1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:01,480 Speaker 1: Kubbooms. 2 00:00:02,320 --> 00:00:05,400 Speaker 2: If you thought four hours a day, twelve hundred minutes 3 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:09,160 Speaker 2: a week was enough, think again. He's the last remnants 4 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:12,480 Speaker 2: of the old republic, a sol fashion of fairness. He 5 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 2: treats crackheads in the ghetto gutter the same as the 6 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:17,480 Speaker 2: rich pill poppers in the penthouse. 7 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:18,400 Speaker 1: Wow. 8 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:22,320 Speaker 2: The Clearinghouse of Hot takes break free for something special. 9 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:30,640 Speaker 2: The Fifth Hour with Ben Maller starts right now. 10 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 1: In the air everywhere. The Fifth Hour with Me, Ben 11 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:37,879 Speaker 1: Mahler and Danny g Radios. We hang out with you 12 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:42,839 Speaker 1: on a early Sunday, as we are recording this on 13 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:46,879 Speaker 1: the eleventh day of January, and a podcast. Having a 14 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 1: podcast going into the audio sweatshop every day on the 15 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 1: weekend is a double edged sword. It's a blessing and 16 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:56,400 Speaker 1: a curse. It is a blessing because when you have 17 00:00:56,680 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 1: wild Card playoff games on a Saturday, and you don't 18 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:04,480 Speaker 1: have a radio show on a Saturday, you can come 19 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:09,400 Speaker 1: in on an early Sunday morning and provide some commentary 20 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:11,240 Speaker 1: on the plus Now, we will get to the mailbag 21 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:14,959 Speaker 1: later on, which is a staple of the Fifth Hour podcast. 22 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 1: Nothing like Ask Ben, nothing at all like Ask Ben. 23 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 1: But we will begin with a couple of mini Malar 24 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 1: monologues on what we witnessed in the NFL wild Card 25 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:31,760 Speaker 1: opener on Saturday. We're gonna start with the late game. 26 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:33,760 Speaker 1: I was gonna start with the Ram game. I was like, ah, 27 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 1: I'll just do the Ram game. So they had halftime 28 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:39,840 Speaker 1: of the Packer Bears game. It looked like there would 29 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:42,520 Speaker 1: be no reason to bring that game up. It was 30 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:47,200 Speaker 1: headed toward blowout city and then they played the second half, 31 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 1: So we're gonna start with that game. We're gonna start 32 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 1: with that game. It was not a gigantic upset. The 33 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 1: Packers were only a one point favorite. I took Green 34 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:59,559 Speaker 1: Bay on benny versus the penny. That was the right side. 35 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 1: I didn't know they were choking dogs, but they turned 36 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 1: out to be choking dogs. Oh my god. Do you 37 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:07,560 Speaker 1: know how in competent you have to beat to blow 38 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:10,239 Speaker 1: an eighteen point lead in the NFL playoffs? They did 39 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 1: it anyway. Packers kicker Brandon McManus is the one that 40 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 1: etched his name on the side of the bathroom wall 41 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 1: of special team meltdowns in that playoff game on Saturday 42 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 1: night there at Soldier Field in Chicago. McManus who's been around. 43 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 1: This is not his first trip to the circus, and 44 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:40,640 Speaker 1: he experienced a reversal of fortune. Missed two field goals 45 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 1: and an extra point. The Packers ended up blowing a 46 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:47,079 Speaker 1: twenty one to three halftime lead. They lose a very 47 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 1: memorable NFL playoff game thirty one twenty seven to kick 48 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:54,919 Speaker 1: off the wild card round. There So the Chicago Bears 49 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:58,440 Speaker 1: win a playoff game and advance. But the better story 50 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:00,519 Speaker 1: is in the losing locker room, and that is where 51 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:04,080 Speaker 1: we will begin good jumping off point, the question kicker 52 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:09,799 Speaker 1: Brandon McManus costing the Packers seven points in a game 53 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 1: they lost by four points, that epic collapse in Chicago. 54 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:20,239 Speaker 1: Is this game entirely on his shoulders as is being reported? 55 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:24,040 Speaker 1: So I have on this one dollar store guy named 56 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:30,080 Speaker 1: Earl and ring doorbell camera, and we will combine all 57 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:32,959 Speaker 1: of these things together and we are going to win 58 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:37,200 Speaker 1: a podcast award. I don't think we're cool enough to 59 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 1: win one of those, and we don't suck up to 60 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:40,920 Speaker 1: enough people, so I don't know that's gonna happen. But 61 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:45,320 Speaker 1: a using malormath, and that's the only math we use 62 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 1: on the Fifth Hour podcast. Brandon McManus on the Mallard 63 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:53,200 Speaker 1: pie chart gets seventy five percent of the blame pie. 64 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 1: And yes, kickers aren't football players, they're idiot kickers, hired 65 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 1: mercenaries with one job and a very fragile mind. I 66 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 1: get that. However, However, here's the thing, the low information 67 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 1: box score bandit, as we like to call him. They'll 68 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:15,000 Speaker 1: see Jordan Love's three hundred and twenty three yards and 69 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 1: four touchdowns and want to give him a full pardon 70 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 1: and a parade. You can't blame Jordan Love. He had 71 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:26,520 Speaker 1: four touchdowns and no interceptions and three hundred twenty three yards. 72 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:29,200 Speaker 1: You don't know ball if you blame him. Not so fast, 73 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:33,839 Speaker 1: my friend, because on the Mallard Show scorecard, Jordan Love 74 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 1: gets a hefty slice of guilt cheese Fondu, guilt cheese fondu. 