trow lor. It's the rat machine and pat up

1240
01:04:08,240 --> 01:04:12,680
Speaker 1: sixty seven and there is major violention of whatever the

1241
01:04:12,760 --> 01:04:18,400
Speaker 1: rules are with no care on that note. Jason, back

1242
01:04:18,440 --> 01:04:20,480
Speaker 1: to you. These guys are having fun. Thank you, Isaac.

1243
01:04:20,520 --> 01:04:24,680
Speaker 1: Back here on Fox Sports Radio. It's me Jason McIntyre

1244
01:04:24,720 --> 01:04:28,520
Speaker 1: coming to you live from the Geico Fox Sports Radio studios.

1245
01:04:28,920 --> 01:04:32,360
Speaker 1: It's easy to say or more on car insurance with Geico,

1246
01:04:32,960 --> 01:04:36,240
Speaker 1: go to Geico dot com call seven oh no. The

1247
01:04:36,280 --> 01:04:38,919
Speaker 1: only hard part figuring out which way is easier. Our

1248
01:04:38,920 --> 01:04:42,560
Speaker 1: next guest college covers college football for the Athletic. He's

1249
01:04:42,600 --> 01:04:44,040
Speaker 1: done a lot with Notre Dame. We'll get to the

1250
01:04:44,080 --> 01:04:47,120
Speaker 1: Irish in a minute, but let's welcome in Matt for tuna. Matt,

1251
01:04:47,120 --> 01:04:51,240
Speaker 1: how you doing this morning? Yeah, thanks for coming on.

1252
01:04:51,680 --> 01:04:55,720
Speaker 1: It's a weird college football Saturday. Alabama l. S U

1253
01:04:55,840 --> 01:04:59,520
Speaker 1: and it's a four touchdown spread. Uh and it seems

1254
01:04:59,520 --> 01:05:03,840
Speaker 1: like the our key game is b y you at

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01:05:03,920 --> 01:05:06,480
Speaker 1: Coastal Carolina. I don't know, man, this has been a

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01:05:06,520 --> 01:05:10,320
Speaker 1: tough college football season for me, Matt. Just every weekend

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01:05:10,360 --> 01:05:13,200
Speaker 1: with the COVID, we're hearing about Ohio State. What's your

1258
01:05:13,240 --> 01:05:16,400
Speaker 1: state of mind on college football here as we are

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01:05:16,440 --> 01:05:19,960
Speaker 1: early in December. It's different. It's definitely different. I don't

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01:05:19,960 --> 01:05:22,080
Speaker 1: blame you for feeling that way. I mean, if you're

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01:05:22,080 --> 01:05:23,960
Speaker 1: looking for a silver lining, I believe there are only

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01:05:24,000 --> 01:05:27,160
Speaker 1: eleven cancelations and postponements this week, down for about eight

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01:05:27,160 --> 01:05:29,480
Speaker 1: team each of the last few weeks, So maybe that's

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Speaker 1: something in Hey, the game we just referenced, they got

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01:05:31,720 --> 01:05:34,600
Speaker 1: College Game Day there, and it's the latest matchup between

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01:05:34,680 --> 01:05:38,000
Speaker 1: undefeated teams since the SEC title game between Tebow and

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01:05:38,000 --> 01:05:40,360
Speaker 1: Saban back in two thousand nine. So at least one

1268
01:05:40,400 --> 01:05:42,160
Speaker 1: of them will get a chance to crew themselves on

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01:05:42,200 --> 01:05:44,919
Speaker 1: a slightly bigger stage today. Um, and it's exciting time

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01:05:44,960 --> 01:05:47,360
Speaker 1: for the people of Conway, South Carolina to get the

1271
01:05:47,400 --> 01:05:50,360
Speaker 1: circus that is College Game Day rolled through their backyard day.

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01:05:50,360 --> 01:05:52,480
Speaker 1: So that's been fun to watch, but no question, it's

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01:05:52,480 --> 01:05:54,280
Speaker 1: been different. It's been a bit of a slog as

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01:05:54,280 --> 01:05:56,760
Speaker 1: we get here towards December, and I think, you know,

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01:05:57,760 --> 01:05:59,480
Speaker 1: I don't want to sound like herk herb Street here

1276
01:05:59,480 --> 01:06:01,240
Speaker 1: and have to pologize for this. And I think you

1277
01:06:01,360 --> 01:06:03,680
Speaker 1: probably said a little bit too much on the Playoff

1278
01:06:04,040 --> 01:06:06,800
Speaker 1: Show on Tuesday night. But I think the overall sentiments

1279
01:06:06,800 --> 01:06:09,760
Speaker 1: we shared is is one that's pretty popular throughout the

1280
01:06:09,760 --> 01:06:13,400
Speaker 1: sport right now, which is they're very There are a

1281
01:06:13,440 --> 01:06:15,640
Speaker 1: whole lot of teams with a whole lot of intensive

1282
01:06:16,120 --> 01:06:19,680
Speaker 1: to get this thing going and to be disciplined and

1283
01:06:19,920 --> 01:06:22,520
Speaker 1: to have the good fortune if you will, to stay

1284
01:06:22,560 --> 01:06:25,240
Speaker 1: COVID free and not get games canceled. We're seeing games

1285
01:06:25,240 --> 01:06:28,120
Speaker 1: canceled button right all over the country. And we're at

1286
01:06:28,120 --> 01:06:30,320
Speaker 1: the point of the season now. We're seeing opt outs,

1287
01:06:30,400 --> 01:06:33,680
Speaker 1: we're seeing firings, We're seeing uh people turn the page

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01:06:33,720 --> 01:06:36,680
Speaker 1: toward next year. And um, when you're Notre Dame, when

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01:06:36,680 --> 01:06:39,200
Speaker 1: you're Clemson, when you're Ohio State, Alabama, Florida, all the

1290
01:06:39,240 --> 01:06:42,560
Speaker 1: teams that are still make for national championship. From here, Um,

1291
01:06:42,800 --> 01:06:46,200
Speaker 1: you almost have two different I don't want to say

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01:06:46,200 --> 01:06:48,400
Speaker 1: two different sports, but you have like your has and

1293
01:06:48,400 --> 01:06:51,000
Speaker 1: your have nots. You have your teams that are all

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01:06:51,080 --> 01:06:53,120
Speaker 1: in and are committed to finishing out this year and

1295
01:06:53,160 --> 01:06:55,360
Speaker 1: seeing what it brings them versus those that are already

1296
01:06:55,400 --> 01:06:59,000
Speaker 1: looking ahead. And when you put that picture up amid

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01:06:59,000 --> 01:07:02,760
Speaker 1: the backtrap of the endemic um, it's tough to see

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01:07:03,400 --> 01:07:05,280
Speaker 1: how these next few weeks play out. I know the

1299
01:07:05,400 --> 01:07:07,760
Speaker 1: SEC and a SEC announced a couple of scheduled changes

1300
01:07:07,800 --> 01:07:12,240
Speaker 1: this week that will hopefully mitigate the possibilities for cancelations.

1301
01:07:12,800 --> 01:07:14,680
Speaker 1: But but this thing is, we know it's so unpredictable

1302
01:07:14,720 --> 01:07:16,960
Speaker 1: after nine months, and really, who knows how this is

1303
01:07:16,960 --> 01:07:20,080
Speaker 1: going to play out the rest of the regular season. Now,

1304
01:07:20,080 --> 01:07:23,000
Speaker 1: I gotta ask him, Matt, You've covered college football a

1305
01:07:23,000 --> 01:07:25,080
Speaker 1: long time, and you know that at the end of

1306
01:07:25,080 --> 01:07:28,080
Speaker 1: the day, it's a business. It's probably billion dollar business.

1307
01:07:28,560 --> 01:07:32,960
Speaker 1: And I mean, I like the idea of a Cincinnati

1308
01:07:33,160 --> 01:07:36,000
Speaker 1: or b why you sneaking into the college football playoff,

1309
01:07:36,080 --> 01:07:40,400
Speaker 1: But the reality is that's an extreme long shot here, right.

1310
01:07:40,440 --> 01:07:44,360
Speaker 1: We know that Ohio State UH is a huge television

1311
01:07:44,440 --> 01:07:47,320
Speaker 1: draw and the committee is gonna do whatever they can

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01:07:47,360 --> 01:07:50,760
Speaker 1: to bend over backwards and make sure OSU gets to

1313
01:07:50,800 --> 01:07:54,479
Speaker 1: that playoff, right, Yeah, I mean that that's the most

1314
01:07:54,480 --> 01:07:56,840
Speaker 1: fascinating part about this discussion. If we were talking about

1315
01:07:56,840 --> 01:07:59,640
Speaker 1: an undefeated Northwestern team that was not going to be

1316
01:08:00,200 --> 01:08:02,280
Speaker 1: for their their Converse title game, I don't think we

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01:08:02,360 --> 01:08:04,720
Speaker 1: even give it a second thought, right Bhio State has

1318
01:08:04,800 --> 01:08:07,920
Speaker 1: one of the biggest brands in college football. Uh. To

1319
01:08:08,120 --> 01:08:09,920
Speaker 1: their credit, they have one of the best coaches and

1320
01:08:10,000 --> 01:08:12,200
Speaker 1: rosters in college football, as we saw last year when

1321
01:08:12,200 --> 01:08:14,240
Speaker 1: they ran the table in the regular season and made

1322
01:08:14,240 --> 01:08:17,479
Speaker 1: it to the College Football Playoffs semifinals against Clemson. So

1323
01:08:17,880 --> 01:08:20,040
Speaker 1: I do think, you know, there's that human nature element

1324
01:08:20,080 --> 01:08:21,800
Speaker 1: of we know how good this team could be, but

1325
01:08:22,320 --> 01:08:24,720
Speaker 1: reality is we don't. They played one good team and

1326
01:08:24,720 --> 01:08:26,679
Speaker 1: they've beat him by seven points and just the field

1327
01:08:26,720 --> 01:08:29,800
Speaker 1: through three interceptions of that game. Um, you feel bad

1328
01:08:29,840 --> 01:08:33,800
Speaker 1: for Ohio State because who I mean, I can't sit

1329
01:08:33,920 --> 01:08:35,640
Speaker 1: here and tell you they can't win it all if

1330
01:08:35,680 --> 01:08:38,360
Speaker 1: they get in, because we all know the talent that

1331
01:08:38,360 --> 01:08:40,400
Speaker 1: that program recruits to each every year, and we know

1332
01:08:40,439 --> 01:08:42,479
Speaker 1: how good Justine Field is when he's at his best.

1333
01:08:42,840 --> 01:08:45,120
Speaker 1: But it's gonna be really tough if you play six

1334
01:08:45,240 --> 01:08:50,000
Speaker 1: maximum seven games too. To judge you against teams that

1335
01:08:50,040 --> 01:08:52,600
Speaker 1: have played a full a full schedule, I mean, what

1336
01:08:52,800 --> 01:08:55,519
Speaker 1: happens in Florida beat Alabama in the SEC title game

1337
01:08:55,800 --> 01:08:58,519
Speaker 1: and Notre Dame loses the Clemson, You've got Florida, You've

1338
01:08:58,520 --> 01:09:01,760
Speaker 1: got Clemson, you probably have Alabama, and then it's an

1339
01:09:01,760 --> 01:09:03,479
Speaker 1: eleven and one dar name team with a win over

1340
01:09:03,520 --> 01:09:05,040
Speaker 1: the number one team in the country and a loss

1341
01:09:05,040 --> 01:09:06,840
Speaker 1: of the number one team of the country versus a

1342
01:09:06,880 --> 01:09:09,519
Speaker 1: six or seven in Ohio State. I mean, can you

1343
01:09:09,600 --> 01:09:12,080
Speaker 1: imagine the cri test that's gonna happen between those two

1344
01:09:12,120 --> 01:09:14,280
Speaker 1: fan bases if it comes down to that. I mean,

1345
01:09:14,479 --> 01:09:17,639
Speaker 1: and that's a very realistic scenario here. So um, I'll

1346
01:09:17,640 --> 01:09:20,400
Speaker 1: be fascinating to see. First off, if the Big tun

1347
01:09:20,520 --> 01:09:23,320
Speaker 1: does anything this week, if if Io State can't play Michigan,

1348
01:09:23,720 --> 01:09:25,719
Speaker 1: I mean, the Big Time has to come to their senses,

1349
01:09:25,760 --> 01:09:27,160
Speaker 1: get those A d s in a room around a

1350
01:09:27,200 --> 01:09:29,760
Speaker 1: zoom call and say, look, this is the best team

1351
01:09:29,840 --> 01:09:33,120
Speaker 1: or conference. We can't disqualify them from the Big Tanhapenship

1352
01:09:33,160 --> 01:09:36,280
Speaker 1: game because Maryland and Michigan had outbreaks. That's just not there.

1353
01:09:36,400 --> 01:09:39,640
Speaker 1: That's not doing our our conference any justice. But the

1354
01:09:39,640 --> 01:09:42,720
Speaker 1: Big Tent hasn't exactly um golong with conventional wisdom of

1355
01:09:42,800 --> 01:09:45,160
Speaker 1: the stuff of the way in twenties. So we'll see it. Yeah, no,

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01:09:45,280 --> 01:09:48,080
Speaker 1: that's that's fascinating because you're right, Notre Dame Ohouson. You

1357
01:09:48,160 --> 01:09:50,240
Speaker 1: expect them to get it. Let me ask you about

1358
01:09:50,240 --> 01:09:53,160
Speaker 1: the Irish. Okay, they beat Clemson. As you mentioned, Clemson

1359
01:09:53,240 --> 01:09:56,000
Speaker 1: was without Trevor Lawrence in that one. Do you think

1360
01:09:56,040 --> 01:09:59,519
Speaker 1: in the rematch, obviously, Clemson was also missing a couple

1361
01:09:59,520 --> 01:10:02,920
Speaker 1: of defender if memory serves um. Let's say Clemson wins

1362
01:10:02,920 --> 01:10:07,160
Speaker 1: that one handily by one. Do you think that really

1363
01:10:07,240 --> 01:10:11,880
Speaker 1: hurts the Irish and that probably pushes them out? Or yeah? Sorry,

1364
01:10:11,880 --> 01:10:14,040
Speaker 1: go ahead, No, sorry, I didn't mean to cull you off.

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01:10:14,040 --> 01:10:15,840
Speaker 1: I mean I think I've blown out. It's gonna be

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01:10:15,840 --> 01:10:19,240
Speaker 1: a real discussion if there are other worthy teams. If

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01:10:19,240 --> 01:10:22,760
Speaker 1: Florida beets Alabama, um, you know, I mean I think

1368
01:10:23,280 --> 01:10:25,320
Speaker 1: Alabama we expect to win out and get in. If

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01:10:25,320 --> 01:10:28,400
Speaker 1: Clemson wins out, they'll get in. If Ohio State went out,

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01:10:28,400 --> 01:10:30,599
Speaker 1: they'll probably get in. And then I mean, I don't

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01:10:30,600 --> 01:10:32,880
Speaker 1: think Sincinnati is gonna steal a spot from anybody. I

1372
01:10:32,880 --> 01:10:35,360
Speaker 1: think it would take chaos for Cucinnati to be in

1373
01:10:35,439 --> 01:10:37,479
Speaker 1: position to maybe get in there in the final four.

1374
01:10:37,720 --> 01:10:39,360
Speaker 1: And I don't think Texas A and M is a

1375
01:10:39,400 --> 01:10:41,960
Speaker 1: real threat right now. I mean maybe last week was

1376
01:10:42,000 --> 01:10:43,720
Speaker 1: an outlier, but they did not press be at all

1377
01:10:43,720 --> 01:10:46,280
Speaker 1: against Elisee, who I'm not just not sure they're good

1378
01:10:46,360 --> 01:10:48,559
Speaker 1: enough to call themselves right now one of the four

1379
01:10:48,560 --> 01:10:51,000
Speaker 1: best teams in the country. But the blowout scenario is

1380
01:10:51,040 --> 01:10:53,080
Speaker 1: the one that that that's a worst case scenario if

1381
01:10:53,080 --> 01:10:55,479
Speaker 1: you're a Notre Dame for for the reasons you just mentioned.

1382
01:10:55,760 --> 01:10:58,360
Speaker 1: Uh yeah, I don't look Trevor Lawrence is gonna make

1383
01:10:58,400 --> 01:11:00,760
Speaker 1: a difference. He's the best quarterback aspects of d Andrew

1384
01:11:00,800 --> 01:11:03,439
Speaker 1: Luck at least in any time you take that guy

1385
01:11:03,479 --> 01:11:08,080
Speaker 1: off the field, that's worth points. That's said for over

1386
01:11:08,080 --> 01:11:09,800
Speaker 1: four hundred yards that game. It might be the third

1387
01:11:09,800 --> 01:11:12,800
Speaker 1: best quarterback in the country right now the rest of

1388
01:11:12,800 --> 01:11:14,960
Speaker 1: the season. I mean Clemson their last few games of

1389
01:11:15,000 --> 01:11:17,680
Speaker 1: that two different four hundred yard passers. That's the embarrassment

1390
01:11:17,680 --> 01:11:19,760
Speaker 1: of riches that Dabo has on his hands in that

1391
01:11:19,840 --> 01:11:23,680
Speaker 1: quarterback room right now. Um, the defenders, the help of

1392
01:11:23,720 --> 01:11:25,880
Speaker 1: the defense is what's going to make the difference for Clenchon.

1393
01:11:25,920 --> 01:11:27,960
Speaker 1: I mean, Nor Dame was able to run up their

1394
01:11:28,120 --> 01:11:31,240
Speaker 1: down their throat, uh pretty much at will that game

1395
01:11:31,280 --> 01:11:35,400
Speaker 1: and establish the point of attack, be the physical, more physical,

1396
01:11:35,520 --> 01:11:39,680
Speaker 1: stronger Toper team, and ultimately where that team out when

1397
01:11:39,680 --> 01:11:42,160
Speaker 1: all of a sudden done double overtime. So I think, um,

1398
01:11:42,240 --> 01:11:44,040
Speaker 1: you know, trebor Arts will make a different Sure, he's

1399
01:11:44,080 --> 01:11:46,720
Speaker 1: that good, but friend Benables, having a full deck of

1400
01:11:46,760 --> 01:11:48,920
Speaker 1: card to play with is what's going to be the

1401
01:11:48,960 --> 01:11:52,599
Speaker 1: difference between round two from round one? Right, A scary

1402
01:11:52,720 --> 01:11:56,679
Speaker 1: scenario here, I'm getting radical with you. Okay, all right, Matt.

1403
01:11:57,000 --> 01:11:59,680
Speaker 1: Let's say we're seeing Bowl games get canceled all over

1404
01:11:59,680 --> 01:12:01,960
Speaker 1: the play right. Oh, there's just too risky. We can't

1405
01:12:01,960 --> 01:12:07,160
Speaker 1: do it. The committee sees Ohio State canceled against Michigan. Hey,

1406
01:12:07,160 --> 01:12:09,559
Speaker 1: we gotta get Ohio State. Did you know what, Let's

1407
01:12:09,720 --> 01:12:15,160
Speaker 1: expand the playoffs just for this year. Let's push it

1408
01:12:15,200 --> 01:12:17,800
Speaker 1: to eight. We'll get Ohio State in there. We'll get

1409
01:12:17,920 --> 01:12:22,040
Speaker 1: one of Cincinnati or b Y. You just will make

1410
01:12:22,080 --> 01:12:25,600
Speaker 1: everybody happy. You can never please everybody, but this is

1411
01:12:25,640 --> 01:12:29,679
Speaker 1: a rare scenario where maybe everybody's pleased that any chance

1412
01:12:29,720 --> 01:12:33,920
Speaker 1: at all on a one I love chaos, like the

1413
01:12:33,960 --> 01:12:35,720
Speaker 1: more of the merrier. As far as I'm concerned, I'm

1414
01:12:35,720 --> 01:12:38,160
Speaker 1: with you, is that actually gonna happen? I just have

1415
01:12:38,240 --> 01:12:41,480
Speaker 1: a hard time seeing that there's there's obviously the financial

1416
01:12:41,760 --> 01:12:44,479
Speaker 1: and contractual obligations that they have to kind of undo,

1417
01:12:44,560 --> 01:12:46,799
Speaker 1: but but more than that, I think there's a sense

1418
01:12:46,920 --> 01:12:49,040
Speaker 1: of we still don't know where we're going to be

1419
01:12:49,080 --> 01:12:51,200
Speaker 1: as a country at that point, and so if we're

1420
01:12:51,200 --> 01:12:53,040
Speaker 1: going to kind of spind the sport, turn the sport

1421
01:12:53,040 --> 01:12:55,960
Speaker 1: on its head, and make this radical change, we need

1422
01:12:56,000 --> 01:12:58,839
Speaker 1: assurance that it's gonna work. And frankly, there's no assurance.

1423
01:12:58,880 --> 01:13:00,880
Speaker 1: I mean, we heard the role phoned the guestable this

1424
01:13:00,880 --> 01:13:02,920
Speaker 1: week and they're not gonna have any fans at their games.

1425
01:13:03,360 --> 01:13:05,320
Speaker 1: You don't know what kind of state the country will

1426
01:13:05,360 --> 01:13:08,680
Speaker 1: be in from the pandemic standpoint come playoff time. I mean,

1427
01:13:08,680 --> 01:13:11,640
Speaker 1: what happens if one of these teams has an outbreak. Well,

1428
01:13:11,640 --> 01:13:15,280
Speaker 1: they're preparing for the playoffs. I don't see them adding

1429
01:13:15,400 --> 01:13:18,920
Speaker 1: potential complications by adding a couple more playoff games amid

1430
01:13:18,960 --> 01:13:20,960
Speaker 1: what's already incredibly at a certain time. But hey, if

1431
01:13:20,960 --> 01:13:22,960
Speaker 1: they want to go for it like everyone else in

1432
01:13:23,000 --> 01:13:25,400
Speaker 1: the country, I'll sit down washing and enjoy it. Yeah,

1433
01:13:25,439 --> 01:13:27,479
Speaker 1: I guess the only people who would be against it

1434
01:13:27,520 --> 01:13:31,040
Speaker 1: are the people who are you know, understandably upset about

1435
01:13:31,200 --> 01:13:34,479
Speaker 1: COVID and what's going on in outbreaks. I don't know, Matt. Again,

1436
01:13:34,800 --> 01:13:36,479
Speaker 1: I haven't been on a college campus in a in

1437
01:13:36,520 --> 01:13:40,320
Speaker 1: a couple of years. But is it that difficult to

1438
01:13:40,439 --> 01:13:44,720
Speaker 1: just say, can we bubble up right after the holidays? Um,

1439
01:13:44,800 --> 01:13:47,479
Speaker 1: everybody's obviously gonna be around their family for Christmas if

1440
01:13:47,479 --> 01:13:50,799
Speaker 1: they if everybody could bubble up for seven eight days,

1441
01:13:51,520 --> 01:13:55,439
Speaker 1: do you I mean, maybe I'm being too optimistic. Um, well,

1442
01:13:55,479 --> 01:14:00,240
Speaker 1: I've heard like every possible definition of bubble bill and

1443
01:14:00,240 --> 01:14:03,320
Speaker 1: college basketball through two weeks, and I keep seeing teams leaves,

1444
01:14:03,360 --> 01:14:04,960
Speaker 1: so I don't really sound like actual bubbles to me,

1445
01:14:05,040 --> 01:14:07,040
Speaker 1: you know what I mean? Like there are still outbreaks there,

1446
01:14:07,360 --> 01:14:10,280
Speaker 1: and I think, you know, college football take a lot

1447
01:14:10,280 --> 01:14:12,519
Speaker 1: of these these programs for hoping that they moved their

1448
01:14:12,800 --> 01:14:14,799
Speaker 1: nerdy and moved their semester up right. They send everyone

1449
01:14:14,840 --> 01:14:16,800
Speaker 1: home way ahead of Thanksgiving. They're not going to come

1450
01:14:16,840 --> 01:14:19,240
Speaker 1: back till like January or something. You've got about six

1451
01:14:19,280 --> 01:14:21,840
Speaker 1: weeks or so, eight weeks or so where you're the

1452
01:14:21,840 --> 01:14:23,760
Speaker 1: only people on campus is a football team. And it

1453
01:14:23,840 --> 01:14:26,599
Speaker 1: looks to nerdives credit they haven't had any outbreaks. Um,

1454
01:14:27,000 --> 01:14:28,960
Speaker 1: in the last two months, but we're still seeing outbreaks

1455
01:14:29,000 --> 01:14:32,360
Speaker 1: around the country despite campuses emptying out for the holidays.

1456
01:14:32,360 --> 01:14:36,120
Speaker 1: So as much as I'd like to see them do

1457
01:14:36,360 --> 01:14:39,200
Speaker 1: something or come up with something that could somewhat resemble

1458
01:14:39,280 --> 01:14:41,920
Speaker 1: the NBA bubble, which was obviously hit, or the NHL

1459
01:14:41,960 --> 01:14:44,960
Speaker 1: bubble or the w NBA bubble, um, it doesn't look

1460
01:14:45,000 --> 01:14:47,439
Speaker 1: like that's in the cars for college sports right now. Alright,

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Speaker 1: Matt for tuning. You can follow him at the Athletic

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01:14:50,200 --> 01:14:53,639
Speaker 1: and at Matt Underscore FO or to Una. Matt, enjoy

1463
01:14:53,680 --> 01:14:55,760
Speaker 1: the games today and uh, you know, listen if the

1464
01:14:55,800 --> 01:14:57,960
Speaker 1: eight game playoff happens, just remember, like, oh man, I

1465
01:14:58,000 --> 01:15:02,080
Speaker 1: can't believe we talked about that craziness it's happening. I'm optimistic,

1466
01:15:02,120 --> 01:15:06,519
Speaker 1: but yeah, I'm also a realist. Thanks a lot, bad Alright,

1467
01:15:06,800 --> 01:15:09,720
Speaker 1: Matt for tuna. Good stuff. That's say college football. It's

1468
01:15:09,720 --> 01:15:11,400
Speaker 1: been one of those years I saw I would say,

1469
01:15:11,400 --> 01:15:13,120
Speaker 1: I'm in there kind of shaking his head a little

1470
01:15:13,120 --> 01:15:16,280
Speaker 1: bit and it could get depressing. Uh coming up next,

1471
01:15:16,720 --> 01:15:18,960
Speaker 1: you know, I'm gonna ask I was sam about some

1472
01:15:19,000 --> 01:15:21,799
Speaker 1: of these college football games, but also uh, my sleeper

1473
01:15:21,840 --> 01:15:25,400
Speaker 1: in the NFC will uh for the NFL uh, coming

1474
01:15:25,400 --> 01:15:28,519
Speaker 1: back here on the Jason McIntire show Fox Sports Radio.

1475
01:15:30,200 --> 01:15:34,000
Speaker 1: This is another one the waitresses. I know that the

1476
01:15:34,080 --> 01:15:42,080
Speaker 1: song rocks. As you can tell, I'm one of those

1477
01:15:42,120 --> 01:15:45,120
Speaker 1: kind of geeky guys about the holidays. I don't know. Listen. Uh.

1478
01:15:45,240 --> 01:15:49,200
Speaker 1: Gavin said it well early you want a sense of normalcy,

1479
01:15:49,360 --> 01:15:58,080
Speaker 1: and Christmas music gets me feeling normal. UM. Got an

1480
01:15:58,120 --> 01:15:59,800
Speaker 1: interesting guests coming up at the top of the hour.

1481
01:16:00,120 --> 01:16:02,960
Speaker 1: We haven't done a lot of media stuff lately. Now.

1482
01:16:03,000 --> 01:16:05,240
Speaker 1: Back when the show started, I think five years ago,

1483
01:16:06,160 --> 01:16:11,559
Speaker 1: I did the occasional Yeah, maybe maybe more than occasional,

1484
01:16:11,560 --> 01:16:13,240
Speaker 1: but we did a lot of like sports media stuff,

1485
01:16:13,240 --> 01:16:16,320
Speaker 1: and I feel like that's gotten less interesting in recent years.

1486
01:16:16,600 --> 01:16:20,800
Speaker 1: But some big stuff happened this week. UM, A big

1487
01:16:20,800 --> 01:16:27,240
Speaker 1: guy in sports radio is leaving our rival network. UM.

1488
01:16:27,280 --> 01:16:30,000
Speaker 1: I had at one point a really good relationship with him.

1489
01:16:30,040 --> 01:16:32,240
Speaker 1: As soon as I started appearing on the Herd and

1490
01:16:32,240 --> 01:16:35,400
Speaker 1: then I moved to l A for FS one, the

1491
01:16:35,400 --> 01:16:38,479
Speaker 1: guy just you know, stopped responding, we stopped being friends.

1492
01:16:38,680 --> 01:16:41,960
Speaker 1: I guess he thought I picked FS one over ESPN.

1493
01:16:42,000 --> 01:16:44,200
Speaker 1: But whatever. UM, so we'll talk about a little bit

1494
01:16:44,240 --> 01:16:47,840
Speaker 1: of that. Uh yeah, media media talk. I just I

1495
01:16:47,840 --> 01:16:52,200
Speaker 1: don't know how interested the audiences and that is the

1496
01:16:52,320 --> 01:16:56,240
Speaker 1: key to everything. Like I'm out here to please the audience.

1497
01:16:56,360 --> 01:16:58,920
Speaker 1: I know what you guys want, so I'm giving it

1498
01:16:58,960 --> 01:17:01,960
Speaker 1: to you now. Sometimes I gotta give you what you need.

1499
01:17:02,200 --> 01:17:03,920
Speaker 1: We talked about that all the time. Like my kids

1500
01:17:03,960 --> 01:17:06,760
Speaker 1: don't want to eat vegetables. They need vegetables, So make

1501
01:17:06,800 --> 01:17:09,559
Speaker 1: them sit there at dinner. I can't take all the credit.