75 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 1: Why not one, not two, not three, but four four 76 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 1: straight possessions in the middle part of that game, punt punt, 77 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:53,159 Speaker 1: punt punt in the meat of the game. That is 78 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 1: offensive paralysis. Now, Jordan Love went from a butcher knife 79 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 1: in the first half to a dollars store butter knife 80 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:07,520 Speaker 1: after halftime. First half chef's kiss, absolute chef's kiss second half. 81 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:12,280 Speaker 1: It looked like he popped a melatonin at intermission and 82 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 1: needed a blankie. Under fifty percent completions in the second half, 83 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:21,480 Speaker 1: shrinking like a cheap sweater. You don't blow a twenty 84 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:25,320 Speaker 1: one to three lead, you win the turnovers to nothing 85 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:30,479 Speaker 1: and still lose unless you and your quarterback are performing 86 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:34,039 Speaker 1: mensa level and competence. Now, add on, the Packers did 87 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:37,480 Speaker 1: have not one, not two, three, four four fumbles. They 88 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:41,280 Speaker 1: recovered all of them, sure, but those are half turnover, 89 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:44,080 Speaker 1: so that's four fumbles each a half a turnover. They 90 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 1: usually stop a drive, so that's like two turnovers. It's 91 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:50,280 Speaker 1: like tripping over your own luggage while running to the gate. 92 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 1: So McManus again lit the match. However, Jordan Love poured 93 00:05:56,600 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 1: the gasoline on top. Now page two at the end 94 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:04,080 Speaker 1: of the what is this the seventh season? I believe it? 95 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:08,120 Speaker 1: Oh my god, where does the time go? Matt LeFleur, 96 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:12,960 Speaker 1: Green Bays coach seven years and his team again showing 97 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:17,119 Speaker 1: a lack of moxie like my dog late in the game. 98 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:20,240 Speaker 1: There the composure in big moments in a playoff game. 99 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 1: So the question cheesehead fans want Mattlefleir fired. They want 100 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:32,560 Speaker 1: him sent to a war tribunal after the Packers choked 101 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:36,640 Speaker 1: it away in Chicago to be eliminated from the NFL plauffs. 102 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:40,479 Speaker 1: What are the chances that this happens? What are the 103 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:45,279 Speaker 1: chances that matt LeFleur is Gonzo? All Right, So the 104 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 1: Mallor sportsbook odds at plus four hundred, that is a 105 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:55,479 Speaker 1: twenty percent chance that the Flur gets whacked. It's not 106 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:58,840 Speaker 1: zero hope, but not exactly def con won either. It's 107 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:01,680 Speaker 1: a two hundred hitter in baseball, which is usually not 108 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:05,159 Speaker 1: a problem unless you're Miguel Rojas for the Dodgers against 109 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:08,119 Speaker 1: the Toronto Blue Jays in Game seven of the World Series. 110 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:12,120 Speaker 1: But I digress. So the Packer nation? Is that a thing? Still? 111 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:16,240 Speaker 1: Packer Nation? They're waving their pitchforks like it's some kind 112 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:20,320 Speaker 1: of medieval cheese riot. You think they ever had a 113 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:23,680 Speaker 1: cheese riot in medieval times? The great thing about medieval 114 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:26,080 Speaker 1: times is the people that were living in medieval times 115 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 1: did not realize they were in medieval times. They were 116 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:31,880 Speaker 1: just living their lives. So anyway, yeah, this isn't Jerry 117 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 1: Jones with the flamethrower. This is sleepy Green Bay, a 118 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:41,160 Speaker 1: commune in the NFL a co op, so it's always 119 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 1: more complicated. If this was another town, you'd say, Matt 120 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 1: Lafleur is gone. His ass is grass in Green Bay, though, eh, 121 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:54,200 Speaker 1: I mean going into the playoffs, Lafleur was on my 122 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:57,239 Speaker 1: short list of coaches that were on the hot seat 123 00:07:57,480 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 1: if they didn't win, and the Packers obviously didn't win 124 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:03,080 Speaker 1: and they blew a massive lead. The issue is always 125 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 1: the over five hundred thousand shareholders that the Packers have. 126 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 1: There's no one billionaire sugar daddy. If there was one 127 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 1: billionaire sugar daddy like Jerry Jones, say okay, that's easy, 128 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:20,160 Speaker 1: that's an easy move. Decisions move much more slowly. It's 129 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:24,920 Speaker 1: like it's like molasses. It's slower than molasses. In late January. 130 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:29,520 Speaker 1: You don't fire a coach there, you don't. You submit 131 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:34,080 Speaker 1: a request, It gets laminated, it gets passed around and 132 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:38,679 Speaker 1: voted on by a guy named Earl wearing cheese stained 133 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:44,600 Speaker 1: overalls and a foam cheesehead. And LeFleur he's got some alibis, 134 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 1: mainly the highest paid non quarterback in the NFL, Michael Parsons, 135 00:08:51,679 --> 00:08:54,160 Speaker 1: did not walk through that locker room door as a player, 136 00:08:54,880 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 1: and Tucker Kraft, who had been a breakout star at 137 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:01,520 Speaker 1: tight end, did not play all, both to them enjoying 138 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:05,600 Speaker 1: some rice Crispies Snap crackle pop. So it's like baking 139 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:08,720 Speaker 1: a cake and not having eggs and then being shocked 140 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:13,000 Speaker 1: when you're on the British baking show and the thing collapses. Regardless, 141 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:17,000 Speaker 1: you have a twenty one to three lead. You gotta 142 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:19,439 Speaker 1: win that game. I mean, you don't need me to 143 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:22,200 Speaker 1: tell you that. And after warning everyone, here's the thing. 