1502
01:17:09,600 --> 01:17:12,040
Speaker 1: My wife makes them sit there at dinner, and they've

1503
01:17:12,040 --> 01:17:16,400
Speaker 1: got to eat the vegetables, right. They don't want it,

1504
01:17:16,479 --> 01:17:21,439
Speaker 1: but they need it. And you guys need sports. You

1505
01:17:21,479 --> 01:17:24,840
Speaker 1: don't need me bringing on animal experts. You don't. You

1506
01:17:24,920 --> 01:17:27,679
Speaker 1: turn the channel and the affiliates go away. That's how

1507
01:17:27,720 --> 01:17:30,600
Speaker 1: it works. And yeah, we'll talk about that at the

1508
01:17:30,600 --> 01:17:32,880
Speaker 1: top of the next hour, so hopefully so she'll stick

1509
01:17:32,880 --> 01:17:35,680
Speaker 1: around for that. UM I always sam. I proposed a

1510
01:17:35,880 --> 01:17:40,519
Speaker 1: radical college football idea to our last guest, with the

1511
01:17:40,560 --> 01:17:44,840
Speaker 1: idea being this is a wacky year. Speaking of we

1512
01:17:45,000 --> 01:17:47,439
Speaker 1: just got word in the last two minutes that the

1513
01:17:47,600 --> 01:17:51,240
Speaker 1: number one college basketball team, Gonzaga, is playing number two

1514
01:17:51,240 --> 01:17:55,120
Speaker 1: Baylor today. That game was just canceled. That's what this

1515
01:17:55,200 --> 01:17:57,879
Speaker 1: year has been. Everybody's looking forward to Baylor Gonzaga. Gonzaga,

1516
01:17:57,920 --> 01:17:59,680
Speaker 1: by the way, is a loaded team this year. They're

1517
01:17:59,680 --> 01:18:03,000
Speaker 1: always very good, they're loaded this year. Baylor is very good.

1518
01:18:03,560 --> 01:18:07,040
Speaker 1: And that game is just canceled. College football is going

1519
01:18:07,080 --> 01:18:09,160
Speaker 1: to see more cancelations. I know our guests said that

1520
01:18:09,200 --> 01:18:11,599
Speaker 1: it was down to eleven. We don't know what it's

1521
01:18:11,600 --> 01:18:14,320
Speaker 1: gonna be next week. Okay, we don't know it's gonna

1522
01:18:14,320 --> 01:18:17,320
Speaker 1: be a two weeks. And I proposed the idea. I

1523
01:18:17,280 --> 01:18:19,400
Speaker 1: would say, I'm of why not expand to an eight

1524
01:18:19,400 --> 01:18:21,320
Speaker 1: team playoffs? Why not give it a shot. We get

1525
01:18:21,320 --> 01:18:23,960
Speaker 1: b Y, you in there, the mid major crowd is happy,

1526
01:18:24,240 --> 01:18:28,640
Speaker 1: and maybe we get Cincinnati in there. Um, I don't know,

1527
01:18:29,000 --> 01:18:32,200
Speaker 1: what do you think? Is that too radical? I understand

1528
01:18:32,200 --> 01:18:34,920
Speaker 1: where you're coming from, because it can help remove some doubt,

1529
01:18:35,040 --> 01:18:37,479
Speaker 1: you know, if you let in more teams. I've just

1530
01:18:37,840 --> 01:18:42,360
Speaker 1: I wanted the eight team playoff to be unveiled, um

1531
01:18:42,760 --> 01:18:45,240
Speaker 1: with a regular like a regular normal season, because I

1532
01:18:45,240 --> 01:18:48,360
Speaker 1: feel like you've done more work. You've played twelve thirteen games,

1533
01:18:48,720 --> 01:18:50,760
Speaker 1: you know, if you're a Boise State or you know,

1534
01:18:51,400 --> 01:18:55,280
Speaker 1: a mid major of some kind. I wanted to save

1535
01:18:55,320 --> 01:18:57,839
Speaker 1: the eight the eight team playoff until like a normal

1536
01:18:58,080 --> 01:19:01,959
Speaker 1: twelve game schedule. And I understand where you're coming from, because, yeah,

1537
01:19:02,640 --> 01:19:05,400
Speaker 1: you just don't know who really is a top ten team.

1538
01:19:05,439 --> 01:19:07,400
Speaker 1: I mean you do, but what order in? You know?

1539
01:19:07,439 --> 01:19:09,599
Speaker 1: So let in more teams and you can figure out

1540
01:19:09,640 --> 01:19:13,240
Speaker 1: what you let in more untraditional outsiders b y U, Cincinnati,

1541
01:19:13,280 --> 01:19:17,520
Speaker 1: who knows, maybe Coastal whatever, one of those three. Um,

1542
01:19:17,560 --> 01:19:19,800
Speaker 1: but I guess if you do it and you let

1543
01:19:19,880 --> 01:19:22,519
Speaker 1: in the mid majors, they're gonna think that they can

1544
01:19:22,520 --> 01:19:24,680
Speaker 1: always get in. But the reality is there's gonna be

1545
01:19:24,720 --> 01:19:27,000
Speaker 1: a big twelve. There's gonna be a pack twelve in

1546
01:19:27,040 --> 01:19:29,040
Speaker 1: the eight team when we get there, there's probably gonna

1547
01:19:29,040 --> 01:19:31,719
Speaker 1: be too sec you know, the big boys are gonna

1548
01:19:31,720 --> 01:19:36,240
Speaker 1: see it at the table and eat first. Right. Yeah, No,

1549
01:19:36,360 --> 01:19:39,880
Speaker 1: I if we're going to start with an eight team playoff,

1550
01:19:39,960 --> 01:19:41,559
Speaker 1: then we need to do it from here on out.

1551
01:19:41,600 --> 01:19:43,720
Speaker 1: I think you can just go back to four. I

1552
01:19:43,720 --> 01:19:48,920
Speaker 1: don't know. Yeah, I think it is perfect six or eight.

1553
01:19:48,960 --> 01:19:52,240
Speaker 1: I like that six meaning the top two would get

1554
01:19:52,240 --> 01:19:55,280
Speaker 1: a buy. Yeah, we're seeing that in the NFL that

1555
01:19:55,280 --> 01:19:57,519
Speaker 1: that buy is not what you really want, though it

1556
01:19:57,560 --> 01:20:01,519
Speaker 1: depends some teams they play uh every week and there

1557
01:20:01,520 --> 01:20:03,479
Speaker 1: you know, no Rust and they play really well. And

1558
01:20:03,479 --> 01:20:06,240
Speaker 1: then other teams like the Patriots would take take advantage

1559
01:20:06,240 --> 01:20:08,519
Speaker 1: of a bye week and uh yeah, I mean use

1560
01:20:08,560 --> 01:20:10,920
Speaker 1: it to their advantage. So yeah, that's just true with

1561
01:20:11,080 --> 01:20:15,040
Speaker 1: great coach. Um, all right, let's go quickly back to

1562
01:20:15,080 --> 01:20:17,360
Speaker 1: the NFL. Well, we got a couple of minutes left

1563
01:20:17,400 --> 01:20:21,400
Speaker 1: here in the hour. Um, I saw something from Seattle

1564
01:20:21,439 --> 01:20:24,120
Speaker 1: Monday night that I hadn't seen all year, and that's

1565
01:20:24,160 --> 01:20:27,200
Speaker 1: anybody watching who has two eyes saw it. Um. The

1566
01:20:27,200 --> 01:20:30,200
Speaker 1: Seahawks now have a defense. Carlos Dunlap is a factor.

1567
01:20:30,720 --> 01:20:34,120
Speaker 1: He has led a resurgent Seattle defense and they've played

1568
01:20:34,120 --> 01:20:39,960
Speaker 1: well the last few weeks. Scuffled Arizona really have looked sharp,

1569
01:20:40,600 --> 01:20:42,720
Speaker 1: even kept the rams and check the large parts of

1570
01:20:42,760 --> 01:20:45,280
Speaker 1: that game. And I know they didn't win that, but

1571
01:20:45,960 --> 01:20:47,800
Speaker 1: you got you gotta keep an eye on Seattle. I

1572
01:20:47,840 --> 01:20:50,559
Speaker 1: can see them coming out of the NFC. Folks. I

1573
01:20:50,600 --> 01:20:54,080
Speaker 1: know the Saints are loaded top ten and offense, defense,

1574
01:20:54,120 --> 01:20:57,599
Speaker 1: special teams. Keep an eye on the Seattle Seahawks. Right

1575
01:20:57,600 --> 01:20:59,479
Speaker 1: coming up next to your Fox Sports radio, we'll do

1576
01:20:59,560 --> 01:21:02,599
Speaker 1: some sports media. What happens when one of the biggest

1577
01:21:02,640 --> 01:21:08,640
Speaker 1: sports radio shows goes away. Our number three Here on

1578
01:21:08,960 --> 01:21:12,520
Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio. It's me, Ladies and gentlemen, Jason McIntyre

1579
01:21:12,720 --> 01:21:17,080
Speaker 1: coming to you live from the Geico Fox Sports Radio Studios.

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Speaker 1: High noon on the East Coast, college football kicking off everywhere.

1583
01:21:28,240 --> 01:21:31,479
Speaker 1: It seems like the Marquee game is Auburn Texas A

1584
01:21:31,560 --> 01:21:34,720
Speaker 1: and M. Kellen Man still at A and M Iowa Sam.

1585
01:21:34,760 --> 01:21:36,320
Speaker 1: I have no idea if he's still the quarterback there.

1586
01:21:36,360 --> 01:21:38,599
Speaker 1: Have not watched enough A and M. I'm told yes

1587
01:21:38,640 --> 01:21:41,759
Speaker 1: he is, So you guys will dig into college football.

1588
01:21:42,080 --> 01:21:43,920
Speaker 1: I thought we'd change it up a little here at

1589
01:21:43,920 --> 01:21:46,439
Speaker 1: the top of the hour. I guess who. I don't

1590
01:21:46,439 --> 01:21:48,120
Speaker 1: know if he's been on in a while, probably has

1591
01:21:48,120 --> 01:21:50,479
Speaker 1: been a while. He used to work with me at

1592
01:21:50,479 --> 01:21:52,639
Speaker 1: the Big Lead. He's now at out Kick with Clay

1593
01:21:52,680 --> 01:21:56,439
Speaker 1: Travis Um. He is a Green Bay Packers die hard fan.

1594
01:21:56,520 --> 01:22:00,680
Speaker 1: I'm on some gambling chains, uh text chains with him

1595
01:22:00,720 --> 01:22:03,519
Speaker 1: and UM. I think I have told him that I

1596
01:22:03,600 --> 01:22:06,040
Speaker 1: liked the Eagles a little bit this weekend. He hasn't

1597
01:22:06,040 --> 01:22:08,400
Speaker 1: really resplied to replied to that. Yet, So let's bring

1598
01:22:08,520 --> 01:22:11,360
Speaker 1: him in. Ryan glass Bagel, Um, you probably know him

1599
01:22:11,360 --> 01:22:14,040
Speaker 1: from dominating the sports media beat. He broke some big

1600
01:22:14,040 --> 01:22:17,920
Speaker 1: news on Friday about a certain ESPN radio host leaving.

1601
01:22:17,920 --> 01:22:19,880
Speaker 1: Will get to that shortly. Ryan, how you doing man,

1602
01:22:20,600 --> 01:22:24,519
Speaker 1: I'm doing good. I'm doing good. Um, I don't see.

1603
01:22:24,600 --> 01:22:29,000
Speaker 1: I've told you my theorie unbetting the Packers, and it's

1604
01:22:29,040 --> 01:22:32,639
Speaker 1: really dates back to almost a decade. At this point,

1605
01:22:33,439 --> 01:22:37,760
Speaker 1: I think almost every variable with the Packers is almost irrelevant,

1606
01:22:38,160 --> 01:22:42,960
Speaker 1: except for how focused Aaron Rodgers is that day. If

1607
01:22:43,000 --> 01:22:45,960
Speaker 1: he's spreading the ball around, so like seven or eight

1608
01:22:46,040 --> 01:22:49,120
Speaker 1: people getting the ball out of his hands and under

1609
01:22:49,200 --> 01:22:54,320
Speaker 1: two seconds, they're unbeatable. But sometimes his focus lads, and

1610
01:22:54,439 --> 01:22:58,679
Speaker 1: it's difficult to predict when and why that's going to happen. Yeah,

1611
01:22:58,680 --> 01:23:01,080
Speaker 1: we were both on the Packers against the Colts, feeling

1612
01:23:01,160 --> 01:23:04,880
Speaker 1: grade at halftime, up two touchdowns and it was just

1613
01:23:04,920 --> 01:23:06,479
Speaker 1: a nightmare in the second half. I don't want to

1614
01:23:06,479 --> 01:23:08,840
Speaker 1: revisit it, but Ryan, the one thing that jumped out

1615
01:23:08,840 --> 01:23:11,360
Speaker 1: at me. Someone mentioned this, So Jay, look at the

1616
01:23:11,439 --> 01:23:15,400
Speaker 1: last four times the Packers of won games. What happened

1617
01:23:15,439 --> 01:23:18,879
Speaker 1: the next week? And that goes to your focus Okay,

1618
01:23:18,920 --> 01:23:21,200
Speaker 1: So they beat the Falcons, come out and they do

1619
01:23:21,280 --> 01:23:23,479
Speaker 1: not cover and lose to the Bucks. Then they beat

1620
01:23:23,479 --> 01:23:25,840
Speaker 1: the Texans and they come out and lose and don't

1621
01:23:25,840 --> 01:23:28,439
Speaker 1: cover against the Vikings. They beat the forty niners, and

1622
01:23:28,479 --> 01:23:31,679
Speaker 1: they kind of sleepwalk against the Jags and don't cover,

1623
01:23:31,760 --> 01:23:34,559
Speaker 1: but they beat the Jags, so it's another win. What

1624
01:23:34,600 --> 01:23:36,599
Speaker 1: do they do after that? The Colts game where they

1625
01:23:36,680 --> 01:23:38,280
Speaker 1: left out in the second half, and now we see

1626
01:23:38,280 --> 01:23:41,120
Speaker 1: them kill the Bears. So the last four times they've

1627
01:23:41,160 --> 01:23:44,880
Speaker 1: won games, they're owing four against the spread the next week. Now, Ryan,

1628
01:23:44,880 --> 01:23:46,760
Speaker 1: we know that trends don't mean a whole heck of

1629
01:23:46,800 --> 01:23:50,520
Speaker 1: a lot, but we do love to play armchair psychologist.

1630
01:23:51,400 --> 01:23:53,240
Speaker 1: I don't know what can we take away from the

1631
01:23:53,240 --> 01:23:57,719
Speaker 1: Packers struggling the week after a nice win. Uh? Well,

1632
01:23:57,760 --> 01:24:00,080
Speaker 1: I think one thing that we can take away the

1633
01:24:00,240 --> 01:24:04,080
Speaker 1: constant struggle with them at this point is their rushing defense.

1634
01:24:04,240 --> 01:24:08,240
Speaker 1: So Miles Sanders, I have him on two fantasy teams

1635
01:24:08,320 --> 01:24:12,519
Speaker 1: and he's been on a milk carton but like like,

1636
01:24:12,600 --> 01:24:15,160
Speaker 1: I don't know where he's been. But if there's any

1637
01:24:15,200 --> 01:24:17,400
Speaker 1: week for him to break out, it's going to be

1638
01:24:17,520 --> 01:24:21,479
Speaker 1: this week. Last week. Um, David Montgomery rushed for nine

1639
01:24:21,479 --> 01:24:24,639
Speaker 1: point four yards to carry had a hundred three yards.