144 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:25,040 Speaker 1: At halftime, they did a little halftime walk and talk 145 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:29,720 Speaker 1: the walkie talkie at halftime and he said, it's a 146 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:34,160 Speaker 1: Bears are a comeback team. You warned everyone and then 147 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:37,439 Speaker 1: couldn't get your team to make enough plays to stop 148 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:42,000 Speaker 1: that from happening. That's coaching malpractice. And there's fingerprints everywhere. 149 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:46,240 Speaker 1: That's not stepping on a rake, that's juggling chainsaws blindfolded. 150 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:51,480 Speaker 1: So yeah, plus four hundred feels about right. It feels 151 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:55,000 Speaker 1: about right, about twenty percent chance. Is it possible? Yeah? 152 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:59,120 Speaker 1: Would it be painful? Yeah? And that loss was a 153 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:05,280 Speaker 1: body blow, bodyblow, body blow. Yet Green Bay doesn't fire fast. 154 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:10,000 Speaker 1: They don't they stew And I never liked stew I don't. 155 00:10:10,280 --> 00:10:11,920 Speaker 1: It's kind of like a brought worst left on the 156 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:14,560 Speaker 1: grill too long. I like a well done food. But 157 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:17,560 Speaker 1: generally speaking, you don't want your brod cook too much 158 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:21,440 Speaker 1: because then it kind of pops open. It's it's not 159 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:23,679 Speaker 1: that great. It's not that great. All right, last word 160 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:26,000 Speaker 1: on the Packer Bears game. All right, So let's talk 161 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:29,680 Speaker 1: about the handshake heard round the NFC North in the 162 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:35,360 Speaker 1: NFL playoffs question coaches Ben Johnson and Matt LeFleur sharing 163 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:39,079 Speaker 1: a very tense handshake at the conclusion of the NFC 164 00:10:39,160 --> 00:10:42,360 Speaker 1: Wildcard game. How did you see it? Well, how did 165 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:45,840 Speaker 1: I see it? On the judge's scorecard. That wasn't a handshake. 166 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:49,160 Speaker 1: This was a drive by DAP is what that was. 167 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:52,480 Speaker 1: That was a hit and run greeting. Ben Johnson did 168 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:57,839 Speaker 1: not shake Matt Leffleur's hand. He processed him. You don't reminder, 169 00:10:57,880 --> 00:10:59,760 Speaker 1: it was like you see those videos every once in 170 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:03,440 Speaker 1: a while out on the interweb, and it's like the 171 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:08,560 Speaker 1: Amazon delivery driver gone rogue on a ring doorbell where 172 00:11:08,559 --> 00:11:13,760 Speaker 1: they toss the package, they throw it, they're throwing a fastball, 173 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 1: they snap the photo, they peel out of the driveway, 174 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:21,720 Speaker 1: they burn rubber, the whole thing for the Packers, blowing 175 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:26,400 Speaker 1: an eighteen point lead. The season goes poof abra cadabra, gonzo, 176 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:31,439 Speaker 1: and there's Matt Lafleur standing there waiting for some football decorum, 177 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:36,400 Speaker 1: and instead Ben Johnson's like, screw this guy. He gives 178 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:41,040 Speaker 1: in the old nice knowing you pal. I got to it. 179 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:43,480 Speaker 1: I loved every second of it I did. Does that 180 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:45,640 Speaker 1: make me a bad person? Know it does not. It 181 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:50,600 Speaker 1: was good TV, great theater. And this league needs more pettiness, 182 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:55,760 Speaker 1: not less. It needs more everyone. Everyone is treated like 183 00:11:55,800 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 1: a king. They're spoiled, rotten. They're spoiled, rotten, rich, every 184 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:04,880 Speaker 1: one of the Ben Johnson doing this drive by like 185 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 1: an Amazon drivers pulling in what thirteen million a year 186 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:14,400 Speaker 1: from Chicago, thirteen millionaire. Matt Lafleur is making five million, 187 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:17,040 Speaker 1: which makes him the poor coach in these two for 188 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:21,840 Speaker 1: Green Bay. So these guys are not starving artists. They're not. 189 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:27,679 Speaker 1: This is ego. Sumo wrestling is what this is. So 190 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:30,480 Speaker 1: give me the tension, give me the side eye. I 191 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:33,800 Speaker 1: need more side eye I do. It's a breath of 192 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 1: fresh air, and sports are better when the smiles are 193 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:42,480 Speaker 1: fake and the handshakes are a little icy, And that 194 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:47,280 Speaker 1: wasn't disrespect, that was punctuation. I thought it was great. 195 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:49,920 Speaker 1: And then Ben Johnson got knocked over by one of 196 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:54,200 Speaker 1: his own players moments after that. It was quite the scene. 197 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:57,079 Speaker 1: Quite the scene. So the Chicago Bear fans, you talk 198 00:12:57,080 --> 00:13:00,480 Speaker 1: about the spectrum of emotion at halftime, they were ready 199 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:03,440 Speaker 1: to run out Ben Johnson and Caleb Williams and Kavi 200 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:07,200 Speaker 1: Williams didn't play all that great. It's really bizarre. The 201 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:09,840 Speaker 1: fourth quarter was wild and crazy. But for most of 202 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:12,199 Speaker 1: that game, Caaleb Williams was not a very good quarterback. 203 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:14,240 Speaker 1: But you're not supposed to talk about that because the 204 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:17,240 Speaker 1: only thing people remember is the final score. And you 205 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:22,000 Speaker 1: win the game and everything's great, everything smells like wonderful cologne, 206 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:26,600 Speaker 1: and you lose the game and you're rotting shrimp is 207 00:13:26,640 --> 00:13:28,280 Speaker 1: what you are out in the sun, all right. Now, 208 00:13:28,640 --> 00:13:33,120 Speaker 1: Onto the early game. Onto the early game. The LMS 209 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:38,040 Speaker 1: had to come back not once but twice against lowly Carolina. 210 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:42,439 Speaker 1: Are you kidding me? It was fingerbiting hair falling out 211 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:45,160 Speaker 1: that all that. It was a win. It was a win. 212 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:50,160 Speaker 1: So let us discuss the question. So what did the 213 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:55,440 Speaker 1: Rams beating Carolina actually say about Sean mcvay's team as 214 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:59,800 Speaker 1: they advanced to the divisional round. So we have overdosed 215 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:04,320 Speaker 1: and Neon Eraser on this mini Malar monologue as the 216 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:11,200 Speaker 1: Rams take down the Panthers in wild Card Saturday, now 217 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:16,000 Speaker 1: number one, number one, I'll tell you what it said 218 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:19,520 Speaker 1: to me. The Rams are who we thought they were. 219 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:23,960 Speaker 1: They play with their peas and carrots. They do. They 220 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:28,720 Speaker 1: don't just eat the meal. They're not workmenlike. They're not methodical. 221 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:30,520 Speaker 1: They don't go out and just take care of bins. 222 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:34,400 Speaker 1: They rearrange it on their plate. They do, they do, 223 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:39,120 Speaker 1: they do. Now, we covered this on Benny Versus the Penny, 224 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:42,640 Speaker 1: and you listening to this, your fem I'm happy for 225 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:45,560 Speaker 1: my guys in Chicago. We talked already about the Bears game. 226 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:49,120 Speaker 1: But you're Femi eug and all those guys who are 227 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:52,720 Speaker 1: are loyal to the show tree in Chicago. I'm happy 228 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:54,920 Speaker 1: for you guys because the Bears have sucked for a while. 229 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:58,120 Speaker 1: But in terms of Benny Versus the Penny, we talked 230 00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:01,200 Speaker 1: about the Ram game. We said, hey, I took Carolina 231 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:03,600 Speaker 1: and some of you guys were trying to bust my balls. 232 00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:07,520 Speaker 1: On social media and you're oh Man Meller, you're Rams. 233 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:13,200 Speaker 1: Oh Carolina, they covered the spread. I mean, okay, I 234 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:17,200 Speaker 1: took Carolina on Benny versus Benny. The Rams have been 235 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:18,880 Speaker 1: doing this all year. This is not new. They blew 236 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:21,560 Speaker 1: a nineteen point lead, I believe to Philadelphia. They blew 237 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:25,040 Speaker 1: a sixteen point lead in another game. And it's like 238 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:28,160 Speaker 1: they're running a community theater production of how to keep 239 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:32,440 Speaker 1: the underdog engaged? What are you doing? Like, just go 240 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:34,880 Speaker 1: for the juggular, go for the kill shot. They don't 241 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:39,000 Speaker 1: do it now. Matthew Stafford first quarter, he was cooking 242 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:41,640 Speaker 1: with gas. He was Gordon Ramsey out there. There were 243 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:45,160 Speaker 1: flames in the air everywhere, him and Puka Nakua unstoppable. 244 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:46,640 Speaker 1: This looked like it was gonna be a forty to 245 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:49,440 Speaker 1: ten win, and then they had to play the rest 246 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:52,120 Speaker 1: of the game. The middle of the game, he goes 247 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:56,000 Speaker 1: from Matthew Stafford goes from Gordon Ramsey cooking with gas, 248 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:59,880 Speaker 1: and then he's rubbing rocks together like he's auditioning for Survivor. 249 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:04,880 Speaker 1: He overdosed on stupid bills. It looked like he had 250 00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:10,680 Speaker 1: gastronidis whatever it is, you know, the food poisoning, pale, shaky, miserable, 251 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:16,840 Speaker 1: all of that, and yet the end of the game, 252 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:18,800 Speaker 1: he pulls the rabbit out of the hat. The Rams 253 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:22,000 Speaker 1: matriculate the ball down the field and they get the 254 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:25,280 Speaker 1: touchdown to go ahead. They have it. They were down 255 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:27,320 Speaker 1: by four, they had to have a touchdown. So the 256 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:30,680 Speaker 1: ras Mataz was there at the end the game winning drive. 257 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:34,880 Speaker 1: And you exhale, unless, of course, you're a gambler and 258 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:39,040 Speaker 1: you bet on the Rams, and that's not the case 259 00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:41,840 Speaker 1: for most people. Unfortunately, most people aren't gambled. I love gambling, 260 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:44,000 Speaker 1: but most people don't gamble. And all that matters is 261 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:47,160 Speaker 1: wins and losses. Wins and losses. Now in my world 262 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:52,040 Speaker 1: of benny versus the penny. In my world, good teams win, 263 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:54,840 Speaker 1: great teams cover. The Rams are not a great team. 264 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:57,800 Speaker 1: And that's the thing. The Rams are good, they're not great. 265 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:06,240 Speaker 1: And Sean McVay absolutely brilliant chef. The Rams thought outside 266 00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:08,919 Speaker 1: the box. They took somebody who wasn't quite ready to 267 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:11,080 Speaker 1: be a head coach and made him a head coach. 268 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:16,640 Speaker 1: And unless McVeigh decides to quit and go do bad television, 269 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:20,479 Speaker 1: he'll be the Rams coach for another ten years. At 270 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:24,760 Speaker 1: least it's insane. And he's good. The guy's good. And 271 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:29,280 Speaker 1: so McVeigh just a masterpiece as a coach. And yet 272 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:31,960 Speaker 1: he's like a brilliant chef but keeps leaving the oven 273 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:36,760 Speaker 1: door open. So he's wonderful and has this terrible habit. 