1640
01:24:24,640 --> 01:24:27,160
Speaker 1: There was that long run that I think I could

1641
01:24:27,200 --> 01:24:29,920
Speaker 1: have picked up twenty five yards through and I'm not

1642
01:24:30,120 --> 01:24:34,679
Speaker 1: a very good athlete. Um Jonathan Taylor had more rushing

1643
01:24:34,760 --> 01:24:38,360
Speaker 1: yards against the Packers two weeks ago than he had

1644
01:24:38,439 --> 01:24:41,639
Speaker 1: in the three weeks before that combined. You go back

1645
01:24:41,640 --> 01:24:45,519
Speaker 1: to that Jack's game. You mentioned James Robinson rushed for

1646
01:24:45,600 --> 01:24:49,240
Speaker 1: a hundred nine yards against the Packers, So I looked

1647
01:24:49,240 --> 01:24:52,000
Speaker 1: for Miles Sanders to have a big game. And then

1648
01:24:52,040 --> 01:24:56,160
Speaker 1: another issue on the Packers defense is their best pass rusher,

1649
01:24:56,600 --> 01:25:00,280
Speaker 1: the Darius Smith is questionable with an ankle in jury,

1650
01:25:00,640 --> 01:25:05,559
Speaker 1: and I think like he other he or Alexander is

1651
01:25:05,600 --> 01:25:09,519
Speaker 1: probably their two most important players on defense. So if

1652
01:25:09,560 --> 01:25:13,240
Speaker 1: he can't go or he's limited, that's going to make

1653
01:25:13,439 --> 01:25:16,439
Speaker 1: things very difficult on that side of the ball, even

1654
01:25:16,479 --> 01:25:20,200
Speaker 1: if they're going against an Eagle's offense who struggles that

1655
01:25:20,280 --> 01:25:23,120
Speaker 1: then well documented. All right, we'll chuckled Ryan glass Bagel.

1656
01:25:23,560 --> 01:25:26,000
Speaker 1: He is without kick the coverage and he does a

1657
01:25:26,080 --> 01:25:29,080
Speaker 1: lot of sports media stuff, So let's let's go to

1658
01:25:29,160 --> 01:25:30,880
Speaker 1: it now. Listen, I know it can be risky to

1659
01:25:30,960 --> 01:25:34,600
Speaker 1: talk about sports media. I'm not bashing anybody here, but

1660
01:25:34,840 --> 01:25:38,040
Speaker 1: you broke the news that Dan Lebotard over the ESPN

1661
01:25:38,479 --> 01:25:40,720
Speaker 1: is done. They're buying him out or whatever he's He's

1662
01:25:40,720 --> 01:25:44,519
Speaker 1: done in January. Um, I don't know, Ryan. We we

1663
01:25:44,640 --> 01:25:47,559
Speaker 1: grapple with this all the time. Do you give the

1664
01:25:47,600 --> 01:25:50,719
Speaker 1: sports fans what they want or what they need? And

1665
01:25:51,920 --> 01:25:55,280
Speaker 1: Dan Labatar did not seem to love sports, didn't talk

1666
01:25:55,320 --> 01:25:56,880
Speaker 1: about sports the whole heck of a lot. Now I

1667
01:25:56,880 --> 01:25:59,120
Speaker 1: confess to not listening to the show much in the

1668
01:25:59,160 --> 01:26:01,240
Speaker 1: last four years and moving out here, but he was

1669
01:26:01,280 --> 01:26:03,680
Speaker 1: always like, Oh, let's bring on this zookeeper guy, and

1670
01:26:03,760 --> 01:26:06,559
Speaker 1: let's do this and all this wacky stuff, which is fun.

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01:26:06,760 --> 01:26:09,200
Speaker 1: We we do. We mix it up occasionally, but we

1672
01:26:09,280 --> 01:26:13,759
Speaker 1: like sports like I love talking NFL. I usually spend

1673
01:26:14,280 --> 01:26:17,200
Speaker 1: you know, probably two hours of the show on the NFL.

1674
01:26:18,640 --> 01:26:21,599
Speaker 1: What does the departure say about, you know, the guys

1675
01:26:21,600 --> 01:26:24,040
Speaker 1: who don't really want to talk sports as much and

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01:26:24,040 --> 01:26:26,080
Speaker 1: want to talk about social issues and all that, or

1677
01:26:26,120 --> 01:26:29,080
Speaker 1: am I reading too much into it? Well, I definitely

1678
01:26:29,120 --> 01:26:35,840
Speaker 1: think that ESPN is laser focusing around the personalities who

1679
01:26:35,880 --> 01:26:40,080
Speaker 1: have direct impact with the games or the bumper coverage,

1680
01:26:40,080 --> 01:26:42,599
Speaker 1: and I do think that it's fair to say that

1681
01:26:42,960 --> 01:26:49,120
Speaker 1: Lebotard ran into a considerable amount of friction with ESPN management,

1682
01:26:49,240 --> 01:26:53,320
Speaker 1: especially in the new regime. After Jimmy Pitaro took over

1683
01:26:53,479 --> 01:26:56,960
Speaker 1: for John Skipper has had of ESPN and Norby Williamson,

1684
01:26:57,400 --> 01:27:01,600
Speaker 1: the person who um had some success kind of rebuilding,

1685
01:27:01,680 --> 01:27:06,160
Speaker 1: get up, rebuilding six PM Sports Center Radio came under

1686
01:27:06,240 --> 01:27:09,719
Speaker 1: his control, and he is a meat and potato sports

1687
01:27:09,720 --> 01:27:12,120
Speaker 1: talk guy. He wants who's going to be the m

1688
01:27:12,160 --> 01:27:14,800
Speaker 1: v P, what happened in the games, what's going to

1689
01:27:14,840 --> 01:27:17,760
Speaker 1: happen in them? And as you said, LeBatard over the

1690
01:27:17,840 --> 01:27:21,960
Speaker 1: last several years especially has become more of a generalist

1691
01:27:22,040 --> 01:27:29,120
Speaker 1: show than necessarily sports specific and so on ESPN Radio.

1692
01:27:29,720 --> 01:27:32,600
Speaker 1: I think that there are people that certainly could have

1693
01:27:32,680 --> 01:27:36,640
Speaker 1: gotten better ratings than Danda. Dan took over for a

1694
01:27:36,680 --> 01:27:40,040
Speaker 1: good friend of yours, Colin Calherd, and I think that

1695
01:27:40,280 --> 01:27:44,400
Speaker 1: if you look market by market, Collin's ratings were bigger

1696
01:27:44,400 --> 01:27:47,920
Speaker 1: than Dance were in the same time slot. But Dan

1697
01:27:48,040 --> 01:27:50,880
Speaker 1: had a very big digital audience. And if where if

1698
01:27:50,960 --> 01:27:54,000
Speaker 1: digital is like the future, then you would have thought

1699
01:27:54,280 --> 01:27:57,920
Speaker 1: ESPN might want to prioritize one of if not. It's

1700
01:27:58,000 --> 01:28:03,040
Speaker 1: most um popular podcasts in the digital realm. But at

1701
01:28:03,080 --> 01:28:07,599
Speaker 1: the end of the day, ESPN's core business is airing

1702
01:28:07,880 --> 01:28:11,600
Speaker 1: live games, and to the extent that they're going to

1703
01:28:11,640 --> 01:28:15,240
Speaker 1: have any focus on radio going forward, it's going to

1704
01:28:15,320 --> 01:28:18,960
Speaker 1: be in service of promoting those games that they air

1705
01:28:19,200 --> 01:28:23,760
Speaker 1: on television, and Dan frankly wasn't very interested in that,

1706
01:28:24,280 --> 01:28:26,760
Speaker 1: and so I think that this exit is a good

1707
01:28:26,800 --> 01:28:30,280
Speaker 1: move for both sides. So does this go back to

1708
01:28:30,640 --> 01:28:35,800
Speaker 1: hashtag stick to sports or whatever that hashtag is. I

1709
01:28:35,840 --> 01:28:39,760
Speaker 1: don't know that you necessarily need to stick to sports

1710
01:28:40,120 --> 01:28:43,360
Speaker 1: all the time. I mean, like there's gonna be summer

1711
01:28:43,520 --> 01:28:47,519
Speaker 1: days when I mean how much NFL training camp can

1712
01:28:47,560 --> 01:28:51,720
Speaker 1: you talk? You and I both know baseball does great regionally.

1713
01:28:52,120 --> 01:28:55,400
Speaker 1: People watch it and have their favorite announcer, and night

1714
01:28:55,479 --> 01:28:57,800
Speaker 1: and night out they're watching a Red Scheme or a

1715
01:28:57,840 --> 01:29:00,760
Speaker 1: Cup S game. But when it comes to wanting to

1716
01:29:00,800 --> 01:29:03,040
Speaker 1: hear about other things that are going on in the

1717
01:29:03,120 --> 01:29:06,559
Speaker 1: sport nationally, there's not a huge amount of interest. But

1718
01:29:06,640 --> 01:29:09,799
Speaker 1: I think I mean at least during those fall months

1719
01:29:09,920 --> 01:29:14,640
Speaker 1: like September, October, November, December, January, as we get to

1720
01:29:14,680 --> 01:29:18,000
Speaker 1: the college football playoffs in the NFL, playoffs. Those are

1721
01:29:18,080 --> 01:29:21,759
Speaker 1: times where if you're at ESPN or you're at Fox

1722
01:29:21,840 --> 01:29:24,120
Speaker 1: Sports and you're on the radio or you're on TV,

1723
01:29:24,840 --> 01:29:28,120
Speaker 1: that's pretty much all you've got to talk about. And

1724
01:29:28,160 --> 01:29:30,360
Speaker 1: if that's not what you want to do, then you

1725
01:29:30,400 --> 01:29:33,160
Speaker 1: should work somewhere out. Yeah, and I think you just

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01:29:33,280 --> 01:29:35,960
Speaker 1: nailed it. Like, listen on a on a Monday after

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01:29:36,000 --> 01:29:38,760
Speaker 1: an NFL weekend. Your show's got to be NFL. What

1728
01:29:39,160 --> 01:29:41,360
Speaker 1: what does sports fans watch? We know this, They watch

1729
01:29:41,400 --> 01:29:44,400
Speaker 1: the NFL more than any other sport. Okay, college football

1730
01:29:44,479 --> 01:29:46,879
Speaker 1: is kind of big, it's having a rough year, but um,

1731
01:29:46,920 --> 01:29:50,080
Speaker 1: it's the NFL that that's what sports fans want. And

1732
01:29:50,080 --> 01:29:52,160
Speaker 1: and you know again in the past, I would turn

1733
01:29:52,200 --> 01:29:54,120
Speaker 1: on the show on a Monday and it's not NFL.

1734
01:29:54,160 --> 01:29:56,799
Speaker 1: It's just a little surprised, and like, I want takes.

1735
01:29:56,880 --> 01:30:00,120
Speaker 1: I want thoughts on what maybe I missed. Maybe you're

1736
01:30:00,160 --> 01:30:02,920
Speaker 1: offering an opinion I didn't I didn't get, but I

1737
01:30:02,960 --> 01:30:06,400
Speaker 1: want to expand that Ryan and go beyond kind of

1738
01:30:06,439 --> 01:30:09,640
Speaker 1: like just sports takes. And it's weird that there's like

1739
01:30:09,680 --> 01:30:13,240
Speaker 1: this this group on social media. You said Dan show

1740
01:30:13,280 --> 01:30:16,920
Speaker 1: does well digitally, I'm sure it does great. Um, and

1741
01:30:16,960 --> 01:30:20,000
Speaker 1: they seem to like pick who they like, and it

1742
01:30:20,120 --> 01:30:24,240
Speaker 1: appears then that they are liking the people who are great.

1743
01:30:24,680 --> 01:30:27,559
Speaker 1: And you know, Dan had a huge following on social media.

1744
01:30:27,600 --> 01:30:31,240
Speaker 1: That's great, that's awesome, But these sports fans, clearly we're

1745
01:30:31,280 --> 01:30:33,439
Speaker 1: tuning him out because the ratings, as you said, we're down.

1746
01:30:33,720 --> 01:30:37,200
Speaker 1: So can you talk about the divide now between social

1747
01:30:37,240 --> 01:30:43,120
Speaker 1: media stars, uh and ratings on radio or TV. Yeah.

1748
01:30:43,200 --> 01:30:46,479
Speaker 1: I don't think that you can point to any direct

1749
01:30:46,520 --> 01:30:50,160
Speaker 1: correlation one way or the other. And in fact, there's

1750
01:30:50,200 --> 01:30:55,679
Speaker 1: some people who are unpopular um on social media who

1751
01:30:55,720 --> 01:30:59,200
Speaker 1: get the best ratings. I mean, social media doesn't love

1752
01:30:59,600 --> 01:31:02,400
Speaker 1: Michael will Bon. If you remember a bunch of years ago,

1753
01:31:02,520 --> 01:31:06,160
Speaker 1: like dead Spin said that like will Bon is the

1754
01:31:06,200 --> 01:31:08,880
Speaker 1: devil and p t I is like run its Course.

1755
01:31:09,080 --> 01:31:12,320
Speaker 1: P t I is the most watched show on ESPN

1756
01:31:12,360 --> 01:31:15,439
Speaker 1: to this day, day in and day out. Social media

1757
01:31:15,560 --> 01:31:19,200
Speaker 1: doesn't love Stephen A. Smith. First take gets usually the

1758
01:31:19,240 --> 01:31:22,559
Speaker 1: second best ratings on ESPN. You look at FS one

1759
01:31:22,640 --> 01:31:26,880
Speaker 1: where you have on air contributions like Skip Bayless and

1760
01:31:26,880 --> 01:31:30,640
Speaker 1: Colin Cowherd have had windows recently where they've all of

1761
01:31:30,680 --> 01:31:34,639
Speaker 1: a sudden beaten or come very close to ESPN head

1762
01:31:34,680 --> 01:31:38,759
Speaker 1: to head. Now that's not necessarily the norm. But if

1763
01:31:38,800 --> 01:31:43,639
Speaker 1: like their social media popularity or lack thereof, was supposed

1764
01:31:43,680 --> 01:31:48,480
Speaker 1: to be evidence of that they couldn't get ratings success,

1765
01:31:48,520 --> 01:31:51,479
Speaker 1: I would reject the hypothesis. Yeah, and and even a

1766
01:31:51,520 --> 01:31:54,519
Speaker 1: show like a show where I know two guys on there,

1767
01:31:54,720 --> 01:31:58,080
Speaker 1: I know Kyle Brandt and Peter Schrager pretty well, good guys.