274 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:40,600 Speaker 1: It's just knock it off all right now, Page two. 275 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:45,040 Speaker 1: So the Carolina Panthers believe that they are not these 276 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:50,520 Speaker 1: same old Panthers after this close playoff loss to the 277 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:52,600 Speaker 1: LA RAM So I want to address that the question 278 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:55,680 Speaker 1: there's a quote actually will wrap the question around. The 279 00:17:55,760 --> 00:18:00,320 Speaker 1: quote from Carolina defensive back Mike Jackson. What a tough 280 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:02,720 Speaker 1: name to have if you're a star football player. A 281 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:04,879 Speaker 1: lot of people have the name Mike Jackson. But anyway, 282 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:09,040 Speaker 1: he said, quote, we just showed people that we aren't 283 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:14,080 Speaker 1: the old Panthers. Mike Jackson said, close quote question, how 284 00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:17,600 Speaker 1: do you feel about that commentary that we are not 285 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:20,919 Speaker 1: the same old Panthers? So I have two words I 286 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:26,160 Speaker 1: wrote down on my board, my chalkboard. Stop it are 287 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:30,520 Speaker 1: my two words. That is a participation trophy parade is 288 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:32,639 Speaker 1: what that is? What do you do if I was 289 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:35,600 Speaker 1: coaching the Carolina Panthers. So I'm Dave Canallis. I would 290 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:38,160 Speaker 1: be like, dude, you're out of here. Get out of here. 291 00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:43,840 Speaker 1: You don't get a victory lap for losing capital l losing. 292 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:48,520 Speaker 1: This isn't Little League with the orange slices. We're not 293 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:53,679 Speaker 1: doing that here. Hello, Like, what do you want? We 294 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:58,000 Speaker 1: will give you. I'll go into the prize chest and 295 00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:02,960 Speaker 1: I'm gonna give you a neon blue eraser, that bright neon. 296 00:19:03,280 --> 00:19:05,359 Speaker 1: I'll give you a teal how about the teal neon 297 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:09,879 Speaker 1: teal eraser? Good? All right, so Carolina, unless I miss something, 298 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:13,040 Speaker 1: still walked off the field with a giant l, big 299 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:17,480 Speaker 1: fat giant el. And now this and some other quotes 300 00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:19,760 Speaker 1: I saw coming out of the Panthers' locker room. They're 301 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:24,800 Speaker 1: doing this verbal gymnastics routine, grabbing for anything that feels 302 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:29,000 Speaker 1: like a win. And is it true that Vegas had 303 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:31,560 Speaker 1: them at two hundred to one to win the Super Bowl? 304 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:35,320 Speaker 1: To win the Super Bowl? That is not disrespect. That 305 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:40,119 Speaker 1: is a that is a bright billboard, times square billboard 306 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:45,359 Speaker 1: that reads, you don't belong here, You don't belong here. 307 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:50,400 Speaker 1: They were the biggest home underdog in NFL playoff history 308 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:54,240 Speaker 1: of the Carolina Panthers. That wasn't shade. That was sunlight, 309 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:58,359 Speaker 1: exposing a team that was unqualified to be in the 310 00:19:58,359 --> 00:20:02,639 Speaker 1: playoffs and the fat that they covered the spread. This 311 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:08,240 Speaker 1: wasn't the Panthers rising. It was a whoopedie damn dow situation. 312 00:20:09,119 --> 00:20:13,960 Speaker 1: It was the Rams who were guilty of Malfeasan's in sleepwalking. 313 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:16,919 Speaker 1: After they built up a double digit lead early in 314 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:20,400 Speaker 1: the game, Sean mcvay's crew played down to their opponents, 315 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 1: called sandbagging like a shark nibbling instead of biting. The 316 00:20:25,119 --> 00:20:28,240 Speaker 1: shark could always bite, but instead nibbles. It was a 317 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:33,080 Speaker 1: classic playoff trap game. And even then Carolina could not 318 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:36,960 Speaker 1: actually close the deal because Bryce Young isn't that guy. 319 00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:40,320 Speaker 1: You're not that guy, Pal, You're not that guy. And 320 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:43,680 Speaker 1: saying that we're not the old Panthers, the same old 321 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:48,560 Speaker 1: Panthers after a loss is like bragging you did not drown, 322 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:52,639 Speaker 1: even though you just swallowed half of the chlorine water 323 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:55,560 Speaker 1: in the pool. Like what are we doing here in 324 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:58,960 Speaker 1: the NFL? You've got it's amazing. This isn't called the scoreboard, 325 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:02,000 Speaker 1: and you have you've never heard this bore. You've got 326 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:09,200 Speaker 1: winners and you've got losers. No motivational posters survivors. The 327 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:16,240 Speaker 1: Panthers lost, they lost. End of story. That's it all right, 328 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:20,520 Speaker 1: Now onto the mail bag. It's all about the mail 329 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:24,400 Speaker 1: bag in Ohio. Al, can you get me in the mood? Ohio, Al. 330 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:40,720 Speaker 1: It's the mail bag, all right, very good, So let's 331 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:43,520 Speaker 1: get to it. These are actual letters by actual listeners 332 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:45,320 Speaker 1: of the show. You can send a message in care 333 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:49,280 Speaker 1: of Real fifth Hour at gmail dot com. That's Real 334 00:21:49,359 --> 00:21:53,879 Speaker 1: fifth Hour at gmail dot com. Name and city, name 335 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:56,240 Speaker 1: and city. Make sure to put that there if you 336 00:21:56,280 --> 00:22:00,280 Speaker 1: want credit. Keep your questions short, and our answers will 337 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:02,760 Speaker 1: be long. If your questions are long, our answers will 338 00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:07,119 Speaker 1: be short. First one up from snow Dog in Fullerton. 339 00:22:08,119 --> 00:22:11,680 Speaker 1: It really is the Siberia of Southern California's Happy New Year, 340 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:15,320 Speaker 1: he says, snow Dog. A little late, but I think 341 00:22:16,359 --> 00:22:19,480 Speaker 1: I'm still in the window now the windows A couple 342 00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:21,840 Speaker 1: of days after New Year's you're way past the window, 343 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:26,280 Speaker 1: way way, as you know, fer Dog. It's the eleventh 344 00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:29,760 Speaker 1: of January. You have crossed over. We crossed the Rubicon 345 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:33,560 Speaker 1: long ago, anyway, snow Dog says, or ferg Dog says, 346 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:36,600 Speaker 1: you asked on the weekday show, who'd want to listen 347 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:41,600 Speaker 1: to your nine year old podcast. Well, I say everyone should. 