1768
01:31:58,360 --> 01:32:01,479
Speaker 1: They worked their butts off. But like the NFL What's

1769
01:32:01,240 --> 01:32:04,200
Speaker 1: a Good Morning Football right on NFL Network, and the

1770
01:32:04,320 --> 01:32:07,040
Speaker 1: ratings for that are like essentially the same as some

1771
01:32:07,160 --> 01:32:09,760
Speaker 1: FS one ratings or either lower. And yet if you

1772
01:32:09,800 --> 01:32:12,360
Speaker 1: go on social media you think that show was like

1773
01:32:13,320 --> 01:32:16,320
Speaker 1: generating pt I type numbers. It's just is it not

1774
01:32:16,479 --> 01:32:19,760
Speaker 1: weird in the social media space how people pick and

1775
01:32:19,840 --> 01:32:22,559
Speaker 1: choose who they like and what they don't like. Well,

1776
01:32:22,600 --> 01:32:25,120
Speaker 1: I think everybody picks and shoes is what they like

1777
01:32:25,280 --> 01:32:27,840
Speaker 1: and what they don't like. But I think what we

1778
01:32:27,880 --> 01:32:33,759
Speaker 1: can take away from this is that of America isn't

1779
01:32:33,800 --> 01:32:38,240
Speaker 1: on Twitter, and then of those remaining ten percent, there's

1780
01:32:38,320 --> 01:32:43,200
Speaker 1: like a very vocal, like very online portion, and their

1781
01:32:43,400 --> 01:32:49,040
Speaker 1: preferences for content is not reflective of what the general

1782
01:32:49,080 --> 01:32:52,880
Speaker 1: public wants. I think that's extremely well said, because you know,

1783
01:32:52,920 --> 01:32:56,640
Speaker 1: and again social media, you act like it's huge, and

1784
01:32:56,720 --> 01:32:59,519
Speaker 1: in reality you said what the general public is not

1785
01:32:59,600 --> 01:33:02,760
Speaker 1: on there? I mean at this point, I watched big

1786
01:33:02,800 --> 01:33:06,120
Speaker 1: sporting events and I have social media open. But other

1787
01:33:06,200 --> 01:33:09,719
Speaker 1: than that, are you what's your takeaway from social media

1788
01:33:09,760 --> 01:33:14,000
Speaker 1: here in it's changed a lot over the last ten

1789
01:33:14,080 --> 01:33:17,479
Speaker 1: fifteen years. Would you say? I would say that people

1790
01:33:17,600 --> 01:33:22,200
Speaker 1: need to pay as much attention to redd it as Twitter,

1791
01:33:22,400 --> 01:33:26,680
Speaker 1: because there's as much time spent on Reddit as there

1792
01:33:26,800 --> 01:33:31,320
Speaker 1: is on Twitter amongst the general population, and that's not

1793
01:33:31,439 --> 01:33:35,280
Speaker 1: reflected in terms of like what's popular on Reddit is

1794
01:33:35,320 --> 01:33:39,880
Speaker 1: not driving conversation on TV and radio in a way

1795
01:33:39,880 --> 01:33:43,360
Speaker 1: that what's popular on Twitter is. And i'd also take

1796
01:33:43,400 --> 01:33:46,519
Speaker 1: a look at YouTube viewership. I know we're going to

1797
01:33:46,600 --> 01:33:49,280
Speaker 1: get to this at some point, but like Trey Wingo

1798
01:33:49,479 --> 01:33:53,599
Speaker 1: just launched a YouTube show, and if you look at

1799
01:33:53,600 --> 01:33:56,360
Speaker 1: like people who are successful, they're like Pat McAfee and

1800
01:33:56,360 --> 01:34:00,280
Speaker 1: then even people we mentioned earlier, like Colin Coward's getting

1801
01:34:00,400 --> 01:34:03,200
Speaker 1: with Stephen A. Smith, look at what their stuff is

1802
01:34:03,280 --> 01:34:07,240
Speaker 1: doing on YouTube. I think you need that at least

1803
01:34:07,560 --> 01:34:12,160
Speaker 1: as something to compliment whether we think people are popular

1804
01:34:12,479 --> 01:34:16,200
Speaker 1: on Twitter, because a lot of times Twitter is really

1805
01:34:16,280 --> 01:34:20,080
Speaker 1: boiled down to who you follow, and so you can

1806
01:34:20,160 --> 01:34:24,280
Speaker 1: get stuck in a bubble there really quickly thinking that, um,

1807
01:34:25,080 --> 01:34:27,880
Speaker 1: things that are very popular amongst what, as we said,

1808
01:34:27,920 --> 01:34:32,200
Speaker 1: we're a very small niche are more popular amongst the

1809
01:34:32,840 --> 01:34:36,760
Speaker 1: broader audience. And it's necessarily true. Yeah, I mean, and

1810
01:34:36,840 --> 01:34:39,599
Speaker 1: I even saw that this week another Twitter guy. Um.

1811
01:34:40,360 --> 01:34:42,439
Speaker 1: And I said this earlier to show Ryan like, I

1812
01:34:42,600 --> 01:34:45,080
Speaker 1: was friendly with Dan Lebotard back when I had the website,

1813
01:34:45,200 --> 01:34:48,760
Speaker 1: and you know, him and another sports media person you know,

1814
01:34:48,920 --> 01:34:51,400
Speaker 1: made overtures to potentially buy it, and they, you know,

1815
01:34:51,479 --> 01:34:53,160
Speaker 1: when they heard I was selling it to USA today,

1816
01:34:53,200 --> 01:34:56,360
Speaker 1: they were they were not thrilled. Um. But Dan essentially

1817
01:34:56,360 --> 01:34:57,920
Speaker 1: stopped talking to me when I got to f S

1818
01:34:58,000 --> 01:35:00,040
Speaker 1: one and another guy, this guy at sports whilst to

1819
01:35:00,160 --> 01:35:03,760
Speaker 1: Jimmy trayna Um, who was ripping Mark Lorette this week,

1820
01:35:03,800 --> 01:35:06,679
Speaker 1: which is crazy. Mark listen, man, I see Mark Lorette

1821
01:35:06,680 --> 01:35:08,280
Speaker 1: in the halls of FS one every week. That guy

1822
01:35:08,400 --> 01:35:13,360
Speaker 1: works his butt off, slare sorry, he works his butt off,

1823
01:35:13,880 --> 01:35:16,160
Speaker 1: and for a guy for a no talent hack like

1824
01:35:16,320 --> 01:35:19,639
Speaker 1: Jimmy Traina to go after him, it's just it's so weird.

1825
01:35:19,720 --> 01:35:21,760
Speaker 1: That's another guy. He unfollows me as soon as I

1826
01:35:21,840 --> 01:35:25,400
Speaker 1: get to FS one. So many people have this idea that, oh,

1827
01:35:26,000 --> 01:35:28,280
Speaker 1: I like you and then you go somewhere where I

1828
01:35:28,320 --> 01:35:30,599
Speaker 1: I'm not a fan of, and I'm gonna start unfollow

1829
01:35:30,720 --> 01:35:33,280
Speaker 1: you and not pay attention to you, like Ryan. This

1830
01:35:33,439 --> 01:35:35,760
Speaker 1: is it feels like high school at times, is it not?

1831
01:35:36,400 --> 01:35:38,439
Speaker 1: It does? I mean that happened to me. Jimmy un

1832
01:35:38,520 --> 01:35:42,160
Speaker 1: followed me Um when I got to out kick I

1833
01:35:43,200 --> 01:35:46,320
Speaker 1: UM on the same vertical at him at s I

1834
01:35:46,479 --> 01:35:50,599
Speaker 1: on the Extra Mustard vertical before I joined you at

1835
01:35:50,640 --> 01:35:53,360
Speaker 1: the Big Lead Um, But I didn't ever have like

1836
01:35:53,479 --> 01:35:56,200
Speaker 1: any type of like really close relationship with him or anything.

1837
01:35:56,280 --> 01:35:59,240
Speaker 1: I almost hired but at the Big I mean, this

1838
01:35:59,360 --> 01:36:05,280
Speaker 1: was like twenty you know. You know. But it's funny though,

1839
01:36:05,360 --> 01:36:08,719
Speaker 1: because there's like a group of maybe like eight nine

1840
01:36:08,880 --> 01:36:11,640
Speaker 1: ten of us, and I'm including myself in this, like

1841
01:36:11,760 --> 01:36:14,799
Speaker 1: so there's like people cover the media like Richard Ditch,

1842
01:36:14,920 --> 01:36:20,439
Speaker 1: Andrew Marsham, Jimmy, Trina me Um. John Rand doesn't come

1843
01:36:20,479 --> 01:36:24,120
Speaker 1: out as um strong with like kind of talent opinions,

1844
01:36:24,280 --> 01:36:27,880
Speaker 1: but he's also in that sphere. Michael McCarthy at Front

1845
01:36:27,880 --> 01:36:31,160
Speaker 1: Office Sports and it's just like if boggles my mind

1846
01:36:31,400 --> 01:36:35,480
Speaker 1: day to day that anybody like who is very successful,

1847
01:36:35,520 --> 01:36:39,200
Speaker 1: like Mark Schlira, multiple time super Bowl champion now going

1848
01:36:39,320 --> 01:36:43,960
Speaker 1: on over two decades of success in sports media, Like

1849
01:36:44,320 --> 01:36:48,040
Speaker 1: why would he even care what someone what like Jimmy

1850
01:36:48,120 --> 01:36:51,799
Speaker 1: Trina has to say? If you compare their lifetime earnings,

1851
01:36:51,880 --> 01:36:54,920
Speaker 1: I think that is probably made. I don't have an

1852
01:36:55,000 --> 01:36:58,360
Speaker 1: exaggerating He's probably made a hundred times as much money

1853
01:36:58,400 --> 01:37:01,400
Speaker 1: in their respective careers. Like if you add up year

1854
01:37:01,479 --> 01:37:04,360
Speaker 1: by year and like what Shlai made as a super

1855
01:37:04,400 --> 01:37:08,280
Speaker 1: Bowl champion, what he probably gets for speaking engagements. He

1856
01:37:08,360 --> 01:37:12,639
Speaker 1: has a daily show in Denver, He's probably making fifteen

1857
01:37:12,720 --> 01:37:16,000
Speaker 1: twenty times as much today, And yeah, he cares what

1858
01:37:16,160 --> 01:37:19,160
Speaker 1: Jimmy has to say. It's a really weird thing like that.

1859
01:37:19,439 --> 01:37:23,840
Speaker 1: He I don't know. I can't imagine the um like

1860
01:37:24,360 --> 01:37:27,120
Speaker 1: making it to the level that Shlarett has, Like he's

1861
01:37:27,160 --> 01:37:31,080
Speaker 1: just undisputably a winner in life. If I were that,

1862
01:37:31,160 --> 01:37:33,439
Speaker 1: I would never care what Jimmy train has. Yeah, that's

1863
01:37:33,439 --> 01:37:35,360
Speaker 1: a great point, all right, Ryan Glasbow. You can follow

1864
01:37:35,479 --> 01:37:38,160
Speaker 1: him on social media at sports r A P P

1865
01:37:38,360 --> 01:37:41,240
Speaker 1: O R t UH. He writes for Out kick. He's

1866
01:37:41,280 --> 01:37:44,040
Speaker 1: with Clay Bobby. They got a good team over there

1867
01:37:44,120 --> 01:37:47,000
Speaker 1: of some some guys, so follow him. Thanks a lot, Ryan,

1868
01:37:47,080 --> 01:37:51,120
Speaker 1: enjoy the Packers noncover this week, Thanks Jason. Hope they

1869
01:37:51,160 --> 01:37:54,360
Speaker 1: win and don't cover you all right? Coming up next

1870
01:37:54,479 --> 01:37:58,200
Speaker 1: year on Fox Sports Radio, I'm looking at these college

1871
01:37:58,200 --> 01:38:00,840
Speaker 1: football games. So Ohio States arts out, looks like they're

1872
01:38:00,840 --> 01:38:04,280
Speaker 1: gonna have to punt again and then boom, roughing the

1873
01:38:04,400 --> 01:38:05,800
Speaker 1: passer call. I don't know if you saw that, I

1874
01:38:05,840 --> 01:38:08,559
Speaker 1: would say I'm a third and ten um Field threw

1875
01:38:08,600 --> 01:38:09,960
Speaker 1: one up. You know, I was hoping for a flag,

1876
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Speaker 1: didn't get it, but they clabbered him in the head.

1877
01:38:12,280 --> 01:38:14,679
Speaker 1: And now House States in the five about the score, Okay,

1878
01:38:14,760 --> 01:38:18,799
Speaker 1: State took one back against TCU. Uh, some barn burners

1879
01:38:18,800 --> 01:38:21,840
Speaker 1: out there. Definitely not a barn burner. Penn State Rutgers.

1880
01:38:21,880 --> 01:38:24,759
Speaker 1: The Greg Shiano revenge tour, So lots of fun happening

1881
01:38:24,800 --> 01:38:27,479
Speaker 1: in college football. Will dig back into that, uh next

1882
01:38:27,560 --> 01:38:32,960
Speaker 1: year on the Jason McIntyre Show, Fox Sports Radio, Children

1883
01:38:33,000 --> 01:38:45,519
Speaker 1: and all the big children, it's Christmas bab fun stuff there.

1884
01:38:45,560 --> 01:38:48,600
Speaker 1: I never know how much the audience is gonna like

1885
01:38:48,800 --> 01:38:52,280
Speaker 1: sports media talk isn't two inside football. I mean, if

1886
01:38:52,280 --> 01:38:54,360
Speaker 1: you guys hit me up on social, I'll get an answer.

1887
01:38:54,560 --> 01:38:57,559
Speaker 1: I know Gavin loved it. He's a big fan. Gavin's

1888
01:38:57,720 --> 01:39:00,960
Speaker 1: obviously been in the instrum sports me a nerd, so

1889
01:39:01,280 --> 01:39:03,559
Speaker 1: I think that stuff is terrific. Well, listen, it's our industry.

1890
01:39:03,560 --> 01:39:05,479
Speaker 1: You gotta know what's going on. You know, it's funny.

1891
01:39:05,560 --> 01:39:09,240
Speaker 1: I turn, I'm not even gonna go there. I don't

1892
01:39:09,240 --> 01:39:12,240
Speaker 1: want to say anything get myself in trouble. But you know,

1893
01:39:12,439 --> 01:39:14,799
Speaker 1: you need to know what's going on in the layland landscape.

1894
01:39:14,840 --> 01:39:17,360
Speaker 1: But you know, if you want to be in any field,

1895
01:39:17,760 --> 01:39:20,400
Speaker 1: you've got to know where things are headed, what's next,

1896
01:39:20,640 --> 01:39:23,560
Speaker 1: who you're competing with, and you know, when you go

1897
01:39:23,600 --> 01:39:25,720
Speaker 1: into meetings and talk to people and pitch ideas, you've

1898
01:39:25,720 --> 01:39:28,400
Speaker 1: got to know what you're up against and staying on

1899
01:39:28,520 --> 01:39:32,240
Speaker 1: top of it. Whether it's sports media, whether you're an accounting, fintech,

1900
01:39:32,400 --> 01:39:34,120
Speaker 1: whatever it is, you got to know what the lay

1901
01:39:34,160 --> 01:39:36,800
Speaker 1: of the land is. And uh, I just recommend um,

1902
01:39:37,240 --> 01:39:39,640
Speaker 1: maybe listening on the podcast if you miss that. Um,

1903
01:39:40,560 --> 01:39:42,479
Speaker 1: we do have a special guest who's dropping by in

1904
01:39:42,560 --> 01:39:44,760
Speaker 1: five minutes. It was touch and go whether or not

1905
01:39:44,880 --> 01:39:46,760
Speaker 1: he could come on you guys always love him. I'm

1906
01:39:46,760 --> 01:39:48,640
Speaker 1: not gonna say his name, but five minutes, you know,

1907
01:39:48,680 --> 01:39:52,280
Speaker 1: we'll get a really really good uh little uh discussion

1908
01:39:52,360 --> 01:39:55,240
Speaker 1: here going. Um, I would say, you've seen anything out

1909
01:39:55,280 --> 01:39:59,559
Speaker 1: of this Michigan State ohiosh, almost an interception by the Buckeyes.

1910
01:40:00,120 --> 01:40:02,200
Speaker 1: He can't move the football. This is a bad football team.