348 00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:45,280 Speaker 1: Skipping the old shows is like reading the Bible without 349 00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:50,159 Speaker 1: reading any of the Old Testament. There's many life lessons 350 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:53,760 Speaker 1: buried in those podcasts. Well, thank you, ferg Dog. I 351 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:57,439 Speaker 1: appreciate that. And of course it's a disposable form of 352 00:22:57,600 --> 00:23:02,200 Speaker 1: entertainment sports talk radio where you do the show that day, 353 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:04,520 Speaker 1: you're talking about what's going on that day, and then 354 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:06,400 Speaker 1: the next day there's another show and you're talking about 355 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:09,760 Speaker 1: what's going on that day. It's not presented as an 356 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:13,919 Speaker 1: evergreen product. It's not a show designed to last the 357 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:15,959 Speaker 1: test of time. You're talking about what's going on in 358 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:20,720 Speaker 1: that moment. Email continues. Last week, someone asked a question 359 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:26,040 Speaker 1: about Nostridamis. Well, I've got one regarding Nostradinis, the true 360 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:31,439 Speaker 1: profit of doom, says ferg Dog. He predicted Sam Donold 361 00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:34,399 Speaker 1: will win eight straight Super Bowls with the Seahawks and 362 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:37,280 Speaker 1: go down as the greatest football player of all time. 363 00:23:37,840 --> 00:23:39,720 Speaker 1: What do you think is more likely to come true 364 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:43,280 Speaker 1: that that or the Raiders winning more than five games 365 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:48,040 Speaker 1: next season? All right, So a fer Dog or snow dog. 366 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:52,000 Speaker 1: If you gave me one thousand dollars of funny money 367 00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:54,840 Speaker 1: and said, what's more like to happen? I would bet 368 00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:59,160 Speaker 1: on the Raiders winning six games next year. We don't 369 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:00,600 Speaker 1: know who the Raiders is going to HIGs their coach. 370 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:02,520 Speaker 1: It'll be some DRABBRONI. We have no idea who they're 371 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:05,199 Speaker 1: gonna hire. So they'll hire somebody to come in and 372 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:08,880 Speaker 1: be the new village idiot, which is a great job. 373 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:10,480 Speaker 1: You can paid a lot of money, you don't have 374 00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:12,120 Speaker 1: to win, and then you get fired. You still get 375 00:24:12,119 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 1: paid a lot of money. And Pete Carroll's gonna make 376 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:18,760 Speaker 1: fifteen million dollars a year for the next couple of years. Anyway, 377 00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:23,400 Speaker 1: the point is that the Raiders play a bad schedule. 378 00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:25,800 Speaker 1: They'll have the number one pick in the draft. They'll 379 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:27,639 Speaker 1: have the number one pick in the second round. They 380 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:29,160 Speaker 1: will not have the number one pick in the third 381 00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:32,720 Speaker 1: round because they traded that to Seattle Forerchino Smith. Yeah, 382 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:34,200 Speaker 1: but I'll tell I'll take the Raiders. I'll take the 383 00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:37,200 Speaker 1: Raiders a Lucky Tony writes, and he says, hey, Ben, 384 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:41,760 Speaker 1: in the prison dream, I woke up mid swing, so 385 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:45,639 Speaker 1: nobody got shanked. But I love these dreams from Lucky 386 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:48,560 Speaker 1: Tony that's so good. I like them more than when 387 00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:51,080 Speaker 1: he calls up and just drops a porn star's name 388 00:24:51,119 --> 00:24:54,400 Speaker 1: and then hangs up. Anyway, Lucky Tony says in the 389 00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:58,720 Speaker 1: Prison Dream, I woke up mid swing, so nobody got shanked. 390 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:03,159 Speaker 1: I did fun with the knife, but that's been a 391 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:07,439 Speaker 1: reoccurrence in night dreams. Around the time I sent my 392 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:11,720 Speaker 1: song shout out, Mexican John Dutton, Terry and England also 393 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:14,359 Speaker 1: sent a song that never got played. Could one of 394 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:18,600 Speaker 1: you kind sers verify that they are in the system? Bears, 395 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:22,760 Speaker 1: I'm happy for Lucky Tony. Lucky Tony, I'm sure he 396 00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:25,000 Speaker 1: got a little chubby when the Bears won that game 397 00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:27,800 Speaker 1: last night. He had to be very concerned at halftime. 398 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:30,879 Speaker 1: I think we did play Terry in England's song. I 399 00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:32,640 Speaker 1: believe we did end up playing it on the air. 400 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:35,919 Speaker 1: We did not play it when it needed to be played, 401 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:38,199 Speaker 1: but we did eventually play it, and it is I 402 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:41,480 Speaker 1: believe in the system. So I can go back and check. 403 00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:43,680 Speaker 1: But right not right now, I'm in the remote studio 404 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:46,520 Speaker 1: and everyone that works on the show is nowhere to 405 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:50,159 Speaker 1: be seen. So anyway, big next one from kwang in 406 00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:53,200 Speaker 1: Ho Chi minh Vietnam, he writes in he says Big 407 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:56,719 Speaker 1: Ben and Daddy G. He says, please let weed man 408 00:25:56,800 --> 00:26:00,200 Speaker 1: Hippie know that Google has begun gradual role out of 409 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:02,960 Speaker 1: a feature that allows users to change their existing Google 410 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:06,280 Speaker 1: account email addresses to a new one while retaining all 411 00:26:06,359 --> 00:26:10,959 Speaker 1: their data purchases in history. Users whose email address end 412 00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:14,560 Speaker 1: in at gmail dot com can now replace them with 413 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:18,040 Speaker 1: a completely new at gmail dot com address. This is 414 00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:22,760 Speaker 1: a major departure from previous functionality, where changes a changing 415 00:26:22,760 --> 00:26:26,560 Speaker 1: a username required creating a new account, manually migrating data 416 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:30,440 Speaker 1: blah blah blah. Crucially, this process does not delete old 417 00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:34,760 Speaker 1: email addresses. Instead, the previous address is automatically converted into 418 00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:39,920 Speaker 1: an alias. From Quang very technical Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. 419 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:43,920 Speaker 1: Guaranteed human but QWAG isn't that what a guaranteed human 420 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:46,960 Speaker 1: would say or a robot? Rather that they're a guaranteed human? 421 00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:51,960 Speaker 1: You feel me on that alf from Shady Pines Rights 422 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,159 Speaker 1: and he says, First off, I'd like to give a 423 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:57,440 Speaker 1: tip to the listeners if you send in a question 424 00:26:57,600 --> 00:27:00,800 Speaker 1: to the mail bag that may or may not have 425 00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:05,240 Speaker 1: been deleted and replaced by a best of that Danny G. 426 00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:09,520 Speaker 1: Is still pissed at me for do not forward said 427 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:13,199 Speaker 1: email three weeks in a row. That question will not 428 00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:17,119 Speaker 1: be answered. That being said, are you guys at the 429 00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:21,760 Speaker 1: age that whenever you see a bathroom in the wild, 430 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:25,240 Speaker 1: you say to yourself, I could probably go, or I 431 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:27,960 Speaker 1: should probably try before I get in the car to 432 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:36,480 Speaker 1: alf in Shady Pines. Yes, yes, alf guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty. 433 00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:38,919 Speaker 1: In fact, I now am at the point of my 434 00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:42,080 Speaker 1: life where I have if I'm going on a long 435 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:45,200 Speaker 1: road trip, even going I'll tell you just going from 436 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:49,600 Speaker 1: work too. I live very far away from the Fox 437 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:53,520 Speaker 1: Sports Radio studios, and driving from the north Woods into 438 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:57,120 Speaker 1: the Fox Sports Radio studios, I have to stop drinking. 439 00:27:57,160 --> 00:27:59,000 Speaker 1: I drink a lot of water. I have to stop 440 00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:03,879 Speaker 1: drinking water an hour before I leave to go to work, Okay, 441 00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:06,080 Speaker 1: an hour before I get in the malinmobile. I have 442 00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:09,840 Speaker 1: to stop drinking water. And then I'm at the point 443 00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:12,440 Speaker 1: now where I can't drink while drink the water while 444 00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:16,920 Speaker 1: I'm driving. I then have to wait until I'm about 445 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:21,160 Speaker 1: a mile and a half from from Sherman Oaks, and 446 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:24,800 Speaker 1: then I'll start drinking because if I drink any sooner. 447 00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:29,199 Speaker 1: Then I got an emergency situation. That's a problem anyway, 448 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:32,040 Speaker 1: and uh what else? Email continues, First off, I'd like 449 00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:34,359 Speaker 1: to give a tip. Blah blah blah blah. Oh, I 450 00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:35,719 Speaker 1: think we I think we already covered that. I think 451 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:37,760 Speaker 1: we already covered that. I think that's a double that's 452 00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:40,080 Speaker 1: a double ad there, bad job by me or bad 453 00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:42,760 Speaker 1: job by you. I don't know. Maybe that's it's probably 454 00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:45,920 Speaker 1: my fault, not your fault. But yes, alf absolutely, I 455 00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:52,720 Speaker 1: am very conscious of bathrooms. I know which locations have bathrooms. 456 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:56,040 Speaker 1: Now I have been burned, and well, you go to 457 00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:58,440 Speaker 1: a bathroom and they you know, they got the code, 458 00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:03,320 Speaker 1: and then that's a big problem. And all right, JT, 459 00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:07,760 Speaker 1: the wingman from just outside Knoxville, Tennessee, rights and he says, hey, 460 00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:11,320 Speaker 1: big Ben and Danny g So as we dive into 461 00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:15,720 Speaker 1: the NFL playoffs, I pledge to keep my questions non sporty. 462 00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:18,760 Speaker 1: I didn't know who else to ask, so why not 463 00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:22,960 Speaker 1: ask the podcast guys, when is the best time of 464 00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:25,680 Speaker 1: the year to write poetry? I will trust your advice. 465 00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:30,560 Speaker 1: That's from JT. So my recommendation, JT, is to write 466 00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:34,120 Speaker 1: some poetry for the Malard Paloozer, which is the biggest 467 00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:37,000 Speaker 1: event of the summer in sports talk great. It's right 468 00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:40,080 Speaker 1: around the Major League Baseball All Star Break, which is 469 00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:43,640 Speaker 1: in July. We normally coincide it with that. So I 470 00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:46,640 Speaker 1: would advise you to work on your poetry in the 471 00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:50,480 Speaker 1: months of June and July. Get it ready by late 472 00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:54,160 Speaker 1: July and you'll be good to go, and you could 473 00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:57,640 Speaker 1: submit that into the show. We will have a poetry 474 00:29:57,720 --> 00:30:02,040 Speaker 1: contest roses Vie the It's of blue and I can 475 00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:06,720 Speaker 1: deep do poetry better than you, things like that. But JT, 476 00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:08,840 Speaker 1: we love you, man. I'm sure I'll run into you JT. 477 00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:12,160 Speaker 1: This year. One of the meet and greets, we plan 478 00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:15,360 Speaker 1: on having several, at least we know we'll do Vegas. 479 00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:18,200 Speaker 1: I'm getting I'm gonna get to Ohio one way or another. 480 00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:22,160 Speaker 1: That'll happen this year. Boston, it sounds like it's gonna happen. 