1911
01:40:02,400 --> 01:40:05,679
Speaker 1: Their head coaches the guy from Colin mel Tucker. Right, yes,

1912
01:40:05,800 --> 01:40:08,559
Speaker 1: first year from mel Tucker. Yeah, I mean they beat

1913
01:40:08,640 --> 01:40:11,240
Speaker 1: Northwestern last year. That was their big you know last week,

1914
01:40:11,360 --> 01:40:14,400
Speaker 1: right last week? Excuse me, and they beat Michigan, So

1915
01:40:14,560 --> 01:40:18,960
Speaker 1: I mean they're retooling under mel Tucker. But um, you

1916
01:40:19,040 --> 01:40:22,040
Speaker 1: know seven nothing early here, and yeah it's funny I play.

1917
01:40:22,640 --> 01:40:25,080
Speaker 1: I have gotten back to playing some basketball. I know

1918
01:40:25,160 --> 01:40:26,439
Speaker 1: you're not supposed to do that in l A, but

1919
01:40:26,520 --> 01:40:29,960
Speaker 1: it's outdoors. Uh So, don't freak out with a Michigan

1920
01:40:30,000 --> 01:40:33,960
Speaker 1: State grad who's actually more excited about the Spartans basketball team,

1921
01:40:34,080 --> 01:40:38,439
Speaker 1: believe it or not. Well, of course I was loaded.

1922
01:40:38,880 --> 01:40:41,240
Speaker 1: What's that I was loaded this year. Yeah. They had

1923
01:40:41,240 --> 01:40:43,360
Speaker 1: a little bit of a struggle last night with Detroit.

1924
01:40:43,600 --> 01:40:46,760
Speaker 1: Mercy had to come back and battle battle. Well, it's

1925
01:40:46,760 --> 01:40:48,920
Speaker 1: a natural letdown, right, they had a big game that

1926
01:40:49,040 --> 01:40:51,320
Speaker 1: I uh, who they beat earlier in the week, Duke.

1927
01:40:51,960 --> 01:40:55,439
Speaker 1: I think they won one at Duke at Cameron Indoor. Um,

1928
01:40:55,880 --> 01:40:58,479
Speaker 1: it's just a weird college basketball season. We just heard

1929
01:40:58,920 --> 01:41:01,960
Speaker 1: Gonzaga Baylor canceled. Yeah, that's too bad, because you know,

1930
01:41:02,040 --> 01:41:04,439
Speaker 1: Iowa is really highly ranked. They're gonna play Gonzaga in

1931
01:41:04,479 --> 01:41:06,120
Speaker 1: a few weeks and so I hope that, you know,

1932
01:41:06,160 --> 01:41:08,800
Speaker 1: everybody stays COVID free. Yeah. By the way, quick thing

1933
01:41:08,880 --> 01:41:11,720
Speaker 1: before we get to our guest speaking Viowa basketball. Um,

1934
01:41:12,520 --> 01:41:15,040
Speaker 1: I saw a clip of a player on the Iowa

1935
01:41:15,080 --> 01:41:18,000
Speaker 1: team talking about how his dad just passed away and

1936
01:41:18,479 --> 01:41:22,040
Speaker 1: Jack I was just floored, and I had to and

1937
01:41:22,120 --> 01:41:24,160
Speaker 1: I talked about going down rabbit holes. The first thing

1938
01:41:24,240 --> 01:41:25,600
Speaker 1: I did was I was like, oh my god, this

1939
01:41:25,720 --> 01:41:27,599
Speaker 1: is like one of the saddest stories. And the kid

1940
01:41:27,720 --> 01:41:30,919
Speaker 1: was handling it was so much grace. If if time permitted,

1941
01:41:31,880 --> 01:41:34,519
Speaker 1: I would play the entire you know, nine sound bite

1942
01:41:34,920 --> 01:41:36,880
Speaker 1: of how much of a grown up he sounds like.

1943
01:41:37,040 --> 01:41:39,360
Speaker 1: And this is a college kid. Yeah, the team's rallying

1944
01:41:39,360 --> 01:41:43,080
Speaker 1: around him. Yes, Jack Nanji's father passed away unexpectedly and

1945
01:41:43,240 --> 01:41:44,960
Speaker 1: it wasn't like, you know, he was super old. This

1946
01:41:45,080 --> 01:41:48,320
Speaker 1: isn't And I googled the guy's obituary because I wanted

1947
01:41:48,360 --> 01:41:49,880
Speaker 1: to read about it. He sounds just like such a

1948
01:41:50,040 --> 01:41:53,840
Speaker 1: great human being, was a physician, loved watching his son play,

1949
01:41:53,920 --> 01:41:57,160
Speaker 1: and very sad untimely passing of his father. But yeah,

1950
01:41:57,439 --> 01:42:00,000
Speaker 1: Jack is definitely rallied and the team's rallied around him.

1951
01:42:00,160 --> 01:42:02,720
Speaker 1: I mean he literally talked to his dad on what

1952
01:42:03,240 --> 01:42:05,600
Speaker 1: Friday night or whatever, and Saturday morning he got a

1953
01:42:05,640 --> 01:42:07,640
Speaker 1: call that his dad had just passed away. And I

1954
01:42:07,840 --> 01:42:10,640
Speaker 1: can't even fathom that guy's and I was just I

1955
01:42:10,760 --> 01:42:12,519
Speaker 1: was like, I'm not gonna say I was crying, but

1956
01:42:12,560 --> 01:42:14,639
Speaker 1: I was just like, oh my god, this is brutal.

1957
01:42:15,360 --> 01:42:18,519
Speaker 1: I can't I have been fortunate in my life, you

1958
01:42:18,560 --> 01:42:21,600
Speaker 1: know whatever. I haven't had to deal with anything like that,

1959
01:42:21,600 --> 01:42:23,280
Speaker 1: and I don't know how I would handle at this age.

1960
01:42:23,280 --> 01:42:26,000
Speaker 1: I can't imagine in college. Um So I just want

1961
01:42:26,000 --> 01:42:27,439
Speaker 1: to if you guys want to go look for that clip.

1962
01:42:27,479 --> 01:42:31,320
Speaker 1: What's his name again? Jack? Jack Nunji and n G. Yeah,

1963
01:42:31,400 --> 01:42:33,960
Speaker 1: And his dad was like a basketball player and started

1964
01:42:34,000 --> 01:42:35,840
Speaker 1: his physician business. He has a bunch of kids. He's

1965
01:42:35,880 --> 01:42:38,840
Speaker 1: like a good guy in the community and just like, oh,

1966
01:42:38,960 --> 01:42:40,800
Speaker 1: it's one of those. And we did this back in

1967
01:42:41,040 --> 01:42:44,559
Speaker 1: April when there was no sports, like, why do bad

1968
01:42:44,680 --> 01:42:47,400
Speaker 1: things happen to good people? And I don't, man, it's

1969
01:42:47,479 --> 01:42:49,920
Speaker 1: just brutal. Anyways, we got our guests coming up, so

1970
01:42:49,960 --> 01:42:51,800
Speaker 1: we're gonna break a minute early. We're gonna go to

1971
01:42:51,880 --> 01:42:54,280
Speaker 1: Isaac and on the other side of this big time

1972
01:42:54,360 --> 01:42:58,559
Speaker 1: guest New York Times bestseller breaks news on top of everything.

1973
01:42:58,640 --> 01:43:02,200
Speaker 1: We'll talk about that next, but first year's Isaac With

1974
01:43:03,200 --> 01:43:06,400
Speaker 1: all right, Jason, we will start. In college basketball, Today's

1975
01:43:06,760 --> 01:43:10,400
Speaker 1: highly anticipated showdown between number one Gonzaga and number two

1976
01:43:10,479 --> 01:43:13,960
Speaker 1: Baylor not gonna happen today after a Gonzaga player and

1977
01:43:14,080 --> 01:43:17,639
Speaker 1: an additional member of the Gonzaga traveling party tested positive

1978
01:43:17,680 --> 01:43:20,680
Speaker 1: for COVID nineteen. Game had been scheduled to tip off

1979
01:43:20,840 --> 01:43:24,520
Speaker 1: as we speak in Baker's Life field House in Indianapolis,

1980
01:43:24,560 --> 01:43:27,080
Speaker 1: so both teams are not gonna try to reschedule the

1981
01:43:27,160 --> 01:43:30,400
Speaker 1: game for a later date. On the college football scoreboard,

1982
01:43:30,680 --> 01:43:34,120
Speaker 1: Number four Ohio State without twenty three players today but

1983
01:43:34,200 --> 01:43:37,160
Speaker 1: still leading at Michigan State seven nothing seven minutes in

1984
01:43:37,560 --> 01:43:40,040
Speaker 1: fifth rank Texas A and m has seven nothing lead

1985
01:43:40,160 --> 01:43:44,000
Speaker 1: at Auburn eleven minutes in number fifteen, Oklahoma State as

1986
01:43:44,040 --> 01:43:46,880
Speaker 1: seven nothing lead at TCU with six twenty three left

1987
01:43:46,920 --> 01:43:50,160
Speaker 1: to play in the first seventeenth right North Carolina up

1988
01:43:50,240 --> 01:43:53,000
Speaker 1: seven to three over Western Carolina, which just kicked the

1989
01:43:53,080 --> 01:43:55,320
Speaker 1: field goal for twenty seven left in the first quarter.

1990
01:43:55,640 --> 01:43:58,600
Speaker 1: At number twenty one, Marshall and Rice are scoreless with

1991
01:43:58,760 --> 01:44:01,160
Speaker 1: Ford twelve left to play him the first and finally

1992
01:44:01,240 --> 01:44:05,080
Speaker 1: an NFL note, current free agent linebacker Vontes Berfect was

1993
01:44:05,200 --> 01:44:08,679
Speaker 1: arrested this morning and Clark County, Nevada on battery chargers.

1994
01:44:09,040 --> 01:44:12,880
Speaker 1: No other details presently available. Perfect last played for the

1995
01:44:12,960 --> 01:44:17,160
Speaker 1: Waiders in Jason Back to You, Thank you, Isaac. Back

1996
01:44:17,200 --> 01:44:20,040
Speaker 1: here on Fox Sports Radio. It's me Jason McIntyre coming

1997
01:44:20,080 --> 01:44:22,919
Speaker 1: to you live from the Geico Fox Sports Radio studios.

1998
01:44:23,280 --> 01:44:25,360
Speaker 1: It's easy to say fifteen per cent or more on

1999
01:44:25,479 --> 01:44:28,200
Speaker 1: car insurance with Geico go to guy dot com called

2000
01:44:28,240 --> 01:44:31,479
Speaker 1: one eight, nine for seven otto. The only hard part

2001
01:44:31,520 --> 01:44:33,840
Speaker 1: figuring out which way is easier. Let's just get to him.

2002
01:44:34,040 --> 01:44:38,040
Speaker 1: He's the man, the myth, the legend, Brian winhorst Uh.

2003
01:44:38,200 --> 01:44:41,559
Speaker 1: He's the best time best selling author New York Times

2004
01:44:41,640 --> 01:44:46,120
Speaker 1: Bestseller List. His podcast is a must listen um, listen, folks,

2005
01:44:46,240 --> 01:44:48,080
Speaker 1: Let's bring in Brian win horse. Brian, how are you man?

2006
01:44:49,080 --> 01:44:53,360
Speaker 1: Jason's don't sound so excited, Brian. That's a Saturday morning.

2007
01:44:53,400 --> 01:44:55,720
Speaker 1: You got your family, Thanks for taking a com worried

2008
01:44:55,720 --> 01:44:58,320
Speaker 1: about this Ohio steak and they're missing seventeen players. That's

2009
01:44:58,400 --> 01:45:00,639
Speaker 1: I'm a little anxious. Okay, Mr Buck, guys are already

2010
01:45:00,680 --> 01:45:03,960
Speaker 1: up seven nothing. They will win and let's get Let's

2011
01:45:04,000 --> 01:45:06,120
Speaker 1: get to the NBA. I've got this litany of questions

2012
01:45:06,120 --> 01:45:07,960
Speaker 1: I want to buzz through. So the season started in

2013
01:45:08,000 --> 01:45:10,320
Speaker 1: a few weeks. We have to start with Kyrie Irving.

2014
01:45:10,800 --> 01:45:13,920
Speaker 1: The last time we heard from Kyrie Irving, he was

2015
01:45:14,320 --> 01:45:17,360
Speaker 1: trying to scuttle the bubble. If you remember, we shouldn't

2016
01:45:17,360 --> 01:45:19,320
Speaker 1: go we should I can walk away from this at

2017
01:45:19,360 --> 01:45:22,160
Speaker 1: any moment, and now I'm not talking to the media

2018
01:45:22,200 --> 01:45:25,120
Speaker 1: for the entire season. Brian Man, I was a Kyrie

2019
01:45:25,160 --> 01:45:28,200
Speaker 1: Irving fan. I had that burnt Orange Calves throwback of

2020
01:45:28,280 --> 01:45:31,479
Speaker 1: Kyrie Irving. I mean, this guy is he's lost me.

2021
01:45:31,920 --> 01:45:33,439
Speaker 1: I don't know if he's losing fans. I know he's

2022
01:45:33,479 --> 01:45:36,040
Speaker 1: big on online. People love him, but he didn't want

2023
01:45:36,040 --> 01:45:38,479
Speaker 1: to play with Lebron, didn't want to play for. Brad Stevens,

2024
01:45:38,840 --> 01:45:41,920
Speaker 1: gets his way in Brooklyn, gets the coach fired. Now

2025
01:45:42,000 --> 01:45:43,760
Speaker 1: he's not talking to the media. What the hell is

2026
01:45:43,800 --> 01:45:46,280
Speaker 1: wrong with this guy? Well, actually, the last time I

2027
01:45:46,280 --> 01:45:49,280
Speaker 1: heard about him, he did a podcast maybe two weeks

2028
01:45:49,280 --> 01:45:51,040
Speaker 1: ago where he said that, you know, the Nets don't

2029
01:45:51,040 --> 01:45:55,200
Speaker 1: really have a head Cooey. I forgot about um. You know,

2030
01:45:55,439 --> 01:45:58,040
Speaker 1: here's let's say about Kyrie. Uh, And this is kind

2031
01:45:58,080 --> 01:46:00,320
Speaker 1: of where I've gotten to him. I'm really not gonna

2032
01:46:00,720 --> 01:46:04,240
Speaker 1: he actually does some pretty positive things in the community.

2033
01:46:04,360 --> 01:46:07,280
Speaker 1: He's um, He's donated a lot of money to his

2034
01:46:07,520 --> 01:46:09,960
Speaker 1: his high school, he's basically kept his old high school open,

2035
01:46:10,439 --> 01:46:12,080
Speaker 1: and he's done a lot of other things in the community.

2036
01:46:12,080 --> 01:46:14,240
Speaker 1: So I don't I don't want to say to not

2037
01:46:14,400 --> 01:46:16,519
Speaker 1: pay attention to what he what he doesn't do on

2038
01:46:16,560 --> 01:46:19,200
Speaker 1: the court, because that's not really fair. But I would

2039
01:46:19,280 --> 01:46:22,639
Speaker 1: in general, especially if you're a Nets fan, I would

2040
01:46:22,680 --> 01:46:26,320
Speaker 1: draw a box around that court and anytime Kyrie is

2041
01:46:26,439 --> 01:46:29,679
Speaker 1: off of it, I would just not pay much attention

2042
01:46:30,320 --> 01:46:33,080
Speaker 1: and just focus what he's doing on that court. Um.

2043
01:46:33,160 --> 01:46:36,400
Speaker 1: I think that's kind of the way um that his

2044
01:46:36,479 --> 01:46:39,280
Speaker 1: teammates are gonna have to go. He's a spectacular player.

2045
01:46:39,760 --> 01:46:43,760
Speaker 1: He's he's particularly a valuable player in the playoffs. So

2046
01:46:43,880 --> 01:46:47,560
Speaker 1: I'd even extended a little bit to say, even what

2047
01:46:47,720 --> 01:46:50,280
Speaker 1: Kyrie may do during the regular season, I would almost

2048
01:46:50,400 --> 01:46:54,680
Speaker 1: dim it, but he is this incredibly rare talent that

2049
01:46:54,840 --> 01:46:58,160
Speaker 1: is so extra valuable in the postseason. Although if I

2050
01:46:58,200 --> 01:47:02,240
Speaker 1: say it's the Celtics fans, they may point out that that, Um,

2051
01:47:03,320 --> 01:47:07,080
Speaker 1: but I will say this, I am surprised. I remain

2052
01:47:07,200 --> 01:47:11,000
Speaker 1: surprised eighteen months on that out of the options that

2053
01:47:11,160 --> 01:47:15,240
Speaker 1: Kevin Durant um had at his disposal, including playing with

2054
01:47:15,560 --> 01:47:19,799
Speaker 1: Kauai which was an option with the Clippers, that durant

2055
01:47:20,000 --> 01:47:23,719
Speaker 1: chose to go uh to sort of marry up with Kyrie.

2056
01:47:24,240 --> 01:47:26,639
Speaker 1: And I think it goes to the fact that while

2057
01:47:26,720 --> 01:47:31,599
Speaker 1: Kyrie seems to sometimes uh move a little bit around

2058
01:47:31,720 --> 01:47:34,240
Speaker 1: the box, so to speak. Um, he does have a

2059
01:47:34,320 --> 01:47:37,160
Speaker 1: way of connecting with people. Um. He is very popular

2060
01:47:37,240 --> 01:47:40,400
Speaker 1: with fans. He does have close relationships with other players

2061
01:47:40,439 --> 01:47:43,439
Speaker 1: in the league. UM. As far as this media thing, UM,

2062
01:47:43,640 --> 01:47:45,960
Speaker 1: I don't think it will last very long. I suspect

2063
01:47:46,000 --> 01:47:48,000
Speaker 1: within a week or two he'll be talking to the

2064
01:47:48,120 --> 01:47:52,200
Speaker 1: media again. UM. But I'm really so much he has

2065
01:47:52,240 --> 01:47:55,040
Speaker 1: said and done so many interviews he has given have

2066
01:47:55,240 --> 01:47:59,560
Speaker 1: been so all over the board that I'm I'm desensitized

2067
01:48:00,280 --> 01:48:02,160
Speaker 1: that I think the high school is St. Patrick in

2068
01:48:02,240 --> 01:48:04,560
Speaker 1: New Jersey. He's keeping it alive. He listen great in

2069
01:48:04,600 --> 01:48:07,680
Speaker 1: the community. I love that. But again, uh, go ask

2070
01:48:07,800 --> 01:48:09,880
Speaker 1: Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown what they think of this guy.

2071
01:48:09,920 --> 01:48:12,479
Speaker 1: Apparently they were just like, what's wrong with him? Like

2072
01:48:12,600 --> 01:48:15,160
Speaker 1: Kyrie is cool, Brian, if that if that makes sense?

2073
01:48:15,479 --> 01:48:17,599
Speaker 1: You know, he made a movie the whole Uncle Drew stuff.

2074
01:48:17,600 --> 01:48:20,639
Speaker 1: Like he's cool, he gets it. Uh, ladies like him

2075
01:48:20,720 --> 01:48:25,280
Speaker 1: or whatever. But um, I don't know, man, I did Huh.

2076
01:48:25,360 --> 01:48:28,240
Speaker 1: I think he's got if I if I played basketball

2077
01:48:28,880 --> 01:48:31,160
Speaker 1: like competitively, I would wear his shoes. I think his

2078
01:48:31,240 --> 01:48:33,000
Speaker 1: shoes are like the best poont Ones going out there.

2079
01:48:33,439 --> 01:48:35,240
Speaker 1: I doesn't get him any points on the court, but

2080
01:48:35,520 --> 01:48:38,200
Speaker 1: you know he's got something going. So. Kevin Durant was

2081
01:48:38,240 --> 01:48:40,880
Speaker 1: out here in my neck of the woods this summer, uh,

2082
01:48:41,000 --> 01:48:43,680
Speaker 1: maybe like fifteen blocks away, and I heard he was

2083
01:48:43,720 --> 01:48:46,280
Speaker 1: hanging out a lot with Nash, who also lives in

2084
01:48:46,360 --> 01:48:48,760
Speaker 1: my area. I don't know if Kyrie is there, but

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01:48:48,920 --> 01:48:52,360
Speaker 1: I wonder, I do wonder Brian Kyrie assembled this team,

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01:48:52,840 --> 01:48:55,000
Speaker 1: he got the coach fired. We know that that's come on,

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01:48:55,080 --> 01:48:58,240
Speaker 1: we know that to happen. Is he a little upset

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01:48:58,720 --> 01:49:02,200
Speaker 1: that Kevin Durant apparently had more sway to get Steve

2089
01:49:02,360 --> 01:49:07,760
Speaker 1: Nash in than Kyrie? Did? You know? You're asking a

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01:49:07,800 --> 01:49:10,400
Speaker 1: good question, and I think the next question is the

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01:49:10,520 --> 01:49:15,080
Speaker 1: better one, which is if Durant wants to bring in

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01:49:15,280 --> 01:49:18,880
Speaker 1: Harden and what that would mean for Kyrie? How would

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01:49:18,920 --> 01:49:23,680
Speaker 1: that work? Um because the relationship there and now now,

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01:49:23,800 --> 01:49:27,840
Speaker 1: Kyrie and Hardened had a relationship with tam USA um

2095
01:49:28,439 --> 01:49:32,080
Speaker 1: as many super teams start with roots in tm USA,

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01:49:32,640 --> 01:49:35,360
Speaker 1: but I don't know where they are now. I know

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01:49:35,479 --> 01:49:38,360
Speaker 1: that Durant and Harden have a relationship from when they

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01:49:38,360 --> 01:49:41,280
Speaker 1: were teammates with the Thunder And if that move happened,

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01:49:41,360 --> 01:49:44,280
Speaker 1: which would take a huge investment from the from the

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01:49:44,400 --> 01:49:46,640
Speaker 1: net because not only I mean this would be a

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01:49:46,680 --> 01:49:49,360
Speaker 1: trade like we saw for Anthony Davis, where you would

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01:49:49,400 --> 01:49:53,000
Speaker 1: be trading players today. You know, the guys like Carris Leverta,

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01:49:53,080 --> 01:49:56,920
Speaker 1: Jared Allen plus my my guests would be significant draft

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01:49:56,960 --> 01:49:59,720
Speaker 1: assets into the future. And to move make a move

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01:49:59,800 --> 01:50:03,439
Speaker 1: like that would really change what Kyrie's role with Durant

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01:50:03,479 --> 01:50:07,680
Speaker 1: would be going forward. Um so to me, yes, I

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01:50:07,760 --> 01:50:09,680
Speaker 1: do think the Nash thing is interesting. And how does

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01:50:09,720 --> 01:50:12,240
Speaker 1: it inform the possible decision that the Nets might have

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01:50:12,840 --> 01:50:15,000
Speaker 1: with Harden. I don't know the answer to that. I

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01:50:15,080 --> 01:50:17,200
Speaker 1: wish I could tell you. Oh, I'm sitting in on

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01:50:17,320 --> 01:50:20,200
Speaker 1: these meetings. The other thing is though, with Durant and

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01:50:20,439 --> 01:50:22,880
Speaker 1: Kyrie and and and again. This is why, like I

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01:50:22,960 --> 01:50:25,400
Speaker 1: look at the Nets and I say, boy, they have

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01:50:25,520 --> 01:50:28,080
Speaker 1: got a lot of talent. I'm looking forward to seeing them.

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01:50:28,080 --> 01:50:29,920
Speaker 1: I think they're gonna win a lot of games. But

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01:50:30,040 --> 01:50:32,600
Speaker 1: I have to pull myself back a little bit in

2117
01:50:32,760 --> 01:50:36,000
Speaker 1: going head over heels on them being a championship contender,

2118
01:50:36,320 --> 01:50:38,640
Speaker 1: because the one thing about Durant and Kyrie that has

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01:50:38,720 --> 01:50:41,759
Speaker 1: just been a feature of their careers is they seem

2120
01:50:41,840 --> 01:50:44,360
Speaker 1: to change their mind on what makes them happy day

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01:50:44,400 --> 01:50:47,080
Speaker 1: to day. And it's probably a struggle that they face,

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01:50:47,560 --> 01:50:51,960
Speaker 1: um across the board. But I don't know if, if

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01:50:52,080 --> 01:50:54,360
Speaker 1: what the formula that with this that might work in

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01:50:54,439 --> 01:50:57,400
Speaker 1: December two twenty for those guys, I don't know if

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01:50:57,439 --> 01:51:00,560
Speaker 1: that formula will still work in February or you. And

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01:51:00,760 --> 01:51:04,600
Speaker 1: that is why this is like a tinder, Like this

2127
01:51:04,760 --> 01:51:07,200
Speaker 1: is like a tinder box because I just I just

2128
01:51:07,280 --> 01:51:09,360
Speaker 1: don't know how it's gonna go. And really, if you

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01:51:09,400 --> 01:51:11,400
Speaker 1: look at their coaching staff, I mean, I have a

2130
01:51:11,439 --> 01:51:14,080
Speaker 1: big belief in Steve Nash. They hired Mike D'Antonio to

2131
01:51:14,120 --> 01:51:16,200
Speaker 1: run their offense. I mean, how you look at this

2132
01:51:16,360 --> 01:51:18,679
Speaker 1: offense and one of the great offensive coaches all time.

2133
01:51:18,960 --> 01:51:21,639
Speaker 1: They could rival one of the great offensive teams ever.

2134
01:51:22,040 --> 01:51:24,640
Speaker 1: But I still have to pull myself back on I

2135
01:51:24,720 --> 01:51:27,240
Speaker 1: don't know if everything, if all the all the connections

2136
01:51:27,240 --> 01:51:28,760
Speaker 1: are going to work out all right? One last thing

2137
01:51:28,840 --> 01:51:31,439
Speaker 1: on Kyrie before we move on. We know Kevin Durant

2138
01:51:31,479 --> 01:51:33,519
Speaker 1: has rabbit ears. He heard me saying he was the

2139
01:51:33,520 --> 01:51:35,400
Speaker 1: best player in the NBA three years ago. Would like

2140
01:51:35,520 --> 01:51:38,600
Speaker 1: respond to me on Instagram d ms Okay, do you

2141
01:51:38,800 --> 01:51:42,639
Speaker 1: think Brian Kevin Durant heard? Why would he follow Kyrie

2142
01:51:42,800 --> 01:51:44,760
Speaker 1: to the nets and said, you know what, let me

2143
01:51:44,840 --> 01:51:47,120
Speaker 1: get a coach in here where I have some cloud

2144
01:51:47,439 --> 01:51:49,280
Speaker 1: and let me go get my guy hardened again. I'm

2145
01:51:49,320 --> 01:51:51,800
Speaker 1: not trying to set Brooklyt on fire here, but it

2146
01:51:51,920 --> 01:51:55,400
Speaker 1: does feel like there is something percolating there. No, I

2147
01:51:55,439 --> 01:51:57,280
Speaker 1: don't I don't know about that. I don't think uh,

2148
01:51:57,720 --> 01:52:01,000
Speaker 1: I think Harden is available. Here's what I think. I

2149
01:52:01,080 --> 01:52:03,160
Speaker 1: think James Harden looks at the lad to Landy Houston

2150
01:52:03,680 --> 01:52:06,599
Speaker 1: and says, I've got, you know, X number of years

2151
01:52:06,640 --> 01:52:08,360
Speaker 1: of my prime left, and I do not think that

2152
01:52:08,439 --> 01:52:10,719
Speaker 1: this is going to be a championship team to three years,

2153
01:52:11,280 --> 01:52:12,920
Speaker 1: last two or three years, you could he could say

2154
01:52:12,960 --> 01:52:14,880
Speaker 1: this team could win a championship. I think he looks

2155
01:52:14,960 --> 01:52:17,760
Speaker 1: now and says, this is not a championship level team.

2156
01:52:18,200 --> 01:52:20,360
Speaker 1: Where can I go with as a championship level team?

2157
01:52:20,400 --> 01:52:23,000
Speaker 1: And he sees a team like that in Brooklyn. I

2158
01:52:23,080 --> 01:52:26,839
Speaker 1: think it's as simple as that. Brian does. Uh, Bradley

2159
01:52:26,880 --> 01:52:29,840
Speaker 1: Beal asked for a trade before or after the All

2160
01:52:29,880 --> 01:52:34,200
Speaker 1: Star break? Huh? You know, Uh, this is a question

2161
01:52:34,280 --> 01:52:37,160
Speaker 1: that's happened throughout the league. UM. I kind of feel

2162
01:52:37,240 --> 01:52:40,400
Speaker 1: like teams and even other players in the league of

2163
01:52:40,439 --> 01:52:42,880
Speaker 1: sort of dip their toe in the Bradley Beal water.

2164
01:52:43,280 --> 01:52:46,040
Speaker 1: He's still happy, Brad, He's still happy, Brad. You're still happy, Brad,

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01:52:46,520 --> 01:52:48,920
Speaker 1: And they keep getting told, yes, he's happy, he's happy

2166
01:52:49,000 --> 01:52:51,240
Speaker 1: with his he's he's he's he's okay with where they are.

2167
01:52:51,640 --> 01:52:53,880
Speaker 1: And I expect that to basically continue. But I will

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01:52:53,920 --> 01:52:58,519
Speaker 1: say this, this trade is a Bradley Beal trade. You know,

2169
01:52:59,000 --> 01:53:02,000
Speaker 1: they got Russell west not because I think they think

2170
01:53:02,080 --> 01:53:05,759
Speaker 1: that Westbrook and Deal are gonna be this magical duo together.

2171
01:53:05,840 --> 01:53:10,879
Speaker 1: Because quite frankly, Westbrook ultimately the Westbrook Duran ultimately broke up. Westbrook.

2172
01:53:10,920 --> 01:53:14,280
Speaker 1: George ultimately broke up Westbrook. Harden ultimately broke up. I'm

2173
01:53:14,320 --> 01:53:17,360
Speaker 1: not as signing blame to Russell for that, but I'm

2174
01:53:17,400 --> 01:53:20,200
Speaker 1: I've seen three straight duos break up, and I'm not

2175
01:53:20,280 --> 01:53:22,240
Speaker 1: gonna all of a sudden see the fourth duo and say, oh,

2176
01:53:22,400 --> 01:53:25,400
Speaker 1: that's gonna work. But I think the Wizards are sitting

2177
01:53:25,400 --> 01:53:27,960
Speaker 1: there saying, if we missed the playoffs this year, this

2178
01:53:28,040 --> 01:53:30,000
Speaker 1: guy's gonna have one you left on his contract to us,

2179
01:53:30,000 --> 01:53:32,559
Speaker 1: and he's gonna he's gonna want to change the situation.