481 00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:25,160 Speaker 1: Mike the Leprechaun and Mike in New Hampshire are hell 482 00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:27,360 Speaker 1: bent on having a Mallord meet and greet, a couple 483 00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:29,600 Speaker 1: of them, one in Boston, and I think we'll have 484 00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:32,840 Speaker 1: one in Worcester. So that'll be exciting looking forward to that. 485 00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:36,440 Speaker 1: So we look forward to those events. We'll do one 486 00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:38,080 Speaker 1: more here. I know we did a lot of ranting 487 00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:40,400 Speaker 1: about the football playoffs, so some of you guys questions 488 00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:42,240 Speaker 1: will not Some of your questions will not make it 489 00:30:42,280 --> 00:30:46,000 Speaker 1: out there. Scott from Florida the last one. He says, Ben, 490 00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:50,000 Speaker 1: your tribute to Gene Deckerhoff was awesome. Growing up in Tampa, 491 00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:52,120 Speaker 1: I used to listen to the Bucks games on radio 492 00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:55,720 Speaker 1: because they stunk so bad. They were always blacked out 493 00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:59,320 Speaker 1: on TV. Yeah, people forget there was an era where 494 00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:01,960 Speaker 1: these games were on TV. If your team sucked, you 495 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:04,160 Speaker 1: didn't get a lot of the games on TV. They 496 00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:07,800 Speaker 1: didn't sell out at home, no TV, and Scott says, 497 00:31:07,840 --> 00:31:11,120 Speaker 1: I would go into my room, fire up RC pro 498 00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:14,600 Speaker 1: Am on the Nintendo and turn on Jesse Ventura doing 499 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:17,280 Speaker 1: the play by play. Before the team made a major 500 00:31:17,360 --> 00:31:21,239 Speaker 1: upgrade to Gene Dekaroff. I will show my age with this, 501 00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:24,480 Speaker 1: but I am not sure Degorov made a better call 502 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:28,600 Speaker 1: for the Bucks than the two NFC championship. The window 503 00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:32,760 Speaker 1: was closing for this team. They couldn't win in cold weather, 504 00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:38,000 Speaker 1: but they couldn't beat the Packers and now the Eagles 505 00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:41,240 Speaker 1: to get to the Super Bowl. On the opening kickoff 506 00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:44,920 Speaker 1: in a cold, loud Philly stadium, Brian Mitchell returned at 507 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:47,400 Speaker 1: seventy yards to set the Eagles up for a quick touchdown. 508 00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:50,520 Speaker 1: Every Bucks fan thought, here we go again, and late 509 00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:52,360 Speaker 1: in the first quarter of the Bucks dril seven to three, 510 00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:58,400 Speaker 1: Joe Jarvisius beat former Northwestern classmate Barry Gardner on a 511 00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:03,680 Speaker 1: slant ran about fifty yards just inside the five yard line. 512 00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:06,640 Speaker 1: It was a massive planet turned the whole game around. 513 00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:11,560 Speaker 1: That week, Jeravicius had lost his newborn son, and although 514 00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:14,200 Speaker 1: I was only twenty three at the time, I would 515 00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:18,720 Speaker 1: never I've never, rather never forgotten how sad and desponded 516 00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:22,240 Speaker 1: Jerrevicious must have been. Same for Gene decker Off in 517 00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:25,320 Speaker 1: that moment, in that play, he made one of the 518 00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:29,080 Speaker 1: most emotional guttural calls of all time. Nothing fancy, but 519 00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:34,520 Speaker 1: so genuine and unplanned. You go Joe, You go Joe. 520 00:32:34,560 --> 00:32:38,880 Speaker 1: And then Scott attached a YouTube video which I we're 521 00:32:38,880 --> 00:32:40,400 Speaker 1: not going to play it, but I did watch it, 522 00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:44,000 Speaker 1: and he says, as a former kid cheering for the 523 00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:47,320 Speaker 1: backwards Bucks in the eighties and nineties, rest assured we 524 00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:50,640 Speaker 1: all love and respect him as much as you. It's 525 00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:52,800 Speaker 1: awesome that you know so much about him despite living 526 00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:56,280 Speaker 1: on the West Coast. That's Scott from Florida. Well, thank you, Scott. 527 00:32:56,320 --> 00:32:58,120 Speaker 1: And the reason I know Geen decker Off is because 528 00:32:58,160 --> 00:33:00,600 Speaker 1: of my job and we I used to be an 529 00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:02,960 Speaker 1: update guy and we played. I remember more from his 530 00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:06,200 Speaker 1: college football play by play calls than the Bucks. But 531 00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:08,120 Speaker 1: because the Bucks were bad, as you said, but I 532 00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:10,920 Speaker 1: do recall I always had a thing for the Bucks. 533 00:33:11,320 --> 00:33:14,440 Speaker 1: The logo was so ugly, the old logo, the creamsicle 534 00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:17,200 Speaker 1: logo with the pirate with the knife, the Robin Hood logo. 535 00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:19,600 Speaker 1: I was, boy, that's such an ugly logo. It kind 536 00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:21,800 Speaker 1: of grew on me. And they were so bad, and 537 00:33:21,840 --> 00:33:23,760 Speaker 1: I always liked the Losers when I was a kid, 538 00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:25,800 Speaker 1: even I was like, these guys, these are so pathetic, 539 00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:29,200 Speaker 1: these teams, and so have a chance to meet Jean 540 00:33:29,280 --> 00:33:31,960 Speaker 1: decker Off and you know, get to know, not know 541 00:33:32,160 --> 00:33:36,080 Speaker 1: him per se, but know his story, and through my 542 00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:39,920 Speaker 1: relationship with TJ. Reeves, who's broadcaster for the Bucks, it 543 00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:42,920 Speaker 1: was pretty pretty pretty cool, all right. That's it. So 544 00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:47,040 Speaker 1: Reggie and Detroit, Steve, Mike and Wisconsin, Joe in New York, 545 00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:51,720 Speaker 1: all you guys. Brett in Boston. I'm a schmuck, I'm 546 00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:56,760 Speaker 1: an a hole. I apologize. Send those questions in next 547 00:33:56,840 --> 00:33:59,120 Speaker 1: week and hopefully they will make it. On the air. 548 00:33:59,160 --> 00:34:02,360 Speaker 1: We have the live radio show Don't Forget About Benny 549 00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:05,320 Speaker 1: Versus the Penny that's on YouTube. Check it out. Radio 550 00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:08,600 Speaker 1: show returns tonight. We got three NFL playoff games to 551 00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:12,200 Speaker 1: break down today around the NFL, so we'll get to 552 00:34:12,239 --> 00:34:17,160 Speaker 1: that and have a wonderful rest of your Sunday. Got 553 00:34:17,280 --> 00:34:18,040 Speaker 1: a murder, I gotta go.