2180
01:53:32,960 --> 01:53:35,000
Speaker 1: And you look at their rivals to make the back

2181
01:53:35,120 --> 01:53:37,559
Speaker 1: end of the East playoffs. Look at what Charlotte did,

2182
01:53:38,560 --> 01:53:41,439
Speaker 1: Heyward and and you know LaMelo Ball. Look at what

2183
01:53:41,520 --> 01:53:44,519
Speaker 1: Atlanta did bringing in for free agents. That's who they're

2184
01:53:44,520 --> 01:53:46,639
Speaker 1: gonna fight with to make the back end of the playoffs.

2185
01:53:46,680 --> 01:53:49,360
Speaker 1: And you may say, well, is going to be the

2186
01:53:49,439 --> 01:53:52,920
Speaker 1: seventh seed enough for Bradley Beale. It might be because

2187
01:53:53,080 --> 01:53:55,080
Speaker 1: one of the things that's frustrated Bradley Beale is he

2188
01:53:55,160 --> 01:53:57,599
Speaker 1: can't get on the All Star team, he can't get

2189
01:53:58,840 --> 01:54:02,719
Speaker 1: on the All NBA team, he can't get marketing deal

2190
01:54:02,960 --> 01:54:07,080
Speaker 1: because his team has frankly stunk the last few years. So, uh,

2191
01:54:07,240 --> 01:54:10,400
Speaker 1: that Russell Westbrook move is let's try to hold on

2192
01:54:10,439 --> 01:54:13,800
Speaker 1: to Bradley Beale. Will it works? I don't know. I

2193
01:54:13,800 --> 01:54:16,280
Speaker 1: don't know, man, Right, Let's go to the Golden State Warriors.

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01:54:16,360 --> 01:54:19,679
Speaker 1: Are they a sleeper in the West? Briant? I noticed

2195
01:54:20,000 --> 01:54:25,120
Speaker 1: Kelly Ubre, Brad Wannamaker, and Kent Baysmore all on the wings. Okay,

2196
01:54:25,520 --> 01:54:28,920
Speaker 1: they're set up pretty well to defend Luca Kauai. I'm

2197
01:54:28,920 --> 01:54:31,360
Speaker 1: not going to pretend those guys can defend Lebron and Kauai,

2198
01:54:31,479 --> 01:54:34,360
Speaker 1: but they can try. I feel like maybe there's something

2199
01:54:34,440 --> 01:54:38,360
Speaker 1: with the Warriors or people selling them short. Well. To me,

2200
01:54:38,520 --> 01:54:41,720
Speaker 1: They're big thing is um you know, one of the

2201
01:54:41,800 --> 01:54:44,120
Speaker 1: things that they've had for this run is their incredible

2202
01:54:44,200 --> 01:54:48,400
Speaker 1: offense because they've had Draymond Green as the hinge, and

2203
01:54:48,520 --> 01:54:52,080
Speaker 1: they've had all these terrific perimeter players too, to just

2204
01:54:52,440 --> 01:54:55,760
Speaker 1: unlock and they run off. You know, they don't run

2205
01:54:55,800 --> 01:54:59,080
Speaker 1: a traditional NBA offense. Uh, they just basically take advante

2206
01:54:59,080 --> 01:55:01,480
Speaker 1: of their talent. Well, now their talent just quite frankly,

2207
01:55:01,600 --> 01:55:06,360
Speaker 1: is diminished. You know. Obviously no Durant, Obviously no Clay Thompson. Um.

2208
01:55:06,480 --> 01:55:08,240
Speaker 1: They just don't have the talent in the perimeter. So

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01:55:09,000 --> 01:55:13,080
Speaker 1: is Kelly Oubrey gonna shootcent on threes or is he

2210
01:55:13,120 --> 01:55:16,880
Speaker 1: gonna shoot on three? Is Andrew Wiggan gonna be an

2211
01:55:16,880 --> 01:55:19,280
Speaker 1: efficient player or is he gonna be a not efficient player?

2212
01:55:19,520 --> 01:55:22,960
Speaker 1: Can James Wiseman even play? I mean, one of the

2213
01:55:23,040 --> 01:55:26,040
Speaker 1: things that has been clear is that you know, he

2214
01:55:26,120 --> 01:55:29,480
Speaker 1: has played nothing in organized basketball. Now you're gonna ask

2215
01:55:29,560 --> 01:55:32,120
Speaker 1: him to go out there. I don't know. I have

2216
01:55:32,320 --> 01:55:35,360
Speaker 1: them as a playoff team because of Draymond and staff

2217
01:55:35,440 --> 01:55:39,160
Speaker 1: and they're coaching um. But I think I really think

2218
01:55:39,240 --> 01:55:41,360
Speaker 1: that it's going to be a struggle for them offensively.

2219
01:55:41,400 --> 01:55:43,280
Speaker 1: I know that that's not been something that's been set

2220
01:55:43,880 --> 01:55:46,000
Speaker 1: And I think what's gonna end up happening is they're

2221
01:55:46,000 --> 01:55:48,160
Speaker 1: gonna end up having to try to play defense. As

2222
01:55:48,200 --> 01:55:50,960
Speaker 1: you mentioned, They're gonna have to try to win with defense.

2223
01:55:51,120 --> 01:55:52,560
Speaker 1: And I don't know if they're gonna be able to

2224
01:55:52,600 --> 01:55:54,320
Speaker 1: play Wiseman because I don't know if Wimen is going

2225
01:55:54,360 --> 01:55:57,840
Speaker 1: to be able to be out there and a defensive posture.

2226
01:55:57,920 --> 01:55:59,920
Speaker 1: I think they may have to limp through this SS

2227
01:56:00,040 --> 01:56:04,040
Speaker 1: and trying to win lower scoring games and you know,

2228
01:56:04,200 --> 01:56:06,320
Speaker 1: waiting for stuff to get red hot, and and that

2229
01:56:06,440 --> 01:56:08,720
Speaker 1: they'll do that enough. But it's going to be a

2230
01:56:08,800 --> 01:56:12,280
Speaker 1: completely different looking Warriors team. All right. Brian Winhorse, New

2231
01:56:12,360 --> 01:56:15,560
Speaker 1: York Times best selling author, ESPN inside, I mean he's great.

2232
01:56:15,600 --> 01:56:18,000
Speaker 1: Brian's great. Thanks for joining us, Brian, enjoy the weekend,

2233
01:56:18,040 --> 01:56:21,640
Speaker 1: and the Buckeyes are looking good. All right. That was

2234
01:56:21,680 --> 01:56:24,920
Speaker 1: Brian win Horse, really good stuff. Listen, This Kyrie powder

2235
01:56:25,000 --> 01:56:27,400
Speaker 1: Keg is a fun story to monitor all season. All right,

2236
01:56:27,440 --> 01:56:30,680
Speaker 1: coming up next, we'll wrap up the show. But big news, folks, Okay,

2237
01:56:31,040 --> 01:56:33,360
Speaker 1: the show after this one is going to be a

2238
01:56:33,560 --> 01:56:37,800
Speaker 1: brand new debut. Couple of big time former NFL players.

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01:56:37,960 --> 01:56:40,600
Speaker 1: I used to crush one of them in dominoes. The

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Speaker 1: other guy played at Penn State, and now I hear

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Speaker 1: laughter in the control room. We'll be back after this

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Speaker 1: zero on Fox Sports Radio Ohio State four Team Sparty zero.

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Speaker 1: The blood bath begins. Let's get to the gey Code

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Speaker 1: Play of the Day, stop the fields back to throw

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Speaker 1: which swings it wide to the right and Fields will

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01:57:02,680 --> 01:57:04,640
Speaker 1: take it into the end zone himself for a touchdown

2248
01:57:04,760 --> 01:57:07,480
Speaker 1: run of two yards, giving Ohio State a six. Nothing

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Speaker 1: to leave there it is. That was the Ohio State

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Speaker 1: first touchdown. Paul Keels liar Field I MG College. Very

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Speaker 1: you've got a great new show debuting. It's pretty cool.

2260
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Speaker 1: It's gonna be the first one of what's expected to

2261
01:57:44,440 --> 01:57:49,160
Speaker 1: be a long run. LaVar Arrington really good guy, former

2262
01:57:50,000 --> 01:57:53,520
Speaker 1: menace at Penn State. Uh, standout at with the Washington

2263
01:57:53,880 --> 01:57:57,800
Speaker 1: then Redskins. Um, you've got t J. Houshman Zad a

2264
01:57:57,920 --> 01:57:59,400
Speaker 1: good guy who I've done a lot of stuff with

2265
01:57:59,440 --> 01:58:01,720
Speaker 1: the fill in the last few years. Lush Benzata is

2266
01:58:01,760 --> 01:58:04,600
Speaker 1: just an all around solid guy. Um. Now you can't

2267
01:58:04,600 --> 01:58:06,720
Speaker 1: say that about a lot of people with ponytails, but

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01:58:06,920 --> 01:58:09,880
Speaker 1: t J. Hudevenzatta is a cool dude. And then finally

2269
01:58:09,960 --> 01:58:13,480
Speaker 1: Plexico Burris, Um, he's not out here in l A,

2270
01:58:13,560 --> 01:58:16,120
Speaker 1: so I can. I don't have to gas him up. Plaxico,

2271
01:58:16,200 --> 01:58:19,400
Speaker 1: former New York Giants receiver, caught a memorable touchdown. They're

2272
01:58:19,400 --> 01:58:21,640
Speaker 1: gonna do a different show. It's, you know, basically gonna

2273
01:58:21,680 --> 01:58:26,640
Speaker 1: be three football players up on game, chopping it up,

2274
01:58:27,240 --> 01:58:30,240
Speaker 1: keeping it real. I mean, it's funny. I talked about

2275
01:58:30,720 --> 01:58:32,560
Speaker 1: what's kind of gotten me this far. I was a

2276
01:58:32,600 --> 01:58:36,520
Speaker 1: guy in a newspaper like twenty years ago, and I

2277
01:58:36,640 --> 01:58:38,360
Speaker 1: just decided, you know, I started the website, and I

2278
01:58:38,520 --> 01:58:41,880
Speaker 1: decided to authenticity was gonna win out, and I was

2279
01:58:41,920 --> 01:58:44,480
Speaker 1: gonna call it like I see it. And again, my

2280
01:58:44,640 --> 01:58:47,320
Speaker 1: you know, my family's some immigrants who came to America

2281
01:58:47,720 --> 01:58:50,520
Speaker 1: and they weren't huge sports fans, and I just loved sports.

2282
01:58:50,560 --> 01:58:52,280
Speaker 1: I was a good youth player and then could never

2283
01:58:52,360 --> 01:58:55,080
Speaker 1: really pop. When I everybody got big, I did not

2284
01:58:55,160 --> 01:58:57,760
Speaker 1: get bigger. I mean, LaVar Arrington just standing next to

2285
01:58:57,800 --> 01:59:00,440
Speaker 1: the guy. It's like, my gosh, what kind of damage

2286
01:59:00,480 --> 01:59:02,040
Speaker 1: could I have done if I was as big as him?

2287
01:59:02,440 --> 01:59:06,040
Speaker 1: Um let a boy dream, okay, and um I was

2288
01:59:06,120 --> 01:59:08,680
Speaker 1: just always keeping it real and just speak in my mind.

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Speaker 1: And you know, I put this out on social media

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Speaker 1: that I've seen some announcers this year in the NFL

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Speaker 1: specifically just refusing to be critical. Uh. Tony Romo, a

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Speaker 1: guy who I respect and like, I mean, I don't

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Speaker 1: know if I could say the phrase ball washing, but

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Speaker 1: what on earth was that on Sunday refusing to give

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Speaker 1: Brady any of the blame. Uh, you know, he threw

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Speaker 1: a terrible pick uh, and it was like, oh, Mike

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Speaker 1: Evans didn't realize it was a hot rowdy forgot to

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Speaker 1: pick up the blizz blah blah blah. It's like we're

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Speaker 1: blaming boost boost arians for everything. No blame for Tom Brady.

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Speaker 1: And then on Monday Night Football, Brian Greasy refusing to say, listen,

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Speaker 1: Carson Wentz is the worst quarterback in the NFL. Because

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Speaker 1: that's not a stretch, folks. The numbers back it up.

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Speaker 1: Amongst starters, he's at the bottom, leads the league in interceptions,

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Speaker 1: second now in fumbles because Derek Carr was vomiting all

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Speaker 1: over for himself in Atlanta last weekend and Wentz leads

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Speaker 1: to the league in sacks. Take him. This guy stinks

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Speaker 1: right now. And Brian Greasy could not on air tear

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Speaker 1: down Wentz when he had the chance, And it's like,

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Speaker 1: that's tough for me. I watched a lot of these

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Speaker 1: games on mute. Now. It's like, if you're not gonna

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Speaker 1: keep it real and be authentic in the booth, on

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Speaker 1: the radio, on TV, what are you doing? And I

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Speaker 1: know we all have our guys we protect. Yes, Danny

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Speaker 1: Green before just getting traded, lived a couple streets away

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Speaker 1: from me and I would see him frequently. He doesn't.

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Speaker 1: We're not friends. But would I give him a little

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Speaker 1: more leniency? Yeah? But when he when he had that

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Speaker 1: awful game five, missed the obvious game winner. I mean

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Speaker 1: it was on a Friday night and I think Saturday morning.

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Speaker 1: I came on and was like, listen, Danny Green was

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Speaker 1: there's no bones about it. He was awful. That's a

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Speaker 1: shot he will lose sleepover there. The reason Danny Green,

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Speaker 1: he's not in Los Angeles right now, and he got

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Speaker 1: shipped to where is he Gavin? He was in Okay

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Speaker 1: see and then he got traded somewhere else. Um, because

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Speaker 1: he missed that shot in Game five, and I know

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Speaker 1: he was kind of bad throughout the playoffs and they

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Speaker 1: need to move on. But he ha's that shot. That's

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Speaker 1: all anybody remembers. But he misses that shot and he's gone,

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Speaker 1: like literally gone by Sea FedEx out of town. And

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Speaker 1: you gotta call it like you see it. And I'm

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Speaker 1: looking forward to that with plaques T J and LaVar Arrington. Um,

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Speaker 1: it should be fun. Another guy who I've worked with

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Speaker 1: that I will say, keeps it super real. Stephen Jackson. Um,

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Speaker 1: he's got the up in Smoke podcast with Um Matt Barnes,

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Speaker 1: and just the authenticity wins out. I'm telling you guys,

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Speaker 1: in life, that's what you gotta do, whether it's with

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Speaker 1: the ladies, you know, just be real. That's who you are.

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Speaker 1: This is who I am. You don't like me, hey,

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Speaker 1: I get it, I understand. Um. With sports, Uh, it's

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Speaker 1: just with neighbors. By the way, I've had a little

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Speaker 1: dust up with my neighbor recently, and that's weird in

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Speaker 1: California because they live like right on top of you,

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Speaker 1: you know, and no words exchange. But I'm like, I'm

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Speaker 1: not being super friendly to the guy. I don't want

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Speaker 1: to say what happened. I was Sam, I'm not gonna

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Speaker 1: talk about it. No, no major incident. But it's like, dude,

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Speaker 1: don't you your driveway. Don't be a jerk. Bottom line,

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Speaker 1: don't be a jerk. I would say another word there,

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Speaker 1: but I can't, and I always say I will have

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Speaker 1: to dump it anyways, great show, guys, Thank you to

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Speaker 1: the guests, Thank you to everybody here in the studio.

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Speaker 1: Podcast will be up in I don't know twenty five minutes.

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Speaker 1: Uh enjoy LaVar plaques and uh T. J Houshman's out. Everybody,

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Speaker 1: have a great weekend.